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Article XIII. 



Proceedings of Philosophical Societies. 



ROYAL SOCIETY. 



May 27. — The reading of Mr. Abrahams' paper on Magne- 

 tism was concluded ; and a paper was read, On the Direction of 

 the Eyes in Portrait Painting ; by W. H. Wollaston, MD 

 VPRS. 



June 3. Lemon, Esq. was admitted a Fellow of the 



Society ; the name of Charles Macintosh, Esq. ordered to be 

 inserted in its printed lists ; and a paper was read, " On the 

 Generation of Fishes ; by J. L. Prevost, MD." 



The Society then adjourned to June 17, in consequence of the- 

 ensuing holidays. 



June 17. Edgeworth, Esq. was admitted a Fellow of 



the Society, the name of Major Charles Hamilton Smith, ordered 

 to be inserted in its printed lists ; and the following papers were, 

 read, several of them in an abridged form. 



On the Organs of Generation of the Axolotl, and of other 

 Protei ; by Sir E. Home, Bart. VPRS. 



On the Effects of Temperature on Magnetism and on the? 

 diurnal Variation of the Needle ; by S. H. Christie, Esq. MA. u 

 communicated by the President. 



On the Preservation of the Copper Sheathing of Ships, and! 

 on some Chemical Facts connected with it; by the President. 



On the Application of Dcebereiner's new Discovery to Eudio- 

 metry ; by William Henry, MD. FRS. 



The Society then adjourned, over the long vacation, to meet 

 a<rain on the 18th of November next. 



LINNEAN SOCIETY. 



May 4. — M. G. St. Hilaire was elected a Foreign Member. 



A notice from Mr. Wood was read respecting the Golden 

 Oriole, Oriolns Galbula, shot on the 26th of April, flying in, 

 company with some Blackbirds, at Aldershot in Hampshire. 



The reading was continued of Mr. Vigors's papers on the- 

 Natural Affinities of Birds ; and of the Catalogue of Norfolk, 

 and Suffolk Birds, by the Rev. Messrs. Sheppard and Whitear.. 



May 24. — On this day, being the birth-dav of Linnams, the 

 Anniversary of the Society was held at one o'clock, in con*- 

 formity with the Charter, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop «f 

 Carlisle, Vice President, in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were re-elected Officers : 



Sir James Edward Smith, President ; 

 Edward Forster, Esq. Treasurer; 

 Alexander Mac Leay, Esq. Secretary ; 

 Mr. Richard Taylor, Assistant Secretary. 



