888 Zoological Proceedings of Societies. 



Jpril 20. — A paper >vas read, entitled, A formula for express- 

 ing the decrement of human life ; by Thomas Young, INI.D. 

 For. Sec. R.S. 



May 11. — A paper was read, On the production ami formation 

 of pearls ; by Sir E. Home ; and the reading was commenced of 

 a paper On burrowing and boring murine animals ; by Edward 

 Osier, Esq. communicated by L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. F.Il.S. 



May 23. — Dr. A. P. Wilson Philip was admitted a Fellow of 

 the Society ; and the reading of Mr. Osier's paper was concluded. 



June 15. — A paper was read, entitled, Case of a lady born 

 blind, who received sight at an advanced age by the formation of 

 an artificial J) up il ; by James Wardrop, Esq. : communicated by 

 Sir 11. Davy, Bart. P.R.S. 



Papers were also read. On the crystallization of uric acid ; 

 by Sir E. Home : and On the muscular fibre of the Elephant ; by 

 H. Mayo, Esq., in a letter to Sir E. Home. 



Nov. 16. — Lieut. Col. D. Denham was admitted a Fellow of 

 the Society, and The Croonian Lecture, by Sir E. Home, was read. 

 The subject was an enquiry into the mode by which the pro- 

 pagation of the species is carried on, in the common oyster, and •j 

 in the large fresh-water muscle. 



Most of the above-mentioned papers will be found printed in 

 the Philosophical Transactions for 1826, part iii., and 1827, 

 part i. 



Nov. 23. — Charles Bell, Esq. F.L.S. was admitted a Fellow of 

 the Society. 



Nov. 30. — This being St. Andrew's Day, the Anniversary 

 Meeting of the Society took place. 



In the list of Fellows deceased since the last Anniversary, 

 occurred the name of Sir T. S. Raffles, whose character was 

 eulogized by the President, Sir H. Davy, in the following terms : 



" Occupying high situations in our empire in *he East, he 

 employed his talents and his extensive resources, not in the 

 exercise of power or the accumulation of wealth, but in endea- 

 vouring to benefit and to improve the condition of the natives, 

 to fix liberal institutions, and to establish a permanent com- 

 mercial intercourse between the colonies in which he presided 



