B12 Sir David Brewster's. Address 
3 from such a measure. The Mar rquess: of Ormonde is said to have 
seen from Mount Etna, with his naked eye, the satellites of Ju- 
piter. If this be true, what discoveries may we not expect, even | 
in Europe, from a large reflector working above the grosser strata 
; of our atmosphere? This noble experiment of sending a large 
~,  reflectot to-a southern climate has been but once made in the 
“history ef science. Sir John Herschel waged his telescopes 
and his family to the south of Africa, and during a voluntary ex- 
» ile of four years’ duration he enriched astronomy with many 
~_- splendid discoveries. Such a sacrifice, however, is not likely to - 
be made again ; and ‘we must,- therefore, look to the aid of gov- | 
ernment for the realization of a project which every civilized 
people will applaud, aud which,*by, adding to the conguests of 
science, will add to the glory of ottr country. At the Birming-  — j 
ham meeting of the Association, their attention was called to this 5 
subject ; and being convinced that great advantages would accrue 
to science from the active use of a large reflecting telescope 1 ha 
a ‘the southern hemisphere, they resolved to petition government for | . 
“a grant of money for that purpose. The Royal Society readily. 
agreed to second this application; and as no request from 
wer, we have every reason to expect a favorable answer to @ soe 
mcuaeial from the pen of Dr. Robinson, which has just been 
submitted to,the Minister. - “A recent and noble act of liberality is 
Russell has granted 1) 00 
moting scientific hjeetes The ase -of that diet nosy 
body has been very solicitous to make this grant effective in pro- j 
 moting scientific objects, and Lam persuaded that the measures g& 
_ they have adopted are well fitted to justify the liberality of the ~~ 
government. One of the most important of these has been to 
place 100/. at the disposal of the committee of the Kew Obser- 
vatory. This establishment, which has for —_ years been 
epaee by the British Association, was given tous by the Gov- 
ernment as a depository for our books and inosine and asa 
ren ‘well fitted for carrying on electrical, magnetical and me- 
teorological observations. During the last six years the Observa- 
tory has been under the honorary superintendence of Mr. Ro- 
nalds, who is well known to the scientific world for his ingenious. © 
photographic methods of constructing self-registering magnetical 
and meteorological apparatus. On the joint application of he Z 
Marquess of Northampton and Sir John Forechal, Her Majesty's — 
government have granted to Mr. Ronalds a peeuniary recompense 
of am for these inventions; and I am glad to be able to state- 
ir. Brooke has also received from them a suitable reware 
ins inventions of a similar kind. Under the fostering care ofthe ; 
