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Slated Meeting, Jlpril 1. 



Present, twenty-seven members. 



Mr. Du Ponceau, President, in the Chair. 



Letters were read: — 



From the Geological Society of London, dated 2d Dec. 

 1841, and the Society of Arts of London, dated 23d Dec. 



1841, acknowledging the receipt of No. 18 of the Society's 

 Proceedings: — 



From William Vaughan, Esq., of London, dated 2d March, 

 1S42, in acknowledgment of the resolutions of the Society, 

 passed in honour of his brother, the late Librarian: — 



From the Editor of "LTnstitut," dated Paris, 17th Jan. 



1842, requesting that the Proceedings of the Society may be 

 sent to him: — and 



From Mr. Jacob Snider, Jr., in relation to the books recently 

 given by him to the Society, and tendering a further donation 

 of twenty-one volumes, provided the Society does not possess 

 them already. 



On motion of Prof. A. D. Bache, the Society directed a copy 

 of the Proceedings to be regularly furnished to the Editor of 

 "L'Institut." 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



The History of the Herculean Straits ; now called the Straits of Gib- 

 raltar. By Lieut. Col. Thomas James. 2 Vols. 4to. London, 

 1771. — From Mr. Jacob Snider, Jr. 



Lectures on History and General Policy. By Joseph Priestley, 

 LL.D. 4to. Birmingham, 1788. — From the same. 



Travels during the Years 1787-88-89 in France. By Arthur 

 Young, F.R.S. 4to. Bury St. Edmunds, 1792.— From the 

 same. 



Sheridan's Dictionary of the English Language. Revised and Cor- 

 rected by John Andrews, D.D. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1789. — 

 From the same. 



