THE CANADIAN JOURNAL, 



A REPERTORY OF 



INDUSTRY, SCIENCE, AND ART; 



AND A RECORD OF THE 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



TORONTO, UPPER CANADA, JUNE, 1854. 



CONTENTS 



Memoranda of Vesuvius and its Neighbourhood, by the Rev. 

 Henry Scadding, D.D., Cantab. (Read before the Cana- 

 dian Institute, March 25th, 1854.) 261 



On the Chemical Composition of Recent and Fossil Lingulae 

 and some other Shells, by "W. E. Logan, F.R.S., and 

 T. S. Hunt 264 



Preliminary Account and Results of the Expedition of Dr. 

 Richard Lepsius to Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Peninsula 

 of Sinai. Scientific Results of the Expedition 266 



On some New Genera and Species of Cystidea from the 

 Trenton Limestone, by E. Billings, Barrister-at-Law, 

 Bytown, C.W. (Read before the Canadian Institute, 

 April 8th, 1854.) Second Paper 268 



On some Points connected with the Early History of Rome, 

 . by the Rev. E. St. John Parry, Professor of Classics, 

 University of Trinity College, Toronto 274 



A Lake Phenomenon 278 



Miscellaneous Intelligence : 



Identity of Dynamic or Voltaic Electricity -with Static or 



Frictional Electricity, by Professor Faraday 280. 



Deposition of Aluminium and Silicium by the Electrotype 



Process 281 



On Soap as a Means of Art 281 



Rate of Transmission of Impressions made upon the Nerves, 



by M. Helmholtz of Konigsberg 



New Planet 281 



Royal Society of Literature 282 



Artificial Pearls 282 



On the Ammonia contained in Rain-water 282 



Statistical Society 282 



Ruthven's Propeller 282 



Monthly Meteorological Register for Toronto, April 258 



" " " Montreal, " 259 



CONTENTS OF SUPPLEMENT 



Statistics of Upper Canada 285 



Lands and Population in the United States and Upper 



Canada 286 



Of the Population of the United States 286 



Of the Territory of the United States 287 



Of the Value of Lands 288 



The Grand Trunk Railway — the Victoria Bridge, with Plate 290 



Mr. Stephenson's Report on the Victoria Bridge ... 291 



Canadian Institute 292 



Coal in Canada 292 



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