﻿PKOCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  85 
  

  

  Dawson, 
  F.R.S., 
  F.G.S. 
  Dr. 
  Hinde 
  stated 
  that 
  these 
  sponges 
  in 
  

   many 
  instances 
  retained 
  their 
  outlines 
  and 
  their 
  spicular 
  structure, 
  

   now 
  pyritized, 
  in 
  beautiful 
  preservation. 
  They 
  belong 
  to 
  Proto- 
  

   spongia 
  and 
  other 
  allied 
  genera 
  of 
  Lyssacine 
  Hexactinellids, 
  and 
  

   like 
  their 
  existing 
  descendants 
  possess 
  tufts 
  of 
  long 
  anchoring 
  

   spicules. 
  They 
  occur 
  in 
  great 
  abundance 
  at 
  Metis 
  in 
  black 
  shales, 
  

   some 
  beds 
  being 
  filled 
  with 
  their 
  spicular 
  remains. 
  

  

  A 
  Special 
  General 
  Meeting 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  7.45 
  p.m., 
  before 
  the 
  

   Ordinary 
  General 
  Meeting, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  voting 
  upon 
  certain 
  

   proposed 
  verbal 
  alterations 
  in 
  the 
  amended 
  Bye-Laws. 
  The 
  sug- 
  

   gested 
  alterations 
  were 
  Balloted 
  for 
  and 
  carried. 
  

  

  June 
  5, 
  1839. 
  

   Prof. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Judd, 
  F.R.S., 
  Vice-President, 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  ,jor 
  Edwin 
  Parkyn, 
  J. 
  P., 
  40 
  Lemon 
  Street, 
  Truro, 
  Cornwall, 
  

  

  was 
  elected 
  a 
  Fellow 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  The 
  List 
  of 
  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  was 
  read. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  names 
  of 
  Fellows 
  were 
  read 
  out 
  for 
  the 
  second 
  

   time 
  in 
  conformity 
  with 
  the 
  Bye-Laws, 
  Section 
  VI. 
  Art. 
  5, 
  in 
  con- 
  

   sequence 
  of 
  the 
  non-payment 
  of 
  their 
  arrears 
  of 
  contributions 
  : 
  — 
  E. 
  

   Brunt, 
  Esq., 
  H. 
  S. 
  Holme, 
  Esq., 
  G. 
  T. 
  Parnell, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  The 
  Chaikman 
  announced 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  proposed 
  by 
  the 
  Geologists' 
  

   Association 
  to 
  organize 
  a 
  Geological 
  Excursion 
  to 
  the 
  Volcanic 
  

   Eegions 
  of 
  Italy 
  — 
  Naples, 
  Rome, 
  Sicily, 
  and 
  the 
  Lipari 
  Islands, 
  or 
  

   to 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  places 
  if 
  not 
  to 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  — 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  

   October 
  next. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  communications 
  were 
  read 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  " 
  Observations 
  on 
  some 
  undescribed 
  Lacustrine 
  Deposits 
  at 
  

   Saint 
  Cross, 
  South 
  Elmham, 
  in 
  Suffolk." 
  By 
  Charles 
  Candler, 
  Esq. 
  

   (Communicated 
  by 
  Clement 
  Reid, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S.) 
  

  

  2. 
  " 
  On 
  certain 
  Chelonian 
  Remains 
  from 
  the 
  Wealden 
  and 
  Pur- 
  

   beck." 
  By 
  R. 
  Lydekker, 
  Esq., 
  B.A., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  3. 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  Relation 
  of 
  the 
  Westleton 
  Beds 
  or 
  Pebbly 
  Sands 
  of 
  

   Suffolk 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  Norfolk, 
  and 
  on 
  their 
  Extension 
  inland 
  ; 
  with 
  

   some 
  Observations 
  on 
  the 
  Period 
  of 
  the 
  final 
  Elevation 
  and 
  Denu- 
  

   dation 
  of 
  the 
  Weald 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Thames 
  Valley." 
  By 
  Prof. 
  Joseph 
  

   Prestwich, 
  M.A., 
  D.C.L., 
  F.R.S.— 
  Part 
  I. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  fossil 
  seeds 
  and 
  Mollusca 
  were 
  exhibited 
  by 
  Clement 
  

   Reid, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S., 
  in 
  illustration 
  of 
  the 
  paper 
  by 
  Charles 
  Candler, 
  

  

  Esq. 
  

  

  