Royal Society. 379 



fessor Struve, by Francis Baily, Esq. President — Appendix, 

 containing the remainder of the tables for determining the ap- 

 parent places of 2881 principal fixed stars, an account of 

 which will be found at p. 339 of the present Number. 



Just Published. 



Geological and Historical Observations on the Eastern 

 Vallies of Norfolk, by J. W. Robberds, jun. In one volume 

 8vo. price 4s. boards. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, 

 Brown, and Green, London ; and Bacon and Kinnebrook, 



Norwich. — 



Preparing for Publication. 



Mr. Faraday has in the press an 8vo volume, to be entitled 

 Chemical Manipulation; containing instruction to students in 

 Chemistry relative to the methods of performing experiments, 

 either of demonstration or research, with accuracy and suc- 

 cess. It will be illustrated with numerous engravings of ap- 

 paratus in wood. 



Early in December : No. IX. of the Zoological Journal, 

 containing a variety of papers in zoology, with an account of 

 the life and writings and contributions to science, of the late 

 Sir Stamford Raffles, F.R.S. &c. founder of the Zoological 

 Society. 



LIX. Proceedings of Learned Societies. 



ROYAL SOCIETY. 



r |^HE Royal Society re-assembled for the session of 1826-7, 

 *- on the 1 6th of November, — the President, Sir H." Davy, 

 in the chair. 



The President announced that His Majesty had placed at 

 the disposal of the Society, the suite of apartments in Somerset 

 House lately occupied by the Commissioners of the Lottery, 

 to be applied to any purposes to which the Society may wish 

 to assign them. He also announced the resignation of W. T. 

 Brande, Esq. one of the Secretaries to the Society. 



Lieut.-Col. D. Denham, Capt. W. H. Smyth, R.N., and 

 Nicholas Brown, Esq. were respectively admitted Fellows of the 

 Society. 



The Croonian Lecture, by Sir E. Home, Bart. V.P.R.S. 

 was read, On the generation of the common oyster and the 

 river muscle ; with microscopical illustrations, by Mr. Bauer. 



The reading was commenced of a paper, On a percussion 

 shell, to be fired from a common gun, by Lieut.-Col. Millar ; 

 communicated by R. I. Murchison, Esq. F.R.S. 



3 B 2 Nov. 



