DAD) J. H. MAIDEN. 
ever since. The truth is he wished to saddle his mother 
on me for a compagnon de voyage . . . but yet more 
endurable than the noisy, obtrusive, jargonic judge, who is 
a true lawyer, ever illustrating the obvious, explaining the 
evident, and expatiating on the commonplace.’’—(Mony- 
peny’s ‘‘Life of Disraeli,’’ i, 142, 1910). 
Rev. W. B. Clarke (This Journal, i, ii) says—‘‘This early 
union (the 1821 Society) appears to have partaken rather 
of the character of a Mutual Friendly Association, than of 
that of a more formal body. It was, in other words, a 
Scientific Club. At that time, there were no public libraries, 
and scarcely a bookseller’s shop in the Colony, but the 
members possessed books of their own; these were cata- 
logued and lent to one another, so that the use of them 
was reciprocal. The business of the Society was transacted 
at the dwelling houses of the members in succession, where 
memoirs, prepared on an alternative of a fine of ten pounds 
sterling, were read and discussed, the only refreshment 
allowed being a cup of coffee and a biscuit.”” . . . The 
Philosophical Society was destined to only a brief period 
of service. <A question arose between the Government and 
some of the members which led to estrangement. The 
friendly meetings became fewer, and the fictitious variable 
value assigned to the dollar (the coin then current) was the 
cause of breaking up the little band who cultivated science 
for the love of it. 
“This, gentlemen, is all of much importance that I have 
been able to learn, after search in the publications of the 
period, and converse with my venerable friend Mr. Berry 
(who was of course a member of the 1821 Society.—J.H.M.) 
My late friend Admiral King did, however, inform me, that 
there were some other little grievances, besides the pro- 
ceedings of Major Goulburn, which prevented the early 
resuscitation spoken of by Judge Field. And I know per- 
