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upon the fact by pointing to tlae valleys of denudation, 
and by calling attention to those pinnacles of granite which 
are found standing insulated and detached from the neigh- 
bouring mountains, to the boulder stones ancf other diluvial 
deposits, to the fossils of later date, to the surface of the 
earth moulded at a comparatively late period, all tending^ 
as the celebrated French Geologist remarks, to shew that 
the last revolution that disturbed the surface of the Globe 
is not of very ancient date. Nay, Gentlemen, when we 
reflect on what has been ; when we hear Geology speaking 
of the primeval revolutions in this globe, of the series of 
past disruptions, elevations, dislocations ; when we hear it 
discoursing of central heat, we are better prepared to listen 
to the inspired penman when he tells us that, as the world 
which once was, being overflowed with water, perished, so 
the heavens and the earth which are now, are kept in store, 
reserved against fire ; when he thus tells us that another 
revolution is approaching, not of water but of fire. After 
these observations. Gentlemen, I shall conclude my address 
with saying that I, for one, will bid you God speed. 
Geology can give no results hostile to revelation. A dis- 
crepancy -will never be found between the words and the 
works of Almighty God. (Applause.) 
Mr. Embleton then proposed a list of gentlemen for 
admission as new members. 
Mr. Hartop seconded the nominations, and they were 
adopted. 
Mr. Morton said it was probably not known to the 
chairman, much less to the auditory, that a deputation 
from the Manchester Geological Society had attended this 
meeting in the hope of promoting that union which it was 
desirable should at all times exist between the two Societies. 
This was the first step towards it ; they had been at the trouble 
of coming over, and he trusted that in future the members of 
the Societies would interchange visits, and that gentlemen 
would be deputed from this meeting to visit the Manchester 
Society at its next meeting. A great ridge of hills divided 
the places of their meeting, but it was the interest and it 
would be the duty of each Society to investigate, not only 
the ridge itself, but the liills in its vicinity, and the strata 
on each side of it. He would beg leave to move 
'* That the gentlemen who compose the deputation from 
the Manchester Geological Society, E. W. Binney, Esq., the 
Secretary, and J. E. Bowman, Esq., be elected Honorary 
Members of this society." 
Mr. Henry Briggs seconded the proposition, and it was 
unanimously agreed to. 
