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but by the reunion of' various specialities, t hat science bas gsinerl its proud eminence. » 
Lei. each labour then on the subjects be>t suiteri o his t,<»te; ihe result i* sure tu be 
valuable. Bring oae a plant, a leaf, a flower, an msecl, said Linneus, and you add 
a new link to ihe cliain of my investigations. 
a I cannot however finish these scattered remarks loday, wilbout calling for Ihe 
congratulations of the Society on a subject which I am proud io name as an ho our 
not only to Science, but to maokind, a subject wliich is eminenily de>erving io be 
set as a bright and giorious landmarn to t h i s nineteenth Century — 1 mean the unghty 
Teiescope of Lord Rosse The woik of a single piivate individual, it is a beaul ful- 
instance of true devotion to Science, it is a labour of !ove i hat wiM be celebrated as 
lorig as ihe Heavens and starry orbs themselvcs have any interest for man. Ii lias 
rendered more sublime the sublime Science of astronomy ; ii has given religton (for 
reiigion and science should evei go hand in hand) a new power, a new glory ; ii has 
also taught man to louk through nature up to nalure’- God with agraieful and humble 
spirit though sweetly blerided with consolalion, by reflecting thal the Supreme being 
yvho has created and preserved in such beautiful Subordination the counlless rolling 
yvorlds that this discovery has already dispUyed, has no less manifested Ins • m ipo- 
tence in n hei r creation, Ihan in beslowing upon the mind of man a ficully o pene- 
trate into the hidden deplhs of his wondeiful worKs, and (to use the expre>sion of 
the heathen poet) to ascend in thought and intellect « extra flammantia moema rnundi.» 
L’Honorable G. F. Dick propose ä !a Societe de voter des re- 
mercimens ä Son Excelience le Gouv erneut’ pour l’honneur qu’il 
fait ä la Societe de presider ä la seance de ce jour. 
Son Excelience ä son tour fait agreer ses remercimens au Se- 
cretaire et au Viee-'Secretaire, et s’etant alors retiree, laisse la 
Societe le soin de proceder, aux termes de ses reglemens, ä l’elec- 
tion annuelle de ses dignitaires. 
Sur 28 votants, le depouillement des scrutins fait connaitre 
l’election des membres suivans et le nombre de voix acquises : 
L'Honorable G. P Dick, President, 26 voix. 
W. Bojer, Vice-Presideut, 
24 ” 
Lienard, ” 
20 ” 
L. Bouton, Secretaire, 
21 ” 
J. Morris, Vice-Secretaire, 
20 ” 
A. Desenne, Tresorier, 
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A. Ca^tellan, Archiviste, 
21 ” 
En consequence, le meine bureau est reelu, 
Le Secretaire donne communication d’une lettre de Madame 
Moon, adressanl ä la Societe une medaille obtenue par le procede 
galvano-plastique, reproduction fidele de la medaille d’oracpordee 
ä feu M. de Chazal pere, par la Societe d’Eucouragement des Arts 
ä Londres, pour des echantillons de soie que M. de Chazal avait 
adresses autrefois ä cette Societe. La medaille presentee par Mine. 
Moon est due aux soins du Dr. Rogers. 
M. H. Finniss presente ä la Societe des echantillons mineralo- 
giques, oü I on remarque le cuivre et le plomb combines dans di* 
Verses proportions ä d’autres substances 
