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ORDINARY MEETING, May 6 , 1872. 
C. Brooke, Esq., F.R.S., Y.P., in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed, and the follow- 
ing Elections announced : — 
Member : — The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chester, D.D., Dee Side, 
Chester. 
Also, the presentation of the following Works for the Library : — 
“ Transactions of the Royal Society.” Part 133. 
From the Society. 
“ Transactions of the Royal United Service Institution.” Appendix 
Yol. XY. From the Society. 
“ Publications of the Swedenborg Society.” 3 Yols. 
From the Society. 
A paper “ On Phases of Superstition, Social, Scientific, and Political.”* By 
the Rev. J. B. Owen, M.A., was then read by the Author. 
A discussion ensued, in which the Rev. C. A. Row, Mr. I. T. Prichard, Mr. 
R, W. Dibden, the Rev. Dr. J. Hill, Major G. Cooper Gardiner, Mr. R. C. 
Shettle, M.D., Captain F. Petrie, Mr. T. W. Masterman, and the Chairman 
took part. 
The Meeting was then adjourned. 
* Since this paper was read, its author has passed from the busy scene 
of this life, in the best pursuits of which he laboured so earnestly. His loss 
to the Council, of which he was a member, cannot easily be repaired, and the 
Institute, which recognized in him one of its most useful members, will pardon 
this slight tribute to one whose energy and firmness of purpose, combined 
with the greatest kindliness of heart, were so well known to all who had the 
pleasure of his acquaintance. 
*** Unfortunately, the paper, not being in that complete state which is 
necessary for its appearance in the J ournal, cannot be published. 
