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ORDINARY MEETING, May 3, 1875. 
H. Cadman Jones, Esq., M.A., in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed, and the fol- 
lowing Elections were announced : — 
Members : — 
Rev. H. E, Fox, M.A. (Cantab.), Westminster. 
Rev. J. M‘Cormick, M.A. (Cantab.), Lewisham. 
Rev. Canon J. C. Ryle, B.A., B.D., Stradbroke. 
Rev. A. Stewart, Aberdeen. 
Associate : — 
Rev. W. Magill, Presb. Dean of Residence, Queen’s College, Cork. 
Also, the presentation of the following Works for the Library : — 
“ Proceedings of the Royal Society.” Part 160. From the Society. 
“ Christian Psychology.” By the Rev. T. M. Gorman. From the Author. 
“ Evidence of Rational Evangelism.” By J. Du Boulay, Esq. Ditto. 
“ Evolution.” By the Rev. A. Stewart. Ditto. 
The following Paper was then read by the Author 
AN EXAMINATION OF THE BELFAST AD- 
DRESS OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION , 1874, 
FROM A SCIENTIFIC POINT OF VIEW. By JOHN ELIOT 
Howard, F.R.S., F L.S., F.R.M.S., Acad. Med. Fr. Par. 
Mem. Corr., also Phil. Coll. Pharm. — Society de Pharm. Paris — 
Soc. Physico-med. Erlangensis — Allg. Oest. Apoth. Verein — Nether- 
lands Industrial Soc. — Mem. Pharm. Soc. of Great Britain — Soeiete 
Botanique de France — Society of Biblical Archeology, &c. 
“ Were men led into the apprehension of invisible intelligent power by contemplation of the 
works of Nature, they could never possibly entertain any conception but of one single Being, 
who bestowed existence and order on this vast machine, and adjusted all its parts to one 
regular system.” — Hume, as quoted by Tyndall, Address, page 23. 
PART I . — The Introduction. 
fllHE Address delivered by Professor Tyndall before the 
I British Association (1874) was regarded by the thinking 
portion of the public as an utterance of much importance; not 
only on account of the high standing of the speaker in the esti- 
mation of the scientific world, but as presumably expressing the 
opinions of others also. 
It was probably imagined by most that the conclusions to 
which the author had arrived were the necessary and inevitable 
result of the progress of Science. Comparatively few possessed 
