INTERMEDIATE MEETING, May 21, 1883. 
H. Cadman Jones, Esq., in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed, and the fol- 
lowing Elections were announced : — 
Member : — Rev. W. C. Sparrow, LL.D., Ludlow. 
Associates : — President E. R. Hendrix, A.M., D.D., Central College, 
Fayette, United States ; Professor A. C. Thomas, M.A., Haverford College, 
United States ; Rev. J. H. Wythe, A.M., M.D., D.D., California ; Lady 
Freeling, London ; Miss Langham, Hastings. 
Also the presentation of the following work for the Library : — 
“ Transactions of the Geological Society.” From the same. 
A special popularly- written Paper “ On the Existence of God,” was then 
read by the Rev. J. Lias. Some communications thereon were received, 
and a discussion, in which several took part, ensued. 
A second paper on “Degeneration and Evolution,” was read by Mr. 
Hastings C. Dent, after which the Meeting was adjourned. 
