ORDINARY MEETING, December 16, 1867. 
The Rev. Walter Mitchell, M.A., Vice-President, in the 
Chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting of the previous session having been read 
and confirmed, the names of the following new members and associates of 
the Institute were announced : — 
Members for 1867 -.—Charles Brooke, Esq., M.A., M.B., F.K.S., 16, Fitzroy 
Square ; William Brooke, Esq., A.B., Master in Chancery, Taney Hill, 
Dundrum, Dublin; Horatio Darby, Esq., Hereford; Charles Hammond, 
Esq., M.D., Bentley, Farnham, Hants; William Hooley, Esq., Stockport ; 
John J. Jackson, Esq., Fern Cliff, St. John’s Park, Blackheath; The 
Honourable Sir Robert Lush, Judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench, 
60, Avenue Road, Regent’s Park ; J. Pattison, Esq., M.D., 10, Cavendish 
Road, St. John’s Wood ; Rev. J. H. Titcomb, M.A., Wingfield House, 
South Lambeth Road. 
Associate 2nd Class : Rev. David Greig, M.A., 45, Grove Place, Brompton. 
Members for 1868 Henry W. Bleby, Esq., 88, Chancery Lane ; John T. 
Mould, Esq., F.R.C.S., Onslow Crescent, Brompton ; Rev. C. A. Row, 
M.A., 55, Gloucester Terrace, Regent’s Park. 
Associate 2nd Class : Rev. Nicholas C. Martin, A.K.A.B., The Rectory, 
Carndonagh, Ireland. 
The Chairman stated that Mr. Charles Brooke had been elected a Vice- 
President of the Institute, and it was expected that he would have occupied 
the chair, but had been prevented doing so by illness. He also announced, 
with a regret and sympathy which he was sure would be shared by the 
audience, °that Mr. Reddie, who had written the paper for that evening, 
was also unable to be present, on account of the serious illness of his wife. 
Under those circumstances, the Rev. Dr. Thornton had kindly undertaken to 
read the paper for Mr. Reddie. 
The Rev. Dr. Thornton then read the following paper 
