1 86 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 
Captain J, D. Boswall, R. N. read a notice respecting the 
possibility of removing one of the Alexandrian Obelisks to Eng- 
land, which had been presented to Geo. IV. by Ali Pacha. 
Captain Boswall presented to the Society two Lithographic 
Drawings of both the Obelisks, the original plans and mea- 
surements of which were taken when he had the command of one 
of his Majesty’s ships in the Mediterranean, in 18£1. 
May 5 . — At this Meeting the following gentlemen were elect- 
ed Ordinary Members of the Society. 
Capt. Thomas David Stewart, of the Hon. Andrew Fyfe, M. D. 
East India Company’s Service. Robert Bell, Esq. Advocate. 
The Rev. Dr Lee read a continuation of Observations on the 
Life and Character of Sir George Mackenzie of Roseliaugh . 
Sir William Hamilton, Bart, read a paper On the original 
Identity of the First and Second Aorists in the formation of 
the Greek Verb. 
May 19. — A paper by Dr Yule was read, On certain Organic 
Remains , apparently Tropical ; and on two varieties of Maize, 
•which have ripened their Seeds in Mid-Lothian last summer , in 
the open air. 
June % — The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary 
Members of the Society. 
Capt. Norwich Duff, R. N. Liscombe John Curtis, Esq. 
Warren Hastings Anderson, Esq. Alexander Thomson, Esq. 
At this Meeting Captain Basil Hall gave an account, illustra- 
ted by Drawings, of Mr Perkins’s recent Discoveries and Inven- 
tions respecting the Steam-Engine. 
June 17. — A paper was read, On the Comparative Anatomy 
of the Human Eye , by Robert Knox , M. D. 
At the same Meeting was read an Account of some Electro- 
Magnetic Experiments made in the University of Utrecht. By 
Dr Van Beek, Major-General Baron Van Zuylen, Van Nyevelt, 
and Professor Moll. See this Number, p. 167. 
Sir William Hamilton concluded his Observations on the 
First and Second Aorists of the Greek Verb. 
A Description of Hopeite, a new Mineral, from Aix-la-Cha- 
pell, by Dr Brewster, was also read. 
The Society adjourned its Meetings till Monday, the 3d of 
Nov ember. 
