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Robson. Secretary —S. M. Webster. Curator —J. P. Lane, Surgeon. Libra¬ 
rian —Peter Rylands, Esq. 
Corresponding Members —H. C. Watson, Esq., F.L.S., Editor of the Phreno¬ 
logical Journal , Thames Ditton; Neville Wood, Esq., Editor of The Naturalist , 
and of The Analyst , Campsall Hall, near Doncaster; D. Noble, M.R.C.S., 
President of the Manchester Phrenological Society; William Weir, M.D., 
Glasgow. 
Rules. 
1. That this Society be called the Warrington Phrenological Society; 2. That 
it shall consist of resident and corresponding members. All members to be 
elected by ballot; 3. That the subscription—to be paid by resident members 
only—shall be 10s. annually, in advance. A donation of £5 to constitute a life 
member; 4. That the officers shall consist of a president, vice-presidents, trea¬ 
surer, corresponding secretary, secretary, curator, and librarian; who shall be 
elected annually the first Thursday in October; 5. That the meetings shall be 
held each Thursday fortnight. The chair to be taken at seven o’clock precisely. 
The library has already been commenced, and several casts, busts, &c., have 
been obtained. A complete set of busts, &c. &c. (in all 95 pieces), has also been 
ordered. The number of resident members amounts to twenty-four, with an 
immediate prospect of addition. Papers have been read by Dr. Davies, Peter 
Rylands, Esq., and Messrs. Grierson, Lane, and Robson. The Society pros¬ 
pers far better than the founders expected, and there is every probability of its 
firm establishment. This is the more remarkable as Warrington is an illiterate 
unscientific place. There is not another scientific Society in the town, and two 
or three which have been attempted to be established, have failed after a brief 
existence. A few years ago a Literary and a Botanical Society existed, but both 
b°ve long been defunct. 
EXTRACTS FROM THE FOREIGN PERIODICALS. 
ZOOLOGY. 
1. Hereditary Tendency op certain Faculties in Animals; by Thomas 
Andrew Knight, Esq. —In support of the princi ole which he maintains with 
regard to Bees—viz. that the innate desire of ac( omplishing certain actions is 
transmitted, independently of education, from parent to offspring-—the author cites 
many facts which he has observed during experiil ?nts commenced sixty years 
ago, and continued up to the present time, 
