Stated Meeting, April 17. Present, nineteen members. Dr. DUNGLISON, Vice-President, in the Chair. Letters were read: From the Royal Danish Society of Sciences, dated Copenhagen, June 1, and Sept. 1, 1856, acknowledging the receipt of Proceedings, and announcing a donation for the library:— From the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences, dated Leipsic, Sept. 15; and from the Imperial Geological Institute, dated Vienna, Sept. 29, 1856, both accompanying donations for the library: and, From the Academy of Sciences, of St. Louis, dated April 6, 1857, acknowledging the receipt of No. 56 of the Proceedings. of this Society, and announcing the transmission of Vol. I. No. 1, of the Transactions of the Academy. The following donations were announced : FOR THE LIBRARY. Abhandlungen der K. K. Geologischen Reichsanstalt. Band III. Wien, 1856. Folio. Wien. Jahrbuch der K. K. Geologischen Reichsanstalt. VI. Jahrgang, Oct. Nov. Dec. 1855. VII. Jahrgang, Jan. Feb. Mar. 1856. 8vo. From the Imp. Geological Institute, Vienna. Recueil des Mémoires présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par les Astronomes de Poulkova, ou offerts à l'Observatoire Central par d'autres Astronomes du pays: publié avec l'autorization de l'Academie, par W. Struve, Directeur de l'Observatoire Central. Vol. I. St. Petersbourg, 1853. 4to. Positions moyennes pour l'Epoque de 1790, 0, des Etoiles Circumpolaires, dont les observations ont été publiées par Jerome Lalande dans les Mémoires de l'Académie de Paris de 1789 et 1790. Par Ivan Fedorenko, Astronome surnuméraire à l'Observatoire de Poulkova. St. Petersbourg, 1854. 4to. Almæ Universitati Dorpatensi, diem XII. Decembris, Anni MDCCCLII, quo quinquaginta annos inde ab origine feliciter perfectos celebrat, pie gratulantur Speculæ in Rossia primariæ Di rector et Astronomi: Adjecta est Othonis Struvii narratio de Parallaxi Stelle a Lyræ. Petropoli, 1852. 4to. Ueber Dr. Wichmann's Bestimmung der Parallaxe des Argelander' schen Sterns: von W. Döllen, Astronomen der Pulkowaer Stern warte. St. Petersburg, 1854. 4to. Sur la Jonction des Opérations Géodésiques, Russes et Autrichiennes, exécutée par ordre des deux Gouvernemens. Par W. Struve, Directeur de l'Observatoire Central de Russie. St. Petersburg, 1853. Svo. Nachricht von der Vollendung der Gradmessung zwischen der Donau und dem Eismeere. St. Petersburg. 1853. 8vo. Rapport fait à M. le Directeur de l'Observatoire Central sur les travaux de l'Expédition de Bessarabie, enterprise en 1852, pour terminer les opérations de la mesure de l'arc du méridien: par M. Prazmovski, Astronome de Varsovie. 1853. 8vo.-From the Observatory at Pulkova. Berichte über die Verhandlungen der K. Sachsischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig: Math. Phys. Classe, 1854, III. 1855, I. II. 1856, I. Phil. Hist. Classe, 1855, III. IV. 1856, I. II. Leipzig, 8vo. H. D'Arrest: Resultate aus Beobachtungen der Nebelflecken und Sternhaufen. Erster Reihe. Leipzig, 1856. 8vo. R. Kohlrausch und W. Weber: Elektrodynamische Maassbestimmungen insbesondere zuruckführung der Stromintensitätsmessungen auf mechanisches-maass. Leipzig, 1856. 8vo. P. A. Hansen: Auseinandersetzung einer zweckmässigen methode zur Berechnung der absoluten störungen der Kleinen Planeten. Leipzig, 1856. 8vo. M. W. Drobisch: Nachträge zur Theorie der Musikalischen Tonverhältnisse. Leipzig, 1855. 8vo. Die Stadtrechte der Lateinischen Gemeinden Salpensa und Malaca, in der Provinz Baetica: von Theodor Mommsen. Nachtrag. Leip zig, 1855. 8vo.-From the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences. Det Kongelinge Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. Femte Række. Hist. Phil. Afdeling, II. Binds, 1 Hefte. Nat. Math. Afdeling, IV. Binds, 1 Hefte. Kiobenhavn, 1856. 4to. Oversigt over det K. Danske Vid. Selskabs Forhandlinger, og dets Medlemmers Arbeider i Aaret 1855: af Prof. G. Forschhammer, Secretair. Kiobenhavn. 8vo. Collectanea Meteorologica, sub auspicüs Societatis Scientiarum Danica edita. Fase. IV. Continens observationes in Grönland institutas. Hauniæ, 1856. 4to.-From the Royal Danish Society of Sciences. Annales des Mines. V. Série. Tome X. 3 livraison de 1856. Paris. 8vo.-From the Engineers of l'Ecole des Mines. Journal of the Franklin Institute. Third Series. Vol. XXXIII. No. 4. April, 1857. Philadelphia. 8vo.-From the Institute. Transactions of the Academy of Sciences, of St. Louis. Vol. I. No. 1. St. Louis, 1857. 8vo.-From the Academy. The African Repository. Vol. XXXIII. No. 4. April, 1857. Washington. 8vo.-From the American Colonization Society. American Journal of the Medical Sciences. No. LXVI. New Series. April, 1857. Philadelphia. 8vo.-From Dr. Isaac Hays, Editor. The Medical News and Library. Vol. XV. No. 172. April, 1857. Philadelphin. 8vo.-From Blanchard & Lea. The Astronomical Journal: No. 101. (Vol. V. No. 5.) March 31, 1857. Albany. 8vo.-From Dr. B. A. Gould, Jr., Editor. Speech of the Hon. J. R. Tyson, of Pennsylvania, on the Fugitive Slave Law and Compromise Measures of 1850: delivered in the House of Representatives, Feb. 28, 1857. Washington. 8vo.From the Author. Liberty and Necessity; in which are considered the Laws of Association of Ideas, the meaning of the word Will, and the true intent of Punishment. By Henry Carleton, late one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Louisiana. Philadelphia, 1857.-From the Author. Money: a Lecture delivered before the New York Geographical and Statistical Society, Feb. 1857. By Henry C. Carey. New York, 1857. 8vo.-From the Author. On motion of Dr. Wm. Harris, Prof. Coppée was appointed to prepare an obituary notice of Prof. J. W. Bailey, of West Point, a deceased member. The Society then proceeded to the stated business of the meeting, the balloting for candidates for membership. Prof. Frazer was, on his request, excused from serving on the committee appointed at last meeting, relative to the State geological collection, and Mr. Fraley was appointed in his place. All other business having been concluded, the ballot boxes were opened by the presiding officer, and the following named gentlemen were declared to be duly elected members of the Society: Rev. HENRY J. MORTON, D.D. of Philadelphia. Stated Meeting, May 1. Present, fifteen members. Prof. FRAZER, Vice-President, in the Chair. Letters were read: From Dr. B. Howard Rand, dated Philadelphia, April 18; from Dr. Charles M. Cresson, dated Philadelphia, April 20; from the Rev. Henry J. Morton, dated Philadelphia, April 23; and from the Rev. Kingston Goddard, dated Philadelphia, April 30, 1857; severally acknowledging the receipt of notice of their election as members of the Society: From the Corporation of Yale College, dated New Haven, Oct. 15, 1856, returning thanks for No. 55 of the Proceedings: and, From Dr. Giovanni Copello, dated Lima, Dec. 21, 1856, on transmitting a donation for the library. The following donations were announced: FOR THE LIBRARY. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. XVI. No. 4. Feb. 13, 1857. London. 8vo.-From the Society. Seventieth Annual Report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York: transmitted to the Legislature, Jan. 2, 1857. Annual Report of the Trustees of the New York State Library; transmitted to the Legislature, Jan. 23, 1857. Albany. 8vo.From the Trustees. The African Repository. Vol. XXXIII. No. 5. May, 1857. XXIII. No. 69. May, 1857. New Haven. 8vo.-From The Medical News and Library. Vol. XV. No. 173. May, 1857. Nuova Zoonomia, ovvero Dottrina de Rapporti Organici: del Dottore Giovanni Copello. Vol. I. Lima, 1856. 8vo. From the Author. A Discourse on the Tendencies of Modern Science: read before the Philadelphia City Institute, Dec. 1855. 8vo. On the Arterial circulation: its Physiology and chief Pathological Relations. By Henry Hartshorne, M.D., &c. &c. Philadelphia, 1856. 8vo. From the Author. Description of New Fossil Crinoidea from the Paleozoic Rocks of the Western and Southern Portions of the United States. By B. F. Shumard, M.D. St. Louis, 1857. 8vo.-From the Author. First Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the M'Kean and Elk Land and Improvement Company to the Stockholders. Philadelphia, 1857. 8vo.-From Prof. John C. Cresson. The Astronomical Journal: No. 102. April 22, 1857. Albany. 4to.-From Dr. B. A. Gould, Jr., Editor. Mr. William Parker Foulke requested permission to make a statement in relation to some remarks of the late Mr. Hugh Miller, upon pages 171 to 175 of his recently published book, entitled "The Testimony of the Rocks." (Boston Ed. 1857.) It appeared that Mr. Miller had so far mistaken the spirit and phraseology of a brief criticism upon his reasoning, as to believe that he had been charged with intentional misrepresentation. This was the less to be expected, as the criticism had been published by one of the leading scientific societies of this country as a part of its proceedings, and had been purposely guarded by express mention of "the esteem in which the character of Mr. Miller is deservedly held in the United States❞—a phrase, the intended value of which was so little seen by him, that he has omitted to quote it, although originally printed in juxtaposition with the extract which he republishes. The melancholy associations now connected with the writings of Mr. Miller, seemed to Mr. F. to suggest as proper the proffer by him |