Mr. DU PONCEAU, President, in the Chair. The following donations were received: FOR THE LIBRARY. Printed by Form of Prayers, according to the Customs of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews. Edited by Isaac Leeser. Six Vols. Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell. Philadelphia, 1838-From the Printers. Elementary Treatise on the Strength of Materials, being the Substance of Lectures delivered in the School of Engineers of the University of Virginia. By W. B. Rogers. Charlottesville, Va., 1838. From the Author. Proyecto del primer Camino de Hierro de la Republica, desde el Puerto de Veracruz a la Capital de Mexico. Mexico, 1837.-From M. Ygnatio Cumplido. Calendano Portatif por año 1838. Mexico, 1837.—From the same. Calendano de Madrid y Guia de Forasteros, para el año de 1835. Madrid, 1835.-From M. Chacon, Consul General of Spain. Esquisse Générale de l'Afrique. Par D'Avezac. Paris, 1837.-From the Author. Notice des Travaux de la Société Géographique de Paris, et du Progrès des Sciences Géographiques pendant 1836. Par D'Avezac. Paris, 1836. From the Author. Mémoires de la Société des Antiquaires de France. Tome XIII. Paris, 1837.-From the Society. Second Annual Report on the Geological Exploration of Pennsylva nia. By H. D. Rogers, State Geologist. Harrisburg, 1838. -From the Author. Writings of George Washington. Vols. I. & XII. Edited by Jared Sparks. Boston, 1837.-From the Editor. Remarks on Literary Property. By P. H. Nicklin. Philadelphia, 1838.-From the Author. Magazine of Natural History. Edited by Edward Charlesworth. For 1837, complete; and Nos. 1 & 2, for 1838. London, 1837-8. -From the Editor. Oration at the Celebration of the First Centennial Anniversary of the South Carolina Society, in Charleston, March 28th, 1837. By Joshua W. Toomer. Charleston, 1837.-From Mr. Josiah Taylor. Discovery of Vauquelinite, a rare ore of Chromium. Also an Account of several new Genera and Species of N. A. Plants. By John Torrey, M. D. New York.-From the Author. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. Vols. III. IV. V. & VI. Cambridge, 1833-5-7.-From the Society. Laws and By-Laws of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. Cambridge, 1837.-From the same. Catalogue of the Collection of British Quadrupeds and Birds in the Museum of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, &c. Cambridge, 1836.—From the same. First Report on the Agriculture of Massachusetts, County of Essex, 1837. By Henry Coleman. Boston, 1838.-From the Author. Dr. Patterson announced the death of Dr. Nathaniel Bowditch, a member of the Society, who died on the 16th of March last, aged 63. Dr. Patterson was appointed to prepare a necrological notice of the deceased. Mr. Du Ponceau mentioned the death, not heretofore reported, of Mr. Adet, a member of the Society, who died in March, 1834. Stated Meeting, April 20. Present, thirty-four members. Mr. Du Ponceau, President, in the Chair. The following donations were received: FOR THE LIRRARY. Flora Batava. Nos. 111, 112, & 113. Amsterdam, 1838.-From the King of the Netherlands. Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie. Uitgegeven door J. Van der Hoeven, M. D., en W. H. de Vriese, M. D. Vol. IV. Part I. & II. Leyden, 1837.-From the same. Asiatic Researches of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Vol. XIX. Part I., and Vol. XX. Part I. Calcutta, 1836.-From the Society. Journal of the Asiatic Society. Edited by James Prinseps, Secretary. Vol. V. Calcutta, 1836.-From the Editor. Useful Tables, forming an Appendix to the Journal of the Asiatic Society. By H. Piddington. Part IV. Calcutta, 1836.—From James Prinseps, Esq. Useful Tables. Part II. Indian Chronological and Genealogical Tables. Calcutta, 1836.—From the same. Mr. Kane deposited with the Society the writing chair used by Mr. Jefferson at his lodgings, during the Congressional Session of 1776. Mr. Lea read a Note supplementary to his Memoir, now in the Society's press, on the subject of the Uniones, and permission was given to add the same to the principal communication. The following candidates were elected members :- ROBERT TREAT PAINE, of Boston. JOHN P. EMMET, M. D., of the University of Virginia. HUGH S. LEGARE, of Charleston, S. C. SAMUEL BRECK, of Philadelphia. COL. SYLVANUS THAYER, U. S. Engineers. FRANCIS WAYLAND, D. D., of Brown University. HENRY BALDWIN, of Pennsylvania. WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT, of Boston. Stated Meeting, May 4. Present, twenty-one members. Dr. PATTERSON, Vice President, in the Chair. The following donations were received: FOR THE LIBRARY. Auxiliador da Industria Nacional. Rio Janeiro, 1837.-From Mr. J. S. Rebello. Journal of the Asiatic Society. Edited by James Prinseps, Sec. Nos. 61 to 67. Calcutta, 1837.-From the Society. Address to the Royal Society, at its Anniversary Meeting, November 30, 1837. By the Duke of Sussex, President. London, 1837. From Mr. William Vaughan. Transactions of the Royal Society. Parts I. & II. for 1837. London, 1838.-From the Society. Catalogue of Members of the Royal Society, November 30, 1837. London, 1837.-From the same. Astronomical Observations, made at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in the year 1836. By George Biddel Airy, Astron. Roy. London, 1837. From the same. Appendix to the above. London, 1837. From the same. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Nos. 29 & 30. London, 1837.From the same. Abstract of Papers in the Transactions of the Royal Society. Vol. III. From 1830 to 1837. London, 1838.-From the same. Defence of the Resolution for omitting Pannizzi's Bibliographical Notes from the Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Society. London, 1838. From the same. Mémoires couronnés par l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres de Bruxelles. Tome XI. Brussels, 1837.-From the Academy. Nouveaux Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres de Bruxelles. Tome XIV. Brussels, 1837.-From the same. Annales de l'Observatoire de Bruxelles. Par le Directeur A. Que telet. Tome I. Deuxième Partie. Brussels, 1837.-From the same. Bulletin de la Science Générale, Nos. 5 to 9. Brussels, 1837.—From the same. Report of the Sixth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Bristol in August 1836. London, 1837. From the Association. Speech on the Judicial Tenure, delivered in the Convention of Pennsylvania for revising the Constitution. By J. Hopkinson. Philadelphia, 1838.-From the Author. Speech in the Convention on the same subject. By Charles Chauncey. Philadelphia, 1838.-From the Hon. J. Hopkinson. Speech in the Convention on Banks and Currency. By Thomas P. Cope. Philadelphia, 1838.-From J. R. Tyson, Esq. Tenth Report of the House of Refuge, with an Appendix. Philadelphia, 1838.-From J. J. Barclay, Esq. Le Sourd-Muet et l'Aveugle. Journal Mensuel, par l'Abbe Carton. Brussels, 1837.-From the Editor. Lucani Pharsalia, cum Notis Hugonis Grotii et Ricardi Bentleii. Glasgow, 1816. From J. F. Fisher, Esq. M. Valerii Martialis Epigrammata. Leipsic. No date.-From the same. C. Crispus Sallustius. No imprint.-From the same. Antiquities of Greece. By John Robinson. London, 1807.-From Mr. John Vaughan. Roman Antiquities. By Alexander Adam. With Notes by P. Wilson. New York, 1819.-From the same. Compendium of Ancient Geography. By M. D'Anville. Translated from the French, with Maps, &c., by John Horsley. Two Vols. New York, 1814. From the same. Formula for the Announcement of the principal Phases of the Annular Eclipse of the Sun, September 18, 1838. By E. O. Kendal. Philadelphia, 1838.—From Mr. S. C. Walker. Arte de los Metales, &c. Por Alv. Alonso Barba. Lima, 1817.From Mr. J. B. Quinby. Essai sur la Vie et les Ouvrages de M. S. F. Schoell. Par A. P. de la Forest. Paris, 1835.—From the Author. Catalogue de Plantes cultivées par J. Sisley-Vandael et Cie. Paris, 1838.—From the Publishers. Pursuant to appointment, Dr. Horner read a necrological notice of Dr. Philip Syng Physick, late a member of the Society. Dr. Horner having expressed a wish to make the same |