LIST of MEMBERS elected into the ROYAL INSTITUTION in the year 1817.

John Hambrough, Esq.

Thomas Hoblyn, Esq. F. R. S.

Thomas Jeans, Esq.

Samuel Parkes, Esq. F. L. S.

George Moore, Esq.

Frederick Hodgson, Esq.

John Dyneley, Esq.

Sir W. Burroughs, Bart. M. P.

Samuel P. Wright, Esq.

Anthony Bertolacci, Esq.

Major W. C. Holloway, Royal Engineers.
Lieutenant Colonel John Baillie, F. R. S.
Oliver Farrer, Esq.

Captain Thomas Coleby, Royal Engineers.

William Stewart Rose, Esq.

James Goding, Esq.

Charles Robinson, Esq.

Alexander Copland, Esq.

Augustus Bozzi Granville, M. D.

Robert Williams, Esq. M. P.

Lieutenant Colonel Ansley.

Jeremiah Olive, Esq.
Ashurst Majendie, Esq.

C. P. Mayer, Esq.
Thomas Roberts, Esq.
Jesse Watts Russell, Esq.

LIST OF BOOKS PRESENTED TO THE LIBRARY OF THE

ROYAL INSTITUTION IN THE YEAR 1817.

1817.

DONORS.

Jan. 27. Collectanea ad Statum civilem et ecclesiasticum Geo. Allan, Esq. M. P.
Comitatus Dunelmensis, 4to.

A View of the Agricultural, Commercial, and Fi-
nancial Interests of Ceylon, 8vo. By Anthony
Bertolacci, Esq. M. R. f.

The Institutions of Physiology, by J. F. Blumen-
bach, 8vo.

Le Vray et Methodique Cours de la Physique reso-
lutive, par Annibal Barlet, 4to.
Transactions of the Geological Society, vol. iv.
part 1. 4to.

The 39th Report of the Society for Bettering the
Condition of the Poor.

Feb. 17. Essays on Hypochondriacal and other Nervous
Affections, by John Reid, M. D. 8vo.

G. Biagioli, Tesoretto della Lingua Toscana, 8vo.
Mar. 3. Curiosities of Literature, vol. 3. by J. D'Israeli, Esq.
Essays, Religious and Moral, by Isaac Hawkins
Browne, Esq. 8vo.

10. Two Sketches of France, Belgium and Spa, in two
Tours during 1771 and 1816, 8vo.

A Genealogical Chart of the Kings of England.
17. Outlines of Geology, by W. T. Brande, Professor
of Chym. R. I. &c.

Sketch of a Plan for a Reformation in the System of
Provincial Banking, 8vo.

M. R. I.

The Author.

John Elliotson, M. D.

Edward Brooke, Esq.

The Geological Society.

The Society.

William Luxmore, Esq.
M. R. I.
The Author.
The Author.
General Thornton, M. P.
M. R. I.

The Author.
Mr. Richard Mitchell.

The Author.

The Author.

April 14. Cursory Remarks on a Bill for Regulating of Mad-
Houses, by G. Man Burrows, M. D. F. L. S. &c. The Author.
A Narrative of Occurrences in the Indian Countries
of North America, since the connexion of the Earl
of Selkirk with the Hudson's Bay Company, 8vo.

The Author.
The Horticultural Society.

27. Transactions of the Horticultural Society, 4to.
A Treatise on the Records of the Creation; by John Isaac Hawkins Browne,
Bird Sumner, M. A. 2 vol. 8vo.

Arguments in favour of the practicability of relieving
the able-bodied Poor, and finding_employment
for them, by Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart. M. P.
Essai General d'Education Physique, Morale, et
Intellectuale, par M. A. Jullien, de Paris, 4to.
May 5. An Inquiry into several Questions of Political
Economy, applicable to the present state of Great
Britain, by Anthony Bertolacci, Esq. M. R. I.
12. Algebra, with Arithmetic and Mensuration, from the
Sanscrit of Brahmegupta and Bhascara, 4to.
The Statutes of the Realm, volumes 2 and 3. folio.
Fœdera, new edition, vol. i. 2 parts.
Domesday Book, vol. iv. and Supplement.
Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini Regis Retorna-
tarum, vol. 3, and Supplement, folio.

A New System of Commercial Arithmetic for
Moneys, Weights, and Measures, by Thomas
Preston, 12mo.

Esq.

The Author.

The Author.

The Author.

Henry Thomas Colebrooke,
Esq. F. R. S. &c. &c.
His Majesty's Commis-
sioners of the Public
Records.

The Author.

1817.

May 26. Design for a bridge over the River Mersey, at

DONORS.

Runcorn, to connect the Counties of Chester and Thomas Telford, Esq.
Lancaster.

June 16. M. De Pradt on the Colonies, and the present
American Revolutions, 8vo.

F. R. S. E.

The Publisher.

Herbarius; sive Aggregator practicus de Simplici- Earl Spencer, President of bus, cum figuris, 4to. edit. antiqua.

July 7. The 34th Volume of the Transactions of the Society
of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce.

Mr. Arthur Aikin's Address at the Distribution of
Rewards by the Society of Arts, &c.
Remarks on the Construction of Hot Houses, by J.
C. Loudon, F. L. S. 4to.

A New System of practical political Economy, with
Engravings of the Hydrostatic Ship.

Aug. 4. Philosophical Transactions for 1817, Part I.
A Parallel drawn between the two intended Chinese
Dictionaries, 4to.

The Colonial Journal, No. 5. and 6.

A Dissertation on the Structure of the Obstetric For

cepts; with several new Forms, by R. Rawlins,
Surgeon, Oxford.

Remarks on Arsenic, considered as a Poison and a
Medicine, by John Marshall, Surgeon.

Septr. 15. Chymical Amusement; Instructive Experiments in
Chymistry, by Frederick Accum, 12mo.
An Essay on the nature of Heat, Light, and Electri-
city, by Charles Carpenter Bompass, Esq. 8vo.
Transactions of the Geological Society, Vol. IV.
Part 2.

The Principles of Diagnosis, by Dr. Marshall Hall,

8vo.

19. Narrative of Mr. James Sadler's Aerial Voyage
across the Irish Channel, Oct. 1, 1812, and of
Mr. Windham Sadler's, July 22, 1817.
24. An Essay on the Chymical History and Medical
Treatment of Calculous Disorders, by Alexander
Marcet, M. D. F. R. S. M. R. I. &c. 8vo.
The Geneva Catechism, prepared by the Pastors of
Geneva, for the Swiss and French Protestant
Churches, 12mo.

Oct. 20. Valor Ecclesiasticus temp. Henr. VIII. Vol. 3, folio.
A Letter on the Measures of the Medical Officers of
the London Eye Infirmary, by Sir W. Adams.
Lusus Naturæ Londini, observatis, descriptus, Ta-
bula et Notis insuper illustratus, à B. De Sanctis,
M. D.

Nov. 3. A Letter to Professor Stewart, on the objects of ge-
neral Terms, and on the axiomatical Laws of
Vision, by John Fearne, Esq.

10. Six Letters on Singing, by the Rev. C. J. Smith,
A. M.

Observations on the Phenomena of Insanity, by

Thomas Forster, F. L. S.

Decr. 1. Observations on the origin of Decorative Architec-
ture, by Samuel Ware, Esq. F. S. A. M. R. I.
Archaeologia, Vol. XVIII. Part 2.
Philosophical Transactions, for 1817, Part 2.

the R. I.

The Society of Arts, &c.

The Author.

The Author.
The Royal Society.

The Author and Editor.
The Editor.

The Author.

The Author.

The Author.

The Author.

The Geological Society.

The Author.

Mr. John Sadler.

The Author.

The Rev. Dr. Abauzit.
His Majesty's Commission-
ers of the Public Records.
The Author.

The Author

The Author.

The Author.

The Author.

The Author.

The Society of Antiquaries.
The Royal Society.

1817.

Decr. 1. Transactions of the Horticultural Society, Vol. II.

Part 6.

5. An experimental Inquiry into the Laws of the Vital
Functions, by A. P. Wilson, M. D. F. R. S. E. 8vo.
Case of the Salt Duties; with Proofs and Illustra-
tions, by Sir Thomas Bernard, Bart. M. R. I.
Observations on the Gaol or Typhus Fever, by Sir
G. O. Paul, Bart.

The European Magazine for 1817.

The Repository of Arts, Literature, &c. &c.

DONORS.

The Horticultural Society.

The Author.

The Author.

The Author.

Mr. Asperne, the Publisher
Mr.Ackerman,the Publisher

A Collection of Swedish Minerals has been presented to the Institution by Professor Swiedenstiernha.

Mr. Dowson of Welbeck-street has presented and fixed one of his excellent Door Springs to the News-paper Room.

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ART. I. On the Origin and Vicissitudes of Literature, Science, and Art, and their Influence on the present State of Society; being a Discourse delivered on the opening of the Liverpool Royal Institution, by WILLIAM ROSCOE, Esq.

THIS Discourse is upon a subject intimately connected with

the object of our Journal, and our readers cannot be displeased that we lay before them some extracts from a composition, distinguished for the justness of its views, and by the various erudition with which its accomplished author has adorned and illustrated his arguments and positions. It is not, indeed, to be expected, that much novelty will be found in the discussion of topics, upon which so many writers have displayed their reasoning and learning, and with which so many volumes have been filled. The merit of this performance, when divested of the interest arising from its ornaments and style, consists in having separated from the results of mere conjecture, some conclusions, that may be safely relied on, as furnishing maxims and directions for the progressive improvement of the arts and sciences, and in marking perspicuously the circumstances that most frequently accompany their prosperity or decay. Unfortunately, some of the causes which have operated from the remotest periods most extensively, and in ways the most evident, to impede the progress, to hasten the decline, or finally to obliterate the vestiges of our VOL. V.

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