129 PLAN OF THE LITERARY AND PHILOSOSPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. ふる Continued from p. 36. Ат a meeting held at the Afsembly-Rooms on Thursday January 24. 1793. for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of establishing a Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle, "Resolved, "That it appears to this meeting highly expedient, that such a Society be formed. "Resolved, "That William Cramlington, Esq; Robert Hopper Williamson, Esq; the Rev. Edward Moises, the Rev. William Turner, Dr Pemberton, Dr Ramsay, Dr Wood, Mr Anderson, Mr Murray, Mr Newton, Mr David Stephenson, Mr Thomas Gibson, Mr Doubleday, Mr Malin Sorfbie, and Mr Nicholas Story, be a committee for drawing up a plan to be submitted to the next general meeting, which shall be held at the Dispensary on Thursday the 7th of February, at six o'clock in the evening. "Resolved, "That in the mean time the committee be requested to meet each Wednesday previous to the general meeting, at the above mentioned hour and place. "At a general meeting, held at the Dispensary, e Thursday, Feb. 7. 1793. (The Rev. Edward Moises in the chais.) t A plan for the formation and government of a Literary Society having been presented by the committee, "I. That this meeting do form itself into a society, by the name of "The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne." "II. That this society fhall consist, પર "1. Of Ordinary Members; who shall be liable, from the time of their becoming members, to the annual contribution of one guinea; and to whom fhall be confined the sole management of the businefs of the Society, and the election of officers and members. "2. Of Honorary Members; with whose correspondence the society may hope to be favoured; but who fhall not be liable to any expence. III That all persons resident within five miles of Newcastle, fhall be eligible into the clafs of Ordinary Members only: But that persons residing beyond the distance of five miles, may be elected into either class. "IV. That every person who fhall join the society, in person, or by letter, at its first regular meeting, on the 7th day of March, shall have a power to nominate, on that day, one Ordinary and one Honorary Member; after which, all candidates for admission fhall be proposed by at leat three members, during two successive meetings of the society. That every election fhall be by ballot, twelve members at least being present; and that the votes of three-fourths of the members present fhall be requisite for the admission of the candidate. "V. That a President, four Vice-Presidents, two Secretaries, a Treasurer, and four other Members, shall be annually elected, by written lists, out of the clafs of July 171 Ordinary Members, at the general meeting in March, and shall form the Committee of the Society; any five being competent to act. To them shall be entrusted the expenditure of the funds of the society; (any member, however, having a right to recommend, and any general meeting to direct, the purchase of such books, &c. as they may think proper.) They shall also have a power to decide upon the propriety of communicating to the society any papers which may be received, as well as upon their subsequent insertion in the records of the Society. "VI. That the meetings of the society be held at the Dispensary; for the present, not more frequently than the first Thursday in every month. That the chair be taken at a quarter before seven; but that the members be requested to meet at half past six, to hear such literary intelligence, &c. as any person may have to communicate. "VII. That the reading of papers fhall always com mence at seven o'clock precisely; and if the election of Members, or other private businefs, should not be first dispatched, the President may adjourn such businefs till after the discussion of the subject for the night. VIII. That the subjects for conversation fhail comprehend the Mathematics, Natural Philosophy and History, Chemistry, Polite Literature, Antiquities, Ci vil History, Biography, Questions of General Law and Policy, Commerce, and the Arts. But that Religion, the practical braches of Law and Physic, British Politics, and indeed all Politics of the day, shall be deemed prohibited subjects of conversation. "IX. That all the friends of literature and philosophy, whether Members or not, be invited to favour the socie ty with papers on any of the above subjects, or with literary intelligence, curious productions of nature or art, c. directed to any Member of the Society: And that all communications, which shall have been approved by the Committee, fhall be read, by one of the Secretaries, or by the author, at his option, in the order in which they were received; notice being given, at the close of each meeting, whenever it can conveniently be done, of the subject of the paper or papers to be read at the next. "X. That the Society will consider itself as particularly indebted to those who shall favour it with notices concerning coal and lead, with the strata, &c. accompanying them; or with specimens, draughts, plans, sections, borings, c. illustrative of the natural history of these minerals. any "XI. That it be left to the future deliberations of the Society to determine what, or whether any, measures fhall be taken for obtaining the establishment of a general library: But that, in the mean time, Members wantting any particular book, shall be permitted to give notice of it, in the Society's Room, in order that, if other Member be in pofsefsion of, and disposed to lend, it, (or can give information where it may be obtained,) the person who has occasion for it, may be accommodated upon the following terms viz. That he give a written receipt for any book furnished by a Member, with an engagement to return it, within a specified time, in as good condition as received. "XII. That any Member may introduce a stranger; but that an inhabitant of the town can only be introduced with the permifsion of the Presiden for the night. "XIII. That, in order to encourage a taste for literature in the younger members of the community, it be allowed to any Member to introduce a young person, between the ages of seventeen and twenty-one; but that this clafs of visitors be expected to withdraw immediately after the reading of papers is concluded. "XIV. That it be requested of Honorary and Corresponding Members to suggest such hints as may occur to them for the improvement of the plan of this Society. "XV. That these regulations, together with the preface recommended by the Committee, be printed, for distribution amongst the friends of those who have already subscribed the form of afsociation. EDWARD MOISES. Chairman." Officers for 1793 President, John Widdrington Esq. V. Presidents, R. H. Wiliamson Esq. John Clark M. Doc. Secretaries, Treasurer, Committee, John Ramsay MD. Mr Walter Hall. Mr D. Stephenson, James Wood M D. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE FROM RUSSIA. COMMUNICATED BY ARGLICYS, Extrary cold proble alkali*. PROFESSOR LOVITZ, the same mentioned in a former Ar ticle to have discovered a mode of restoring putrid fluids, * Some slight notices of this important discovery were given in the Bee, vol. xv. p. 69. The following more particular account of it will be highly acceptable to our Philosophical readers. |