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ssfrora'clays and earths 144 forth the,baSis of thei
finest iloweelain, and which are applicable to otitatpste..
pnsrs id the arts. In this family no organic MUM
have' #1 yet bet tt found.
The second !amity of the Secondary Rocks, con-
tains the impressicma of marine ezuvix, less drystalline
matter than the first flimily, and fragments in greater
abundance ; it, is -composed of the argillaceous and
silacions schists, the schistose porphyries, trapps,
, ;trawickes and breciass The mechanical elements of '
all these rocks, inclependent of the fragMents they
contain, arc principally feldspar, quartz, hornblende
and chlorite ; feldspar serving as a cement to con-
nect the others together. The rocks of this family
are variously associated with each other, and some-
times with limestone; the position of their strata is
irregular, it is seldom horizontal or vertical, but ge-
nerally more or less inclined. Coal, without bitumen,
is peculiar to this family.
The third family, besides marine exuvin, contains
the impressions of fishes and vegetables, and the re.
mains of quadrupeds; it is also distinguished by an
h^rizontal stratification, and by the uncrystalline ap-
pearance of most of its rocks, excepting basalts ; .
shell limdtones, sand stones, shales, bituminous coal,
and basalts belong to this family. Basalts are aggre-
gates of small crystals of hornblende and feldspar.
Mr. Davy was of opinion that much remained to
be learnt from chemistry respecting the formation
of this family of rocks ; he chewed that all the phe-
nomena they present are not explicable on the sup-
position of the action of one simple cause; that tire or ,
water alone is insufficient, but that their joint agencies
are more agreeable to the visible effects.—He introdu-
ced some observations on the tendency of geological
speculations, when attempts are made to connect them
with the truths of Revelation. He quoted Lord Bacon
on the occasion, and urged the separation of divine
I things from human. The ordinances of the CREATOR,
,he said, were not to be judged of by the fleeting opi-
nions of man ; their theories and their hypotheses are
in continued fluctuation, and ehould therefore never be
blended with that which is divine and immutable.
—The secondAry rocks form the beds on which our
fertile and cultivated soils are situated.. They are
abundant in fossil coal, and in mineral veins, and they
afford a number of substances connected with our
I wants and-our comforts. They all exhibit proofs of
the agency of powerful causes which destroyed and
dissolved a considerable part of the ancient world ;
and -which by successive operations of a lest
perfect consolidation of its materials, in some cases
almost assimilating .them to their original appear- ,
ances, but Always impressing on them the stamp of
change, always constituting them monuments of the
great destruction and renovation that took place in
the obscure and early epochs of the history of nature.

On Wednesday, the Ist instant, the BRITISH and
Fonntow BITILE Society held their Seventh Anniver-
Jaw; at. he Piece Masons' Tavern, Queen-street, Un-
.coln's-Inn-Fields. The Report was read, as usual,
by Lord Teignmouth, the President ; and the thanks
to his Lordship were moved in a very impressive Ad-
dress by the Bishop of Durham. The facts detailed
' in the Report, and in the Extracts of Correspondence
with which it was followed, were peculiarly interest-
ing and satisfactory ; and evinced the successful ope-
ration of the Society in.the pursuit of its object over
a large proportion of the world. It appeared, that
besides the three great Societies to wliksh this Institu-
tion has given birth, on the European Continent, and
the Corresponding Coinmittee in British India, it has
I been instrumental in producing by its example or en-
cotiragement, sixteen similar Societies in the United
I States of America. It appeared, also, that the So-
-1 ciety had made considerable progress in. the course
I of the. last year in augmenting both its influence and
I its funds; not less than Seventeen new Auxiliary So-
-1 cieties in Great Britain, among which is comprehend-
-1 ed one in the important town of Liverpool, having
i been added to its list within that period. But for
• particulars,. we must refer to the Report itself; which,
with very copious Correspondence, List of Subscri-
bers, &c. will be speedily. issued from the Society's
Depository, No. 169, Fleet-street.
The Attendance at this Anniversary was very nu.
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