8 JANUARY 1831, Page 15

GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

Wednesday, January 5th, 1831, Professor Sedgwick, President, in the chair.

A paper was read "On the General Structure of the Lake Mountains of the North of England, and on the great Dislocations by which they have been separatedfrom the Neighbouring Chains." By the Reverend Adam Sedgwick, Pres. G.S., Woodwardiau Professor in the University of Cambridge, &c.

Among the donations exhibited at the meeting was a collection of specimens from the Western Coasts of Australia, presented by Peter Cunningham, Esq. ; and a work by Professor Hansteen, entitled " Untersuchungen titter den Magnetismus der Erde," presented by Henry Campbell White, Esq., F.G.S., &c.