February 7, 1839.
The MARQUESS of NORTHAMPTON, President, in the Chair.
James Heywood, Esq., and the Rev. Henry Moseley, M.A., were severally elected Fellows of the Society.
A paper was read, entitled, "Notice of a Shock of an Earthquake felt in the Island of St. Mary's, one of the Scilly Islands, on the 21st of January, 1839," in a letter addressed to the Secretary By the Rev. George Wordley.
The tremulous motion of the ground is described as being very slight, and felt chiefly in the south parts of the island. It was accompanied by a peculiarly harsh and grating sound, which was only of momentary duration, and no particular agitation of the sea was observed.
A paper was in part read, entitled, "Observations on the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy, and of other psirts of Lochabar, with an attempt to prove that they are of Marine Origin." By Charles Darwin, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., Sec. Geol. Soc.
