Johnston and Jay, three professors of Columbia College, Messrs.

McVickar, Moore, and Renwick, the Rev.Drs.Wainwright and Mathews, the former of the Episcopal Church, the latter of the Presbyterian Church, two merchants, Messrs.

Brevoort and Goodhue, and I have the honor to represent the medical faculty.

Our twelfth associate was Mr.Morse, of the National Academy of Design, of which he was president, and his departure for Europe has caused a vacancy.

For agreeableness of conversation there is nothing in New York at all comparable to our institution.