Mr Lyell also begs, that in that case the whole correspondence which has passed on both sides may be published in full, and that this note may be added to the rest.

Mr Charlesworth conceived that the word correspondence, as used in his letter to Mr Lyell, of the 18th inst, necessarily referred to the letters on both sides, and that it could not be construed as referrible only to " cer- tain letters" of Mr Lyells.

Mr Charlesworth willingly accedes to Mr Lyells request respecting the including his note of yesterday, with the rest of the correspondence.

As it regards Mr Lyells protest against the publication of the letters in question, Mr Charlesworth has to observe : 1st, That the correspondence contains no details of a confidential nature.

2dly, That Professor Owen, in the Magazine of Natural History for April, 1838, spoke of M Coste (a continental physiologist), as a pretender, who sought to appropriate to himself a discovery which had been commu- nicated to him by Prof.