BRIDGEWATER Treatises. The Right Hon. and Rev. Francis Henry, Earl of Bridgewater, who died in 1829, devised by will the sum of £8000, at the disposal of the president of the London Royal Society, to be paid to the author or authors selected by the president, to write and publish 1000 copies of a treatise "On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation." Mr Davies Gilbert, who then filled the office, selected eight individuals, each to undertake a branch of this subject, and each to receive £1000 as his reward, together with any benefit that might accrue from the sale of his work, according to the will of the testator. These treatises were published as follows:—1. "The Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Condition of Man;" by the Rev. Thomas Chalmers, D.D. 2. "The Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man;" by John Kidd, M.D. 3. "Astronomy and General Physics considered with reference to Natural Theology;" by the Rev. William Whewell, D.D. 4. "The Hand, its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as evincing Design;" by Sir Charles Bell. 5. "Animal and Vegetable Physiology considered with reference to Natural Theology;" by Peter Mark Roget. 6. "Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology;" by the Rev. William Buckland, D.D. 7. "The Habits and Instincts of Animals with reference to Natural Theology;" by the Rev. William Kirby. 8. "Chemistry, Meteorology, and the Function of Digestion, considered with reference to Natural Theology;" by William Prout, M.D. All these are works of great though unequal merit, alike creditable to their authors, and to the intentions of the noble testator.