viii Extracts from the Minutes of the Council 
* Brother, the glory of whose reign, and whose protection of 
** all the Sciences and useful Arts, must be gratefully remem- 
“ bered by an enlightened nation. From the paternal and bene- 
** ficent feelings which Your Mazzsry has evinced towards all 
** descriptions of your people, we venture to hope for a con- 
* tinuance of the same gracious patronage to our Corporate 
* Body, which it experienced from Your Ma»;rsry's lamented 
* Predecessor; and we earnestly pray that Divine Providence 
* may vouchsafe to bless with a long and happy life both 
‘Your Masesty and Your Royal Consort THE QUEEN, 
* whose conspicuous example in the practice of all those vir- 
* tues which improve society and adorn domestic life, reflects 
** lustre on the Throne, whilst it insures the admiration, respect, 
** and affection of your people." 
Ordered —That a Letter be written to the President, re- 
questing him to take Tur Kine’s Pleasure as to the time and 
manner of receiving the Address and becoming the Patron of 
the Society. 
December 21, 1830. 
RosrnT Brown, Esq., V.P. in the Chair. 
The Vice-President read a Letter addressed to the President, 
from Sir Robert Peel His Mas;zsrv's Principal Secretary of 
State for the Home Department, as follows : — 
* My Lord, Whitehall, Nov. 18, 1830. 
* I have had the honour to lay before Tue Krxc the loyal 
and dutiful Address of the President and Fellows of the Linnean 
Society of London, which accompanied your Lordship’s Letter. 
of the 15th of November, which Hrs Mazrsrv was pleased to 
receive in the most gracious manner. 
** And 
