80 Mr. Daniell on the Barometer. 



My dear Sir, 



I have no new details or elucidations to communicate to the 

 Royal Society. I shall therefore be much obliged to you to have 

 my paper again brought before the council for their final deter- 

 mination ; unless indeed I am to understand that their determina- 

 tion has been already expressed. 



I have the honour to be, dear Sir, 

 Very truly your's, 

 To Sir H. Davy, Bart., J. F. Daniell. 



President of the Royal Society, §*c. 



In consequence of this, the paper was again laid before the 

 council, just before the recess ; when, on account of a division of 

 opinion, their determination was postponed to next year. A mem- 

 ber of the council then asked leave to withdraw the paper, in order 

 to allow of its publication elsewhere, and stated that I had neg- 

 lected to preserve a copy of the manuscript. The President, I 

 am told, objected to this, and laid down the law, that the paper 

 having been once taken into consideration by the council, could 

 not be withdrawn. To make sure that no formality was neg- 

 lected, I immediately addressed the following note to the Pre- 

 sident : 



My dear Sir, Gower-street, 25th June, 1825. 



Understanding that the decision upon my paper is post- 

 poned to next year, I beg permission to withdraw it. 

 I remain, dear Sir, 



Your's faithfully, 

 To Sir H. Davy, Bart., J. F. Daniell. 



President of the Royal Society, fyc. 



To this application I never received any answer. This is a 

 brief statement of facts, upon which I shall abstain from making 

 any comment. Twice before I have experienced similar treatment 

 from the council of the Royal Society, and twice before I have 

 appealed to the scientific public with success. I shall now endea- 



