110 ANNIVERSARY. [May 28, 1860. 



At tho conclusion of tlie Ballot, the Scrutineers reported tliat the 

 changes advised by the Council had been adopted ; the Earl de 

 Grey and Eipon, retiring from the Presidency, to be succeeded by 

 Lord Ashburton; and the vacancy among the Vice-Presidents, 

 occasioned by the retirement of Colonel W. H. Sykes, to be sup- 

 plied by Earl de Grey. The vacancy in the Trustees, caused by 

 the decease of Sir George T. Staunton, Bart., to be filled by Sir 

 Walter C. Trevelyan, Bart. ; and those among the Ordinary Coun- 

 cillors, occasioned by the retirement of Capt. the Hon. J. Denman, 

 R.N. ; Colonel Sir Henry James, r.e. ; General E. Sabine, r.a. ; the 

 Earl of Sheffield ; Thomas Staveley ; Count P. E. de Strzelecki ; and 

 by the decease of Kobert Stephenson, m.p. ; to be filled by Lieut.- 

 General C. R. Fox; Capt. W. H. Hall, R.N.; A. J. B. Hope; 

 Austen H. Layard ; William Spottiswoode ; Colonel W. H. Sykes ; 

 and Viscount Strangford. 



Thanks having been voted to the President, Vice-President, 

 Members of Council, and Scrutineers, the President finally directed 

 attention to the usual Anniversary Dinner, and the Meeting ad- 

 journed. 



