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and in 1841 took the command of the disastrous Niger Expedition. 

 Having remained on half-pay for some years, he was appointed to 

 the command of the Cape of Good Hope squadron, obtained his 

 flag rank in 1857, and died suddenly last year. 



Admiral Trotter joined this Society in 1839, and took the greatest 

 interest in its proceedings ; he was likewise a warm advocate for 

 the suppression of the slave-trade. 



The Rev. David Williams, d.c.l., Warden of New College, Oxford, 

 died on the 22nd of March, at Oxford, in the 74th year of his age. 

 Dr. Williams took his degree of b.c.l. in 1809, d.c.l. in 1824; was 

 ordained deacon in 1809, and priest in 1810 ; was appointed second 

 master of Winchester School in 1810, and held it up to 1823 ; in 

 1824 was appointed head-master, and held it up to 1835. He was 

 appointed Canon of Winchester Cathedral in 1833, elected Warden 

 of New College in 1840, appointed Select Preacher to the Univer- 

 sity in 1841, and Vice-Chancellor in 1856 to 1858, when he resigned 

 the office in consequence of his declining health. The Rev. Dr. 

 Williams joined this Society at its commencement, in 1830; and at 

 the time of his decease he was Pro-Vice-Chancellor, a member of 

 the Hebdomadal Council, and a Delegate of Estates. 



Commander James Wood, r.n., has been a useful contributor to 

 our hydrographical knowledge of the globe. He began his career 

 as a maritime surveyor at Fernando Po, under the late Admiral 

 Fitzwilliam Owen, in the year 1827. He afterwards served in the 

 Hecla in the Bight of Benin, and then went to the coast of California. 

 He next joined the Etna, Captain Sir Edward Belcher, and assisted 

 in his surveys on the African coast, on the Bar of Oporto, and on 

 Skerki Bank off Tunis. He again returned to the coast of Africa 

 in 1834 with Commander Skyring, and, after the death of that 

 officer, he joined the Raven, and was employed in the survey of the 

 west coast of Morocco and the Canary Isles. In 1836 Lieut. Wood 

 served with Capt. Hewitt in the North Sea Survey, and in 1837 

 joined the survey of the coast of Wales and the south coast of Eng- 

 ,land. From this station he was appointed to command the Pandora, 

 accompanied Capt. Kellett in the Herald to continue the survey of 

 the west coast of America, and took share in the examination of the 

 coasts of Columbia, Guatemala, and California, as far as Vancouver 

 Island. On the return of this expedition to England, Lieut. Wood 

 was promoted to the rank of Commander ; and in 1855 was given 

 charge of the survey of the n.w. coast of Scotland, and some of his 

 plans of the Isle of Skye have been exhibited before this Society. 



