554 Proceedings of General Meetings, 



Lord MEADOWBANK addressed the Meeting at considerable length, and proposed 

 several plans for disposing of the question in a different way from that proposed by 

 the Council, but concluded without making any motion ; after which, the Lord 

 Chief-Commissioner spoke, and having stated that his object was to obtain such a 

 Resolution as should be acceptable to all concerned, and be unanimously agreed to 

 by the Society, he proposed, in confirmation of the Report of the Council, 



" That, as an appropriate Tribute of respect to the memory of Sir WALTER 

 SCOTT, late President of the Society, it be resolved, that a Biographical Notice and 

 Eloge of this distinguished person be inserted in the next Volume of the Transac- 

 tions ; and that Professor WILSON be requested to prepare such Notice and Eloge. 



" That, as a further tribute of respect to the memory of Sir WALTER SCOTT, 

 the Society do subscribe the sum of 50 to the Monument intended to be erected 

 in [this City ; but, as the present state of the Finances of the Society does not 

 admit of a grant from its corporate Funds, to make good the proposed contribution, 

 that it be raised by voluntary Subscription of the Members, to be placed in the 

 hands of the Treasurer : That the contribution, when completed, shall be paid, in 

 name of the Society, to the Treasurer of the Subscriptions for the Monument, with 

 directions to enter it as the Subscription of the Royal Society of Edinburgh to the 

 Monument to be erected in commemoration of Sir WALTER SCOTT : That 



The Right Hon. the Lord PRESIDENT, 



The Right Hon. the Lord JUSTICE- CLERK, 



The Right Hon. WILLIAM ADAM, Lord Chief- Commissioner, 



The Hon. Lord MEADOWBANK, 



Sir FRANCIS WALKER DRUMMOND, Bart. 



JOHN HOPE, Esq. Dean of Faculty, 



GEORGE FORBES, Esq. 



GEORGE MACPHERSON GRANT, Esq., and 



Rear-Admiral ADAM, 



Fellows of this Society, together with the Council, be requested to see this Resolu- 

 tion carried into effect, and do report to the Society at their meeting on the first 

 Monday in March. 1 ' 



The Lord Chief-Commissioner concluded by suggesting, that the amount of the 

 Subscription from the individuals should be restricted to ]. 



This Resolution being generally approved of, was adopted by the Meeting ne- 

 mine contradicente. 



