AND LIST OF MEMBERS ELECTED. 687 



Street, where the Royal Society Apartments are, and where also various other Public Bodies, 

 instituted for the study of the Arts, Sciences, and Antiquities, hold their Meetings, it may be 

 more convenient for His Royal Highness to receive the deputation on that occasion. But 

 wherever, and at whatever time, it may be most agreeable to His Royal Highness, to have the 

 Address and the Diploma presented to him, the Deputation will attend, on your giving me a 

 few hours' previous notice. 



I have honour to remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, 



The Honourable GEORGE ANSON, (Signed) DAVID MILNE. 



Sec?, to H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. 



To this Letter, the following answer was received. 



SIR, Dalkeith House, September 1. 1842. 



I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th ult., and, in reply, to 

 inform you, that H. R. H. Prince Albert will be happy to receive the address from the Royal 

 Society of Edinburgh, at Her Majesty's reception at Dalkeith House, on Monday next, at two 

 o'clock. 



I have it farther in command, to request you will convey to the Members of the Royal 

 Society of Edinburgh, the assurance of H. R. Highness' gratification in finding that they have 

 elected him an Honorary Fellow of their Society. If the Book of the Royal Society were 

 transmitted to Mr ANSON, H. R. Highness would be happy to inscribe his name in the usual 

 manner. 



I am, Sir, your most obedient Servant, 

 DAVID MILNE, Esq. (Signed) G. E. ANSON. 



Mr MILNE immediately on receiving the Letters from the Earl of ABERDEEN and Colonel 

 ANSON just referred to, went to Lord GREENOCK, and having, on the 3d September, received from 

 his Lordship a list of the office-bearers proposed by him to form a Deputation to present the 

 Addresses and Diploma voted by the Society, notice was sent to Sir JOHN ROBISON, Dr 

 ABERCROMBIE, Sir DAVID BREWSTER, and Dr HOPE, to request them to accompany Lord 

 GREENOCK to the general reception at Dalkeith, to be held on the 5th September. 



Mr MILNE, on the same occasion, delivered to Lord GREENOCK the Addresses and the 

 Diploma. 



In consequence of the difficulties and delays which occurred to prevent the possibility of 

 any regularity being insured, with regard to arriving at Dalkeith Palace on the day of the 

 reception in time for the regular assembling of the Deputation, previously to the presentation 

 of the Address and Diploma, Lord GREENOCK, who was unable to reach the palace until near 

 the close of the Drawing-Room, was under the necessity of presenting the Addresses by himself 

 to Her MAJESTY and PRINCE ALBERT on his reaching the presence, which duty he duly per- 

 formed by delivering the Address to the QUEEN, to Her Majesty's Lord in Waiting, and that 

 with the Diploma for PRINCE ALBERT to Colonel ANSON, His Royal Highness' Secretary. 



It had been intended, that the Society's Book of members should have been taken out to 

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