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the Society was held ; and the following gentlemen were elected 

 officers for the year ensuing ; viz. 



Fresident,—^\x W. Herschel, LLD. FRS. 

 Vice'Presidents.--'Yl, T. Colebrooke, Esq. FRS. 8c LS. 

 S. Groombridge, Esq. FRS. 

 D. Moore, Esq. FRS. SA. & LS. 

 J. Pond, Esq. Astronomer Royal, FRS. 

 Treasurer. — Rev. W. Pearson, LLD. FRS. 

 Secretaries.— C, Babbage, Esq. MA. FRS. L & E. 

 F. Baily, Esq. FRS. & LS. 

 J. F. W. Herschel, Esq. MA. FRS. L & E. 

 (Foreign.) 

 CowwaV.— Capt. T. Colby Roy. Eng. LLD. FRS.L Sc E. 



Sir H. C. Englefield, Bart FRS. L 8c E. FSA. 8c LS. 

 Davies Gilbert, Esq. VPRS. and FLS. 



B. Gorapertz, Esq. FRS. 

 O. G. Gregory, LLD. 



J. Rennie, Esq. FRS. L. Sc SE. A 8c LS. 

 J. South, Esq. FRS. 

 E. Troughton, Esq. FRS. 

 Trustees. — A. Baily, Esq. 



D. Moore, Esq. FRS. SA. 8c LS. 



C. Stokes, Esq. FRS. SA. 8c LS. 

 The Treasurer for the time being. 



To this meeting an elegant and elaborate report was presented 

 by the Council, which, having been adopted by the Society, was 

 ordered to be printed. After congratulating the members on 

 the success which has attended the first attempt to establish a 

 Society for the promotion of so important a branch of science as 

 astronomy, and stating that the eftbrts of its founders have been 

 crowned with an accession of strength far beyond their most 

 sanguine expectations, the Council proceeds to announce a plan 

 of distributing medals, as an honorary reward, to such per- 

 sons as may distinguish themselves by any material discovery, 

 or improvement, in the science. The following extract will exhi- 

 bit some of the subjects selected for the application of these 

 stimulating rewards. '^ In the iirst place, it is proposed to 

 bestow the medal for the discovery of any new planet, satellite, 

 or comet ; or for the rediscovery of any old comet, or of any stars 

 that have disappeared. Considering also the great importance 

 (both in a nautical and geographical point of view) of having 

 accurate observations of the echpses of Jupiter's satelhtes, and 

 of occultations of stars by the moon, they think that the medal 

 should be given for any considerable collection, not only of ori- 

 ginal observations of this kind, but also of well authenticated re- 

 corded observations, reduced to the mean time of the meridian of 

 some well known observatory. Observations likewise on the posi- 



