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Clarke, pliilosophical instrument-maker, Strand, London. (086.) Thanks 

 voted. 



The following Candidates were balloted for and admitted as Ordmary 

 Members, viz. 



1. Sutherland Mackenzie, Esq., 24 Charlotte Square. 2. Charles Pear- 

 son, Esq., Accountant, 69 George Street. 3. William Wood, Esq., Sur- 

 geon, 9 Darnaway Street. 4. Alexander Sprott, Esq., yr. of Garnkirk, 

 14 Coates Crescent. 5. Walter Calverley Trevelyan, Esq. (of Walling- 

 ton, Newcastle-on-Tyne,) 108 Prince's Street. G. Robert Christie, Esq., 

 Accountant, 15 St Andrew Square. 7. William Wood, Esq., Account- 

 ant, 8 South Charlotte Street. 8. Thomas Sprott, Esq., W. S, 23 Rutland 

 Square. 0. Henry George Watson, Esq., Accountant, St Andrew Square. 

 10. George Crosbie, Esq., National Bank, St Andrew Square. 11. Mr 

 William Nichol, Lithographer, 27 Hanover Street. 12. James Brown, 

 Esq., Accountant, 94 George Street. 13. James T. Murray, Esq., W. S., 

 81 Queen Street. 14. Andrew Tawse, Esq., W.S., 15 York Place. 



John Alston, Esq. of Roscmount, Glasgow, was, at his own request, 

 added to the list of Ordinary Members. The Society resolved that he 

 sliould still hold the distinction of Honorary Member previously conferred 

 upon him. 



The Report of the Committee appointed to audit the Trea- 

 surer's Books, and to report thereon, and generally on the state 

 of the funds of the Society, was read and approved of. Mr 

 Home, Convener. Thanks voted to the Committee. 



The President granted discharge to the Treasurer, in terma 

 of the above Report. 



Vlth February, 1840. — Sir John Graham Dalyell, President, 

 in the chair. 



The draft of an Address by the Society to her Majesty the 

 Queen, upon the occasion of her marriage with his Royal 

 Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, which had 

 been prepared by the President at the request of a Committee 

 of the Council, was read and unanimously approved of; and 

 after being written out, and signed by the President, Vice- 

 President, Secretary, and Treasurer, and sealed with the seal 

 of the Society, was ordered to be presented in any manner the 

 President may think proper. The Address is of the following 

 tenor, viz. : — 



" To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. 

 " Most Gracious Sovereign, 

 " We, the Society, under yonr royal patronage, instituted for tlic En- 



