410 General Monthly Meeting, [Marcli 4, 



Mrs. Sibble Heap, 



Miss Mona Kemp, 



Lieutenant Nathaniel J. Lyon, 



Alfred Nobel, Esq. 



Eichard Douglas Powell, M.D. F.E.C.P. 



Thomas James Eeeves, Esq. B.A. F.Z.S. 



Mrs. W. Chandler Eoberts- Austen, 



Mrs. H. Sutton, 



George Edward Whitton, Esq. M.B. 



Ernest H. Winstone, Esq. M.A. 



Mrs. M. A. E. Wright, 



were elected Members of the Eoyal Institution. 



The Honorary Secretary reported, That the following Eesolution 

 of the Managers respecting Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart, had been 

 communicated to Lady Pollock, and then read her Ladyship's 

 acknowledgment : — 



Eesolved, " That the Managers of the Royal Institution of Great Britain 

 desire at this their first Meeting after the death of their lamented friend and 

 colleague, Sir Frederick Pollock, to record their sense of the great loss sustained 

 by the Institution and by themselves, in that they are for ever deprived of the 

 advice and assistance of a colleague who had been for over forty years a Member 

 of the Institution, and who, during that time, had devoted himself assiduously to 

 its interests, not only in his capacity as a Member, but as a Manager and 

 Vice-President. 



" Sir Frederick Pollock's varied scholarly attainments, combined with his 

 intimate acquaintance with men distinguished in literature and art, enabled him 

 to render special services most valuable to the Institution; whilst his kindly and 

 courteous demeanour endeared him to all those with whom he was for so many 

 years associated. 



" The Managers further desire to be permitted to offer to Lady Pollock the 

 expression of their most sincere sympathy and condolence with her in her 

 bereavement." 



Eesolved, " That the Honorary Secretary do send to Lady Pollock a copy of 

 this Resolution." 



" 59, Montagu Square, W. February 8th, 1889. 

 " Juliet Lady Pollock presents her compliments to Sir Frederick Bramwell 

 and his colleagues, and begs to thank them very warmly and sincerely for their 

 appreciation so cordially expressed of her dear husband's distinguished qualities, 

 and for their sympathy with her sorrow." 



The Honorary Secretary further reported. That the following letter 

 had been read to the Meeting of Managers at their Meeting this day : — 



" Dear Sir Frederick, " Albemarle Steef.t, W. 2Gth February, 1889. 



" I write now with much regret to request you to be so good as to inform 

 the Managers at their next Meeting, on Monday, the 4th of March, that I feel it 

 ray duty, in consequence of failing sight, to resign the oflSces which I now hold 

 in"^the Royal Institution as Assistant Secretary and Librarian, and that I await 

 their decision as to the most convenient time for retiring. 



" I trust you will excuse my mentioning the following facts. In consequence 

 of the recommendation of Professor Faraday, who had known me from my youth, 



