Janiiayv 2^th,igii'.\ PROCEEDINGS. xv 



In accordance witli a resolution passed liy the Council 

 earlier in the day the President made the following communi- 

 cation to the Members : — 



" The Council has decided to make known to the Members 

 of the Society the causes which have prevented the publication 

 of the Wilde Lecture for 1910. 



The lecture was delivered on IMarch 22nd by Sir Thomas 

 Henry Holland, who, on June 29th, received a letter from 

 Messrs. Slater, Heelis & Co., Solicitors, acting for Dr. Henry 

 Wilde, F.R.S., requesting the immediate delivery to the Society 

 of the manuscript of the lecture for publication, or the return of 

 the honorarium. This was followed on July ist by an intimation 

 from the same solicitors that at Dr. Wilde's request they had 

 issued a writ against Sir Thomas Holland, who promptly 

 instructed his Solicitors to accept service. This writ has not 

 been served, but Sir Thomas Holland decided not to forward 

 the manuscript unless the writ were withdrawn unconditionally. 



Two other actions have been commenced by Dr. Wilde, one 

 against the Society and the other against Dr. Hickling, one of 

 the Secretaries. The latter, however, has been formally dis- 

 continued. 



Under these circumstances the Council has reluctantly 

 resolved that it is not desirable to nominate a Wilde Lecturer 

 for 191 1." 



Mr. R. L. Taylor, F.C.S., F.LC, read a paper, written by 

 Dr. A. N. Melurum, and communicated by Prof. H. B Dixon, 

 M.A., F.R.S., entitled "The Development of the Atomic 

 Theory : (5) Dalton's Chemical Theory." 



Prof. J. E. Petavel, D.Sc, F.R.S., read a paper, written by 

 Prof. A. H. Gibson, D.Sc, entitled "The Behaviour of 

 Bodies Floating in a Free or a Forced Vortex." 



Both papers are printed in full in the Memoirs. 



