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"25th January, 1804. — Mr. Remembrancer having reported to this Society the death of Dr. 

 Campbell, their much respected President, it is ordered that a meeting of the Society be called for 

 Wednesday, the nth day of April next, (or the purpose of appointing a proper person to succeed 

 our late President." 



"nth April, 1804. — The Society having received information that James Russell, the occupier 

 of the Castle Mills, had lately cut down several of the trees on the side of the bank adjoining the 

 Castle Mill pond, and cut the tops off several other trees growing upon land leased by benjamin 

 Fallowes, E-^q., late Clerk of the Peace for the county of Hereford, to Francis Campbell. Esq.. and 

 other members of this Society. It is resolved that Mr. W. Allen be employed to bring an action 

 against the said 'ames Russell, in the Court of King's Bench, and that the expenses thereof be 

 borne out of the funds of this Society. .'Signed — William Allen, E. Ijechmere, John Winston, 

 James Wainwright, W. Allen, T. J. Bird, W. Ravenhill, jun , J. Griffiths, J. nuncomb, T. Gam- 

 mon.'' "Resolved that Ur. Allen, whu was proposed by Mr. Lechmere and seconded by Mr. 

 Winston as a successor to our late worthy president, be elected president of this Society, and he is 

 unanimously elected. .Signed, Edwin Lechmere, John Winston, Jas. Wainwright, W. Allen, jun., 

 T. J. Bird, J. Griffiths, John Duncomb, Thos. Gammon." 



A meeting which was to have been called for Wednesday, 30th May, 1804, for the election of 

 a vice-president in the room of Dr. Allen, elected president, could not be held, in consequence of 

 " the greater part of the members of this Society being on military duty at Worcester and Glou- 

 cester." 



"4th November, 1831. — At a meeting of Tempers, specially summoned, held at The Hotel(after 

 an interval of nine years), when it appeared, in consequence of the non-renewal of the lease of the 

 Castle Green, as suggested at the meeting held in the year 1822, that there does not exist any os- 

 tensible cause for continuing the meetings, the members present have therelore unanimously re- 

 solved that this Society be discontinued. They cannot, however, record this, their resolution, 

 without adverting to certain facts, and recalling to their recollection the many agreeable days that 

 they have uniformly experienced in carrying into effect the customs and rules of this Society — a 

 Society which has existed in th-' city of Hereford during a period of fourscore years, and which 

 has had the honour and satisfaction of enrolling amongst its members the names of the most re- 

 markable and respectable inhabitants of the city and its neighbourhood. It is, moreover, thought 

 expedient to record the names of the existing members of the Society, in addition to those who 

 have thus assembled to subscribe the proceedings of the meeting. Signed, Thus. Bird, 1795, Saml. 

 Carless, 1795, John Duncomb, 1S02, C. HoUoway^ 1808 Wm. Cooke. 1811. Other members not 

 present — James Wainwright. 1785, John Griffiths, 1795, John Sherburne, 1809, Wm. Symonds, 

 jun., 1816, Edwin G. Wright, 1817, Eras. L. Bodenham, 1819. 



It is to be hoijed the publication of these notes may be the means of bringing 

 to light the previous minute-book of " The Society of Tempers," whose rules, " to 

 bear and forbear, avoid personal and malicious reflections, to put no forced, un- 

 kind, or false interpretations on what is said or done," might with very good rea- 

 son be more generally observed in the present day. 



RULES. 



Rules to be observed by ye Society of Tempers — 



Every member to bear and forbear. To avoid personal and malicious reflections, and to put 

 no forced, unkind, or false interpretation on what is said or done to him. None of ye members 

 shall on any pretence enter into controversy, or dispute about Party, on pain of expulsion, after 

 admoiiition to ye contrary by the President or Vice-President. 



No person who is not a member or a candidate can be admitted on a general meeting. 



Every member to pay due respect to the President and Vice-President for the time being, as 

 well as to all others officers of ye Society, and always, as far as is consistent with his necessary 

 avocations, to attend the President's summons, and duly regard his verbal orders or censures, and 

 industriously avoid altercations, and always to act as a true Temper and Gentleman. 



In case of ye absence of ye President and Vice-President the senior member then present shall 

 take ye chair, and be invested with ye same authority, sit covered and be called Mr. Vice. 



That every new member be admitted according to the following form, after he has subscribed 

 these rules, viz.. The examiner shall conduct him to ye chair and desire that he might be admitted, 

 then the President, Vice-President, or, in their absence, the senior member then present shall deliver 

 to ye candidate a bumper of wine or punch which they are both to hold whilst the candidate repeats 

 after ye secretary ye declaration following, all ye members standing uncovered. 



" I, A. B. do promise and engage that I will not be offended at anything which the President, 

 Vice-President, or anyone of this Society shall say to me. I will obey the President's summons, 

 conform to and observe the Rules and Orders of this Society, their secrets keep, and in every other 

 respect as a true Temper. " 



