yj2 PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL MEETINGS, 



January 2. 1837. 



MEMBEES ELECTED. 



ORDINARY. 



John Archibald Campbell, Esq. W. S. 



January 16. 1837. 

 John Scott Russell, Esq. A. Smith, Esq., B. A. F. T. C, Cambridge. 



Charles Maclaren, Esq. 



February 20. 1837. 

 KicHARD Parnell, M. D. P. D. Handyside, M. D. 



At an Extraordinary General Meeting, held on Wednesday 12th July 1837, the Right 

 Hon. Lord Greenock, V.P., in the Chair, it was resolved unanimously to present an Address 

 of Condolence and Congratulation to Her Majesty the Queen, on the occasion' of her ac- 



' cession. 



A draft of an Address having been read and approved of, it was moved by Mr G. J. Bell, 

 and seconded by Dr Traill, that it be adopted ; which, on being put from the Chair, was 

 unanimously agreed to. 



On the motion of Dr Bobihwick, seconded by Mr T. Thomson, it was resolved to pre- 

 sent an Address of Condolence to Her Majesty the Queen-Dowager ; and it was remitted to 

 the Council to prepare it, and to forward the two Addresses for presentation. 



The Addresses here follow : — 



TO THE QUEEN. 



Mat it please your Majesty, 



We, the President and Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, established under 

 the patronage of your Majesty's Royal Grandsire, for the promotion of Letters and Useful 

 Science, most humbly approach your Majesty with the loyal tender of our duty and homage. 



Whilst we join in the general condolence of our fellow-subjects on the lamented demise 

 of a Sovereign, endeared by many great and good qualities to the nation over which he had 

 ruled with a truly paternal benignity and care, we hail with auspicious hopes, and most ardent 

 prayers, the opening prospects of a reign which, even in the first acts of your Majesty's so- 

 vereignty, has commanded the admiration and secured the affection of all yoiu- Majesty's loyal 



subjects. 



Among the great public virtues which have distinguished your Majesty's Royal Prede- 

 cessors, and by which their reigns have been pre-eminently illustrated and adorned, it is more 

 peculiarly our duty, in this Society, to commemorate their truly noble and patriotic efforts for 

 the promotion of Literature, of Science, and of the Useful and the Elegant Arts ; and, in the 

 firm and loyal confidence that these peaceful glories of the past age will suffer no diminution 

 under your Majesty's gracious influence, it shall be our province and duty to contribute our 

 humble endeavours for the farther advancement of the proper objects of our social institution, 

 and to merit the continuance of that Royal patronage and support by which our labours have 

 been hitherto encouraged and upheld. 



