54 NOTICES OF THE MEETINGS [April 7, 
GENERAL MONTIILY MEETING. 
Monday, April 7. 
WiuiaM Pots, Esa., M.A., F.R.S., Treasurer, 
in the Chair. 
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Francis Bayley, Esq. The Lord Moreton. 
John J. Bigsby, M.D. F.G.S. &c. Henry Twining, Esq. 
Allen Davis, Esq. James S. Willes, Esq. 
Rey. Joseph Hambleton, B.D. 
were admitted Members of the Royal Institution. 
Hugh M. Cairns, Esq. Edward Thornton, Esq. 
Alexander Matheson, Esq. M.P. 
were duly elected Members of the Royal Institution. 
The Secretary announced that the Actonian Priz2 of One Hundred 
Guineas had been adjudicated to Thos. Wharton Jones, Esq. F.R.S. 
for an “‘ Essay on the Senses in General, and on the Sense of Vision 
in particular, as illustrative of the Wisdom and Beneficence of the 
Almighty.” 
A Donation of £10. from John Pepys, Esq. M.R.I. was reported, 
and the warmest thanks of the Members voted to Mr. Pepys for 
this additional act of liberality to the Royal Institution. 
The following Presents were announced, and the thanks of the 
Members ordered to be returned for the same ; — 
From 
Jacob Bell, Esq. M. P. M.R.I. (the Editor).— Pharmaceutical Journal, March and 
April, 1851. 8vo. 
The Editor — The Atheneum for February and March, 1851. 4to. 
The Statistical Society of London —Journal, Vol. X1V. PartI. 8vo. 185). 
Messrs. Reeve and Benham (the Publishers) — The Literary Gazette for Jan. and 
Feb. 1851. 
Professor Faraday (the Author) — Researches in Electricity, Series 24— 27. 
4to. 1851. 
Monatsberichte der Kénigl. Preuss. Akademie fiir Jan. 1851. 8vo. 
Signatures of some Eminent Fellows of the Royal Society, lithographed from 
the Charter-book (for Private Circulation by C. R. Weld). 4to. 1851. 
The Institution of Civil Engineers — Proceedings for March, 1851. 8vo. 
The Royal Institute of British Architects — Proceedings for March, 1851. 4to. 
