170 NOTICES OF THE MEETINGS [April 5, 
GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 
April 5, 1852. 
WituraM Pours, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., Treasurer and Vice-President, 
in the Chair. 
Octavius Brown, Esq. Charles Lyall, Esq. 
Rev. James Brownbill. George Whitlock Nicholl, Esq. 
Abel Jenkins, Esq. Edward Owen Tudor, Esq. 
were admitted Members of the Royal Institution. 
The Lord Ashburton. Rev. Cyril Page. 
Hon. Augustus Calthorpe. Wyndham Portal, Esq. 
John Spofforth Dixon, Esq. Alexander Shaw, Esq. 
William Windham Horner, Esq. 
were duly elected Members of the Royal Institution. 
The following Report was read :— 
RESIGNATION OF PROFESSOR BRANDE,. 
“* Royal Institution, April 5, 1852. 
“The Managers report: That at their Meeting held on the 16th 
ult. Professor Brande announced his intention to resign his Profes- 
sorship of Chemistry in the Royal Institution on account of his 
health: Whereupon it was Resolved: That the Committee of 
Managers receive with great regret the communication from Mr. 
Brande that he feels compelled on account of his health to resign 
his Professorship of Chemistry, and in accepting his resignation, 
they wish unanimously to express to him their high sense of the 
ability, intelligence, and urbanity, with which, during thirty-nine 
years he has fulfilled the duties of his office ; — 
«That it was on that day also Resolved: That in further testi- 
mony of the high estimation entertained of Mr. Brande’s eminent 
services, he be recommended to the Members of the Institution for 
Election as Honorary Professor of Chemistry ; and that these Reso- 
lutions should be communicated to Mr. Brande. 
“‘ The Minutes containing these Resolutions having received the 
confirmation of the Managers at the following Meeting of the Com- 
mittee held on this day, the Managers report them to the Members ; 
and in so doing they invite the Members to confer on Professor 
Brande that high distinction which he will most appreciate, and 
which will be most expressive of their estimation of his services.” 
