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L. Proceedings of Learned and Economical Societies, 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



V_/x Frlxlav the 30th of November, being Saint Andrew's 

 dav, the Royal Society held their anniversary meeting at 

 their apartments in Somerset Place, when the president, 

 the right honourable sir Joseph Banks, hart. K. B., in the 

 name of the Society, presented the gold medal (called sir 

 Godfrey Coplev's) to Smithson Tennant, esq. for liis va- 

 rious chemical discoveries communicated to the Society, 

 and printed in several volumes of the Philosophical Trans- 

 actions. The president delivered the customary discourse 

 on the subjects contained in Mr. Tennant's papers. After- 

 wards the Society proceeded to the choice of the council and 

 olHcers for the ensuing year, when, on cxaminirig the bal- 

 lots, it appeared that the following gentlemen were elected 

 of the council ; 



Of the old council, — The right honourable sir Joseph 

 Banks, hart. K. B.; sir Charles Blagden, knt.; Henry Ca- 

 vendish, e.-q.; Edward Whitaker Gray, M.D.; right ho- 

 nourable Charles Greville; Charles Hatchett, esq.; William 

 Marsden, esq. ; Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, D.D. ; George earl 

 of Morton ; Joseph Planta esq.; John Walker, esq. 



Of the new council, — ^Thc right honourable lord Frederic 

 Campbell ; Davics Giddy, esq^; William Plerschel, LL.D.; 

 George earl of Macartney ; William Parsons, esq.; James 

 Robertson Barclay, M. D. ; Samuel Horslcy, lord bishop of 

 St. Asaph; Rev. Richard Dickson Shackleford, D.D.; 

 William Hyde Wollaston, Esq. ; Henry Penruddocke 

 Wyndham, es(|. 



And the officers were, — ^The ricrht honourable sir Joseph 

 Banks, bart. K.B. president; William Marsden, esq. trea- 

 surer; Edward Whitaker Gray, M.D.; William Hyde 

 Wollaston, esq. secretaries. 



Afterwards the members of the Society dined together, 

 as usual, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strands 



ROYAL ACADEMY, 



On Monday, Dec. loth, being the anniversary of the in- 

 stitution of the Royal Academy, a general assembly was held 

 for the appointment of the annual officers for the year 1805, 

 when 



Benjamin West, esq. was re-elected president. Henry 

 Thomson, Philip James de I.outherbourg, Robert Smirke, 

 Joseph Farin^ton, George Dance, John Hoppner, Thomas 



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