ft/O Hoval Society of Loiuhn. 



at length open their eves \c their real intercdis ; and thaf| 

 laying afide their old prejudices, they ^vill not difdain the 

 prefents which learrted focicties are defirnus to gite ihehij 

 and which will conduce as ihuch to their advantage as to the 

 glory and profperity of France. 



XLIT. Proceedings r,f hcarned Societiei. 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDCiN. 



V^N the 30th of November, being St. Andrew's dav, th6 

 Royal Society held their anniverfary meeting at their apart-- 

 ments in Somerfct-place, when the gold medal (called Sir 

 Godfrey Copley's) was prcfented to William Hyde Wol- 

 lafton. M.D. for his various papers printed in the Philofo- 

 phical Tranf.iiSlions, 



Afterwards the Socictv proceeded to the choice of tho 

 council and oflicers for the cnfuing year, when, on examin- 

 ing the ballots, it appeared that the following gentlemen wfro 

 elefted of the council : 



Of the old council — The right hon. fir Jofeph Banks, bart. 

 K.B.; fir Charles Blagden, knt. ; Henry Cavendifli, efq. j 

 Edward Whitaker Gray, M. D. ; right hon; Charles Gre- 

 ville; right hon. fir William Hamilton, K.B.; Rev. Nevil 

 Maflcelyne, D.D. ; George earl of Morton, K.T. ; Jofcplk 

 Planta, efq.; Benjamin count Rumford ; Samuel Wegg, eiq* 



Of the new council — Mark Beaufoy, efq,; Andrew Dou- 

 glas, efq.; fir Martin Browne Folkes, bart. ; Charles Hat- 

 chett, efq. ; Everard Home, >.fq. ; Thomas Barnard, lord 

 bidiop of Limerick ; William Marfdcn, efq. ; Jofeph de 

 Mendoza Rios, efq. ; Francis earl of Moira ; William Hyde 

 Wollafton, M.D. 



And the officers were — Sir Jofeph Banks, bart. prefident j 

 William Marfden, efq. treafurer; Jofeph Planta, efq., Ed- 

 ward VVhitaker Gray, M. D., fecretaries. 



Afterwards the members of the Society dined together, as 

 ufiial, at ihe Crown and Anchor tavern, in the Si rand. 



The Tranfaflions of the Society for i8oi contain the fol- 

 lowing papers: 



1. The Croonian LciSlure. On the Power of the Eye to 

 adiuft itfclf to different Diftance.s, when deprived of the Cryf- 

 talline Lens. By Everard Home, Efq. F. R. S. — 2. The 

 Eakerian Lefturc. On the Theory of Light and Colours. 

 By Thomas Young, M. D. F. R S. Profcfifor of Natural 

 Philofophy in the Royal Inftitution.— -3. An Analyfisofa 

 fi mineral 



