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self for the present from a trust which the members at large 
would no doubt be very desirous again to commit to his tried 
activity and abilities. The arrangement of the most interesting 
department of the Society’s cabinet, namely, that which illustrates 
the natural order of succession of the English strata, is entirely 
due to his care and knowledge. The vacancy occasioned by his 
retirement, under a less prosperous state of the Society, it would 
not have been easy in an adequate manner to supply. 
It was reported at the last Annual Meeting, that the apart- 
ments then in the occupation of the Society were altogether in- 
sufficient for the arrangement of the collection; and the Council, 
not unmindful of this evil, has laboured during the whole of the 
year to obtain a residence that would meet the growing wants 
ef the Society. The necessity of a removal has since become 
the more urgent. Notice has been given that the Society intends 
to quit its present apartments, and it is now a tenant only by 
sufferance. 
A regard to the limited revenues of the Society, and a disin- 
clination on the part of the Council to call upon the members 
for sacrifices, which though intended to be voluntary might by 
some be regarded as compulsory, have been the real obstacles to 
the attainment of this great object. On resigning its trust for the 
year 1815, as the last act of its power, the Council strongly and 
earnestly recommends the case to the consideration of the mem- 
bers. 
At the Annual General Meeting, held 2d February 1816, the 
Report of the Council was read and approved ; 
The thanks of the Society. were voted to William Blake, Esq. 
retiring from the office of President; to George Bellas Green- 
ough, Esq. retiring by rotation from the office of Vice President ; 
to Henry Warburton, Esq. retiring from the office of Secretary ; 
to Samuel Solly, Esq. retiring from the office of Foreign Secre- 
tary; to William Hasledine Pepys, Esq, retiring from the office 
of ‘Treasurer. 
FRENCH SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS, 
Among the novelties exhibited by French artists during the 
year1$15,we find the following enumerated as the most striking : 
1. Some beautiful specimens of painting on velvet, by M. 
Vauchelet; among these was a highly-finished portrait of the 
emperor Alexander. 
2. Several utensils of platina, among which are dish covers, 
watch chains, &c. by M. Janets, who has entirely suppressed the 
use of arsenic in his process for rendering platina malleable, 
3. Celestial and terrestrial globes of glass for lamps, most ac- 
curately engraved and coloured. 
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