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The President informed the Meeting that the time al~ 

 lotted for the perusal of the dissertations offered for the Fother- 

 gillian medal, during the last year, having been unexpectedly 

 shortened, the Society had not yet adjudicated the prize : this 

 however would be done forthwith, and the Medal would be 

 presented to the successful candidate at a Special General 

 Meeting of the Society to be holden on the 3rd of May, at 

 8 o'clock in the evening. 



The annual oration was then delivered by Dr. John Gordon 

 Smith, the Ex- Vice- President ; the subject was, "The Duties 

 and Perplexities of Medical Men as professional Witnesses 

 in Courts of Justice." 



A numerous body of Fellows and their friends, amounting 

 in all to 86, afterwards dined together in the great room of 

 the Tavern, the President being in the chair ; and the re- 

 mainder of the day was marked by harmony and conviviality. 



Conditions of the Fothergillian Medal. — In conformity with 

 the will of the late Anthony Fothergill, M.D. F.R.S., the 

 Society resolved to give, annually, to the author of the best 

 Essay on a subject proposed by them, a gold medal, value 

 20 guineas, called the Fothergillian Medal ; for which the 

 learned of all countries are invited as candidates. 



1. Each dissertation must be delivered to the Registrar, in 

 the Latin or English language, on or before the first day of 

 December. 



2. With each dissertation must be delivered a sealed 

 packet, with a motto or device on the outside, and within the 

 author's name and designation, that the Society may know 

 how to address the successful candidate. 



3. No paper in the hand-writing of the author will be re- 

 ceived ; and if the author of any paper shall either directly 

 or indirectly discover himself to the Committee of papers, or 

 to any member thereof, such paper will be excluded from all 

 competition for the medal. 



4-. All the dissertations, the successful one excepted, will, if 

 desired, be returned with the sealed packets unopened. 



5. The prize medal will be presented to the successful can- 

 didate, or his representative, at the Anniversary Meeting of 

 the Society in March 1825. 



The subject of the Dissertation to be offered for the Prize 

 Medal for March 1 825, is, " The Pathology and Treatment 

 of Periodical Asthma." 



ASIATIC SOCIETY: QUESTION RELATIVE TO THE CHARTER. 



His Majesty having referred to the Attorney-general, as 

 his adviser, the petition of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great 



Britain 



