448 Royal Society. 
Nov. 22. Read a Paper on some Alvine Concretions ; by 
J. G. Children, Esq. 
—— 30. This being St. Andrew’s day, the Anniversary of 
the Royal Society, the President announced that the Council 
had awarded the two Copley Medals ; one to John Fred. Her- 
schel, Esq., for his mathematical and optical Papers published 
in the Transactions ; the other to Captain E. Sabine, R.A., for 
his Experiments on the Pendulum, and on Magnetism, made 
during two Expeditions of 1818 and 1819 to the Arctic Regions. 
In his discourse, the learned President said, he was sure the 
Society would regard this decision of their Council with peculiar 
pleasure, as the labours for which the medals were awarded be- 
longed to members of their own body, who were still actively 
engaged in the pursuit of science. In speaking of the pa- 
pers of Mr. Herschel, Sir Humphry said, that he had not only 
distinguished himself by profound mathematical investigations, 
but had likewise made applications of the science of Quantity to 
physical researches of considerable extent and importance, prov- 
ing himself as an analyst worthy to be associated with a Brink- 
ley, an Ivory, a Woodhouse, and a Young, who in late times 
have redeemed the character of British Mathematics; entering 
those ncble paths of investigation opened by the genius of New- 
ton, and too long travelled in almost exclusively by illustrious 
foreigners. In Physical inquiry, he had, by his optical papers, 
added to the obligations already owing to the name of Herschel, 
in every thing connected with modern astronomy and the know- 
ledge of the celestial spaces. ‘The President then proceeded to 
point out at considerable length the object and nature of his re- 
searches, and gave an analysis of his papers. In delivering the 
medal to Mr. Herschel, the President begged him to receive it 
as a mark of respect of the Royal Society, and to preserve it as a 
pledge of future labours in their cause and that of science. He 
exhorted Mr.Herschel to employ his various talents with the same 
industry and zeal in the progress, as he had shown in the com- 
mencement of his career; and to recollect, that no pursuits were 
more useful, more ies paca: and more honourable, at é!1 periods of 
life. Of this he had a striking example in his illustrious father, 
who, full of years and of glory, must, he said, view his exertions 
with infinite delight, and, looking forward to “the time when his 
own imperishable name would be recorded in the same annals of 
philosophy with that of his son, must evjoy as it were by anti- 
cipation a double immortality. In discussing Captain Sabine’s 
labours, the President paid many compliments to the manner in 
which the Arctic expeditions had been planned and conducted. 
Active courage, he said, was so innate in the British character, 
that it hardly required praise: but there was a fortitude in 
meeting 
