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He will look upon the illustrious head that gives dignity to the 
gold—upon the representation of ‘that dark eye” before whose 
glance, as it has been eloquently said by one of your predecessors, 
all false pretensions withered—and the sight will inspire him 
with new energies. 
The President then addressed Mr. De la Beche in these words :— 
Mr. De ta Becue, 
It is now my duty to deliver into your hands as Foreign Secretary 
of this Society the sum of 25/., and it is with great satisfaction that I 
request you to inform Mr. Deshayes of Paris that this portion of 
the proceeds of the Wollaston Donation Fund has been awarded to 
him by the Council for the promotion of his labours in Fossil Con- 
chology. I beg that you will express to Mr. Deshayes at the same 
time how highly we appreciate the services which he has already 
yendered to Geology by his description of the fossil shells of the 
strata above the chalk, to which he has chiefly, although not exclu- 
sively, devoted his attention ; and we rejoice to hear that he is now 
engaged in the investigation of the fossil shells of the older for- 
mations. 
We are not ignorant that he has prosecuted his scientific studies 
with zeal and enthusiasm under circumstances of considerable dif- 
ficulty ; and we trust that the notice thus taken of his labours may 
encourage him to persevere in devoting the powers of his mind and 
his great acquirements to a department of science so eminently 
subservient to the advancement of Geology. 
Mr. Dr 1a Becne on receiving the donation expressed the plea- 
sure which it gave him to be requested to communicate the intelli- 
gence to Mr. Deshayes, and the satisfaction which he felt in pub- 
licly avowing his approbation of the award of the Council. 
The following gentlemen were elected the Officers and Council for 
the ensuing year. 
Orricers.—President, Charles Lyell, jun. Esq. F.R.S. & L.S.: 
Vice-Presidents, Rey. William Buckland, D.D. F.R.S. Professor of 
Geology and Mineralogy in the University of Oxford ; Sir Philip de 
Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart. M.P. F.R.S. ; George Bellas Greenough, 
Esq. F.R.S. & L.S.; Edward Turner, M.D. F.R.S, L. & E. Professor 
of Chemistry in the University of London: Secretaries, William John 
Hamilton, Esq. ; Woodbine Parish, jun. Esq. F.R.S.: Foreign Secre- 
tary, Henry Thomas De la Beche, Esq. F.R.S.& L.S.: Treasurer, John 
Taylor, Esq. F.R.S. 
Counciz.—Francis Baily, Esq. F.R.S. & L.S.; William John 
Broderip, Esq. F.R.S. & L.S.; William Clift, Esq. F.R.S.; Sir A. 
Crichton, M.D, F.R.S.; William Henry Fitton, M.D. F.R.S. & L.S.; 
Henry Hallam, Esq. F.R.S.; Robert Hutton, Esq. ; Roderick Impey 
Murchison, Esq. V.P.R.S. F.L.S.; Viscount Oxmantown, F.R.S. ; 
John Forbes Royle, Esq. F.L.S.; Rev. Adam Sedgwick, Woodwardian 
Professor in the University of Cambridge, F.R.S. & L.S.; Lieut.-Col. 
