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cordial congratulations upon his happy return, and to express our 

 hope that the sympathy and respect of his countrymen which he has 

 already experienced, and which, I trust, he will retain for the re- 

 mainder of his days, will form one of the best compensations for the 

 long sufferings which he has endured, and for the incomplete suc- 

 cess of an enterprise presenting difficulties from the certain operation 

 of the laws of the physical world, which not merely baffle, but al- 

 most annihilate, the powers of the bravest, the strongest, and the 

 most persevering of men. 



The Secretary reported, on the part of the Council, that they had 

 received an application from the Lords of the Treasury, for their opi- 

 nion respecting the construction and mode of applying an instrument 

 for ascertaining and charging the duty on spirits : in compliance with 

 which they appointed a Committee to conduct the investigations re- 

 quired for that purpose. The Committee, after bestowing consider- 

 able labour and pains on this subject, agreed in a Report, which was 

 adopted by the Council, and transmitted to the Lords of the Treasury, 

 and for which they have received their thanks, for the labour and at- 

 tention they have given to this subject. They have lately also received 

 an intimation from the Treasury, that their further assistance will be 

 requested to superintend, examine, and assist in the construction of 

 the instruments and tables which will be required. 



The Treasurer then reported the Number of Fellows, the State of 

 the Finances, and the Receipts and Payments of the Society during 

 the preceding year; all which are given at large in the printed "Pro- 

 ceedings of the Society," No. 14. 



The Society next proceeded to the election of the Council and 

 Officers for the ensuing year, when the following was declared to be 

 the list: — 



President: His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, K.G. — 

 Treasurer: John William Lubbock, Esq., M.A. — Secretaries: Peter 

 Mark Roget, M.D.; John George Children, Esq.— Foreign Secretary: 

 Charles Konig, Esq. 



Other Members of the Council : Francis Baily, Esq. ; Peter Bar- 

 low, Esq. ; William Thomas Brande, Esq. ; Benjamin Collins Bro- 

 die, Esq.; Mark Isambard Brunei, Esq. ; William Clift, Esq.; Rev. 

 James Cumming ; Michael Faraday, Esq. ; Davies Gilbert, Esq. ; 

 George Bellas Greenough, Esq. ; Rev. Philip Jennings, D.D.; Rev. 

 George Peacock; William Hasledine Pepys, Esq.; Rev. Baden 

 Fowell ; Rev. Adam Sedgwick ; Captain William Henry Smyth, R.N. 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 

 Dec. 4. — A letter from Hugh E. Strickland, Esq., addressed 

 to George Bellas Greenough, Esq., was first read. 



This letter was accompanied by a manuscript map, on which were 

 laid down, with greater accuracy than had before been attempted, 

 the boundaries of the red marl and lias in the districts adjacent to 

 Pershore, Evesham, Bitford, Alccstcr, Droitwich and Worcester. 



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