THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECPS JOURNAL. 



75 



October, agdl 71, and has left a name which will long continue to be ex- 

 teusirely known, and associated with practical science. 



Present. — The presents during the preceding year have been numerous 

 and valuable, and the council have made several advantageous exchanges 

 with other societies publishing transactions. From the Society of Arts, from 

 the (Jeographical Society, and from the Society of Literature, the institution 

 has received complete sets of Transactions. Tlie lloyal Society of Edin 

 burgh, and the Philosophical Soaiety of Manchester, have promised as com- 

 plete a set as their stock will furnish. 



The council have also to acknowledge the continued obligations of the 

 institution to the Lord liieutenant of Ireland, the Master General of the 

 Ordnance, and Colonel Colby, for those maps of the Irish and English 

 survey which liave been published since the last annual meeting ; they have 

 also to acknowledge the liberality of your president in presenting that beau- 

 tiful painting of the Menai bridge and adjacent scenery, which is placed in 

 the library. They have also to acknowledge the liberality of your solicitor, 

 Mr. Tooke, who has refused to accept any remuneration for the advice and 

 information furnished to the council, accompanying his refusal with the 

 most obliging expressions of the deep interest he takes in the welfare of the 

 institution. 



The following abstract of the receipts and expenditure, during the year 

 ending the 31st of December, 1838, will show the present stats of the funds of 

 the institution ; — 



CASH ACCOUNT FOR LAST YEAR. 



RECEIPTS. 



To Balance in haiuls of Treasurer - - . . - 

 Subscriptions and Fees .---..- 

 Dividends - - ....... 



House Subscriptions .-.--.. 



Sale of Stock 



£1620 10 9 



By House. expenditire. £ s. d. 



Rent, Taxes, and Repairs, No. 1, Cannon-row - - - 140 6 



Repairs, Jcc, 25, (Jreat George-street 250 



Lease of Ditto 24 12 



Salaries and Commission 353 12 1 



Contingencies. 



Postage and Parcels - - -^ 20 13 8 



Stationery and Engraving - - 43 3 1 



Coals, Oi"l, &.C 47 2 8 



Tea and Coffee - - - - 34 6 5 



Printing 35 16 1 



Sundries 44 9 1 



— 22.5 11 



Library - - 62 l!l 10 



Publication - - - - - - - - - - 36 15 



Funiiture - - - - - - - - - 52 9 



Telford Premiums - - 168 7 



Balance 305 18 



£1620 10 9 



It will be observed with satisfaction; that the balance in the hands of the 

 treasurer, at the close of last year, was 305/. 18s. lOd., whereas at tlie close of 

 the preceding year the balance was only 27/. Is. 5d. The statement of this 

 balance does not represent the funds of the institution in a sufficiently favour- 

 able point of view, as the amount of outstandingbills on the current expendi- 

 ture at the commencemetit of the present year was considerably less than at the 

 commencenunt of the last. The institution also possesses 335/. 3 per Cent. 

 Consols, availuble for general purposes, and a lease of the house in Cannon- 

 row, for which n good premium may reasonably be expected. 



Cuiidusioit. — Til conclusion, the council cannot but otfer to the meeting 

 their sincere congratulations on the prospect which now lies before them. They 

 congratulate the meeting on tlie recent accession of many names distinguished 

 in tlieir respective branches; and trust that the details of the preceding report 

 not only attest their own unremitting attention, but also will be found to record 

 many zealous and talented eflorts on the part of the general body to promote 

 Ibe objects of the institiiliun, and the progress of professional knowledge. 

 From every quarter have been received the most liberal aid and sympathy — 

 the most cordial co-operation. That by which you have been enabled to meet 

 in the present more spacious and convenient premises will be readily appre- 

 ciated. 



The state of the funds is more prosperous than at any previous period ; and 

 in every point of view the present condition of the institution may form a sub- 

 ject of general congratulation. 



The council now resign into your hands the trust committed to them, with 

 a sanguine confidence in the future importance and dignity, as well as pro- 

 •■pcrity of the institution, and of its forming a national cstahli.shment for the 

 advancement of professional knowledge, conspicuous even in an age of general 

 improvement. 



ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS. 



I'hc Ordinary Meeting was held on Mondai/, January 7, Charles B.mirv, 

 Vice-Frcsideutf in the Chair. 

 The meeting proceeded to the election of the following gentlemen as Fel- 

 lows : — Messrs, Fcrrey, Walker, Wyatt, and Watsou. As Associates : — Messrs. 



Brandon, Flower, Woodthorpe, Bury, AVright, Miles, Prichard, Peirce, and 

 Bales. 



Amongst the con'espondence read, was a letter from Signer Nicolini, of 

 Naples, accompanying an Italian translation of tha several publications of 

 the Institute, published by the Royal Neapolitan Academy of Fine Arts. 

 These consisted of tiie constitution and by-laws of the Institute, the proceed- 

 ings of the opening meeting in 1830, and the series of questions drawn up for 

 the information of members, and which being thus circulated it was antici 

 pated would lead to eliciting \aluable information on architectural subjects 

 from the Two Sicilies and the whole of Italy. 



Mr. Richardson exhibited drawings of the Old and New Bethlehem, and 

 there were also some interesting drawings of the architectural remains of the 

 period of Elizabeth and .lames, from a collection in the museum of the late 

 Sir .1. Soane. 



Donations were also announced from M. Valdermini, who has been ema 

 ployed in the reconstruction of the Imperial Palace at St. Petersburgh, which 

 was recently burnt down ; and from Mr. .1. Wells, of drawings of the doorway 

 of the famous Baptisti-y at Florence. 



Mr. Fowler read a paper by Mr. Pococlc, on the bond of brickwork, which 

 occupied the remainder of the meeting. 



Ordinary Meetimj, Monday, ilsl January, Philip Habdwick, Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The meeting proceeded to the election of the Signer Besia, architect, Pro- 

 fessor of the I. and R. Academy of Brera, at Milan, as honorary and cone- 

 sponding member. 



Tlie following donations were announced as having been received : — 



Signer Cavaliere Gasse, lion, and corresponding member of Naples, three 

 volumes, folio, of lithographed views in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. 



Mons. Suys, lion, and corresponding member of Brussels, one volume of 

 Illustrations of the Portico of the Pantheon at Rome, and prints of the Botanical 

 BuiUiiBg at Brussels. 



Mons. Leon Vaudoyer, Illustrations of the Monument to General Foy, 

 erected by him in the cemetery of Pere la Chaise, Paris. 



The following papers were read : — 



Some observations on the heights of Entablatures, by Joseph Gwill, 

 Architect, F.S.A. 



A description of the baronial castle of Sheriff Hutton, Y'orkshire; illus- 

 trated by drawings, being a restoration sent in for the Soane medallion. 



The thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Gwilt, for his interesting 

 paper. 



Mr. Catherwood, hon. and corresponding member of Now York, being pre- 

 sent, at the request of the meeting gave some explanation of the mode prac- 

 tised in America of transporting houses from one site to another, upon which 

 the chairman conveyed to him the best thanks of the members. 



ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY. 



At a Monllihj Meeting, held at Lincoln's Inn Fields, on Tuesday evening, \hth 

 January, 1839, William Tite, F.sq., President, inlheehair, 



■lohn Griffiths, Esq., Finsbury Pavement, was elected a member of the 

 Society. 



E. W. Brayley, jun., Esq., F.L.S., F.G.S., &c., delivered the first of a 

 Course of Lectures ; the subject of which was, " On the Geology and Miner- 

 alogy of Building Stones." 



.\\ the conclusion of the lecture, the President gave notice that the next 

 public meeting would be held on Tuesday evening, the 12th February, when 

 Mr. Brayley would deliver his second lecture — subject, " On Limestones 

 and other Substances affording Materials for Cement ;" and a third lecture 

 on the 12tli March — subject, " On Artificial Substances employed as Sub- 

 stitutes for Stone." 



MEETINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 



Roval Society and Society of Antiquaries, Somerset House, Thursdays, 

 at half-past eight, P.M., 7, 14", 21, 28. 



Institution of Civil Engineers, 25, (ireat George-street, Westminster, 

 Tuesdays, at eight, P.M., 5, 12, 19, 26. 



Royal Institute of British .Architects, 16, Lower Grosvenor-stieet, Mon- 

 days, at eight, P.M., 12 and 26. 



Architectural Society, .35, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Tuesday, at eight, P.M., 12. 



Society of Arts, Adelphi, Wednesdays, at eight, P.M. ,6, 13, 20, 27. 



LAW PROCEEDINGS. 



TITHE SURVEYS. 



At the sitting of magistrates at Horsham, in December, a Mr. Baker, who 

 is employed in surveying the parish of Lower Beeding, appeared to answer an 

 information, charging him with having cut down ceitaia trees and teUows, the 

 property of R. Aldridge, Escp Tlie defendant admitted that he had cut down 

 the trees, but pleaded that it was necessary to do so, in order to make a con-ect 

 survey. After liearing evidence, the magistrates decided against the defen- 

 dant, "and fined him 5s., costs 40s. Mr. Baker intends to appeal to the quartet 

 sessions. 



