14 THE BATH INSTITUTION. 



Hastings Elwin. These gentlemen it will at once be 

 concluded were amongst the more zealous friends of 

 the Institution in its early stages. Mr. Ellis deserves 

 particular notice. 



A clause in the trust-deed authorised the sub- 

 scribers to elect out of their body a committee of 

 thirteen persons to be chosen annually to assist the 

 trustees in the execution of their duties. The old 

 direction had by this time silently dissolved away. 

 Their last meeting was held at Messrs. Cavenagh's 

 on the 4th of March, 1824, when the surplus of the 

 deposit money was returned to the persons who had 

 subscribed the original trust-deed. On the 21st of 

 February the subscribers to the new design pro- 

 ceeded to the election of their committee. 

 The following were the persons chosen ; 

 Dr. Barlow, . Alex. Erskine, 



Dr. Crawford, Sir George S. Gibbes, 



N. Cavenagh, Rev. J. Hunter, 



C. Conolly, Rev. T. Watson, 



Lieut.-Col. Cooper, J. Wiltshire, 



Dr. Davis, T. Wilkinson, 



P. B. Duncan, 

 And these at their first meeting chose Mr. Watson 

 for their Chairman. 



Nothing could exceed the harmonious spirit in 

 which all was conducted, for never was there any 



