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next week Sir T. Bernard confirmed his resignation, and 

 Lord Darnley was elected in his place. 



At the annual meeting in May Sir Thomas Bernard 

 was not nominated as a visitor, but the following 

 November he was unanimously elected. In 1815 he 

 was again elected a manager, and he was re-elected 

 until his death in the autumn of 1818. 



In February the energy of the committees of the 

 Institution gave some signs of activity. The Committee 

 of Chemistry and Geology, &c., chose Humphry Davy 

 chairman, Charles Hatchett chairman, and James 

 Laird, M.D., secretary. The Committee of Mathematics, 

 Mechanics, and Mechanical Inventions elected the Earl 

 of Stanhope chairman, the Hon. R. Clifford chairman, 

 and John Day, Esq., secretary. The Committee of 

 General Science, Literature, and Arts elected Daniel 

 Moore, Esq., F.E.S., L.S, chairman, John Disney chair- 

 man, and John Hinckley, Esq., secretary. For eleven 

 months Mr. Hinckley had acted as ' honorary secretary 

 assistant,' and he wished to be elected 'honorary 

 secretary' of the Institution; but in May Mr. Guillemard 

 was elected secretary in the place of Mr. Auriol, who 

 for nine years had apparently taken very slight care of 

 the records of the Institution. 



In March it was proposed at the monthly meeting 

 of members that a professorship of astronomy should 

 be created. Reports from the Committee of General 

 Science were read. 



This year all the bills due for 1807, 1808, 1809, and 

 1810 were paid. 

 Very feY7 managers attended the meetings; so few, that 



