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tion.' The motion was seconded by the Earl of Darnley 

 and agreed to unanimously. Earl Spencer further moved 

 ' that, in order more strongly to mark the high sense of 

 this meeting of the merits of Sir Humphry Davy, he 

 be elected Honorary Professor of Chemistry.' The Earl 

 of Winchester, the President of the Royal Institution, 

 was requested to sign these resolutions and to convey 

 them to Sir Humphry Davy, and Mr. Brande was 

 elected to the professorship of chemistry. 



At the end of June the two rooms that had been 

 occupied by Sir Humphry Davy were ordered to be 

 prepared for Mr. Brande. A few months later he was 

 appointed Superintendent of the House, and was allowed 

 to transfer his chemical class of students of medicine 

 to the laboratory. 



On October 4 Sir H. Davy reported to the managers 

 that 'Michael Faraday had expressed a wish to ac- 

 company him on his scientific travels, but that he 

 would not engage Mr. Faraday if the Professor of 

 Chemistry considered his services as at all essential to 

 the Institution, or if the managers had the slightest 

 objection to the measure.' Mr. Brande reported that 

 6 arrangements could be made to prevent Mr. Faraday's 

 resignation being felt, and that, as he had shown con- 

 siderable diligence and attention in cleaning and ar- 

 ranging the mineral collection, he recommended his 

 services to the managers' attention, as this was not his 

 immediate duty.' 



The managers permitted Mr. Faraday to resign his 

 situation, and ordered that he should be paid a month's 

 wages on the day of his departure. 



