54 Presidentship of the Earl of Macclesfield 1755 



advancement. At the end of 1747 he was appointed Chap- 

 lain to George II., next year he became Dean and subse- 

 quently Bishop of Exeter, and finally Bishop of Carlisle. He 

 appears to have been of a genial disposition, and a favourite 

 visitor at the Club. He was elected F.R.S. in 1742. 



Dr. Bradley continued to dine from time to time at the 

 Club. On October loth of this year he was accompanied 

 by his associate, the Rev. Nathaniel Bliss, the Savilian 

 Professor of Geometry at Oxford, who used to assist him 

 at the Observatory, where he ultimately succeeded him. 

 Bliss became F.R.S. in 1742. 



For some time during the year 1754 the attendance at 

 the dinners had continued to be so full that on 3ist October 

 it was deemed expedient to order provision for a company 

 of eighteen at each dinner. Such crowded tables, however, 

 could hardly be counted on as a permanence. Moreover, a 

 good deal of outlay had arisen from the fees and other ex- 

 penses connected with the presents of venison, turtle and 

 salmon, and the Treasurer at last found his Fund so de- 

 pleted as to necessitate a demand for fresh contributions. 

 Accordingly at a special meeting called for 2Qth May 1755, 

 in order to consider this matter, the following decisions 

 were made : 



1755. " Resolved nem. con. that a call should be made on each 

 Member of five shillings for support of the Fund and that the 

 Treasurer do collect the same as he sees the Members. 



It was moved and seconded that each Member absenting himself 

 from the Club for two months or longer should forfeit five shillings 

 for the Use of the Society and that this order should not interfere 

 with the Former one of excluding those who had been absent twelve 

 months : the Question being put it was carried in the affirmative. 



Ordered that the Treasurer do write to those Members who are 

 absent to acquaint them with the above resolutions." 



These resolutions were not only entered in the Minute- 

 book by the Treasurer in his own handwriting but also in 

 the Dinner-register, where he procured the signatures of 

 the members present. Hence under the date of 29 th May 

 of this year the book shows a group of autographs including 

 those of the President, Lord Charles Cavendish, Mark Aken- 



