I79 1 John Thomas Stanley ; George Best 193 



the Glutton, and was personally thanked by Nelson for 

 his services there. In 1805 he was appointed Captain- 

 general and Governor of New South Wales, and in 1814 

 he became Vice-admiral of the Blue. He died towards the 

 end of 1817. 



1791. In 1791 the Annual General Meeting, held on 2ist 

 July, was attended by seventeen members, with the Presi- 

 dent in the chair. The Treasurer's statement showed that 

 the disbursements amounted to 56 us. 6d. and that there 

 remained in his hands a balance of 23 35. 6d. The con- 

 tribution of members for the ensuing year was fixed at 

 one guinea each. The number of members and guests who 

 had dined since the last anniversary was 659. 



It will be observed that the former custom of making a 

 call upon the members for a subscription at any time of the 

 year when the Fund was becoming too small, is now giving 

 place to a larger subscription at the beginning of the financial 

 year to meet the expenses that would arise in the course of 

 that year. In 1791 there was an actual balance in the hands 

 of the Treasurer which, in the earlier history of the Club, 

 would have been sufficient for a time, so that no further 

 call would then have been necessary. But the ordinary 

 expenses were now increasing, and it was much more satis- 

 factory to the Treasurer to have the subscriptions paid 

 at the beginning, even if further calls in the course of the 

 year should be required. 



The death of Dr. Michael Lort was reported. It was 

 stated that two members had not attended for more than 

 twelve months. Henry Cavendish mentioned that he had 

 received a letter from Mr. Kaye in which on the ground 

 of infirm health he desired to resign his membership. There 

 were five vacancies to be filled and the number of candidates 

 was four. Each of these was separately balloted for, with 

 the result that two new members were elected John Thomas 

 Stanley (F.R.S. 1790) and George Best (F.R.S. 1791). In 

 the case of the two who were not successful, the one 

 had fourteen votes in his favour and three against him, 

 the other thirteen and four. These figures gave rise to 



