232 Presidentship of Sir Joseph Banks 1810 



November by Humphry Davy may be conjectured to have 

 been William Archibald Cadell, a Scottish advocate with a 

 landed estate and antiquarian tastes, given to travel, and 

 yet anchored to the valley of the Forth, where he was 

 one of the founders of the successful Carron Ironworks. 

 He was a friend of Sir Joseph Banks, who promoted his 

 election into the Royal Society, which took place in the 

 summer of the following year. A number of former guests 

 reappeared in the course of the year. Among these may be 

 mentioned Mr. Carlisle, Sir George Staunton, Lord Dundas, 

 John Playfair, Dr. Edward Knatchbull and Dr. Latham. 

 On 22nd June Henry Cavendish, who was present at every 

 meeting of the Club throughout the year, for the last time 

 invited a guest, whose name appears on the list for the 

 day as " Mr. Cockshutt." 



1810. The Anniversary Meeting of the Club in 1810 took 

 place on the igth July and was attended by the following 



members : 



Matthew Raper, Treasurer 



Everard Home William Marsden 



Charles Wilkins John Symmons 



William Parsons Dr. S. F. Simmons 



Samuel Lysons Stephen Weston 



Dr. Nevil Maskelyne Thomas Murdoch 



Frederick Barnard Hon. Colonel Robert F. Greville 



John Walker Major Rennell 

 Dr. William Hyde Wollaston 



The Treasurer had to announce that his decision of last 

 year to levy no contribution from the members had left him 

 at the end of the financial year with a deficit of 31 i6s. 8d., 

 the disbursements to defray the balance of tavern-bills 

 having mounted up to 58 53. 6d. To clear off this adverse 

 balance and to provide for the expenses of the coming year 

 a contribution of two guineas was levied on each member 

 of the Club. The expenses now began to increase rapidly 

 year by year and the contribution from each member was 

 proportionally augmented. The number of diners at the 

 Club since the last Anniversary was 904, of whom 779 were 

 members and 125 visitors. 



