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to be its President. He was knighted in 1805, and created 

 a baronet in 1818. Most of the learned societies in this 

 country and in all civilised lands vied with each other in 

 bestowing their honorary membership upon him. It is 

 sad to reflect that this fertile and energetic intellect was 

 cased in a body too weak to stand the strain to which it 

 was subjected. He passed away at the comparatively early 

 age of 51. 



Among the visitors to the Club this year was Henry 

 Kallam, the historian, who appears to have found the 

 company congenial, for he returned in successive years 

 and in 1826 joined the Club as a member. " Capt" Napier " 

 was perhaps the future Admiral, affectionately called by 

 his sailors " Charlie Napier," who led a stirring life marked 

 by some heroic incidents. In his later years he entered 

 Parliament, but at the time of the Crimean war he took to 

 sea again, and commanded the fleet in the Baltic. 



In the early part of the year, while Sir Joseph Banks 

 was still able to attend the Club, he continued to invite 

 guests of some note. Thus on February 3rd he brought 

 Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar, Governor and Commander- 

 in-chief of Mauritius, where he had succeeded in suppressing 

 the slave-trade ; also Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, who had 

 retired from the navy in 1808 and was now a member 

 of Parliament. On the I7th of the same month his guest 

 was " Mr. Hume," not improbably the famous radical 

 politician, who had been elected into the Royal Society 

 at the beginning of 1818. 



Among other visitors who had dined before with the Club 

 were Charles Babbage, Francis Chantrey, Captain Basil Hall, 

 Thomas Young, Professor Buckland and Captain Parry. 



1821. On 28th June 1821 the Club held its annual General 

 Meeting, when twenty-three members were present, and the 

 President, Sir Humphry Davy, occupied the chair. Accord- 

 ing to the statement made by the Treasurer the expenses 

 since the last anniversary amounted to 123 2s. and the 

 balance in hand to 53 93. 4d. The contribution for the 

 following year was fixed at 2. Although several members 



