1830 John Franklin; John Richardson; N. Wai lie b 299 



individual in question was Charles Tennyson who appears 

 on the Royal Society list as having been elected a Fellow 

 on igth February of this year. 



Arctic exploration was again well represented at the 

 Club's table. On March 5th Captain Franklin and his 

 associate among the ice-fields, Dr. John Richardson, were 

 both among the guests. Since his last appearance at the 

 Club, Franklin had carried out his second expedition to 

 the mouth of the Mackenzie River, in which Richardson 

 accompanied him. The two explorers divided their forces, 

 and while Franklin took one route, Richardson followed 

 another, both meeting again at Montreal. Franklin's services 

 were recognised later in this year by the honour of knight- 

 hood. Captain Parry was likewise knighted this year, and 

 he dined with the Club on June i8th as Sir Edward Parry. 

 For the last four years he had been stationed in London as 

 Hydrographer to the Admiralty. 



Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, another visitor of Danish origin, 

 was a noted botanist, who had been superintendent of the 

 botanic gardens at Calcutta, and in 1828 brought to London 

 large collections of plants which he had gathered in India 

 and Burmah. He was this year elected into the Royal 

 Society. 



1830. The Anniversary Meeting in 1830 was held on 

 June loth, when there were present : 



Davies Gilbert, President 



Earl Spencer Lord Bexley 



William Marsden William Sotheby 



Sir Alexander Johnston John Barrow 



William Smith Thomas Murdoch 



Dr. Peter M. Roget Dr. William G. Maton 



William H. Pepys Joseph Sabine 



Charles Wilkins Thomas Phillips 



Captain Basil Hall Francis Chantrey 



Captain Henry Kater Joseph Smith, Treas. 



The President announced that in the course of the month 

 of May Captain Sabine, the Treasurer, had received orders 

 to join his regiment in Ireland at a short notice, but as 

 this happened only three weeks before the annual election 



