CHAPTER X 



PRESIDENTSHIPS OF THE DUKE OF SUSSEX AND 

 MARQUESS OF NORTHAMPTON, 

 1831-1848 



1831. THE Anniversary in the year 1831 took place on June 

 gth, when twenty-eight members were present, and the 

 President, the Duke of Sussex, took the chair. The Treasurer 

 stated that the expenses since the last General Meeting had 

 been 130 195. 8d., leaving a balance of 33 73. 8d. due to 

 the Treasurer. While some portion of the arrears announced 

 at the previous Anniversary had been paid, fresh arrears 

 had accumulated, the total amount now due to the Club 

 being 36. On the motion of Mr. Davies Gilbert it was 

 unanimously agreed that the arrears of certain members, 

 two of whom were deceased, should be cancelled, leaving the 

 amount of 14 as recoverable. To provide a fund for the ensu- 

 ing year the contribution from each member was fixed at 3. 



Four vacancies had to be filled, resulting from the death 

 of Henry Browne and Lord Darnley and the resignation 

 of Charles Babbage and Henry Thomas Colebrooke. There 

 were eleven candidates on the waiting list, and those elected 

 were Sir John Malcolm, Lieut.-Col. Leake, Sir Gore Ouseley, 

 Bart., and John F. Daniell. 



It was resolved that in future the Anniversary meeting 

 of the Club should take place on the Thursday after the 

 adjournment of the meetings of the Royal Society. 



Notwithstanding the Club's experience of the practical 

 failure of the weekly dinners during the autumn months, 



