1831 Sir J. Malcolm; Col.W.M.Leake;J.F.Daniell 305 



had ceased to be observed with that strictness with which 

 it had [formerly] been acted upon : and the Treasurer was 

 requested to arrange with the Landlord of the Tavern to 

 have a room into which strangers might be shown, until 

 the Members introducing them had complied with the form 

 prescribed in the Rule ; and respecting the contribution 

 at present collected from visitors, the Club did not deem 

 it expedient to make any alteration." 



A few words may be introduced here concerning the 

 new members elected into the Club at the Anniversary. 



Sir John Malcolm, K.C.B. (p. 284), had a high reputation 

 as an administrator, diplomatist and soldier in our Indian 

 dominions. Having acquired a knowledge of Persian he 

 was sent again and again on a political mission to the 

 Persian court. He had found time in his busy life to write 

 a " Political History of India," a " History of Persia," 

 and other works. He was for four years Governor of 

 Bombay. On his return to England he in 1831 went into 

 Parliament as member for Launceston. He was elected 

 into the Royal Society in 1829. 



Lieut.-Colonel William Martin Leake has been already 

 referred to (p. 261) as a visitor to the Club, and as one of 

 the main authorities for the identification of classical sites 

 in Greece and Asia Minor. He was elected into the Royal 

 Society in 1815. He was proposed as a member of the 

 Club by Davies Gilbert and seconded by Chantrey. 



Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart., has already been referred to as 

 one of the visitors in 1818. His election into the Royal 

 Society took place in 1817. 



John Frederic Daniell, Professor of Chemistry at King's 

 College, London, and an able physicist, became F.R.S. in 

 1814 and received the Copley Medal in 1837. To him we 

 are indebted for the constant battery that bears his name, 

 and other useful inventions. 



The attendance fluctuated this year more than was usual. 

 In the twelve months there were in all seven days when 

 no one appeared ; and this falling-off was not confined to 

 the autumn, for it occurred in the middle of January, in 



