1834 Sir M. A. Sbee; Geo. Rennie; Lord Oxmantown 3 1 3 



by Davies Gilbert. The date of the meeting had again 

 been changed from the proper day to the Thursday of the 

 week following ; this time the postponement was due to 

 the musical Festival in Westminster having been fixed for 

 the a6th of June. 



The tavern bills since the previous Anniversary were 

 stated to have amounted to 116 us. 8d., leaving a balance 

 in the Treasurer's hands of 44 35. 4d. The contribution 

 for the ensuing year was fixed at two pounds. 



By the death of William Sotheby and the resignation of 

 Sir Gilbert Blane and Joseph Sabine three vacancies were 

 created. In addition to these, two more arose from the 

 transference of Sir John Herschel and Captain Basil Hall 

 to the Supernumerary List in accordance with the rule 

 passed at the last Anniversary. Captain Sabine, being 

 still absent from England on public duty, was likewise 

 put on the same List, but as he was an ex officio member 

 his transference did not cause a vacancy in the ordinary 

 membership. On a ballot being taken Sir Martin Archer 

 Shee, George Rennie, Lord Oxmantown, Robert Ferguson, 

 and John George Shaw-Lefevre were declared to be duly 

 elected. 



The arrangement made in the previous year in regard 

 to meetings during the vacation was ordered to be con- 

 tinued for this year. But it had met with little encourage- 

 ment. The August dinner was attended by four members. 

 In September and October nobody appeared. 



Of the new members added to the Club at this election 

 it may be briefly stated that Sir Martin Shee was the Presi- 

 dent of the Royal Academy, and had been made a Fellow 

 of the Royal Society in 1831 ; George Rennie, one of the 

 famous family of engineers, and himself an engineer of 

 repute, was a brother and partner of Sir John Rennie long 

 a member of the Club, and was elected F.R.S. in 1822 ; 

 Lord Oxmantown, eldest son of the Earl of Rosse, suc- 

 ceeded to the earldom in 1841 and became famous for 

 his success in the construction of reflecting telescopes and 

 especially for the erection of the gigantic instrument on his 



