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ablest mathematicians, but his friendly nature and his 

 peculiarities of temperament appealed to a far wider circle. 

 In his later years he took to writing English sonnets and 

 led himself to believe that he could rival the majestic cadence 

 of Milton, and would be remembered by his verse quite as 

 much as by his mathematics. 



Charles Wright Younghusband, Captain in the Royal 

 Artillery, has been already mentioned as a visitor to the 

 Club in 1847 an d 1853. He was elected into the Royal 

 Society in 1852. 



Thomas Webster, Barrister, proposed by George Rennie 

 and seconded by Sir John Rennie as a member of the Club, 

 was elected into the Royal Society in 1847. 



At the same Anniversary Meeting it was resolved that 

 thenceforth the Meetings of the Club should be held in 

 The Thatched House, St. James' Street, and the Treasurer 

 was directed to confer with the Secretary of the Philosophical 

 Club and arrange the dates of meeting, so that the two 

 Clubs should not meet on the same day. 



Lord Wrottesley was continued as President and Dr. 

 Percy as Treasurer. 



1858. The Anniversary Meeting in 1858 was held on June 

 24th. It was attended by twenty-four members and Dr. 

 Burney presided. The Treasurer intimated that the expenses 

 for the past year amounted to 95 i8s. and the balance 

 remaining in his hands was 4 125. 5d. The subscription 

 for the ensuing year was fixed at 2. The number of dinners 

 during the financial year was 20, and the number of persons 

 who dined was 215, being an average of 10-6 at each dinner. 



The death of Robert Brown, princeps botanicorum, was 

 intimated. Four members had not attended any meeting 

 since the last Anniversary. Two of these, Lord Teignmouth 

 and Lord Lyttelton, who had sent no explanation of their 

 absence, were " not re-elected." The number of vacancies 

 in the membership now amounted to twelve. As the result 

 of a ballot of the candidates, Charles Brooke, William 

 Bowman, Rowland Hill, Count Strzelecki, Professor W. Fer- 

 gusson, and Warington Smyth were declared duly elected. 



