Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. — January, 1844. 



(Wednesday Evening, the 3rd January, 1844.) 



The monthly Meeting of the Society was held at the rooms on Wednesday even- 

 ing, the 3rd January, at the usual hour. The Honorable W. W. Bird, President, in 

 the chair. 



The election of officers for the year 18*4, was the first business of the meeting, 

 and it was agreed that those of 1843 should he requested to continue. The name of 

 Dr. A. Sprenger, B. M. S. was added to the Committee of Papers.* 



R. Macdonald Stephenson, Esq. proposed at the last meeting, was ballotted for 

 and elected. The usual communication was ordered to be made to him. 



Proposed as an Honorary Member by the Hon'ble the President, and seconded by 

 the Secretary : — 



John, Prince of Saxony, brother to the reigning king. 



In proposing this illustrious personage as an Honorary Member, the Honorable the 

 President and Secretary stated, that they had done so not only in consequence of 

 his general and well-known proficiency in literary and scientific pursuits, but speci- 

 ally with reference to his high attainments as a Sanscrit scholar, and his unvarying 

 patronage on all occasions of oriental scholars and oriental literature. 



The Sevres Medallion of Major Rennel, presented at the meeting of November 

 1 843, which had been framed in black marble, was now exhibited. 



The Committee named at the December meeting, to settle the form of the inscrip- 

 tions on the marble tablets beneath the busts, and the height of the pedestals 

 for them, exhibited the tablets as prepared, and referred to the bust of Mr. James 

 Prinsep, which had been placed on a temporary stand at the height they thought 

 suitable, for the opinion of the meeting. It was resolved, that the alteration be 

 made as proposed. 



Read the following letter addressed to the Secretary by Mr. VV. Prinsep: — 

 To H. Torrens, Esq. Vice President and Secretary of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta. 



Dear Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge your two letters of the 28th July, one 

 to myself in conjunction with my brother H. T. Prinsep, Esq., the other to Sir 

 Edward Ryan, with a request to procure Kit Cat Portraits of each of these gentlemen. 



I have seen these gentlemen, and we are next week to decide upon the artist 

 and time of sitting, regarding which I shall have the pleasure of addressing you by 



* N. B.~ The names of Officers and Members of the Society, as they stand at the commencement, 

 of 1844, will be found at the end of the present Number. 



