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List of Fellows elected into the Royal Society since the last Anni- 

 versary (1845). 



On the Home List. 



William Addison, Esq. 

 William George Armstrong, Esq. 

 Golding Bird, M.D. 

 Kev. James Booth, LL.D. 

 George Buist, D.C.L. 

 Major Cautlej^ 

 Samuel Cooper, Esq. 

 James William Gilbart, Esq. 

 John Goodsir, Esq. 

 Richard Dugard Grainger, Esq. 

 Thomas Hetherington Henry, 

 Esq. 



Percival Norton Johnson, Esq. 



Henry Bence Jones, Esq., M.A. 

 Joseph Henry Kay, Esq. 

 Edwin Lankester, M.D". 

 John Liddell, M.D. 

 James Matheson, Esq. 

 Major Moore. 

 James Neilson, Esq. 

 George Newport, Esq. 

 The Lord Bishop of Oxford. 

 Alexander John Sutherland, M.D. 

 Theophilus Thompson, M.D. 

 William West, Esq. 

 John Wilson, M.D. 



On the Foreign List. 



M. Argelander. | M. A. T. Kupffer. 



M. Auguste De la Rive. | 



The President then addressed the Meeting as follows: — 



Gentlemen, 



It is with the deepest concern that I have to commence my address 

 to you by expressing my regret that death has deprived your Coun- 

 cil and myself of the services of one who has ever been most zealous 

 for the promotion of your interests, — I need not say that I speak of 

 the late lamented Dr. Bostock, 



During the last twelvemonth your Council have been unremitting 

 in its attention to its duties, and I therefore beg leave to tender to 

 them your thanks. 



The year that has just elapsed has been a very important one in 

 tlie annals of science, both at home and abroad. On the continent 

 it has been remarkable for the discoveries of M. Schcinbein, M. Le 

 Verrier and M. Gall, while the researches and calculations of M. 

 Madler, if confirmed and accredited by other astronomers, lead to 

 results of such an extraordinary and gigantic character as to throw 

 other discoveries into comparative shade *. 



At home we have the observations already made by Lord Rosse's 

 unequalled telescope, the continuation of the bright line of research 

 pursued by our illustrious Faraday, and the remarkable discovery of 

 a younger chemist, Mr. Grove, who I trust has still a long course 

 of scientific glory to run. From the Polar region I hope also that 

 the year 1846 may not have been unfruitful in important geogra- 

 phical discovery. 



* The discovery of the planet Astrsea should also have been mentioned, though 

 not pointed out by previous calculations like that indicated by M. Le Verrier. 



