774 



Daedalus would have been comparatively useless. My only regret 

 on the present occasion is, that M. Regnault is not here himself to 

 receive this Medal. 



The Statutes relating to the election of Council and Officers 

 having been read by the Secretary, and Dr. Royle and Mr, Bennett 

 having, with the consent of the Society, been nominated Scrutators 

 to assist the Secretaries in examining the lists, the votes of the 

 Fellows present were collected. 



Mr. Bennett reported the following Noblemen and Gentlemen as 

 being duly elected Officers and Council for the ensuing year: — 



President. — The Earl of Rosse. 



Treasurer. — George Rennie, Esq. 



cr ^ • r S. Hunter Christie, Esq. 

 ^Secretaries. < rp, x> w ^2 



\ Ihomas Bell, Esq. 



Foreign Secretary. — Lieut.-Col. Edward Sabine, R.A. 



OtJier Members of tJie Council. — George Biddell Airy, Esq., M.A. ; 

 Sir James Clark, Bart., M.D.; John P, Gassiot, Esq.; Thomas 

 Graham, Esq., M.A. ; William Robert Grove, Esq., M.A. ; Leonard 

 Horner, Esq. ; Sir Robert H. Inglis, Bart., LL.D. ; John George 

 Shaw Lefevre, Esq., M.A. ; Sir Charles Lyell, M.A. ; William Allen 

 jNIiller, M.D. ; The Marquis of Northampton ; Richard Owen, Esq. ; 

 John Phillips, Esq. ; Peter Mark Roget, INI.D. ; the Dean of West- 

 minster; Charles Wheatstone, Esq. 



It was moved by Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Bart., seconded by 

 Mr. Broughton, and resolved unanimously : — 



That on this the last occasion of the Marquis of Northampton 

 occupying the Chair of the Royal Society as its President, the 

 special thanks of the Society be cordially tendered to his Lordship, 

 for his able, zealous, and efficient discharge of the duties of that 

 office for ten years. 



On the motion of Dr. Paris, seconded by Professor Baden Powell, 

 it was resolved unanimously : — 



T^at the best thanks of the Royal Society be, and they are hereby 

 given, to Dr. Roget for his continued and valuable services during 

 a period of twenty-one years, in the office of Secretary to the Society. 



The thanks of the Society were given to the Scrutators for their 

 trouble in examining the lists. 



