various springs ; and it appears that the action of this substance, on 

 the living system, unites with its chemical qualities in associating it 

 with iodine. So marked and so decisive indeed are its effects, that 

 various medical waters are conjectured to owe their beneficial quali- 

 ties to the presence, in extremely minute portions, of this elementary 

 body, unknown and unsuspected previously to the researches of M. 

 Balard. 



To him, therefore, I am directed by your Council to deliver the 

 other Royal Medal, in testimony of the high respect entertained for 

 his ability, industry, and skill displayed in the discovery of bromine. 



The Copley and the Rumford Medals have not been awarded. 



The Society next proceeded to the election of the Council and 

 Officers for the ensuing year, when the following were declared to 

 be the lists : — 



Council. — Peter Barlow, Esq. : John Barrow, Esq. ; William Ca- 

 vendish, Esq.; Sir Astley Cooper, Bart.$ Henry Ellis, Esq.; Mi- 

 chael Faraday, Esq.; Colonel Fitzclarence; Davies Gilbert, Esq.; 

 Captain Henry Kater ; Viscount Melville; Sir George Murray, 

 Bart. ; Rev. George Peacock ; Sir Robert Peel, Bart. ; A. Wilson 

 Philip, M.D. ; John Pond, Esq.; George Rennie, Esq.; N. Aylward 

 Vigors, Esq. 



President: His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, K.G. — 

 Treasurer : John William Lubbock, Esq. — Secretaries : Peter Mark 

 Roget, M.D., and John George Children, Esq. 



December 9. 



His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, President, in the Chair. 



Henry Percy Gordon, Esq., M.A., and the Rev. John Warren, 

 were elected Fellows. 



The following Presents were received, and thanks ordered for 

 them: — 



Astronomical Observations made at the Armagh Observatory. By 



T. R. Robinson, D.D. Vol. I. Part II. 4to.— Presented by the 



Rev. Dr. Robinson. 

 The Philosophical Magazine and Annals of Philosophy. By R. 



Taylor, F.L.S. and R. Phillips, F.R.S. No. 48. (Dec. 1830.) 8vo. 



— The Editors. 



The Edinburgh Journal of Natural and Geographical Science. New 



Series. No. 1. (Dec. 1830.) 8vo. — The Editor. 

 Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country. No. 10. (Nov. 1830.) — 



The Proprietor. 



The National Portrait Gallery of Illustrious and Eminent Personages 

 of the Nineteenth Century. By Wm. Jerdan, Esq. No. 20. 8vo. 

 '—The Proprietors. 



The British Imperial Calendar for the Year 1831. 8vo. — John Frost, 



Esq. 



