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cultural Society, and might therefore be induced to come, perhaps 
Earl Spencer might be persuaded, then we are sure of Mr. Brandling, 
Mr. Wentworth, Mr. Blayds, and Sir F. L. Wood. Of course the 
price of our tickets must be 15s. or 20s. If in addition, Lord 
Fitzwilliam invite Dr. Buckland and Murchison, we should be bunglers 
if we did not muster a large audience to hear such lions roar. 
Lord Fitzwilliam is expected at Wentworth in a fortnight, and I 
dare say would attend a council meeting if we thought it necessary, 
it might be usefid to ask him to do do so, and then to advertise the 
plan of operations in all the county newspapers. 
I am much puzzled about fixing the day, Professor Sedgwick 
cannot leave Norwich till 1st October, I have asked on what day he 
can be here, the 2nd is Friday, Wakefield market-day ; Saturday would 
not be a good day, on account of the parties returning home to a 
distance ; and Monday is late, as the British Association break up 
onr the 24th September. I expect to hear from Mr. Sopwith about 
Dr. Buckland' s attendance shortly. For matter we should be well off, 
the Report on the Railway, Mr. Thorp's Geologico- Agricultural Paper, 
and Mr. Holt's on the Ingleton Coal-field, this last would rouse 
Sedgwick if the others did not. 
Mr. Swanwick promises the sections on Wednesday next, so that 
when the council meet they might arrange the committee meeting ; 
should not Mr. Atkinson be associated with the committee, for the 
sake of the Derbyshire geology. 
I will meet you as early as possible on the day of the council 
meeting, and bring a person to help us with labelling, &c., that we 
may get all our specimens ready as you suggested. We can lock them 
up in the room over the council room. I will also endeavour to get 
the Elsecar Coal and Iron Fossils sent previously. Do you know 
anybody that would collect for us the Limestone Fossils ? Mr. Thorp 
has often promised, but it is too much to expect him to look after this 
part of the work. 
I am, my dear Sir, yours sincerely, 
Thos. W. Embleton, Esq. Thomas Wilson. 
The annual meeting in 1840 was held at Wakefield, the birth- 
place of the Society, on the 5th October, The president, Earl Fit?- 
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