BANKS' PRESIDENCY OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 
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referred to in Weld’s “ History of the Royal Society.’ ‘ Dr. Horsley, 
afterwards Bishop of St. Asaph, and a bitter opponent of Banks, joined 
in the fray, and he and his followers made the statement that the cause 
of Banks’ antagonism to Dr. Hutton was because the President knew 
nothing of mathematics, and only favoured his own pursuit of natural 
history. 
Xo. 40.— Sir Joseph Banks. Wedgwooil .Medallion. Said to have been 
moilelled by Flaxinan. 
By January, 1784, feeling had run high, and a motion was submitted 
“ that this Society do approve of Sir Joseph Banks as their President, 
and mean to support him in that office.” A stormy discussion ensued, 
but it was carried in the affirmative by 119 to 42. The discontented 
minority found other opportunities for venting their dissatisfaction 
with the President, but they were again decisively defeated (139 to 39) 
on a crucial motion on 5th May, 1784. 
