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Annual Meeting, April 30th, 1861. 
Dr. J. P. Joule, President, in the Chair. 
The following gentlemen were elected members of the 
Society : — As Honorary Member: Richard Roberts, M. Inst. 
C.E. As Ordinary Members : William Henry Heys, Murray 
Gladstone, F.R.A.S., George Venables Vernon, F.R.A.S., 
and James Parlane. 
The following Report of the Council was then read by one 
of the Secretaries : — 
Since the last Annual Meeting the number of members has 
somewhat increased. The Society contained at that time 
two hundred ordinary members. Of these, five have died 
and four have resigned, whilst twenty-three new members 
have been elected; so that the number at present amounts to 
two hundred and fourteen. Of the deceased members, the 
most generally known were Mr. Isaac W. Long and Mr. 
Joseph Adshead. Mr. Long was a distinguished member of 
the Physical Section, and rendered valuable assistance in the 
establishment of that important branch of our Society. He 
was specially interested in the science of Astronomy, being a 
Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of London. A 
short account of his life appeared in the monthly notices of 
that Society. Mr. Adshead’s attention was chiefly directed 
to subjects connected with Social Science, and his writings 
were much esteemed. None of his productions were, how- 
ever, published in the Memoirs of the Society. Three 
honorary members and four corresponding members have 
been elected. 
Proceedings— Lit. & Phie. Society— No. 14. —Session, 1S60-61. 
