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Council. 
Rev. J. H. Titcomb, M.A. 
J. A. Fraser, Esq., M.D., I.G.H. 
Robert Baxter, Esq. {Trustee). 
Rev. A. De la Mare, M.A. 
Rear-Admiral E. G. Fishbourne, C.B. 
R. N. Fowler, Esq. (Trustee). 
William H. Ince, Esq., F.L.S., 
F.R.M.S. 
Alex. M'Arthur, Esq., M.P. 
Alfred Y, Newton, Esq., F.A.S.L. 
William M. Ord, Esq., M.D. 
S. D. Waddy, Esq., Q.C., M.P. 
William Vanner, Esq., F.R.M.S. 
Alfred J.Woodhodse, Esq., F.R.M.S. 
Rev. J. H. Rigg, D.D. 
Rev. Prebendary C. A. Row, M.A. 
Rev. G. Henslow, M.A., F.L.S. 
Rev. Charles Graham. 
T. W. Masterman, Esq. 
H. Cadman Jones, Esq., Barrister-at- 
Law. 
Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A., F.L.S. 
Rev. W. Arthur, D.D. 
C. R. Bree, Esq., M.D., F.Z.S., &c. 
John Eliot Howard, Esq., F.R.S. 
Rev. G.W. Weldon, M.A.,B.M., F.L.S. 
Rev. Principal J. Angus, M.A., D.D. 
J. Bateman, Esq., F.R.S. , F.L.S. 
I must plead a good reason for making a bad speech, namely, that I had no idea 
of being called upon to speak. The last resolution thanked the officers who 
have gone ; the present resolution refers to the officers who are to come. The 
report of those who have passed has been so flattering and satisfactory, that 
I hope the officers who now take their place will not only do as well, but, if 
possible, even better than their predecessors, and I am sure the whole Institute 
will unite with me in this wish. I am warmly interested in the work for various 
reasons. We live in no common times. The enemy is coming out with a 
formidable front in a way that it has never adopted before, and I think an 
open battle is far better than anything else. I hold it to be the duty of 
every one interested in this subject, to put on his armour, and to endeavour 
to fight this great battle, because it is a battle that must be fought before 
long, and it should be fought upon its own merits. Instead of being angry 
with some of our opponents, we should sympathize with them. There are 
distinguished men of first-rate talent and decided honesty of purpose among 
them, but often betraying marvellous ignorance. These often ask us to abandon 
our religious opinions ; but we may say to them, “You must give us something 
better before you take away our hope.” I maintain that religion is a cement 
that binds all people together. Take it away, and man becomes one of the 
most selfish and insufferable animals on the face of the earth. If those I have 
alluded to had their way, they would land us in the greatest barbarism that 
could befall us. 
J. Kendall, Esq. — I have much pleasure in seconding the motion. I 
read the papers which are published by the Institute, and can honestly 
say that they are well worth reading. I do not know all the members of 
the Council. Some of them, I suppose, are more or less ornamental, and 
others, more or less useful ; but from what I have read of the papers prepared 
by several of them, I believe the useful preponderates. Some of them arc 
both useful and ornamental, as I can testify. (Laughter.) As to the 
Honorary Secretary, when we have heard such facts as that the number of 
Members of the Institute goes on increasing by over a hundred, year after 
year, I can only echo the hope that has already been expressed, that our 
future officers will do as well as their predecessors. I trust the number 
may be a thousand by this time next year. Work has never been better 
