| Description | Printed minutes containing matters laid before Council, the Royal Society's governing body of Fellows, with records of decisions taken.
Commencing with a list of Council members present: Francis Baily; Samuel Hunter Christie; John Frederick Daniell; Thomas Galloway; Thomas Graham; Sir John Frederick William Herschel; John William Lubbock; George Rennie; Peter Mark Roget; John Forbes Royle; Robert Bently Todd; Charles Wheatstone; the President, Spencer Joshua Alwyn Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton, in the chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. One thousand copies of meteorological forms to be printed by Richard Taylor and sold at cost. Letter from Captain Smyth indicating that he would resign as Foreign Secretary at the next Anniversary. Resolved that one of the two magnetic stations proposed for Bombay would be better placed in Singapore; and that Simla would be preferable to Deyradoon; these to be conveyed to the Chairman of the East India Company. Resolved that the President communicate with Comte Cancrine, Minister of Finance of Russia, expressing satisfaction with the Russian Government's support for work on terrestrial magnetism: listing observations that should be made under the direction of M. Kupffer. Report of the Committee of Astronomy recommending a Royal Medal for James Ivory, approved. Report of the Joint Committtees of Botany and Vegetable Physiology, and Zoology and Animal Physiology, recommending a Royal Medal for Dr. Martin Barry, approved. Subject Committee recommendations for the award of the Copley Medal: candidates include Robert Brown, Charles Sturm, Justus von Liebig, Roderick Murchison, and Joseph Henry. List of President, Officers and Members of Council for the ensuing year. List of salaries for Officers and staff. List of bills to be paid, for printing, engraving and other expenses. 500 copies of the Catalogue of Miscellanous Manuscripts by James Orchard Halliwell to be printed. |