| 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: William Bowman; Henry James Brooke; Robert Brown; Samuel Hunter Christie; John Frederic Daniell; George Dollond; Thomas Graham; John Thomas Graves; Dr. Robert Lee; Sir John William Lubbock; William Hallows Miller; Roderick Impey Murchison; Richard Owen; Peter Mark Roget; Captain James Clark Ross; James Walker; 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. Letter from M. Dumas acknowledging the award of the Copley Medal. Charles Few communicated the will of the late Edwin Hill Handley, full text entered into the minutes. |