| 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: Dr. John Bostock; John George Children; Samuel Hunter Christie; John Frederick Daniell; Charles Konig; Spencer Joshua Alwyn Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton; Reverend George Peacock; William Haseldine Pepys; Peter Mark Roget; John Forbes Royle; Captain William Henry Smyth; Benjamin Travers; Charles Wheatstone; the Treasurer, Francis Baily, in the chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Council considered the letter from the President, His Royal Highness Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, announcing his intention of resigning the Presidency: full text of a draft resolution in reply entered into the minutes and ordered to be forwarded to the Duke of Sussex. Motion made that no future President should serve more then five years in office, defeated. Resolved by ballot that the Marquis of Northampton should be nominated to serve as President of the Royal Society for the ensuing year. Francis Baily noted his intention of resigning as Treasurer at the forthcoming Anniversary. Resolved that Peter Mark Roget and Samuel Hunter Christie be recommended for election as Secretaries, with William Henry Smyth as Foreign Secretary. List of persons recommended as Members of Council for election at the Anniversary Meeting, to serve the ensuing year. |