Minutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society 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: Sir William Burnett; Samuel Hunter Christie; Thomas Galloway; William Robert Grove; Leonard Horner; Peter Mark Roget; Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Sabine; Dr. William Sharpey; Captain William Henry Smyth; 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. Report of the auditors of the Treasurer's accounts, noting a balance of £1,885 13s. 2d. 30 November 1846