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: Thomas Bell; John Joseph Bennett; William Bowman; Sir Benjamin Brodie; Reverend Professor James Challis; Samuel Hunter Christie; Lieutenant General Sir Howard Douglas; Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton; Dr John Forbes; Marshall Hall; Dr William Allen Miller; Sir Roderick Impey Murchison; Richard Phillips; William Henry Smyth; Edward Solly; Lieutenant Colonel Edward Sabine, Vice President and Treasurer, in the chair. Among matters discussed or noted: the selection of candidates for recommendation to the Society for election. 8 April 1851