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: George Bowdler Buckton; William Benjamin Carpenter; Warren De La Rue; Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton; Captain Douglas Galton; Joseph Dalton Hooker; William Allen Miller; William Hallows Miller; Richard Owen; William Sharpey; Henry John Stephen Smith; George Gabriel Stokes; James Joseph Sylvester; the Reverend Robert Willis; the President, Major-General Edward Sabine, in the Chair. Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. The seal of the Royal Society was affixed to the diploma of Gustav Magnus, elected as a Foreign Member. Adjudication of medals: lists of names suggested for consideration for the Copley and Royal Medals, to be proposed and seconded at the next meeting of Council. 21 May 1863