ROYAL SOCIETY. -
April 28, 1831. His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, Presi- dent, in the Chair. Sir Martin Archer Shee, President of the Royal Academy, was admitted a Fellow. The Boni:arable Francis Spencer Ponsonby, of St. James's Square, and of Canford in Dorset- shire, and James Henderson, Esq. of Circus Road, Regent's Park, his Majesty's Consul-General at. Bogota, were proposed as candidates. The following presents were announced, viz.—" Memoirs of the Royal Aca- demy of Sciences of the Institute of France," Vol. X.; " Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin, for the year 1827 ;" the Athememn Journal, from the commencement of the year 1831 to the pre- sent week. James Henderson, Esq. was elected a Fellow. A paper was read " On the Capillary Circulation," by Dr. Marshall Hall. A ballot was then taken for the election of Members to serve on the Council, in the place of Viscount Melville, Sir George Murray, K.C.B., and Sir Robert Peel, Bart. who have resigned. The result of the ballot "was the election. of J. T. Daniell, Esq., George Dollond, Esq., and Charles Konig, Esq.
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