The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-11 00:00:00

ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIBTY.

A densely crowded meeting of this society was held
on Monday evening; Sir R. I. Murchison in the chair.
Among those present were—C rt. Sykes, vice-presi-
dent ; Sir G. Pollock, Sir John Richardson, the Earl of
Dncie, Lord Stanley, M.P., Lord Pollington, M.P., Mr.
E. G. Squier and Mr. C. Grinnell, of the United States;
Col. Ignatieff, of St. Petersburg ; Sir W. Trevelyan, Sir
John Rennie, General Fox, General Monteith, Count
Strzelecki, Sir J. Alexander, Dr. R. Brown, LL.D,,
Dr. Lee, LL.D.. Capt. Fitzroy, R.N., Cape: S Osborn.
R N., Capt. G. H Richards, Capt. Beecher, R.N., Capt.
Moorsom, R.N., Capt. Paulson, R.N., Captain Stokes,
R.N., Col. Steele, Colonel the Hon. H. Gordon, Maj.;r
Vincent Eyre, Capt. Elliot, of Australia; Drs. Hodgkin,
Rae, Baikie, Pratt, Nl‘Cormick, and McDermott,
RN., the Rev. Dr. Worthington, the Rev. Dr. Tid
man, the Rev. Dr. Martin, the Rev. C. G. Nicola.Y ,
the Rev. Brownrigg Smith, Mr. Brooking, Mr. Arrow-
smith, Mr. Osborne Saiith, Mr. C. Oswell, Mr. Jelin
Crawford, the Hon. G. Waldeerave, the Hen. Dilkn
Croker, Mr. Chas. White, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Cock,' Mr.
Biddulph, Mr. Harrison, Mr. McQueen, Lieut. Pine
R.N.. Mr. Consul Brand, Mr. Silver, Mr. Ballaert, Mr.
W. R. O'Byrne, Mr. John Brown, Mr. Samuel Brown,
Mr. Uzielli, Mr. Findlay, !ec.
The Hon. W. F. Campbell, Rear-Admiral the Hon.
J. Gordon, Col. Luke Smyth O'Connor, Governor of
the'Gambia ; Lord Oranmore, Sir Wm. Stuart, and
Messrs. Robt. Benson, Wm. Benson, Walter Bryant,
Geo. Cooke, and John Costerton, were elected Fellow,,
Capt. H. G. Richards, R.N.; Lieut. G. Fairholme, R.N.,
,and Messrs. Clarence Braddyll, James Crawford, E.
Anclarnety Glover, C. Lewis Gruneisen, E. Terrick -
milton, D J. H...erd, G. Nelthropp, Francis Nares, Win.
Pcoet.x, ers.t..\....V2l.aaaSGr.ldmith (Secretary of the Hudson's Bay
eroi,,,,n.,a,candiduke Teesdale, and henry Tudor, were
B.
Hill aiB9 for election at the ensuing meeting.
tahtl/41 Mr. W. R. O'Byrne. were official iy
introduced Open
election.
A drawing of her
of Azoff, Capt. Majesty's ship Vesuvius in the Sea
Sherardr.R.G. Osborn, R.N., Mr, Briefly,F. R.G.S.,
and a number of sketches and
inscriptions of thweeerxecea:vial..tanns of Susa, illustrating Mr.
air
Sir R,
Loftus's paper
On taking ,were
ce
hr.omAluAtticref.tvsoinetcerneatd.Baeelectilteeyr:
addressed to the secretairier,a,
announcing tee t
Admiral Frederick Win. Bee of the president, Rear-
grateful
tribute to the mem, obey, arid after paying a
rY of the;
the following resolution of the Cou r departed chief
chair and unanimously agreed to
neil was put from the
" That the chairman Ce requested to
sorrow of the Fellows of the Royal e;eo express the deep
on the demise of their distingeisned
pgrrzhical Society
communicate their sincere condolences ident, and to
to his widow and
family."
It was then proposed, seconded, awl
carried, that Sir Roderick I. Merchisone President an1n1"81Y
until the next anniversary meeting.
The CHAIRMAN then expressed his regret at the
non.
arrival of their expected guest, Dr. Livingston, owing to
the breaking down of the Peninsular and Oriental steamer
Candia, after leaving Malta. He, however, hoped to,
have an opportunity very shortly of presenting hi, to
the society. (At a special meeting on Monday next,
the 15th inst.)
The expected arrival of the Resolute, Under the cow.
mend of the American Arctic explorer, Capt. Hartsteen,
as a present to her Majesty from the United States'
Government, was then announced from the chair as
having been communicated that day by his Excellency
the American Minister, ,Ir. Dallas.
The papers read were-
1. Notes on the Determination of ti:e River Enleaus
of the Greek Historians, by Mr. W. Kennett Loftus.
2, Letter from Mr. H. Poole to the Secretary on the
proposed scientific examination of the Pend Sea and the
district between it ant the Guif of Akeha.
3. Abstract of a Jourral of the North Australian Ee-
Pedition, by Mr. J. S. Wilson, the geologist, communi-
cated by Sir R. Murcl •
After the di•sceission • us(
n.
sre
the ch on the foregoing pap, • ,
in which
a'rrnan, Mr. Loftus, Col. Sykes, Sir J. Rchanlson,
General lte
--eetneithand
Capt. Q. ethers took part,
heardfro;C;l33"ll final/. reported that he had just
Conservator of the aCater, formerly of H.M.S. Intrepid,
Truelove, announces an„not,unnHeaumhber, that Cent. Parker of the
sledges of wood, which
btthat the E-quirnatin bad large
been broken up en the. bey had got from a ship that had
and that there was all-
other vessel pressed meen
the ice but not yet broken up,
down Prince Regent Net. Th
made of had treenail Wes. These,weod the sledges were I
natives frequent Pond
by, in Baffin Strait. es
Captain Osborn believers these _ .
vessels to be two more
of the deo rted s.,utdrents-

The thanks of the eitlety
having
them eting adjoulned.
been voted to the
authors of tho re