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

ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.

A densely crowded meeting of this society was held
on Monday evening; Sr R. I. Murchison in the chair.
Among those present were—C tl. Sykos, vice-presi-
dent ; Sir G. Pollock, Sir John Richardson, the Earl of
Dude, Lord Stanley, M.P , L )rd Pollinc,,ton, M.P., Mr.
E. G. Squier and Mr. C. Grinnell, of the United States ;
Col. Ifrnatieff, of St. Petersburg ; Sir W. Trevelvan, Sir
John Rennie General For, General Monteith, Count
Strzelecki, Sir J. Alexander, Dr. R. Brown, LL.D.,
Dr. Lee, LL.D., Capt. Fitzroy, R N., Capt. S. o?,born,
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, M'Cortnick, R.N., and l'..PDermt.tt,
R.N., the Rev. Dr. Worthington, the Rev. Dr. Tid
man, the Rev. Dr. Martin, the Rev. C. G. Nicolay,
the Rev. Brownrigg Smith, Mr. Brooking, Mr. Arrow-
smith, Mr. Osborne SAnith, Mr. C. ()swell, Mr. John
Crawford, the Hon. G. Walde;rave, the Hon. Dill, n
Croker, Mr. Chas. White, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Cocks, M.
Biddulph, Mr. Harrison, Mr. M`Queen, Lieut. Pim,
RN., Mr- Consul Brand, Mr. Silver, Mr. Baliaert, Mr.
W. R. O'Byrne, Mr. John Brown, Mr. Samuel Brown,
Mr. Uzielli, Mr. Findlay, &c.
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, Win. Benson, Walter Bryant,
Geo. Cooke, and John Costerton, were elected Fellows;
Capt. H. G. Richards, R.N.; Lieut. G. Fairholme, R.N.,
and_oo Messrs. Clarence Braddyll, James Crawford, E.
Amiltltlonra.-ItY Glover, C. Lewis Gruneisen, E. Terrick Ha-
D. J. Herd, G. Nelthrp, Francis Nares, Wm.
Peters,'
W. G. Smith (Secretary :d)f the Hudson's Ba
Co.), J. Marmaduke Teesdale,
proposedas candidates fir election a'
attheHenry Tudor, were.y
Mr. A, B. Hill
and th ensuing meeting.
up•ri. their election.
tIVon..R. O'Byrne were officially
i ltroduced
A drawing of her, Majesty's ship Vesuvius in the Sea
of Azoff, Capt. Shere,rd
asOidsborn, R.N., F.R.G.S., by
Mr. Brierly, rdt.Gs;
a number of sketches and
inscriptions of the excavations.of Susa, illustrating Mr.
On-taking the chair Sir R. MußcarsoN read a letter,
secreta4Yde'atfhro
addressed to the
'from Mr. Vincent Beechey,
M.A., announing the
the president, Rear-
Admiral Frederick Wm. Iteeehe
grateful tribute to the rnecnorycoOttfY:teaq
idr
way af
departedtpe
put
t pfraoymi
chiefntghe
the following resolution of the,
chair and unanimously agreed to :___.
" That the chairman be requested to express the deep
sorrow of the Fellows of the Royaw
on the demise of their distingnisnede°pgraphical Society
President, and to
communicate their sincere condolences to his widow and
family."
Presiden-t
It was then proposed, seconded, mil
unanimously
carried, that Sir Roderick I. Murchison be
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 Orientalsteamer
Candia, after leaving Malta. He, however, hoped to
have an opportunity very shortly of presenting bit,
to
the society. (At a special meeting on Monday next,
the 15th inst.)
The expected arrival of the Resolute, under the com-
mand of the American Arctic explorer, Capt. Harteteen,
as a present to her Majesty from the United States'
Government, was then announced from tae chair as
having been communicated that day by his Excellency
the American Minister, Mr. Dallas.

The papers read were-
1. Notes on the Determination of the RivterofEtusslrus
of the Greek Historians, by Mr. W. Kennett
2. Letter from Mr. H. Poole to the Secretary
Proposed scientific examination of the Dead Sea andn the
the
district between it and the Guif of Akaba.
3. Abstract of a Journal of the North Australian Ex-
pedition, by Mr. J. S. Wilson, the geologist, communi-
cated by Sir R. Murchison.
After the discussion on the foregoing papers, in which
the chairman, Mr. Loftus, Col. Sykes, Sir J. Richardson,
General Monteith, and others took part,
Capt. S. OSBORN finally reported that he had just
heard from Capt.. Cator, formerly of H.M.S. Intrepid,
Conservator of the Humber, that Capt. Parker of the
Truelove, announces that the Esquimanx bad large
sledges of wood, which they had got from a ship that had
been broken up on the bench, and that there was an-
other vessel pressed up in the ice, but not yet broken up,
down Prince Regent Inlet. The wood the sledges were
made of had treenail holes. These natives frequent Pond
Bay, in Baffin Strait.
Captain o.born believes these vessels to be two more
of the deserted squidron.
The thanks of the society having been voted to the
authors of the respective papers the meeting adjourned.