The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-01 00:00:00

Zoological Society of London.

The annual general meeting of this society, being the
37th since its foundation, was hold yesterday in the so-
ciety's house, Hanover-square—the Right Hon. Sir Geo.
Clerk presiding.
After some preliminary business, a report from the au-
ditors of the accounts for the past year, giving a very
favourable account of the society's finances, was read by
Mr. Greenaway, chairman of the committee of auditors,
and adopted. The report of the council on the progress of
the society since last anniversary meeting was then read
by Mr. P. Sclater, F.R.S., the secretary. It stated that the
number of fellows, fellows elect, and annual subscribers to
the society together then amounted to 2,218, showing an
increase of 263 since the last anniversary, and that the
number of candidates for fellowship was 87. One foreign
member and 17 corresponding members had likewise been
elected since the last anniversary. The income of the society
for the year 1865 amounted to £23,457 Is. 9d., showing an
increase of £1,743 7s. 11d. over the year 1864, and being
the largest sum ever received by the society in any one
year, except in the two years when the great and
international exhibitions were held. The balance
brought forward from the year 1864 had been £1,544
9s. 6d., making a total sum of £25,001 lls. 3d. avail-
able for the year's expenditure. The ordinary expendi-
ture of the society during the year 1865 had amounted to
£18,721 12s. 3d., being £1,514 ls. Bd. more than that of
the year 1864. The extraordinary expenditure of the year
1865 (under which head had been placed the sums devoted
to new works and buildings, and to certain extraordinary
additions to the menagerie) had amounted to £4,850 7s. 6d.,
making the total expenditure for the year £23,571 19s 9d.,
and leaving a balance of £1,429 11s. 6d. to be carried for-
ward for the benefit of the present year. The society's
reserve fund was stated to consist of the sum of £lO,OOO
Reduced 3 per Cents., the balance of which, together with
the cash balance at the society's bankers, and the sums duo
from members for arrears, was estimated to have amounted
to £12,158 6s. 2d. at the close of the year 1865. The
liabilities of the society at the same date were estimated to
have been only £2,006 13s. Bd. The report then proceeded
to speak of the scientific meetings that had been held in
the society's house in Hanover-square during the past year,
but which during the next session (1866-7) it was proposed
to hold at Burlington-house in the Linnean Society's rooms,
the necessary arrangements having been made for that pur-
pose between the two societies. The library of the society
had received many valuable acquisitions during the past
year, amongst which was a large series of publications of
various societies with which the Zoological Society was in
correspondence. After alluding to repairs and improve-
ments which had been carried out in the gardens at a total
cost of £1,820 7s. 5d., the report stated that the visitors at
the gardens in 1865 had amounted to 525,176, showing an
excess of 18,007 over the previous year, and being a greater
number than had ever entered the society's gardens in any
one year since their establishment, except the two years of
the Exhibitions. After mentioning the number of ani-
mals in the gardens, including the additions recently made,
the report proceeded to enumerate the donors to the
menagerie, and their several donations, during the
year 1865, and concluded with congratulations to
the general body of the follows upon the flourish-
ing condition of every branch of the society's affairs.
The council's report having been received and adopted,
the meeting proceeded to elect the new members of
council. The ballot having been taken, the following five
fellows of the society were declared to be elected into the
council for the ensuing year, viz., the Lord Braybrooke,
Mr. George Busk, Mr. J. P. Gassiot, jun., Lieut.-Colonel
Sir Charles Russell, Bart., M.P., and Sir James Emerson
Tonnent, in place of the following fellows removed there-
from :—Admiral Sir William Bowles, K.C.B , the Viscount
Bury, the Lord Bishop of Oxford, and Mr. A. J. E. Rus-
sell, M.P. _ .

The ballot for officers resulted in the re-election of the
Right lion. Sir George Clerk, Bart., as president ; Dr. P.
Sclater, 1.R.5., as secretary ; and Mr. Robert Drummond
as treasurer, for the ensuing year.
The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the
chairman, which was proposed by Sir W. J. Newton, and
carritgi by accjitiligic7.u.

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HER MAJESTY•

OSBORNE, Monday.
The Queen, Princess Helena, Princess Louise,
and Prince Arthur attended Divine service yester-
day morning at Whippingham Church.
The Rev. George Prothero, assisted by the Rev.
William Jolley, administered the Sacrament of the

loly Communion.
Sir George Grey returned to London this

morning.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive
yesterday, attended by Viscountess Walden.
The Prince and Princess of Wales went to the
Italian Opera in the evening, attended by Vis-
countess 'Walden and Major Grey.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Their Royal iligh-
uesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke of St.
Albans and Baron Bentinck occupied her Majesty's box at
the Royal Italian Opera last night, and witnessed the
performance of "Faust e Margherita." Their royal high-
nesses were attended by Viscountess Walden and major
Grey.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricardo by
his company at dinner yesterday at the family residence in
Stratton-street, Piccadilly. There were present to meet
the royal duke—the Earl and Countess of Clarendon and
Lady Emily Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Cork, the
Earl and Countess of Wilton, Viscount Lascelles, Viscount
Hamilton, Lord Redesdale, Lord and Lady Cecilia Bing-
ham, Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley, and Lord Dun-
kellin, M.P. ; and Colonel Tyrwhitt, in attendance on the
Duke of Cambridge.
His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and
the Countess Apponyi were honoured by the presence °f
their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and
Princess Mary at dinner yesterday evening at Chand°s
House. The royal guests arrived at 8 o'clock, attended 11
Colonel Purves. There were present to meet the illustrious
guests—his Highness the Prince of Teck, his Excellency
the Netherlands Minister, his Excellency the Hanoverian
Minister and Baroness Blome, the Duke and Duchess of
Marlborough, the Marchioness of Ely, the Earl and Coun-
tess of Malmesbury, the Earl of Sefton, General and Lady
Alice Peel, Lady Bloomfield, Count Pahlen, Count Pal-
noky, Baron Hubner, and Mr. William Peel.
The Duke of Buccleuch is expected to arrive at
Montague House, Whitehall, to-day from Bowhill, Sel-
kirkshire. The duchess and Lady Margaret Scott do not
come to town for the present.
The Earl of Powis, accompanied by the Countess
of Powis and Lady Harriet Herbert, have arrived at the
family residence in Berkeley-square from Powis Castle,
Welshpool.
The Earl and Countess of Mountcharles will
return to town to-day from visiting the Earl and Counteso
of Harrington at Elraston Castle, Derbyshire.
The Earl of Orford has left Claridge's Hotel for
Norfolk.
The Earl and Countess of Aylesford. and Lady
Anne Finch have arrived at Claridge's Hotel foom rack.
ington Hall, Coventry.
The Earl of Clonmel left London last evening
for Bishop's Court, county Kildare.
The Countess of Leicester and Lady Anne Coke
' have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Holkhata
Norfolk.

Lady Jenkinson and family have arrived at the
Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood.
Lady Eleanor Balfour has left Claridge's Iletel
for
LEast Sheen.
ady Bloomfield arrived in London last week
from the British Embassy at Vienna.
Lady Clarence Paget and family left town Yes-
terday for Folkestone, where her ladyship intends staying
a few days.
Count and Countess G. de Wezele have returned
to Eaton-square from Rome. of
The nuptials of the Hon. Mr. Cotton, son .0
Viscount Combermere, with the wealthy heiress, 14l
of
Fletcher, will be solemnised in London in the course e
the month, as soon as the health of Lord Kenyon, her
guardian, will permit of his assisting at the ceremony, a
DEATH OF LORD AND LADY RIYERS.--withi'a
few hours of each other Lord and Lady Rivers have both
died suddenly. On Saturday night, shortly before -i 2
o'clock, his lordship, who had been suffering from hear
t
disease, suddenly expired, and a little before 8 o'clock
terday morning his lady died, after a short illness, of CO
gestion of the lungs. The deceased wore the same 8g
,eh'
both having been born in 1810. George Pitt Rivers, W.:-
Baron Rivers, succeeded his father, Horace William Benj.:
ford, Baron Rivers, in January, 1831. In February, 1833;
he married Lady Susan Georgiana Leveson-Gower, eldesv
daughter of the first Earl Granville, and sister of the Pre:
sent Earl, Lord President of the Council. They had
large family, of whom one eon—Henry Pater Pitt Rivca,".
born 1849, who succeeds—and five daughters survive. T'ds"
deceased lord was Deputy-Lieutenant for Dorsetshire,
Lieut.-Colonel of the Dorset Yeomanry. From 1841 to
1846, and again from 1853 to 1858, he was Lord in Wsiting
to the Queen, and in 1859 was reappointed to the r"
He was a Conservative.