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WE give elsewhere an account of the Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Society last Tuesday; one of the announcements made, however, we prefer to detail here. Dr. John Davy, brother of Sir Humphry Davy, has bequeathed to the Royal Society, in fulfilment of an expressed wish of his illustrious brother, a service of plate, presented to Sir Humphry Davy for the invention of the Safety Lamp, to be employed in founding a medal to be given annually for the most important discovery in chemistry made in Europe or Anglo-America. The directions given in the will, respecting the manner in which the plate should be disposed of, have been fulfilled, and the proceeds invested in India securities, yielding a little more than 30l. a year. The Council will determine the form of the medal, and specify the conditions under which it will be awarded.