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AT the annual general meeting of the Society of Arts, which was held on the 27th ult., Sir William Siemens being in the chair, the following resolution relative to the death of Mr. Spottiswoode, who was a vice-president of the Society, was passed:—“That this meeting of the Society of Arts desires to express the deep regret with which it has received the news of the death of Mr. William Spottiswoode, one of its vice-presidents, and its sense of the loss which the Society has sustained by his decease. In him England loses one of her most remarkable men of science, science itself one of its greatest ornaments, and all who knew him a sincere and valued friend. Besides devoting his own time and thought to the advancement of knowledge, he was ever ready to lend to all engaged in like pursuits the assistance of his experience and his wise counsel. In thus placing on record their own appreciation of his services, the Society desires to express its feelings of sympathy with his widow and his family, and also with the Fellows of the Royal Society, of which he was the honoured and beloved President.”