Many years ago, Faraday gave a friend the following facts, which were written down immediately:--“Sir H. Davy told me I must take down my certificate. I replied that I had not put it up; that I could not take it down, as it was put up by my proposers. He then said I must get my proposers to take it down. I answered that I knew they would not do so. Then he said, I as President will take it down. I replied that I was sure Sir H. Davy would do what he thought was for the good of the Royal Society.” Faraday also said that one of his proposers told him that Sir H. Davy had walked for an hour round the courtyard of Somerset House, arguing that Faraday ought not to be elected. This was probably about May 30. Faraday also made the following notes on the circumstance of the charge made by Wollaston’s friends:-- 1823. _In relation to Davy’s opposition to my election at the Royal Society._ Sir H. Davy angry, May 30. Phillips’ report through Mr. Children, June 5. Mr. Warburton called first time, June 5 (evening). I called on Dr. Wollaston, and he not in town, June 9. I called on Dr. Wollaston, and saw him, June 14. I called at Sir H. Davy’s, and he called on me, June 17. On July 8 Dr. Warburton wrote that he was satisfied with Faraday’s explanation, and added that he would tell his friends that “my objections to you as a Fellow are and ought to be withdrawn, and that I now wish to forward your election.” Bence Jones adds:-- On June 29, Sir H. Davy ends a note, “I am, dear Faraday, very sincerely your well wisher and friend.” So that outwardly the storm rapidly passed away; and when the ballot was taken, after the certificate had been read at ten meetings, there was only one black ball. [Sidenote: FELLOWSHIP AND MAGNANIMITY.] The election took place January 8, 1824. Of this unfortunate misunderstanding,[11] Davy’s biographer, Dr. Thorpe, writes:-- The jealousy thus manifested by Davy is one of the most pitiful facts in his history. It was a sign of that moral weakness which was at the bottom of much of his unpopularity, and which revealed itself in various ways as his physical strength decayed.... Faraday allowed himself in after days no shade of resentment against Davy; though he confessed rather sadly that after his election as F.R.S. his relations with his former master were never the same as before. If anyone recurred to the old scandal, he would fire with indignation. Dumas in his “Éloge Historique” has given the following anecdote:--