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focus all the principal institutions connected with Literature, 

 Science, and Art, with a grandeur and completeness worthy of the 

 nation. 



Still it was matter of serious concern in what manner it should 

 be carried out. Whether the whole space should be appropriated 

 to this " holy alliance," or whether they should be locally associated 

 with offices of mere Government business, — whether the nature 

 and position of the buildings should be so arranged as to allow 

 the present noble erection to remain, and thus its present occu- 

 pants to retain their place within it undisturbed, or whether it 

 would be necessary, in carrying out the final plans of the archi- 

 tect, to level with the grovmd a building so handsome, so sub- 

 stantia \ and so well adapted to its present purpose. Supposing 

 the latter alternative to be decided upon, there sprung up the 

 important question whether the new buildings were to be com- 

 pleted and ready for our permanent occupation before we should 

 have to quit the tenure of our present abode. Although it is not 

 in my power to enter into any detail on the plan and arrange- 

 ments of the architects appointed by the Grovernment, I have 

 great satisfaction in being able to state confidently that there is 

 every disposition on their part to meet our wishes in the most 

 eifective and liberal manner. There will be no disturbance of the 

 Societies in these present apartments until the new ones are fit 

 for their reception. Our own accommodation will, there is every 

 reason to anticipate, be even more complete than at present ; and 

 I trust that our proximity to the Eoyal Society, from which both 

 have derived so much comfort, and I trust mutual accommodation 

 and advantage, will still be provided for. 



Gentlemen, I will not detain you longer. With an increasing 

 revenue, with enlarged means of carrying out our mission, with a 

 list of Fellows more numerous, and I trust and believe more 

 energetic in the cause of Science than ever, I feel that I have a 

 right to conclude this address with the feeling of deep gratitude 

 for the past, of sincere cojigratulation on our present condition, 

 and of the brightest hope for our future prospects. 



OBITIJAEr NOTICES. 



The Secretary then read the following notices of deceased 

 Fellows, Foreign Members, and Associates : — 



William John Broderif, Esq., was born in Bristol, November 

 21st, 1789. His father was an eminent medical practitioner in 



