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Wepnespay, Marcu l6rn, 1853. (Stated Meeting.) 
THOMAS ROMNEY ROBINSON, D.D., Presipenr, 
in the Chair. 
The Secretary read the following Report :— 
The circumstances of the tenure under which the House in 
Grafton-street was held by the Academy were fully detailed in 
last year’s Report. It is unnecessary, therefore, to allude to the 
subject now, except to say, that the Academy, by a vote passed at 
the General Meeting, held Monday, 12th April, 1852, having em- 
powered the Council to dispose of their interest in the lease, several 
applications were received ; but some legal difficulties having been 
raised, in consequence of a life named in the original lease which 
was not clearly proved to have dropped, the Council was obliged 
to wait until the Decree of the Master in Chancery was, made 
known. 
On the 3rd of May last, the Secretary of Council was directed 
to write to the Law Agent of the Academy, urging him to expedite 
the necessary legal proceedings as much as possible, as the Academy 
was liable to the rent of the House in Grafton-street as long as it 
remained in their hands. To this letter the following answer was 
received : 
“26, Molesworth-street, 
““ 8th May, 1852. 
‘¢ Sirn,—We beg to acknowledge your favour of 6th instant, and 
regret to say, in reply, that there is no course at present open to 
the Royal Irish Academy, or those acting on their behalf, by which 
the arrangements respecting the House, 114, Grafton-street, can be 
expedited; but as it would naturally be satisfactory to the Council 
to be informed of the exact state of the matter, we may perhaps as 
well mention it upon this opportunity. 
_ The Academy holds the House under Mr. Truell, who again 
holds under Mr. John Wisdom, the latter being himself a tenant 
to the Corporation of the City of Dublin, 
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