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there would no longer be any occasion for his assistance or pre- 

 sence, Dr.Sickler should receive from their hands such a sum, 

 a^, together with what he should have successively received for 

 each unrolled manuscript, should make up the sum of two thou- 

 sand five hundred pounds, the expenses of his return home, and 

 an engagement to be allowed one hundred pounds per annum for 

 the remainder of his life. 



These propositions being communicated to Dr. Sickler, by a 

 member of this Committee, who repaired to Hildburghrtusen for 

 that purpose, the same were accepted with the following modi- 

 fications, detailed in a memoir, dated the 19th of May last, a 

 copy of which has been laid before the Committee : — 



1. That his absence from Hildburghausen should be limited 

 to a period not exceeding six months. 



2. That an allowance should be granted to him, previously to 

 his departure, for the expenses of his outfit : — And 



3. That a specific sum should be named for the expenses of 

 his return to his own country, in the event of the failure of his 

 experiuunts:^ — All v.hich being acceded to, Dr.Sickler left 

 Hildburghausen with bis family, arrived in London on the 12th 

 of June, and soon after commenced his preparations for the un- 

 dertaking. 



The Committee having detailed the circumstances under which 

 the propositions of Dr. Sickler originated, and referred to the 

 testimonials laid before them, concerning his method of opera- 

 tion, his character and literary reputation, as well as the prin- 

 ciples upon which their C- mmittce had been instituted, proceed 

 to state that Dr. Sickler having completed his preparations, they 

 held their first meeting in Black Rod's apartments, in the House 

 of Lords, on the 27th of June last, when the following members 

 were present, viz. the Lord Colchester, Sir Thomas Tyrvvhitt, 

 Sir Humphry Davy, the late Rev. Dr. Burney, and Will'ani Ha- 

 milton, Esq. At this meetingDr. Sickler gave an explanation of the 

 machine used by him in carrying on his operations; after which, 

 in conformity to a stipulation in the memoir before referred to, 

 he selected, from among the twelve manuscripts recently received 

 from Naples, a roll, which was delivered into his hands for the 

 purpose of conitnencing his experiments : and it was then noti- 

 fied to him that the Committee, at their subsequent meetings, 

 would be ready to receive any written or other communication, 

 which he might have to make, in the progress of his labours. 



At their second meeting, on the Sd of July, Dr. Sickler pre- 

 sented two memoirs, the first containing his observations upon 

 the roll, which had been delivered to him, and the second upon 

 the commencement of his operations; both which were entered 

 on their minutes j and the Committee adjourned to the following 



day; 



