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to Prince Albert, who had expressed himself in favour of 

 the idea, but said it must be remembered that Burlington 

 House was a site equally suitable for the Royal Academy, 

 and thac, as he had been informed, certain London tradesmen 

 objected to transferring the latter to so distant a position 

 as Kensington Gore. The Prince thought that the five 

 chartered societies would do well to press for the Burlingtoa 

 House site. Mr. Horner suggested that the Committee, 

 which had waited on Lord Aberdeen, should be called 

 together, and Lord Wrottesley directed attention to a paper, 

 stating the desiderata of these societies and urging juxta- 

 position, which he had laid before Parliament and should 

 bring before the British Association at Glasgow. 



May 24th. The above-named Committee, said Lord 

 Wrottesley, had met, and he had spoken about juxtapositioa 

 to Lord Harrowby and the Duke of Argyll, but neither 

 they, nor Sir W. Molesworth, nor Sir C. Eastlake, had heard 

 anything of the report mentioned by Prince Albert. He had 

 asked them to inform Lord Palmerston that the desire of 

 the chartered societies for juxtaposition and for the Burling- 

 ton House site was unabated, but, failing that, they would 

 be glad to be lodged in the buildings now occupied by the 

 Royal Academy. The Treasurer said it was important 

 to watch the present opportunity, for no sites so eligible as 

 Burlington House or Trafalgar Square were likely to be 

 available, and Mr. Solly added that the idea of transferring 

 the National Gallery and the Royal Academy to Kensington 

 Gore had been abandoned. The subject was continued 

 at the meetings on June 2ist and October 25th, when Lord 

 Wrottesley announced the result of communications with 

 Lord Palmerston, and stated that Government had not 

 yet formed definite plans about Burlington House. 



Mr. Grove, at the meeting on November 22nd, proposed 

 that at an election the Committee should lay before the 

 Club a complete list of the candidates, placing at the head 

 the names of those they recommended. His reason for the 

 change was that he thought the present method deterred 

 some distinguished men of science from becoming candidates. 



