pass upon the province of others, I was fully 

 persuaded that they would not permit others 

 to interfere with mine, particularly if they ap- 

 proved of my plans, if they adopted them, and 

 still more especially if I succeeded in recom- 

 mending my undertaking to favourable notice, 

 in the six probationary lectures I was under en- 

 gagement with them to deliver. 



There is another point to which I would re- 

 quest one moment's attention I was not a 

 proprietor, and therefore knew nothing of the 

 state and management of the concern, but from 

 report; I nevertheless felt an interest in its 

 prosperity. 



As I had resided from my infancy, in the 

 course of my education, at almost every univer- 

 sity of any celebrity in England, France, Italy, 

 and Germany, I thought it my duty to com- 

 municate to the managers of the Royal Insti- 

 tution the result of the observations I had 

 made in my acquaintance with scientific esta- 

 blishments. I did this on two accounts ; for the 

 benefit of the institution over which they pre- 

 side, and with a view of recommending the 

 particular department I was endeavouring to 

 introduce in it. (Vide my Proposals, No. 1. 

 and No. '3.) 



I stated that I felt it incumbent upon me to 

 repeat my opinion that the branches of science 

 which admit of demonstration, expeiiment, and 



