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was appointed with full power to obtain for the So- 

 ciety a portrait of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, 

 who were authorized to raise by subscription the 

 funds needed to secure it. Overtures made to Mr. 

 Partridge, an artist of eminence, to copy a celebra- 

 ted portrait of Her Majesty painted by himself, but 

 the price asked being more than the committee felt 

 warranted in expending, negotiations were entered 

 into with Mr. William Garden, Her Majesty's own 

 artist, to take a copy of the celebrated picture by 

 Winterhalter, in Windsor Castle, which resulted 

 successfully, and the money (70 guineas) having been 

 raised, the portrait was obtained, and at a special 

 meeting held on St. George's Day, 1852, it was pre- 

 sented by the committee to the Society, together 

 with a copy of the address of thanks to Her Majes- 

 ty, signed by the committee on behalf of the Soci- 

 ety, and the reply of Lord Granville, in acknowl- 

 edgment of the same, and the committee was dis- 

 charged. 



On April 2d, 1846, a special meeting was called 

 for the purpose of taking into consideration the 

 propriety of consolidating the British Protective 

 Emigrant Society with that of the St. George's 

 Society, and a committee of seven was named to 

 consider the same, but at a subsequent meeting, 

 held on April nth, a report was presented by the 

 committee advising against the proposed amalga- 

 mation, and the subject was dropped. 



