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accident may possibly happen to that letter, I beg you 

 would at the same time send another set of these certificates 

 directly to Paris, addressed to me, rue de Clichy, No. 356. 



On July 3 he wrote to Mr. Savage, the clerk of the 

 Royal Institution : 



With regard to the outstanding bills which you mention, 

 as I intend and expect to come to England SOOD, they may 

 as well stand on till my arrival. Some of the charges 

 require examination. It gives me great pleasure to hear 

 that my house is kept in good order. I hope to inhabit it 

 next winter. 



On August 10 the Count left Paris for Munich. 

 On May 1, 1805, he wrote to the clerk of the Eoyal 



Institution : 



Munich, May 1. 



I have written to Mr. Herries respecting the letting or 

 selling of my house. I hear that the Royal Institution is 

 become a great favourite with the public. I am sorry, 

 however, to find that the Journals of the Institution have 

 not been continued. I desire you would make my compli- 

 ments to Mr. Davy, and tell him that I am still employed 

 in my researches on heat and light. I should be glad to 

 know what he is doing, for I am sure he cannot be idle. 

 It is now more uncertain than ever when I shall have it in 

 my power to visit England. 



To his daughter he wrote, June 18, from Munich : 



I left Paris the 9th of June, and arrived here the 16th. 

 My stay here is uncertain, for many things are yet wanting 

 that are indispensably necessary for the success of such an 

 establishment as the Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1 I 



1 It was not until May 1, 1807, that King Maximilian Joseph, 'having 

 extended the bounds of his kingdom, gave a new constitution to the 

 Bavarian Academy, proportioned to the existing state of science and to 

 his new empire.' The first public meeting was held on July 27. 



