158 THE EARLY HISTORY OF [CHAP. III. 



Royal Institution, Thursday Morning, 6 o'clock. 

 I hope you can make it convenient to come and give me a 

 lift this morning at our meeting, for I want you very much. 

 Our treasurer l has not qualified, and he does not seem to 

 be in any hurry to do so. I mentioned to him at our 

 last meeting the embarrassments we were under for the 

 want of a treasurer to furnish money to the new Com- 

 mittee of Expenditure ; but he proposed, as an expedient, 

 that I should draw on Ransom and Co., who he said 

 would not refuse my draft. I see no reason why business 

 should be done in this irregular way, when it may and 

 ought to be done in the manner specially and clearly 

 pointed out in our bye-laws. Our lectures are over for this 

 season, and Garnett is going into the country to stay there 

 till January next. I see no good reason why we should 

 keep up our present numerous and expensive establishment 

 of servants, especially as a great part of the house is 

 coming down, and we shall soon have no place in the 

 house to lodge them. 



All we can possibly want till January next are 

 Our clerk of the works . ., . Webster 

 Our clerk ' .' . . . . Savage 

 Our messenger, who may act ~\ 

 as porter and messenger J 



And one housemaid ,., . . Blanchett 



This arrangement will enable us to discharge 

 Dr. Garnett' s assistant . . . Sadler 

 The porter . . - . , . . Wharton 

 The housekeeper .. ' ." . . Mrs. Wharton 

 And one housemaid 



If this scheme should meet with your approbation, I 

 beg that you would move the necessary resolutions to-day, 

 and there will be more than one difficulty removed. As 

 soon as this disagreeable business shall be completed, and 

 everything in the house belonging to the Institution 

 1 Sir J. Hippesley, elected May 19. 



