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On February 23 it was resolved that the consideration 

 of Dr. Grarnett's letter be postponed till the annual 

 accounts of the Institution for the present year be 

 made up and the state of its finances ascertained. 



The lectures began in February. His biographer 

 says : ' The transactions of the winter almost com- 

 pletely undermined his constitution. He became sallow, 

 listless, melancholy. A gloomy day or the smallest 

 disappointment gave him inconceivable distress. 



6 The effect produced upon his lecturing was remark- 

 able. Debility of body as well as uneasiness of mind 

 incapacitated him. His spirited and, at the same 

 time modest, method of delivery was changed into one 

 languid and hesitating. He would have resigned in 

 the middle of his course, and on one occasion at least 

 Count Eumford, at a few hours' notice, found a substi- 

 tute to lecture for him.' This was on the evening of 

 March 2, when with the shortest possible notice Count 

 Eumford got Dr. Crichton to give the lecture on ac- 

 count of the illness of Dr. Grarnett. 



He again wrote to the managers on May 11, and on 

 the 25th a special meeting of the managers was held, 

 and it was resolved that ' the managers, taking into 

 consideration the two applications of Dr. Grarnett, are 

 unanimously of opinion that they cannot agree to 

 make any alteration in his present salary and situation.' 



On June 1 Davy was appointed Lecturer on 

 Chemistry. 



On June 15 it was resolved by the managers unani- 

 mously that Dr. Grarnett's resignation should be ac- 

 cepted, that his salary up to the end of the year should 



