246 THE KOYAL INSTITUTION. [CHAP. IV. 



On July 5 he requested leave of the managers to be 

 absent during the months of August and September, 

 taking care in the meantime to provide sufficient 

 matter for the publication of the Journals. He went 

 with the late Duke of Richmond and his brother to 

 France. At Paris he was introduced to the First Consul 

 at the Institute. 



This year he was appointed foreign secretary of the 

 Royal Society, and he held this office for the remainder 

 of his life. He refused the appointment of secretary 

 in 1812, because he thought it would interfere with his 

 medical reputation. 



In 1803, on January 26, the lectures at the Institution 1 

 recommenced. Young and Davy each gave weekly two 

 day lectures and one evening lecture. On Tuesday and 

 Friday the lectures were in the evening. 



On February 21 Young proposed his preface 1 to the ] 

 second volume of the Journal of the Institution. 



This year, in March, he took his first Cambridge 

 medical degree ; he did not receive his degree as 

 Doctor of Medicine until 1808. 



On July 4 the engagement of Dr. Young with the 

 Royal Institution terminated. 2 



On October 3 he was elected a subscriber for life for 

 his services to the Institution. 



On November 6 he wrote to the managers : 



40 Welbeck Street. 



I beg to return you my sincere thanks for the privi- 

 leges of a life subscriber to the Royal Institution, which 



J See p. 205. See p. 210. 



