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accordingly appointed to consider whether and in what way 

 an union could be brought about. Finally, in the year 

 IQOI the two institutions were merged into one. These 

 proceedings will be described in a later chapter of this 

 work. But meanwhile the reader will understand that 

 from the spring of 1847 onwards the Royal Society Club 

 was no longer the only institution of the kind connected 

 with the Society, but that another similar body, with like 

 aims but with a more restricted kind of hospitality, was 

 living by its side. 



1848. The Anniversary Meeting in 1848 was held on 

 June 22nd, attended by twenty-three members, and pre- 

 sided over by Sir George T. S taunt on. The Treasurer 

 reported that his outlay since the last annual General 

 Meeting amounted to 111 95. id. and that there remained 

 in his hands a balance of 5 I2S. nd. The contribution 

 for the ensuing year was fixed at two pounds ten shillings. 



The death of Major Brandreth caused a vacancy in the 

 membership, and two more arose from the resignation of 

 Colonel Batty and W. T. Brande. Seven members had 

 not attended any meeting since the previous Anniversary, 

 but no vacancies were declared in the case of any of these 

 absentees. Mr. Brande being on the ex qfficio list only two 

 of the vacancies required to be dealt with. One of them 

 was filled by the election of John Disney, the other was 

 held over till next year. 



The usual arrangement for the dinners during the vacation 

 was ordered to be continued this year. 



The new member, John Disney, barrister of the Inner 

 Temple, had strong antiquarian tastes, which he indulged 

 by making a collection of Roman marbles. He was elected 

 a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1832. He founded in 

 1851 the Disney Professorship of Archaeology at Cambridge, 

 and bequeathed his collection to the University there. 



In the month of January notice of a serious change in 

 its habitation was suddenly sprung upon the Club. On 

 the loth of that month the Treasurer was informed by 

 the landlord of the " Crown and Anchor " that he had 



