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Wednesday, March 16th, 1853. (Stated Meeting.) 



THOMAS ROMNEY ROBINSON, D.D., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following Report : — 



The circumstances of the tenure under which the House in 

 Grafton-street was held by the Academy were fully detailed in 

 last year's Eeport. It is unnecessary, therefore, to allude to the 

 subject now, except to say, that the Academy, by a vote passed at 

 the General Meeting, held Monday, 12th April, 1852, having em- 

 powered the Council to dispose of their interest in the lease, several 

 applications were received ; but some legal difficulties having been 

 raised, in consequence of a life named in the original lease which 

 was not clearly proved to have dropped, the Council was obliged 

 to wait until the Decree of the Master in Chancery was made 

 known. 



On the 3rd of May last, the Secretary of Council was directed 

 to write to the Law Agent of the Academy, urging him to expedite 

 the necessary legal proceedings as much as possible, as the Academy 

 was liable to the rent of the House in Grafton-street as long as it 

 remained in their hands. To this letter the following answer was 

 received : 



" 26, Molesworth-street, 

 " %thMay, 1852. 



" Sir, — We beg to acknowledge your favour of 6th instant, and 

 regret to say, in reply, that there is no course at present open to 

 the Royal Irish Academy, or those acting on their behalf, by which 

 the arrangements respecting the House, 114, Grafton-street, can be 

 expedited ; but as it would naturally be satisfactory to the Council 

 to be informed of the exact state of the matter, we may perhaps as 

 well mention it upon this opportunity. 



" The Academy holds the House under Mr. Truell, who again 

 holds under Mr. John Wisdom, the latter being himself a tenant 

 to the Corporation of the City of Dublin. 



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