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inducement than the publicity and chance of sale given to 

 their works." 



After some discussion, the Committee unanimously adopted 

 the principles laid down by His Eoyal Highness ; and the 

 terms on which articles of garden decoration may be lent to 

 and wlU be accepted by the Society, were adjusted. 



Thereafter, with the view of carrying out the suggestions of 

 His Eoyal Highness, the principal sculj)tors ui London were 

 invited to attend a meeting in the CouncU-room of the Society. 

 His Eoyal Highness informed them of the plan proposed for 

 the exhibition of sculpture, to which, after a short deliberation, 

 the sculptors present returned a reply couched in the following 

 terms : — 



"The undersigned sculptors beg to thank the Committee 

 of the Fine Arts of the Eoyal Horticultural Society for the 

 invitation to attend this meeting, and to express their deep 

 sense of the honour conferred upon them by His Eoyal Highness 

 the President for the flattering manner in which His Eoyal 

 Highness has been pleased to receive them as a body of artists, 

 and to explain to them the plans proposed for the exhibition and 

 occasional purchase of sculpture in connection with the decoration 

 of the gardens. They desire to record their entire concm-rence 

 with the sentiments expressed by His Eoyal Highness the Pre- 

 sident, and whUe they acknowledge with gratitude the interest 

 shown by the Prince Consort in the advancement of sculpture, 

 they beg to be allowed to take the matter into their further 

 consideration, the subject being of such magnitude as to require 

 more mature dehberation than the present opportunity will admit 

 of.— E. H. BaUey, E.A.; J. H. Foley, E.A.; P. MacDoweU, E.A.; 



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