XXI. Propofal of a Method for fecuring 
the Cathedral of St. Paul’s ft'om Damage 
hy Dightning ; tn confequeiice of a Letter 
from the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s 
to James Wdl, Efquire^ Pr. R. S* 
March p, 17(^9, 
The following Letter to the Prefident was read,* videlicet, 
St, Paul’s, March 6, 1769. 
S I R, 
T H E confideration of the old church of Sf. 
Paul’s having twice fufFered by lightning, and 
a lolicitude to fecure the prefent fabric from fimilar 
accidents ; which, but for the interception of the 
florm by St. Bride’s church, within thde few years, 
might have already happened j induce u?, the Dean 
and Chapter of this cathedral, to requeft the opinion 
of the RoyH Society (fo juftly eminent for the abi- 
lities of its members in every branch of fcience), re- 
lative to the beft and mod: effedtual method of fixing 
cledrical conductors. We fliall edeem ourfelves 
to the very refpedable body over which you 
preiide, 
