The Presidents of the <orgName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000583 http://d-nb.info/gnd/39272-8">Royal</orgName>, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><orgName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H5235692 https://d-nb.info/gnd/6632-1">Geo<subst> <del rendition="#ow">g</del> <add place="across">l</add> </subst>ogical</orgName> & <orgName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H6654236 https://d-nb.info/gnd/38819-1">Linnaean Societies</orgName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />waited upon <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H5870163 https://d-nb.info/gnd/1070103497">Lord Seymour</persName>, with <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />a Memorial in my favor, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />signed by upwards of 100 Men <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of Science – requesting that I <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />might be placed in a position <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />that would enable me to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />publish the results of my <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006686 https://www.geonames.org/1269750">India</placeName>n <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />voyage<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>.</orig> <reg>,</reg> </choice> i.e. to give me a small <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Salary for 3 years (say <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="300" unit="pfund_sterling">£ 300</measure>) to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />enable me to devote my time <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to the subject, & incur the necessary <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />expenses of an author – but <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H5870163 https://d-nb.info/gnd/1070103497">Lord <lb />Seymour</persName> (who is First <orgName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020402 http://d-nb.info/gnd/817272-9">Commissioner <lb />of the Woods & Forests</orgName>, under whom <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />I travelled for <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000407 https://www.geonames.org/2645740">Kew</placeName>) has not<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="4v" />vouchsafed any answer at all <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to th<subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#ow">e</del> <add place="across">o</add> </subst>se eminent men<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>,</orig> <reg /> </choice> <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s">though</del> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />(<persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001066 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117595888">Lord Rosse</persName>, Mr <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0003693 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118674455">Brown</persName> & Mr <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011996 http://d-nb.info/gnd/116981806">Hopkins</persName>)<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig /> <reg>,</reg> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />who waited on him 2½ months <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />ago.<space xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" dim="horizontal" /> The <orgName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000533 http://d-nb.info/gnd/5300-4">British Association</orgName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />have now taken it up, & Mr <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0012547 http://d-nb.info/gnd/116274646">Airy</persName>, the President, heads a <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />deputation on the subject to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001149 http://d-nb.info/gnd/116711086">Prime Minister</persName>, when he <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />applies for various money grants <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />recommended by the <orgName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000533 http://d-nb.info/gnd/5300-4">Association</orgName>.