Copy letter from unknown correspondent to, Signore P Giuseppe Lais, Vice-direttore della Specola Vaticana, Via Terre Argentina, 76, Rome The President has directed them to inform Lais that his letter inviting the Royal Society to take part in the Onoranze to the memory of Father Secchi has been taken taken into consideration, and while Secchi's scientific contribution is noted, the officers do not see their way to propose that they should take part officially in the approaching commemoration. 28 January 1903