Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to F H Webb, 4 The Sanctuary, Westminster 'Dear Sir, I have mentioned your case to the President and your name is put down for consideration by the Soirée Committtee at their next meeting. As to the present week, the President finds himself compelled to decline some scores of applications, our space being very limited. Yours faithfully, H Rix Asst. Sec. R.S. [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'. 17 June 1889