T.P.C. for the season of 1892 took place
yesterday at the 'Star and Garter Hotel,' under the presidency of Sir
Charles Russell, who was assisted in the performance of his duties by
Mr. Frank Lockwood, Mr. Linley Sambourne, Mr. Edward Lawson, and Mr C.
W. Mathews. The arrangements for the season were completed, and a digest
was made of the subjects which claimed the immediate consideration of
the members. The President called attention to a delay which had
occurred in the fulfilment of certain artistic duties which had been
entrusted to Mr. Harry Furniss and Mr. Linley Sambourne, and which had
been retarded in their accomplishment by Mr. Furniss' voyage to America.
But it was understood that immediate attention would now be bestowed
upon the work in hand; and the remainder of the business was of a
routine character."

[Illustration: MR. LINLEY SAMBOURNE.]

The "artistic duties" referred to, I have no recollection of, but I know
that at our preliminary meeting, when all matters, artistic and
otherwise, were discussed and arranged, the two following important
resolutions were proposed, seconded, and carried unanimously:--

"That Mr. Rudolph Lehmann be elected Permanent Secretary, and that the
duty of sending out all notices convening the Meets of the T.P.C., as
well as all arrangements connected with the Club, be entrusted to him;
and that every notice of meeting be posted and prepaid by him eight
lunar, or at least three calendar, days before the date of each Meet;
and further, that records in a neat and clerkly style of each and every
Meet be faithfully kept by the said Secretary, and be at all times open
for the inspection of each and every member of the T.P.C."

"That Mr. Linley Sambourne shall provide at his own expense the
notepaper and envelopes required for the business of the Club, and shall
invent and draw a design, which design, also at his own expense, he
shall cause to be stamped or otherwise engraved on the said notepaper
and envelopes, and shall cause the said notepaper so stamped or
engraved to be forwarded to the Perpetual President, the Permanent
Secretary, and the other members, for use in connection only with the
business of the Club."

"It was further resolved that all maps and charts be kept at the
Secretary's Office, and in the event of any dispute, the Ordnance Map or
the Admiralty Chart shall be decisive."

But during the existence of the Club there nev