oa : Paster iors fe Pee es , ed Ee Oe oes, ae Soe Soc oe Ss je Br mig tapes = a ft Pte ean iy “Tia” mers AND VOTES PARLIAMENT RELATING TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM, WITH THE STATUTES AND RULES THEREOF, AND THE SUCCESSION OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS. LONDON : Printed by Cox and Bayis, Great Queen Street, Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields. 1814. ACTS AND.VOTES OF PARLIAMENT. 1753—1814. ACTS AND EXTRACTS OF ACTS. 26 GEO. II. For the Purchase of the Museum or Col- lection of Sir Hans Sloane ; and of the Harleian Collection, &c. and of the Cottonian Library, &c. pid 27 Geo. II. For impowering a certain Number of the Trustees of the British Museum ¢éo do certain Acts, &e. - - - < - 46 28 Geo. II. For vesting Montagu House in Trustees, &c. to convey the same to the Trustees of the British Museum, for a General Repository, &c. = AQ 7 Geo. III. To enable the Trustees of the British Museum éo exchange, sell, or dispose of, any Dupli- cates, &c. - ~ . . 58 45 Geo. III. Exemptions of the Income of the British Museum from any Charge by Reason of the Property Tax, &c. = = ~ - = 62 45 Geo. III. For vesting the Townleian Collection of antient Sculpture in the Trustees of the British Museum, &c. - = ~ ~ 64 47 Geo. III. To enable the Trustees of the British Mu- seum Zo sell or dispose of such Articles as shall appear to them unfit to be preserved ~ = T1% 54 Geo. III. To secure the Copyright of Printed Books to their Authors, and one Copy of each Book to the Museum “ - - ~ = ae VOTES. 1772. 20 Martii. For the Purchase of Sir William Hamilton's Collection of Etruscan, Grecian, and Roman Antiquities 2 - = 8h 1804. 2 Julii, &c. Grants of £8,000 towards an addi- tional Building for the Reception of the Egyptian Antiquities - - - = p. 82 1805. 12 Feb. &c. Grant of a further Sum of £8,000 towards the same Purpose is - 86 1805. 5 Junii, &c. Grant of £20,000, for the Purchase of the Townleian Collection of antient Sculpture 88 1806. 30 Junii. Grant of £7,500 towards the expenses of the new Building ° - = - - 93 1807. 29 Junii. Grant of £4,925 for the Purchase of the Lansdown Collection of Manuscripts - 94 1808. 2 Julii. Grant of 45,275 towards completing — the new Building < - - : 97 1810. 26 Martii. Grant of £13,727 for the Purchase of the Greville Collection of Minerals Z 97 1812. Aprilis 14. Grant of £1000 for the Purchase of Books on British History and Topography - 100 1813. 14 Junii. Grant of £8000 for the Purchase of the Hargrave Library of printed Books and Manu- scripts - = - - - 102 1814. 7 Junii. Grant of £8200 for the Purchase of an Addition to the 'Townleian Collection . 106 ACTS AND VOTES, kc. 26 GEORGII II. REGIS. An Act for the Purchase of the Museum, or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts ; and for providing One General Repository for the better Reception and more convenient Use of the said Collections ; and of the Cottonian Library, and of the Additions thereto. Wurreas Sir Hans Sloane of Chelsea, in Lala as ting o the County of Middleser Baronet, having, dicilto the through the Course of many Years, with 2 Sane great Labour and Expence, gathered together whatever could be procured either in our own or foreign Countries, that was rare and curious, did, by a Codicil bearing Date the Twentieth Day of July in the Year of our _ Lord One thousand seven hundred and forty- nine, and annexed to his last Will and Acts and Votes, &c. Testament, after having expressed his Will and Desire that his Collection, in all its Branches, might be, if it were possible, kept and preserved together Whole and Intire, in his Manor House in the Parish of Chelsea, give, devise, and bequeath, to certain Trustees therein named, all that his Collection or Museum, at, in, or about, his said Manor House, consisting of all his Library of Books, Drawings, Manuscripts, Prints, Medals, and Coins, ancient and modern, Seals, Cameas, and Intaglios, Precious Stones, Agates, Jaspers, Vessels of Agate and Jasper, Chrys- tals, Mathematical Instruments, Drawings, and Pictures, and all other Things in the said Collection or Museum, more particu- larly described and numbered, with short Histories or Accounts of them, with proper References in certain Catalogues by him made, containing Thirty-eight Volumes in Folio, and Eight Volumes in Quarto, (except such Pictures as are not marked with the - Word Collection), to have and to hold to them and their Successors and Assigns for ever, for such Purposes, and with such Powers, and under such Restrictions, as in the said Codicil are expressed, willing and desiring thereby, that the said Trustees, or any Seven 26 Georgii II. or more of them, should make their humble Application to His Majesty, or to Parliament, at the next Session after his Decease, as. should be thought most proper, in order to pay the full and clear Sum of Twenty thou- sand Pounds, of lawful Money of Great Britain, unto his Executors, or the Survivors of them, within Twelve Months after his De- cease, in Consideration of the said Collection or Museum ; and also to obtain such sufficient and effectual Powers and Authorities for vesting in the said Trustees, all and every Part of his said Collection or Museum before- mentioned, in all its Branches; and also his said Capital Manor House, with such Gar- dens and Out-houses as should thereunto belong and be used by him at the Time of his Decease, and also the Water of or belong- ing to his Manor of Chelsea coming, from Kensington ; and also obtain a sufficient Fund _ or Provision for maintaining and taking Care of his said Collection and Premisses, and for repairing and supporting his said Manor : House, Water-work, and Premisses; but in case Payment of the said Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds should not be had and ob- tained, and made unto his Executors, or the 10 Acts and Votes, &c. Survivors of them, within Twelve Months next after his Decease, and no such Act of Parliament should be obtained, for settling, preserving, establishing, maintaining, and continuing, his said Collection and Premisses, in such Manner as in his said Codicil is ex- pressed, then, and not otherwise, his Will was, and he did in such Case thereby direct, That his said Executors, or the Survivors of them, should, for the like Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds, sell and dispose of all and every Part of the said Collection and Museum, as before described, together with the Cata- logues thereto belonging, for the Use of the several foreign Academies therein described, and in the Manner therein mentioned; and that in case the said offer should not be ac- cepted by either of the said foreign Acade- mies, his Executors, or the Survivors of them, should be at Liberty with all convenient Speed to sell and dispose of all and every Part of his said Museum or Collection, im the most speedy and advantageous Manner; and that the Monies arising by such Sale or Dis- position should be considered as Part of his - Personal, Estate; and further his Will was, and he did thereby direct, That in case his 96 Georgii II. said Collection should be sold or disposed of to either of the said foreign Academies, or in case of their Refusal, or Non-acceptance by his Executors, or the Survivors of them, that then his said Manor House and Garden, with . the Appurtenances and the Water, should 0 and belong to such Person or Persons, and in such-Manner, as he had given and devised the Rest of his Manors, Lands, and Tene- ments, at Chelsea, or elsewhere, as by the said Codicil, Relation being thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear: And whereas the said Sir Hans Sloane having, by several other Codicils of a subsequent Date, annexed to his said Will, added to the Number of the: said Trustees, did, on or about the Eleventh Day of January One thousand seven hundred and fifty-three, depart this Life : And whereas the said Trustees, or Seven or more of them, have, pursuant to the Will and Intention of the said Sir Hans Sloane, in this Session of Parliament, being the next Session after his Decease, made their Application for Payment of the said Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds, | in consideration of the said Collection. or Museum: And whereas the said Trustees, at a General Meeting assembled, have consented VED 12 Acts and Votes, &c. to the Removal of the said Museum or Col- lection from the Manor House at Chelsea, to _ any proper Place within the Cities of London or Westminster, or the Suburbs thereof, if _ such Removal shall be judged most advan- tageous to the Publick, so as the said Collec- tion be preserved intire without the least Diminution or Separation, and be kept for the Use and Benefit of the Publick, with free Access to view and peruse the same, at all stated and convenient Seasons agreeable to the Will and Intentions of the Testator, and under such Restrictions as the Parliament shall think fit: And whereas the said Museum or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane is of much greater intrinsick Value than the Sum _ of Twenty thousand Pounds: And whereas all Arts and Sciences have a Connection with each other, and Discoveries in Natural Phi- losophy, and other Branches of speculative Knowledge, for the Advancement and Im- provement whereof the said Museum or Col- lection was intended, do and may, in many Instances, give Help and Success to the most _ useful Experiments and Inventions; therefore to the End that the said Museum or Collec: tion may be preserved and maintained, not 96 Georgii IT, : 13 only for the Inspection and Entertainment of the Learned and the Curious, but for the General Use and Benefit of the Publick; may it please Your most Excellent Majesty, that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and ‘Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That out of all or any of the The Sum of ®0,000/, to be Monies to be raised by virtue of this Act, the paid to the Ex- ecutors of Sir full and clear sum of Twenty thousand Pounds Ea hes of lawful Money of Great Britain, shall be fr bis Museu paid in Manner herein-after mentioned to the Executors of Sir Hans Sloane, or the Survivors or Survivor of them, in full Satisfaction for the said Museum or Collection herein-before described, and for the Use of the said Manor House and Garden, with their Appurtenances, and of the said Water, until a more conve- nient Repository, more durable and more safe. from Fire, and nearer to the chief’ Places of Publick Resort, shall be provided for the Re- — _ ception of the said Museum or Collection, in Manner herein-after mentioned. And whereas by an act, made in the Twelfth Recital of Clauses in the and Thirteenth Years of the Reign of King aé of 12 1g | 14 Acts and Votes, &c. will 11. cone William’ the Third, intituled, An Act for the oe better settling and preserving the Library kept Bats an the House at Westminster, called Cotton House, in the Name and Family of the Cottons, for the Benefit of the Publick, reciting, That - Sir Robert Cotton, late of Connington, in the County of Huntingdon, Baronet, did, at his own great Charge, and by the Assistance of the most learned Antiquaries of his Time, collect and purchase the most useful Manu- scripts, written Books, Papers, Parchments, Records, and other Memorials, in most Lan- guages, of great Use and Service for the Knowledge and Preservation of our Con- stitution both in Church and State; and further reciting, That the said Library had ‘been preserved with the utmost Care by Sir Thomas Cotton, Son of the said Sir Rodert, and by Sir John Cotton, then living, Grand- son of the said Sir Robert; and had been very much augmented by them, and lodged in a very proper Place in the said Sir John’s ancient Mansion House at West- munster, for publick Use and Advantage; it was enacted, That the said Mansion House, with the Garden, and all other Appur- tenances, and also the said Library, should — . 26 Georgii II. be vested in Trustees in the said Act named, and their Successors, for ever, for the Pur- poses therein mentioned ; and as for and concerning the said Library, and the Room wherein the same was or should be contained, together with a convenient Passage for re- sorting thereunto, upon this Trust and Con- fidence, that the said Trustees, and their Successors, should, from Time to Time, and at all Times thereafter, as Occasion should require, inspect, consult, and take Care of the said Library, and other Particulars above- mentioned, and also make and appoint such _ Orders and Rules as they should think proper, for the reading and using the same, and for their better Preservation, and to the Intent and Purpose that the said Trustees, or the major Part of them, should nominate and appoint a good and sufficient Person, well read in Antiquities and Records, to have the ‘immediate Care and Custody of the said Library: And whereas by an Act, made in ' the Fifth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne y and inthe Act intituled, dn Act for the better securing Her : Majesty's Purchase of Cotton House im West- minster; reciting the said former Act, made in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Years of the 15 of 5 Anne. 16 _ Acts and Votes, &c. Reign of King William the Third; and also reciting, that since the making of the said Act, very little had been done in pursuance thereof, to make the said Library useful to the Publick, except what had been then lately done at Her Majesty’s Charge, and that there was no Way or Passage to set it out, as the said Act did direct, nor could there be any Way or Passage to the same, but through the best. Rooms of the House, which would render the House wholly useless to the Family; so that the Library could not be resorted unto, nor had any Orders or Rules been appointed for reading or using the same, and thereby the Publick was wholly deprived of the Benefit designed by the said Act; and that the Place wherein the said - Library was then contained, was a narrow little Room, damp and improper for preserv- ing the Books and Papers; and that Her Majesty, to the Intent so great a Treasure of Books and Manuscripts, so generously given for the publick Service, might not remain any longer useless, and in Danger of perishing for Want of due Care, and that it might be in Her Majesty’s Power to make that most valuable Collection useful to Her own Sub- 26 Georgii IL. jects, and all learned Foreigners, had given Directions for treating with the said Sir John Cotton, for the Purchase of the said Cotton ffouse and Garden; and that an Agreement had been made for the purchasing the In- heritance thereof for the Sum of four Thou- sand and five Hundred Pounds, which Her Majesty had directed to be paid on the in- vesting the Inheritance of the Premises in Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, which could not be done but by Act of Parliament, the said recited Act having directed it might not be sold or aliened; it was therefore enacted, That the said Capital Messuage called Cotton House, and the Garden and Buildings usedand enjoyed withthe same, with the Appurtenances, should be vested in Her Majesty, Her Heirs, and Successors: And it was thereby further enacted and declared, That a convenient Room should be built in or near Part of the said Ground thereby in- tended to be vested in Her Majesty, as Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, should, by Writing, under the Sign Manual, appoint ; in which Room when built, all the said Manuscripts, written Books, Papers, Parchments, Records, and other Memorials, 3 B 17 18 Acts and Votes, &¢. as also all Coins, Medals, and other Rarities and Curiosities in the said Library contained, should be lodged and there remain to all Posterity; and that the said Room when built, should for ever be called and known by the Name of the Cottonian Library ; and that from the Building thereof, the said Li- brary should be managed and directed by the Trustees therein named, as Trustees to and for the Use of the Publick for ever: And whereas although the publick Faith hath been thus engaged to provide for the better Reception and more convenient Use of the Cotionian Library, a proper Repository for that purpose hath not yet been prepared; for the want of which, the said Library did, in the Yearof our Lord One thousand seven hundred — and thirty-one, suffer by aFire,which consumed the House wherein the same was then placed, and what remains of the said Library still continues in the Room, to which upon the Occasion of the said Fire it was removed ; and Persons desirous to view and consult the Treasure of Books and Manuscripts therein contained, cannot conveniently resort there- Recital of Part ynto: And whereas Arthur Edwards, late of of the Will of pas Gra Saint George Hanover Square, in the County ————————————— rrr ert mT COC aes _ nee ee ee 26 Georgii IL. of Middlesex, Esquire, being desirous to pre- serve for the publick Use the said Library, and to prevent the like Accident fer the fu- ture, did, by his last Will and Testament, bearing Date the Eleventh Day of June, in ‘the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and thirty-eight, and duly proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, give, devise, and bequeath, unto the Trustees of the said Library, the Sum of Seven thousand Pounds (if his Effects real and Personal, not before disposed of by that his Will and Tes- tament, should, after the Decease of Mistress Khzabeth Milles, amount to somuch) toerect in a proper Situation such a House as might be most likely to preserve that Library, as much as can be, from all Accidents; but if it should so happen, that before this Part of his Will could take Place, there should be erected such a proper Building for this Use, then he did give, devise, and bequeath, the aforesaid Sum of Seven thousand Pounds to the said Trustees, to be employed in purcha- sing such Manuscripts, Books of Antiquities, ancient Coins, Medals, and other Curiosities, as might be worthy to increase and enlarge the said Library; and did also thereby give B2 AQ 20 The said Legacy of 7oco/. on the Decease of Elizabeth Milles. to be paid to and applied by the Trustees appointed by this Act. Acts and Votes, &c. to the said Trustees of the said Library, to be placed in some By-room or Corner thereof, all his Books, and the Cases in which they were then placed, and also his Pictures in his said Last Will and Testament described; which Books, Book Cases, and Pictures, he did desire and require might be delivered and given, as soon after his Decease as might be, to be placed in the said Library ; and which, with the Approbation of the said Trustees, have been placed according to such Desire in the said Library ; be it enacted by the Autho- rity aforesaid, That when and as soon as the said Legacy of Seven thousand Pounds shall on the Decease of the said Elizabeth Milles become payable to the Trustees of the Cotto- nian Library, the same shall be paid to the Trustees by this Act appointed, for the Pur- poses herein-after mentioned, or to such Person or Persons as by the said Trustees, or the major Part of them, in any General Meeting assembled, shall be authorized to receive the same; to be applied by the said Trustees hereby appointed, either towards erecting or providing a proper Repository for the Cottonian Library ; or if such Repository shall be erected or provided before the said 96 Georgii Il. Legacy shall become payable as aforesaid, towards purchasing such Manuscripts, Books of Antiquities, ancient Coins, Medals, and other Curiosities, as may be worthy to increase and enlarge the said Library; and that the Acquittance of any Person or Persons autho- rized by the said Trustees, or the major Part of them, in a General Meeting assembled to receive the said Legacy of Seven thousand Pounds, shall be, and be accepted as a suffi- cient Discharge to the Executors and Repre- sentatives of the said Testator, forthe Payment of the said Legacy. And whereas the Right Honourable Hen- rietta Cavendish Holles, Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer, Relict of Edward Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, and the Most Noble Margaret Cavendish Dutchess of Portland their only Daughter, have expressed their Approbation of a Proposal for the Pur- chase of the valuable Collection of Manu- scripts, collected by the said Earl, and by Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer his Father, in Consideration of the Sum of Ten thousand Pounds, upon Condition that the same shall be kept together in a proper Repository, as an Addition to the Cottoman The Sum of 40,000/. to be paid to the Trustees of the Earl and Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, for the Harleian™ Collection of . Manuscripts, which are to be placed in the same Re- pository with the Cottonian Library. Acts and Votes, &c. Jibrary, and be called by the Name of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts ; be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That out of the Monies to be raised by virtue of this Act, the full and clear Sum of Ten thousand Pounds shall be paid by Order of the said Trustees hereby appointed for the Purposes herein-after mentioned, to the Trustees for the said Earl and Countess, to whom by an Indenture guadrupartite made the Second Day of dugust, in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, and in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and thirty-seven, the said Collection of Manuscripts among other Things was assigned for the Purposes in the said In- denture mentioned; the said Collection of Manuscripts to be placed and continued in the same Repository in which the Cottonian Library is herein-after directed to be placed, and until the said Repository shall be erected or provided, in Manner herein-after men- tioned; to be preserved in the Place where the same is now lodged, or in some other convenient Place to be approved by the said Trustees by this Act appointed, or the major Part of them, ina General Meeting assembled, 26 Georgii IT. at the Costs and Charges of the said Trustees for the said Earl and Countess, and of the Survivors and Survivor of them, and the Executors, Administrators, and Assigns of such Survivor, and of the Person or Persons to whose Use the said Sum of Ten thousand Pounds shall be eye for the said Col- lection. And be it further enacted by the Authority T: 23 appointed for aforesaid, That the Archbishop. of Canterbury pune this for the Time being, the Lord Chancellor xe" or Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Great Britain for the Time being, the Lord Treasurer of Great Britain, or the First Commissioner of the Treasury for the Time being, the Lord President of the Council for the Time being, the Lord Privy Seal for the Time being, the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, or the First Commissioner of the Admiralty for the Time being, the Lord Steward of His Majesty’s Houshold for the Time being, the Lord Cham- berlain of His Majesty’s Houshold for the Time being, the Bishop of London for the Time being, each of the Principal Secretaries of State for the Time being, being a Peer or Lord of Parliament, the Speaker of the House af Commons for the Time being, each of the 24 Acts and Votes, &c. Principal Secretaries of State for the Time being, not being a Peer or Lord of Parliament, the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the Time being, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King’s Bench for the Time being, the Master of the Rolls for the Time being, the Chief Justice of His Majesty’s Court of Common Pleas at Westminster for the Time being, His Majesty’s Attorney General for the Time being, His Majesty’s Solicitor Gene- ral for the Time being, the President of the Royal Society for the Time being, the Presi- dent of the College of Physicians for the Time being, together with the Right Ho- nourable Charles Lord Cadogan, and Hans Stanley Esquire, and together with Samuel Borroughs and Thomas Hart Esquires, Two of the present Trustees of the Cottonian Library, (having been so appointed by the Heirs Male of the Body of the said Sir Robert Cotton, in pursuance of the said herein-before recited Acts made in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Years of the Reign of King William the Third, and in the Fifth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne), and together with the Most Noble William Duke of Portland, and the Right Honourable Edward Earl of Oxford and Earl 26 Georgii II. 25 Mortimer, shall be Trustees for putting this Act in Execution ; and that they, or the major who are to : : appoint Fifteen Part of them, ina General Meeting assembled, otherPersonste be Associates whereof the said Archbishop of Canterbury, to them, the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper, and the Speaker of the House of Commons, shall be Three, shall, in such manner as they shall think fit, elect and nominate Fifteen other Persons to be associated to them in the exe- cution of the Trusts hereby in them reposed ; which Fifteen Persons, so elected and nomi- whoareto nated, shall be and continue for the Term of oe be their natural Lives, Trustees for putting this Act in Execution, with the like Power, in all Respects, as hereby is given to the Trustees herein-before first appointed ; and when any of the said Trustees so elected and nominated Elcchion of : 4 new Trustees shall die, the Trustees herein-before first to be made in ° : : the Room of appointed, and their Successors, shall in like such as shall . 1€e Manner elect and nominate a fit Person or Persons to supply the Place or Places of him or them so dying; and so foties quoties, as any of the said Trustees so elected and nominated, or others so clected and nominated, to supply their Places, shall happen to die. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Nomination of a Trustece Authority aforesaid, That when either the vacant by the 26 Acts and Votes, &c. Meee ees said Charles Lord Cadogan, or Hans Stanley, Hans Stanley. shall die, it shall and may be lawful for the Survivor to nominate another fit Person ta, - succeed the Deceased in the Place of a Trustee so vacant; and after the Decease of both of them (the said Charles Lord Cadogan and Hans Stanley), it shall and may be lawful for the Heirs Male of their Bodies, and upon Failure of the Heirs Male of the Body of either of them, to and for the Heirs Male of the Body of the other of them, being of full Age, or their respective Guardian or Guar- dians during their Minority, to nominate a Trustee for the Purposes of this Act, in the Room of the Person last nominated by the Survivor of them; and soas often asany Person supplying the Place of the said Charles Lord Cadogan, or Hans Stanley, shall happen to die. Nomination of | Provided also, and be it enacted by the vacant by the Authority aforesaid, That when either the ns said Samuel Burroughs, or Thomas Hart, shall die, it shall and may be lawful to and for Frances Hanbury Widow, and Relict of Francis Hanbury Esquire, (which Frances Hanbury is _ the Heir-general of thesaid Sir Robert Cotton), and after her Decease to and for the Heirs Male of her Body, being of full Age; and in 26 Georgii IT. 27: Default of such Issue, to and for her First, | Second, Third, Fourth, and every other : Daughter, severally, successively, and in - Remainder, one after another, in Order and _ Courseas they respectively shall be in Priority | of Birth: and the several and respective Heirs. | Male of the Bodies of such Daughters, being of full Age, or the respective Guardians of the Heirs Male of the said frances and of her said Daughters, during their Minority; to nominate another fit Person to supply the _ Place of the deceased Trustee, and soas often as any Person supplying the Place of either of the said Trustees shatl happen to die. Provided also, and be it further enacted Nannbos by the Authority aforesaid, That when either vacant by the the said William Duke of Portland, or the Titian Duke said Hdward Karl of Oxford and Earl Afortimer, Leen - herein-before appointed Trustees for the ®™'””""" Purposes of this Act, shall die, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer, and the said Dutchess of Portland, or the Survivor of them, and after the Decease of the said Countess and Dutchess, to and for the Heirs Male of the Body of the said Dutchess, being of full Age, or their Guardian or Guardians, | : 28 Trustees so nominated, invested with like Powers as those nominated in the Act. Acts and Votes, &c. during their Minority; and upon Failure of such Heirs Male, to and for the Heirs Male of the Body of Edward now Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, being of full Age, or their Guardian or Guardians, during their Minority ; to nominate another fit Person to supply the Place of the said Duke or the said Earl ; and upon the Death of any Person so supplying the Place of either of them, to nominate another fit Person in his Stead; and so as often as any Person so supplying the Place of either of them shall happen to die. : And be it declared and enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Trustees so to be nominated by the Survivor of the said Charles Lord Cadogan and Hans Stanley, and by the Heirs Male of the Bodies of them, or either of them, or the respective Guardians of such Heirs Male, in Manner aforesaid, and by the said Countess and Dutchess, or the Survivor of them, or by such Heirs Male of the said Dutchess or of the said now Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, as aforesaid, or by their Guardian or Guardians, in Manner aforesaid, shall have the like Power in all respects in the Execution of this Act, as is 26 Georgii IT. 29 hereby given to the Trustees herein-before first named and described. | And be it enacted by the Authority afore- a generat said, That within the Cities of London or beeraaciae the Reception Westminster, or the Suburbs thereof, One of Sloane's useum, the General Repository shall be erected or pro- “stonian Li-. brary, Harletar vided in such convenient Place, and in such Mauscrip's, Manner, as the Trustees hereby appointed, 4¢¢tom or the major Part of them, at a General Meeting assembled, shall direct, for the Re- ception, not only of the said JZuseum, or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, but also of the _ Cottonian Library, and of the Additions which have been or shall be made thereunto, by virtue of the last Will and Testament of the said Arthur Edwards, and likewise of the said Hfarleian Collection of Manuscripts, and of such other Additions to the Cottonian Library, as with the Approbation of the Trustees by this Act appointed, or the major Part of them, at a General Meeting assembled, shall be made thereunto, in Manner herein-after men- tioned, and of such other Collections and Libraries as with the like Approbation shall be admitted into the said General Repository ; which several Collections, Additions, and Library so received into the said General 30 Acts and Votes, &c. Repository, shall remain and be preserved therein for publick Use, to all Posterity. The Museum Provided always, That the said Museum or pa Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, in all its Branches, shall be kept and preserved to- gether in the said General Repository, whole and intire, and with proper Marks of Dis- tinction. The Harleian Provided also, That the said Harleian Col- bean Addition lection of Manuscripts shall be kept together SU eiueay in the said General Repository, as an Addi- tion to the Cottonian Library. The Museum to Provided always, That until the said Ge- Manor House, neral Repository shall be erected or provided till a General Repository in Manner before-mentioned, the said Col- be provided, under the Care lection or J4useum of Sir Hans Sloane shall ef a Person to be nominated yemain in his said Manor House for publick Peper: Use, under the Care of such Person or Per- sons as by the said Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Chancellor, or Lord Keeper, and the Speaker of the House of Commons, or any Two of them shall be nominated for that Purpose; with such Salary or Salaries, and | Allowances, for attending and preserving the same, as by all the Trustees by this Act ap- pointed, or the majer Part of them in a Ge-— neral Meeting assembled, shall be limited and 26 Georgii II. 31 directed ; and the said Museum or Collection shall there be visited and seen by all Persons desirous to view the same, under such Rules - as by the said Trustees, or the major Part of them, in like Manner assembled, shall be established ; and that until the said Museum or Collection shall be removed to the said General Repository hereby intended to be erected or provided, the Expence of preserv- ing the said Museum or Collection, and of repairing and supporting the said Manor House and Premises, shall be defrayed by the said Trustees out of such Monies as shall be payable to them for that Purpose by virtue of this Act. Provided also, and be it enacted by the when the my . Museum shall be Authority aforesaid, That when, and as soon removed, the : ‘ Manor House, as the said A/usewm or Collection shall be re- &. to go with i \ ; the other Lands moved into the said General Repository, devised by Sir ? Hans Sloane. then, and from thenceforth, the said Manor House and Garden, with their Appurtenances and Water, shall go and belong to such Per- son or Persons, and in such Manner, as the said Sir ZZans Sloane hath given and devised the Rest of his said Manors, Lands, and Te- nements, at Chelsea, or elsewhere. And be it further enacted by the Authority the riustees 32 incorporated by the Name of The Trustees of the British Museum, &c, Trustees impowered to make dtatuics Acts and Votes, &c. aforesaid, That for the better Execution of the Purposes of this Act, the said Trustees hereby appointed shall be a Body Politick and Corporate, in Deed and Name, and have Succession for ever, by the Name of The Trustees of the British Museum; and by that Name shall sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, in all Courts and Places within this Realm ; and shall have Power to have and use a Common Seal to be appointed by them- selves ; and to make Bye-laws and Ordinances for the Purposes of this Act; and to assemble together, when, where, and as often, and upon such Notice, as to them shall seem meet, for the Execution of the Trust hereby in them reposed; and shall also have full Power, Capacity, and Ability, to purchase, take, hold, and enjoy, for the Purposes of this Act, as well Goods and Chattels, as Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, so as the yearly Value of such Lands shall not ex- ceed Five hundred Pounds above all Charges and Reprizes; the Statute of Mortmain, or any other Statute and Law to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Trustees so appointed and 96 Georgii II. | 33 incorporated by this Act, or the major Part forthe Preservation, of them, at any General Meeting assembled, Gof the said shall, from Time to Time, and as often as they shall think fit, make, constitute, and establish, such Statutes, Rules, and Ordi- nances, for the Custody, Preservation, and Inspection, of every Part of the several Col- lections hereby intended to remain in the said General Repository, as to them shall seem meet ; and shall and may in like Manner assign such Salaries and Allowances as they shall think fit, to the Officers and Servants, who in Manner herein-after mentioned shall be appointed to attend and assist in the Care and Preservation of the several Collections contained in the said General Repository; and to appoint cand shall and may, at their Pleasure, in like ce ae _ Manner, suspend or remove any such Officer or Servant, for Misbehaviour or Neglect of | Duty. And be it enacted by the Authority afore- Nomination of eae ! Sai ; : the Principal said, That the Principal Librarian, to whom Librarian. the Care and Custody of the said General Repository shall be chiefly committed, shall, from Time to Time, be nominated and ap- pointed in Manner following; that is to say, Acts and Votes, &c. The said Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Chancellor, or Lord Keeper, and the Speaker of the House of Commons, or any Two of them, shall recommend to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, Two Persons, each of whom they shall judge fit to execute the said Office; and such of the said Two Persons so recommended, as His Majesty, His Heirs and Succcessors, by Writing under His, or Their Sign Manual, shall appoint, after he shall become bound to the said Trustees by this Act appointed, for the due and faithful- Discharge of his Office, in such penal Sum -not being less than.One Thousand Pounds, Nomination of the Rest of the Officers and Servants. as the said Trustees, at any General Meeting assembled, or the major Part of them, shall think proper, shall have and hold the said Office, during such Time as he shall behave ~ well therein. And be it further enacted by the laaaaaiks aforesaid, That the Rest of the Officers and Servants, whose Attendance and Assistance shall be necessary in the Care and Preserva- tion of the said General Repository, shall, from Time to Time, be nominated and ap- pointed py the said Archbishop of Canterbury, 26 Georgii IT. Lord Chanceilor, or Lord Keeper, and the Speaker of the House of Commons, or any Two of them. Provided always,.That no such Person to whom the Care and Custody of. the said General Repository shall be chiefly com- mitted, nor any of the Rest of the said Officers or Servants, unless in Cases of oc- CS Qr No Officer’s Place to be supplied by a Deputy. casional Sickness, or other necessary Cause - of Absence, to be approved by the said Arch- bishop of Canterbury, Lord Chancellor, or Lord Keeper, and the Speaker of the House of Commons, or any Two of them, shall be permitted to supply his Place by a Deputy. Provided nevertheless, That the Person to whom in Manner aforesaid the Care and Custody of the said General Repository shall be chiefly committed, shall and may be as- sisted by such subordinate Officers and Servants, as in Manner aforesaid shall be appointed, continually to assist him in the Execution of his Duty. ) es And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the said A/useum or Collec- tion of Sir Hans Sloane, from and after Pay- ment of the said Sum of Twenty Thousand Pounds, and the said Manor House and Gar- CA Assistants and subordinate Officers allowed. Sleane’s Mu- seum, Cotionian Library, and Harleian Cole » lection, vested in the Trustees, in Trust for the Publick Use. 36 Acts and Votes, &c. den, with the Appurtenances and Water, until the said JZuseum or Collection shall be re- moved to the said General Repository ; and - also the said Cottonian Library and Additions thereunto; and the said Harleian Collection of Manuscripts, from and after Payment of the said Sum of Ten Thousand Pounds; and the said General Repository, when the same shall be erected or provided for the Use thereof, shall be vested in the said Trustees by this Act appointed, and their Successors, for ever; upon this Trust and Confidence nevertheless, That a free Access to the said General Repository, and to the Collections therein contained, shall be given to all stu- dious and curious Persons, at such Times, and in such Manner, and under such Regu- lations for inspecting and consulting the said Collections, as by the said Trustees, or the major Part of them, in any General Meeting assembled, shall be limited for that Purpose. oe And be it further enacted by the Authority the Trustees aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful to any Messuage 4 ‘ : : or Building, and for His Majesty, His Heirs and Suc- €c, in Perpes tuity, fora : General Repo. C&SSOTS, at any Time hereafter, by Letters sitory. Patent or Indenture, under the Great Seal of Great Britain, to. give and grant unto the : : ? 26 Georgii II. iS) at said Trustees and their Successors, in Per- petuity, for the Purposes of this Act, the Right or Use in or of any Room, Messuage, or Building, or Rooms, Messuages, or Build- ings, with the Appurtenances, or any Ground or Site requisite for the Erection of the said General Repository, or for making any Ad- dition thereto; any Restrictions, or Matter or Thing contained in an Act of Parliament made in-the First Year of the Reign of Her Act 4 Anna: late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for the better Support of Her Majesty's House- hold, and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown ; or any other Law or Statute in any wise notwithstanding. i And be it further enacted by the Authority Bodies ae aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful to See to dispose and for all Bodies Politick and Corporate, of Lands Ge. to the Trustees Trustees, Mortgagees, and Feoffees, in Trust, oa ara Guardians and Committees for Infants, Lu- naticks, and Ideots, Executors, and Adminis- trators whatsoever, and to and for all Femes Covert, who are or shall be seised of any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, in their own Right, and 'to and for all and every other Person and Persons whomsoever, who are or shall be seised, possessed of, or interested in, Money to be laid out to the same Uses as Lands, é8c. purchased, were settled to; Acts and Votes, &c. any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, to sell and convey to the said Trustees and their Successors, or to such Person or Persons as they, or the major Part of them, at any General Meeting assembled, shall appoint, all such Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, Estates, and Interests, or any Part thereof, as the said Trustees, or the major Part of them, shall purchase, for the Purpose of erect- ing or providing such General Repository as aforesaid; and all Contracts, Agreements, Sales, and Conveyances, which shall be made by any such Bodies Politick or Corporate, or Collegiate, or other Persons aforesaid, shall be valid and effectual to all Intents and Pur- poses; any Law, Statute, Usage, or any other Matter or Thing to the contrary notwith- standing: And that every such Sum of Money as shall be paid for the Purchase of any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, to or for the Use of any such Body Politick or Corporate, or other Person as aforesaid, shall be respec- tively laid out in the Purchase of Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, and settled to and upon, and subject to such. Titles, Uses, Trusts, Limitations, Remainders, and Contingencies, as the said Lands, Tenements, 26 Georgii IL. 39 and Hereditaments, purchased by the said Trustees, were settled, limited, and assured, at the Time of such Purchase, and shall be held and enjoyed accordingly; and that until such Purchases shall be made, the Money and to be vests ed in the pub- shall be vested in some of the publick Funds, lick Funds till Purchase be or Government Securities, at Interest, which. made. shall be paid to or for the Use of such Person or Persons as would have been intitled to the Rents and Profits of such Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments. Saving nevertheless, to His Majesty, His Reservation to all other Per- Heirs and Successors, and to all and every os ay ed, of their Person and Persons, Bodies Politick and eG Premises, Corporate, their Heirs and Successors, Exe- ad a fhe cutors, or Administrators, other. than and except the Trustees and Visitors by the said Sir Hans Sloane appointed by his Codicil herein-before recited, and other than and ex- cept the Trustees of the Cottonian Library, and the Trustees for the said Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer, all such Right, ‘Title, Estate, or Interest, in or to the Premises hereby vested in the Trustees by this Act appointed, and their Successors, as they, or any of them, had or might enjoy if this. Act had not been made; any Thing herein con- 40 Application of the Monies arising by this Act... Acts and Votes, &c. tained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. | - [Here follow certain Provisions for raising a Sum 6f Money by Way of Lottery for the Purposes of this Institutzon. | ; And be it enacted by the Authority afore- said, That all the Monies which shall arise from the said Lottery, subject to the Charge of Management thereof, after Payment made, or Money sufficient reserved for the Payment of the Sums hereby directed to be issued to the Proprietors of the Fortunate Tickets, shall be appropriated, and in Manner herein-after mentioned, issued, applied, and reserved, to the several Uses, Intents, and Purposes, -herein-after expressed, and to no other Use, ! 20,0001. to the Executors of Sir Hans Sloane. Intent, or Purpose whatsoever; that is to say, In the first Place the full and clear Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds, Part thereof, shall, before the Eleventh Day of January One thousand seven hundred and fifty-four, be issued by Order of the said Trustees, or the major Part of them, at any General Meeting assembled, to the Executors of Sir Hans Sloane, or the Survivors or Survivor of them, in Consideration of his said Museum or Collection, and of the Use and Benefit of the said Manor House and Garden, with the 26 Georgii I]. | Al Appurtenances and Water, until such Time as the said Museum or Collection shall be re- ,, coer, tothe Countess of moved to the said General Repository: In oyfrdand the next Place, and in like Manner, shall be avis issued to the said Countess of Ozford and Countess Mortimer, and her Trustees, the full and clear Sum of Ten thousand Pounds, or so much thereof as, together with the Legacy of Seven thousand Pounds bequeathed to the Trustees of the Cottonian Library, in Manner above mentioned, shall be sufficient, in case - the said Legacy shall, before that Time, take Effect, to pay the Price for the said Harleian Collection of Manuscripts, so as the said Col- lection, until such time as the said General Repository shall be erected or provided for the Reception thereof, shall remain in the Place where the same is now lodged, or in some other convenient Place to be approved by the said Trustees, or the major Part of them so asseinbled, and shall be there pre- served and maintained at the Costs and Charges of the said Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer, and her Trustees; after Payment of which several Sums of Twenty thousand Pounds, and Ten thousand Pounds, © so much Money shall and may be issued Te. 9 A General Re. pository to be provided thereout, and other necessary Expences attending the preserving the Museum, Cotto- nian Library, and Harleian Collection of Manuscripts. go0,000/. to be put out at In- terest in the Publick Funds, towards Pay. ment of OFf- ficers’ Salaries, and other ne- cessary Ex- pences. Acts and Votes, &c. and applied by Order of the said Trus- tees, or the major Part of them so assem- bled, as shall be sufficient to defray the Expence of erecting or providing the said General Repository, and of the necessary Furniture thereof, and of such Cabinets, Book Cases, aud other Conveniences or Em- bellishments, as the Condition of thé several | Collections in the said General Repository contained, shall require; and also of the Ex- pence which may be incurred in preserving and maintaining the said Museum or Collec- tion of Sir Hans Sloane, at his said Manor House at Chelsea, during such Time as the said Museum or Collection shall remain there, and in removing the said AZuseum or Collec- tion; and also in removing the Cottonian Li- brary, and the Additions thereunto made or to be made, and the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts, to the said General Repository; which Expence being defrayed, the Sum of Thirty thousand Pounds shall and may be re- served to be placed out at Interest, by Order of the said Trustees, or the major Part of them, in any General Meeting assembled, in any Parliamentary Security or Securities, or to be lent, from Time to Time in Part or in 26 Georgii II. the Whole, upon the Credit of any Taxes or Duties imposed by Parliament, at such In- terest for the Forbearance of such Loan, as by any Act imposing such Taxes or Duties, or any other Act, shall be limited; the Inte- rest of which Sum of Thirty thousand Pounds so reserved shall and may be issued and ap- » plied, by like Order of the said Trustees, or the major Part of them so assembled, for and towards Payment of the Salaries and Al- lowances which, in Manner aforesaid, shall be assigned by the said Trustees to the Officers and Servants attending or assisting in the said General Repository, and for and towards the Payment of such other Costs and Charges as the Custody and Preservation of the said several Collections, and the Re- pairs or Alterations of the said General Repo- sitory, and the due Execution of the Trust hereby reposed in the said Trustees, shall require: And if after Payment of the said first-mentioned Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds, and of the said Sum of Ten thousand Pounds, or Part thereof, upon the Contin- gency herein-before mentioned; and after — Payment of so much Money as the Expence of erecting, or providing and furnishing the 4S Ad Acts and Votes, &c. said General Repository, and. of such Cabi- nets, Book Cases, and other Conveniences and Embellishments, and of maintaining or — preserving the said Museum or Collection of — Sir Hans Sloane at the said Manor House at ! Chelsea, and of removing the said several | Collections to the said General Repository, | The Surplus, if Shall amount to; and if, after reserving the any, to be re- served forthe future Dispo- sition of Pare Jiament; and may be placed out at last-ementioned Sum of Thirty thousand Pounds for the Purposes aforesaid, any Sur- plus shall remain of the Monies so raised by virtue of this Act, the same shall be reserved for the future Disposition of Parliament. © Provided always, That in the mean Time, until such Surplus shall be disposed of by Parliament, it shall be lawful to and for the said Trustees, or the major Part of them so { assembled as aforesaid, to place out or lend © the said Surplus, or any Part thereof, upon — Interest, to be such Securities, and upon such Credit, as — applied to the Uses of this Act. they are herein-before impowered to place ~ out or lend the said Sum of Thirty thousand — Pounds herein-before directed to be reserved, — the Proceed or Interest thereof, until the q Principal Money shall be so disposed of by i Parliament, to be applied to such Uses, for ~ the better accomplishing the Design of this y 26 Georgii IL. Act, as by the said Trustees, or the major Part of them, in any General Meeting assem- _ bled, shall be limited and directed. AS. Recital of. Clauses in Act 26 Geo II. 46 07 GEORGI Il. REGIS. An Act for making perpetual several Laws, &c. and to impower a certain Number of the Trus- tees of the British Museum fo do certain Acts, &e. Aw p whereas by an Act made in the Twenty- sixth Year of the Reign of His present Ma- jesty, intituled, dn Act for the Purchase of the Museum, or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts, and for providing One General Repository for the better Reception and more convement Use of the said Collections, and of the Cottonian— Library, and of the Additions thereto; it is, among other Things, enacted, That certain Persons in the said Act named, and their Successors, shall be Trustees for putting the said Act in Execution; and that they, or the ‘major Part of them, in a General Meeting LE gee le, Te ee ee rs = a a ee ee ee a SS ee PE eT An Oa ED Sk a 97 Georgii II. assembled, whereof the Archbishop of Can- terbury, the Lord Chancellor, or Lord Keeper, and the Speaker of the House,of Commons, | shall be Three,shall, in such Manner as they shall think fit, elect and nominate Fifteen other Persons to be associated to them in the Executions of the Trusts thereby in them reposed ; and when any of the Trustees so elected and nominated shall die, shall in like Manner elect and nominate a fit Person or Persons to supply the Place. or Places of him or them so dying, and so ¢oties quoties, as any of the said Trustees so elected and nominated, or others so elected and nomi- nated to supply their Places, shall happen to die: And whereas the Powers and Authorities given to the whole Body of the Trustees of the British Museum, by the said Act incor- porated, are thereby limited to be exercised by them, or the major Part of them, at any General Meeting assembled: And whereas it may happen that the said Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, or Lord Keeper, and the Speaker of the House of Commons, may be hindered by Indisposition or Avocation, from being all of them present ‘at such Elections of Trustees; and it may AT 48 Elections of Trustees, at which the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Chancel- lor, Lord Keeper, and Speaker of the House of Com- mons, or two of them shall be present, and all Acts done by Seven Trustees deemed valid. Acts and Votes, &c. also happen that the major Part of the whole Number of the Trustees of the British Mu- seum cannot conveniently be present at every General Meeting of the said Trustees; be it enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That every such Election of a Trustee, at which the said Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, or Lord Keeper, and the Speaker of the House of Commons, or any Two of them shall be present, shall be as valid and effectual to all Intents and Purposes what- soever, as if the said Archbishop of Canter- bury, the Lord Chancellor, or Lord Keeper, and the Speaker of the House of Commons, were all of them present; and that the Acts and Orders made by the major Part of such Number of the said Trustees, as shall be pre- sent at any such General Meeting, so as Seven of the said Trustees at the least be there present, shall have the same and the like Force and Effect, as if such Acts and Orders were made by the major Part of the whole Number of the said Trustees; any thing in the said Act, or any Law, to the — contrary thereof in any wise notwithstand-_ q ing. 49 28 GEO. II. SESS. 2. PRIVATE ACTS, .C. 3. Extract of an Act for vesting Montagu House. in Trustees and their Heirs, freed and dis- charged from all the Estates, Uses, and Agreements, to which, at present, it stands limited and appointed upon Trust to convey the same to the Trustees of The British Museu m, for a General Repository, and upon such other Trusts as therein are mentioned. Wuereas Ralph late Duke of Montagu being seised in his Demesne, as of Fee, of all that capital Messuage or Mansion House, commonly called Montagu House, with the - Gardens and Appurtenances thereto be- _ longing, situate in Great Russel Street, in the Parish of Saint George Bloomsbury, (late part of the Parish of Saint Giles in the Welds) in the County of Middleser, subject to a Yearly ! oD i ea Mee 50 Acts and Votes, &c Rent of Five Pounds issuing thereout by his last Will and Testament, bearing Date the 91st Day of August, 1707, devised the same among his other Estates in England to his Son John then Marquis of Monthermer, and afterwards Duke of Montagu, for his Life with remainder, &c. &c. &c. | And whereas by an Act of Parliament passed in the 26th Year of your Majesty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for the Purchase of the Museum or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, — and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts, and for providing one General Repository for the better Reception and more convenient Use of the said Collections, and of the Cot- tonian Library, and of the Additions thereto, it was enacted, That, within the Cities of London or Westminster, or the Suburbs there- of, one General Repository should be erected or provided in such convenient Place, and in such Manner as the Trustees, in the said Act named and appointed, or the major Part of them, at a General Meeting assembled, should direct for the Reception not only of the said Museum or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, but r also of the Cottonian Library, and of the Ad- — ditions which had been or should be made 28 Geo. II. Sess. 2. thereto by Virtue of the last Will and Testa- ment of Arthur Edwards, Esquire, and like- wise of the said Harleian Collection of Ma- nuscripts, and of such other Additions to the Cottonian Iibrary, as with the Approbation of the said Trustees by the said Act appointed, or the major Part of them at a General Meet- ing assembled, should be made thereunto in Manner as in the said Act it was after-men- tioned, and of such other Collections and Libraries as with the like Approbation should be admitted into the said General Repository, which several Collections, Additions, and Library so received unto the said General Repository should remain and be preserved therein for publick Use to all Posterity. And whereas at a General Meeting of the said Trustees held at the Cockpit at Whitehall, on the Third Day of April, One thousand - Seven hundred and Fifty-four, it was resolved to accept of a Proposal which had been made of the said capital Mansion House called Montagu House, and the said Freehold Ground ~ thereto belonging, for the General Repository of the British Museum, on the Terms of Ten © thousand Pounds, at which Price the same had been offered to be Sold for the said DQ 5} 52 Acts and Votes, &c. Trustees, including the Leasehold Interest of the Piece of Ground therewith enjoyed ; in Pursuance of which said Resolution by cer- tain Articles of Agreement in writing, bear- ing Date the 3d Day of June following, and made between the said Sir Edward Montagu, and the said Isabella Dutchess Dowager of Manchester, the said George Earl of Cardigan, and J/ary Countess of Cardigan of the one Part, and the said Trustees of the British Museum of the other Part, it was covenanted and agreed, that, in Consideration of the said Sum of Ten thousand Pounds, they the said Sir Edward Montagu, and the said Isabella Dutchess Dowager of MJanchester, the said George Earl of Cardigan, and Mary Countess of Cardigan, and all and every other Person or Persons seised, possessed of, or intituled unto the said Freehold and Leasehold Pre- mises, in Trust for them or any of them, should and would convey to and to the Use of the said Trustees, their Successors and Assigns for ever, or to whom they should appoint the said Mansion House, Gardens, and Appurtenances belonging and likewise assign to them the said Leasehold Premises in Manner as therein-mentioned. And 28 Geo. II. Sess. @. whereas although by the said recited Act of the 9th Year of his late Majesty King George the First, the said Isabella Dutchess Dowager of Manchester, and the said Mary Countess of Cardigan are enabled to suffer a Recovery, and thereby bar the Intails and Remainders, created by the said recited Will of the said Ralph Duke of Montagu, yet as the uses of such Recovery if suffered are thereby restrained to be limited according to the Agreements in the said Articles contained -in the said Act mentioned, under which the said Isabella Dutchess Dowager of Manchester, and Mary Countess of Cardigan will be but Tenants for Life, they are not able without the further Aid and Assistance of an Act of Parliament to make a Title in Fee Simple, and convey the said Mansion House, Gardens, and Appurtenances according to the said Agreement to the Trustees of the British Museum as aforesaid, Wherefore, and to the — end that the said recited Articles of Agree- ment, bearing Date the 3d June 1754 as afore- _ said, may be carried into Execution, and that_ the Money arising by the Sale of the said Mansion House, Gardens, and Appurtenances may be equally divided between them, the 53 Acts and Votes, &c. said Isabella Dowager Dutchess of Manchester, and Mary Countess of Cardigan, that is to say, Five thousand Pounds, to each of them, and to be vested in Trust to be laid out in ~ : other Freehold Premises to be settled to the same uses and Trusts, as the said Mansion House, Gardens, and Appurtenances, are in and by the said recited Articles, dated the Ist of January, 1722, and the said recited Act confirming the same limited and settled, and by virtue thereof, the said Isabella Dutchess Dowager of Manchester, and the said Mary Countess of Cardigan, do now hold and enjoy the same, and that the said Trustees of the British Museum may be indemnified on the payment of the said Sum of Ten thousand Pounds for the Purposes aforesaid, against the said Uses and Trusts, they the said Sir Edward Montagu, and the said tsabella Dutchess Dowager of Manchester, the said George Earl of Cardigan, and Mary Countess of Cardigan, Humbly beseech your Majesty, that it may _ be Enacted, And be it therefore Enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and — q : with the Advice and Consent of the Lords 7 Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons inthis | present Parliament assembled, and by the 98 Geo. IL. Sess. 2: Authority of the same, That all that Capital Messuage or Mansion House, commonly called Montagu House, with the Gardens and Appur- tenances thereunto belonging, situate in Great Russel Street in the Parish of Saint George Bloomsbury, in the said County of Middlesex, be vested in and settled upon, and the said Capital Messuage, Mansion House, Gardens, and Appurtenances, are hereby vested in and settled upon the Right Hon. George Earl of Halifax, and William Folkes Ksq. their Heirs and Assigns, absolutely freed and discharged of and from all the Estates, Uses, Trusts, Powers, Limitations, Provisoes, Charges and Agreements whatsoever, limited, created, expressed and declared of and con- cerning the same, in and by the said recited last Willand Testament, of thesaid Ralph Duke of Montagu, and the said Articles of Agree- ment herein-before recited, and mentioned in the said Act of Parliament, and confirmed by the said Act in ‘Trust nevertheless to convey and assure in Pursuance and in Performance of the said Articles, the said Mansion House, Gardens and Appurtenances, unto the said Trustees of the British Museum on payment of the said sum of Ten thousand Pounds to 55 56 Acts and Votes, &c. the said George Earl of Halifax, -and William | Folkes, their Executors, Administrators or Assigns, and in further Trust, to lay out and dispose of the said Sum of Ten thousand Pounds, in manner as herein-after mentioned, — that is to say, &c. &c. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That on Payment of the said Sum of Ten thousand Pounds by the said Trustees of the British Museum to the said George Ear] of Halifax, and William Folkes, their Executors Administrators or Assigns, in consideration of their conveying and assuring the said Mansion House, Gardens, and Appurtenances to the said Trustees of the British Museum as afore- said, the Receipt or Receipts of the said George Earl of Halifar, and William Folkes, their Executors Administrators or Assigns to the said Trustees of the British Museum, shall be and is and are hereby declared to be a 4 good and sufficient Discharge to the said Trustees for the same, and that they the said Trustees shall thereupon be and are hereby declared indemnified against all Demands from all and every or any Person or Persons whatsoever to whom or to whose use the said | Mansion House Gardens and Appurtenances — : | 28 Geo. II. Sess. 2. have been limited or settled in or by the said last Will and Testament of the said Ralph Duke of Montagu, or the said recited Articles in the said recited Act, or the said recited Act confirming the same as aforesaid, And that the said Trustees of the British Museum, shall and may at all times after such Con- veyance and Assurance made, and the Pay- ment of the said Ten thousand Pounds Purchase Money as aforesaid, have, hold, and enjoy the said Capital Mansion House, Gardens, and Appurtenances, freed and ab- solutely discharged of, from, and against all and every the Uses, Estates, Trusts, Powers, Provisoes, Limitations, and Agreements li- _mited, created, expressed and declared, as aforesaid, of and concerning the same. a7 Preamble. _in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of — -seum, or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of ~ ry 7 GEORGI. Ill. REGIS. CAP. XVIIL. An Act to enable the Trustees of the British { Museum fo exchange, sell, or dispose of, any — Duplicates of printed Books, Medals, Coins, — or other Curiosities; and for laying out the Money arising by such Sale, in the Purchase of other Things that may be wanting in, or — proper for, the said Museum: : W uereas by an Act of Parliament passed q | his late Majesty King George the Second, in- © titled, 4n Act for the Purchase of the Mu- ~ the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts; and © for better providing One General Repository for | the better Reception, and more convenient Use, 4 | of the said Collection, and of the Cottonian 7 Georgii IIL. Library, and of the Additions thereto; it is, amongst other Things, enacted, that within the Cities of London or Westminster, or the Suburbs thereof, One General Repository should be erected or provided in such conve- nient Place, and in such Manner, as the -Trustees thereby appointed, or the major Part of them, at a General Meeting assem- bled, should direct, for the Reception not only of the said Museum, or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, but also of the Cottonian Li- brary, and of the Additions which had been or should be made thereto, by virtue of the last Will and Testament of Arthur Edwards, - Esquire, in the said Act named, and likewise of the said Harleian Collection of Manu- scripts, and of such other Additions to the said Cottonian Library as, with the Approba- _ tion of the Trustees by the said Act ap- pointed, or the major Part of them, at a Ge- neral Meeting assembled, should be made | thereunto, in Manner therein-after men- tioned; and of such other Collections and Libraries as, with the like Approbation, should be admitted into the said General Repository ; and that the said several Col- lections, Additions, and Library, so received 60 Acts and Votes, &c. into the said General Repository, should re- main and be preserved therein, for publick — Use, to all Posterity: And whereas the said — | Collections have been greatly increased by considerable Donations from his Majesty, and the Gifts of several Noblemen and | others; and it is probable that great Addi- — tions will hereafter be made thereto: And ~ whereas there are now, and there may here- after be, in the various Departments of the British Museum, many Duplicates of printed Books, Medals, Coins, and other Curiosities, which it would be proper to dispose of, in order to make Room for others: May it — therefore please Your most Excellent Ma- jesty, that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Ma- jesty, by and with the Advice and Consent 4 of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and t Commons, in this present Parliament assem- Five ormore bled, and by the Authority of the same, That. q Trustees are fest saiicabes to it shall and may be lawful to and for the said order any Du- plicatesof Trustees, and their Successors, or any Five or: printed Books, , ? : Medals, Coins, &c. to be ex- changed for Manuscripts, &e. more of them, at any Meeting assembled, — powered, from Time to Time, and at alk — Times hereafter, to order any Duplicates of — and they are hereby authorized and im- 7 Georgii III. printed Books, Medals, Coins, or other Cu- riosities, to be exchanged for Manuscripts, Books, Medals, Coins, or other Curiosities ; or to direct any such Duplicates of printed Books, Medals, Coins, or other Curiosities, to be sold or disposed of, and the Money to arise by such Sale to be laid out in the Pur- chase of Manuscripts, Books, Medals, Coins, and other Curiosities, that may be wanting in, or proper for the said Museum; the’said herein before recited Act of Parliament, or any other Act, Matter or Thing, to the con- trary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. 164 or to be sold; and the Money laid out in purchasing such as may be wanting, or proper. 62 45 GEORGI II. REGIS. Extract from an Act to repeal certain Parts of | an Act made in the Forty-third Year of His q present Majesty for granting a Contribution q on the Profits arising from Property, Profes- q | _ sions, Trades, and Offices, and to consolidate ' | and render more effectual the Provisions for q collecting the said Duties. | : Allowances to PROVIDED also, and be it further Enacted, be made to the Trustees of the That the like Allowances shall be granted to : British Museum, a and Exemp-| the Trustees of the British Museum, in respect © tions allowed inthesame to any Charge under Schedule (A.) to be 7 Manner as now allowed to Col- leges andcha. Made on the Lands and Tenements vested in tions” such Trustees, as are granted to Colleges and , other Proprietors mentioned in No. V. of : | that Schedule, and the like Exemptions shall q be allowed in respect to any Dividends of : Stock vested in such Trustees, or any o ‘them, or in any other for their Use, as are 7 45 Georgi IIT. Act; and no Salary or Payment made or to be made out of His Majesty’s Exchequer to such Trustees, for the Use of such Institution, _ shall be charged at the said Exchequer ; pro- vided all Salaries of Officers or Persons em- ployed under the said Trustees shall be charged on the said Officers respectively. . 63 64 45 GEORGH III. REGIS. An Act to vest the Townleian Collection of © antient Sculpture in the Trustees of the British Museum for the Use of the Public. : | Recites the Act WV HEREAS by an Act of. Parliament, made Se aa passed in the Twenty-sixth Year of the — Reign of his late Majesty, King George the Second, intituled, dn Act for the Purchase of 4 the Museum, or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, — ‘ and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts, q and for providing One General Repository for — | the better Reception and more convenient Use q of the said Collections, and of the Cottonian . | Library, and of the Additions thereto; the q | Archbishop of Canteréury, the Lord Chancel- 1 lor or Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Great 4 | Britain, the Lord Treasurer of Great Britain, q | or the First Commissioner of the Treasury, 4 the Lord President of the Council, the Lord 4 ‘45 Georgii II. Privy Seal, the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, or the First Commissioner of the Admiralty, the Lord Steward of his Majesty’s Household, the Lord Chamberlain of his Ma- jesty’s Household, the Bishop of London, each of the Principal Secretaries of State, being a Peer or Lord of Parliament, the Speaker of the House of Commons, éach of the Principal Secretaries of State, not beine a. Peer or Lord of Parliament, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King’s Bench, the Master of the Rolls, the Chief Justice of his Majesty’s Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, his Majesty's Attorney and Solicitor General, the President. of the Royal Society, and the President of the College of Physicians, severally for the Time being, and certain other Persons named or described in the said Act, or to be ap- pointed under the Powers therein contained, were appointed Trustees, and incorporated by the Name of Zhe Trustees of the British Museum, for putting the said Act into Exe- cution, with such Powers and under such _ Directions as are therein expressed ; and par- ticularly, it was thereby enacted, That within the Cities of London or IVestminster, or the E | 65 66 Purchase of the British Museum. Acts and Votes, &c. Suburbs thereof, one General Repository should be erected and provided for the Re- ception of the Collections and Libraries therein mentioned, and of such other Collec- tions and Libraries as, with the like Appro- bation, should be admitted into the same, which several Collections, Additions, and Libraries so received into the said General Repository, should remain and be preserved therein for public Use to all Posterity : | ‘And whereas, under the Provisions of an Act of the Twenty-eighth Year of his late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, An Act for vesting Montagu House in Trustees and their Heirs, freed and discharged from all the Estates, Uses, and Agreements to which it at present stands limited and appointed upon Trust, to convey the same to the Trustees of the British Museum for a General Repository, and upon such other Trusts as therein are mentioned S the capital Messuage or Mansion House here- tofore called Montagu House, situate in Great Russell Street, in the Parish of Saint George Bloomsbury, in the County of Adiddlesex, and the Outhouses, Buildings, and Gardens be- J longing to the same, were duly conveyed and assured unto and to the Use of the ‘Lrustces 4 45 Georgii IIL. 67 of the said AZuseum, by Indentures of Lease and Release, bearing Date respectively the Fourth and Fifth Days of April, in the Year One thousand Seven hundred and Ilifty-five, and made between the Right Honourable: George Dunk, Earl of Halifax, and Wiiliam Folkes, Esquire, (Trustees under the said last mentioned Act for carrying the Trusts thereof into Execution) of the one Part, and the ~ Trustees of the said AZuseum of the other Part, and since that Time the said capital Messuage or Mansion House and its Appur- tenances have been generally called or known by the Appellation of the British Museum : And whereas Charles Townley, late of ald ah Wot oF Tt ownley, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, char Toanly, Esqui Ca Esquire, duly signed and published his last Willand Testament, bearing Date the Twenty- ninth of November, One thousand Eight hun- dred and Two, and did thereby devise the Manors and other Hereditaments situate in the said County of Lancaster therein parti- cularly mentioned, and distinguished by the Name of The Townley Estates, to John Trafford, of Trafford House, in the said County, and Ste- Bien ti ao of Broughton Hall, inthe County Lg Acts and Votes, &e. of York, Esquires, and their Heirs, to the Use of Sir John Lawson, Baronet, and Thomas Eccleston, Esquire, their Executors, Admi- nistrators, and Assigns, for the Term of Eight hundred Years, by the Ways and Means therein mentioned, to raise Money for the Payment of his Debts, Legacies, and Funeral Expences in Exoneration of his personal Es- tate; and for the Payment of certain An- nuities; and after the Expiration of the said Term of Eight hundred Years, to the Use of Edward Townley Standish, Esquire, the Brother of him the said Testator during the Term of his natural Life, with a Li- mitation, &c. in Trust, to preserve the con- tingent Remainders therein after devised; and after his Decease, to the Use of the first and other Sons of the said Edward Townley Standish, severally and successively according to their respective Seniorities, in Tail; and in Default of such Issue, to the Use of John Townley, Esquire, the Uncle of the said Charles Townley the Testator, and his" Assigns during his natural Life, without Im- peachment of Waste; and after his Decease, to such Uses as the said John Townley and 45 Georgi IIL. Peregrine Edward Townley, Esquire, his'Son, should by any Deed to be executed by them: as therein is mentioned direct or appoint ; and in Default of such Appointment, to the Use of the said John Townley, his Heirs and: Assigns for ever: And the said Charles Lown- ley did, by his said Will, bequeath to the said Sir John Lawson and Thomas Eccleston his Col- lection of Antient Marbles, which should be © in or about or belong to his House in Park Street, Westminster, at the Time of his De- cease, to hold the same unto the said Sir John Lawson and Thomas Eccleston, their Exe- cuors and Administrators, in Trust for the British Museum ; provided that the Trustees or Managers for the Time being of that In- stitution should, within the Term of Two Years from the Time of his Decease, set apart a Room or Rooms, which then was or were, or which might thereafter be erected at the said Museum, sufficiently spacious and elegant to. exhibit those Antiquities most advantageously to the Publick; such Room or Rooms to be exclusively set apart for the Reception and future Exhibition of the said Antiquities; and in some conspicuous Part of the said Room or Rooms, such a suitable 69 ee Acts and Votes, &c. and appropriate Inscription to be made and fixed up, as the Trustees or Managers of the said Museum should deem proper. And that in case the said Trustees or Ma- nagers should decline to accept of that his Gift, or should not fully comply with the Conditions thereby imposed by him, then his. Will was that the said Sir John Lawson and Thomas Eccleston, and the Survivor of them, and the Executors and Administrators of | such Survivor, should stand possessed of his said Collection of ancient Marbles in trust for the Testator’s Brother, the said Edward Townley Standish, his Executors Administra- tors and Assigns, and the said Testator ap- pointed the said Edward Townley Standish and John Townley the Executors of that his Will: acd December, | Aud whereas the said Charles Townley signed i804. vrat_ and published a Codicil to his said Will, which To Codicil bears Date the Twenty-second Day of December, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Four, and by his said Codicil revoked a the Trusts declared by his Will of the said | a ancient Marbles for the Benefit of the British © 4 | Museum and the said Edward Townley Standish, — 1 and directed that the said Sir John Lawson | and Lhomas Eccleston, their Executors Admi- 45 Georgii IIL. nistrators and Assigns should stand possessed of the said Collection of antient Marbles upon the Trusts following, that is to say, in case his the Testator’s Brother Edward Town- ley Standish, or his the Testator’s Uncle John Townley, or his Heirs should, within Five Years from his the Testator’s decease, expend not less than the Sum of Four thousand Five hundred Pounds in placing the said Marbles in a proper and suitable Manner for Exhibi- tion in his Mansion House at Zownley, or in the erecting and completing, or purchasing a Suite of Rooms for their Reception and Exhibition, to be added for the Purpose to, or being Part of any House to be built, pur- chased, or belonging to them or any of them in London then in Trust for the Person or Persons who by Virtue of or under the Li- mitations contained in his said Will should for the Time being be entitled to the Posses- sion, or to the Receipts of the Rents, Issues and Profits of his Townley Estates, in his said Will mentioned: Yet so that for the Purpose of Transmission the,same should not vest absolutely in any Son of his said Brother Edward Townley Standish, until such Son should attain to the Age of Twenty-one Yeara, or de- 71 Acts and Votes, &c. part this Life under that Age, leaving issue inheritable under his said Will, or Born in due Time afterwards: And in case of the Death of his said Brother Edward Townley Standish without Issue Male, as expressed in his said Will, or in failure of such Issue then - in Trust for his said Uncle John Townley and his Heirs: But in case his said Brother Ed- ward Townley Standish, or his said Uncle John Townley or his Heirs should refuse or neglect to make such proper Provision for the Re- ception and Exhibition of the said Antient Marbles within the said Term of Five Years, then it was his Will and Mind that the said Sir John Lawson and Thomas Eccleston, their Executors Administrators and Assigns, should stand possessed thereof in Trust for the British Museum, subject to the same Terms, Conditions, and Restrictions as were con- tained in his said Will in Respect to the Trust therein declared for the British Museum, and — : | in case the Trustees or Managers of the . British Museum should not comply with such Terms, Conditions, and Restrictions then in j Trust for his the said Testator’s ators q and Administrators : 4 And whereas the on Charles Te omniey de- 45 Georgi Ill. . parted this Life on the Third Day of January last, and the said Will and Codicil were duly proved by the said Edward Townley Standish and John Townley in the Prerogative Court _of the Archbishop of Canterbury: And whereas at the Time of the Decease of the said Charles Townley, the said Townley Estate, or some Part thereof, was subject toa Mortgage Debt of Thirty-six thousand Five hundred Pounds charged thereupon by In- dentures of Lease and Release, bearing Date respectively the Twenty-first and Twenty- second Days of November One thousand Eight hundred and Two, &c. Whereby in consideration of the Sum of Thirty-six thousand Five hundred. Pounds by the said John Townley advanced to or upon the Ac- count of the said Charles Townley, the said Townley Estate, or some Part thereof, was conveyed by or by the Direction of the said Charles Townley unto and to the Use of the said John Townley, his Heirs and Assigns by Way of Mortgage for securing to the said John Townley, his Executors Administrators and Assigns the Sum of Thirty-six thousand Five hundred Pounds, with lawful Interest for the same: 74 Acts and Votes, &c. And whereas the Collection of Antient Marbles bequeathed by the said Will and Codicil of the said Charles Townley was made by him with great Knowledge, Judgment and Care, and gt a very considerable Ex- pence, and is generally considered to be one of the most valuable Collections of ancient Sculpture, and on many Accounts is such a Property as is highly desirable to be possessed by the Public: And whereas a Proposal having been made by the Trustees of the British Museum to the said HKdward Townley Standish, John T. ownley, and Peregrine Edward Townley for the Pur- chase of the said Collection of Ancient Mar- bles and Terra Cottas at or for the Price or Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds, and it hav- ing been represented to them that it was highly desirable the same should be possessed by the Public in a proper Repository gene- rally open at proper Times and under suitable Restrictions to the Inspéction of Artists, and . the Curious in the fine Arts, they the said Edward Townley Standish, John Townley, and Peregrine Edward Townley cowsented to the said Proposal, and agreed to add to the said | Collection the Bronze Statues of Apoilo and Pee ee ee ee 45 Georgii III. Hercules, which also belonged to and formed Part of the Collection of the said Charles Townley, on Condition that the whole of the said Collection should be kept together and open to Inspection as herein-before is men- tioned, and called by the Name of the Zown- leian Collection : May it therefore please your Majesty that it may be Enacted, And be it Enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, that the Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain, or the Lords Commissioners ~~ of his Majesty’s Treasury, or any Three or more of them shall, and he or they is and are hereby authorised and empowered out of any of the Aids or Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament for the Service of Great Britain for the Year One thousand Fight hundred and Five, immediately after the passing of this Act to issue and advance the Sum of ‘Twenty thousand Pounds to the Trustees of the British Museum, or any Person to be ap- ' pointed by the said Trustees to receive the same, which Money shall’ be paid without any 75 76 Acts and Votes, &c. Fee or other Deduction whatever, and shall be | applied in the Purchase of the said Collec- tion: And that the Trustees of the British Museum shall, on or before the First Day of September One thousand Eight hundred and | Six, require the Delivery of the said Collec- tion; and if the same shall be then delivered to them, and they shall be satisfied that the several Statues and other Articles forming the said Collection are then conformable with the Catalogue thereof deposited in the British Museum, signed by the said Edward Townley Standish, Joseph Planta, Esquire, Principal Librarian of the British Museum, and Taylor Combe, Esquire, another of the Librarians, and duly certified by them on the. Third Day of July One thousand Eight hundred and Five, shall on the Delivery of the same into their Custody, pay the said Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds to the said John Townley, his Executors, Administra- tors, and Assigns, towards the Discharge of his said Mortgage Debt of Thirty-six thousand Five hundred Pounds: And be it further Enacted, That on pay- ment of the Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds the said Collection shall be vested in the : 45 Georgii III. Trustees for the Time being of the said British Museum, and their Successors.in per- petuity for the Purposes of the said Act of the Twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, ab- solutely freed and discharged from all the Trusts, Powers, Provisoes, and Declarations, expressed or contained of or concerning the sane by or in the said Will and Codicil of the said Charles Townley : And be it hereby further Enacted, That the said Collection shall be preserved and kept together in the said British Museum whole and intire, and distinguished by the Name or Appellation of the Townleian Col- lection: | | And be it Enacted by the Authority afore- said, That the said Edward Townley Standish shall be associated to the Trustees for the time being of the British Museum, in the Execution of the Trusts reposed in them by ‘the said recited Act; And that upon the Decease of the said Edward Townley Standish ‘it shall be lawful for his Sons severally, suc- cessively, and in remainder one after another, as they respectively shall be in seniority of Age and Priority of Birth, and the Heirs of shall be laid out by the Trustees of the Acts and Votes, &c. their respective Bodies, being-of fuli Age, and — for his her or their Guardian or Guardians, during his, her, or their respective Minorities, and in default of such Issue to and for the said John Townley, and his Heirs, being of full — Age, and for their respective Guardian or — Guardians during their respective Minorities, — by any Writing under their respective Hands, : to nominate some fit Person to supply the Place of the said Edward Townley Standish, or the last actual Trustee in the said Trust, when and so often as any Person so nomi- nated shall happen to die: And be it further Enacted, That the Trustee _ hereby appointed, or so to be appointed as” herein-before is mentioned, shall have the like Powers in all Respects in the Execution of the Trusts reposed or to be reposed by the said recited Act, or any other Act, in the Trustees of the British Aluseum, as are or shall be by the said Acts, or any of them, eiven to the Trustees therein named or ‘ described : | And be it further Enacted, That until the : said Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds shall | : be paid to the said John Townley, the same i : he * Ks 45 Georgii III. British Museum in the Purchase of Navy or Victualling Bills, or Exchequer Bills, and the Money received for the same as they respectively are paid off by Government, shall be laid out in the Purchase. of other Navy, or Victualling, or Exchequer Bills, and all the said Navy, Victualling, or Ex- chequer Bills shall be deposited in the Bank in the Name of the Trustees of the British Museum, and shall there remain until the said Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds shall be payable to the said John Townley; And when the said Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds shall be payable to the said John Townley the said Navy, Victualling, or Ex- chequer Bills shall be sold, and the Money which shall arise from the Sale thereof shall be paid to the Trustees of the British Mu- seum, and be by them paid over to the said John Townley, his Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, in the Discharge or Satisfaction of the said Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds; and whatever the said Navy, Victualling, or _ Exchequer Bills shall produce over and be- yond the said Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds, shall at the same time be paid with the said Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds to 80 \ Acts and Votes, &c. the said John Townley, his Executors, Ad- — i ministrators, and ‘Assigns, in or towards dis- _ | charge of the Interest which shall have ac- crued on the said Mortgage Debt of Thirty- j six thousand Five hundred Pounds, 4 “1* 47 GEORGI IIL. REGIS. An Act to enable the Trustees of the British Museum fo exchange, sell, or dispose of such Parts of the Collection, and under such Restrictions, as are therein specified. Wuereas amongst the several Collections and Additions thereto, which, from Time to Time, have been and may be placed in the British Museum, there now are, and hereafter may happen to be, some Articles which are unfit to be preserved therein : and it would be beneficial for the said Institution, that the Trustees thereof should have Power to select and dispose of such Articles either by Way of Exchange or Sale, so that such Articles, or the Produce thereof, be applied in obtaining other Things, which may be wanting in, or proper for the said Museum: May it therefore please Your Majesty, that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament as- E* 72 Trustees, at a Special Meet- ing, may order any Articles in the Museum to be exchanged or sold for the Pur- chase of others. Acis and Votes, Sc. sembled, and by the Authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Trustees and their Successors, or any seven or more of them (the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Keeper, and the Speaker of the House of Commons for the Time being, respectively, or any two of them being of the Number) present at any Meeting specially assembled for that Purpose, to order that any Articles in the said Museum, which they then adjudge to be unfit to be preserved therein, shall be exchanged for Manuscripts, Books, Medals, Coins, Statues, or any Things more suited to the existing Collections and the Nature of the Institution, or to direct the same to be sold or disposed of, and the Money to arise by such Sale to be laid out in the Purchase of Ma- nuscripts, Books, Medals, Coins, Statues, or other Things, which may be wanting in, or proper for the said Museum, any former Act of Parliament, or any other Matter to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. 13" 54 GEORGII III. REGIS. Extract from an Act to amend the several Acts Jor the Encouragement of Learning, by secur- ing the Copies and Copyright of printed Books, to the Authors of such Books, or their Assigns. IJ. And be it further enacted, That Eleven printed Copies of the Whole of every Book and of every Volume thereof, upon the Paper upon which the largest Number or Impres- sion of such Book shall be printed for Sale, together with all Maps and Prints belonging thereto, which, from and after the passing of this Act, shall be printed and published, on Demand thereof being made in Writing to or left at the Place of Abode of the Publisher or Publishers thereof, at any ‘Time within ‘Twelve Months next after the Publication thereof, un- der the Hand of the Warehouse-keeper of the Company of Stationers, or the Librarian or other Person thereto authorized by the Persons or Bo- dy Politic and Corporate, Proprietors or Mana- gers of the Libraries following; videlicet, the Eleven printed Copies shall be delivered on De» mand within 12 Months after Publication, for the Use of certain Publie Libraries. om Act of Parliament, British Museum, Sion College, the Bodleian Library at Oxford, the Public Library at Cam- bridge, the Library of the Faculty of Advocates at Ldinburgh, the Libraries of the Four Univer- sities of Scotland, Trinity College Library, and the King’s Inns Library at Dublin, or so many of such Eleven Copies as shall be respectively demanded on Behalf of such Libraries respec- tirely, shall be delivered by the Publisher or Publishers thereof respectively, within One Month after Demand made thereof in Writing as aforesaid, to the Warehouse-keeper of the said Company of Stationers for the Time being ; which Copies the said Warehouse-keeper shall and he is hereby required to receive at the Hall of the said Company, for the Use of the Li- brary for which such Demand shall be made, within such Twelve Months as aforesaid; and the said Warehouse-keeper is hereby required, within One Month after any such Book or Vo- lume shall be so delivered to him as afore- said, to deliver the same for the Use of such Library: And if any Publisher, or the Ware- house-keeper of the said Company of Stationers, shall not observe the Directions of this Act therein, that then he and they so making De- fault in not delivering or receiving the said Ele- ven printed Copies as aforesaid, shall forfeit, 54 Geo. III. besides the Value of the said printed Copies, the Sum of Five Pounds for each Copy not so de- livered or received, together with the full Costs of Suit ; the same to be recovered by the Person or Persons, or Body Politic or Corporate, Pro- prietors or Managers of the Library for the Use whereof such Copy or Copies ought to have been delivered or received ; for which Penalties and Value such Person or Persons, Body Politic or Corporate, is or are now hereby authorized to sue by Action of Debt or other proper Ac- tion in any Court of Record in the United King- dom. Iff. Provided always, and be it further en- acted, That no such printed Copy or Copies shall be demanded by or delivered to or for the Use of any of the Libraries herein-before men- tioned, of the Second Edition, or of any subse- quent Edition of any Book or Books so demand. ed and delivered as aforesaid, unless the same shall contain Additions or Alterations: And in case any Edition after the First, of any Book so demanded and delivered as aforesaid, shall contain any Addition or Alteration, no printed Copy or Copies thereof shall be demanded or delivered as aforesaid, if a printed Copy of such Additions or Alterations only, printed in an uni- form Manner with the former Edition of such No Copies of 4 Second or sub- sequent Editi- on, without Addition or Al- teration, to be demanded ; Additions to be printed, and delivered sepa rate, "76% Act of Parliament. Book, be delivered to each of the Libraries aforesaid, for whose Use a Copy of the former Edition shall have been demanded and delivered as aforesaid: Provided also, that the Copy of every Book that shall be demanded by the British Museum, shall be delivered of the best Paper on which such Work shall be printed. ets oe V. And in order to ascertain what Books be entered at Shall be from Time to Time published, be it Hal, within enacted that the Publisher or Publishers of any Cee. eee every Book demandable under this Act, which shall be published at any Time after — the passing of this Act, shall, within One Calendar Month after the Day on which any such Book or Books respectively shall be first sold, published, advertised, or offered for Sale, within the Bills of Mortality, or within Three Calendar Months if the said Book shall be sold, published, or advertised in any other Part of the United Kingdom, enter the Title to the Copy of every such Book, and the Name or Names, and Place of Abode of the Publisher or Publishers thereof, in the Register Book of the Company of Stationers in London, in such Manner as hath been usual with respect to Books the Titles whereof have heretofore been entered in such Register Book, and deliver One Copy, on the best Paper as aforesaid, for the Use of the 54 Geo. III. British Museum; which Register Book shall at all Times be kept at the Hall of the said Com- pany ; for every of which several Entries the Sum of Two Shillings shall be paid, and no more; which said Register Book may at. all seasonable and convenient ‘limes be resorted to and inspected by any Person; for which In- spection the Sum of One Shilling shall be paid to the Warehouse-keeper of the said Company of Stationers; and such Warehouse-keeper shall, when and as often as thereto required, give a Certificate under his Hand of every or any such Entry, and for every such Certificate the Sum of One Shilling shall be paid ; and in case such Entry of the Title of any such Book or Books shall not be duly made by the Publisher or Pub- lishers of any such Book or Books, within the said Calendar Month, or Three Months, as the (Case may be, then the Publisher or Publishers of such Book or Books shall forfeit the Sum of Five Pounds, together with Eleven Times the Price at which such Book shall be sold or adver- tized, to be recovered, together with full Cost of Suit, by the Person or Persons, Body Politic or Corporate, authorized to sue, and who shall first sue for the same, in any Court of Record in the United Kingdom, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in which no Wager Tt 73% Warehouse- keeper of Stationers Hall to trans- mit to Libra- rians Lists of Books enter- ed; and call on Publishers for the Copies demanded. Act of Parliament. of Law, Essoign, Privilege, or Protection,, nor more than One Imparlance, shall be allowed : Provided always, that in the Case of Magazines, Reviews, or other periodical Publications, it shall be sufficient to make such Entry in the Re- gister Book of the said Company, within One Month next after the Publicatiou of the First Number or Volume of such Magazine, Review, or other periodical Publication: Provided al- ways, that no Failure in making any such Entry shall in any Manner affect any Copyright, but shall only subject the Person making Default to the Penalty aforesaid under this Act. VI. And be it further enacted, That the said Warehouse-keeper of the Company of Stationers shall from Time to. Time and at all Times, with- out any greater Interval than Three Months, transmit to the Librarian or other Person autho- rized on Behalf of the Libraries before men- tioned, correct Lists of all Books entered in the Books of the said Company, and not contained in former Lists; and that on being required so to do by the said Librarians or other authorized Person, or either of them, he shall cali on the Publisher or Publishers of such Books, for as many of the said Copies as may have been de- manded of them. - §4 Geo. III. VII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, Thatif any Publisher shall be desirous of delivering the Copy of such Book or Volume -as aforesaid, as shall be demanded on Behalf of any of the said Libraries, at such Library, it shall and may be lawful for him to deliver the same at such Library, to the Librarian or other Person authorized to receive the same, (who is hereby required to receive and to give a Receipt in Writing for the same;) and such Delivery shall, to all Intents and Purposes of this Act, be held as equivalent to a Delivery to the said Warehouse-keeper. X. Provided nevertheless, and be it further enacted, That all Actions, Suits, Bills, Indict- ments or Informations for any Offence that shall be committed against this Act, shall be brought, sued and commenced, within Twelve Months next after such Offence committed, or else the same shall be void and of no Effect. Ee 10° Publishers may deliver such Books at the Library. Limitation of Actions. ru iS cot AEE PRE RES o> Re Oe ae ~ [81] EXTRACTS JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. | 12 Geo. IIT. eee ed Veneris, 20° Die Martij, 1772. Resolved, ) : Tuar it is the Opinion of this Committee, That the Collection of Etruscan, Grecian, and. Roman Antiquities, brought from Italy, by Sir William Hamilton, Knight of the most honourable Order of the Bath, be purchased, for the Use of the Public, and vested in the Trustees of the British Museum. Resolved, 5 That it is the Opinion of this Committee, | That a Sum not exceeding Eight thousand | _ Four hundred and.Ten Pounds, be granted to ‘His Majesty, to enable His Majesty to pur- | chase for the Use of the Public the said oe | Acts.and Votes, &c. Collection of Etruscan, Grecian; and Romati Antiquities. Resolved, : That it is the Opinion of this Committee, ‘That a Sum not exceeding Eight hundred and Forty Pounds be granted to His Majesty — to enable the Trustees of the British Museum to provide a proper Repository for the Re- ception of the said Collection of Etruscan, Grecian, and Roman Antiquities. The said Resolutions being severally read a second Time, were, upon the Question se- verally put thereupon, agreed to by the House. Lune, %& Die Julij, 1804. A verition of the Trustees of the British Museum being offered to be presented to the House ; : i Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer (by His Majesty’s command) acquainted the House, : that His Majesty, having been informed of the Contents of the said Petition, recommends _ it to the Consideration of the House, | e | 44 Geo. ITI. Then the said Petition was brought up and read, setting forth, that His Majesty having been graciously pleased to Order the valuable Egyptian Antiquities which were acquired by | His Majesty’s victorious Arms during the | late Expedition to Egypt, to be deposited in the British Museum, the Petitioners provided __ temporary Coverings for their Preservation, which, nevertheless, are found to be in- sufficient for protecting them from the Injury of the Weather; and it is apprehended that, unless better secured, they may, in a short Time, be materially Defaced, whereby His Majesty’s gracious Intentions will be frus- trated, to the Detriment of Science, and the Disparagement of these memorable Trophies of National Glory ; and that the Petitioners, desirous to prevent Consequences so much to be regretted, have caused a Planand Estimate to be prepared of an Addition to the present Building, for the Purpose of effectually pre- serving these valuable Monuments ina suit- : able Manner, as well as for the Reception of | other important Specimens of the fine Arts | already in their Possession, and to which, it | is hoped, that material Additions may be | made from Time to ‘Time; but, as the Pe- FQ. 83 Acts and Votes, &c. titioners are unable to proceed in the Execu- tion of so necessary a Work, which, upon the most exact Computation cannot be completed at a less Expence than Sixteen thousand Pounds, without the Public Aid, they submit the whole Matter to the Wisdom and Muni- ficence of Parliament, conceiving that they should be wanting to the Public in the Exe- cution of the Trust with which they have been invested, if they omitted to represent these Circumstances, in confidence that an Institution so honourable to this Country, | will never fail to receive the Support of the Legislature. Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon che Table. Ordered, That the Plan and Estimate referred to in the said Petition be laid before the House. Martis, 3° Die July, 1804. The House being informed that Mr. Planta from the Trustees of the British Museum, — attended at the Door, he was called in, and at the Bar presented to the House purevians : to their Orders, al Gee. TL No..1. Resolutions of Two Special. Com- mittees respecting the Egyptian Antiquities ; and also, No. 2. Report of the Sub-Committee re- specting the Egyptian Antiquities; and also, _ No. 3. APaper, intituled, ‘‘ British Museum, “95th February, 1803, Estimate of the _‘ Amount of the proposed Additions ;” and also, 7 No. 4. Resolution of the General Meeting on the Report of the Sub-Committee respect- ing the Egyptian Antiquities; and also, Several Plans and Designs for additional Buildings to the British Museum. And then he withdrew, and the Titles were read! | Ordered, . That the said Papers do lie upon the Table. Lune, 9° Die Julij, 1804. . Ordered, | ; | That the Petition of the Trustees of the _ British Museum, which were presented to the House, upon the 2d Day of this Instant July, and also the several Papers and Plans relating thereto, be referred to the Committee of the whole House, to whom it is referred to 85 86 i Acts and Votes, &c. consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty. | Martis 10° Die Jultj, 1804. Resolved, | That a Sum not exceeding Eight thousand Pounds be granted to His Majesty, towards enabling the Trustees of the British Museum to carry on the Execution of the Trusts re- posed in them by Parliament. 45 Geo. IIL. Martis, 12° Die Februarii, 1805. A Petition of the Trustees of the British Museum, being offered to be presented to the House; Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer (by His Majesty's Command) acquainted the House, that His Majesty having been informed of the Contents of the said Petition, recom-~ ‘mends it to the Consideration of the House. Then the said Petition was brought up, and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners, 45 Geo. ILL in the last Session of Parliament, presented to the House a Petition, submitting to their Consideration the necessity of providing a suitable Building for the Reception and Pre- servation of the Egyptian Antiquities, which His Majesty had been graciously pleased to place at the British Museum; and, that in Consideration of the Matters then stated by the Petitioners, they obtained from the Boun- ty of Parliament a Grant of the Sum of Eight thousand Pounds, for the Commencement of such Building according to the Plan and Estimate laid before the House, the Total of the Expense estimated for completing the same, amounting to the Sum of Sixteen thousand Pounds; and that since the End of the last Session of Parliament, the Petitioners have caused the Foundations of the said Building to be laid, and are at this Time pro- ceeding to the Execution of the said Plan; and that the further Sum of Eight thousand Pounds, being the Residue of the said Sum of Sixteen thousand Pounds, will be soon wanting towards carrying on and completing the same, all which Matters they submit to the Wisdom and Munificence of Parliament. 87 Acts and Votes, &c. Ordered, That. the said Petition do lie upon the Table. Mercuri, 13° Die Februari, 1805. Ordered, | That the several Petitions of the Trustees of the British Museum, and the Accounts which were Yesterday presented to the House relating thereto be referred to the Committee of the whole House to whom it is referred to ‘consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty. Jovis, 14° Die Februarii, 1805. - Resolved, That a Sum not exceeding Eight thousand Pounds be granted to His Majesty towards further enabling the Trustees of the British Museum to carry on the Execution of the Trusts reposed in them by Parliament. Mercurii, 5° Junii, 1805. . A Petition of the Trustees of the British Museum, being offered to be presented to the House ; 45 Geo. IIL. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer (by His Majesty’s Command) acquainted the House, that His Majesty, having been informed of ‘the contents of the said Petition, recom- mends it to the consideration of the House. _ Then the said Petition was brought up, and read ; setting forth, that, by the munificence of Parliament, the Sloanian and Harleian Col- lections of Books, Manuscripts, Records, Coins, Medals, Gems, and other rare and valuable Articles of Science and Literature, have been heretofore purchased at the public Expence, and placed as an Addition to the Cottonian _ Library, under the care and management of the Trustees of the British Museum ; and that the Collection of E truscan, Grecian and Roman Antiquities, belonging to the late Sir William Hamilton, was afterwards purchased by Par- lament in like manner, and vested in the same Trustees, to be placed in the same ge- - neral Repository ; and that many large and _ valuable Benefactions of Books, Coins, Medals, and Specimens of Natural History, have since been received, from time to time, so as nearly to occupy the whole of the building assigned for those purposes; that when His Majesty was- graciously pleased to direct. that the 89 Acts and Votes, &C. Lgyptian Antiquities, obtained in the las€ War by the valour of His Majesty’s Arms should be placed in the British Museum, a liberal Aid was granted by Parliament towards the Erection of a suitable Addition to the present Building, as well for the purpose of | preserving these securely and conveniently, as also for the reception of other important Specimens of the Fine Arts, already in the possession of the Trustees, and to which it was hoped that material Additions might be. made from time to time, which Building has been undertaken accordingly, and will be nearly completed in the course of the present Year ; and that the late Charles Townley, Esq. who was a Trustee of the British Museum, did in his life-time, by successful Exer- tions, and at a large Expence, during a long Course of Years, form a most valuable Collection of Antient Sculptured Marbles, which, for their perfect Condition, and ex- quisite Taste, far exceed any private Col- lection in this country, and are not sur- passed (as it is believed) by any other of equal Extent in Europe; and that the Family of the late Charles Townley, Esquire, to whom this Collection was bequeathed, in conse- 45 Geo. III. ‘quence of a representation to them, that the preserving and exhibiting it to the public View in the Metropolis would be highly ad- vantageous to the Cultivation of the Fine Arts, and at the same time honourable to the memory of their deceased Relation, have ex- pressed their consent to surrender this Col- lection to the Public, if Parliament should be disposed to Purchase the same at the Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds, being (as they state) far less than its value, and if the like privilege were conferred upon their Family as was granted, in the like Cases, to the Families of Sir Hans Sloane and the Earl of Ozford, by vesting in the Heirs of the late . Charies Townley, Esquire, the Power of no- minating two Trustees of the British Museum in perpetual Succession; and that the Pe- titioners conceive it to be an Object of great National Importance for the Improvement of the Fine Arts, that a Collection of Antique Sculpture, of such acknowledged and un- rivalled Excellence, should be acquired and preserved for Public Inspection and Use; and they have felt it the more incumbent upon them, to submit these Circumstances to the Consideration of Parliament, as they 9% Acts and Votes, &c. believe it to be universally allowed, that a Collection in this Branch of the Fine Arts, to which Artists can have free Aceess, is much wanted in this Country, and as the additional Buildings, already provided for by the liberality of Parliament, have been planned in a manner the best adapted for re- ceiving such a Collection, and exhibiting it to the greatest Advantage. Ordered, | That the said Petition be referred to the Consideration of a Committee; and that they do examine the Matter thereof, and report the same, as it shall appear to them, to the House. Mercuri, 19° Die Tunii, 1805. Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That it would be an Object of great National Importance for the Improvement of the Fine Arts, that a Collection of Antique. Sculpture, of such acknowledged and unrivalled Ex- cellence as that which is now offered to the — Public, should be acquired and. preserved for public Inspection and Use, particularly — 45 Geo. III. if Measures were taken to afford Artists free Access to the said Collection. Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That the Sum of Twenty Thousand Pounds is a moderate Price for the Purchase of the said Collection. Lune, 24° Die Juni, 1805. Resolved, That the Collection of Sculptured Marbles and Terra Cottas, and certain Bronzes, of the late Charles Townley, Esquire, be purchased for the Use of the Public, and vested in the Trustees of the British Museum. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty Thou- sand Pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to enable His Majesty to purchase for the Use of the Public the said Collection; and that the said Sum be issued and paid without any Fee or other Deduction whatsoever. 30° Die Junii, 1806. Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, that a Sum, not exceeding Seven Thousand G 93 94 Acts and Votes, &c. Five Hundred Pounds, be granted to His Ma- jesty, towards further enabling the Trustees of the Britlsh Museum to carry on the Execution of the Trusts reposed in them by Parliament,* and that the same be issued and paid without any Fee or other Deduction whatever. Lune, 29° Die Junii, 1807. A Petition of the Trustees of the British Museum being offered to be presented to the House ; Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer (by His Majesty’s Command) acquainted the House, that His Majesty having been informed of the Con- tents of the said Petition, recommends it to the Consideration of the House. Then the said Petition was brought up and read ; setting forth, That the Trustees and Ad- ministrators of the Will of the late Marquis of Lansdown have proposed to the Consideration of the Petitioners, the Expediency of purchasing, for the Use of the Public, a valuable Collection of Manuscripts belonging to the said late Mar- * Granted towards defraying the Expenses: of the new Building. 4'7 Geo. IIT. quis of Lansdown, chiefly concerning the public Writings and Records of this Country, composed and collected by William Lord Burghly, Lord High Treasurer in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, Sir Julius Cesar, Master of the Rolls and Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, in the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James the First, and other learned and eminent Persons; and that there is already in the British Museum a very valuable and extensive Collection of Manuscripts, important to the Public, for the Purpose of elu- cidating the History of this Country, and for fur- nishing Evidence of the Rights and Possessions of Individuals, to which the Lansdown Collec- tion of Manuscripts would be a most valuable Addition ; but that the Funds of the Petitioners, being insufficient for the common annual Expen- diture of the Museum, without the accustomed Aid of Parliament, they are unable to provide for the Purchase of the said Collection of Manu- scripts, and therefore praying the House to take the Matter into Consideration, and to adopt such _ Measures as to the House shall seem fit, for as- certaining the public Importance of adding the Lansdown Collection of Manuscripts to those al- ready lodged in the British Museum, and also the Value of such Collection, and further to act therein as to the House shall seem meet : G2 95 96 Acis and Votes, &c. Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Consideration of a Committee, and that they do examine the Matter thereon, and report the same as it shall appear to them, together with their Observations and Opinion thereof, to the House. Veneris, 10° Die Julii, 1807. The Committee reported that the Manu- scripts belonging to the late Marquis of Lans- down, would form a most valuable Addition to the Collection of Manuscripts already deposited in the British Museum; and that the Sum of Four Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-five Pounds, being the average Sum at which the said Manuscripts have been valued by Persons competent to form a Judgment of their Value, and at which the Trustees to the Will of the said Marquis of Lansdown have offered the said Manuscripts to the Public, is a reasonable Price for the Purchase of the same. | Sabbati, 18° Die Juli, 1807. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Thou- sand Nine Hundred and Twenty-five Pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to enable the ‘Trustees 4'7 Geo. III. of the British Museum to purchase, for the Use of the Public, the Manuscripts belonging to the late Marquis of Lansdown, and that the said Sum be issued and paid, without any Fee or other Deduction whatsoever. 2° Die Julii, 1808. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to order the Sum of Five Thousand Two Hundred and Seventy Pounds to be advanced to the Trustees of the British Museum, for defraying the Expense of completing the new Buildings at the Museum, and assure His Majesty that this House will made good. the same. Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. Lune, 26° Die Marti, 1810. A. Petition of the Trustees of the British Mu- seum being offered to be presented at the House 3 Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer (by His Ma- jesty’s Command) acquainted the House, that His Majesty, having been informed of the Con- 97 98 Acts and Votes, &c. tents of the said Petition, recommends it to the Consideration of the House. Then the said Petition was brought up and read, setting forth; That, by the Munificence of Parliament, the Sloanean and Harleian Collec- tions of Books, Manuscripts, Records, Coins, Medals, Gems, and other rare and valuable Ar- ticles of Science, Literature, and Natural His- tory, have been heretofore purchased at. the public Expense, and placed, together with the Cottonian Library, under the Care and Ma. nagement of the Trustees of the British Mu- seum ; and that many large and valuable Bene- factions, and Purchases of Books, Coins, Me- dals, and Specimens of Natural History, have been since added thereto from time to time; and that, among other Acquisitions in Natural ‘History, the Petitioners did, in the Year 1798, in Addition to the Minerals which made a Part of the Sloanean Collection, purchase from Charles Hatchett, Esquire, a large and valuable Collection of Minerals of every Class, procured by him during his Travels in various Parts of Europe ; since which they have also received, by the Will of the Reverend Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode, amongst his other valuable Be- quests, a further and very interesting Accession to the said Mineralogical Collection ; and that 4'7 Geo. III. the late Right Honourable Charles Greville did, in his Life-time, collect, by Purchase, and by the Gifts of scientific Persons in various Parts of the World, an extensive and valuable Collec- tion of Minerals, consisting of above Ten Thousand Specimens, comprehending almost every Species of Mineral hitherto described ; and that the said Collection, if added to those already lodged in the British Museum, will, in the Opinion of Persons eminently qualified to judge of such Matters, form a more complete and valuable Mineralogical Collection than is now known to exist in any Part of Europe; and that the Honourable Robert Fulke Greville, being the legal personal Itepresentative of the said late Right Honourable Charles Greville, is willing and desirous that the same should be purchased on the Behalf of the Public, under the Autho- rity of Parliament, for the Purpose of its being deposited in the British Museum, in Consider- ation of his receiving such a Price for the same as shall, upon the fullest Enquiry, be deemed just and adequate, according to the Evidence of Persons the most competent to ascertain its fair and true Value; and that the Petitioners conceive it to be an Object of great national Importance for the Extension and Improve- ment of the Science of Natural History, and the 99 100 Acts, and Votes, &c. © Arts connected therewith, that a Collection of such acknowledged Excellence should be ac- quired and preserved for Public Inspection and Use ; and that the Petitioners, in Discharge of the ‘Trust reposed in them by Parliament, have therefore deemed it to be their Duty humbly to submit this Matter to their Consideration. Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- mittee ; and that they do examine the Matter thereof, and report the same as it shall appear to them, together with their Observations there- upon, to the House. 22° Die Mait, 1810. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen Thou- sand Seven Hundred and Twenty-seven Pounds, be granted to His Majesty for the Purchase of the Collection of Minerals late the Property of the Right Honourable Charles Fulke Greville. Martis, 14° Die Aprilis, 1812. A Petition of the Trustees of the British Museum, being offered to be presented 5 4'7 Geo. III. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer (by command of His Roval Highness the Prince Regent) ac- quainted the House, that His Royal Highness, having been informed of the contents of the said Petition, recommends it to the consideration of the House. | Then a Petition of the Trustees of the Bri- lish Museum was presented and read; setting forth, that the Library of Printed Books at the British Museum is, in many important classes, very defective, and the deficiency has been par- ticularly complained of in that part of the col- lection which respects the British Islands and the several Possessions of the Brztish Empire, by persons conversant in this branch of Learning, who resort to the Library for information upon those subjects; and that the only Fund belong- ing to the Petitioners, applicable to the purchase of Books, Coins, and Medals, consists of Hight Thousand and Fifty-eight Pounds ‘Twelve Shil- lings and one Penny, Old South Sea Annuities, given by the Will of Arthur Edwards, Esquire, yielding an annual income of ‘Two Hundred and Forty-one Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Four Pence ; and that the sum which has been usually granted by Parliament, except occasionally, for a specific object, has been calculated only for maintaining the establishment of Officers and Re- Hi 101 102 Acis, and Votes, &c. - pairs; and praying the House to grant the Pe- titioners such gradual aid as may enable them to proceed in making the necessary purchase for completing the collection of Printed Books respecting the British Islands and the several Possessions of the British Empire. 25° Die Juni, 1812. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Thousand Pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to enable the Trustees of the British Museum to proceed in making the necessary Purchases for improving the Collection of Printed Books respecting the British Islands, and the several Possessions of the British Empire; and that the said Sum be issued and paid without any Fee or other De- duction whatever.* Lune, 14° Die Juni, 1813. A Petition of Diana Hargrave, wife of Francis Hargrave, Esquire, one of His Majesty’s Coun- sel in the Law, Recorder of Liverpool, and Treasurer of the Honourable Society of Lin- coln’s Inn, in the County of Middlesex, being offered to be presented ; | * Grants to the same amount and for the same purpose were voted in the years 1813 and 1814. 47 Geo. III. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer (by command of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent) ac- quainted the House, that His Royal Highness, having been informed of the contents of the said Petition, recommends it to the consider- ation of the House. 3 Then the said Petition was brought up and read ; Setting forth, that the said Francis Hargrave is possessed of divers Books and Manuscripts, collected with great labour and at a considerable expense during the course of a long professional life, which Books and Manuscrips would form a valuable addition to the National Collection, having been selected with the greatest skill and judgment; and that, owing to the afflicting ill- ness of the said Francis Hargrave, he is no longer able to follow his professional pursuits, whereby his family is in danger of being exposed to great difficulties; and praying the House, that the circumstances of the case may be taken into its kind and liberal consideration, and that the acquisition of the said Books and Manus- cripts may be made for the Public upon such terms and for such consideration as to the House shall seem meet. 103 104, Acts and Votes, Sc. Jovis, 27° Die Juni, 1813. Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- mittee. Martis, 29° Die Juni, 1813. The Committee reported, That the said Francis Hargrave, named in the Petition, is possessed of a very large Collection of ori- ginal Manuscripts, by persons deceased of the greatest weight and authority, and containing information of the highest value on Legal and Constitutional points. That the said Francis Hargrave is likewise possessed of many Books of the most esteemed Authors in Law and Equity, some of them exceedingly scarce, and all collected with great skill and industry, and at a heavy expense. That many of such Books are enriched by manuscript annotations in the hand-writing of the said Francis Hargrave, whereby their value has been greatly enhanced, obviously however not reducible to any fixed calculation. That the said Francis Hargrave is now inca- pable of discharging the duties of his profes- 47 Geo. III. sion, so as to acquire support for himself and family, which has hitherto been derived alto- gether from his unremitted labour. That he has been eminently serviceable to the Public, by the devotion of his time, talents and learning to the publication of several ori- ginal works of acknowledged value, and to the editing of others, by which he has acquired great celebrity, and which have occupied many of the best years of his life; but that the sale of such Works has not been sufficiently extensive to repay the said Francis Hargrave, much less to afford him any profit. | That the said Francis Hargrave has at all times where occasion has offered, contributed gratuitously from the stores of his knowledge, and from the sources of which he is possessed, to the works of other learned men, for the public advantage. That if the House shall think proper to vote a grant of the Sum of Hight Thousand Pounds (which Your Committee conceive to be about the fair value of the whole of the said Collec- tion) to be vested in Trustees for the benefit of the said Francis Hargrave, his wife and daughter, for the purpose of acquiring his Books and Manuscripts to be deposited, as public property, in the Library of the Honour- 105 106 Acis and Votes, Sc. able Society of Lincoln’s-Inn, or elsewhere, it will be of essential service to the Public, &e. &c. Jovis, 1° Die Julii, 1813. Resolved, That an humble Address be cigs to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, that He. will be graciously pleased to give Directions that the Sum of Eight Thousand Pounds be issued out of His Majesty’s Civil List Revenues, to be applied towards the Purchase of the Books and Manuscripts of Francis Hargrave, Esquire, one of His Majesty’s Counsel in the Law, for the public Use; and to assure His Royal Highness that this House will make good the same. Martis, 7° Die Junii, 1814. A Petition of the Trustees of the British Museum, being offered to be presented ; Mr. Long (by command of His Royal High- ness the Prince Regent) acquainted the House, that His Royal Highness, having been informed. of the contents of the said Petition, recom- mends it to the consideration of the House. Then the said Petition was brought up and read; setting forth, that by the munificence of 4'7 Geo. Ti. Parliament a most valuable collection, consist- ing chiefly of antient sculptured marbles, form- ed with great taste and judgment by the late Charles Towneley, Esquire, was purchased at the public expense and placed under the care and management of the Trustees of the British Museum, and that in addition to the said col- lection of ancient marbles formed by the said Charles Towneley, Esquire, there was also col- lected by him a very extensive series of smaller antiquities of great variety and beauty, and that Peregrine Edward Towneley, Esquire, the present proprietor of this collection of antiqui- ties, has declared his willingness to add them to the above-mentioned collection of marbles upon fair and reasonable terms, and the Peti- tioners conceive the acquisition of this col- lection would be attended with national advan- tages. Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- mittee. Veneris, 24° Die Junii, 1814. The Committee reported, That the Collec- tion of Antiquities offered to the British Mu- seum, exceeded in Value the Sum of Eight thousand Two hundred Pounds, the Price at 107 108 Acts and Votes, Sc. which it is offered: And, that the Medals and Coins of which it partly consists, would supply many existing deficiencies in the collection of those Articles now in the Museum ;—That many of the smaller articles among the Anti- quities are illustrative of the Marbles formerly belonging to the late Charles Towneley, Esquire, and now in the Museum ;—and, that this Col- lection of Antiquities, if deposited in the British Museum, would be of considerable public Advantage. Lune, 4° Die Juli, 1814. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Thousand Two Hundred Pounds, be granted to His Ma- jesty, for the Purchase of a Collection of Anti- quities to be deposited in the British Museum, , and that the said Sum be issued and paid with- out any Fee or other Deduction whatever. STATUTES AND RULES FOR THE BRITISH MUSEUM, ESTABLISHED AT A GENERAL MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES, 19th of November, 1814. 1814. At a ComMITTEE, November 10, 1814. Ordered, THat anew Edition of the Statutes and Rules be prepared, and that the same be referred to a Sub- Committee of the Trustees, consisting of the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Joseph Banks, and Mr. Rese. At an Extraordinary GENERAL MEETING, November 19, 1814. Tue Sub-Committee reported, That having ex- amined the proof sheets of the proposed new Edition of the Statutes and Rules, they had found the same to be conformable to the last Edition of the year 1808, and to such subsequent regulations for the manage- ment of the Museum, as have been framed since the _ above date. Resolved, Tuat the Edition of the Statutcs and Rules thus prepared and continued to the 8 time, be approved and confirmed. Statures and Russ for the Bririsy MusEum. CHAPTER I. Of the Meetings, Functions, and Privileges of the Trustees. 1. Tuere shall be four General Meetings of Se Meer the Trustees at the Museum in every year, namely, upon the second Saturday in February, May, July, and December.* 2. Besides the aforesaid General Meetings, it shall be in the power of any three Trustees, to call, at such times as they shall think ex- pedient, Extraordinary General Meetings, by giving proper notice to the Principal Librarian, or in his absence to the Secretary ; who is upon such notice to send the usual summons for that purpose to each of the Trustees. * A general meeting must consist of Seven Trustees at the least. Vide 27 Geo. II. I » $2 CHAP. I. Standing Com- mittee. Trustees, their Meetings, 3. For the better enforcing and carrying into execution the Orders and Rules that shall from time to time be made by the General Meeting, and also for the more easy manage- ment of all the affairs relating to the Museum, a Standing Committee, to be appointed by the Trustees in a General Meeting, shall always subsist ; which Committee (whereof three shall be a quorum) shall meet at the Museum, on such stated day in every month as they shall appoint, and as much oftener as they shall judge to be necessary or expedient for the ser- vice of the Museum, and at such other times as they shall be summoned by order of any three Trustees signified as is expressed in the preced- ing Article; and all the Trustees who shall at any time come to the Committee, shall have voices in the said Committee. 4. The said Committee shall have power to make temporary orders in such cases as may seem of too little importance to require the immediate calling of a General Meeting, or on pressing emergencies, where there is not sufficient time to take the sense of a General Meeting; in all which cases they shall report such orders to the next General Meeting: but where the matter under their deliberation is of such consequence as to deserve the attention Functions, and Privileges. and determination of a General Meeting, and the time will permit, they shall either cause one to be summoned for that purpose, or lay the same before the next General Meeting, as they shall judge most expedient. 5. They shall also have power to affix the . Seal of the Corporation to any application to Parliament for money, and also to the Me- morial to the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury, requesting payment of the same ; provided notice shall have been given to every Trustee that the Committee is summoned for one of those purposes, specifying for which of them. 6. ‘They shall ae have power to settle and determine, or to refer to a General Meeting according as they shall think most proper, all 113 CHAP. I. Standing Com- mittee, disputes and differences among the officers, if | any such should happen to arise, and cannot otherwise be accommodated. 7. They are also to inquire, as often as they shall think fit, into the conduct of all the offi- cers and servants; to receive from the Principal Librarian, or one or more of the subordinate officers, any scheme or proposal for the better ordering or managing the Museum, or any part of it; as also any complaint of neglect in the management thereof, or of disobedience to the 12 114 Trustees, their Meetings, CHAP. I. orders of the General Meeting or Committee ; jute. and give such directions therein as they shall think proper; and if they shall judge it to de- serve the notice and consideration of a General Meeting, they shall lay the same before such’ Meeting. 8. They are also to give leave of absence to the officers, upon application from the said officers, and at such times as they shall think proper; provided that such leave of absence do not exceed the space of thirty days in one year, unless the case should appear to be of such im- portance as necessarily to require longer ab- sence: and the said leave is not to be granted to more than four of the officers at the same time, nor to so many unless in cases of neces- sity ; 1t being understood that there shall always remain one officer at least of each department resident in the house.* 9. They are also to overlook and examine the bills of tradesmen, and all other demands upon the Museum; and if they approve the * By Stat. 26 Geo. II. no officer’s place can be supplied by deputy, unless for occasional sickness or other cause of absence, approved by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Chancellor, and the Speaker of the House of Commons, or any two of them. Functions, and Privileges. same, to order the Expenditor* to pay them, or where they think it more proper, to make drafts upon such person as shall or may from time to time be appointed by the Trustees in a General Meeting to act as Banker, or Cashier, to the Corporation. 10. ‘They are also to make drafts from time to time upon the said Cashier, or Banker, for the payment of the salaries of the officers, as also for such money as they shall think proper to be imprested to the Expenditor. 11. There shall be a general Visitation of the Museum by the Trustees on the day of the General Meeting, appointed to be holden on the second Saturday of May in each year: The _ Visitation to commence immediately after the conclusion of the business of the General Meet- ing ; but in case there shall not be a sufficient attendance of ‘Trustees to constitute a General Meeting, the said Visitation shall nevertheless be made by such Trustees as shall be then present. | 12. Besides the said annual Visitation, th Trustees in a General Meeting may appoint Visitations either of the whole, or any part of the Collection, as often and on as such days, * See Chap. II. of these Statutes, § 1, and § 9. 115 : CHAP. I. Standing Com- mittee, — Visitation. 116 CHAP. I. Visitation. Trustees, their Meetings, &c. they shall think fit: ten days notice of the day and hour of every Visitation, whether general or partial, shall be sent by the Secretary to each of the Trustees. 13. Every Trustee shall have free access (as of right he ought) to any part of the Mu- seum, and may take with him any number of persons he shall please to introduce; but it shall be only during such time as the Museum shall be open to view. 14. Every Trustee who shall have occasion to consult any book, manuscript, or other part. of the Collection, may require the article from the officer of the respective departments, and make use of the same in any part of the Mu- seum he shall judge convenient, during the time that the Museum shall be open ; and upon his leaving the Museum, he shall return such book, manuscript, or part of the Collection, to the said officer. 15. And that the several Orders and Rules established hereby and from time to time by the Trustees in General Meetings may be more exactly observed and complied with, the several Trustees are requested frequently to visit the Museum itself at such times as the same shall be open to view. CL] :) CHAPTER II. Concerning the Duties of the O fficers. 1. Ine Establishment of the Museum con- sists at present of the following officers and at- tendants, besides the subordinate servants : Ist. A Principal Librarian, who is likewise E.xpenditor. 2d. Four Under Librarians, having severally the custody and arrangement of their respective departments, v7z. Printed Books ; Manuscripts ; Natural His- tory; Antiquities, Cois and Medals, Drawings and Engravings. 3d. Four Assistant Librarians, namely, one to each of these departments, with the like duties as the Under Librarians, but subject to their direction respectively. 4th. A Secretary, who attends all Meetings of the ‘Trustees, makes the minutes of their pro- ceedings, and issues all summonses. 5th. An Accountant, who keeps the accounts of the Trust, and prepares all such as are re- quired to be laid before Parliament. Establishment of Officers, &c. 118 Officers, their Duties. CHAP. Il. 6th. Five Attendants, who, under the direc- Establishment |. gg PE Reb of Officers, &c. tions of the Librarians, are to perform all me- nial services in the different departments ; and eight Extra Attendants who are stationed on open days in different parts of the house to prevent any trespass or irregularity on the part of the companies. 2 ae 2. The Principal Librarian, the four Under Librarians, and three of the Assistant Li- brarians, who have apartments allotted to them respectively,* are strictly enjoined to reside in them, unless when leave of absence is granted to them, according to the 8th Article of Chap. I. of these Statutes. And every Under Li- brarian who, upon his appointment, shall have obtained one of the apartments allotted to the Under Librarians, shall continue to occupy the same apartment so long as he shall remain in the situation of an Under Librarian; and in like manner every Assistant Librarian who shall in succession have obtained one of the apart- ments allotted to that class of officers, shall continue to occupy the same apartments so long as he shall remain in the situation of an Assist- ant Librarian. * The Junior Assistant Librarian has, for want of room no apartment allotted to him in the house: Officers, their Duties. 3. The Principal Librarian being chiefly en- trusted with the care and custody of the Mu- seum, he is to attend in the Museum as constantly as shall be necessary for the discharge of his duty, and for putting in execution the orders of the Trustees which have any relation to him. 4. Heshall take care that all the subordinate officers and servants perform their respective duties, and obey the orders which have already been, or shall hereafter be made by the Trustees; and also pay all reasonable attention that no irregularity be committed within the precincts of the Museum. 5. Upon extraordinary occasions, such as when persons of eminence, either for rank or learning, especially Foreigners, are desirous of inspecting the whole, or any part of the Mu- seum, and shall make it appear that they cannot conveniently avail themselves of the usual mode of admission, the Principal Librarian shall be allowed to grant to such persons extraordinary admission ; and he shall either attend them himself, or appoint some other officer to accom- pany them. 6. He shall also be allowed to grant tem- porary admission into the Reading Room, to such persons as apply during the intervals be- K 119 CHAP. II. Principal Li- brarian. 120 Officers, their Duties. CHAP. 11. tween the Meetings of the Committee; such principal Li- leave however to become void unless confirmed at the next subsequent Meeting. 7. He shall confirm the rotations of attend- ance agreed upon by the subordinate officers and attendants; and in case of sickness, death, or allowed absence of any of them, he shall supply their turns out of the other officers or attendants then in the house. | 8. He shall be particularly vigilant as to any accidents by fire or theft, and enforce by every means in his power the regulations on those heads contained in the fourth chapter of these Statutes. 7 9. ‘The Principal Librarian, if intrusted with the office of Expenditor to the Museum, shall in that capacity keep an exact account of all the imprests and expenditures, which account shall be audited at a General Meeting or Com- mittee at least once a year. He shall likewise examine and check all bills sent in by trades- people, (except those of the workmen, which are to be examined by the Surveyor, ) and certify that the charges are duly made, and that the computations are accurate. | 10. In case of sickness, death, or allowed absence of the Principal Librarian, the Se- cretary, if that office be holden by one of the Officers, their Duties. Under Librarians, or, if not, the senior Under Librarian in residence, shall be considered as his representative, and be empowered to exercise all the functions prescribed in the foregoing Articles. ° ’ 11. The subordinate officers are to aid and assist the Principal Librarian in all matters re- lating to his duty, in respect to the care and custody of the Museum ; and they are hereby strictly enjoined to give immediate notice to the Principal Librarian if any article in the Museum shall be lost or damaged. 12. The Under and Assistant Librarians are to be particularly careful that every thing with- in their respective departments be at all times preserved in good and exact order; and that the apartments containing that part of the col- lection which is under their care, be kept as neat and clean as is consistent with the admis- sion of persons to view and make use of the same. 13. One of the Under or Assistant Libra. rians shall, according to a rota to be agreed upon among themselves, and confirmed by the Principal Librarian, be always in waiting in the Museum, and be considered as the directing officer of the day. He shall regulate the ad- mission of visitors, according to the directions K 2 121 CHAP. II. Principal Li- brarian. Under and As- sistant Librae rians. 122 CHAP. II. Under and As- sistant Libra- rians. Ordinary Duty and Extra Ser- vices of the Un- der and Assist- ant Librarians. Officers, their Duties. laid down in the following chapter ;* and shall likewise see that due order and decency be pre- served by all persons in the Museum, either vi- sitors or domestics. 14. Each of the above officers is to attend two days in the week during the Museum hours, either as such directing officer, or in discharge of Ordinary Duties of his department, accord- ing to a rotation to be settled among themselves, from time to time, subject to the approbation of the Principal Librarian. | 15. The Under and Assistant Librarian shall, upon their two days of Ordinary Duty in each, week, respectively employ themselves in arrang- ing scientifically, and in making catalogues of all additions that may be made, from time to time, to the collections entrusted to their care; and also in re-arranging the old collections, and cor- recting the old catalogues, whenever either may stand in need of it: and in performing this duty, they shall be particularly careful to enter in the catalogues references to the places where the re- spective articles are deposited ; and also to note and affix on the said articles, the references made in the catalogues : and they shall severally report their progress in these- works to the General Meetings, in July, December, and February of ~ * See Chap. III. of these Statutes, § 3. Officers, their Duties. each year, stating the progress made by them in their respective works, and specifying the point from which, as well as the point to which, their reports extend: besides which, they shall state annually to the Trustees, at their General Meet- ing, on the second Saturday in May (being the Visitation-Day) the whole of the work by them severally executed in the year then ended; laying before the ‘Trustees at that time the several works which they have been employed upon in the pre- ceding year, and in which they are then respec- tively engaged. 16. Every Assistant Librarian, hereafter to be appointed, shall be required to devote, du- ring the first year after such appointment, the whole of his Extra time, v7z. three mornings in each week (during such time as the Museum is open) without any Extra allowance, to the ser- vice of the Museum, in such manner as the Trustees or the Principal Librarian shall direct: and his Extra time in subsequent years shall be employed upon such Extra Work as the service of the Trust may require ; allowing him an Ex- tra recompense for the same, according to its nature and amount. The several persons employed upon Extra Services shall report their progress therein, from time to time, to the Principal Librarian, who shall certify the same in writing to the Trustees, 123 CHAP. Il. Ordinary Duty and Extra Ser- vicesot the Un- der and Assist- and Librarians. PrincipalLibra- rian to certify the xecution of Ordinary Duty and Extra Ser- vices. 124 Officers, their Duties. cHAP. 1. at their four General Meetings in every year ; PrincipalLibra- sas ae ae a i" certify together with his opinion thereupon as to the phen inetce sufficiency of the execution of such Extra Ser- and Extra Sere vices; and also shall certify his opinion, in like manner, at the foot of the annual report made by them, which every officer is required to make of his progress in any work performed by him in the discharge of his Ordinary Duty. 17. As the proper management of the Read- ing Room is essentially important to the utility and credit of the Museum, it is particularly en- joined that one of the Under or Assistant Li- brarians do always attend in the said Room.* And the Trustees being particularly anxious that this duty be punctually executed, do strict- ly order that the officer, whose turn it shall be to attend in the said Room, do, on no account whatever, leave it without another officer having agreed, and being actually come to supply his place. And in order the better to enforce this important duty, the Messenger, or his Assist- ant, shall keep a book, in which he shall enter daily the name of the officer who has the whole, or any part of the day, attended the said Reading Room; which book shall be laid before every meeting of the Standing Com- mittee. * Vide Chap. III. § 7: Officers, their Duties. 18. The Principal Librarian shall keep a book, in which shall be entered the names of all those who have duly obtained admission into the Reading Room; and the duty of the offi- cer in waiting shall be to take care that no one enter the Room without being duly authorised; to see that the readers are severally accommodat- ed, and provided with such books or manu- scripts as they may require; and to assist them, so far as may be in his power, in the objects of their research: he shall also see that they do not damage the books or manuscripts, or annoy any of the other readers. 19. The Principal Librarian, and, at least, one officer of each department, shall give due attendance at all General Meeings of the Trus- tees; and all the officers shall be within the precincts of the Museum during the time of any visitation. 20. In framing these regulations, the Trus- tees are aware that it is impossible for them to define the duty of each officer with a sufficient degree of precision for all possible emergencies, in addition, therefore, to the above rules, it is to be considered as a general instruction to the several officers, that they do conduct them- selves as becomes men of honour, integrity, and liberality, in the conscientious discharge of 125 CHAP. II. Reading Room. General in- structions. 126 CHAP. Il. General In- structions. Qualifications of Officers. Officers, their Duties. the respective duties of their stations, and as men who have the credit and utility of this In- stitution truly at heart. 21. Upon every future vacancy in the offices of Principal, Under, or Assistant Librarian, the Secretary, at the time when he notifies such va- cancy to the Three Trustees in whom the no- mination or appointment is vested, shall (for the better enabling them to supply the place of such officer) inform them also of the particular loss to the Establishment, in respect of his know- ledge of modern languages, and his ability to converse in them. COTS R9) CHAPTER III. Concerning the Admission into the British Museum. 1. Tue Museum shall be kept open for public Daysand Hours of Admission. inspection every Monday, Wednesday, and Fri- day in every week; except in the Christmas, Easter, and Whitsun-weeks, on ‘Thanksgiving and Fast-days, and during the months of August and September. On Tuesdays and Thursdays the Museum shall likewise be kept open for private parties.—The Museum hours are from ten till four, as well for viewing the Collections, as for admission to the Reading Room. 2. Persons who wish to see the Museum, are Mode of Ad- to apply on any of those above-mentioned open opel Baya days, in the ante-room of the house, between the hours of ten and two, where each individual] will be required to inscribe his or her name, and place of abode, in a book to be kept for that purpose; upon which they will be shewn into the apartments as soon as the first rooms are sufficiently cleared for their admission. 3. The officers of the Museum are autho- rized to exhibit the Museum during the open hours, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, to such of U 128 CHAP. III. Mode of Ad- mission upon open Days. Reading Room. Admission into the Museum. their friends, or persons of distinction for rank or learning, as may occasionally apply to them for a sight of the whole or any part of it; but in such cases’ they are required to attend the visitors personally. 4. The Principal Librarian, or the senior officer in residence, shall be authorized to grant admission, particularly to Foreigners, during the two months of vacation ; one of the attend- ants being always in waiting to accompany them through the house. 5. It is expected that persons who visit the Museum be decent and orderly in their ap- pearance and_ behaviour; the officers being in- structed to refuse admission to, or to cause to withdraw, any person who shall disregard this caution. No children apparently under. ten years of age will be admitted. 6. All strangers are required to leave their canes and umbrellas on their first entrance into the Museum. 7. The Reading Room. of the Museum shall be kept open from ten till four every day in the week, except Saturdays and. Sundays, and for one week at Christmas, Easter, and Whitsun- tide; and on ‘Thanksgiving and Fast-days ; and it shall be constantly attended by one of the Librarians in the manner above directed.* , * Vide Chap. II. § 16 and 17. Admission into the Museum. - 8. Persons desirous of admission into the said Room, are to send their applications in writing to the Principal Librarian, or in his absence to the Senior Under Librarian; these officers are to lay the same before the next General Meet- ing, or Committee of Trustees, who will, if they see no objection, grant admission for a term not exceeding half a year. But in ‘all cases which may require such dispatch as that time cannot be allowed for an application to the Trustees, the Principal Librarian, or, in his absence, the Senior Officer in residence, shall be empowered to grant a temporary leave till the next General Meeting or Committee. 9. Persons who apply for admission to the Reading Room are to specify their descriptions and places of abode; and as it might be dan- gerous, in so populous a metropolis as London, to admit perfect strangers, it is expected that every one who applies, should produce a re- commendation from a Trustee or an Officer of the House. 10. - Every reader may, at the expiration of his term, apply for a prolongation of the same, without a fresh recommendation. 11. _ Readers are allowed to take one or more extracts from any printed book or manuscript ; but no whole or greater part of a manuscript is L 2 129 CHAP. III. Reading Room, Regulations and Cautions, 130 Admission into the Museum. CHAP. 111. to be transcribed without a particular leave Regulations and Cautions. from the Trustees. Transcribers are not to lay the paper on which they write on any part of the book or manuscript they are using. 12. No person is, on any pretence whatever, to write on any part of a printed book or ma- nuscript belonging to the Museum ; but if any one should observe a defect in such book or manuscript, he is requested to signify the same to the officer in waiting. 13. Persons engaged in works of learning, or in the prosecution of any useful design, and having occasion to examine any part of the col- lection with more attention than can be done in the ordinary way of viewing the Museum ; or using the Reading Room, or having occasion to make a drawing of any thing contained in the Museum, are to apply to the ‘Trustees in a Ge- neral Meeting, or to the Standing Committee, for particular leave for that purpose; who will give directions according to the circumstances of the case. 14. The respective oe whom it may con- cern, vz. either the Keeper of the Manuscripts, or the officer in the Reading Room, are charged to be particularly attentive in observing persons who may have occasion to inspect manuscripts, charters, deeds, or other instruments which a are liable to be called for as evidence. Admission into the Museum. e3i 15. No part of the collections belonging to cHaP. 111. the Museum shall be at any time carried out of ie ys the precincts thereof ; except such books, char- ters, deeds, or other manuscripts as are wanted to be made use of in evidence. In this case, application shall be made for leave to a Meeting of the Trustees ; or, if limited for time, to the Principal Librarian; which leave being obtain- ed, one of the Under or Assistant Librarians shall be allowed to carry out the article required; but he shall keep it constantly in his custody, -and allow it to be inspected only in his pre- sence; for this extraordinary trouble and at- tendance it is expected that a proper satisfac- - tion be made him. 16. The members of the Royal Academy and artists, as well professional as dilettanti, may have access at all admissible times to copy from the sculptures in the gallery of antiquities, upon application to the Trustees, or to the Principal Librarian, or the senior officer in residence; but it is expected that young artists, or stu. dents, produce recommendations from a pro- fessor of the Academy. 17. That one of the attendants be always present in the gallery during the times when persons are employed in taking copies. 18. The collections of coins, medals and 132 CHAP. IIf.’ Regulations and Conditions. Royal Family. Admission into the Museum. prints shall not be shewn but by leave of a Meeting of the Trustees, or of the Principal Librarian; no person shall be admitted into — the room to see them except in the presence of the Keeper of the Collection; nor shall more than three persons be admitted at the same time, without the Principal Librarian, or some sub- ordinate officer of his appointment attending the whole time, together with the Keeper of the Collection ; and in no case shall more than four persons be admitted at the same time. 19. No officer, attendant, or servant, shall — take any fee, reward, or gratuity from persons visiting the Museum, or in any way making use of its contents ; except in the above mentioned case of attending courts with evidence, or of being extra officially employed by readers to make searches or transcripts, when a proper compensation may be agreed for, subject to the approbation of the Principal! Librarian. 20. Itis hereby intended and declared that none of the particular restraints concerning the inspection and use of the British Museum here- in contained, are to be construed to extend to the Royal Family, whenever they shall do the Museum the honour of visiting it in person. (018% \) CHAPTER IV. ~ Concerning the Security of the Museum. mi Tue Museum shall at no time whatsoever be left without one at least of the. officers within | the same, or the precincts thereof, that proper orders may be given and due care taken for its preservation in case of fire, or any other acci- dent which may endanger the building or its contents. In case of any such accident, the Principal Librarian, or, in his absence, the Se- cretary, or the next officer in rank who shall be in the Museum, shall be, and he is hereby im- powered to give such orders as in his judgment will best conduce to the aaely, and preservation. of the same. 2. Each of the officers shall pay particular attention to the security of his department ; and for this purpose he shall see that after the companies leave the House, the windows and doors be properly secured, and that such care be taken of the fires in the stoves that no danger may arise therefrom. ‘The Messenger and his Assistant shall likewise, under the direction of Precautions against Fire, &c. 134 Security of the Museum. cHap.Iv. the Principal Librarian, frequently visit the Precautions against Fire,&c, hall, passages, (especially those on the base story,) and other places from whence danger may be apprehended; they shall examine whe- ther every part of them is safe from accidents of any kind; and see that no person is lurking therein ; and in the performance of this duty they shall, if requisite, be assisted by the Por- ter and the two Watchmen, or any of them. 8. And since for this service, and for light- ing the fires, or in case of accidents happening in the night, it will or may be necessary that lighted candles should be brought into the Mu- seum, or body of the House, such lighted can- dles for those uses shall be carried in lanthorns to be provided for that purpose: but lighted candles are never to be brought into the Mu- seum on any other occasion or in any other . manner. 4. But if, notwithstanding all these precau- tions, a fire should unfortunately break out in the Museum itself, or in any of the buildings thereto belonging, or even in the neighbourhood thereof, or if any other accident should happen whereby the Museum or collection should be in danger, every officer or servant discovering it, or being apprised thereof, shall immediately give notice of it to all the other officers and Security of the Museum. servants, who are forthwith to give their at- tendance and utmost assistance for the preser- vation of the Museum and its appurtenances; and also give immediate notice to such of the Trustees as live within a reasonable distance. 5. ‘The Principal Librarian shall take care that the engines for extinguishing fire, and the pipes belonging to them, be continually kept in good order ; and that the reservoir over the engine house be always full, or nearly full of water. He shall also take care that the keys of the cases of the stop cocks (which,, by the con- tract with the New River Company, are to be left in his custody) be always deposited in a proper place, where they may be come at in case any accident by fire should happen. during his absence. 6. The Military Guard stationed at the Mu- seum by command of His Majesty, are directed to preserve due order at and about the great entrance, and in the Courts and the Garden ; and also to use their utmost exertions for the security of the premises, in case of fire, riot, or other occurrences, which may endanger their safety. 135° - CHAP. IV. Precautions against fire, &c. ((. 15ay ) Original Appointment and Succession OF TrusTEEs and Orricers of the BRITISH MUSEUM. TRUSTEES, Forty-three, viz. 21 by Office, 7 by Family Appointment, and 15 Elected. BY OFFICE. Ql. Three Principal Trustees. Offices. Names. 1814. The Archbishop of Canterbury......... Dr. Charles Manners Sutton. The Lord Chancellori2-22201. 29) 2. John Lord Eldon. - The Speaker of the House of Commons. The Right Hon. Charles Abbot. And Eighteen Others. The Lord President of the Council. ... Dudley Earl of Harrowby. The First Lord of the Treasury........ Robert Banks Lord Hawkesbury. The Lord Privy Stallt MSe th phe John Earl of Westmoreland. The First Lord of the Admiralty...... Robert Viscount Melville. tte Lord Steward jeg. 5. ey at pe Geo. James Earl of Cholmondeley. The Lord Chamberlain ........:..... Francis Marquis of Hertford. Henry Viscount Sidmouth. _ The Principal Secretaries of State. .... 1 Rater Viscount Castlereagh. © Henry Ear! of Bathurst. the Bishop ef Londons..7 2 oho: Dr. William Howley. The Chancellor of the Exchequer...... The Right Hon. N. Vansittart. The Lord Chief Justice King’s Bench.. Edward Lord Ellenborough. The Master of the Rolls. -.... 2.2.1 =. The Right Hon. Sir W. Grant. The Lord Chief Justice Common Pleas.. The Right Hon. Sir Vicary Gibbs. The-Attorney Generaling. 2 3052. 2 Sir William Garrow. The Solicitor Generales. .cisiucc? vole Sir Samuel Shepherd. The President of the Royal Society.... The Rt. Hon. Sir Jos, Banks, Bt.K.B. The President of the Coll. of Physicians. Dr. John Latham. — ( 17) FAMILY TRUSTEES. 7, Sloane Family, 2 1753 Charles Lord Cadogan. Hans Stanley, Esq. 1779 Charles Sloane Lord Cadogan...... v. Charles Lord Cadogan. 1780 Rt. Hon. Welbore Ellis,(Ld.Mendip) v. Henry Stanley. —— Hans Sloane, Esq...............- v, Lord Mendip. Cotton Family, 2 1753 Samuel Burroughs, Esq. Thomas Hart, Esq. 1757 Philip Earl of Hardwicke... ... ¥v. Thomas Hart, Esq. 1764 Velters Cornewall, Esq........... v. 8. Burroughs, Esq. Plone Charles Yorke... 0.66.20 eis o. Earl of Hardwicke. 1768 John Bosworth, D. D............ v. V. Cornewall, Esq. 1770 Francis Barrell, Esq........ ieiets si: v. Hon. C. Yorke. | 1772 Francis Annesley, Esq............ v. F. Barrell, Esq. 1786 Sir George Cornewall, Bart........ v. J. Bosworth, D. D. 1812 Rey. Arthur Annesley............ v. F, Annesley, Esq. Harley Family, 2. 1753 William Duke of Portland. Edward Earl of Oxford. 1755 Edward Earl of Oxford...........- v. Earl of Oxford. 1764 Wm. H. Cavendish Duke of Portland v. Wm. Duke of Portland. 1793 W. H.C. Scot Duke of Portland... v. Earl of Oxford. 1813 Rt. Hon. George Canning......... v. Wm. H. Duke of Portland. Towneley Family, 1. 1805 Edward Towneley Standish, Esq. 1807 John Towneley, Esq...........--- v. E. Towneley Standish, Esq. 1814 Richard Payne Knight, Esq........ v. J. Towneley, Esq. ( 183 ) ELECTED TRUSTEES, 1d. { Archibald Duke of Argyle. ae Earl of Northumberland. R. H. Lord Charles Cavendish. Hugh Lord Willoughby of Parham. Hon. Philip Yorke. o Sir George Littleton, Bart. First Sir John Evelyn, Bart. Election William Sloane, Esq. 1753. 1 James West, Esq. | Nicholas Hardinge, Esq. Charles Gray, Esq. William Sotheby, Esq. | Thomas Birch, D. D. John Ward, LL. D. (Mr. William Watson. Succession. | | 1761 Right Hon. Arthur Onslow.......... v. Duke of Argyle. | Gustaves "Brander, “Bs@, 2. ....2 208.4% v. N. Hardinge, Esq. ; 1765. John: Warl ef) Buber s/o. nn .de deat v. John Ward, LL.D. ; James Ghareisy MSO) #9. c70,-¢ oes v. Sir John Evelyn, Bart. ——— Daniel Wray, Esq. :..............- v. Lord Willoughby of Parham. | 1766 Charles Littleton Bishop of Carlisle .. #. Thomas Birch, D. D. —— Matthew Duane, Esq............... v. William Sotheby, Esq. 1767 Haus Sloane, Bsg.+.......-.-% 2-22 v. William Sloane, Esq. 1768 William Earl of Besborough ........ v. Rt. Hon. Arthur Onslow. 1769 Hon. Edwin Sandys (Lord Sandys)... Bishop of Carlisle. 1772. Biachara Kaye, D2 Ds... eee v. James West, Esq. 1773 Henry Cavendish, Esq.............. v. Sir George Lyttleton. 1783 Sir William Hamilton, K. B......... v. James Harris, Esq. —— Sir William Musgrave, Bart......... v. Charles Gray, Esq. 1784 Rev. Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode, M.A. ie i ora pits.+' x « eee. v. Lord Charles Cavendish. 1784 Thomas Tyrwhitt, Esq. ............ v. Daniel Wray, Esq. 1787 Heneage Earl of Aylesford. ........ v, Matthew Duane, Esq. ( 189 ) Succession, 1787 George Earl of Leicester (Marquis — Menashend oe a v. Earl of Northumberland. John Douglas Bishop of Salisbury.... v. Thomas Tyrwhitt, Esq. —— Thomas Astle, Esq................ v. Gustavus Brander, Esq. 1791 Charles Townley, Esq.............. v. Mr. William Watson. al George John Earl Spencer.......... v. Earl of Hardwicke. 1793 Augustus Henry Duke of Grafton.... _v. Earl of Bute. Right Hon. Frederick Montagu...... v. Karl of Besborough., *1797 Lord Frederick Campbell........... v. Lord Sandys. *1799 Shute Barrington Bishop of Durham v. Rev. C. M. Cracherode. *1800 John Marquis of Bute............. v. Sir W. Musgrave, Bart. J801 Alexander Earl of Rosslyn.......... v. Rt. Hon. Fred. Montagu. *1803 Philip Earl of Hardwicke.......... v. Hans Sloane, Esq. appointed a family Trustee. *1804 Right Hon. Sir William Scott ...... v. Sir W. Hamilton, K.B. *——— Right Hon. George Rose .......... v. Thomas Astle, Esq. 1805 George Earl of Macartney.......... v. Charles Townley, Esq. *——— Alleyne Lord St. Helens............ v, Earl of Rosslyn. *1806 George Grenville Levison Gower Mar- quis.at Stafford 6. suisy: ow o;0 v. George Earl of Macartney. *1807 William Windham Lord Grenville. . . John Douglas Bishop of Sa- lisbury. 1810.Thomas Dampier Bishop of Ely.... _v. Sir Richard Kaye, Bart. *——. John Ashburnham Earlof Ashburnham — v. Henry Cavendish, Esq. S ‘*1811 Dudley Earl of Harrowby........... uv. A. H. Duke of Grafton. *1812 Sylvester Lord Glenbervie.......... v. George Marquis Townshend, *s— Right Hon. Charles Long .......... v. Thomas Bishop of Ely. % George Earl of Aberdeen .......... v. H. Earl of Aylesford. OFFICERS. a SUCCESSION. Principal Librarians. 1756 Gowin Knight, M. B. 1772 Matthew Maty, M.D,.........:.... .v. Gowin Knight, deceased. 1776 Charles Morton, M. D. ............ a. Matthew Maty, deceased. 1799 Joseph Planta, Esq........... ateaichs ». Charles Morton, deceased. Those marked thus * were the Fifteen Trustees in Office in the year 1814. ( Th >) Onder Librarians. Succession. 1756 Charles Morton, M.D. ..... »..-. Manuscript Department. James Empson, Esq. ........ ««.. Natural History Department. ——— Matthew Maty, M.D............. Library of Printed Books. 1765 Rev. Samuel Harper, M.A. ...... v. J. Empson, deceased. 1773 Daniel Charles Solander, M.D..... _v. Dr. Maty, promoted. 1776 Joseph Planta, Esq...........000 v. Dr. Morton, promoted, 1782 Rev. Paul Henry Maty, M.A: .... wv. Dr. Solander, deceased. 1787 Edward Whitaker Gray, M.D. .... v. P. H. Maty, deceased. 1799 Rev. Robert Nares, M.A. ........ v. J. Planta, promoted. 1803 Rev. William Beloe, M.A......... v. S. Harper, deceased. 1806 Henry Ellis, Esq. LL.B. ........ v. Rev. Wm. Beloe, dismissed. 1807 Taylor Combe, Esq. M. A......... Promoted to the new department of Antiquities. |i —— George Shaw, M.D. ...........- v. Dr. Gray, deceased. Brancis Douce, sBsq.. i...) + ace v. Rev. Robt. Nares, resigned. 1812 Rev. Hen. Harvey Baber, M.A..... v. Francis Douce, Esq. resigned. 1813 Charles Konig, Esq.......esescees v. George Shaw, deceased. Assistant Librarians. 1756 Henry Rims, Plsqee.’) 2...) Soe a Natural History. —— Rev. Samuel Harper, M. A......... Printed Books. Andrew Gifford, D. D, .......... Manuscripts. —— William Hudson, Esq...........-. v. H. Rimius, deceased. 1758 Rev. Andrew Planta, M.A......... v. W. Hudson, resigned. 1765: D.C: Solander, M. Due. oo oc wis v. A. Planta, removed to the Printed Books. 1773 John Obadiah Justamond, Esq. .... 0. Dr. Solander, promoted. Joseph: Plantay Esq \..5) 2 2 << see v. A. Planta, deceased. 1776 Rev. Paul Henry Maty, M:A. .... v. Joseph Planta, promoted. 1778 Edward Whitaker Gray, M.D. .... v.J.O.Justamond, dismissed. 1782 Rev. Charles Godfrey Woide, LL.D. v. P. H. Maty, promoted. 1784 Rev. Richard Southgate, M.A..... v. A. Gifford, deceased. 1787 Rev. Samuel Ayscough, .........-. v. Dr. Gray, promoted. 1791. George Shaw, M.D. ..............4 v. Dr. Woide, deceased. 1795 Rev. Robert Nares, M.A. ........ v. R. Southgate, deceased. 1799 Rev. Thomas Maurice, M.A....... w. R. Nares, promoted. ¢ 842.3) #803 Taylor Combe, Esq. M.A......... v. R. Penneck, deceased. 1805. Henry Ellis, Esq. LL. B....... 2... v. S. Ayscough, deceased. Horace Walpole Bedford, Esq. .... v. Taylor Combe, promoted. 1807 Rev. Henry Harvey Baber, M.A... v. Henry Ellis, promoted. =——. Charles Konig, Esq............... v. Dr. Shaw, promoted. 1808 William Alexander, Esq........... v. H. W. Bedford, deceased. 1812 Rev. James Bean, M.A........... v. Rev. H. H. Baber, promoted. 1813 William Elford Leach, M.D...... v. Charles Konig, promoted. Keepers of the Reading Room. 1758 Peter Templeman, M.D. 1761 Rev. Richard Penneck, D. B. ©. Dr. Templeman, resigned. 1803 The duties of this Office were made over to the Assistant Librarians ; and in 1805 to the Under and Assistant Librarians. Secretaries. 1787 Edward Whitaker Gray, M.D. .... 1806 Edward Bray, Esq. ...---+-++-+>> v. E. W. Gray, resigned. 1814 Henry Ellis, Esq......-.----+---- v. KE. Bray, Esq. deceased. . 2. PERSONS IN OFFICE IN THE YEAR 1814, Years when appointed. - Principat Liprarian. Joseph Planta, Esq... ..........2 sce ce eee 1799 Who is likewise ExrpenDITOR. Unver LIBRARIANS, Department of Manuscripts,—Henry Ellis, Esq. LL.B. ........ 1812 ——— of Printed Books,—Rev. Hen. H. Baber, M.A....... 1812 ——e of Natural History, —Charles Konig, Esq........... 1813 —_—_——— of Antiquities, —Taylor Combe, Esq. M.A. ........ 1807 AssIsTANT LIBRARIANS. Department of Manuscripts,—Rev. Thomas Maurice, M.A....... 179 sass of Printed Books,—-Rev. James Bean, M.A......... 1812 ————— of Natural History,—Wm. Elford Leach, M.D. .... 1813 =a of Antiquities,—William Alexander, Esq. ........-- - 1808 ( 142 ) Secretar¥: Henry Ellis, Esq. ..............- i eae: advan! Yaabe 1814 Surverox,., Goeerce Saunders, Esq. . 25... 5. B+. d:k eee ae 1801 ATTENDANTS... cg 0H CUN va dpasj. 26s 02's o's pra PUA ee SHE a ae 1807 op1,, Pidilipps;s ..gs aot fe eh: Seek eevee g SEBEL 1808 ——_—_—-_—— J. Young............ See errata | Bagh Boa ies 1808 mm ————-._ J. Bygrave ... cc cece cece ce cee eee eee ee seer le DOD —. FE SCMRS Ey ojsahs 0 ys So Saws d he coc Dee De AE eae 1810 ———— W. Church .............. 0. ce eee id. ben i.e Se GARDENER. < James Dickson. 63.02 . uci) cs $3 aes eee ong erate EG 1781 Messencer. James Alloway ...........0-- BS. Xe ee ee oe 479 Porter:* James “Tharston...5 25040. os). «2 2 ee eee aL 235 1794 Assistant Messencer, Charles Stewart................0002-00 18i0 a . a % the edition shall be printed, of every work which they shail publish after the above date, which copy shall be deposited in the Library of the British Museum. 2.— ADDITIONS MADE BY THE TRUST, _ Thus far have we commemorated the muni- ficence of our late and present most gracious ae D 2 Sovereigns De: | INTRODUCTION. Sovereigns individually, and of the Legislature collectively, towards establishing and extending this national Institation, which will, no doubt, be allowed to reflect great honour upon the. country at large, and from which men of letters, artists, and even mechanics of all descriptions, have derived, and continue to derive, most essential advantages in their respective pursuits. Our next duty is briefly to state what the Trustees, in their corporate capacity, have effected towards the further increase of the esta- blishment committed to their care. If in re- cording their various acquisitions, we have not objects of such magnitude to notice as those above specified, yet some, it will be allowed, are by no means of trivial import: and it must more. over be observed, that not only the fand at their disposal for these purposes is very limited, but’ that a great part of it is necessarily expended from time to time in the purchase of single books, and other separate articles, which occa- sionally present themselves for sale, and which, however important, are yet far too numerous to be here specifically described. | Ny It might well be expected, that in consequence of the great. progress made of late years in the science of Natural History, the collection of Sir Hans INTRODUCTION. xxl ifans Sloane, which, when it was purchased, was deemed of the first magnitude, would insensi- bly become retrograde in its comparative value; and this in fact was found to be particularly the case in the classes of Ornithology and Minera- logy. | Accordingly, in order to supply the for- mer of these deficiencies, the ‘Trustees being, in the year 1769, informed that a large collection of stuffed Birds, in uncommon preservation, had been brought over from Holland by a person of the name of Greenwood, who, having for a time exhibited them to the public, became desirous to dispose of them at a reasonable price, they readily availed themselves of the rec and purchased the whole for the sum of £46 Many additions were afterwards made by pur- chase and donation : and the aggregate soon formed, not indeed a complete, but as extensive and curious a collection as any perhaps ‘at that time extant, In the year 1798, a favourable opportanity presented itself for supplying the deficiency in the Mineralogical part of the Repository. Charles Hatchett, now of Roehampton, Esq., having, during his travels in various parts of Europe, formed a large and well chosen collection of Mi- nerals of ever y class, which the Trustees learut MTS that Greenwoocd’s Birds Hatchett’s Minerals, Hathed’s Oriental MSS. Zi INTRODUCTION, that he was not unwilling-to part with on reason- able terms, they accordingly made him an offer, and. the agreement was concluded for the sum of £700; and all that was valuable of the Sloanean Collection having -been incorporated with this ample accession, the whole, with the addition of what Mr. Cracherode’s bequest has since sup- plied, was, even before the subsequent .addition of the Greville collection, considered as, though not a splendid, yet a very copious and useful mi- neralogical Repesitory. All those who are conversant with Oriental Literature, must be well acquainted with the distinguished merits of the Editor of the Gentoo Code of Laws in that branch of erudition, and be aware that a collection of Indian Works, niade by such a man, cannot but be an object of intrinsic value. Accordingly, the Trustees having received intelligence that the Oriental Library _ of Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, Esq., might be obtained at a reasonable price, did not hesitate to make the acquisition; and, in the year 1796, obtained the whole of it for the sum of £550. It consists of ninety-three volumes, fourteen of which are in the Shanskrit language, and the rest chiefy Persian: and to these have been added twenty-six volumes recently purchased of the Exe- cutors iNTRODUCTION: _ Nill - eutors of the late Colonel Hamilton, the trans= lator of the Heydaya, and the four Vedas in the Shanskrit. language, presented by Colonel Poller, besides thirty-two volumes which came with the trophies of our Egyptian expedition, and various other curious and valuable articles. Samuel Tyssen, Esq. who, during a short, but active life, had spared neither labour nor expense in accumulating a collection of Coins of uncom- mon magnitude, upon his death, ‘in the year 1802, left this immense treasure to be disposed of by his executors, in any way they should deem most eligible. Among the rest was found in this’ collection the most complete series of Saxon coins perhaps in this Kingdom, and for this the Trustees made an offer of £620, which was accepted, and the whole is now Incorporated” iny and adds no small importance to, the very’ extensive numismatic collection, which ‘was already deposited in. the Museum. a cies “In the year 1807, an offer was madé to’ the ‘Frustees to purchase a collection of ancient Classics which) had been in the possession of the celebrated Dr. Bentley, and contained a great numberof his truly learned illustrations — and remarks, The Trustees, well aware of the intrinsic Tyssen’s Saxon Coia Dr. Bentley's lassicsS. Robeits’s Eng- lish Coins. ae iNETRODUCTION. intrinsie value of this accession, ordered the pay- ment of £400, the sum demanded, and caused the collection to be added to their Library. It consists of eighty-four volumes, among which is Dr.. Bentley's copy of the plays of Ariste- phanes, with his copious and profound illustra- tions, a2 commentary much prized by the first critics in Greek literature. The Trustees having, at all times, particularly at heart to make such additions to their ample stores as may tend to illustrate national objects,of inquiry, did not fail to listen to a proposal made them, in the year 1810, by Edward Roberts, Esq. of the Exchequer, offering them the purchase of a rich series of the Coins of the Realm, from. the Conquest to the present time, which he valued at 4000 guineas.—Having, on. sufficient evidence, ascertained the importance of the object; and the fairness of the estimate, they accepted the.of- fer, by which means, with the addition, of, the Saxon coins just now mentioned, and those of sub- _ sequent dates already, in the repository, they may safely boast of being possessed of the most com- _ plete national collection, of coins now extant. 3.— DONATIONS wesrce | INTRODUCTION. XXV 3.—-DONATIONS BY TRUSTEES. In enumerating the multitude of additions made to this repository by private donations, it is but just to distinguish those benefactors, who besides gratuitously bestowing much of their time and attention to the concerns of the Museum as Trustees, have likewise enriched it by repeated and valuable gifts, which they have, from time to time, presented, either singly, or in collective, and in some instances, in considerable numbers. The Rev. Thomas Birch, D. D. many years Secretary to the Royal Society, and one of the fifteen elected Trustees of the first nomination, after having rendered great services to the Insti- tion, while in its infancy, by his unwearied assiduity and exertions, closed a meritorious life in the year 1766, bequeathing his whole, not indeed very numerous, but yet truly valuable ‘library, to the Museum ; and the annual pro- duce of all his property in, the funds, amount- ing to £522. 18s. New South Sea Annuities to be equally shared among the three Under Librarians for the time being. This learned divine having chiefly distinguished himself as a biographical writer, his library excels par- E ticularly Dr. Birch’s Library. Gustavus Bran- der, Esq. Thomas Tyrwhitt, Esq. Sir William Musgrave. XXVL- INTRODUCTION. ticularly in books relating to that branch of literature ; and among his manuscripts are several | collections of historical documents, correspon- dences of men of note, and copies of various State Papers, which he obtained from persons in high stations, with whom he lived in habits of familiar intercourse. In the year 1765, Gustavus Brander, of Christ Church, in Hampshire, Esq., made a considerable addition to the Museum, by the donation of his fossils, chiefly collected by himself-in Hamp- shire, of which a classical catalogue was drawn up and published by his friend and countryman, Dr. Solander, and to this he afterwards added many valuable donations of the same nature. Thomas Tyrwhitt, Esq., a gentleman whose name will ever be revered, as long as true taste and learning are held in estimation, was pleased to bequeath to the Museum all the books in his select lhibrary which. were not already in. that Repository ; by which means about nine hundred volumes, chiefly classics, were, in the year 1786, added to the collection. And soon after, in the year 1800, his example was followed by Sir Wil- ham Musgrave, Bart., who, by a similar bequest, enriched the Museum library with near two | thousand INTRODUCTION. : XXVil thousand volumes of printed books, among which area great number of biographical tracts, many of them of great rarity and curiosity ; and about forty volumes of manuscripts, the greater number of them bemg an obituary kept by himself, du- ring the whole period of his active career. For the greatest and though not the most conspicuous, yet no doubt the most valuable of the accessions by gift, the public is indebted to” the spontaneous and splendid munificence a private individual, upon whom, were this a place for panegyric, the greatest encomiums ought in justice to be bestowed. The Rev. Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode, M.A.; a gentle- man equally eminent for knowledge, taste, and urbanity, had, during the whole course of his too limited career, employed his time, talents and ample fortune, in forming numerous and choice collections of printed books, prints, coins and medals, minerals and shells. ‘This treasure he, with a liberality of which there are few examples, was pleased to bequeath to the Museum, where, due preparations having been made for its-reception, it was actually deposited in the year 1799. ‘To enumerate only the most considerable articles of these collections would far ainted the limits of this introduction ; but some E 2 idea The Crachero- dian ‘collections Sir Joseph” Banks, RXV INTRODUCTION. idea may be formed of their importance, by the value set upon them by experienced dealers in the different branches, when the House of Com- -mions called for such an estimate, with a view to remit the Legacy-tax upon the whole bequest.* To this list must be added, the name of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., K.5., who, after his return from his circummaviga- tion, deposited at different times in the Mu- seum numerous collections of natural and arti- ficial curiosities from the newly discovered islands in the South Seas, which, with considerable additions since made by the Admiralty, Captain Cook, and other officers who had performed similar distant and perilous voyages, forms now a very conspicuous part of the Museum. Among the many donations of various kinds which Sir _* This valuation is as follows : Pani Bop kse ie 5 Riu a ea hy £0,000. We bins HHA Medals, We on ee. 2 aces: . 6,000 any S005. OUR. AR Sez008 a Shells and. Minerals J.0. .scsssccseweseoeessveces 2,300 Re Celtis on loco vacic Ch mas | sboauia 500 INTRODUCTION, XXX Sir Joseph Banks has since bestowed, and still continues to confer upon the Establishment, we must not omit to mention a large set of Icelandic books, both printed and manuscript, which he collected in a voyage he made in the year 1772, to that island. Nor can the public be uninformed of the indefatigable zeal he has ever displayed in his endeavours, as a Trustee, to advance the honour and advantage of this Institution, which, together with his many other exertions for the benefit of science, must ever rank him.among her | best friends and strenuous promoters. Lastly, the mineralogical collection has of late received a valuable accession by the munificence of the Right Honourable Lord Grenville, whe was pleased to present the Museum with a series of Peruvian ores, consisting of nearly two hun- dred articles. 4. BENEFACTORS NOT TRUSTEES. Before we proceed to the names of private be- nefactors not Trustees, we must here gratefully acknowledge the liberality of several Crowned Heads on the Continent, and many political as well as literary bodies, who have, from time to time, been pleased to contribute to the increase of this Institution. As to the former, the Museum may boast of various benefactions, | chiefly Gol. Lethiullier, &¢. XXX INTRODUCTION. chiefiy in books, from the Emperors Francis I. and II. and the Empress Maria Theresa, from Catherine ii. Empress of Russia, from Pope Pius Vi.andtheir Majesties Charles iN. Kingof Spain, and Frederick V. King of Denmark. Among our. own public offices, it has repeatedly received addi- tions from the Admiralty, the War Office, the Board of Longitude, and the East-India Company: and as tothe Literary Societies which regularly send in their various periodical and other publications, _ we are bound to make honourable mention of the. Royal Society,* the Society of Antiquaries, the Society for the Encouragement of Arts and Ma- nufactures, the Universities of Oxford, Cam- bridge, and Leyden, the Imperial Academy. of Brussels, the Royal Academy of Lisbon, the Col- leges of Physicians of London and Edinburgh, the Faculty of Advocates of Edinburgh, and se- veral other learned bodies, whose donations have been no less frequent than valuable. Among the multitude of private individuals, net members of the Trust, who have enriched : these A mes, 5 * In the year 1781, this Society presented the greatest part of its. collection of Natura} and Antificial Curiosities to the British’ Museum. INTRODUCTION. XXX! these collections, and whose names and dona- tions are carefully registered in a book kept for the purpose, we must here select, as being foremost inth eir liberality, three gentlemen of the same family, viz. Colonel William, Mr. Pitt, and Mr. Smart Lethiullier, who, so early as the year 1756 began their benefactions, and continued them for several years, thereby materially increasing the collection of Egyptian Antiquities, to which they added two mummies, and a great num ber of idols, utensils, and other implements. The name of Thomas Hollis, of Corscombe, in Dorsetshire, Esq. appears perhaps more fre- quently than any other in the list of Benefactors : he having, from the year 1756, to the day of his death in 1774, been unremitted in his contri- butions, consisting chiefly of rare books, prints, a variety of bronze idols, and various other pro- ductions of the arts. “The late Ear] of Exeter ranks likewise very high in the register of Benefactors, not so much perhaps for the number of his gifts, as for their intrinsic value and importance. Among these are the bronze head of Homer, which he Thomas Hollis, Esq. The Eagh of. kxeter. purchased at the sale of Dr. Mead’s collection; a large, if not complete, set of the Roman As, and Fhe Trusts XXX INTRODUCTION. and its divisions, and of Cotorniate Medallions ; and a splendid collection of drawings by Mosman, being highly finished copies in black chalk of many of the most capital pictures in Rome, which, according to a moderate computation, could not have cost his Lordship less than £3,000. We forbear to extend thiscatalogue any further, not for want of distinguished names, whose do- nations have been numerous and valuable, but that we may not too far exceed the limits of an Introduction. Ht. CONSTITUTION, AND REGULATIONS, OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. This extensive Repository, which in its agree- gate, and considering the number of objects it embraces, is perhaps equalled by few in the world, is, as has been above observed, committed to the care of forty-three Trustees.* These hold regularly quarterly General Meetings, monthly | Committees gs er. 4g * 21 Official Trustees. 7 nominated by the representatives of the Sloane, Cottom, Hasley, and Towneley Families ; and 15 elected by the above Official and Family Trustees. INTRODUCTION. _ &xXxT Committeés, and annual Visitations, besides extra- meetings of each description, according as exigen- cies may require. In these meetings are framed and enforced the bye-laws and the regulations for the government and preservation of the Insti- tution; the expenditure of the funds are here ordered and controled, and every precautionary step is taken for the safety of the buildings, and the proper. application of the whole for the intended purposes of public utility. Although paramount in their powers, yet are they, from time to time, called upon by Parliament to lay before them statements of their accounts and various proceedings. ‘The establishment ef Officers consists, at present, of. a principal Librarian appointed by his Majesty, and of four Under and four Assistant Librarians, named by the three prin- cipal. Trustees, viz. the Archbishop of Canter- bury, the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper, and the Speaker of the House of Commons. Each Under Librarian, jointly with one of the Assis- tants, is particularly charged with the care of one of the departments, of which there are four, namely, 1. the Library of Printed Books; 2. ‘the Library of Manuscripts; 3. the Department of Natural History and Modern Artificial Curio- F . sities 3 Establishment of Officers, &c. The Reading Room. + 64 INTRODUCTION. sities; and 4. the Department of. Antiquities, Coins, Drawings, and Engravings. The duties of these officers are to arrange and keep in order the several collections committed to their charge, to correct the old, and when required, to compile new catalogues of their contents, to pay proper attention to visitors of distinction, either for rank or learning, and some of them, in rotation, to attend the Reading Room, which it is strictly or- dered should never be left without an inspecting officer. Besides these, a Secretary, a Surveyor, — five ordinary and eight extra-Attendants, a Mes- senger, a Porter, a Gardener, and a few inferior servants complete the establishment. The chief use of the Museum consists, no dovbt, in the means it affords to men of letters and artists to recur to such materials as they may " want in the prosecution of their studies or la- bours. For this purpose a very commodious apartment has been set aside, by the name of the Reading Room, which is open every day, Saturdays and Sundays excepted, and to which persons not wholly strangers are freely ad. mitted, and there readily supplied with whatever books, or manuscripts, they may desire to con- sult; as also with such productions of art or na- ture, of which they may wish to have a closer | inspection INTRODUCTION. XKXV inspection than can be had:in the cursory manner allowed to ordinary visitors. The regulations made for the proper use of this privilege are found fully adequate for the intended purpose; and the intentions of the Trustees that as far as is consistent with the security of their important charge, every facility be afforded to those who wish to avail themselves of this part of the Establishment, are fulfilled with promptness and fidelity. aes For the admission of companies to a sight of Mas the Museum (a popular, though far less useful application of the Institution), various regula- tions have, from time to time, been formed, every successive alteration having had for its object to add to the facility of access, and in every respect to the accommodation of the public. According to the present regulations, the Museum is open for public inspection, on the Monday, Wednes- day, and Friday, in every week (the usual vaca- tions excepted*), from ten till four o’clock, and all * The Christmas, Easter, and Whitsun Weeks, on Thankse giving and Fast-days, and during the months of August and Sep- tember. F 2 XXXv1 INTRODUCTION. all persons of decent appearance who apply be- tween the hours of ten and two, are immediately admitted, and may tarry in the apartments, or the gallery of antiquities, without any limitation of time, except the shutting of the House at four o'clock. Artists who are properly recom- mended, especially by a professor of the Royal Academy, are also allowed to draw from the Antique Marbles, or any other objects on which they may choose to exercise their skill. In general, every practicable facility is afforded that may render this Institution really useful to science and the arts, for which it is chiefly intended, as well as gratifying to the curiosity of the multi- tude, who incessantly resort to it in quest of amusement. | INTRODUCTION: XXXVI IV. ‘PISTRIBUTION OF THE COLLECTIONS. The whole of these accumulated treasures are at present arranged in forty-two rooms, of the contents of which the following are the general titles : Rooms I.— XVI. Lower Floor. Page Library of printed Books ..........-.000 1 Upper Floor. Modern Works of Art ....... eerieente se ny oe The Reading Room .:........ a fwd he ee Lansdown Manuscripts ........ ebespeiie © puarvepe\ a cy bite Sloanean and Birch’s Manuscripts...........- 5 Etarleian Manuscripts... .o.0.s eine oie n, fs imps esas 6 Harleian MSS. and additions,............0.0. 6 Royal and Cottonian MSS... PN ae Q Giand Saloon, Minerals: ob.ce. ese coco bees 10 Diineraly. oc oc. cone sk ae aaa 4g shells,. Fossils, and Herbals ....¢2....6... ie a) GA Insects, Worms, Corals, and Vegetables .... 56 - Birds and Quadrupeds, stuffed.............. 61 Quadrupeds, Snakes, Lizards, and Fishes, in BOUGUS see 1) 2s ears wi mileeie we eiptn 64 ames 66 | Gallery. Pera Oia s ee 5 ogi eee ee eice oueltiale s 68 Greek and Roman Sculptures ....7........ OR We TLE ees a i Ve Milee Goel wor Ae eke atele 79 _ XXxXviil Rooms IV. XII. AIT. 4 INTRODUCTION. Page Greek and Roman Sculptures ..,0..0cvevee. 84 Roman Sepulchral. Antiquities eins: arene bere 85 Greek and Roman Sculptures ......s220+--+ 90 Roman Antiquities... .....6..%+-ecesseeee++ 100 Egyptian Antiquities . oie ws PR ema aman WO Gels sce Se orea Wb see Unt wlemtece tere 103 _ Greek and Roman Sculptures ............+-109 Coins and Medals ...... le oben 5 ai ell? Sir William Hamilton’s Collection .........- 121 Drawings and Engravings .......0+e++eeee00 126 Ante-Room, Portland Vase .... Shi oe RN 119 ’ A TDN i "ag JAN a) \ Gras’ ** The Public are apprized, that the following com- pendious Synopsis is merely intended for persons who take the usual cursory view of the Museum. The several Officers have been some time employed in preparing: scientific Catalogues of the Contents of their respective departments, which, from the great extent of the Collections, must necessarily take up much timc, and, when completed, will of course be very voluminous. en ee ee SYNOPSIS, &c. ON entering the gate of the Museum, a spa- cious quadrangle presents itself, with an Ionic colonnade on the south side, and the main build- ing * onthe north; the two wings being allotted for the dwellings of the Officers. The Architect, Peter Puget, a native of Marseilles, and an artist of the first eminence in his time, was sent over from Paris by Ralph, first Duke of Montagu, for the sole purpose of constructing this splendid ‘Mansion. GROUND FLOOR. LIBRARY OF PRINTED BOOKS. The first floor, consisting of sixteen rooms, contains the Library of Printed Books. Stran- gers are not conducted through these apart- ments, as the mere sight of the outside of Go ' books * The building measures 216 feet in length, and 57 in height, to the top of the cornice. LIBRARY OF PRINTED Booss. - LIBRARY OF PRINTED Books; 94 , e s a se books cannot convey either instruction of amusement.* The companies, on being admitted accord- ing to the regulations, are immediately conduct- ed up the great staircase, the decorations of which have been lately restored. The -paint- ings on the ceiling, representing Phaeton peti- tioning Apollo for leave to drive his chariot, are by Charles de la Fosse, who, in his time, was deemed one of the best colourists of the French school; and of whom there are many valuable performances in France, among which are the paintings on the cupola of the dome of the Invalids, which are ranked among the admi- randa of Paris. ‘The landscapes and architectu- ral decorations are by James Rousseau, whose particular skill in perspective has, at all times, been held in high estimation, ‘UPPER Sn re * An Alphabetical Catalogue of this Library was printed in Tae year 1787, in two volumes folio; but as great. accessions have been obtained of late, this Catalogue is now under revision, and a new edition, greatly enlarged, is in the press. UPPER FLOOR. FIRST ROOM. MODERN WORKS OF ART. From the great staircase strangers are con- ROOM |. ducted into the first room of the Upper Story, Wonks oF containing a miscellaneous collection of modern a works of art, from all parts of the world. The ceiling of this room, representing the fall of Phaeton, was painted by La Fosse. The contents are arranged as near as possible in a geographical order, as follows : Cases, RTOIOOR, oi h)- Sin éplover iy 9b oc Pecniinind oie B¥e ele she eo sina ay st eed Ateaalue 8 V. to VII ee on eucuhe soub axel Vivien adacihs toy VIII SOME FA ICTICA & (o's as eds saadle oqueee pGsiReeeb IX East Coast of North America......tssseecccescees X. West Coast of North America ...... XI. to XIV. an cos roc as sons aveageads. XV. to XVIII. Sandwich Islands and Marquesas XIX. to XXII. Friendly Islands. ...........-X XIII. and XXIV. New Zealand .............00.. S&V. and XXVI. Various small articles, in two tables. G2 | This ROOM I. WorkKs oF ART. - ROOM Il. 4 This collection, the greatest part of which consists of donations, not being strictly of a scien- tific nature, no further detail is here given of its contents.—In making the selection that is here exhibited, from a large store of similar materials, deposited in a less conspicuous part of the house, a preference has been given to such articles.as may best serve to illustrate some local custom, art, manufacture, or point of history ; but many even of these will gradually be set aside, to make room for others of more intrinsic value. SECOND ROOM. This room is appropriated for the use of the readers. DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS. THIRD ROOM... LANSDGWN LIBRARY OF MANUSCRIPTS, poomiu. Lhis library, which having been lately ac- Lansdown MSS. quired is not yet finally arranged, consists of 1352 volumes, of which 114 contain an ample collection of Lord Burleigh’s State Papers, many of them originals: 46 volumes of Sir Julius Cesar’s papers, all relative to the history of the time 5 time of Queen Elizabeth and King James I: 108 volumes of historical collections of Dr. White Kennet, Bishop of Peterborough: a consider- able number of original, royal, and noble letters and papers; and a great store of historical, juri- dical, biographical, heraldical, and miscellaneous eollections.* FOURTH ROOM. | SLOANEAN AND BIRCH’S COLLECTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS. A collection of MSS. bequeathed by the late Dr. Birch, consisting of 337 volumes, chiefly on history, ‘biography, divinity, and literature. (Vide Introduction, p. xxv.) | Sir Hans Sloane’s library of MSS. consisting of 4100 volumes, .principally on physic, natural history, and natural philosophy. It also contains Kempfer’s MSS.; several journals of voyages; and some oriental MSS. “Ina recess, within this room, are placed Mr. Halhed’s, and. some other collections of oriental M SIE 3 * The repertory to this library being, at present, nothing ROOM III. Lansdowa Moss. ROOM IV. Three Presses between the windows. Birch’s MSS. | Presses JJi.—— XXX. Sloanean MSS. more than a sale catalogue, and, of course, very imperfect, will’ require to be newly constructed on the enlarged plan of the other catalogues belonging to this Institution, Some progress has been made in this work ; but it must be some time before it can be completed. 6 n0oM Iv. MSS.; (vide Introduction, p. xxii.) A collection eee RCOM V. ROOM Vie (asst of MSS. and rolls, consisting of 62 articles relating to Kent, purchased of Mr. Hasted: and some se lect MSS. out of the other libraries in the Museum. Over the chimney is a drawing of the palace of Colomna, near Moscow, which belonged to the Czars of Moscovy; it was built of wood, and is now demolished. Presented by the Honour- able Percy Wyndham.* FIFTH ROOM. The greatest part of the Harleian Library « of Manuscripts is deposited in this room. SIXTH ROOM. The remainder of the Harleian Library of Manuscripts is deposited in this room. Also MANY * A catalogue of the contents of this Room, and of most of the additional acquisitions in the fifth Room, compiled by the Rev. S. Ayscough, was printed in the year 1772, in two volumes quarto. + A catalogue of these MSS. was printed in the year 1759, ia two volumes folic ; but the latter part of it was found so defec- tive, that it became necessary to have it corrected and enlarged. This improved work is now completed, and, with copious Indexes, forms four volumes folio, — =) Ge Geeta ee SS ee ee ee ee = 7 MANY ADDITIONS BY GIFT, BEQUEST, AND PURCHASE. . AMONG WHICH 4RE PARTICULARLY REMARKABLE ’ Fifty-seven volumes, containing a series of pub- lic acts relating to the history and government of England, from the year 1115, to 1608, collected by Thomas Rymer, but not printed in his Fe- dera; and sixty-four volumes of rolls of Parlia- ment ; the whole ordered to be deposited in the Museum, by the House of Lords. | A collection in forty-seven volumes, relating to the history of Ireland: presented by the Rev. Jeremiah Milles, Dean of Exeter, Forty-three volumes of Icelandic Manuscripts; presented, with a much more numerous collection of printed books, by the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. Forty-one volumes, containing the decisions of the commissioners for settling the City estates after the fire of London : presented by Thomas Cowper, Esq. _ Twenty-four volumes relating to the history of Music, which, together with 2 considerable col- lection of printed books on the same subject, were bequeathed by Sir John Hawkins. Twenty-seven volumes of music, chiefly mot- tets, and other church music, by old composers, (Prenestini, Palestrina, Pergolese, Steffani, Han- del, &e.) bequeathed by James Mathias, Esq. Thirty- ROOM Vi. MSS. ROOM VI. MSS. 8 Thirty-eight volumes of manuscripts, and nine of drawings, being a copious collection towards a topography and history of the county of Sussex : bequeathed by Sir William Burrell. ven _ Forty-four volumes, thirty-t woof which contain on obituary kept by the donor, and the Ke st, being a collection of autographs, original: w arrants, and other documents, catalogues .of . portraits, &e. bequeathed, together with a considerable library of printed books, by Sir Wilham Musgrave, Bart. (Vide Introduction, /p. XXVi.) A numerous collection of manuscripts, chiefly relating to the county and University of Cam- bridge, bequeathed by the Rev. William Cole, M.A. | | In the presses 2 and XVI. are two rolls of the Pentateuch on vellum, the former of considerable - antiquity, and the latter much more recent: this latter, together with a considerable number of Hebrew MSS. and printed books, was present- ed by Solomon da Costa, Esq. a: a _ Against the press = hang three specimens of minute writing, forming the portraits of Queen Anne, Tey seigsees of Denmark, and the Duke of Gloucester their son. ) Against the press XVIII. hangs an original deed in Latin, written on papyrus, being a con- veyance of some land to a monastery ; ‘dated Ravena, 9 ‘Ravena, Ao. 572, bought at ine sale of the Pinelli library. And opposite to it is a large specimen of the reed (Cyperus Papyrus) of which that kind of paper is made. In the second window hangs an Italian note to Sir William Hamilton, written on modern papyrus, explaining the mode of preparing it. SEVENTH ROOM. THE ROYAL LIBRARY OF MANUSCRIPFTS, Deposited in X XXIII. Presses. THE COTTONIAN LIBRARY OF MANUSCRIPTS, Deposited in XXI. Presses. These two libraries are not classed in a strict scientific order.* Tn the press under No. XIX. of the Cottonian library are deposited ninety-four volumes of ex- tracts, transcripts, and notes, chiefly relating to the Exchequer, collected by Thomas Maddox, H Esq. * Of the King’s Library, a catalogue compiled by Mr. David Casley was printed in the year 1734, in quarto: and of the Cotto- nian Library, there are no less than three catalogues extant: the first by Dr. Thomas Smith, printed 1696, folio; the second, being an attempt towards a classical arrangement, printed in 1777, octavo ; and the third, improved and considerably enlarged by Mr. Planta, printed by His Majesty’s command, in the year 1802, folio. ROOM Vf. MSS. ROOM VII. 10 R00M vil. Esq. historiographer to Queen Anne and King MSS. SALOON, George I. and bequeathed by his widow, as an addition to the Cottonian library. On the table, in a glazed frame, is the original of the Magna Charta, belonging to the Cottonian library; and on the side of it is a fac-simile engraving of it, by Pine.—Against press XXI of the Cottonian library is the original of the Articles ~ preparatory to the signing of the great Charter, perfect with the seal; presented Anno 1769 by Farl Stanhope. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY. THE SALOON. The dome of this grand apartment was painted by the above-mentioned La Fosse. It has gene- rally been described as representing the A potheo- sis of Iris; but the most probable conjecture is, that the painter meant to exhibit the birth of M1- nerva. The landscapes and architectural decora- tions are by the same J. Rousseau who painted in the staircase: and the garlands of flowers are by John Baptist Monoyer, the most eminent flower painter of his time. Over the chimney isa full length portrait of King George II., by Shackle- ton. 11 This apartment contains the united collec- tions of minerals of the Museum, the greater part of which formerly constituted the collection ef the late Right Hon. Charles Greville. These consolidated collections are arranged in cabinets €ontaining upwards of 550 drawers, indepen- dently of the specimens exhibited in the glazed eompartments above, which form a suite for study, and respectively indicate the contents of the drawers below. In the arrangement of this collection a natural order founded’ on ex- ternal characters has been followed; not, how- ever, without consulting the chemical composi- tion of the substances, so far as convenience would admit. In order to facilitate the distinc- tion of the specimens in the glazed compart- ments, the separations of their different genera and species are marked by lines of various co- fours, corresponding to those on the tickets which bear their respective names and syno- nyms. As, besides these, almost every specimen has its habitat (or place where it is found )writ- ten upon it, to which is annexed a ticket in- dicating the external character for the illustration of which the specimen is deposited, it would be unnecessary to repeat the same in this synopsis, which can be intended only to give a summary view of the contents of the different compart- H 2 ments, SALOON. od Nar. Hrst. SALOON, ce Nat. Hist. 12 ments, or cases. Each of these has its number inscribed on the upper part of the middle square of glass.* 3 i (Case 1.) Contains the combustible substances, among which may be particularized the different varieties of bitumen, from the fluid naphtha, to the solid jet (pitch coal of Werner) ; a suite of the elastic bitumen from Derbyshire, in its different states of induration; with this is placed an in- flammable fossil substance found by Humbolt in South America, where it is called. Dapeche, which has several of the properties of the com- mon caoutchouc or India rubber; also the retin- asphaltum found at Bovey, and a peculiar re- sinous substance lately discovered in digging the tunnel at Highgate-—To the varieties of amber is added some wood converted into brown coal, and a small capsular fruit, both of which, are found, together with that inflammable sub- stance, on the coast of Prussiaa—WThe mellite or honey stone, strictly speaking a saline. substance, but geognostically related to amber, near * Most of those massive fossil substances which. though mi- neralogically simple, may he considered as objects of geology (such as varieties of coal, basalt, clay-slate, &c.,) will find a place in an apartment to be appropriated for the reception of rocks and other geological specimens. 13 hear which it is placed in the system.—Sulphur, satoon: erystallized and massive, with selenite, &c.; the same found sublimed near the craters of volca- noes. Graphite, commonly called black lead.— A few specimens of black coal.—Brown coal, to which belongs the well known Bovey coal.— Dysodile or papyraceous brown coal.—Among the specimens of anthracite or kohlenblende (to which may be referred the Kilkenny coal), is a specimen from Kongsberg in Pree with na- tive silver. (Case 2.) The diamond, though combustible, is by common consent considered as the first of precious stones: among the specimens selected Nat. Hists to exemplify its more usual crystalline forms, is a rough octohedral diamond (a pointe naive), set in an antique ring. With these are also placed specimens of the alluvial rocks in which the dia- monds occur in the East-Indies and in Brasil.— Zircon: to which belong, the common jargon of various colours, and the orange coloured, well known by the name of hyacinth; also the va- riety called zirconite from Friedrichsvarn in Nor- way, imbedded in a rock composed of feldspar and hornblende.—Corundum : under which bar- barous, though now generally adopted, specific name, are comprehended the precious stones eommonly called oriental gems, (the sapphire, ruby, 14 $ALOON. ruby, oriental amethyst, oriental topaz, oriental KanHist, emerald) of the erystalline forms of which the principal modifications are here exhibited; and the common or imperfect corundum from Bengal, Mysore, China (the diamant-spath of Werner). Lapland, &c.—As appendix to these are added the fibrolite (bournonite of Lucas), one of the concomitant substances of common corundum 3 and the emery, which owes its hardness and con- sequent usefulness in polishing to an admixture of blue corundum.—Among the many varieties of spinel we have the ceylonite or pleonaste, by - some still considered as a distinct species, and the blue spinel from Aker in Sitdermania. Ans other substance nearly related to this species, 1s the automalite from Fahlun, in Sweden, or the spinelle zincifére of Haiiy: in one of the larger crystals the metallic particles are easily distin- guished.—As chemically allied to the substances in this glass case is added the wavelite or hydrar- gillite: the specimens of this mineral border on those of the prehnite (in the opposite case, No. 11), to which species it was«referred before its chemical composition was known.—Between the common corundum of this and the feldspar of the contiguous opposite glass case, is placed the andalusite, which was first considered as a con- gener of the former and afterwards referred to the 15 the latter (as feldspath apyre), but is distinct from both. (Case 3.) Among the specimens of chryso- beryl or cymophane may be noticed the North American variety, in its matrix of quartz and feldspar, with small trapezoidal garnets.—Kyanite or disthéne, massive, in separate crystals, and imbedded, with grenatite, &c.: also in small polished pieces which are sometimes. mistaken for sapphires.—A series of crystals of Brasilian, Saxon and Siberian topazes, among which there are some new modifications; Saxon va- rieties, imbedded in the topaz rock, an ag- gregate of topaz, shorl, quartz and sometimes mica.—Emerald and beryl: several insulated crystals of the true emerald from Peru: very perfect prismatic crystals in their matrix. Beryls of various colours, the most common of which is the variety called aquamarine: the fine groups of these, found in a ferruginous loam at Nerchinsk and Odontchelong in Siberia, are very remarkable ; beryl (or perhaps pycnite) from Limoges in France, and from Rabenstein at Twiesel in Bavaria.—Near the beryl, (though perhaps not very nearly related to it,) is placed the euclase, a rare crystallized mineral substance discovered, by Dombey, in Peru, The SALOON. Nat. Hist. SALOON, eee ee Nat. Hist. 16 The pycnite, referred by Werner to the beryf, under the name of shorlous beryl, and consider= ed asa variety of topaz by Haiiy, is here placed between those two species.—Also the pyrophysa- lite from Fahlun in Sweden, considered by the same crystallographer as a variety of topaz. — This case also contains the tourmaline and com- mon shorl. Among the varieties of the former may be specified the rubellite, also called si- berite, (tourmaline apyre Hay), a remarkable specimen of which, both with regard to form and volume, is here preserved: it was presented by the King of Ava, to the late Colonel Symes, when on an embassy to that country, and after- wards deposited by the latter in Mr. Greville’s collection. Other red and blue varieties from Siberia ; that from Rozena in Moravia, which is by some considered as a variety of pycnite, Ke. —Varieties of common shorl. (Case 4.) In this and the following case are arranged the substances belonging to the species of quartz.—Rock crystal: various modifications of its crystalline forms; small dodecahedral and other crystals known by the tr ivial names of Gibraltar diamonds, Bristol diamonds, &c.; va- rieties of colour, according to which the crystals obtain the vulgar denominations: ‘of smokey, topaz or hiorion, cairn-gorm, citrine, &c. ; specimens of rock 17 rock crystal enclosing various substances, such as rutile, brown iron-stone, micaceous iron, needle antimony, actinote, asbest, chlorite, &c.; and, as a specimen of wrought rock crystal, a small antique vase is added.—Amethyst quartz of va- rious tints, in grouped crystals; nodule lined with crystals of amethyst and cross stone or harmotome, from Oberstein. To this is added the thick fibrous amethyst of Werner, which, however, is more properly to be considered as a subspecies of common quartz. (Case 5.) Common quartz: among the speci- mens of this widely diffused substance, which offers such great variety in its external aspect, the more remarkable are those of hacked, cor- roded and cellular quartz from Schemnitz, as also the pseudomorphous or supposititious crystals principally derived from modifications of cal- careous and fluor spars; and, with regard to colour, the red quartz crystals from Compostella, imbed- ded in gypsum, and known by the name of hya- cinths of Compostella; the blue massive quartz with pyrites from Norway, &c.—Among the less common species of quartz is the rose or milk quartz, which occurs only massive; and the prase, which appears to be an intimate mixture of common quartz and actinote——In this case are also deposited some varicties of the cats eye, I (mostly SALOON. Nat. Hist. 1s SALOON. (mostly from Ceylon): a substance generally re- Nar. Hist. ferred to the natural order of quartz, but with whose history we are but little acquainted. (Case 6) Besides some specimens of sub- stances related to common quartz, such as the avanturino quartz, the flexible sandstone from — Brasil, and the iron-fint (a substance in which oxide of iron exists in chemical union with silica) this case contains varieties of the stalagmitical quartz, also called quartz sinter. ‘The most re- markable among these are the siliceous concre- tions deposited by the celebrated hot spring jn Iceland, the Geyser, and which are distinguish- ed into siliceous tuf, and calcedonic sinter. — An- other variety of it is the pearl-sinter from Santa Fiora in Tuscany (whence it obtaied the name of Ficrite), and from the island of Ischia. ‘To this may also be referred the ceraunian sinter, or those enigmatical siliceous tubes, which were first found m the sands of the Senner heath, in the county of Lippe, (where, from their sup- posed origin, they are called hghtning tubes), and subsequently, under similar circumstances, at Drigg, on the coast of Cumberland, which is the locality of the specimen here deposited.—The _ hyalite is placed here, as a mineral related both to stalagmitical quartz and caleedony.—The rest of this glass case and the greater part of the follow- ing, 19 Ing, is occupied by calcedonic substances. Among the specimens of common calcedony the most re- markable are the smalt-blue variety from Felsé- banya in Transylvania, crystallized in cubes; the branched and stalactical caleedony from T're- vascus in Cornwall, from Iceland, &c. the bo- tryoidal from Ferroe; nodules including water (enhydrites) from Monte Berico, near Vicenza, where they are said to occur in voleanic rocks ; eut and polished pieces of caleedony, with black and red dendritic and other figures, vulgarly called mocha stones ; varieties with white, brown and black, straight or curved lines, onyx, sard- onyx, &c.. (Case'7.) Calcedonie substances continued: among these are various specimens of the red and yellowish varieties of calcedony, called car- nelian; striped carnelians, &c.—Heliotrope, an intimate mixture of caleedony and green earth, which, when containing disseminated particles of red jasper, is commonly termed blood stone. —The beautiful and much esteemed variety of caleedony, called chrysoprase: it has hitherto been only found at Kosemiitz in Silesia, accom- panied by a siliceous earthy substance, called pimelite, which, like the chrysoprase, owes its green colour to oxide of nickel.—By way of ap- pendix to the calcedonic substances, are added a ee | Sew SALOON. Nat. Hrst. SALOON. Nat. Hist. 20 few specimens of the less compound varieties of agates, in which common calcedony, carnelian -and heliotrope respectively form the predominant ingredients.—Of flint, a well known mineral substance, several interesting varieties are'depo- sited in this case. : (Case 8.) Contains principally opaline’ sub- stances, viz. specimens of the noble opal, which owes its beautiful play of colours toa multipli- city of imperceptible fissures in its interior; the Mexican sun or fire opal; the common’: opal, a translucent white variety of which, appearing yellow or red when held between the eye and the light, is called girasol ; the semi-opal, agreeing in its principal characters with the common; speci- mens of those varieties which, having the property of becoming transparent when immersed in water, are called hydrophanes, and vulgarly oculus mundt ; wood-opal or opalized wood; jasp-opal, referred by some authors to Jasper; the menilite, ealled also liver-opal, found at Menil-Montant, near Paris, in a bed of adhesive slate, a specimen’ of which is added. Some varieties of cacholong may likewise be referred to the opal-tribe-—The remainder of this case is occupied by the siliceous substance called horn-stone, divided into the con- choidal and splintery varieties; the remarkable pseudomorphous crystals "from Schneeberg, in Saxony, 21 Saxoiny, derived from modifications of calcareous SALOON. spar, also generally referred to conchoidal horn- Nav. 4 Hist. stone; also some beautiful specimens of wood converted into hornstone, being the woodstone of Werner. (Case 9.) In this case are deposited the dif- ferent varieties or subspecies of jasper, such as they are enumerated by Werner, viz. the Egyp- tian or globular jasper, found cinefly near Cairo in rounded pieces, which appear not to owe their form to rolling, but to be original and preduced by infiltration; the ribbon-jasper, or striped jasper, the finest varieties of which are found in Siberia; the variously tinted common jasper ; the agate jasper, found only,in agate veins; the porcelain jasper, which is produced by the agency of subterraneous fire.-—In this case are also con- tained the substances constituting the obsidian tribe, to which belong the pitch-stone, which is often confounded with semi-opal ;—the pearl- stone, so called from its colour and the, small globular concretions of which it is composed.; —-the obsidian, a remarkable variety of which is that found in globular pieces, at Ochotsk in Si- -beria, near the small river Marekanka, from which it has obtained the name of Marekanite ; -=-pumice, which is. not always of volcanic origin. Near these substances are placed some specimens of SALOON. Nat. Hist. 22 of the [Tolite of Werner, also called dichroite from its exhibiting two diferent colours nc viewed in different positions. (Case 10.) This case contains zeolitic sub- stances, viz. the mesotype, among the specimens of which may be particularized those with per- fect prismatic acicular crystals (needle-stone of Werner) ; the delicately fibrous varieties ; the red compact variety, by some called icrocalite, &e.— The natrolite of Klaproth, of which two speci- mens are added, is by some considered as a va- riety of mesotype.—Stilbite, mostly crystallized : among the coloured varieties is the red from Fassa (Hassait).—Apophyllit, some varieties of which have been mistaken for mesotype and stil- bite-—Analcime, among the crystallized varieties of which are remarkably large specimens of the trapezoidal modification.—Chabasite or chabasie, in groups of primitive rhombohedral and modified crystals. (Case 11.) Continuation of zeolitic substances. —Prehnite, crystallized and massive; to the former also belongs the koupholite , to the latter, according to Count Bournon’s observations, may be referred the substance known by the name of Chinese white jade, of which some specimens are added.—Harmotome, ercross stone, both in simple and cruciform crystals, from Oberstein, Strontian, 23 Strontian, and Andreasberg in the Hartz, which last locality has procured to this substance the names of andreolite and hercinite.—Among those substances deposited in this case which are in some respect related to zeolitic minerals, may be observed the lazulite or lapis lazuli, which furnishes the valuable pigment known by the name of ultramarin; and the haiiyne, a mi- neral so called in honour of the celebrated French crystallographer. — Intermediate between the zeolitic substances and feldspar are placed some mineral species which cannot be referred to ei- ther of these tribes : among them are the meionite and sommite, both from Vesuvius ; the scapolite, a Norwegian mineral, of which several varieties are known under different names, such as the vitreous scapolite, the compact and the common seapolite (called also Wernerite, after the illus- trious professor of Freiberg); the talklike scapo- lite (micarelle of some authors), &c. Also the bergmannite, and the fettstein of Werner are re- lated to these.—More closely allied to feldspar is the substance from Krieglach in Tyrol, called blauspath (blue spar) by Werner, and which was formerly considered, by the same mineralogisé, as a variety of compact feldspar.—In this glass case also begins the suite of specimens of teld- spar, which is continued in the next case’: speci- r643 Mees e po SALGONe ' Nat. Hise 24 SALOON. mens of compact feldspar, among which are the. Nar. Hisr, red variety from Sweden, frequently mistaken for hornstone; the weiss-stein of Werner, &c. —Near to this is placed the feldspath com- pacte tenace of Haiiy, which is the same, as the jade of Saussure, called by some saussurite. (Case 12.) In this glass case are deposited the different varieties of the Labrador-feldspar, the naker-feldspar, or adularia, and the common feld- spar.—Among the specimens of Labrador feld- spar, more properly called opalescent feldspar, being remarkable for the beautiful play of co- lours which it exhibits, are several from Norway. -—— The adularia, which stands in the same re- lation to common feldspar as rock crystal to com- mon quartz, is principally found on Mount St. Go- thard, but not in the valley of Adula, from which its name is improperly derived: the varieties, when cut en cabochon, (such as the stone set inva ring) are commonly called moonstones; modifi- cations of crystals of this variety.—-Common feld- spar, variously erysta allized and. massive, among the latter of which may be particularized the fine green variety from Siberia, called Amazon stone ; feldspar with imbedded fragments of quartz - (graphic stone) from Siberia, &c.—To these are added a few specimens of disintegrated feldspar, which passes into porcelain earth.—The chias- tolite 25 ‘tolite or macle placed in this table, is referred by s4roon. Werner to feldspar, under the name of hollow 4. THier spar.—As intermediate between the contents of this and those of the next case may be consider- ed the leucite (amphigéne of Haiy), of which this case contains several crystals belonging to the trapezoidal modification, in their fresh and altered state, both loose and imbedded in lava. (Case 13.) Is principally appropriated to the substances of the garnet tribe. Among the more remarkable varieties of the noble garnet is that in curved lamellar concretions, found mas- sive in Greenland.—The pyrope or Bohemian garnet, in rounded grains, &c.— The common garnet, the predominant colours of which are brown and green: among these may be mention- ed the variety which from its resemblance to ro- sin is called colophonite. To this also belongs the elegant variety from Kamschatka, denominat- ed grossular, on account of the resemblance its se- parate crystals bear to a gooseberry. — Prapezoi- dal and emarginated crystals of the black garnets, called melanite, found particularly in the neigh- bourhood of Frascati. — The allochroite, also called splintery garnet, from Drammen in Nor: -way.—The aplome, whose dodecahedral crystals differ from those of the garnet in being streaked in the direction of the short diagonal of their | x rhomboidal SALOON. =a aie Hist. 26 rhomboidal planes. The cinnamon-stene from Ceylon, a scarce mineral which was supposed to contain zirconia, and therefore referred to the hyacinth, till a more accurate analysis proved it to be a substance nearly allied to garnet and: vesuvian.—Among the specimens of vesuvian or idocrase, the more conspicuous are the large beautiful crystals (the unibinaire of Haiiy) dis- covered by Laxmann on the banks of the Vilui in Kamschatka, imbedded in a steatitic rock ; those from Vesuvius, where it occurs accom- panied by other volcanic ejections, have, in Italy, obtained the trivial names of volcanic gems, hy- acinths and chrysolites.—In this case are also de- posited, though not very closely allied to the garnet tribe, the staurolite (called grenatite in Switzerland): besides several varieties of the cruciform and other crystals from Britany, we have modifications of the simple crystals in mica- slate from St. Gothard, accompanied by prisms of kyanite perfectly similar to those of the staurolite and sometimes longitudinally grown together with them. (Case 14.) Contains the chrysolite and alivine (peridot of Haty), the former crystallized and in cut and polished pieces ; the latter as grains, in basaltic rocks and separate: among these is some ef the olivine-like substance found in the cells of the the Siberian meteoric iron (Case 32).—The sub- ‘stances which have been described under the mames of thallite, arendalit, akantikon, del- phinite, are Haity’s epidote, and Werner's pis- tacite : of which several specimens are deposited in this case. Among these is also the violet manganesiferous epidote, referred by some to the ores of manganese.—Zoisite.—Axinite, various- ly erystallized, from Dauphiné, &e.—The py- roxéne tribe, comprizing the augite, in separate erystals and imbedded in Vesuvian lava, toge- ther with groups of well defined crystals from Arendahl in Norway, where it occurs in primi- tive rocks, and the granular augite or coccolite ; the variety of diopside (now pyroxéne) called alalite; the salite or malacolite, a species per- fectly distinct from the commen angite or py- roxéne.— With these is placed a specimen of the Hyvait, a new mineral substance from the island of Elba: itis known also by the absurd names of jenite and yenite.—The remaining substances in this case relate to the hornblende or amphibolic minerals, which are continued in the two next eases :—balsaltic hornblende from Vesuvius, com-_ mon hornblende, &c. (Case 15 and part of 16.) Continuation .of am- phibolic minerals: only a few specimens of that widely diffused substance, the common horn- K 2 blende, SALOON, Nat. H14t. 28 saLoon. blende, could be deposited in this part of the col- Nar. Hisr, leetion.—Between this and the substance now best known by the name of diallage (in the ad- joining and opposite case, No. 16), is placed the hypersthéne of Haiiy (Labrador hornblende of Werner) and the anthophyllit, a substance from Kongsberg in Norway, nearly allied to them.— The actinote or strahlstein, of which we have the common, glassy and fibrous varieties, likewise passes into substances contained in the opposite glass case, especially the amianthoide from Oisans - and the fibrous actinote, which is closely allied to some varieties of common asbest.——The tre- molite (formerly grammatite of Haiiy, but now referred by this crystallographer to his amphi- bole): among the specimens of this substance are, the fine fibrous variety, not unlike in ap- pearance to sume varieties of asbest in the oppo- siteglass case; glassy tremolite indolomite and gra- nular limestone (see the adjoining case No, 21). (Case 16.) Asbest andamianth, with other re- lated substances: among these may be observed specimens illustrative of the transition from a very close to a loose fibrous structure; various specimens of the flexible asbest or amianth, with. some antique incombustible cloth,. paper, &c. made of it; the varieties called mountain wood, mountain cork, or nectic asbest, &¢., separate, and 29 and in combination with other substanees.—As bordering on the varieties of actinote in the ad- joining opposite glass case, we have here the dial- lage, the green variety of which, called also smaragdite, is considered by Werner as a granu- lar variety of actinote; in combination with saussurite (a variety of compact feldspar) it con- stitutes the verde di Corsica.—In its vicinity is also placed the axe-stone or Punamu-stone, thus called after one of the New Zealand islands, where the natives make hatchets, idols, &c. of it: it is generally considered as a variety of jade. (Case 17.) This case is occupied by the mi- caceous and talcose substances.— Among the va- rieties of mica or glimmer may be specified those that. exhibit perfectly transparent crystals; the beautiful red and yellow varieties, together with those of metallic lustre: diverging-radiated mica, &c.—Among the specimens of pinite (micarelle of Kirwan) is that in minute crystals imbedded inafeldspatic rock, from St. Michael’s Mount in Cornwall.—Lepidolite ; with this is placed a spe- cimen of what is considered as compact lepido- hite.—Intermediate between mica and tale 1s the chlorite, among the varieties of which are the earthy, common, foliated, and the slaty: the last of these, with octohedral magnetic iron- stone, bitter spar, &c.—-Of tale we have the common SALOON: Nat. Hist. SALOON. Nat. Hust. 30 common or Venetian, which enters the composi- tion of cosmetics, and the indurated tale: to the former of these may also be referred the beauti- ful green variety from Siberia, composed of dis- tinet groups of small diverging-radiated lamine. ——Potstone or ollite, the lapis comensis of the an- cients, from Como in the Grison country, where it is turned on the lathe into most durable culi- nary vessels.—In this case is also placed a sub- stance from New York, which has very much the appearance of white laminar talc, but is a hydrate of magnesia. (Case 18.) Contains steatitic substances. —No- ble serpentine, which, in combination with pri- mitive limestone, constitutes the marmo verde antico; common serpentine, among the varieties of which are best known those from Bareuth and from Zéblitz in Saxony, where they are manu- factured into vases and various other articles ; ser- pentine with garnets, magnetic ironstone, asbest, slaty tale, &e.—Varieties of steatite, among which the most remarkable are those from Cornwall, that of a yellowish green colour from Greenland, that from Gdpfersgriin in Bareuth, with small erystals of other mineral substances, converted into, and forming part of, the massive steatite.— To these are added some substances which are allied to the preceding, though different from them 31 them with regard to their chemical composition; saLoox. such as the agalmatolite of Klaproth (Bildstem of x. iiss Werner, talc glaphique of Haiiy) employed by the Chinese for carving images, vessels, &c.— The keffekil or meerschaum, from Natolia, of which pipe bowls are made; and a related sub- stance, called keffekilite, by Dr. Fischer, who dis- covered it in the Crimea.—Lithomarge, the more remarkable varieties of which are, that of a reddish yellow colour, from Rochlitz, in porphyry; the fine purplish blue variety from Planitz, called terra miraculosa Saxonica by old writers.—Ful- Jers earth.—Bole; green earth, &c. (Case 19.) In this, and the four following glass-cases are deposited the various carbonates of lime.——Crystallized carbonate of lime or calca- reous spar; specimens illustrative of the cleavage, . supernumerary joints, colour, &c.; primitive thombohedron (rhomboid); the various secon- dary, rhombohedrons (all of which, together with the modifications in the next cases, are deter- mined after Hatiy and Bournon: among these the most common, but not the least striking, is the inverse rhombohedron, so called from being as tt were an inversion of the primitive; the same with a considerable admixture of quartz, com- monly called crystallized sandstone of Fontaine- bleau, &c. &e. | {Case 20.) 32 SALOON. (Case 20.) Prismatic and pyramidal modifica- Nat-Hisr. tions of the same, among the former of which are the beautiful prismatic and dodecahedral va- rieties (Mod. 2, with 3 and 4 of Bourn.) from the Hartz; among the latter, the voluminous crystals of the metastatic variety (Mod. 36), &c. (Case 21.) The same continued : also hemitro- pic or macled crystals, among which is the beauti- fal heart shaped macle of the variety called, by Haiiy, analogique distante. (Mod. 2, 4, and 36.) — This case also contains granular and compact limestone (marbles); massive magnesian lime- stone, called dolomite, and (contiguous to it, in the opposite case) the crystallized magnesian limestone, called bitterspar, in chlorite slate, &c.—-Fibrous limestone, the finest variety of which is that from Cumberland, and Andrarum in Sweden, with pearly lustre, which has ob- tained the name of satin spar. (Case 22.) Various specimens of stalactieal limestone, some varieties of which bear the name of alabaster in common with compact gypsum ; the peculiar variety called pea stone, from the hot springs of Carlsbad in Bohemia, and the white variety found in the bed of a small river near Tivoli, and known by the name of confetti dit Tivoli.—Calcareous tufo; to which are added some casts of medals, made at the baths of San- 30 San-Felippe in Tuscany, where moulds of medals, gems, &c. are placed in convenient situations to receive the calcareous deposition,—As a continua- tion of the compact limestone in the last case, we have in this, the shell limestone, the most esteemed variety of which is that from Carinthia, called lumachella or fire marble. (Case 23.) Of the carbonates of lime ‘pha ed in this case the most remarkable are the va- tieties of slate spar (Schiefer-Spath of Werner), those of brown spar, and particularly those of arragonite or eccentric limestone, among the crystallized varieties of which is that from iglo in Hungary, called Igloit by some mineralogists ; also magnificent specimens of the remarkable coralloid variety of arragonite from Hisenertz in Styria, formerly called flos ferrt. (Case 24.) Contains the fluates and phosphates of lime.—Among the numerous varieties of fluor spar, may be particularized the rose coloured primitive crysta!s from Chamouni; the chloro- phane from Siberia ; the singular, pale seladon- green, octoledral variety from Beeralston, in De- vonshire, with white earthy fluor interposed be- tween its lamine; earthy and compact fluor, &c.—Among the phosphates of lime may be cb- served several very interesting modifications of erystallization of the apatite of Werner, which ; L has SALOON. Nar. Hist. SALOON. Nar. Hist. 34 has been often mistaken for beryl; the aspara- gus stone of the same author ; the moroxite; the phosphorite or earthy phosphate of lime, and the pulverulent variety of the same (earth of Mar- morosh) whieh was formerly considered as fluate of lime.* | . In the glazed cases and drawers on the right hand side of the principal entry from the first room into the Saloon are deposited the metallic ores. (Case 25.) Contains the ores of platina, gold and mercury.—Platina in grains from Peru and Brasil: the latter mixed with grains of greyish yellow gold.—Native gold, subdivided into pure and brass yellow gold: the former chiefly mas- sive and as grains (from Guinea, Bengal, Suma- tra, Ireland, &c.) and in brown iron stone, in quartz, with needle ore (acicular sulphuret of bismuth) from Siberia, 8c. ; the brass yellow gold (principally from Transylvania) crystallized in mi- nute cubes and octohedrons variously aggregated, in reticular plates, &c.—The ores of mercury in this case are :—the sulphurets, consisting of dark red cinnabar (by far the more common variety) massive, crystallized, and in combination with various * The cabinets and cases destined for the reception of the re- maining calcareous salis, and of those of Barytes, Strontian, &c. are not yet finished. 35 various mineral substances: the bright red cinna- SALOON. bar (native vermillion, much esteemed by pain- Nar. Hist. ters) ; the hepatic mercurial ore, from Idria, com- pact and slaty: the former also with petrifac- tions (coral-ore), Corneous mercury (muriate of mercury) with native quicksilver, &c. (Case 26.; This case contains (besides some additional specimens of gold and mercurial ores, among the latter of which is the scarce native amalgam, crystallized and globular) the ores of silver, between which and the ores of gold is placed the alloy, called electrum, from Smeof in Siberia, and the auriferous silver from Kongs- berg in Norway, both being a mixture of gold and silver in different proportions ; another alloy of silver is the scarce antimonial silver from Wolfach in the Black Forest.—Among the nu- merous varieties of native silver may be particu- Jarized the various imitative forms in which it occurs, such as tooth-shaped, wire-shaped, den- dritical, moss like, recticular, &c., many of which : are aggregations of minute crystals.—Vitreous silver or common sulphuret of silver; massive, crystallized and in other external forms, among which are the laminar and capillary.—Brittle vi- treous silver, of which some specimens are also deposited in the following glass case. (Case 27.) The ores of silver contained in this L 2 case 36 SALOON. case are the dark and light coloured varieties of ‘Nat. Hist. red silver, massive, crystallized and in combination with various substances ;—the black silver ore, or sooty silver, which has not been analysed ;— the muriate of silver, called also corneous sil- ver and horn ore, of various colours, amorphous, botryoidal, in laminze, and crystallized in minute cubes and octohedrons ;—the very scarce carbo- nate of silver from Alt-Wolfach inSuabia.—In this case begin the numerous copper ores, with native. copper, which, like the native silver, presents a great variety of forms, besides the erystallized, such as dendritic, filiform, &c. (Case 28.) Ores of copper continued :—com- mon sulphuret of copper or vitreous copper, va- riously crystallized, foliated, compact, &c.—To this are also commonly referred the oblong, scaly, secondary fossils, known by the name of Franken- : berg corn ears, which occur in the bitumous marl- slate of Frankenberg in Hessia, and are princi- pally composed of vitreous andgrey copper.—The variegated copper ore, easily known by the reddish colour of its fractural planes: among the varieties _of this species is the foliated from Cornwall.— ‘The grey copper ore (fahl-ore,) crystallized, mas- sive, and disseminated in various substances. (Case 29.) Ores of copper continued: copper pyrites, the most common of all the ores of this_ metal ¢ 3] metal : among these is also the pale yellow, fine grained variety, the hematitiform pyrites from Cornwall, first described by the Comte de Bour- non.—Red or ruby copper ore, compact, foliated and fibrous; one of the more remarkable is the bright red capillary variety from Rheinbreiten- bach, in Nassau. To these are added a few speci- mens of what is called tile-red copper or tile ore, a mixture of red copper ore and brown iron ochre. (Case 30.) Ores of copper continued: black cop- per, massive, and as superficial covering to other copper ores.—Carbonates of copper: crystallized radiated blue or azure copper, from Chessy and the Bannat, with barytes, &c., and earthy varie- ties of the same, some of which (called moun- tain blue) have been used as pigments.—Crystals passing from the state of blue copper into that of green carbonate (cuivre carbonaté bleu épigene Haitiy.)~ Green carbonates of copper: among which are the beautifal varieties of fibrous ma- lachite of velvety appearance, in acicular crystals, with carbonate of lead, &c. (Case 31.) Ores of copper continued : among the specimens of compact malachite the most beautiful and characteristic are those from the Gumashevsk and Turja mines in the Ural moun- tains.—In this case is also placed the copper- green of Werner, a substance often confounded with SALOON. . eee Nat. Hist. , SALOON. Nat. Hist. 38 70 ae a with common green carbonates of copper, but which contains much silica: a variety of it is the iron shot copper green.—Dioptase, a very scarce substance from Siberia, also called emerald copper, on account of its pure green colour.— Phosphate of copper from Rheinbreitenbach, in _Nassau.—Muriate of copper, crystallized and laminar ; to this also belongs what is called green sand of Peru, or atacamite, from being found in the desart of Atacama, between Chili and Peru, » as sand of a small river.—The rest of this case is occupied by the principal varieties of the dif- ferent arseniates of copper, namely, the foliated arseniate or copper mica, the lenticular arseniate, and the olive ore of Werner, all comprehended in the five species of arseniates of copper esta- blished by the Comte de Bournon; also the earthy arseniate, or pharmacochalcite of some au- thors; to which are added specimens of the martial arseniate of copper. (Case 32.) Contains ores of iron, viz. na- tive iron, arsenical pyrites (also called arsenical iron and mispickle, a variety of which is argenti- ferous), and common iron pyrites, with its va- rious crystalline modifications derived from the cube, which is either smooth or striated. —ITDhe mast interesting specimens deposited in this case are those of native iron, and the stones called aerolites, 39 aerolites, because they have fallen from the at- mosphere, or meteoric stones, because they are by some supposed to be depositions from meteors. The specimens of the former are,—native iron from Grosskamsdorf, in Saxony ;—two small polished pieces of the mass found in Southern Africa, which weighed about 250 pounds, and is now in the cabinet of Haarlem ;—fragment of the iron from Senegal ;—specimens of the na- tive iron from Otumpa, in the Gran Chaco Gua- lamba, in South America, described by Don Rubin de Celis, who estimated the weight of the mass to be about 300 guintals, or 15 tons ;—a large piece detached from the celebrated mass of Siberian native iron, which was discovered by Pallas on the summit of a hill between Abakansk and Belskoi Ostrog on the banks of the Jenisey, where it was considered by the Tartars as a sa- ered relic: the mass originally weighed about 1,680 pounds.—Of meteoric stones (classed with native iron, because they all contain this metal, alloyed with nickel) the following are deposited : —two small fragments of the stone which fell at Ensisheim, in Alsace, Nov. 7th, 1492, in the presence of the emperor Maximilian, then king of the Romans, when on the point of engaging with the French army: this mass, which weigh- — ed 270 pounds, was preserved in the cathedral of , Ensisheim SALOON, Nat. Hist. 40 SALOON- Ensisheim till the beginning of the French re- Nar. Hist volution, when it was conveyed to the public library of Colmar;—one of the many stones which fell, July 3d, 1753, at Plann, in the cir- cle of Bechin, Bohemia, and which contain a great proportion of attractable iron ;—specimens of those that were seen to fall at Roquefort and at Juliac, in the Landes of Gascony, July 24th, 1790 ;—one of a dozen of stones of various weights and dimensions that fell at Sienna, in Tuscany, Jan. 16th, 1794;—iragment of the meteoric stone, weighing 56 pounds, which fell near Wold Cottage, in Yorkshire, Dec. 13th, 1795 ;—fragment of a stone of 20 pounds, which fell in the commune of Sales, near Villefranche, in the department of the Rhone, March 12th, 1798 ;—specimens of stones fallen near the city of Benares, in the East-Indies, Dec. 19th, 1798; —an entire and a broken specimen of the me- teoric stones of which a shower descended at l’Aigle, in the department of the Orne, April 26th, 1803;—fragment of one of those that were seen to fall at Weston, in Connecticut, Dec. 14th, 1807. (Case 53.) Ores of iron continued :—radiated pyrites of Werner (fer sulfuré blanc Haiiy) a substance very subject to decomposition: to this belong most of the varieties of what is called : lenticular Al lenticular and coxcomb pyrites, as also the glo- SALOON. bular pyrites of a radiated texture.—The hepatic Nav. Hiss of liver pyrites of Werner, very distinct from what French mineralogists call fer sulfuré hépa- tique, which latter is decomposed common and radiated iron pyrites and sometimes brown iron stone.— Magnetic pyrites, which is nearly related to the preceding species ; massive and in six sided prisms.—Oxides of iron : magnetic iron stone, massive, of varicus grain, compact, crystallized, in serpentine, chlorite slate, &c.; magnetic iron sand. (Case 34.) Oxides of iron continued.—Speci- mens of specular iron or iron glance, among which those from the island of Elba are remarka- ble on account of their beautiful iridescence and play of colours ; variety in large laminar crystals, appearing like polished steel, from Stromboli, &c.: the micaceous iron ore of Werner belongs partly to this species, partly to the scaly red and brown iron stone; among the most remarkable specimens of which is that in delicate, transparent, tables of a blood red colour, from Nassau-Siegen; that in scales coating the cells of lava, &c.— ‘The different varieties of compact red iron stone, and of red hematite. (Case 35.) Ores of iron continued :—hycrous -exidesof iron, comprehending Werner's ochrey and oho) M compact AZ SALOON: compact brown iron stone, and brown hematite, Naz. Hist, together with several varieties of argillaceous or clay iron stone, such as common, columnar, pisi- form, reniform clay iron stone, meadow ore, &c. —Spathose iron ore, or carbonate of iron, the pri- mitive form of which has lately been ascertained, by Dr. Wollaston, to be different from that of carbonate of lime: crystallized, massive, in com- bination with other substances. (Case 36.) Contains the remaining ores of iren. and those of manganese, a metal which stands in close geognostical relation with iron.—Arseniate ef iron, which occurs only crystallized, chiefly in eubes, whence Werner’s name of cube ore.— Chromate of iron, among the specimens of which ‘is one from Baltimore, in which this substance is intermixed with talc coloured purple by chromic acid.—Phosphate of iron: among the specimens here preserved, which belong to the blue iron earth of Werner, (supposed by some to be native Prussian blue,) are, the massive variety from New Jersey, and several pulverulent varie- ties, m clay, wood, peat, &c.—With these is placed, provisionally, the turquois, a gem which has lately been considered, by Bouillon la Grange, as bone penetrated by phosphate of iron: the genuine turquois, however, from Chorazan, in Persia, where it occurs in nodules like the one here 43 here preserved, is certainly not of an osseous na- SALOON, ture.-—The pitchy iron ore of Werner, from Naz. 4, Hist, Limoges, may be referred to phosphate of manganese.—Ores of inanganese :—radiated grey manganese, from Ihlefeld, &c. some varieties of which resemble the radiated antimony in the disposition of their acicular crystals ; foliated grey manganese ; compact grey manganese of various forms, botryoidal, tubercular, reniform, &c.; earthy grey manganese, a remarkable variety of which is the black wad of Derbyshire and De- vonshire, which has the property of inflaming spontaneously when mixed with linseed oil. (Case 37.) In this and the two following cases are contained the ores of lead, the most common and useful of which is the galena or sulphuret of lead: the specimens here deposited include va- rious modifications of crystals, detached and grouped together, in combination with blende, pyrites and many other substances; galena of various grain, massive and disseminated; galena ef corroded appearance, decomposed and rege- nerated ; the compact and specular variety, call- _ed slickenside by the Derbyshire miners.—With these are also placed specimens of the antimonial sulphuret of lead, or triple sulphuret of lead, antimony and copper: this substance has been M 2 called 44 SALOON. called’ Endellion by the Comte de Bournon, and Nar. Hist. Bournonite by Professor Jameson. (Case 38.) Ores of lead continued :-—the more prominent specimens im this case are those of white lead or carbonate of lead, among which may be particularized the laminar varieties, the beautiful modifications from Siberia, and the crystallized acicular white lead from the Hartz, accompanied with green and blue carbonates of copper; the fine light blue variety, coloured by copper, &c. The black lead ore of Werner ap- pears to be merely a variety of the white lead ore. —Phosphates of lead, which are divided by Wer- ner into brown lead ore and green lead ore. Among the specimens of the brown phosphate, the most remarkable are the large six sided prisms - from Huelgoet in Britany, &c. (Case 39.) Ores of lead continued green phosphate, massive, botryoidal, spicular, &e.; variously crystallized; of various shades of green, passing into greenish white, into yellow and orange; with ferruginous quartz, straight foliated barytes, &c. from Scotland, Freiberg in ‘the Brisgau, &e.—Molybdate of lead, or yellow lead ore; massive, lamelliform, and crystallized ; on compact limestone, &c. chiefly from Bleyberg in Carinthia —The specimens of chromate of 2 ‘ lead, 45 lead, or red lead ore, deposited in this case, are particularly beautiful and instructive ; the ac- companying substances are green lead ore, and sometimes small greenish brown crystals of a substance, the component parts of which are the oxides of lead and of chrome: the gangue stone in which the red lead oecurs in the gold mines of Beresof is a kind of micaceous rock mixed with particles of quartz and brown iron stone.—In this case is also placed an interesting suite of crystals of that most rare substance, the murio-earbonate of lead, or horn lead, analysed by Klaproth, and which has hitherto been observed in Derby- shire only.—Sulphate of lead, called native lead- | vitriol by Werner, crystallized, and massive.— Lead earth, indurated and friable, of various co- lours ; its different varieties appear to be related to carbonates, phosphates and sulphates of lead ; to which latter also the reniform lead ore (blei- ~-niere of Werner) from Siberia appears to belong: some varieties of lead earth are oxides. Near to these is also placed the native minium, from Hes- sia, first described by Mr. Smithson, and varieties of the same from Siberia; all of them probably produced by the decay of galena. (Case 40.) Ores of zinc.—Among the many _ varieties of sulphuret of zinc, or blende, may be | particularized SALOON. Nat, Hist. - SALOON. — —___ Nar. Hist, 46 particularized those relative to colour, viz. the yellow, the brown, and the black blende of Wer- ner; the first of which is generally most pure, while the two others contain a portion of iron; the variety called testaceous blende (Schaalen blende), the most characteristic specimens of which are from Geroldseck in the Brisgau, con- tains, besides iron, a portion of lead.—The other ores of zinc in this case are those of a sparry appearance, commonly called calamine, which Mr. Smithson has ascertained to constitute three different species, viz. the electric or quartzy cala- mine, which becomes strongly electric by heat; the common calamine, or native carbonate of zinc; and the hydrous carbonate of zinc: the specimens of the two former species include various crystalline and other forms, among which are the pseudomorphous crystals of car- bonate of zinc, derived from modifications of calcareous spar. (Case 41.) Ores of tin, of which we Bo the sulphuret of tin, or tin pyrites, and the oxides, which are divided into common tin stone, and wood tin :—tin pyrites, hitherto only found in Cornwall, nearly pure, mixed with copper pyrites, &c. ;-among the specimens of common tin stone may be particularized the regular and macled crystals, 4] crystals, the aggregations of acicular crystals called needle tin, the massive, the pebble like, and granular tin stone (shoad tin, stream tin, grain tin, &c.) ; and among the varieties of colour, the ereyish white crystals resembling scheel-ore, or tungstate of lime.—The ores of tungsten, which generally accompany those of tin, are—wolfram, (schéclin ferrugineux Haiiy), crystallized and massive, from Bohemia, Cornwall, &c.; and the scheel-ore, or tungstate of lime (schéelin calcaire Haiiy), among the crystallized specimens of which is the primitive acute octohedron from Allemont in Dauphiné, first described by M. de Bournon. —In this case are also placed the specimens of molybdena, or sulphuret of molybdenum, which should not be confounded with graphite: the yel- low powder on feldspar, from Westmania in Swe- den, is oxide of molybdenum. _ (Case 42.) Part of this case is occupied by the ores of titanium, viz. the oxides, called titanite, brown-ore, brunon, (sphéne, and titane siliceo- ealcaire Haiiy), among the varieties of which is that in large flat octohedral crystals. from Nor- way, with epidote, &c.; also the variety called, by Saussure, rayonnante en goutticre, from St. Gothard, on feldspar, with chlorite, &e.—Titan- shorl, also called rutile ; massive, erystallized, and fibrous, SALOON. Nat. Hist. 48 SALOON. fibrous, to which latter belongs the variety with Naz. Hist. golden tarnish, from Moutier, near the Montblanc; the acicular crystals of rutile in rock erystal, &c.; thie ferriferous oxides, some varieties of which may be considered as titaniferous oxides of iron, and to which may be referred the black sand called Manachanite;—specimens of anatase, or octohedrite, from Dauphiné;—thescarce substance called craitonite (Crichtonite) by the Comte de Bournon, likewise from Dauphiné, in very acute octohedral crystals, and in thin lamine. The remainder of this glass case contains the ores of antimony :—native antimony, from Alle- mont in Dauphiné, some varieties of which are arseniferous ;—grey antimony, or sulphuret. of antimony, the most common ore of this metal, occurs compact, foliated, radiated, and. plu- mose: the most remarkable among them are’ the specimens of crystallized radiated antimony in fine groups, especially from Transylvania ; radiat- ed grey antimony with barytes, realgar, &e.; the ‘_plumose grey antimony, some varieties of which, appearing like delicate wool or down, display a fine iridescent blue, yellow, and red tarnish ;— _red antimony, mostly in fine capillary crystals, >from Braunsdorf, in Saxony ;—white antimony, cerystallized, on Saray Sic Spectinens of an- m | | timonial 49 timonial ochre on native and grey antimony, &e. &c.* In one of the windows of this apartment stands a table, composed of a variety of lavas and other voleanic ejections from Mount Vesuvius, pre- sented by the Earl of Exeter, | EIGHTH ROOM. This room, in its present state of arrangement, contains miscellaneous specimens of minerals, many of them of great dimensions. A collection of volcanic products, from Mounts Vesuvius, Somma, and A‘tna; vesicular, slag- ‘gy, glassy lavas, tuffas, with several other volcanic ejections: leucites; Vesuvians in a calcareo-mi- eaceous substance, &c.—Pseudo-volcanic rocks. Lavas and other volcanic productions, in large polished pieces. | On the three lowermost shelves of the cases is deposited a small collection of specimens of rocks, arranged partly according to their natural -affinities. ? - (Shelves 4, 5, 6.) Granitic and other rocks be- longing to the slate formation of Werner. Granites N | of * The drawers and cases destined for the reception of the re- ‘Maiping ores, are not yet finished. SALOON. Nav. Hist. ROOM Vili. 50 room viis. of the three usual constituent parts, (a fragment of Nat. Hrst, CASE the immense mass of granite conveyed from the bay of Finland to St. Petersburgh, and now forming the base of the equestrian statue of Peter the Great); granite in several stages of decom- position; new or regenerated granite from the Hartz, &c.; binary aggregates, called Granitels by some authors, (graphic stone from Siberia, Sweden, &c.) ; granite mixed with other minerals, such as common shorl, garnets, actinote, chlorite ; large polished pieces of granitic rocks, some of them passing over into sienite and porphyry ;—- eneiss of various approximation to granite on one side, and to micaceous shistus on the other; gneiss with garnets, shorl, &c.—micaceous shistus; the same approaching gneiss on one hand, and clay slate on the other, (silvery variety of the latter, used for roofing in Thuringia). (Shelves 4, 5, 6.) Oldest or primitive clay slate of several colours; variegated slate. Subordinate beds in clay slate: novaculite or whet slate, chlorite slate, drawing slate, better known by the name or black chalk ; flinty slate and Lydian stone; an- thracolite or kohlenblende. — Transition slate, mostly from the Hartz mountains, (a specimen, in which it is seen in immediate contact with grey wacke, a transition rock of the nature of old sandstone).—Grey-wacke, fine and coarse grain- ed 51 ed and approaching to conglomerate, from the ROOM VII. Hartz, where the metallic ores are principally 4,7 duet, found in it.—Fletz (secondary) rocks of this formation; sandstone; oldest sandstone with and without petrifactions; old red and white sandstone, variegated sandstone, filtering stone ; sandstones of large grained concretions passing. over into conglomerates, to which, in point of external appearance, may also be referred some kinds of breccia and puddingstone (the beautiful Breccia verde dEgitto composed principally of rounded pieces of a green hornstone, of granite, porphyry, &c. in a mass which is itself a fine grained pudding- stone),* As subordinate to the old sand- . stone formation are added some kinds of coal, together with specimens of slate clay (Fletz clay slate of some), generally forming the immediate roof of beds of coals; slate clay with the charac- teristic impressions of vegetables, from Ilmenau in Thuringia, where it alternates with coal and sandstone; from Planitz, &c.; common clay iron stone, occurring in some coal formations, especial+ N2 i a ly * The largest and most valuable monument now known to exist of this breccia is the Alexandrian Sarcophagus in the ee of antiquities of the Museum. Lg 260M vitt. ly in England, with and without vegetable ini- Nat Hier, Pressions.—Some of the alluvial substances ‘be-= CASES. 6&7. longing to the slate formation: sand, clay, peat, &c. (Shelves 4, 5, and 6.) Rocks belonging to the formations of serpentine, limestone and gypsum.— ‘Older serpentine mixed with primitive limestone ; serpentine from Zdblitz in Saxony, where itis manufactured into a variety of vases, chimney= pieces, &c.; newer serpentine, with steatite, amianth, garnets; with schillerstein (Diallage of Haiiy). tsa Primitive limestone of various grain (large grained saline marble from Crodendorf, where it occurs in gneiss; very fine grained statuary marble from Carrara); with mica ; with tremolite. Red marble from the island of Tiree.—Grey and variegated transition limestone, principally from the Hartz; with petrifactions.—Alpime or oldest Fletz limestone: subordinate to it a: kind of marl called Zech-stein by the German miners ; bituminous marl slate, with copper, &c. Gyp- sum; older Fletz gypsum: with boracite, arra- gonite; selenite; with swinestone, subordinate to this formation. Gypsum of later formation, with fibrous gypsum, clay, &c. Selenite of very recent formation from Montmartre. Rocksalt, consti- | tuting 53 tuting a formation nearly related to that of room vin. sypsum, Nat. Hist. (Shelves 5 and 6.) Porphyry. — Hornstone caseEs porphyry, from Scotland, Norway, Thuringia, 7 and 8. Egypt, &c. (Egyptian antique porpbyry with reddish grains: of feldspar); porphyry with hornblende, with quartz, veins; variety with its base less hard, being the jasper porphyry of some mineralogists: feldspar porphyry from Frauen- stein. Clay porphyry; the same with the feldspar in several stages of decomposition ; with mica (the Saxum metalliferum of Baron Born, being the principal repository of gold and silver ores in Lower Hungary and Transylvania) : pitchstone porphyry ; porphyry balls; porphyry breccia or Triimmer-porphyry.—Porphyry slate. (Shelves 5 and 6.) Sienite: fragment of an case Egyptian idol, composed of much hornblende, feldspar unequally distributed, and some mica: being the true signites of Pliny ; similar variety, but without. mica; with quartz (bianco e: nero d Egitto): porphyritic sienite consisting chiefly of hornblende appearing to pass into hornblende »slate.—Common hornblende rock.—Hornblende ‘slate.— Greenstone. — Greenstone porphyry: por- jido verde antico, or serpentino verde. antico, as it is sometimes erroneously called.—Basalt, Ba with o4 ROOM Vill. with olivine, Zeolite, calcareous spar, &c.=— Nat, Hist, Wacke, variolite, (toadstone).—Amyedaloid, &c. CASE In this case, and on the upper shelves of the 9. five preceding cases, are deposited miscellaneous large specimeas, with their names affixed. CASES A collection of Derbyshire minerals, formed meals i by Mr. White Watson, partly arranged accord- ing to the succession of strata in which they are found. CASES Contain a collection of miscellaneous minerals 14 and 15 pom Siberia. CASE Mountain rocks and other minerals, from the 16. South Sea: King George’s Sound, New Georgia, é&e. NINTH ROOM. roomix, In this room are deposited petrifactions or fos- sil remains of anima!s and vegetables. CASES Madrepores and other corals, &c. land 2, — Casts and impressions of ammonites or cor- 3 s nua ammonis. 4. Various petrified univalves in clusters. 5 and 6, Various bivalves petrified. 7 and 8. Various fossil remains: among these is a large fossil jaw from Maestricht in the Netherlands which 55 which is referable to the genus Lacerta of Lin- Room Ix. neus. | eecnres cin Nat, Hist. Fragments of fossil bones of mammiferous animals, amongst which is an under jaw of the gigantic North American animal, the mastodonte of Cuvier. , 3 A fossil human skeleton, imbedded in lime- CaAsEs stone, from Guadaloupe. | 9 and 10. A human skull and a Roman sword incrusted, found in the ‘Tiber. | A miscellaneous collection about to be arrange- casEs ed. 11, 12,13, 14 and,15. TABLE }. (Div. 1, 2, and 3.) Fossil remains of verte- brose animals, including various bones, teeth, &c. Impressions and palates of fishes, &c. &c. (Div. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.) Contain the testa- eeous mollusca cephalopoda, or chambered. uni- valve shells, comprehending species of the va- rious genera, ammonites, or cornu ammonis, be- lemnites, nautilus, &e. | (Div. 1, 2, and 3.) Testaceous mollusca gas- papre teropoda, or univalve shells. | Ce (Div. 4, 5, and 6.) Testaceous mollusca ace- phala or bivalve shells. . (Div. 1, and 2.) Crustacea or crustaceous ani- gappr « mals, including casts and impressions of crabs Be and other animals of that class: at the end of the second division are deposited insects inclosed in amber, and copal. Div. ROOM IX. DAT. Hit. xOOM I? dp Xe 56 - (Div. 3.) Vermes with testaceous coverings. (Div. 4 and 5.) Radiated zoophytes, echini or sea-eges, spatangi, &c. (Div. 6 and 7.) Stony zoophytes, such as madrepores and other corals. (Div, 8.) Impressions of plants. Over cases 9 and 10, is a very perfect speci- men of the skull and horns of the large elk of Ireland,—by far the most remarkable of the known fossil remains of ruminant animals. TENTH ROOM. VEGETABLES. In the Cases 1 to 6, and part of Case 24, are deposited numerous specimens of vegetable pro- ductions: the following are the most remarkable ? Various seeds and seed vessels, particularly that of the Nelumbo; the root of an Asiatic fern, popularly called the vegetable lamb, from the rude resemblance it bears to a lamb, when placed in an inyerted position, as in the present speci- men; cones of firs, &c. 3 ) Various specimens of lagetto bark, &c, Various gourds. On the bottom shelf, the double or divided cocoa-nut, a rare fruit belong- ing to the palm called Lodoicea Maldivica, grow-_ ing on the coasts of the Indian island Praslin.. Various cocoa-nuts; a cactus melocactus; a top of a cabbage tree, Various 57 Various specimens of woods; roots; worm- ROOM x, od eaten wood. | | Nat. Hist. Morbid excrescences on treés, &c. CASE .. Fruits of. varions kinds:in spirits. : In the corner of the room between cases 6 and x 7, is a fine specimen, in spirits, of the fructi- as fication of a palm tree. , | ZOOPHYTES, CASES A numerous collection of madrepores, mille- 7 & 8. pores, &c. In four frames over the chimney-piece are pre- served a great many specimens of British coral- lines: they are deposited in such a manner as to represent landscapes, and consist of the several species, figured and described by the celebrated Mr. Ellis, in order to prove them a tribe of ma- rine animals of the polype division, and not ve- getables, as formerly supposed. bee Several specimens of red coral ; jointed black: 9. ae white Isis coral; some species of alcyonium. Sea fans, : 10. {A great, Variety of gorgoniz, or Hh corals. 11 to 16. | __ Sponges. 6%, & 17 to 19. .» A. collection: of sea-eggs (echinides) ; ersliads 20 & 21. (tmaden ; sponges (spongie), and other zoophytes,, as intestinal. worms, &e, . oO >> » Several a ROOM X Nar. Hist: CASE oF. a3. TABLE iF 58 Several mollusca, as cuttle fish; the inhabit- ants of bivalve and univalve shells, &c. preserved in spirits. | Vermes or worms, as neriades, hit A collection of skulls and casts, to illustrate the principal varieties of the human race; amongst which are the skulls of three Egyptian mummies, very different from one another in form. In this table is deposited the Cracherodian col- lection of shells. Among the most remarkable are the following : : (Div. 1.) Testacea mollusca cephalopoda and cirrhipoda, among which are, three species -.of argonauta or paper-nautilus; these shells are remarkable for the slightness of their fabric and the elegance of their form. ‘They are said to be inhabited by an animal not unlike the cuttle fish which by extending a pair of membranes has the power of sailing on the surface of the sea—A nautilus, commonly distinguished by the appella- tion of chambered nautilus ;—spirula or pearly nautilus ;—a collection of barnacles, animals who sometimes adhere in such abundance to the bot- toms of ships as to impede the motion of vessels _ through the waters-—One of the species anatifa anatifera was supposed by ancient naturalists to er the Soland goose. ‘ (Div. 2, 3, and 4.) Mollusca easteropoda, unl- valve 59 valve shells; amongst these may be remarked 200M xX. that formerly esteemed shell, the cedo nulli Nan Hea: cone ; the wentle-trap; carrier-shell covered with fragments of stone ; orange flag volute, &c. (Dw. 5, 6, 7 and 8.) Mollusca acephala or bi- valve shells, amongst which the heart-cockle ; pearl-siiell ; hammer-oyster ; cockscomb-oyster, are the most remarkable. _ (Dw. i, 2,3,and4.) Crustacea or crustaceous TABLE animals such as crabs, lobsters, &c. 2. (Div. 5, 6, and 7.) Insects, a series to show their division into orders. (Div. 8.) Shells of testaceous vermes, such as serpule, &c, Contains radiated zoophytes. es (Dw. 1.) Some holothurie preserved in spirits _— 3. and a specimen of the Portuguese man of ware (Div. 2, 3.) Various species of asterias or star-fish. | (Div. 4,) Seven species of gorgonocephalus, or Medusa’s head star-fish, which were considered by Linnecus as one species, under the title of asterias caput medusz. | | VAC DW. 5, 6, 7, and 8.) Various species of the genera, formed by Klein and others, from the Linnzan genus echinus, or sea-egg. _ At the end of the last division are deposited some species of unknown echini, and spines of some other species not known in a perfect state. | 0 2 | In ROOM X, Nat. Hist. TABLE A, 5. 6, 60 In this table the corals are wig bo which are undergoing an arrangement. : Contains a collection of nalisbion and carved shells which are deposited in this place to exhibit — their beauty when deprived of the epidermis or: their skin. (Div. 1, and 2.) Crustaceous animals, con- tinued from Table 2, Div. 4. (Div. 3.) Contains myriapodo or centipedes, and juli or snake-worms, arachnides or scorpioris, and spiders, &c. In this table are deposited those shells which are useful, or noxious to man; as the pinna, out of the beard of which gloves and stockings are manufactured; specimens of stone perforated by pholades and other bivalves; a series of yatious shells showing the disease which produces pearls, &e. shy In the imposts round this room runs a series of drawers, containing a collection of seeds, Sraits, and other vegetabie productions. Over case } and 6 are placed some palm- leaves, &e.;- the large one in the centre belonging to one of the umbrella or fan-leaved palms; also paintings of the cactus grandiflorus or great creep- ing cereus, and of the cochineal cactus. Over the cases 7 and 8, is a picture of a cochi- neal plantation. vial Over Over the chimney are two fern trees, 61 ‘Over the door next the chimney is a small or young (but very perfect) specimen, of a curious fish allied in its general appearance to the sword- fish. It grows toa vast size, and is sometimes known to attack a ship (which it perhaps mistakes for a whale), and that with such force as to drive the horn or sword through the timber. ELEVENTH ROOM. _ The birds in this room are disposed, so far as convenience would admit, according to the Lin- _nezan mode of arrangement, viz. into six great divisions or orders, the separations of which are marked by white lines between each. Some birds however, on account of the large size of the cases in which they are contained, could not - conveniently be stationed in their proper orders and are therefore disposed on the upper part of ‘the general divisions. | ~The first Linnzan order consists of the Acci- -PITRES, or predaceous birds; and contains the vultures, eagles, bawks, owls, and shrikes. tn , this or ‘der the most remarkable birds are, the Ca- lifornian vulture ; the sharp tailed eagle from New sg the great snowy owl; the fuliginous wl; the great shrike ; and the Barbary shrike.- ae next order contains the Pica, or pies ; and consists of various tribes, greatly differing mn ROOM XI. 62 ROOM XI. in size and general appearance, viz. the macaws Nat.Mistr. and parrots ; the crows, and jays; the rollers; the woodpeckers ; hornbills; cuckows ; bee-eat- ers; king-fishers ; toucans; creepers; humming- birds, &c. In this tribe the most remarkable birds are the great scarlet macaw; the blue and yellow ditto; the nonpareil parakeet from New Folland ; the yellow breasted toucan; the hel- met hornbill; the Indian roller; and various kinds of humming-birds, among others that rare — species the harlequin humming-bird, distinguish- ed by the great variety of its colours ; and lastly, the least humming-bird, the smallest of all the feathered race. The next or third Linnzan order consists of the AnsERES or web-footed birds, such as the swan and goose tribe; the gulls, the penguins: and many others. In this tribe the most remark- able are, the black swan, from New Holland; the lobated duck from ditto: the short-billed, or half-webbed goose; the great penguin; and dif- . ferent species of pelicans. The fourth Linnzan order contains the GRaLL= or waders, and consists of the heron and bittern tribes ; the’spoonbill ; the screamer ; the curlews and ibises; the plovers ; and many others. In this order the most remarkable specimens are, a young hargil, or giant crane, from India, which, 63 when full grown, is by far the largest of all the ROOM XI. heron tribe; the tiger-bittern, an elegant South Nar. Hist. American species; the horned screamer from South America; the rose coloured spoonbill, and the scarlet ibes, both from South America. The fifth Linnzan order consists of the Gat- LINZ, comprehending such birds as are more or less allied to the common fowl. It consequently contains the pheasant and partridge tribe, the curasso, &c. . In this division the principal spe- cimens are the argus pheasant, from Sumatra; the black or crested curasso bird; the great wood- grous or vrogallus; and the crested Californian quail. % The sixth and last Linnzean order of birds con- tains the PassEREs; and consists of a great variety of different genera, from the pigeons to the swal- _ lows and the goat-suckers. In this order the most remarkable specimens are, the great crowned Indian pigeon; the shining African thrush; the scarlet or Virginian grosbeak ; the long shafted goat-sucker from Sierra Leona; and the European goat-sucker. It has before been observed, that some pinta on account of their inconvenient size, could not be admitted into the general assortment. Of these the most remarkable is the cassowary, an Indian _ bird, 64 ROOM XI. bird, shed, some ornithologists ie among the Nar. Hist. Grallz, others among the Galline, and others in TABLE TABLE a particular division distinct from both. We must not omit a curious picture, executed long ago in Holland, of that extremely rare and curious bird the dodo, belonging to the tribe Gallinee, and a native of the island of Bourbon. The picture was taken from a living specimen, brought into Holland soon after the discovery of the passage to the East-Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, by the Portuguese. It was once the property of Sir Hans Sloane, and afterwards of the celebrated ornithologist, George Edwards, who presented it to the British Museum. In this table are preserved the nests of various birds, amongst the most curious of which are se- veral hanging nests, chiefly formed by birds of the oriole tribe ; nests of a small species of Asia- tic.swallow, resembling isinglass in substance, and considered as a great delicacy by the Chinese, who, use it in preparing a rich soup called. bird- nest soup; two nests of a small bird called the taylor-bird, composed of leaves sewed together. _ Bills.of various rare birds, of which the most remarkable are several kinds of rhinoceros bird's bills; quilis;.aleg supposed to be that of the dodo. sq2 bsu | In 65 In this table are deposited a variety of eggs: ROOM xt. among the former may be noticed the eggs of the nyp Hist. ostrich, the cassowary, &c. ~ In this room are preserved several of the rarer quadrupeds. Among these the most curious are the following : ve In the Cases between the Windows. The black ourang outang, in a young state; the chesnut ourang outang, in a young state; the long-tailed macauco ; the shunk ; the ermine, &c. In other Parts of the Room. . The sea otter; the musk, from Thibet; the sreat armadillo; the long-tailed Brasilian porcu- pine; the Canada porcupine, remarkable for its thick form, the length of its hair, and the short- ness of its spines; the lemurine opossum from New Holland ; the vampyre, or great South Ame- rican bat ; the duck-bill, or, Ornitborynchus para- doxus, from New Holland; a large antelope; a small ditto; the long-tailed manis or pangolin ; the short-tailed ditto; sloths, in a very young state, one the two-toed, the other the three-’ toed species ; an elegant specimen of the two-toed ant-eater. P TWELFTH @ ROOM XII. Nat. Hist. 66 TWELFTH ROOM. — This room contains a general and extensive collection of fishes, serpents, tortoises, lizards, frogs, &c. as well as many specimens of quadru- peds, preserved in spirits. Among the most curious of the fishes, are the torpedo; the electric gymnote, popularly called the electric eel; the remora; the flying-fish, &c. Among the quadrupeds the most remarkable are, a very fine specimen of the three-toed sloth ; the two-toed ditto ; the slender-limbed macauco ; the least ant-eater ; and the silky monkey. Among the tortoises the most remarkable are, the testudo ferox, or fierce tortoise, and the testu- do radiata, or radiated tortoise. Among the frog tribe may be particularized, the Argus frog, or North American spotted bull- frog; the pipa or Surinam toad, remarkable for producing its young from numerous cells on its back ; the blue and yellow frog; the large tad- pole of the frog, called the paradoxical frog, a na- tive of Surinam. ; | - Among the lizard tribe may be observed, the salamander; the chameleon; the guana; the em-+ broidered lizard, from New Holland: several young crocodiles of different sizes and kinds ; and 1D / 67 in one boitle the egg of a crocodile, with a young ROOM aH one of a few days growth. The siren, from South Carolina, resembling in shape and colour, a large eel, furnished with two short legs, situated near the head, and three pair of branched gills on each side of the neck; the Austrian siren, an extreme- ly rare animal, an inhabitant of the lake Circnitz or Zitticher Sea, in the duchy of Carniolia; it is about thirteen inches in length, and ofa very pale or whitish rose colour, with four legs, very distant from each other. Among the serpents, the most remarkable are the following, viz. rattle-snakes of different spe- cies, from North and South America; the cobra di Capello, or spectacle snake, from the East-In- dies ; the horn-nosed snake, from the interior of Africa; the cerastes or horned viper, from Africa; the sea-green boa, with white bars on the back, ‘from South America; the boa constrictor, or great. boa, from South America, a‘small or young spe- cimen, the animal often growing to the iBatioe of _ twenty, thirty, or even more feet. 1980 In the glass case in the middle of this room, are contained many specimens of dried fishes, &e. Themost:remarkable are the foliated pipe- fish, © from Nev Holland ; also a chameleon , adele s610! POD ROOM I. Soreeney ANTIQUITIES. 68 A . P aI Dene ee DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES. FIRST ROOM. TERRA COTTAS. All the articles in the following Catalogue of Antiquities, unless where it is otherwise spe- cified, belonged to the collection of the late Charles Towneley, Esq. | Qver the door, which fronts the entrance into this room, is a bust of Charles Towneley, Esq.. to whose profound knowledge. of ancient Sculp- ture, and zeal in the acquisition of the finest specimens of it, the nation is indebted for the formation of nearly the whole of the splendid collection of Terra Cottas and Marbles contained in this gallery. ‘The bust was presented by his Uncle, John Towneley, Esq. It is executed in marble, by Mr. Nollekens. No.1. A female statue, probably of one of the Muses. No. 2. An pee Y i. No.3. A terminal head of the ere? Bacchus. No. 4. A bas-relief, representing a combat between two Amazons and two Griffins. No, §. 69 No. 5. A bas-relief, representing the head of a Triton, on each side of wich is oni riding on a dolphin. No. 6. Ditto, representing a group of Si- lenus and Cupid, before whom is a female Eac- _ chante dancing and playing on the tambourin. No. 7. Ditto, representing an engagement between one of the Arimaspi and a Griffin; on the left of the combatants is the bust of an athle- tic figure, armed with a battle-axe. No. 8. Ditto, intended by the artist as a companion to No. 7, and to be joined to it in the manner in which it is here seen. The subject in both pieces is precisely the same: the bust, how- ever, in this piece is placed on the right of the combatants, and is armed with a sword and shield. No. 9. Repetition of No. 6. No. 10. A bas-relief, representing a head of Medusa, on each side of which is an eagle, in the act of seizing, with its talons, one of the snakes which are entwined in the locks of her hair. No. 11. Ditto, representing a couple of chi- mezeras lapping water out of vessels, held to them’ by two youths who are attired in Phrygian dres- ses, and are each kneeling on one knee. No. 12. Ditto, representing a female, who seems to be overwhelmed with affliction. She is. seated, ROOM I. ANTIQUITIES 70 ROOM I. seated, and. is resting her head upon her right Anriguitizs. arm, while her domestics, from the concern which is wisible in their countenan¢es, appear to participate in her sorrow. This bas-relief, probably, represents Penelope dejected at the departure of Ulysses. No. 13, A bas-relief, imperfect, representing a fragment of Medusa’s head, on one side of which is a figure of Minerva. No. 14. Ditto, representing the bearded Bac- chus, and a female attendant on Baechus, each of them holding a thyrsus. From the collection of Sir Hans Sloane. No. 15. Ditto, imperfect, representing @ head of Minerva, and a head of Jupiter. _No..16.° Ditto, representing Minerva assisting the Argonauts to build the famous ship Argo. No. 17. Ditto, imperfect, representing Venus on the ocean, riding upon a sea horse. 7 No. 18. Ditto, representing Victory siirid out alibation to Apollo Musagetes. From the collection of Sir Hans Sloane. 7 No. 19. Ditto, representing a can dSbwite, lighted. for a sacrifice. On each side stands: a priestess, who, with one hand, supports: the sacred fillets which decorate the candelabrum, and, with the other hand, raises a small portion of: her, robe, like the figure of Hope on coins of the Roman Emperors. 3 No. 20: 71 No. 20. Ditto, imperfect, sariveseiitllil: bates: male: Bacchante soma a basket of figs to the oe . ~ROOM ft, ANTIQUITIES, 72 goddess Pudicitia. From the collection of Sir ffans Sloane. | iif No. 28. A bas-relief, representing two Fauns gathering grapes into baskets. NAC a No. 29. Repetition of No. 21. No. 30. A bas-relief, representing Bacchus leaning on the shoulders of a Faun. At his feet isa panther holding up his mouth to receive the wine which is poured from the vase beld in the right hand of Bacchus. Before this group is a. female attendant on Bacchus, holding a thyrsus in her band. | No. 31. Ditto, representing two Fauns, leaning over a large open vessel of wine, as if observing the reflection of their faces on the sur- face of the liquor. No. 32. Ditto, imperfect, representing a trophy, before which stands a captive attended by a guard, and secured by a chain fastened round his right wrist. | n't ‘ No. 33. Ditto, representing two Fauns ‘ga- thering grapes into baskets. rom the collection of Sir Hans Sioane. : ; No. 34. Ditto, representing Paris carrying off Helen, ina car drawn by four horses. No. 35. Ditto, representing Egyptian hiero- : olyphies. No. 36. Ditto, representing two persons na- vigating i3 vigating the Nile in aboat. In the fore-ground is a hippopotamus, two crocodiles, some birds, -and several plants of the lotus. In the distance are buildings, on the roofs of which are seen three Ibises. The whole of this scenery is viewed through twoarches, supported by columns. No. 37. A bas-relief, imperfect, representing a vase with two handles, on one side of whichis a panther leaping up, a thyrsus, and the letter A. _»No.38. A statue of the Muse Urania: both the hands are wanting; but, from the position of the arms, it is probable that the figure held a radius in the right hand, and a celestial globe in the left hand, it is three feet ten inches high, and is one of the largest statues which has been found of terracotta, | No.39. An Amphora. From the collection of Sir Hans Sloane. , ~ooNo. 40. A statue of a Muse, resting ber left arm npon a pile of writing . tablets, which are placed upon a square column. The right arm is raised towards the neck. :‘The figure, in its pre- sent state, is three feet four inches high; tue head 1s lost. : abit if No. 41. An Amphora. Hrom ihe collection of Sir Hans Sloane. No. 42. A bas-relief, representing a short naked. human figure, with a_ beard . he holds in each hand, the stem of a plant. On es each ROOM f. ANTIQUITIES. A) (4 ROOM I. each side of this figure is seated a quadruped, Axriquitres. Whose head is that of an elderly man, and whose tail terminates in a flower. | 7 ay No. 45. A bas-relief, representing Cupids supporting festoons of fruit. No. 44. Ditto, representing a Faun and a Bacchante dancing, and holding between them the infant Bacchus in a basket used for winnow=- ing corn. ‘ | No. 45. Ditto; representing the head of Pan, on each side of which is the head of a Satyr: one of the Satyrs is crowned with branches of pine, and the other with branches of ivy. No. 46. Repetition of No. 45. a No. 47. A bas-relief, representing the Indian Bacchus received as a guest by Icarus. No. 48. Ditto, representing two Faunsiriding on panther The hinder part of the panthers terminates in vine leaves. Between the panthers isa vase with two ‘handles. | No. 49. Ditto, Saincsaipis nea bull andoa lion ‘yuname ia contrary directions.” The hind legs fF Both animals are enveloped in foliage... No. 50. Ditto; representing a lighted can- delabriim, which is composed entirely of a plant. The flames issue from the flower, which grows upon a jong stem. Oneach side stands a priest- ess, with one hand holding up 2 small portion of . her qo her robe (see Nos. 19 and 54), and with the other hand holding one of the branches of the plant. © No. 51. A bas-relief, representing two of the Seasons, Autumn and Winter. No. 52. Ditto, imperfect, representing the Goddess Salus feeding a serpent out of a patera. The serpent is twined round the trunk of a tree, from a branch of which are suspended two cast- _off skins of the serpent. » No. 53. Ditto, representing a warrior con- sulting the oracle of Apollo, No. 54. Ditto, representing a lighted cande- labrum, on each side of which stands a priestess, carrying a patera on her head, and holding up a small portion of her robe with one hand. . (See Nos. 19 and 20.) No, 55. Ditto, representing Theseus slayin a Centaur. ; No. 5@. Repetition of No. 18. No. 57. Repetition of No. 23. No. 58. Repetition ef No. 50. No. 59. A bas-relief, representing two Fauns treading out the juice of grapes in a wine-press. On one side is a Faun playing upon the double pipe ; and on the other side another Faun, some- what aged in his appearance, loaded with a heavy basket of grapes. Qa 2 No. 60. ROOM I: ANTIQUITIES. 76 ROOM I. No. 60. A bas-relief, representing a charict Nees race. 3 No. 61. A repetition of No. 6. No. 62. A bas-relief, representing a mask of Bacchus, between those of a young and an old Faun: No. 63. Repetition of No. 62. No. 64. Repetition of No. 6. No. 65. A bas-relief, representing two cap- tives in a car drawn by two horses. The captives have chains fastened round their necks and round their ankles, and the ends of the chains are held by persons walking on each side of the car. No. 66. Ditto, representing a head of Jupiter Ammon, which rests on a flower. The ends of the fillets, with which the head of Jupiter is crowned, are held on each side by 2 Faun, who is furnished with wings, and whose figure terminates below in foliage, which curls in such a manner as to give the figure the appearance of a Triton. No. 67. Ditto, representing two Fauns. ga- thering grapes into baskets. No. 68. Ditto, representing a figure of Vic- tory standing upon a plant, and supporting the branches of it with her hands. | No. 69. Repetition of No. 33. : No. 70. A bas-relief, representing Victory sacrificing a bull before a tripod altar. No. 71. 7 No. i\e. oe bas-relief, imperfect, representing Theseus riding at full speed, and cutting off the head of an Amazon whom he has caught by the hair of her head. | No. 72. Ditto, representing Venus carried through the air upon a swan. No. 73. Ditto, representing Cupid pressing Psyche, in the form of a butterfly, to his breast. No. 74. Ditto, representing Cupid flying, with a palm branch in one hand, and a wreath in the other. No. 75. A terminal head of the bearded Bac- ' chus. No. 76. A female statue, probably of Thalia, the pastoral muse. | No. 77. An Amphora. From the collection of Sir Hans Sloane. No. 78. A female statue, the character un- known. The head and lower arms are modern. ROOM Tz ANTIQUITIES6 No. 79. A statue of Juno, crowned with an indented diadem. Part of the arms is wanting. . SECOND ROOM. — _ GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. No. 1. A colossal head of Minerva. No. 2. A funeral urn, ornamented with eques- trian and pedestrian combatants. ae No. 3, ROOM Il. =e ROOM It. 78 No. 3, One of the feet, or supports, of an Antiguitizs. ancient tripod table. No. 4, A statue of a canephora, anciently made use of as a column. It was one of the caryatides which supported the portico of a small temple dedicated to Bacchus, No.5. “A candelabrum. | | No. 6, The triangular base of a candelabrum, on the sides of which three genii hold each a part of the armour of Mars, pamely, his helmet, his shield, and his sword. No. 7. = ' ANTIQUITIES, OOM III. 84 | bably of those who fell in some engagement. — Anriguitizs. Presented by the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Banks- ROOM IV. and the Hon. A. C. Fraser. | No. 42. A terminal head of Periander. No. 43. A repetition of No. 33. No. 44. A terminal head, said to be that of Homer. : No. 45. A statue of Acteon attacked by his dogs. : No. 46. A terminal head of the young Her- cules. It is crowned with the leaves of the poplar. FOURTH ROOM. GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. No. 1. A bust of Trajan with the breast naked. No. 2. A bronze statue of Hercules, carrying away the apples from the garden of the dine rides. No. 3. One of the feet or supports of an ancient tripod-table. No. 4. A head of Apollo of very early Greek. work. | No. 5. A statue of Thalia, found at Ostia, - in the maritime baths of the Emperor Claudius. | No. 6. A head of Decebalus. No.7. A bronze statue of Apollo. No. 8, One of the feet or supports of an ancient 85 ancient tripod-table, executed in porphyry. It represents the head and leg of a panther. No. 9. A colossal head of Marcus Aurelius, who is represented as the Pontifex Maximus -in his sacrificing robes. No. 10. A colossal bust of Lucius Verus, covered with the Imperial paludamentum. No. 11. A group of Bacchus and Ampelus. No. 12. A head of the young Hercules. No. 13. A head of Juno. No. 14. A statue of Diana. No. 15. A bust of Hadrian, with the breast FIFTH ROOM. ROMAN SEPULCHRAL ANTIQUITIES. No. 1. A monumental inscription to Q. Au- fidius Generosus,. Presented by Thomas Hollis, Esq. No. 2. Ditto, to Aelia Fortunata, Aelius Telesphorus, and others. Presented by Thomas Holiis, Esq. 5. No. 3. Ditto, to M. Nevius Proculus. Pre- sented by Thomas Hollis, Esq. Ley a...4c) A sepulchral urn, with an inscription to Vernasia Cyclas, No. 5. Ditto, with an inscription ti to T. Sex. Agatha... Presented by Thomas Hollis, Esq. paint ase cage No. 6. ROOM. ITV... ANTIQUITIES. ROOM V. ROOM V. comes ANTIQUITIES. 86 No. 6. Two earthen olle, placed in the man- ner of those which contained the ashes of the slaves, and the inferior orders of the Roman peo- ple. The monumental inscription, in front of them, records the names of Anniolena Maxima, and Servilia Irene. . No. 7. Asepulchral urn, with an inscription to Pompeius Justinianus. No. 8 Ditto, with an aeokry to T. Titu- Jenus Isauricus. No. 9. Blank. No. 10. A sepulchral urn, with an inscription to F]. AZhus Victor. | No. 11. Ditto, with an inscription to Silia Attica. ! No. 12. A sepulchral vase, found in a tomb near Naples. ‘No. 13. A sarcophagus, on the front of which is represented the lamentation of a family over @ corpse. No. 14. A sepulchral urn, with an inscription to Serullia Zosimenes. No. 15. Ditto, with an inscription to P. Licinius Successus. | No. 16. Blank. No. 17. A sepulchral urn, with an inscrip- tion to Cossutia Prima. — No. 18. Ditto, with an inscription to Claudia : Fortunata. 87 Fortunata. From the collection of Sir Hans Sloane. ; | | No. 19. ‘Two earthen ollz, similar to those described at No, 6. The monumental inseription, placed in front of them, records the names of P. Stenius Rufus and Plosurnia Salvilla. | No. 20. A monumental inscription to Euty- chia. Presented by Thomas Hollis, Esq. ‘No. 21. An Etruscan cinerary urn in' baked clay. The bas-relief in front represents the hero Echetles fighting with a ploughshare for the Greeks at the battle of Marathon. Upon the cover is a recumbent female figure. _ No. 22. A monumental inscription to C. Julius Primigenius. Presented by Thomas Hol- . lis, Esq. , iff ‘No. 23. Ditto, with an inscription to Lucre- tia. Presented by Thomas Hollis, Esq. “No. 24. An Etruscan cinerary urn in baked clay. The story of Echetles is represented in front (See No. 21.), and on the cover is a recum- bent female figure. The figures on this monu- ment were originally painted. On the upper part of the urn is an Etruscan inscription in red letters. From the collection of Sir Wiiliam Hamilton. “No. 25. A monumental inscription to Cap- pullius Meirobius. cH | “No. 86. ROOM-V. | ANTIQUITIES. ROOM V- ANTIQUITIES.« 88 No. 26. A sepulchral urn, with an-inserip- tion to Clodia Romulla. From the collection of Sir Hans Sloane. | No. 27. A sepulchral urn, with an inscription to Junia Pieris. No. 28. An-earthen olla, similar to those described at No. 6. The monumental inserip- tion placed in front of it-records the name of Opitia Faustilla. No.-29.. A sepulchral urn, with an inscription to Celia Asteris. From the collection of Sir William Hamilton. | No. 30. Ditto, with an inscription to P. Octanius Secundus. | No. 31. A fragment of a testamentary in- scription, cut from a sepulchral cippus. ; No. 32... A sepulchral urn, with an inscrip- tion to Pompeius Locusto, Attilia Clodia, and Pompeius. From the collection of Sir William Hamiiton. No. 33... Ditto, with an inscription to C._ Magius Pal. Heraclides. | No. 34. An Etruscan cinerary urn in baked clay. The bas-relief in front represents the single combat between the two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices. The two female figures, who are standing near the combatants, are Furies. An Etruscan inscription is painted in red letters on the 89 the wpper part of this urn ; on the cover is a re- ROOM V; eumbent female figure. From the Collection of siciouiries. Sr William Hamilton. No. 34*. A sepulchral vase, in yellow alabaster. No. 35. A sarcophagus, on the front of which various figures of Cupid and Pysche are repre- sented. ' | THaG No. 36. A sepulchral urn, with an inscrip- tion to D. Albiccus Licinus. 4 No. 37. Ditto, with an inscription to Flavia Eunya. No. 37*, A sepulchral vase, in yellow alabaster. No. 38. A monumental inscription to Dasa- mia Soteris. No. 39. A sepulchral urn, in white alabaster. from the Collection of Sir William: Hamilton. No. 4@. A sepulchral urn, with an inscrip- tion to Isochryses. -_ No. 41. An earthen olla, similar to those described at No.6. The monumental inscription placed in front of it, records the name of Apuleia ‘Tychen. No. 42. A monumental inscription to Flavia Provincia. | _ No. 43. A sepulchral urn, with an inscrip- tion to Pilia Philtata. From the Collection of Sir William Hamilton. No. 44. A monumental inscription to Isido- tus. Presented by Thomas Hollis, Esq. : ; * No. Ads ROOM Y¥,. nr ANTIQUITIES. ROOM VI. . See 90 No. 45. A mosaic pavement, discovered in digging the foundation for the new buildings at the Bank of England. Presented by the Directors of the Bank. SIXTH ROOM. GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. No. 1.. A medallion, representing in profile the bust of an unknown Greek philosopher. No. 2. Part of the front of a sareophagus, representing Achilles among the daughters of Lycomedes. No. 3. A bas relief, cut from the end of a sarcophagus ; it represents two Fauns punishing a Satyr. No. 4. Part of the front of a large sarcopha- sus, representing a marriage. No. 5. The front of a sarcophagus, repre- senting the nine Muses with their respective at- tributes. No. 6. A bas-relief, cut from the end of the same sarcophagus as No. 3. It represents two Cupids and a Faun carrying an intoxicated Satyr. No.7. Part of a sarcophagus, representing a ‘carpentum or funeral car, drawn by four horses. No.8. A medallion, representing in profile the bust of an unknown Greek philosopher. It »is similar to No. 1, but of a later time and infe- rior sculpture. No. 9. 91 No. 9. The front of a sarcophagus, repre- ROOM VI. senting captive’ Amazons, with their shields and ANTIQUITIES: idieghne, No. 10. A fragment of a sarcophagus, repre- senting Bacchus with a thyrsus in his left hand, and with his right arm thrown over the shoulder of a Faun. ; No. 11. A fragment of a magnificent sarco- phagus, representing an elderly man, with a ma- nuscript roll in his hand, which he is reading. Before him stands a Muse holding a_mask. — No. 12. The front of a sarcophagus, i seabige a Bacchanalian procession. No. 13. Heads of Paris and Helen, in alto- relievo. No. 14. The front of a sarcophagus, repre- senting Genii supporting various pieces of ar- mour. Ona shield, in the centre, is an inscrip- tion to Sallusttus Tasius. No. 15. ANtiguiTis.- (Case 17.) Hindu, Chinese, and Japanese — | idols. (Case 26.) Ditto. : (Case 27.) Small figures, cal miscellaneous articles in terracotta. : : (Cases 28, 32, 36.) Fragments of friezes in terracotta. (Case 37.) Soren of ancient. armour in bronze, consisting of helmets, breast-plates, standards, swords, belts, heads of spears, points of arrows, &c. In the middle division of this ease is the Roman helmet which was found at Ribchester in Lancashire. (Case 38.) A tripod, a lectisternium, a pair of steelyards, and two very large candelabra, in bronze,.— +: (Cases 39, 40, 41, 42.) Miscellaneous anti- quities in bronze, comprising scales, knives, pa- tere, and simpula; mirrors, lamps, bells, and mortars ; measures and wine-strainers ; large ves- sels for culinary and other purposes 5 several small candelabra, and other articles. (Cases 43, 44, 45.) A large collection of Roman lamps in terracotta. (Cases 46, 47, 48.) Ditto. . {Cases 49, 50, 51.) Ditto. | v2 (Case 52.) * 124 ROOM Xs (Case 52.) Dice and tali, formed of various Axriouiriss., Substances. (Case 53.) A great variety of Tessere in ivory, bronze, crystal, agate, and_ terracotta, many of which were tickets of admission to the theatres. In this case also is a considerable num- ber of styles for writing on wax tablets; pins, for the hair; bodkins; and needles both for sewing and netting. ! (Case 54.) Architectural mouldings in por- phyry, part of a frieze in rosso antico; handles of knives, fragments of lectisternia, &c. &e. (Case 55.) Stamps for sealing casks. (Case 56.) A large collection of Roman weights. (Case 57.) Votive offerings in bronze. (Case 58.) . A brick taken out of the ruins of a large city, supposed to have been Babylon, near the town of Hillah, on the river Euphrates ; it has an inscription in unknown characters. (Case 59.) Specimens of ancient painting from Herculaneum. , (Case 60.) A brick similar to the one in _ Case 58. (Cases 61, 62, 63.) Specimens of bas-reliefs in stucco, from the walls of Herculaneum. (Case 64.) Celts. | (Case 65.) Various instruments used, by the ! Ancients ; 125 Ancients; namely, rulers, compasses, nippers;: chissels, plummets, probes, spatule, &c. (Case 66.) Celts. : (Case 67.) A marble patera, fourteen inches in diameter, found in the ruins of Hadrian’s Villa : in this case are also contained specimens of Ro- man enamel, and inlaid work ; and hkewise some’ figs and other vegetable substances which were found in a calcined state in the ruins of Hercu- laneum. (Case 68.) Armiullz or bracelets, and various unknown ornaments in bronze. (Case 69.) A large patera of Oriental jasper, cups of crystal. agate, &c. (Case 70.) Hinges and nails. (Case 71.) Fibulze or broaches. (Case 72.) Buckles used by the Ancients for different purposes. ; | (Case 73.) Handles and other parts of vases. (Case 74.) Ditto. (Case 75.) Specimens’ of locks and keys. (Case 76.) Spears, knives, and various in struments In iron. (Case 77.) Bits, spurs, and ornaments for harness ; fragments of chains, &c. (Case78.) Some articles in bronze; the use to which they were applied is unknown. The intermediate and ‘subsequent cases in this room 7ROOM Mite | Anais aainys ' 126 ROOM XII.#oom aré filled with Greek vases, Of which a ANTIQUITIES. RGOM XIII. great number was found in sepulchres within those parts of the kingdom of Naples, anciently called Magna Grecia. Most of these vases are ornamented with paintings, representing a variety of subjects, chiefly mythological, the composi- tions of which are truly elegant. The forms of the vases are much varied, and are equally simple and beautiful. THIRTEENTH ROOM. PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. This room contains the extensive and valua- ble collection of prints and drawings, the most important part of which was bequeathed by the Rev. C. M. Cracherode.—The contents of this Room, as well as the collection of coins and me- dals, can be seen only by a few persons at a time, and by particular permission. Sa LONDON: Printed by Cox and Baylis, 75, Great Queen Street, Lincoln’s-Inn Fields. 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