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.. 1 11" R 11040 GREAT G AIN !--LITT . LE ! I EN CAPITALS in TEN MINUTES, NEXT . TUESDAY, 16th of THIS MONTH (July). And the tole Ten must be gained for the trifling Risk of sEI.ISo. each, ig only Nineteen Pounds for Ten Capitals. Tickets and Shares are now selling by BISH, Stotik-Broker, Skis old State Lottery Offices, 4, Coruhill, and a, Charing. cross, London.; and by his Agents in the Country. By the plan now adopted, a Whole Ticket ultimately costs 1. Iss. And a Sixteenth only Four Shillings: other Shares ;oport ion. BIS II shared and sold Two Prizes ,/T20,000, and 4'l tyjive other t'apitals, in the last 'I wo Mordhs. A - IFT Co. Sold in Shares the Last Prize of £20,000, and the Last Prize of £l,OOO ever drawn. The Lottery begins Drawing NEXT iUESBAY, and con- T..ti Prizes of £30,000, Two of .£20,000, many other Capi the usual proportion of small Prizes (Consols and Money), Not Two Blanks to a Prize. Purchasers may have the ice of the Ten Capitals which _must be drawn the First , at a very small risk, as they are at liberty to return their .ets or Shares, ow or before the 264 of the present Month on the followin: terms, viz. 'liar Ticket costs 121 18 . 0 may receive back £9O 0 0 alt - - costs 11 17 0 may receive back 10 12 0 !carter - costs 519 0 may receive back 5 6 0 Eighth - costs 3 0 6 may receive back 213 0 Sixteenth - costs 110 6 may receive back 1 6 6 the small Lottery drawn on the 4th of last Month, No. t, a Prize of £20,000, and 4,982, a Prize of £l,OOO, both Sold in Shares by SWIFT and Co. at their Old and Jitate Offices, No. 11, Poultry; 12, Charing-Cross; and .11, (gate /fish-street. This day was published, in Three Vols. small ivo. 21s. E POETICAL WORKS of BARRY CORN WALL Now first Collected. Printed for Henry Colburn and Co. Conduit-street. This day wa. published, Handsomely printed in post octavo, price 7s. 6d. in boards, SAYS, by FATHER FITZ-EUSTACE, a MRS DICANT FRIAR. Printed for Thomas and George Underwood, Fleet-street. EFFECTS OF CLIMATE ON CONSUMPTION. This day were published, in Ste. price 7s. 'E Dl(' AL NOTES on CLIMATE. DISEASES, _ ; OS ITA LS. and MEDICAL SCHOOLS, in France, /al . and Switzerland; comprising an Inquiry into the Effects f a litsickace in the &math of Europe, in Cases of Pulmonary 'onsumption. and illustrating the Present State of Medicine In hose t7ountries. ' By JAMES CLARK, M.D. Resident Physician at Rome. Printed for T. and G. Underwood, Mt, Fleet-street. . PRITCHARD ON NERVOUS DISEASES. This day was published, in octavo, price its. boards, TREATISE on DISEASES of the NERVOUS . SYSTEM; Volume I. comprising ConvuWve and Ma im! Affections. The design of this Work is to illustrate, by Imerous Cases of Epilepsy, Mania, Chorea, and the different arms of Paralysis, the Connection between Affections of this and a variety of Disorders of the Mum' Functions. By J. C. PRITCHARD, M.D. !cc. Physician to the Bristol Infirmary, Scc. Printed for Thomas and George Underwood, 32, Fleet -street, This day were published, In Two Vol:. Bvo. with a Portrait, 245. ~ MOIRS OF BENVENUTO CELLINL- Written by HMls6E—Edited, with Notes from the last FAii:ion. By THOMAS ROSCOE, Esq. " C llini was one of the most extraordinary men in an ex irtlinzry age; his life, written by himself, is more amusing any novel I know."—Horace Walpole. Printed for Henry Culburn and Co. Ccinduit-street. This day was published, Handsomely printed in octavo, price 18 s. ETTERS from SPAIN.—Dy Don LEUCADIO 1 DOBLADO. " The slight mixture of fiction which these letters contain ight raise a doubt whether the sketches - of Spanish manners, istoms, and opinions, by means of which the author has en. avoured to pourtray the moral state of his country, may not exaggerated by fancy, and coloured with a view to mere ef iect ; and it ischiefiy on this account that be deems it necessary to :store the Public of the reality of every circumstance men tiuncd in his book, except the name of Leucadio Doblado."— Attract from the Preface. Pthtted for Henry Colburn and Co. Conduit-street. IE MONTHLY CENSOR; ee,Geseral Revier► of Domestic and Foreign Literature, No. 11. is just pub. Zed, price 2s. 6g.—lt will contala upwards of Forty Avi les, and among othets the following : --Tlizotocy—Cople ton on Predestination (concluded)--Thackeray's Defence of ,e Clergy—Archdeacon Jefferson's Charge.--Pouzz—Plan f Savings Bank and Work fur Children—Rivington's Annual Register for 1797—Roscoe's Illustrations of Lorenzo de Riedici —Vie de la Duches.se d'Orleans— Waddington's Visit tb Ethio fia—Voyages 'des Freres liacheville.—Pitysics--Venturoli's Theory of Illeebanics--Ilernairs of the Astronomical Society of londen—Pkillipes History of Vegetables—Madame de Geniis Les Jens Chasupetres.—Punowcy—Fortunes of Nigel—Pen Owen—Adam Illair- T Corwin--Sir 'R. 31altravers.—Nun of Arrosea. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, nt, St. Paul's Church yard ; and Waterloo-place Pall-mall ; and G. and W. B. Whit taker, Ave ./War:a-lane, Waterloo-place, ' MN day was published, In Two thick Vols. 8,0. with Portraits, eas. boards, Dedicated by permiuion to Lady ilor.r.awb, 'POLEON IN EXILE; or, A VOICE from 3T. HELENA. The Opinions and Reflections of Na y,:cca on the most important events of his Life and Govern. r.:ez:, in his own words. By BARRY K O'MEARA, Esq. his late Surgeon. " Jr prie mes parens et ands, de croire tout ce que le Docteur () Ale Ara lean dira relativement i La position ou je eie trouve, rt aux st.ntimen• que je conserve. S'il volt ma bonne Louise, je prie de permettre lui baise la nsais."—NArotrox. Le 25 Juillet, 1818. Printed for W. Simpltia and R. Mardian, stationers' court, Ludgate-street. 10- A Translation of the Work in French, under the sanc tion of Mr. O'Meara, is in a suite of great forwardness. rpOWERSS TONIC PILLS, for Weakness of the 1 Stomach, Indigestion, Costiveness, Bilious Irregularities, Okc. are earnestly recommended in an those cases (and they are very numerous) where, toe stomacia being already weak, and the cit4.estive powers deranged, active purgatives are highly preju d.cia, and productive of serious injury to the constitution. These V.lll, in their operation, are peculiarly mild, safe, and effectual As a gentle aperient Tonic, they cleanse, and yet strengthen the stomach, restore the appetite, promote digestion, and keep the bow e ls in a regular and comfortable state, free from costiveness, Lut by no mean, too relaxed. The Tonic Pills are sold (at es. 9d. 44. 6d. I is. and tts. per bon) by the Venders of Genuine Mo. dicinef, wholende and retail, in London, and throughout the Kirgdom. ~',r Observe the signature of . " John Towers" en the label, and his name round the ' royal arms' on the seal. N; whole being Ticl at his cross, By only • In pro B 1 Thi, The tains talc, th and N, ('hang Day, a Ticlitt! (July), A IV:a, A Hall A Qun An ni A Sixt In t 5,004, were Forruir Aidgatt Th TH lland ESS Print EF. I cal . f a WI, 'onsuni hose C , By J: Pr P Thi A 31 'tiara! A TUlllerOt Forms ( Class, at Prints I .4 don. E :Elan E " C ' raordin Lan any I El "The tight ra customs, &avow, exagi lea; an ro ;:ssur4 tiuncd i Lakract I T"' of I:ihed. clot, an, ston on tl.e Cle of haulm fitgistel —Vie d fia—Vl Theory ' l.undon I .es Jet Owen— Arrouc Plot Yard ; t taker, . In N polecn t:tnr, B Alea aux act la prie IA 1 Prix court, 13' Ilion of . _ . ' : "7" .... . ~,,, p . :, .., , . 4 F:.:._ • , :y e . # " . . . . • . - •.. .. - • . _. ,/-- . . . . .. . . _ • :—'. - ...' - . . . 20,A -- ‘ ‘111 . ;)% -•''-' • '- • ..... t .. , f • . 1 • • . . f 41 F ‘ P l . . . °f44l- •• • , • •-► Q S ' 10 at. . . .. .. 4- .-.--- -: , —... , .. 5 ,:!•-f--- . ~ ~..... • s Z ie-," 6-1 /-e-___-•/ . , , I . . *.. - .), 1 " I—.: * ' 4 . ". . 4 ~ . . • .y J. . -*, [PI4 fth SEVEN-PNCF. . . - pantheons, or buildings, would extend beyond the !north line of Southampton House, obstruct the view of his tenants, and greatly depreciate the.value of his i property on the spot, and in the vicinity ; and he therefore prayed, that the defendants might not be allowed to erect any buildings except such as were within the meaning and scope of the original gra..c to Ralph Montague. An application upon this sub ject had been made to the Vice-Chancellor for an in junction; but he 'declined interferiug till it should be ascertained whether the original covenant on the part of-Ralph Montague was ri covenant running with the land ; for unless such was its effect, no relief could be granted. The question had stood over in order to as= cert:Crt a/tether any mode could be adopted by which it might be settled. His Honour had directed a case to be made for the opinion of the Judges of the Com mon Pleas, but the parties not ccuceiving that course would be effectual, had never drawn up the order of the Vice-Chancellor. They were desitous of having the matter determined by the opini.sn of the Lord Chancellor, and with that view had brought forward the present application. The Learned Counsel pro c-..eded to argue at length is support of the injunction. He was followed by Mr. Lir-men/me, Mr. ABER,. CROMBY, and Mr. CULLEN, who contended against the right of the Trustees to enlarge the line cf their buildings beyond the limits pointed out and defined by the conveyance, tin - O.Th the medium of which it had come into their possession. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL resi;ted the motion. He observed, that the Duke of Bedford ought to have brought aw action at law ; but admitting that he was entitled to come into a Court of Equity, the Court could grant him no relief. The question was, what was the situation and intention of the parties at the time of their enter:ng into the contract. Montague House was at that time free from all buildings, and did not obstruct the view from Southampton House; but when the proprietors of Southampton House had - pulled it down and erected buildings on the spot, and surrounded Montague House with them, he con tended that they could not ccule into a Court of Equity to rostra 1p the Trustees horn proceeding with their projected *orks. Mr. WETHERELL and Mr. PULLEN supported the same line of argument, and insisted that the altera tion made by the Duke of Bedford in the state of the property, amply jpstified the defendants in the con= duct they had adopted, and absolutely precluded the plaintiff from all title to the extraordinary inter-. ference of this Court. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he was anxious to have the assistance of the Master of the Rolls, for many reasons. He himself was an official Trustee of the Museum, though he had been so negligent that he knew nothing of the buildings,, nor did he believe liehad Amor been there, except when he was obliged to wa}k through the grounds to get the safest way to Westminster, after an attempted destruction of his house. The single point was, whether the Duke of Bedford, if an action could be maintained, must be content with the action compensating hint for any injury he had to complain of; or whether he.was en titled to the better relief a Court of Equity was in the habit of giving by injunction. It was in the me mory of all (of himself at least), that there was not one brick on another in the street called Gower street; and when Gower-street was built, and Bed ford-square was built, nobody could doubt that the persons who had houses in Bedford-square thought them of more value, from the circumstance of having the square on one side, and the Museum Gardens on the other ; and the houses on the east side of Gower street were advertised as more valuable than those oft the west, for the reason that they were pleasant ha bitations to everybody, particularly to lawyers pent up in the Temple, who could get their breakfast at six in the morning, which was the custom, and have a comfortable walk from one of these streets, where there was not a single house, till they found their way to Queen-square. From time to time, however, buildings were raised round Montague House, and the Trustees now sought to erect their building. His Lordship then proceeded to consider whether the Duke of Bedford, having defeated the object of Mr. Montague, to secure Montague House from being surrounded by buildings, was entitled to come into a Court of Equity for relief. He WAS unable to find this was one of those cases in which a Court of Equity would grant relief by injunction; and in stating that without prejudice, he requested the Ma. Ater of the Rolls to inform him in what view he saw the case. The MASTER of the RoLLs said that, as the case came under consideration now for the first time, and considering his situation, in common with his Lord ship, as Trustee of the Museum, he shou'ld have de sired some time for consideration if i.e could have brought himself to entertain the least doubt; but after having given the matter a ll th e consideration in his power, he bad no hesitation in at once giving his opinion. Hi - fined to the whether the equitable ass supposed the conduct; bui state of . the , doped and w; perty in its gaged respect remained in Duke, havin, mein not apl to assist The LORD that was, th; Mr. SHA. the Duke of sake of the r [Gentlemen The Lew 1 was any rented: i vidt affecwhot • 1 , ": • ,' ' ~. . ~i -{~~~ . . - - le thought the single question was con- ' jurisdiction of the Court. In consiJciing Duke was precluded f:om haring art ssistance from the Court, it was not to be to Court cast the least imputation on his . • ,ut had not the Duke, from the alt ere d .. I property, by his own act, entirely Aar.- i r waived all that was applicable to the pro- former state? Did nut all that was en- I ecting the propeity belong to it whil s t it , ,1': 1 that state? It was his opinion that the ng changed the property, made the agree- i . pplicable so as to call on A Court of Equity :.. m ID CHANCELLOR slid the consequence of flat the injunction could not be granted. ,DWELL observed. that the sole object of 1 it if Betilbrd was to try the question, for the ~1 1 personal comfort and con venie nce of the : his tenants. ' Lth os e di th s e m n is sa sa t i th th at e if t 4 I;tniad ostCryealltantedricarsi.t i TUESDAY, JULY 9, W. CUSTOM-HOUSE, LONDOAY, July 1, 1821. FOR SALE, lity Order *f the Not. Commissioners of his Mclnty's Customs, On hionoar the 15th, Totowa: the 16th, Weoszloar the 17th, and THuassAy the 111th instant, at One o'Clock in the After noun precisely, At the Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane, THE FOLLOWING GOODS, TOR IXPORTAIION. East Inditi and other Prohibited Goods, Books, Prints, Pictures, &c. • TOR 11011 6 CONSUMPTION. Cambric and other. Linen Drapery, Lace, Artificial Flowers, Rough Amethysts, Or-molu Clocks, Jewellery, Books, Pictur..s, Prints, Grocery, Drugs, Squirrel 'Pails, Lamb skins, Slate Pen cilq, Snuff Boxes, Toys; Whiskey and ether Spirits; Wine, Oil or Mace, China, Sill Stones ; Deals, Mahogany, and other Wood Goods ; Beats ; Three Vessels called the " Prosperous," " Vrow Susanna," and " New Union f! and Su►dry ether Goods as mentioned in the Catalogue. CLRAI. ST ALL Dents; To be viesied at the Tobacco Ground, Rotherhithe ; and the King's Warehouse and Cellars, Custom-House; on Wednesday the 10ifi, Thursday the 11th, Friday the 12th, and Saturday the 13th Instant, from ten o'clock in the Morning to three in the Afternoon. N.B. Goods bought at th;s Sale most be paid for at the 'Re ceiver of Fines and Forfeitures Office, Custom-llouse, en or before Monday, the .sth August, Me, •r the deposit's made thereon will absolutely become forfeited. Catilogues to be had at the King's Warehouse, Custom-house, price One Shilling each. COUNTY FIRE-OFFICE, ♦ND PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, Regent-street, London. PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES. • The Duke of Noarour, The Duke of RUTLAND, The Marquis of NoaTunstrrow, • Earl GRAY, Lord BDATIBROOICK, Lord Ku 4a, &c. &c. &c. MIRECTORS. Sir HENRY PINY, JAME 3 &enamor, Esq. Hon. WASHINGTON WALTDI STRICKLAND, Esq. Sir W. E. Wilms, Hart. Sir ROSIEST WILSON, M.P. &c. &c. Lord Noarnwter, FRANCIS CONS?, Esq. Sir JOHN DOYLE, K.B. Bosnia Doirtar, F.sq. M.P. Sir S. B. MCIRLANO, Bart. M.P. WM. Plalb, Esq. Managing Director—J. T. B A Beausteurr, Esq. F.A.S. PERMANENT CAPITALS, amounting to' .€650,000 have been formed, In addition to the fluctuating Capitals arising from the Premiums; which, together, consi derably exceed a Million sterling. Claims have been paid to Thirteen Hundred and Fifty Suf ferers from fire, without a single litigation. The Profits are di vided amongst those who now insure, as well as the original Members, in just,proportion to their respective payments. In the FIRS OFTICY, Returns of 20 and 25 per Cent. have been invariably paid to • all persons who have continued insured seven years, upon Annual as well as upon Septennial Policies, and whether they have been claimants for losses or otherwise, which Returns, during the last eight years, amount to f 56,000. the laws Orem; Bonuses of 3E15. ss. and £26. 12s. have been divided during the last fourteen years; and other very peculiar Advantages are afforded. DR. PHILIP ON INTERNAL DISEASES. SECOND EDITION. This daT was published, in Avo. price 10s. 6d. AN EXPERIMENTAL INQUIRY into the LAWS of the VITAL . FUNCTIONS; with some Ob servations on the Nature and Treatment of Internal Diseases. By A. P. WILSON PHILIP, M.D. In part republi.hed, by permission of the President of the Royal Society, from the Philosophical Transactions of 1615 and 1617. With the Report of the National Institute of France on the Experiments of M. Le Gallas, and Observations on that Report. Printed for T. and G. Underwood, 32. Fleet-street. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. DUBLIN, JULY 6. WANT OF FOOD.—The afflicting cases multiply from the provinces. Distress and fever continue as yet to extend over a large track of our island. We implore the humane and charitable not to relax.— Unless the Churches replenish the fund for pressing relief, the labours of the Mansion House Committee must soon cease to carry their wonted and grateful aid to an expiring peasantry. COONTY GALWAY, MOYCULLIW FLAME, .71INI 27.—Our funds are exhausted, and must fail long before the month of August, as our lists are increasing, and must continue to do so as fast as the resources of the population become exhausted. We are filled with alarm and apprehension against the end of the summer, unless GOD in his mercy and bountiful goodness shall regard with kindness the sufferings prepared for our pour, in case re lief shall fail. Stmo.—To-day a young woman fainted through hunger. The district visitors feared deception, and, as is always done, they entered into a strict investigation of the circumstances. It appeared that she was the'eldest of ten children, all dependent on the exertions of their once comfortable, but now destitute parents. The mother had obtained a ticket for purchasing pro visions at reduced prices; in order to do which, having disposed of every article of furniture, and parted with the shoes off her feet, she had taken the ring off her finger, which she had worn for twenty-two years as the sign of marriage and fidelity, and sold it for ten-pence. - - Comfy CLasit.—Drearnolihy.—The greatest danger is still be. fore us ; the alarm and daily clamour of the people for food is dreadful; the kinds of green stuffs and sea rack. that hunger obliges them to eat, are creating all kinds of distempers and disease among them. the pittance of food allotted to them being not nearly sufficient to keep them alive; one man in health and vigour would do the work oY ten of these starving creatures. GALWAY.—Clonfert.—Rev. Mr. Ilaunigan.—There remains but tl of your remittance ! There are several ready to work ; these are employed at id. per day ; many are incapable of work in* from age, infirmity, and debility' — these receive aid !rads.- The Bishop has given away all his corn and potatoes. He writes that it is impossible to describe adequately their distress and their patience. Yesterday there were seven at once fainting on the ground, and bad it not been that they devoured the raw oat meal, I ant confident some would have died ; some/are living on cabbage alone ; some have dug up the seed potatoes to eat. It appears that upwards of 1.50,000 persons are now receiving charitable relief in Mayo. At Castlebar, a horse having had his leg broken, was shot by the owner, and the poor people of the neighbourhood devoured the animal ! A letter from the Rev. D. Kelly, dated Westfort, July 1, says— , g They are perishing here (in Achill), in such numbers from starvation, that many of them are found along the road side dead, without benefit of clergy ! I go in to-morrow to visit the melancholy theatre with a cargo of provisions that will afford temporary relief." The Dublin Evening Post of Saturday says, the • parties arrested,.if belonging to any association, were Ribbon:nen, and Oat High Treason is therefore out of the question. • The same Paper contains the fol lowing AszioPg 'the persons arrested at . Armagh is a man or the name of John Kelly. This man is a Crown witness, in the prosecution of the King against Hamilton, andcertain other Orangemen, for a homi cide at Dromore. The man, in fact, was murdered by the Oiange YemitanrY in Kelly's house. Several persons implicated in the transaction are now in OmaghJail, and are to stand their trial at the coming Assizes for the alleged offence. But Kelly is the principal witness for the Crown, and the Habeas CorptuOct is now suspended. He cannot, therefore, be brought down to Omagh except on a Petition to the Government. We have no doubt that on appli cation to Lord Wellesley it would be readily complied ith ; but it may so happen that the CoMmission in Dublin and the Assizes might be proceeding at the same time." ` lATELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 8. SEDITIOUS LIBELS. THE KING V. SUSANNAH WRIGHT. (Concluded from the Star of yesterday, Mrs. Wright, in closing her defence, said, she could not but lament, that in the present enlightened age, Judges and Senators should be found, who would sanction such prosecutions as that before the Court. Persecution, iti whatever way directed, was objec tionable, and particularly under what is called a free Government—but to persecute the mind of man, was of all kinds by far the most disgusting. - The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE then commented, with great impartiality, upon the various passages con tained in the libels, and sent the case to the Jury. who, after a short consultation, found a verdict of Guilty and the defendant was.immediately taken into custody by the Tipstaffs of the Court. COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 6. THE DUKE Or BEDEOND V. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Mr. SHADWELL said, he had to srove, in a cause in which .the Duke of Bedford was plaintiff, and the Trustees of the British Museum, defendants, that an order made by the Vice-Chancellor might be dis charged, and that an injunction might be granted to restrain the defendants from erecting certain build ings intended to be attached to the British Museum. The Learned Counsel stated, that in the year 1669, Rachael Vaughan was seised of a mansion -house, called Southampton Heine, and afterwards Bedford House, in the parish of St. Giles, and a parcel of ground called Long Field and Baber's Field, adjoin ing the gardens of Southampton House. That being so seised she executed indentures in July. 1669, which were expressly made, in contemplation of a marriage between herself and Lord William Russell. By these indentures she conveyed to the Earl of Northumber land, the Earl of Aylesbury, and Sir Richard Vernon, the property in question upon trust, not for Lord William Russell, but as she should appoint. At a subsequent period, upon the death of the Earl of Northumberland, Sir Phillip Warwick was appointed A trustee in his room, and then an instrument was executed, upon which the whole of the present ques tion would turn. It was between the trustees of the one part, and Ralph Montague of the other part ; and it witnessed, that in consideration of £2610, paid by Ralph Montague, the Trustees conveyed, and Lady Rachael Vaughan confirmed, to Ralph Montague, the mansion-house and garden, with the fields ad joining, to hold to him and his heirs at a yearly rent of five pounds. In consideration -of this conveyance, Ralph Montague covenanted with Lady Rachael Vaughan, that in case he erected any building, he would erect a fair and large house fit for a family, and that he would not make any public way to the north ward, nor erect any building beyond the uttermost wall of Southampton House ; he also covenanted that, if he should erect any buildings on the north end of the ground, or should extend them beyond South ampton House, with the exception of a small sum mer-house, or banqueting-house, in the garden, he should forfeit and pay ES a day as long as such erections should remain, and until the place was restored to the same condition as it was before. Upon the execution of this conveyance Ralph Mon- tague took possession of the ground, and erected a building, which did not extend beyond Southampton House. That house was afterwards destroyed by fire, and another erected on its scite, which was confined la ithin the , same limits. The house built tae second time was the house which is now called the British Museu'in. This building was enjoyed by the family of Ralph Montague till the year 1733, when an Act of Parliament passed in the 26th year of George 11. the object of which was the preservation of the Curio sities collected by Sir Hans Sloane. By that Act the Lord Chancellor and certain other persons were formed into a Corporation to carry the intentions of the Legislature into effect ; and it was enacted, that they should have succession for ever, as Trustees of the British Museum. Upon the passing of this Act, the mansion-house was conveyed to the Trustees, and they had been iu possession ever since, and had paid the yearly rent charge of £5 to the present Duke of Bedford, and bis ancestors. The Learned Counsel then stated, that in the year 1800, the house called Southampton or Bedford House, was pulled down, and a range of magnificent houses built upon that and the adjoining ground, and these houses over looked the British Museum and gardens. The Trus tees of the British Museum had recently given notice to the Duke of Bedford that they intended to erect various buildings beyond the line where Southampton House stood, for the purpose of having them inha bited, by the statues of certain ancient h eroes an d he -1 r.)11113, gods and goddesses, there assembled and con ' gregated by the laborious efforts of Lord Elgin, and other industrious and persevering antiquarians. The complaint of the Duke of Bedford was, that these 'i~