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NATIONAL GALLERY.

ANOERSTEIN COLLECTION.

LS4I. IN PALL-MALL.

Pope Julius the Second
I;. Christ on the bloom
18. Portrait of Uunitius

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CORONER'S INQUEST.

teopy) Treasury Minute, dated 2Sd March, 1821.
no harl of Liverpool seq.'s:tints the Board, that his 31ajesty's
libleasment having deemed it to he highly expedient that an op- j
portnuity, which presented itself, of purcluusing the chniee collet-'
tier of pictures belonging to the late Mr. Angers:sin far the use
of the public should not be lost, he had entered into a negriciation
with. as executors and representatives of that gentleman, and had
concluded an agreement for the purchase of the whole collection,
of which he delivered a catalogue to the Board, for the suit
07,06101. of
Lard Liverpool further states to the Board, that he has made an j
unagement with the executors, and with Mr. J. J. Angenitein,
for the occupation of the house in Pall-mall, where the Pictures now I
ass, daring the remainder of the term foe which it is held by Mt.
Amigo:satin, at the rent which he pays fur it.
His Lordship further states, that he found, after a careful inquiry,
that hi seder to provide fur the security and due conservatioa of the
palates, and fur giving access to the public to view them whilst I
Mogremain in their present situation, the following establishment
sieeimary
A Kasper of the fialle, at a salary of 2001. per annum. To
hire dm charge of the collection, and to attend particularly to the
of the pictures ; to superintend the arrangements fur
aooa; and to be present occasionally in the gallery ; and
Wad Liverpool is of opinion, that the person to be appointed to
'Ms cam should be competent to value, and (if called upon) to
negocsate the purchase of any pictures that may in future be added
to the collection, Re.
An Assistant Keeper or Secretary, at a salary of per annum.
10 attend in the gallery on the public days during the hours of
admission ; to issue the tickets of admission ; to superintend, un-
der the direction of the keeper any arrangement which it may be
necessary to make, respecting the artists who may he permitted in
study la the gallery ; and to act as secretary at all meetings of
thstrilateet or other managers of the gallery, lac.
A respectable person to attend in the two principal rooms during
the time of public view, to prevent persons touching ur injuring
the pictures, may receive two guineas per week.
A. person to attend the lower mum, containing the English
pislarea, two guineas per week.
A rater to suend in the hall, to receive the tickets of admission
NM to Mkt charge of sticks and umbrellas ; this person to reside in
dialbauer.at a salary of 1101. per annum
nabteeizaittowatatrt nadvtehnedfirmy and
salary otfoilt:tean. the apartments; to
It will he requisite to have coals, candles, and a small quantity
of stationery.
Ds recammends, therefore, that an estimate he prepared, to be
ked before Parliament, fur a vets to defray the purchase of the pic-
ture., and for the charge of the shove establishment, and to cover,
the seatiegencies thereof fur one year.
My lords concur in opinion with Lord Liverpool as to the expe-
diency of this purchase, and as to the establishment required, under
the present circumstances, for the care of them and the custody of
the ppßay, and desire that an estimate be prepared and laid before
Parliament accordingly.
LIST OF TIRE PICTURES OF 'flit LATE J. J. ANGERST

I. The Embarkation of (iiiee;X of Sheba . Claude.
1. The Marriage of Rebecca - - - Claude.
L Uanyniede - - - - - Titian.
4. The Rape of the Sabine, - - - Ruben.
I. The Emperor Theodosius expelled the Church by St.
Ambrose - - . - . Vandyke.
6. St. John in the Wilderness . A. Carracci.
7. Susannah and the Elders - - Led. Carracci.
S. A Bacchanalian Triumph - - N. Pousain.
't a with the Shepherds - - Domenichioo.
10. ip the Fourth of Spain and his Queen - Velesion.
U. eons and Adonis - - - - Titian.
12. Landscape—" Morning" • - - Claude.
11. An Italian Seaport—" Evening" - - Claude.
14. The liaising of Lazarus - - Seb. del Piombo.
I.i. A Concert - - - - - Titian.
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Raphael.
so.
C;;Ijko.

19• The Niurriti - Resobrindt.
m The Woman taken in Adultery - - Rembrandt.
21. The Embarkation of St. Ursula - Claude.
ti. Abraham and Isaac - - 0. Potosin.
23. A Lend Storm . . - Poussin,
24. A Landscape, with Cattle and Figures . Cuyp.
24. Apollo and Silent's - . A. Carracci.
211. Holy Family in $ Landscape - - - Ruben..
f. The Portrait of Rubens . - Vandyke.
28. Studies of Heads - Corrqggio.
*. Studies of Heads - - • Comeggio.
31.
31* The Marriage A -lismode . - - Rogertla
33.
34.

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Pannit of Lord Heath&id . . sir J. Reynolds.
117. The Village Holliday -
Ct. Penni& of the Painter - Hogrartb.
An letimate of the Sum which will be required to defray the
ammirs of purchasing, together with the Expenses incidental to
the Preservation and Peblie Exhibition of the Collection et
Pictures which belonged to the late J. J. Angerstein, Esq.
Sixty Thousand Pounds.
Whitehall. Treasury Chambers, J. C. HERRIES.
18th March, 1114.

DEFAMATION AND ALLEGED MURDER.

An Inquisition was taken yeaterday afternoon before Mr.
Ourrix, the Coroner, at the Golden Lion public house. Canon-
airon-road. St. thesege's in the East, on view of the body of Mrs.
Sovhine Romanis 11'est, whose husband :s a respectable solicitor
to Caron-street-rued, St. Georges in the East. Mrs. West had
been dead since Monday week; and it would seem, from the fol.
Inwing facts detailed haler. the Coroner, that the Inquest sat
rather for the purpose of inquiring into certain slanderous, and, ins
steed, infamous, reports circulated respecting Mr. West, and tending
touch to thsparap and ruin his character, than to inquire into the
death of the deceased.

111t.11artstrt attended professionally for Mr. West, and paid
great attention to the examination of the witnesses, in order, If pos.
sthla. to trace these slanderous rumour to the fountain head, and
punish the proprgators of them.
The first witness examined was Sarah Wiltshire, who deposed
t.l,e was servant to Mr. West, of 26, Canon-street.road, for the last
tsar months. Her mistress .sd had good health till within the teat
:month, during which she had two Its, and continued to decline
Irons that time until Monday week. when she died about a quarter
Infers two in the morning. She was attended during her Illness
by Surgeon Crisp, of Canon-street. Mr. West was a most etre-
*paste husband, and the deceased and he lived together very hap.
pay. The deceased never complained of being ill treated, but
UteqUently inestioned her dread, that, in consequence of the replrts
in .Culatins about him, he would get into trouble.
!]Jr. MARNE* observed, that in order to throw a little light on
the subject. it would be necessary briefly to examine Mr. West.
Mr. West was then called, and being sworn, deposed that the
donased was his wife. She began to lose her health about a month
or sic weeks ago ' • he attributed her deatil to a communication
which was made tohim in her presence by Mr. Timothy Wright,
• ord-nuerchant, in notices-Witte. This communication was made
an English, witness believes, for his benefit ; Mr. Wright thinking
7:f los wife, who wax • native of France, would not understand
sr he said. The purport of the communication was, Mr.
right's saying, that it had been represents-I to him that during
witness's absence from England be had led a mast abandoned lift, I
ran through the whole of has property, destroyed a young woman
awned Mary Clark, who bad Clark, accompanied him to the Continent,
am( that he was in Awn without a shoe to his foot, and that it was
more than probable be never would return home.
Coatouga.—ls there any rounds ion for this report ?
Ma. West.-0 dear no, Sir!
Mr. H aaaaa .--Did this set• t to have any Wert upon the de-
mised ?
Mr. West.—Oa returning, after parting from Mr. Wright, I
fined her on the sofa, in teats ; and on retiring to bed on the fol_
lowing night, abet appeared very much alarmed, and asked me if
Shin was any truth in this report, or if it was likely I should be
sett Se prison ? I endeavoured to comfort her, and calm her fears,
but all was to no of eat Mary Clark had lived with him as servant
for upwards of seven years, and left in consequence of ill health.
SSA eras in a decline, and he took her abroad for the benefit of her
health t bet she lingered a short time, and died, and her death gave
rise to these slanders.
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lie. Charles Crisp deposed he was a medical student of Guy's
and At. Tnoinasis Hospitals, and resided in Canon-street-road.
Os attended the deemed for thu first time on the 2d instant; she
Mat bad so apoplectic fit, but was recovered in two or three days.
tie attended her in her last illness on Friday last, and found her
labouring under diabetes, which was the mile cause of her death.
Her spirits were very low on this occasion, but when he first saw
her she had a great flow of them. Diabetes was the immediate
rause of her death ; hut it is witness's opinion that her death was
anselorated by these reports, Witness opened and examined the
t.ody ; there were no marks of violence, and he mild discarice no
other trace of complaint, excepting the diabetes.
Coroner—Would any violent paa.ion, or grief, or terror, have
awed her dsath?.

fkirgeon—l think not.
Mary Clark liras at Orset, in Essex. She had /daughter named
'buy, who lived seven years In Mr. West's service, and went with
ham, in the July of 111,22, to France, with witness's perfect con-
sent. She had been four years in a decline. and left the country
toe the benefit of her health. Witness never entertained the
slightest suspicion that any improper intercourse existed between
It daughter and Mr. West.
Lollard Smith, sworn—lle has lived for the last four at In
pan in France, and resides at present in Mile-end. He saw
Miry Clark on her first arrival in France with Mr. West ; she ap-
- hen is the last stage of decline; two surgeons auended
she ultimately died in France; she had no appearaaee
of being in • state of pregnancy ; he saw the deceased shout
a ago, when she appeared much alarned, and said she
t throe /handers would be the means of depriving her of
_J, and that she did not know what she would -do in a
country. Ile saw her frequently afterwards until her
,nd she on all occasions expressed the same fears.
'itnothy Wright lives in Queen-street, Hotherhithe, and is
`.-nt. He is intimate with Mr. `Vat, and comutuni-
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