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London, England, 1820-09-22 00:00:00

ABSTRACT eitAetritte SirjOSEPTI BANKS

The late flight Hon. Sir JOSEPH BANKS, Bart:
rine of-his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council,
Knight Grand Cross r,f the Most Honourable Mili-
tary Order of the Bath, and President of the Royal
Society, by his Will expressly desires that his body
be interred in the most private manner in the Church
or Church=yard of the Parish in which he shall hap-
pen to die, and entreats his dear relatives to spa:6
themselves the affliction of attencang the ceremony,
and earnestly requests that they will not erect any
monument to his memory. His house at S,n
grove, Heston, Middlesex, he gives to his he,
DAME DOROTHEA BANKS, with the furni:ure, plate,
&c. &c. His real estates to his v. it.e for lice, or nit%
dowhood after her death or marriage, those that
are situate in the County of Lincoln to the Hon.
JAMES HA MILTON STANHOPE, and Sir HENRY HAW-
LEY, Bart. SHljeCt to provisoes and Conditions ; dr*
remainder of his estates to Sir EDWARD KNATC/9.1
BULL, Bait. his heirs and assigns, subject to condi-
tions arid provisoes. The 'leasehold estates (except
his house in Soho•square) to Joao; PARKINSON, Esq.
The residue of his personal estate to his wife, for her
own absolute use and benefit. He appoints his wife,
the said JAMES HAMILTON STANHOPE, Sir HENRY
HAWLEY, and Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL, Execu.;
tors.—Will dated Jati. 7, 1820.
By the first Codicil; dated the 21st of January;
18'20, he gives to his indefatigable and intelligent
Librarian, ROBERT BROWN, Esq. an annuity of
L:200, and also the use and enjoyment during life of
the library, Holmium manuscripts, drawings, cop.;
per-plates engraved, and everything else that is con=
tined in his collections, usually kept in the back
building of his house in Soho-square; and after the
decease of the said ROBERT BROWN, then he gives
the same to the Trustees, for the time being, of the
British Museum ; or if it be the desire of the said
Trustees, and the said ROBERT BROWN shall con.;
sent to have the same removed to the British Mnseum
in his lifetime, lie shall be at liberty to do so ; and
the said ROBERT BROWN to be provided with the
proper means of access thereto for himself and his
friends. And he declares that the aforesaid bequests,
in favour of the said ROBERT BROWN, are upon con-
dition that he continue to use his library as his chief
place of study, in the manner he now does, and that
he assists the Superintendent of the Royal Botanic-
gardens at Kew, and continue to reside in London,
and does not undertake any new charge that may
employ his time. His leasehold house in Sohoa
square, with the appurtenances, to his wife during
her life ; and after her decease, or giving up posses,
siren thereof, then to the said ROBERT BROWN, subs
ject to the aforesaid conditions.
To Mr. FREDERICK BAUER, of KEW-green, who
has been employed by Sir JOSEPH as a draughtsman
for thirty years, an annuity of £3OO, upon condi•
tion that he continues to reside at Kew-green, and
employs himself in making drawings of plants that
Rower in the collection at Kew, in the same manner
as he has hitherto done ; and the drawings which he
shall so make be added to the collection now in his
hands, and which revert to Sir Jossen, or his re-
presentatives at the time of his death, as appears by
an agreement entered into between them ; and it is
his wish that if any doubts should arise as to his
meanieff in the conditions imposed on the said RO-
BERT BROWN and FREDERICK 13AUElt, the same
should be construed in a manner so as to be most
favourable to. them.
By the second Codicil (dated 7th of March, 1820),
he declares, that with every feeling of that dutiful
homage and humble attention justly due from a
loyal subject to a most gracious Sovereign, he gives
to his MAJESTY, for the use of the Establishment of
the Royal Botanical Gardens at-Kew, all the draw-
ings and sketches of plants that have grown in the
said Garden% and have been made at his expense
by Mr. BAUER, and which are now deposited in hit
custody, deeply impressed with an opinion, which
he still continues to hold, and believes to be founded
in truth, that the establishment of a Botanic-garden
cannot be complete, unless a resident draughtsman
be constantly employed in making sketches and
finished drawings of all new plants that perfect
their flowers or fruits in it: and declares, that he
long ago determined to fix such a person at Kew,
and maintain•hirn at his own expense, and he ac-
cordingly engaged Mr. BAUER, whose collection of
drawings and sketches he trusts willl prove a va-
luable addition to the important science of Natural
History, and that he did this under a -hope that the
truth of his opinion would in due time become mani-
fest, and that the charge of maintaining Mr. BAUER
would then be transferred from him, and placed on
the establishment of the Garden. This hope .he
declares is still warmly cherished, and receives ample
support from the well-known and often-experienced
love of science which makes a part of the character
of our beloved KING; but in case of its being deemed
inexpedient by his MAJESTY'S Advisers to make
this small addition to the Establishment, he charges
the annuity of £3OO to Mr. BAUER, on his Lincoln-
:bite estates.
He requests his relation, Str EDWARD KNATCIa-
BULL, Bart. to examine his papers' and things at his
house in Soho-square, and destroy those he . may
think proper. The papers respecting the Royal-So-
ciety to be sent to the Royal Society ; those respect-
ing the Mint or coinage, to the Mint ; his foreisix
correspondence to be sent to the British Museum.
His personal property sworn under £40,000.

A Paris Paper, with a reference to the recent eclipse
of the Sun, has a joke against the Ultras, some of
whom are asserted to have said, that the eclipses wei e
much liner under the ancient regime.

Coat, SEPT. 15.—We have purchased today] 5000 stone of
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9d.—Pork Is 245. per cwt. Beef is 295. and best Butter 741.
• COIN Excna max, MAILIC-LANE, Bak 2g.—We have had a few
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this morning, which bad the effect of causing a very heavy sale,
and nothing but prune picked samples could be got off at Mon-
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continue to receive large arrivals of Oati, and the trade is not
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In Barley, Beans, and Peas, there is no alteration.—Flour is
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Sanyo nu. t Bilwavev, Strr. £2.—Beef, 4s. Od. to Se. Od. per
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