SIR:

THE Corporation of Yale College, at their late meeting, August 15, 1838, authorized, with Col. Trumbull's consent, the location of the Statues of Jephthah and his Daughter, in the Trumbull Gallery, according to the terms of the subscription made for the purchase of the same. That article, in the terms of the subscription, which defines the rights and privileges of subscribers, is as follows, viz: "That all subscribers to the present object shall be entitled to visit the Statues in the Trumbull Gallery, free of expense, for six months after their reception there; that every subscriber of $50 shall be entitled to a ticket for ten years; that every subscriber of $100 shall be entitled to a ticket for life; and that any person subscribing $200 shall be entitled to a family ticket for life;—said tickets to command access to the Gallery while the Statues remain there, and afterwards to the Museum of Sculpture, where it is proposed ultimately to deposit them." Consequently subscribers of less than fifty dollars, are entitled to visit the Figures gratis, six months from the date of the corporate act, or till February 15, 1839; and subscribers of fifty dollars till August 15, 1848.

It will be observed that the privilege of visiting the Statues in the Gallery of Paintings, is limited to the subscribers themselves in all cases, except that of subscriptions of two hundred dollars. It is proper also to add, that the nature and terms of the trust are such, that the Guardians of the College are not at liberty to go beyond the conditions of the subscription, in admitting persons to the Gallery gratuitously. To do so, would be both to defeat Col. Trumbull's object,—which is to assist indigent and meritorious students in obtaining an education in Yale College,—and to forfeit the valuable collection of paintings entrusted to their care. The object of Col. Trumbull is certainly not one of minor importance; and fidelity in a trustee is a cardinal virtue.

Yale College, Oct. 25, 1838.