190 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 



The excavations at Pompeia are carried on very successfully, and 

 several new edifices are said to have been discovered in the 

 street which leads to tlie Temple of Isis, to that of Hercules, and 

 to the Theatre. Some surgical instruments, of good workman- 

 ship, are described to have been found. 



7. New Scientific Establishment at Bath. — It is proposed to 

 form in Bath an Institution for the cultivation of Science, Lite- 

 rature, and the Liberal Arts. 



The Institution to consist of a house and establishment, com- 

 prising the following accommodations : namely, a library and 

 reading-room, from which newspapers and political pamphlets 

 shall be excluded ; a botanic garden ; a museum of natural his- 

 tory ; a cabinet of mineralogy ; a cabinet of antiquities ; a ca- 

 binet of coins and medals ; a hall for lectures, with suitable ap- 

 paratus for the courses on chemistry and the several branches of 

 natural philosophy. 



To these will be added an exhibition gallery, for the reception 

 and display of paintings and other works of the fine arts. 



The funds to be raised by subscriptions for shares of £50 

 each, and the right of property to be vested in the subscribers. 



The incorporation of the subscribers to take place under a 

 Legislative Charter. 



The management of the Institution to be conducted by a Board 

 of Directors. 

 The Institution to be open to annual and life subscribers. 

 A capital sum of thirty thousand pounds will be required for 

 carrying the general purposes into effect. Twenty thousand 

 pounds to be disposable in the purchase of premises, erecting 

 the necessary buildings, and fitting up the Institution in a suit- 

 able manner ; and ten thousand pounds to form a reserved fund, 

 the interest of which shall be applicable to defraying the annual 

 expenses. 



No active proceedings to be commenced, until there shall be 

 subscriptions for at least 300 shares. 

 The Provisional Constitution of the intended Establishment 



