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to defray such expense as may be necessary for the esta-' 

 bhshment of this institution. 



That sir William Curiis, bart. be appointed treasurer to 

 this institution ; and that those gcntleuien who have de- 

 clared their intention to become proprietors and life sub- 

 scribers be requested to pay one-third of their subscriptions 

 into the banking-house of Robarts, Curtis, and Co. on 

 account of the said treasurer. 



That any person neglecting to pay the first or succeeding 

 instalments on his subscription within fourteen days after 

 the date fixed by the eleventh resolution of the general meet- 

 ing, shall forfeit his right to any share or privilege in this 

 institution. 



That the foregoing resolutions be printed, together with 

 those adopted at the general meeting of the 23d instant, 

 and transmitted to everv proprietor. 



That the thanks of this meeting be given to sir F. Baring, 

 bart. M. P. for his conduct in the chair. 



BRITISH INSTITtlTION FOR PROMOTING THE FINE ARTS. 



At a meeting of subscribers to the plan for a British In- 

 stitution for promoting the Fine Arts in the united king- 

 dom, held at the Thatched House Tavern, the 4th of June 

 1805, present, 



The Earl of Dartmouth iii the chair. 

 The earl of Aylesford Henry Hope, esq. 



John Julius Angerstein, esq. Thomas Hope, esq. 

 The duke of Bedford Lord viscount Lowther 



Sir George Beaumont, bart. Edward L. Loveden, esq. 

 Thomas Bernard, esq. Samuel Lysons, esq. 



Rt. hon. Isaac Corry, M.P. Philip Metcalfe, esq. M.P. 

 Kev. William Carr William Morland, esq. M.P. 



James Christie, esq. Lord Northwick 



The bishop of Durham Lord Henry Petty, M. P. 



Lord De Dunstanville William Smith, esq. M.P. 



Charles Duncombe, esq. Richard Troward, esq. 



M. P. Samuel Whitbread, esq. 



Sir Wm. Elford, bart. M. P. M. P. 

 Sir Abraham Hume, bart. Caleb Whlteford, esq. 



It was moved bv lord viscount Lowther, and seconded 

 by the duke of Bedford, and unanimously resolved, 



That the British Tnslltuiion for promoting the Fine Arts 

 in the Umted Kingdom, under his majesty's most gracious 

 patronage, do comincnoe and take place this day, being 

 his majesty's birth-day. 



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