Brislol LUciarij and Philosophical Instiluliou. .229 

 Council. 



W. H. Pepys, Esq. F.R.S. 

 Hon. Hen. GrevBeimet, M.P. 

 F.Il.S. 



Richard Bright, M.D. 

 Thomas Smith, Esq. F.R. lS: 

 L.S. 



Hen. James Brooke, Esq. F.R. Charles Stokes, Esq. F.A. k 



& L.S. L.S. 



G. B. Greenougli, Estj^. F.R. & \ Henrv Warburtoii, Escj. F.R.S. 



L.S. I Johii'Bostock, M.D. F.R. & 



W. Somerville, M.D. F.R, & 



L.S. 

 The Rt. Hon. Sir J. Nieholl, 



Kilt.- F.R.S. 



L.S. 

 William Hyde WollastoUjM.D, 

 F.R.S. 



Keeper of ike JMiiseiim and Draughtsman. 

 Mr. Thomas Webster. 



BRISTOL LITERARY AND i'HILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTION. 



On the 2i)th of February the ceremony of hiyiiii; the founda- 

 tion-stone of a new and magnificent building for literary and 

 philosophical purposes in Bristol, was attended l)y the Rigiit Wor- 

 shipful the Mayor, Win. Fripp, jan. Escp, the ShcrifTs, and a nu- 

 merous assemldage of gentlemen, some of the most distinguished 

 for wealth or talent in Bristol. The comi)any met their worthy 

 chief magistrate at the Council House, and tlience proceeded in 

 procession, with a band of music and the insignia of the city, to 

 the ground ; and afterwards returned in a similar order to the 

 Merchants' Hall to dinner; where they sj)cnt the evening in the 

 greatest harmony and unanimity. 



The site of this l)uilding is at the west end of the bottom of 

 Park-street, one of the finest streets in Bristol. It is intended for 

 the i)uilding to " contain a sjiacious lecture room, with a labo- 

 ratory adjoining ; a room of noble dimensions destined for a li- 

 brary; two apartments which may be appropriated, the one for 

 an exhibition room, the other for a nuiseum ; a reading-room for 

 reviews, pamphlets, newspapers, &c. : some other apartments for 

 subsidiary pur|)oses, and for the accommodation of a resident 

 guardian of the building." 



It has been for several years in contemplation to form a philo- 

 sophical society in Bristol, after the example of London, p]din- 

 burgh, Liverpool, Dublin, and some other great towns of tlie em- 

 pire ; but from tiie intervention of some cause or other, circum- 

 stances have continually occurred to delay the execution of so 

 desirable an object. There is now, however, l)Ut little doubt, 

 from the zeal which is manifested by the inhabitants of Bristol 

 for adding so useful an institution ti> the citv and so great an or- 

 nament to its ta.'-.tc and opulence, that what the IVicnds of this 



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