34 Earl of Bridgezvater^s Bequest. 



out and invest in their own names, in some one of the public 

 stocks or funds of Great Britain, the sum of eight thousand pounds 

 sterling ; the said sum, with all accruing dividends thereon, to be 

 held at the disposal of the President, for the time being, of the 

 Royal Society of London, to be transferred, paid, and applied, 

 according to the order and direction of the said President of the 

 Royal Society, in full, and without any diminution whatsoever, 

 in such proportions, and at such times, according to his direction 

 and judgment, and without being subject to any control or re- 

 sponsibility whatever, to such person or persons as the said Presi- 

 dent, for the time being, of the aforesaid Royal Society, should 

 or might nominate, or appoint, and employ. And he thereby de- 

 clared his will and particular request to be, that some person or 

 persons should be nominated and appointed by the said President, 

 to write, print, publish, and expose to public sale, one thousand 

 copies of a work on the power, wisdom, and goodness of God, as 

 manifested in the Creation ; illustrating such work by all reason- 

 able arguments ; as, for instance, the variety and formation of 

 God's creatures in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms ; 

 the effect of digestion, and thereby of conversion ; the construc- 

 tion of the hand of man, and an infinite variety of other argu- 

 ments; as also, by discoveries, ancient and modern, in arts, 

 sciences, and the whole extent of literature. And he desired that 

 the profits arising from and out of the sale of the aforesaid work, 

 should be paid by the said President of the Royal Society, as of 

 right, as a further remuneration and reward, to such person or 

 persons as the said President of the Royal Society should so no- 

 minate, appoint, and employ ; with a further power to advance 

 the sums of £300, and of £500, during the writing and printing 

 of the said work. 



The testator appointed John Charles Clarmont, Thomas Phil- 

 lips, and Eugene Auguste Barbier, Esquires, executors and trus- 

 tees of his will. And these gentlemen, on the 14th July, 1830, 

 invested the devised sum of £8000, in the purchase of 3 per cent, 

 consolidated Bank Annuities, which now stand in their names for 

 the above specified purposes. 



The late President of the Royal Society having ascertained 

 from a noble Lord immediately connected with the deceased, 

 that his family were desirous of having the objects of the bequest 

 executed, proceeded as follows : — 



