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Should the managers of the Royal Institution think 

 favourably of his proposal, Mr. Este will endeavour, 

 by doing justice to the subject, to promote, as far as he 

 may be able, the reputation and interests of the esta- 

 blishment. 



62, Great Mary-le-bone-street , 

 December 14, 1808. 



STATEMENT 



Annexed to Proposals^ ( No. /.) 



Mr. Este began his professional studies in the year 

 1792, in London, under Dr. Baillie and Mr. Cruik- 

 shankj at the end of that winter procured introductions 

 to the professors of the university of Pavia, in Italy, 

 where he went, and remained for nearly four years under 

 Professors Scarpa, Spallanzani, Fontana, and Volta. 

 In 1 796, he placed himself for six months under Professor 

 Walt her, at Berlin, likewise for six months under Pro- 

 chuska and Dr. Frank, at Vienna. Mr. Este in 1798 

 returned to England, and completed his studies under 

 Dr. Monro, in Edinburgh, and under Messrs. Cline and 

 Astley Cooper, in London. In 1800 he held a com- 

 mission as an assistant-surgeon in the Guards, and ac- 

 companied them to Egypt. In the peace of 1802 he 

 visited Paris, and remained there during the whole in- 

 terval of that peace. In 1804, from possessing a know- 

 ledge of the French and Italian languages, together 

 with his professional attainments, he was appointed by 

 the Right Hon. Lord Hawkesbury, Physician and Private 

 Secretary to Mr. Charles Lock, his Majesty's Consul 

 General to Egypt, and to the eastern parts of the 

 Mediterranean. 



He has the honour of being a member of the Royal 

 College of Surgeons, as well as of several other learned 

 societies at home and abroad. 



