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After delivering his course of lectures, Mr. Este 

 wrote the two following letters. 



62, Great Mary-bone Street, 

 April 22nd, 1809. 



Mr.' Este presents his respectful compliments to 

 Mr. Bernard t and hopes in fulfilling his engagements 

 he has given satisfaction to the managers, as he finds 

 from many testimonies of approbation that his lectures 

 were well received by the subscribers. 



Zealously as Mr. Este wishes the welfare of the 

 establishment, and anxious as he is to promote its inte- 

 rest, he cannot be totally unmindful of his own ; he 

 therefore takes the liberty of earnestly requesting that 

 Mr. Bernard will have the goodness to procure him an 

 answer to the principal part of his proposals submitted 

 to the board of managers so far back as January 38th ; 

 he then renewed his request, 



" That they would consider whether the subjects he 

 proposed to them were of sufficient importance to de- 

 serve their encouragement and support, so as to induce 

 them to assist him in permanently establishing this 

 science in the Royal Institution ; as he then slated that 

 unless the plans were adopted with a view of being 

 rendered " PERMANENT,*" neither the institution nor 

 himself could derive any benefit from the undertaking, 

 on account of the time, study, and expense, necessary 

 to do justice to so important and interesting a subject. 



To these proposals he has not yet been favoured with 

 any reply, and is therefore compelled to solicit Mr. 

 Bernard^s friendly assistance, as, if it is intended to adopt 

 his plan, it is absolutely necessary he should be employed 

 in immediate preparation. 



Mr. Este respectfully begs leave to know when it will 

 be convenient for him to wait upon the managers of the 



