258 THE EARLY HISTORY OF [CHAP. V. 



CHAPTEE V. 



THE PROGRESS OF THE INSTITUTION TO THE TIME OP 

 FARADAY. 



1804 to 1814. 



IN 1804 the change in the original management and 

 objects of the Eoyal Institution was completed. The 

 place which Kumfbrd, with the help of Sir Joseph 

 Banks, had held was taken by Mr. Bernard, who was 

 supported by Sir John Hippesley. He knew nothing 

 of science but much of the world, and his aim for 

 the Institution can be given in his own words. ' The < 

 object has been great and important, not less than that 

 of giving fashion to science.' 



In the spring the report of the visitors reflected, 

 the picture of Mr. Bernard's management, but the 

 shadow of future greatness was there. Mention was 

 made of the intention to carry on original inquiries 

 upon new objects of science. 



The visitors said : 



There is every reason to suppose that a general interest 

 in favour of the establishment has been created among the 

 inhabitants of the metropolis. 



The laboratory has been enlarged by the old workshop ; 

 some of the space has been filled up with seats as a theatre 

 for those who attend the experiments of research; an 

 arched opening is being made in the wall in front of the 



