34 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



and 1778, with copious MS. alterations and additions signed 

 by Adm. Sir G. B. Rodney and dated at Spithead, 18 Dec. 

 1779, on his appointment to command the fleet foi' the West 

 Indies. Under the new code thus formed the battle of 12 April, 

 1782, was fought. Neither set of Instructions was known before 

 the discovery of this copy. 



Letter-book of Capt. William Luke, R.N., in command of 

 the " Blonde," the " Caroline," and the " Namur " ; 1794-1799. 

 Presented hy Thurston Peter, Esq. 



Letter-books and minute-books of George Eden, Earl of 

 Auckland, as Governor-General of India; 1836-1842. Thirty 

 volumes. 



Chinese imperial decrees, memorials of officials, etc, relating 

 to the war with England and France and the flight of the 

 Emperor from Pekin, found in Sinho and the Summer Palace 

 and translated into English by Sir T. Wade ; Aug.-Sept. I860. 

 Presented hy Col. Henry Knollys, R.A. 



Year-books, or reports of law cases, 21-30 Edw. I. ; 1-15 

 Edw. II. ; 21, 38-50 Edw. III. and 1 Hen. V. Three volumes, 



Petrus Alfunsi, " Disciplina Clericalis," a collection of Latin 

 tales for the use of preachers, etc. ; 14th cent. 



Tracts, etc., in English, including an otherwise unknown 

 translation of part of the Somme le Roi of Friar Laurent, 

 confessor to Philip III. of France, and sermons of Wycliff'e, 

 Thomas Wimbledon (1388), and Richard Alkarton (1406) ; early 

 15th cent. 



Sgathan an Crabhaigh, or " The Mirror of Devotion," trans- 

 lated from Spanish into Irish by Florence Conry, archbishop of 

 Tuam (1609-29) ; 18th cent. Presented hy Mr. Charles Wray. 



" Pietas Jesuitica," a Latin satirical poem by Phineas Fletcher^ 

 with an otherwise unknown dedication in verse to Henry, Prince 

 of Wales. Autograph ; written in 1611-12. 



Autograph sonnet on Shakespeare by Matthew Arnold, 

 CBt. 21, dated 1 Aug. 1844. Presented hy Miss Frances Arnold- 

 Forster. 



Correspondence and papers of Mary Berry, 1783-1851, in- 

 cluding letters, etc., of Horace Walpole, her sister Agnes Berry, 

 the Hon. Anne Seymour Damer and many others, her journals! 

 1783-1841, and an autograph copy of her comedy " The Fashion- 

 able Friend." Thirty-five volumes. 



Autograph draft of a speech by John Bright to the Rochdale 

 Literary and Philosophical Society, in favour of the abolition 

 of capital punishment, circ. 1833 ; and a letter from the same 

 to C. Holland on government extravagance and the "free 

 breakfast table," 9 Jan. 1869. 



