Acts and Votes, fyc* 



believe it to be universally allowed, that a 

 Collection in this Branch of the Fine Arts ? 

 to which Artists can have free Access, is 

 inuch wanted in this Country, and as the 

 additional Buildings, already provided for 

 by the liberality of Parliament, have been 

 planned in a manner the best adapted for re- 

 ceiving such a Collection, and exhibiting it 

 to the greatest Advantage. 

 Ordered, 



That the said Petition be referred to the 

 Consideration of a Committee ; and that they 

 do examine the Matter thereof, and report 

 the same, as it shall appear to them, to the 

 House. 



Mercurii, 19* t>le Junii, 1805. 

 Resolved, 



That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 

 That it would be an Object of great National 

 Importance for the Improvement of the Fine 

 Arts, that a Collection of Antique Sculpture, 

 of such acknowledged and unrivalled Ex- 

 cellence as that which is now offered to the 

 Public, should be acquired and preserved 

 for public Inspection and Use, particularly 



