Acts and Votes, &;c. 
And whereas the Collection of Antient 
Marbles bequeathed by the said Will and 
Codicil of the said Charles Townley was made 
by him with great Knowledge, Judgment 
and Care, and #t a very considerable Ex- 
pence, and is generally considered to be one 
of the most valuable Collections of ancient 
Sculpture, and on many Accounts is such a 
Property as is highly desirable to be possessed 
by the Public : 
And whereas a Proposal having been made 
by the Trustees of the British Museum to the 
said Edward Townley Standish, John Townley \ 
and Peregrine Edward Townley for the Pur- 
chase of the said Collection of Ancient Mar- 
bles and Terra Cottas at or for the Price or 
Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds, and it hav- 
ing been represented to them that it was 
highly desirable the same should be possessed 
by the Public in a proper Repository gene- 
rally open at proper Times and under suitable 
Restrictions to the Inspection of Artists, and 
the Curious in the fine Arts, they the said 
Edward Townley Standish, John Townley, and 
Peregrine Edward Townley consented to the 
said Proposal, and agreed to add to the said 
Collection the Bronze Statues of Apollo and 
