Acts and Votes, 8§c< 
believe it to be universally allowed, that a 
Collection in this Branch of the Fine Arts, 
to which Artists can have free Access, is 
much 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° Die 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 
