Acts and Votes, fyc. 
Five Hundred Pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, towards further enabling the Trustees of 
the British Museum to cany on the Execution 
of the Trusts reposed in them by Parliament,* 
and that the same be issued and paid without 
any Fee or other Deduction whatever. 
Lunce, 29° Die Junii, 1807. 
A Petition of the Trustees of the British 
Museum being offered to be presented to the 
House ; 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer (by His 
Majesty's Command) acquainted the House, that 
His Majesty having been informed of the Con- 
tents of the said Petition, recommends it to the 
Consideration of the House. 
Then the said Petition was brought up and 
read ; setting forth, That the Trustees and Ad- 
ministrators of the Will of the late Marquis of 
Bansdawn have proposed to the Consideration of 
the Petitioners, the Expediency of purchasing, 
for the Use of the Public, a valuable Collection 
of Manuscripts belonging to the said late Mar- 
* Granted towards defraying the Expenses of the new 
Building. 
