MKJIOIR OF JOHN HUNTER. 
77 
J an annual fe‘<tival, at which one of its most dis- 
SUished ineiiihem pronounces The Hunterian 
lament that justice to Mr Hunter’s reputa- 
’an forbids us to close our notice, without mahing 
^atne observations on a very painful subject, deep- 
^ involving the character of a near relative of Mr 
•inter, who has fri'quently been named in these 
and who lonjj maintained a hisfh and honou- 
rable 
•nus, 
status in society. We liave stated that the 
«um was purchased by the British Government 
the public benefit. By his will, Mr Hunter 
^ • Dr ]\f, Baillie and Mr, afterwards Sir Eve- 
^^rd, Hou,p^ }jjg executors, with instructions, that if 
j '^’^^rnnient would make offer to purchase the col- 
^^ation at any thing like a fair valuation, the offer 
'anld be accepted. Accordingly the purchase was 
acted for the sum of L. 15,000; and subsequent 
? ants Were voted, one of an additional L. 15,000 
J* 1806, and another of L. 12,500 in 1810, for a 
“'ng for its suitable accommodation. 
rhe time of Mr Hunter’s death, as w'e have al- 
j ady seen, the Collection contained upwards of 
>000 preparations and drawings, and also what 
y Well be styled a prodigious quantity of manu- 
_ Opts, the great majority of which related to the 
ow ^*^**'’ being voluminous notes in Mr Hunter’s 
bandwriting, and also the labours of several 
, uenses, who for many years had been in the 
of writing under his direction. As the pre- 
