1807.] 
whole, or a great part of the ground on 
which Blackwell Hall ftands. In that 
cafe, a new houfe will be ereéted, con- 
taining every defirable accommodation 
fuitable for an eftablithment of fuch mag- 
nitude. : 
It will be neceflary to enter into a 
brief explanation of the internal economy 
of the houfe, and to give an account of 
the publications which are found on the 
tables of the inftitution; and alfo a fhort 
defeription of the library. 
On entering the houfe, which was, 
erected in 1677 by Sir Robert Clayton, is 
a large and {pacious hall, the great ftair- 
cafe in which is finely painted, by Sir 
James Thornhill, with feveral fubjects 
from the ftory of Hercules, as detailed by 
the Mythologifts.. On the top of the 
ftair-cafe is a copy of Guido’s picture. of 
the Rape of Dejanira. 
Behind the hall is the newfpaper-room, 
which contains three tables, on which are 
laid all the London Daily Newfpapers, 
viz. the Times, Pott, Chronicle, Herald, 
Ledger, Prefs, Oracle, Morning Adver- 
tifer,. Courier, Sun, Star, Traveller, 
Globe, Statefman, and Pilot; the Lon- 
don Gazette; Cobbet’s and Redhead- 
Yorke’s Weekly Papers, Lloyd’s Litt, 
the Packet Lift, the Shipping Lift, and 
the London Price Current. In each 
table are drawers, in which the clerk of 
the Inftitution regularly files the papers 
every evening after the houfe is clofed, , 
and at the end of the month they are remov- 
ed and preferved to be bound in volumes. 
On thefe tables are aifo found Gazet- 
teers, Directories, and other books of 
reference. There are alfo the votes and 
all the reports of the various committees, - 
printed by order of the Houfe of Com- 
mons, which are prefented to the Inittitu- 
tion by one of the managers a member of 
the Houfe of Commons. 
Round this room is hung a colleétion 
ef Arrowfmith’s Maps, neatly fitted up 
on canvas and fpring-rollers. 
On each end. of this room is another 
fmaller room; that on the left is ufed for 
reading the reviews, magazines, the prin- 
cipal periodical publications, popular 
pamphlets, and modern books.- In this 
room are found the Reviews, the Ménth- 
ly, Gentleman’s, European, Philofophi- 
cal, and Botanical Magazines; the Athe- 
neum, the Literary Panorama; Cenfura 
Literaria; Repertory of Arts; Naval 
Chronicle ; the Monthly Mirror; Lifts of 
the Army and Navy; Sowerby’s Englith 
Botany; Nichelfon’s Journal; Flower’s 
Political Review; the Medica) Journal ; 
An Account of the London Inftitution. 
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&c. The room on the right contains the 
foreign papers and journals ; on the table is 
Le Moniteur, le Publicifte, the Hamburg 
Correfpondenten; the Manheim, Franc- 
fort, and Leyden Journals; the Magazin 
Encyclopedique ; Archives Litteraire ; 
Journal de Phyfique; Mercure de 
France ; Bibliotheque Commerciale ; 
Jéurnal de la Litterature de France; 
Journal de la Litterature Etrangere ; 
Annales des Arts et Manufactures; La 
tevue; Annales de Muleum d’Hiftoire 
Naturelle; L’Efprit des Journaux; and 
the Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung. There 
are alfo feveral modern French publica- 
tions to be found in this room, 
The library is arranged on: the firft 
floor, and is contained in five handfome 
rooms. It confifts of nearly ten 
thoufand volumes, felected with great 
care; about one half of which are in 
folio and quarto. In the fine arts, in 
natural hiftory, in bibliography, in par- 
hamentary hitory, in topography, and 
the hiftory and antiquities of Great Bri+ 
tain, this library is extremely rich. Here 
may be found the valuable collection of 
books made by the deceafed Marquis of 
Lanfdown, relating to the French revolu- 
tion, alfo a large Collection of Traéis, 
having reference to the Political and 
Commercial Affairs of thefe Kingdoms, 
in upwards of three ‘hundred volumes. 
The library, including a good collection 
of maps, coft nearly 90001. and confider- 
ing that it comprifes many works of great 
and increafing value, {earcity, and utility, 
this fum cannot be thought difpropor- 
tionate to the extent and importance of 
theracquifition. 
‘The eftablihment of the Inftitution, at 
prefent, coniilts of the principal librarian, 
Proteflor Porfon, who has apartments in 
the houfe ; the clerk, Mr. J. Savaze, who 
has alfo the domeftic management of the 
Inftitution; two fub-librarians ; porter, 
book-binder, and two female fervants. 
The funds of the Inftitution arife from 
the payment of feventy-five guineas by 
each of the proprietors, and of twenty- 
five guineas, lately advanced to thirty-five 
guineas, by the life-fabferibers: The 
total expenfe of repairs, alterations, furni- 
ture, and various necelfary accommoda~- 
tions, have been about 3,8001. The 
total receipts are about 78,000]. which 
with the imtereft, will make nearly 
82,000). 
The temporary committee ofimanagers, 
on the commencement of their duties, 
appointed twe fub-committees; the one 
for the purpole of obtaining temporary 
1 accommodations ; 
