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AUTOGRAPH LETTERS and miscellaneous papers; A.-Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, to his son " the Lord Henry Cromwell," remonstrating with him for deeming Fleetwood an enemy, and referring to Lieut.-Col. Brafeild's business and Lord Broghill's account thereof; 13 Oct. 1657. Hologr. f. 1. B.-Generals George Monck and Robert Blake to ',the Lord General Cromwell," describing the second day's action (3 June) with the Dutch off the Gabbard (in which Admiral Richard Deane was killed, though no reference to it is made in this letter) and the proposed movements of the Fleet; "From on bord ye Resolucion at Sea off of Ostend," 4 June, 1653. Signed. f. 3. C.-Table of the great Paschal Cycle for 1596 years from A.D. 1, with brief chronological notes in the margins, such as dates of the Emperors and Popes, events in English history, etc., including the foundation of Selby Abbey in 1069 and the death of Abbot Germanus in 1160. The latest entry remaining is under 1183. Four quarto vellum leaves more or less imperfect; circ. 1200. Purchased among a collection of Selby charters (Add. Ch. 45798- 45961). f. 5. D.-(1) Will of Jeremy Bentham, of Lincoln's Inn, " Student of the Law," made 24 Aug. 1769, at the age of 21. Holograph. With the note added by him upwards of sixty years later, " 5th April, 1832. Of the persons in this will named no one being now alive their decease will suffice to deprive it of all effect, without need of cancelling." f. 9.

(2) Jeremy Bentham to Dr. Southwood Smith, enclosing a paragraph for insertion in an article by the latter for the Westminster Review; 14 Jan. 1829. The paragraph is headed " On Bodies for dissection," and was incorporated in the article on ',Anatomy" in the January number. f. 11.

(3) Nicholas Philip Trist to W. W., author of the General Preface to Bowring's Edition of Bentham's Works; Havana, 23 Aug. 1839. f. 15. Presented by Mrs. Gertrude Lewes. E. -Music, as follows:-" He was despised," from Handel's "Messiah"; 18th-19th cent. f. 17;-Anonymous Glee, "Ye darksome Woods"; early 19th century. f. 18;-Duet, "Why suppose deceit is nigh " and " Fandango Minuetto in Cindrella [? by Michael Kelly, 1804]; watermark 1802. ff. 20, 21. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books. F.- Declaration of Queen Victoria accepting from Edwin Lawrence (now Sir Edwin Durning Lawrence, Bart.) " a catseye ornament taken from the King of Candy " and willing that it shall " henceforth be deemed one of the Crown Jewels "; 2 Aug. 1886. With Sign Manual. f. 23. Presented by Sir E. D. Lawrence, Bart., M.P. G.-Rough census, with detailed statement, of the inhabitants of Pitcairn Island, made by W. Rawkins, petty officer of H.M.S. " Reindeer," Dec. 1869. f. 24. Presented by Mr. W. Rawkins. H.-Correrspondence of [Thomas Cochrane, Earl of] Dundonald, Admiral, with William Robert O'Byrne, author of The Naval Biographical Dictionary; 27 Jan. 1844-21 Mar. 1848. f. 33. Followed at f. 99 by remarks of Lord Dundonald on a chart showing "the Positions of the French and English ships on the 12th of April" [1809], produced at the court martial on the affair of Basque Roads (v. Dict. Nat. Biog., s.v. Cochrane), and at f. 103 'by details of his life for O'Byrne's Biographical Dictionary. I. -Letters to John Flaxman, the sculptor, from [Frederic Augustus Hervey, Earl of] Bristol; Rome, 5 Mar. 1790. f. 121 ;-

[David Murray, Earl of] Mansfield; London, 28 June, 1793. f. 123;-Nicholas Vansittart, Secretary of the Treasury; 28 Aug. 1801, 14 Nov. s. a. ff. 125, 126 ;-[William Murray, Earl of] Mansfield; I Sept. 1803. f. 128;-[Sylvester Douglas, Baron] Glenbervie; 16 Mar. 1807, 24 Feb. 1817. ff. 130, 134;-[Thomas Bruce, Earl of] Elgin; 19 April, 1811. f. 132;-[William Wyndham Grenville, Baron] Grenville; 23 Mar. 1817. f. 136;-

[George Henry Fitzroy,] Duke of Grafton; Cl June, 1821]. f. 137;-[Geor,e Gordon, Earl of] Aberdeen; IS July, 1824, 10 June, 1827, n. d. ff. 139, 140, 141. On some of the letters are memoranda and drawings by Flaxman. Presented by Max Rosenheim, Esq. K.-A leaf of an ordinance-book of the Leathersellers' Company; 16th cent. With an illuminated border and initial, the latter enclosing the Arms of the Company as granted 7 Nov. 1505 (v. Harl. MS. 1359, f. 75). f. 142. Presented by Mr. H. Gregory. Vellum and Paper; ff. 142. XIV.-XIX. centt. Folio.