668 Select Communiaiiionsjrom various Book-Socieiks. 



at the expira/mn of fevcn years from the time 

 of their rcfpedive admiuions. 



3. Ladies bring adniitted members upon 

 payment oi'a fmallrr admiliion tee, and a lets 

 fubfcriptien, than gentlemen, thofe ladies who 

 are at piefent mpmbers fliall he admitted pro- 

 prietors -at the expiration of feven years trom 

 their tefpeftive admiHions ; and upon the pay- 

 ment of tiie lum of thiee pnund^ thirteen iliil- 

 lings and lixper.ce, bving the difterence be- 

 tvvecn the admiifion fee of a lady anJ a gen- 

 tleman, and a fubfcrlplion of five fliiUings 

 and threepence, and fevcn ihillings and fix- 

 pence per quarter, for ftvcn years ; and alfo 

 upon the condition that from the time ot their 

 beiiij; fo adrnictrd proprietors, thev do pay a 

 fuljfcription equ<il tu that of gentlemen; and 

 all lidies admitted members in future, ftall 

 become proprietors at the expinition of feven 

 ■vears from their retpeftivc admi.iions, and 

 ii|ion the payment of a like fam of three 

 pounds thirteen fliillings and fixpence, and a 

 like fubfcription. 



4. Proprietors ftiall be furniflicd witb tick- 

 ets by the Rewards, which tickets fhall be 

 transfcvable by the proprietor duing his or 

 her lite j and if not fo transferred, defcend 

 after his «r her deccafe, to his or her legal 

 reprefentative, by wliom, and alfo by the 

 pcrfon to whom any luch ticket ihall be 

 transferred, the fame fhall in like manner be 

 transferiabie and tranfmillible, and fo conti- 

 nue to be by the legal reprefentative of each 

 fucceflive proprietor, fo long as this Society 

 iliall continue. 



5. No perfon fhall be admitted a member 

 in right of any ticket transferred to him or 

 her, unlefs approved of by the Society, fuch 

 Bjiprobation to be determined by ballot, as in" 

 the admilTion of new members ; and in cafe 

 any perfon fo propofed fhall be rejeCti-d, the 

 holder of the ticket ihall be at liberty at 

 any future time to transfer the fame, fub- 

 ject in lil;e manner to the approbation of the 

 Society. 



6. Members who after a temporary abfence 

 retmn iO Poole, and avail thentfelves o.'the 

 refoletlon of the od of January, !<'(>■<, to con- 

 tinue members of this Society, ihall not be 

 entitled to become proprietors, unlefs they 

 mjkc their fubfcription during the whole of 

 tHeir atifcnce, and to the full expiration of 

 feven years from their admiifion, equal to the 

 fubfcription of (.ther members. 



7. 'ihe proprietors Ihall not difpofe of the 

 property, nor diHolve the Society, vvi:houC 

 the conient of four-fifths in number of the 

 whole of the Society, including thofe mem- 

 bers who have not attained the propriecor- 

 Ih-p. 



Kefolved, That tire ftewards for the lime 



being be authorized to iign and iffue tickets 



of proprietorlhip to the members, as they 



ihall reffieftivcly become entitka thereto. 



(Signed) T Bristowe,? c. j 



' T. Pakr, 'JStev^ards. 



To the Editor of the Monthly Magaxtne. 



MR, 



FROM rearling Dr. Simpfou's letter in 

 your lalt !'Ja;;aziuc, I have been in- 

 duced to feiul yon a copy of the Lawi 

 and Rcs;ulalions of tiie New Circulating 

 Libraiy in Bioome-ftreet, Manclicfter, 

 which if you think, worthy of a phicc in 

 you.- valuable ^lifcellany, as the Library 

 has attained to a conliilerable degree of 

 jjiofpcrity at a modei-ale fubfcription, 

 perhaps foine part of the plan may not 

 prove unworthy the attention of the 

 Dodrtor and his friends in their pi'oje6ted 

 undertaking. 



The I,ii)rary was inflituted on the 29th 

 of Augull, 179'2, by about twenty fub 

 fcribers, vvitli the triilinj; fuin of two fliil- 

 liii:^s and fixpence paid down, and the 

 the further fum of fixpcnce, payaijle 

 monthly. However, in a Ihort time, the 

 number of members increafeti to one hun- 

 dred, and tiie fubfcription svas auiiinetited 

 to eijlit [hillings per annum, payable half 

 yearly, which continued to Jiuiuary, ISO*, 

 W'ljeii it was a':;ain advanced to twelve 

 flnllings, at which it retnains at prcfetit. 

 There are now three hundred and fifty 

 fublcnber?, and the tickets, which are 

 transferiabie, bear a value of four guineas. 



Although at its humble commencement 

 the Broome-ftreot Library did not aiford 

 much pvofpeti of ever attaining any great 

 degree of importance, yet it contains at 



tirefcnt near five thoufand volumes, fe- 

 e.Wed with judgment, on all the moft 

 ufel'id and interelling fubjccts of human 

 knowledge : and it gives me great pleafure 

 to adii, that they are in oeneral fubfci- 

 vient to the caufe of civil and religious 

 liberty, of truth and free inquiry. 



It is to be hoped, that tiie fucccfsful 

 example of this and otlier floui idiingBook- 

 Societies, may encourage individuals who 

 are deliious of forming new ones, not to 

 defpair of uUiiaateiy being able to collctt 

 a valuable ilock of books, although they 

 .may not have it in their power to make 

 any more than a fimilar humble beghining 

 with that of this iiTftitution. 



I am, Sir, yonr's, &c. P. W. 



A MAXCIIESTER SOCIETY. 

 1. Any fubfcrlber fuffering his fubfcription 

 to remain unpaid one month, ftall pay a fine 

 of fixpence; at the expiration of this time, 

 the librarian fliall give notice for the fublcrip- 

 tions to be paid, and if they be not paid at the 

 end of the fecond month, the forfeit /hall be 

 one fiiilling ; and no books fliall be permitted 

 to circulate among fucli dffaultcrs after this 

 time. And if the fubfc.-ipcion remain unpaid 



until 



