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INTRODUCTION. 
one of His Majesty's Counsel in the Law, Re- 
corder of Liverpool, &c. A committee was 
named to take the same into consideration and a 
very favourable report having been received, 
the House readily voted the sum of £SfiOO, the 
value at which it was estimated by the Com- 
mittee, and the Library is now deposited in an 
appropriate apartment at the Museum. This 
acquisition is of considerable importance to the 
Establishment, which till now was particularly 
deficient in Law Books. Professional and in- 
quisitive men will now find in it the works of 
the most esteemed authors in Law and Equity, 
many of them enriched by manuscript annota- 
tions of Mr. Hargrave and other eminent Law- 
yers. — Nor will a large collection of Original 
Manuscripts, by persons of great w T eight and 
authority, be found the least important part of 
this addition. 
Additional A communication having been made by the 
Towneleian • ... 
Collection. Towneley # family, that there still remained in 
their possession a very numerous collection of 
ancient, bronze figures and utensils, of Greek and 
Roman coins, gems, drawings, &c. all which 
served 
* The late representative of that' family altered the orthography 
of the name from Townley to Towneley. 
