2799.4 New Library 
at all times to imagine himfelf in a pecu- 
diar manner bleffed with the extraordinary 
favour and protection of heaven ; whether 
he was feeking to fcrape acquaintance 
with the devil in the rites of forcery, was 
whoring his miftrefles, or was aflaflinating 
his foes ! 
Manse af Campjiz. 
April 1, 1799. 

WUTLINES of the PLan of the LiBRARY 
and News-Room at LivERPOOL, re- 
Jerred to in our lafi Number. 
T has often beena matter of furprife to 
many of the inhabitants of this place, 
and {till more fo to ftrangers, that, ina 
town of fuch commercial and national im- 
portance ws Liverpool, the conveniencies 
and accommodations for the acquifition of 
knowledge, both local and ‘general, both 
ancient and modern, fhould be fo imper- 
fect as they confefledly are. ‘The want of 
a public library of well fele&ted books in 
all the ufeful as well as ornamental 
‘branches of knowledge, in the learned 
languages and in fome of the modern lan- 
guages of Europe as well as in our own, 
has long been felt and acknowledged ; 
and every perfon inclined to literary pur- 
fuits has experienced the difficulty of 
making any coniiderable progrefs in any 
particular department of knowledge, from 
the want of an eftablifhment which might 
furnifh him with the perufal of the beft 
authors on the fubject of his inquiries, 
and which would exempt him from the 
neceflity of incurring the expenfe of pur- 
chating all the books his*purfuits may re- 
quire; an expenfe which is not gene- 
rally convenient to individuals. 
Impelled by thefe cenfiderations, feveral 
gentlemen have ventured to propofe to the 
znhabitants of Liverpool the efablifiment 
of an infitution which they have long 
had’ in contemplation, and which they 
hope will be found to anfwer all the 
purpoles for which it is defigned. In ad- 
dition to the advantage of having within 
veach a valuable repoefitory of books in 
every department of ufetul knowledge, 
they propofe to comprehend in their plan 
all the advantages and conveniencies of a 
News Room. They intend, if the plan 
‘Meets encouragement.and fupport, to ap- 
propriate a certain part of the annual in- 
come, to procure aregular fupply of News. 
Papers, both town and country,’ all the 
periodical publications of any value, and 
all pamphlets that have a reference to 
fubjects of locil ‘or general polity, or of 
commerce. They intend alio to furnifh 
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the room with all the beft maps that can 
be procured. Ina word, their objeét is to 
combine a Library and a News-Room in 
one cftablifhment, under one roof, and even 
in one room. ‘They propofe to erect a 
building for thefe purpofes, according to 
an excellent plan which has been prepared 
by a profeffional gentleman for that pur- 
pole. Befides one very large and com- 
modious room, fifty feet by thirty, which 
will férve at once for a News-Room and 
a Library, there will be a Reading-Room, 
and a Committee-Room. The large room 
will be galleried all round ; the {pace above 
the gallery will be appropriated to the ufe 
of the Library ; and the {pace below will 
be fitted up after the manner of a Coffee~ 
Room, where the News-Papers, Reviews, 
Magazines, and Pamphlets, may always 
be met with. Thus the two eftablifh- 
ments will be kept perfectly diftiné& from 
each other. Thefe rooms are defigned to 
be upon a firft floor; and it is propofed 
that the rooms on the ground floor be con- 
verted into fhops, and that the accruing 
rents of thefe fhops, as well as of tie cel- 
lars underneath them, be applied to the 
general purpofes of the inftitution. 
Such is the outline of the plan; upon 
which it may be remarked, that it com= 
prehends fuch advantages as will adapt ~ 
it tothe convenience of men of bufinefs, as 
well as men of leifure. Ic will be open 
every day from feven o’clock in the morn- 
ing till nine in the evening, and the books 
will be delivered out at all times within 
thefe hours ; all Pamphlets, of general or 
local intereft, periodical Publications, as 
Reviews, Magazines, &c. will beregularly 
precured, and will remain in the room tor 
the perufal of the {ub{eribers ; the expenfe 
of two feparate inftitutions will be avoided, 
and permanence will be grven to the efia- 
blifbmeut of a News Room; which, both in 
a commercialand political point of view, is 
of great importance in a tqwn like this. 
In order to carry this plan into effect, it 
is propofed to raile a fuar of money by 
fub{cription; part of which is to be ex- 
pended in purchafing greund and ereét~ 
ing a fuitable building, and the remainder 
in the purchafe of a {tock of books; the 
inftitution to be afterwards fupported by 
annual fubfcriptiens. The fum firit ad- 
vanced is to give the fubf{criber a trans/er- 
able intereft in the inititution. It is pro- 
poled to limit the number of tub{cribers 
to two hundred and fitty, each of whem 
is to fub{cribe ten guineas on admittance, 
and two guineas per annum afterwards. 
It is computed that the whole expente of 
the building, when completed, wall amount 
Benz to 
at Liverpool. 
