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THE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM FOR THE

CITY.

A very crowded and rather stormy meeting of rate-
payers of the City of London was held yesterday in the
Egyptian Hall, Mansion-house, convened on the requi-
,,ition of the Lord Mayor, to take into ponsideration the
propriety of bringing into action in the City of London
the Public Libraries and Museums Act of last session. The
Right Hon. the Lord Mayor took the chair at 2 o'clock,
and on his right and left we observed Messrs. Tite, M.P.,
E wart, M.P., Mechi, G. Moore, Deputy Dekin,Bennoch,
Sheriff Kennedy, C. Pearson, Anderton, Major-General
Sykes, &c. The hall was densely filled with ratepayers]
who evinced a most unmistakeable hostility to the adop-.
Lion of the act from t4e.v.ry coniiancermeab-of Vie-pro-
ceedings.

The Tower CLERK having read the section of the act
on which it was proposed to proceed, and the advertise-
ment summoning the meeting,
The LORD MAYOR addressed the meeting as follows :--
Gentlemen—You are aware that this meeting has been
convened in accordance with an act of Parliament (which
I have before me), to determine whether the ratepayers
)f London shall tax themselves in order to obtain for
their city the advantages to be derived from a library
and museum free to all c:asses of the community. I con-
fess there are few subjects on which I could call you to-
gether with more entire satisfaction ; and I am sure you
will give to it your best consideration—on the one hand
to avoid any needless addition to the public expendi-
ture ; and on the other to obtain for yourselves, your
families, and your fellow-citizens, all the available sources
of information, and consequent progress, which the in-
tellectual labours of the world have placed at your dis-
posal. This act was passed chiefly to enable corporate
bodies to discharge other and happier duties than those
which too generally fall to their lot (those of repressing
or of punishing offenc-s)—and it cannot be otherwise
than highly gratifying to the magistrates of any town or
city to be called upon to forward an undertaking that
must necessarily .contribute greatly to leisen their It,
hours, by extending that general education which is the
safest and most certain adversary of crime. In this age
and in this city it requires no arguments to show that
the more a people are educated the better they will be
-that in proportion to their enlightenment, will be
their love of order, their social improvement, their do-
mestic prosperity, and their love of that pure and ra.
tonal liberty- which can be understood and apple:-
c:ated only by educated men. Gentlemen, in calling
upon you to give to the City of London the vast benat
I anticipate from the establishment of a free library
—open to all and for all--I am not asking you to try a
vague experiment, the success of which may be even
hazarhous or doubtful. It has already been tried in
several of the great towns and cities of England, and
with a success which removes all apprehension of failure,
and all dread that our hopes may be followed by disap-
pointment. Upon this point I will not detain you fur-
ther than to say that in Manchester, during the year
ending September, 1855, no fewer than 147,582 persons
availed themselves of the facilities afforded by the free
library there ; and I have reason to believe that results
in pro,mrtion have rewarded the ratepayers in the other
12 or 15 corporate towns in which this small but im-
mensely beneficial tax was levied. Gentlemen, you are
aware, first, that this tax in no case can ever be a rate
exceeding one penny in the pound. If we vote it, we do
so entirely of free will, and our levy may be so small as
to be little more than a nominal tax upon any party.
The amount a ill be arranged according to the mode pro-
vided for by act of parliament, and there can be little
doubt that in the great and wealthy City of London a
sufficient sum may k e obtained by a pressure so slight as
to be almost imperceptible. I need not inform you that
to levy this tax at all, it is necessary that its expediency
els ) be admitted by a large majority (no less than two-
tuirds) of the ratepayers present at this meeting. I shall,
therefore, as is my duty leave this issue in your hands.
It is for you entirely to- decide whether- you will pro-
vide (that which you can so easily do) another means of
giving instruction and enjoyment to tens of thousands
of your fellow-men and fellow-citizens, to whom a free
library, and its consequent museum, will be a boon of
incalculable value. In doing this, it is true, you will
only put the City of London, in this respect., on a par with
Manchester, Liverpool, Oxford, Sheffield, Norwich, and
many other cities of the kingdom ; but you will rescue
the metropolis from the reproach of lagging in the
rear while the whole world is advancing in the great
march of improvement, and of beicg the only capital in
Euro, e in which education is net free. Gentlemen, I
would by no means indelicately press my opinions open •
you. I respect this auditory too much to doubt that
their liberality and wisdom will determine what is best
for themselves and their fellow-citizens ; but I confess it
would greatly gratify me, and very
largely augment the
pride I have felt and the happiness I have enjoyed as
your chief magistrate, if the latest act of my year of office
was to assist you, my friends and fellow-citizens, in
giving effect to this act of Parliament, and presenting
to the City of London a free library and free museum,
%AEI) all their attendant advantages.
His LORDSI3IP, at the conclusicn of his address, stated
that he ha I received letters from Lord J. Russell,
Mr.
Grote, Mr. Prescott, and others, approving of the object
of the meeting, and called on Mr. Ewart, M.P., to move
a resolution.

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so nobly answered by Manchester and Liverpool. Man-
chester and Salford had each public libraries, and Liver-
pool had had one fur several years, and the latter town
was about to erect a magnificent building for its a,ccom-
inodation. The Town Council of Liverpool proposed to
contribute 10,0001., and one citizen, Mr. Brown, the
member for South Lancashire, would give 6,0001. in ad-
dition. (Cheers.) In Manchester they had purchased for
their public library a large building which had formerly
been devoted to the dissemination of socialist doctrines.
The 12,000/. had been raised by the ratepayers, and in
it, he was happy to add, was included 8001., contributed
by the working men, for whose use the library was Prin-
cipally intended. (Hear, hear.) But it was not
the great commercial cities of Liverpool and Manchester
alone that had come forward and availed themselves of
the act. From the little town of Hertford he bad received
a letter announcing that the town council had carried the
question of a public library unanimously. (Hear, hear.)
Surely, then, the greatest city in the world would not
lag behind in providing literary sustenance for the poorer
and more hard-working classes of its inhabitants. But
this was not all. They would probably be surprised to
hear that there were public libraries in all the small towns
of Italy, and Germany was still more fully provided. He
trusted that if the meeting assented_ to the resolution
establishing a free library in the City, they would attach
to it a lending library, a branch which bad been attended
with the utmost success in Liverpool and Manchester.
It might be urged against the establishment of a free
library that the poor borrowers would injure the books ;
but that argument was at once silenced by the facts in
their possession. It appeared that out of 110,000 volumes
lent in Liverpool in a given period only ono was at all
injured. (Loud cheers.) Indeed so reverently careful
were the poor people of the books that they brought
clean napkins to wrap them in when received, and re.
turned them hi the same manner. (Cheers.) So much
for the manner in which these institutions were appreci-
ated by working people, but his great reason for urging
the resolution on the meeting was that in the twelve
places in which the Libraries' Act bad been adopted, it
had had the best effect in fusing the various classes of
the population, rich and poor, strangers and natives, all
becoming more friendly and intimate with each other in
consequence of the facilities afforded by the libraries and
museums for coming more frequently together. (Hear.)
He had been told that both political and religious dis-
cord were very much diminished in the towns in which
the act of last session had been brought into opera-
tion. (Cheers.) The hon. member concluded by moving
a resolutio npledging the ratepayers of the City of Lon-
don to the adoption of the Public Libraries and Mu.
seums Act of last session.

Some opposition was made to the moving of the reso-
lution by Mr. Ewart, on the ground that that gentleman
was not a ratepayer, but
Mr. Deputy DAKIN contended that it would be most
ungracious to reject the services of a gentleman to
whom they owed the passing of the act.
Mejor-General SYKES said that the task of seconding
the resolution might have been given to an abler person,
but certainly not to one more earnest in the cause. For
many years past he had taken the warmest interest in
providing for the masses of the people the means of ac-
quiring knowledge which othrriviso would be kept from
them by the expense. Ile trusted that the crowded
meeting of ratepa4 ers he saw before him might be taken
as an augury of the success of the motion. (`` 011, oh,"
and interruption.) Let theta remember that the great-
est amount they could be charged with was a penny in.
the pound, while it might not be the ghost of a far-
thing—(a laugh)—and be trusted, for the honour of the
City of London, that the ratepayers would not make
themselves marked men throughout Great Britain by
reFi:sting.so paltry an expense. (Interruptive cries of
" Oh, oh," and uproar.) By a statistical table in his
hand, he found that the supply of hooks in libraries in
I London was 22 vols. for 100 inhabitants ; Paris, 160 for

100 ; Berlin, 182 to 100 ; and in Catholic Florence, 370
to 103. (" Oh, oh," and cries of " the Madiai to wit.")
FOr Copenhagen he found the proportion to be 460 to
100. With these few observations he begged to second
the resolution.'
A RATEPAYER asked whether the City of London ha 3
not already a free library in the Guildhall ? (Cries of
" Yes, yes," and " Hear, hear.")
Several persons rose to speak at once, but at last.gave
way to
Mr. Deputy PEACOCK, who rose to move the previous
question as an amendment. He said that one would
suppose from the speeches they had just heard that the
City of London was completely destitute of public libra-
ries, while the fact was that they had a library of 12,000
volumes in the Guildhall, and how often did they think
that library was used by the citizens ? During the
month of October the library was visited by seven per-
sons. (Cheers and laughter.) It had been urged that
their library was situated in an awkward corner ; but if
so, it was for the corporatilm to remove it to' a suitable
place, and make the 12,000 volumes 109,000 if necessary.
(Hear, bear, and cheers.) They could do all that with-
out touching the pockets of the ratepayers. (Renewed
cheering.) They should remember how the people were
struggling under the war taxes and local rates. He, as
chairman of the Court of Sewers, could state that not a
month went over their heads without 90 or 100 warrants
for the rates. In addition to this there was a debt of

90,0001., to remove which should be their first conside-
ration. He felt bound to move the previous question,
because he thought the present moment an unfitting one
-for increasing the burthens of the people. (Cheers.)
Mr. Cox thought that if a public library was neces-
sary for the City of London, it was the duty of the car-
.poration to provide it. He should, therefore, vote against
any addition to their local taxation.
Mr. BOWER supported the amendmaut, and reminded
the-ratepayers that, in addition to their present burdens,
they would soon lave Sir 13..Efall'S act in full operation.
He asked, were they. prepared undt r such circumstances
to borrow 200,0001., and build a place for the library?
They bad a'ready 35 public libraries in London, and 27
museums, which were sufficiently accessible for persons
who were really of a literary turn. Besides, the circum-
stances of the City bad entirelf changed of late years,
and all the young men for whose literary instruction
they meant to provide slept in the country. The speaker
in conclusion reminded the meeting of the bad success of
the Birkbeck and other literary institutions in the City.
After a few words from Mr. ABRAHAM,
The Rev. Mr. MAOKENZIE Wished t i say a word for
the honour of the city of London, and for the interests
of its young men. lie fe:t that the honour of the City
was at stake in the decision to which they were about to
come. (Lou] cries of "No, no.') It was true they had
a library of 12,000 volumes in Guildhall, but they wire
not books of general utility. ("Oh," and laughter.)
They were doubtless very important books, but they
chiefly concerned the antiquities of the pity of London
and the privileges of its various officers. They would
find in them most excellent accounts of the various pro-
cessions of the Lord Mayors of London—(laughter ;
but they would hardly like to study 12,000 vols. on that
subject. Ho did not mean to say that they were all on
th,t subjee. (Laughter.) It should also be recollected
that the library was not accessible at hours which would
suit the young men. He knew the young men, and he
felt for them, and he could assure the meeting that it
was a great mistake to suppose that the majority of the
City young men slept in the country. He did not think
Ve establishment of public libraries was all that could
be done for the working classe., but it was a step in the
right direction.

Dr. SPARKS suggested that the question should be re-
ferred to a committee. (No, no.)
Mr. P. G. DODD said he had lived 40 years in the
City, and it was only very lately he learned they had a
library in the Guildhall.

Mr. 'FITE, M.P., said it was quite plain the ratepayers
would not submit to any taxation for the establishment
of public libraries. (Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") He
wished, however, the world to understand that it was
with them only a question of time, and was unpopular
at present because
-rates were high and discounts were at
7 per-cent. In the meantime, his friend the Alderman of
Tower Ward had made an excellent suggestion, which
was that the wealthier classes should endeavour to carry
the object by subscription. He Tite) thought that
at least a good beginning might be made in that way.
Mr. MEOHI reminded the meeting, that of the rate,
which would probably be &MO/. a year, the greatest
portion would be levied on the great warehouses—not
on the poor ratepayers. (No, no.)
Alderman SIDNEY thought that the matter should be
left in the hands of the corporation, who might appoint
a committee to consider it. Ho feared that the rate of '
4,0001., if levied, would not benefit 2,000 persons, as all
the literary institutions hitherto established in the City
bad been signal failures. The fact was that the working
' classes required no patronage from the middle or any
other class, and would be best pleased in being permitted
to act independently for themselves.
Mr. BENNOCH addressed the meeting in support of the
original resolution, but so great was the uproar that his
observations c )uld not be di,tinctly heard ; after which
The LORD MAYOR put "the previous question," which
was carried by a complete forest of hands.
Thanks were then voted by acclamation to the Lord
Mayor, and the proceedings terminated.