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I am grateful to Professor Keith Robbins, to Dr Charles Esdaile, and to Professor John Clive for the invitations which enabled me to try out early versions of the arguments advanced in this book in the James Tumelty Memorial Lecture at Glasgow University in February 1983, during the Duke of Wellington Congress at Southampton University in July 1987, and at Harvard University in October 1987.
I want to thank Charles Prest and Mrs Donald Greig for having me to stay, and to say how much I owe to Mr CD. Webster and Mr J. OʼDonnell of the County Record Office at Newport, Isle of Wight, and to Miss J. Helliwell of the Huddersfield Local History Library and Miss Janet Burhouse, District Archivist of the Kirklees Libraries, Museums and Arts, for their help in pointing me towards the materials needed for this study.
Mr R. M. Smart, Keeper of Manuscripts and University Muniments in the University Library at St Andrews, kindly put me in touch with Mr R. M. Urquhart, a fellow enthusiast for permissive or adoptive legislation. From the beginning Mr Urquhart was generous to me of his learning, and kindness itself with his advice. Since our discussions began, he has completed two works, upon ‘The Burghs of Scotland and the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. IV c. 46)’ (1985) and ‘The Burghs of Scotland and the Police of Towns (Scotland) Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 33)’ and placed copies of them in the Scottish Record Office, all the Scottish Universities, the National Library of Scotland, the Advocates Library, the Signet Library, and the Lyon Office. These are now to be published by the Scottish Library Association. Future generations of Scottish historians will benefit beyond measure from the comprehensive and exhaustive nature of the studies which Mr Urquhart has undertaken and carried through to a conclusion.
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