The Express.
London, England, 1857-01-06 00:00:00

TESTIMONIAL TO DR. LIVINGSTON.

The LOAD MATOI, in opening the proceedings at
the Hamden Hall, al which we gave a brief account
in yesterday's Erprom, said the most gratify* event
connected with bin mayoralty up to that time was that
the at wet* over which >w bed Um canal upon to
pride to that hill was a meeting convened for the
purpose of paying a naticesl tribute to Dr. Livingston.
(Chests.) The remits of Dr. Livingston's remarches during
the sixteen years that he had been engaged la talmiretary en-
terprise, were, in a commercial, as wall 8A in a Chritien
paint of view, of the highest importance. It appeared from
his dthooveries that in the centre of South Africa there
en feted a territory which was capable of producing almost
every kind of raw material of which this country and others
atood moat in need. (Hear, hear.)

The Bishop of LONDON amid the feet rooktion,
&Howe:—

" That this meeting, omitting c 4 the merclueds, beakers,
and others, the chisels cl Loam, hereby present to
Dr. Livingrton their sincere congnituktions at the signal
care end protection of Divine providence voschnoted to his
throughout his prolonged and perilous labours in explaring the
interior of Booth Arlie*, end the meeting cherishes the peti-
t, lug umnince that the important discoveries of Dr. Living-
eon will tend hereafter greatly to Memos the &knee et
civilisation, knowledge, commerce, and freedom, =on the
numerous tribes sad nations *1 that vast continent"

It was very gratifying, ha remarked, that they were met
together in that great mare of the induery and commerce
of the world to uprise their gratitude to Ahnlghty God for
bringing beck Dr. Livingston in safety *ma the pram
work in which he had bra engsged, and their mincers de-
the that wham he returned spin to that continent, where
hie heart was shady, he might be proambed by the same
Providerce which had preserved him hitherto. It waa
gratifying that they wits Oa to declare tbG opinions with
respect to what Dr. Livingston had dons. It was gratify-
ing that Wince, oceommelal entsvere, and the
rissiceery erre went hand is herd in hie per-
see, and wee all three matted. Has wee •
Irma hr lemmeelves, which they would probably not be
User be way, anomaly, that they were rpm baetreedisery
orespelime to wish A* rear maths *cm the
which andered Ere direory to the glory of Clod. (Chews.)
It was may sallembry M knew that Dr. Livispens, whale
madessemelsg to emend the lapel of that, Lord and Saviour,
W beta mail to gam peat light on may perk= of
ademevelimikrenidederrise Memorised etromove,and had
beer spit vp • way, se they trwsled kind boat, kr post
eameold sologyries in • mantry whin than had been
inn* ragbag et the idol lb Mar younitlin• It had
ion meld ant lie was as sae is whiek pea web wore
gureolly Abend by andistioe, awl that onspiles had
now taken the pia 4 bilkflasha. let lea tbstiabi itwadi
be fraud from the Wiry al the world, that Gawk gran
works night be omenannstal by agoras of eceallighs,
they were ponolly dornioat hr the odes an
the Mira t billeikek ; and if It should please
and to spa ma be mat coatbeat t Abbe kr the
dillibra at rsitiros troth asi at einiontial sinpviso, the
gait* would have been flirted hr more Omagh the
Orb et an. devoted individual than through any stardom
• sumbiesdku among themselves. (Chasm.) It had been
said, menewer that the eve of brainy or at leer ofbrain, that
honk inasnwin Which distimingoil ism &rind ties, is
yob lib linnobt the lb indlbsea jskus to that ansatica by
the taw asis dialing heroism which had tom w-
horl wlilia the in tow mire; and, while they had been
calelenlitg the triumvir of harden an their own matinest,
it err erfalitstov to know that is esether dsld hr
away, mriesered by the spplanne of his bellow-oomor-
tomes, which weld saver reach kin is that diMmt
sigh% Oh ma In boot coryin on • heroic
nispin whisk inined their pin, wee pushers
thin lose deeds to which they bed halite boa ant
tosily to award it. (Chews.) In kolas; beak to the isrly
hang of =than dry garmsUp hod that ia the dark
tines anhebr to mike Wiry, them was dim Spree of
Ira who 1d bra pat terietars of the hums ISM
The lbws woo Own 4 yentas at whoa they know bat
Gib. It II should weer pier (shod that those nations
asapt elm Dr. laispllsa had naiad should swam
• Ors is Go civilind world, ti maw would, no doubt, he
hinii din ancosat the as in et their min lams
loadriar. AM obeli la will iambi it sailindb
Lap kr the Inlina she Is this iipatro• m ask at
el oinis tors Meta fhb Dr. lei bples woerY eaby
des awned d id era stamina in aides to the
rot we* able ha kid bra bawd la pintasing;
sad ohm la Word to the Soil of abloom
antopho to which la on gib& it nest ha reiskilissy
br b bin sin lb bilk ids fillowurealoyma

wad all bb dkamsabs ; that whi1e.1474 h.
would not be eel Set lie WWI would be thin
abed kag star he W lek aborted scam (Chan)
lir. R. Cam. XX. la isirealtag the resolution, said
be thought Gay all set bear bragsmis the par width
was bat bagban then by Sising with barium sal
dustily in wilinalig Ow that day the apostle divina-
tion sad Christianity ; pored and commented, as he was, by
einisen yams of earessillebglesars. (Chas.) Valdaled
demtedasse to the will it the lbsums ; a Mangum to
maim Mk teat to the swiss deed mei kr the walla
of hie fellow-sea—ire they had that us dart Ise hips
motive far human pries ; ad whim fitaybeend Dr. Liar
stoles pest margin saiontlag *nisi at wand dud
sees, a mind stored with the ass cd expatiate, nod eon.
vaned with the ataxia of the bum= brat, they eaw a
combiastioa d hada:Rabb power with well-diread
cake which could, it he knead would, achieve great
things kr the kaiaks of the lumen mos. (Chess.) Taal-
menials had not always beat liakil with each high amnia-
time. They bed esen than, it.., dined by covetornma
sad servility to samessibl speedation—he sight as to
trioaphiat Inaviry. (Saar, bear.) Whenever taiga he
dose for Dr. Liviagetca, let it Is the tribute of the Mart. It
was well sometimes to amidst lib tom the higher pelts of
view, to anieler it la conasion with the adilosmilos
mieionary. Them was isoigh la what they bow shady
of Dr. Limbs to raise thaw to sceneilliag et tha love mod
temper to width they should web:am him, it to whisk
they hoped books' to aid, Papp" sad char It.. la his
'Wow work.
e. each thoughts se these abed holy light
Oa Memmotes gloomiest mils,
As on some city's easiest aright
The tide ad maths ewe&
The tower, at dome, and billawii7 Pre"
Are saw thel with the geldes cloud ;
And to wise barb this otitis hope is glaa—
No mist that aims caa rains shin hid. the eye it
Mama."
(Chian)

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Ms Rev. W. W. °ILIUM% 01•011 el let. Peals
Cathedral, empparted the vereletka. He ebarved that Dr.
Livtaistee had traversed 'mad la Mita 14000 Ides la
utast, paseratiag beta otte aide of that pareleady ashram

ecatier-i a the air, rd obeenag hrbee pr peeree;
rag tre wee war eirevag, radar as apnea the
Were red rediedor al Or ask or the dander sr
peareaties at re Who dad; sad r Be rend eke& hi
bed rape' see taat be Waged to the tribe Or lard
the bra am. (Chen.)
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Dr. Ltrumereit tbab roes to speak, sad was meld be
the rode rib the a. waimelear webrie.
rhea refrain hal triad, be preirdle War re
raped rellealkter • ribeldt darlibrihelhierby
Mire ram kr thay heed wartilibe ger ikaralbet
the wrier to IL Nowt be bed rota very lad ord GM.
bartg bray wielded ide rave revelry—• Oar whir be
W mot bed Sat rata mem he/me—wad be hoped tamed=
k wear be emeeraberail that the dark bed nem for eke-
pis. is the sea& (Larlar.) At ell the anneira wire
he bed bra peer be lad oadereared to canoe • trail
idea al the Werke et Aar ; arida wee ao eratereadier
word to weir • tall rearm othiotravele, be reterrory
Morro ward be Ere at tad cetera for Me dolelmake
f. sparer. As the Zombie re re berry faro the to.
Wier, be woad re to wake UNE trey therres area.
be that river with Merit la • ream et light draught.'
They world fad the emery a ad ide et the rim to be
fat. Is het the della aria be herd se • tab d
cowry barer tar doothad, lattneard by wove area. river
and emir with tear roes aid 0003111311 t rave, rats
they had ma goat SO alba they would lad the &ward
wheat • mile brood. Oa the tight they raid me • olio
wooded corry, the prapel re Mies to. red, the beat
at rick was employed by the rime to • rived ot
ordeal para. Whoa • meat seapected Me rib of brae
bewitched bla he red the beck at the woad
to arciatais whatnot mho bad dome at or mot ?racoons( ap
the river they word ore to Zambia, whore they would lad
• VA roamer haring • lot salpharose berate at Ito,
era& Bird Zambia Thick was a ran arra for
they world dad forests of the Crater wee. Boyar'
dr, the river append to to treat we to two roil., tweed.
Mr it emend to him, boa he cord not clearly our the
beaks becearke wee is • our.., sail them von • pat

many reedy Wends on the bosom of the river. Bewail
these Wanda the water was at the time when be was there
eery deep. He believed it continued to be deep hr et lean
lye months eff the year, and daring the net of
the year there was a deep channel winding between
the shallow mats of the stream. The river weer became
entirely dry; and it continued large until they came to the
gorge called Lapels, where there was a range el hills
through which the river found a peewee. Here the country
was very tesatifaL The bills, or rather mountains, for such
they were, were covered with evergreens, sad the neer,
and, in feet, the whole country, appeared exceedingly fertile.
The country on the north beak of the river was much more
fertile than that m the south. There were seen growing the
sugar cane, cotton, indigo, the seem leaves of medicine, and
different kinds of fibre, some strong specimens oe which he
had brought with him. After getting through the gorge
they would arrive eta cosl-Seld, some of the coal seams being
charred through the active of volcaaic matter. Timm were, he
believed, 11 seams of coal on the surface; and one which he
measured was 68 inches in diameter. Near this mat-geld there
was a gold-Geld, gold being carried by a number of cinema
in minute quantities. As in ascending the stresses which
lowed towards The, the pains oe gold became gradually
coiner, he lathed that the true gold-geld lay in that
directknk. Any one who went se far se Teta could not but
be pleased with the adjacent country ; it be peened beyond
The, and bad a live for the beauties of nature, he would be
delighted. About 20 mike beyond The there was a smell
rapid, which, unfohunately, he did not see, having left the
river at a point a little above the rapid. On getting over this
rapid, which was caused by the Jutting of numerous rocks
ammo the stream, the traveller came at once to a country
which might be tamed the Paradise of the hunter. In no
other part had he teen anything like inch a quantity of
enthrals. He knew all the country in which Mr. Gordon
Cumming hunted ; and there he never saw anything like so
many animals as he saw beyond Trite; and, moreover, the
country was astonishingly fertile. Supposing they had got
to The, they would, perhaps, like to know something about
the political or social condition of the country. Unfortu-
nately there had been Kalb wan there, in which the natives
was led by people of Parthenon and Asiatic extraction. As
the mother country did not In that CSIB beer the ex-
pense, the Portuguese had 'am rather sorely pressed.
They were shut up In The for two whole years, and during
that time they ate everything there except one another. As
regarded the Portuguese, he must say he did not find them
so degenerate se they had been generally coesidered. Those
whom be met with were for the mat part intelligent, kepi-
table, and Friendly. The position of the Portuguese was
somewhat like that of the Ma of clever men ; they were too
apt to ampere them with their ancestors, who were the that
navigators and trams of their age. Notwithstanding our
own Year was, he believed that Englishmen made the
beat colonists in the world. One of the peat secrets of the
emcees of Englishmen as colonists was the fact
that they took their wives with them. (laugh.
ter.) The ladies, after all, were the great civilian
After expressing it so his conviction that proper Invehiga-
dem on the spot would prevent the recurrence of Eater ware,
he continued his description of the interior of the country
beyond The. The whole of the valleys might, he said, be
Irrigated by mesas of the numerous dreamt As to the
shape of the country, ft would be found, on close examina-
tion, to be a bellow in the center, with elevated sides, • fact
which, though he was in the country so long, he did not
discover till about the middle of 1856. He then saw clearly
that that was the eolallon of the whole of African geography
in that part of the continent, and after he made
the discovery he had the vexation of learning that
Mr R. Murchison had long before anticipated what be
ascertained to births fact. After some further remarks he
concluded by saying that he believed his audience must wait
for the book Win they could get any more. (Laughter
end Melee.)

The resolution vas then put end monied.
Sir R. Meactimom them moved the following resolution
"That this meeting, highly appreciating the integrity
and perseverance of Dr. Livingston, in his extended
sad dangerons Janney., deem It Incumbent to originate •
pecuniary tribune, as en expression of their adadratket•
and gratiteds for his disinterested and self-denytng
labours to the camas of admire and philanthropy."
Dr. Livingston bad, be observed, given but a very brief
sketch al his own labours. He had omitted to mention the
fact that, in order to qualify himself to take mtrononsicel
observations, without which he could not have proseasted
hla ramerches, be placed himself under the in-
struction of the government istreeenter at the
Caps, by which mesas he wee enabled to produce
• map of Attics which would be the admiration of the
world. It was ireposeible that each services to mankind as
Dr. Living ton's should Isavemosped the sheervatkm of their
elders. The noble lord who so well conducted the foreign
sloes of this marry hid taken every opportunity of be-
friending his ; end he might mid, that his lordship was
II aware that It wee the opinion of men diciest*, that a person
posseribig such powers and qualifications a. Dr. Livingston
maniketly did, might be tumfoily employed, not only hi W-
hining Chrbdanity but shoots soinepublic capacity ekes the
frostier territory, in which he might be enabbd to prevent
the calamity of war. Had Dr. Livingston'. talents been
employed in optimist*, them would be little doubt that
he would have retrained with a well-stored purse.
As it was, however, he had come bath amongst them • poor
man, with • wife and children, and it became them to unite
foe the purpose of presenting to him an offering, which would
elbow that they appreciated the merits of one of the noblest
and most disintsrestel of Briton's sons, (Cheers.)
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Colonel grans sseceded tin rewind= ; width was then
pat awl culled.

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Mr. J. DILLOIR OMNI a 11110111thil to the *Met that a
subscription be ocamenced towards the fermation et a fond,
to be called "The Livingston Testimonial Find," and that
the Lord Mayor be requested to act se harmer.

This redatioa sna secooded by Mr. 3. GIIINIrf, and
wloPeot

tin the mace Hr. &miff Kim, seconded by Mr.
Alderman Wins, a commitke wan appointed to carry out
the object.

Mr.. 001 DOW COMING sad, and Mr P. LAMM sup-
ported, a resolution of thadai to the Lord Mayor for pro-
dding.

31; KomoommY.Moavnr, in supporting ihe moistest,
mite sane resigns Is which be bore teetitoony to the lin-
postoace of Dr. Livingston's discomies is MMus to oats-
MOM sal eivilintion.

The resohdicetwee. thes adopted, mad the Lard Magee
Wetly replied.

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Towards the ekes of the peceedisse the follow*, woof
ether, sekeeriptioaa, were eaggoeseed to bags teas made to
!adherence of the *et : The Lord Mayor, 10 plot; the
Weep d Loudon, 10 rehear; the Bieber al Vidor* three
d▪ ame; the Leedom Migslacary &misty, 1001. ; Yr. Abler-
am Wire, Kr. Alderman chair, Mr. Aldersaa Boa, Mr.
Sheriff Mechi, Mr. Mai! Resta, Sir R. Marcithee, Mr. 8.
Grapes, M.P., Mr. J. Dillon, the Use. A. ILlzaand, sad
Mr. 8. Gamey, 10 Karma each ; Berea Deader, Sir Mow
Moatellore, Mr. T. Raakey, Cokaal Dykes, sad Mr. W. H.
Bodkin, deo Oars each. The total gamut Nebo:gibed a
the cocardoe, attbset, gram meted, any previous ceavathar,
we. about ma

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