The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-04 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL TRADESMAN'S LOAN
COMPANY. (LIMITED.)
OFFICES-28, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

PAID-UP CAPITAL, 430,000.

LOANS granted upon Approved Personal or Collateral
Security in Sums of from ae2o to ,e5OO, to be repaid
by Weekly, Monthly, orQuarterly Instalments.

I NT/CREST at the rate of Five per Cent per Annum will be allowed
upon all Monies deposited with the Company.

Application to be made personally, or by letter to
WILLIAM S. CIIALBLEY, Secretary.

TO IMPORTI,RS, EXPORTERS, AND MANUFAC-
TURERS OF TOBACCO.

AMEETING of those interested in the Tobacco
Trade will be held fq the Clareudon Rooms, South
John Street. on Tuesday, the 10th February, at Twelve o'clock, to
consider what arrangements may be mcesFary, in consequence of
the death of Mr. James Cumming, fur the general management of
the merchant department of Her Majesty's Tobacco Warehouse.
Liverpool, Feb. 3, 1857.

ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING THE
REPEAL OF THE TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE.
—office,lo, Ampton Place, Gray's Inn Road.
President—T. Milner Gibson, M.P.

Treasurer—J. Alin-cl Novello. Sub .treasurer —Dr. John Watts.
Chairman—Richard Moore. Secretary—C. D. Collett.
NOTICE TO PAPER-MAKERS.

The association has every reason to believe that the irregularities
and anomalies incidental to the collection of the paper duty, are
quite as numerous as those which for many years it was engaged in
exposing, as connected av,th the advertisement duty and the news-
paper stamp. Nothing will tend so much to the abolition of the
paper duty as a systematic attack upon the Injustice which it inflict
In individual cases. The association will therefore feel obliged by
any addiition to its Information on this subject, and will be ready to
consider the practicability of obtaining redress in any individuals
case of grievance.
Subscriptions to be paid to Messrs. Prescott and Grote, Thread-
needle-street; to the treasurer, J. A. Novello, 69, Dean-street,
Sono; or to the sub-treasurer, Dr. Watts, 3, Hilldrop Crescent,
Holloway.
All other communications should be addressed to the secretary.—
By order of the Committee, C D. COLLET, Secretary,
10, Ampton Place. Gray's Inn Road.

LIVERPOOL SAILORS' HOME.
her Most Excellent Majesty, Patron.

AT the ANNUAL MEETING of the Governors
and Members of.the Liverpool Sailors' Home and
Saving's Bank, held in the Board-room of the Institution, January
91, 1857, the Report of the Committee for the year 1856, together
with the Treasurer's Account for the same period, having been read,
it was

Resolved—" That the Report of the Committee for the year 1856,
as now read is approved ; and that the Treasurer's Accounts, now
laid before this Meeting, be passed, and that the same be printed
and circulated in the usual manner."

Resolved—" That Messrs. R. Dawson ,T . B. Horsfall, J. P. Palmer,
R. C;Crosble, G, Grant, T. Sands, T. B. Forwood, James Atkin, C.
Cotesworth, and J. Tyrer, who retire by rotation, be Re-elected;
and that Mr. Geo. Randall be elected in the room of Mr. W. J.
Lamport, who has resigned."
Resolved—That the b'st thanks of this meeting be presented to
Capt. Ainley and the Officers of the Institution, for the satisfactory
manner in which they have conducted the business of the Home
during the year."
(Signed) CHAS. COTESWORTH, Chairman.
The Chairman having vacated the chair, it was
Resolved —" That the beet thanks of this Meeting be presented to
Mr, Cotesworth for his conduct in the chair."

The Treasurer begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following
DONATIONS, 1856. s d.
A Fine. per A Friend
Captain Hughes, put in his hand by an Overlooker... .....

. . _
A Fee, per fhos. Hanmer
Dawson Turner, Esq.
James Chadwick, Esq., Manchester
Robert Hodgson, a Sailor
Unclaimed, per Captain Rackham " 4 0 0
James Evans, Esq., 8ri5t01.....
William Edwardson, Esq. .. .
The Gift of a Friend SO 0 0
Jones, Palmer and Co. ..
Carson and Ellis
Atanrinst Whit.. .. Q,iinr

62 4 6

AT a MEETING of AMERICAN SHIP.
MASTERS and Others, held at the Royal Hotel;
Liverpool, on the 30th of January, 1857, Nathaniel Hawtt orne
Esq., United States Consul in the chair, the following preamble
and resolutions were unanimously adoite.l :
WHEREAS—The ship CONFEDERATION, Captain Asa A.
Corning, while entering the River Mersey in charge of a Liverpool
Pilot, was stranded on the banks at the mouth of the river, and the
Captain, his chief officer Mr. Bonewell, and boy William, remain d
by the wrtek, thereby sacrificing their lives in discharge of their
duty.

Resolved—That the death of Captain Corning in so untimely a
manner, is a source of deep regret to every member of this meeting,
by whom he was much esteemed and appreciated for his many high
qualities and since. e feelings, and in his death we have lost a sincere
friend and worthy citizen, and we deeply lament his great loss to
his family and friends.
Resoled—That that this meeting ch sto express its deep
sense of the admirable conduct of the mate Mr. Roneweli, and the
hoy William, who remained with the master, and shared
untimely fate. fait' ful to the last.
Resolved—That this meeting cannot separate without desiring to
express its heat tfelt sympathy with Mrs. Coming, and sincere sorrow
for her sad bereavement, and in the spirit of kindness beg to offer
her a conveyance home.
Resolved—That a copy of the foregoing re3olutions be conveyed
to Mrs. Corning, signed by the officers of this meeting, and published
in the Liver, 00l papers