Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-23 00:00:00

TH L LIVERPOO... OFFICE IN LONDO'.

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To rze Members of the Town Council, the Dock Committee id
mercial A -so' iaiions. and t, the Dierchants, 811 kersi
Brokers, and Legal Profession of L •verpool info
el EN TLENIEN,—I b tg respectfully t°
in Pi)
kjr you that lam about to form en Office
Ord
for the puraose of collecting Commercial and other InforteTisistso,.
for the further purpose of faciltating Public and Privete,seicaegfig
connected with the Town arid Port of Liverpool. I this 'whieb".
facility will be given to ndividual firms and public' (AO' dirzoti°'
afforded by the Liverpool Offize, whilst it was under the 400,
of Mr. BACKHOUsE and the late Mr. WarrisvintouT ;rep 00
commercial fact ides and conveniences will be addels W.snuod!;
not thought necessary when those gentlemen were I,',Psiicres,
office, but which have become so, tram the rapid and 0;
growth of the Commercial Interests a Liverpool. The ,(,Y. "hoarrA
meets will be kept in view by mein conducting this
The Offices for Business, which will be large, and 00' t ant
situated in the neighisourhood of the Houses of rarlisreeon. the 511...
Courts of Law, a, Westminster, will be ope at all tirejsit pr,
scribers to this Institution, who may have occasion '
on public or private business. All the London and Lite tifeiggro,
be take and carefully fled for reference . and . day,tal
Messa,,es will be reed cod ant published, severs! tiraet ewer Fist-,
events connected with the i ommerce, Navigation, and. was 0 egg
interests of L verpool Having spent the last fee ee'riad 0
liament in London on the basiness of the Corporation, boawisr ,
become familiarly acquainted' with the mode of dol°.,.ghae Atetai
Londcn, I trust that I shall be ab:e to render to the Miles I,:ag
tions, to Deputations, and to individuals, tho same t:,al,. candling,
way of introduction, and in the arrarg,ments .„agoet":
business, which wore rendered by my very esteemed l tb9
mr. BACBI7OIISE earl Mr. Wanazwatnuarr. Inelogred
whnle of the iamentary and Official Pape— Isd it' to
united Kingd;.m and in the Colo/tits-will be received,:#n• toßee •
will be att°
for purposes of reference ; and tile utmost pains -- siva falt
co lect Official Papers, connected with Commerce arli.,egtr,t
which may be issued by the varieus Foreign Gaverluebtogy
which the Merchants and Shipowners of Liverpool aid
cootact, in their cnromercial opero, hiali be/ergot,
Copies of all Bilis introduced into: arrament, w---, jjaa
bearing on the Cornimerci it or other leading interests ef
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will he kept at the office in London, and Summar es thw;ealio
well as all alterations propoied in them whilst before raa...edeato
all Acts of Parliament resulting from themr will be Wit.' to
Commercial and other Public Bodies of r iverpool. web /kJ
A Report will be forwarded, early iu every month, to ,itheon;aa
Subscribers to the I .iverp 00l Office, of all o ,ficlal and well' tloaS 0100
inteligence respecting the commercial event; of the Pre".; stif„
These reports I shall prepare myself with thetErcatest of
hope of making them worthy to be preserved, and W beride,T,
a volume, at the ens of each near, as an "an M
Commerce and Navigation." The first Roport, goltrigOr
published in January nest, will contain an account of ,‘,,entrille,
of Liverpool for the year IS 7. and a Rep art on the IN resent
eOP
the Port, Docks, and f 'ommercia! Estildishmenia,of Lire 0014
will serve as a record of the condition in which those et", 1010
were le t by the Coreoration and Dock Committee, attlef,,e.iyeep,al 0
had the management or them,. and in which they are 'oo—
Conservancy Board," to which they are to be 000
Janna,yr 1858. oft tte
^ the I' tort
ARe inter will also be prepared, for the use 0: ..„,en igb
Supporters of the Liverpool Office, of the p Incipal Pen_:rojil tidal
Pub is Record I ffices in London, which relate to Property orse 01
in the Counties of Lancaster and Chester. In the Cc'of te"
researches during the last ten years, into the Histercuadrn
Counties,. have collected the particuiats ofnf fairlwsoo,
Documents, in the Record Offices, which a-e valuable ty aDatie
Courts of Law. Those researches V shall continue raY"eito nOrd
to he continued by others, until I have tronght togethetvg oarefor
for a complete Register of Documentary Evidence, heej.,ets
and private rights in the two Counties. Nearly all the l 7 ot' •
to those Counties are cow to be found in the Record Offl'e Jerre
In concludonri beg to state that it would be my tal„,'° b
every way to- contribute to the convenience of the
plae
Borough and for the Southern D vision of Lancashire, by
..saire,r
Offices at their disposal for purposes of business, and by ;70
them what, vet. assistance they w ere w.lling to accept, Toe Ste
th
the laborious correspondence which forms one of the bet' botb_.do,
of their pot:tian. Having long enjoyed the friendch;Pst
County and Borough tderoters, it wit give mettle gree`erdaPgotri
render them any assistance in my power in their most e" ad o,terr
Trusting that you may consider an- Office, establishcwoo
purposes, worthy of your support, and that you I:07

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possessed of thonualideationsior managing it,
I remain, Gentlemen, at, 0180'
Your very obedient Serva„ 0
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a HOMA
TERNS Or SUBSCRIPTION. Pe11"
For Commeretal,,Eanklng, Tracing, and other CO , 0
Guineas a Year. v sr. 0' if
For Private Individuals and Firms, Ore Guinea a' • 0.--.. 0 16
Comicann c,tions on *his aubj-ct to be addresced to A'. - P.
the Athenaeum, Liverpool; cr at Messrs. Brimsos & M
the Liverpool Times Office), Liverpool

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TII E R LIVINGSTON TESTIMONIAL.AT a Meeting held at 1, ExchaDge'l9°lo
on the 10th l!etobtr, 1857, Thomas Liarrig° tot
Vice-chairman of the African Assoc ation. in-the Chair; 04"
The Meeting, being stronf,ly impressed- with the c1„0r"..41
the important discovenes ma e by the Rev: Dr. tivinfTwaitAL,to
his prolonged and perilous residence in the interior of Pi-10tg7010.,.
will tend, at some future pe.lod, great y to adranes lUeof tbe 001
religion; and commerce ; and in admiration wait§ el
pidity and perseverance with which he has pursued tei;;;
mission, and in gratitude bi- the personal and peer,rof,";rls
whin, he Lai made in the cause of science and phranw,hristo,loo2
It was moved by Thomas Hooch, F'sq., seconded by bscr es
Jones, Esq., and unanimously resolved— 'That A `;',,e or.
now commenced, towards the formation of a fund for t:'014,0.1.01P
the Rev. Dr. Livingtone arid his ; and, that A c°`;iirllT,T,
tM
sisting of the gentlenum present (with power to add to no (0.51,
be now appointed, to receive contributions, and to r1S021.0,0"
approbation of a majortynf the contibutors) upon tu°
priation of the funds."

COMMITT. E•
Christopher H. Jones, Er.q„ Tressitrer.
''.7 Thos. Berry llorsfa'l,F.sq ,AL Y. J. King. Eti, r. -
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Edward Hatton,. Esq. Dr. i ergusson. .
R. C. Crosb;e, E,q.
William um) ~ E•a.
T. W. CookAm, Esq.
Thnmas A. H re, E..q.
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