New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-18
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irs>nNvm equal ~ that " Aston place.
mai which Means, apprschcs Il in cNcolonco is
tAsi a The London merchants al lloyds IN the Royal
Y.shsnre. Lc>ds SIS msny Of cur readers may be
swav is 81 association " underwriters established
ar the purpose " lo SEEMING midi, idual responsibility,
ssr, and riA ~ each combining lis Interest III man
tine assurance 10 such limit as will guard hum
seaius. tic rain which otherwise sudden Casualty
Nigh, crsio Few underwriio on any one insurance
4, nsorc than 49, 400. OF tl5o, varying according
~ he character Of he vessel and the goods insured
On en,c,irc the Royal Exchange from Exchange
Mace. lcsNinc rhroSmorton-st On the night and
Corhil On the left we find the first floor on the
rirhi hand this Underwriters room, close to the
C,p,Ain $ room where auctions OF condemned vessels
are occasionally held, where Jolly tars meet ana
merchants and underwriters and brokers run to aud
fs TO take sandwich and glass OF ale or glance at
the last shipping list, OF peep at the last whisper
the telegraph. On the second floor are the staustlca
and geographical collection OF Loyds and the meeting
room for executive purposes OF the members owe
t,.ob
whom Mr. Barring presides. But toe room TO wmch
we would peculiarly call attention Tor our presen,
purpose is the the left hand OF the hFSt noor'
which is the rta1ng-oom set apart Tor merchants,
underwriters and those duly elected by ballot each
having a yearly subscription of $40 for this one
nom, or $50 for access to all.
The superior claims to public patronage which the
Mercantile Library possesses over Loyds are appar-
en frst in the absence Of that exclusveness which
vote by ballot implies and, secondly, in the greater
chespDess of the edmisson.fee, which is emily 80 for
young gentlemen connected with business houses, and
IS for merchants and strangers while this moderate
amount not only, as in London, secures the use OF
newspapers, but also of q most extensive library
situated the second door, and which offers TO every
subscriber the opportunity of taking home select Get
of books which be may after reading, replace by
fresh supply The Library, too, is full of graceful
The books not being protected against dust by rails or
curtains require TO be thoroughly cleaned every morn
ing At present it is scarcely possible to start one
from it's rest without being like Of Homers heroes,
lost in cloud Of dust Collection like that of the
Mercantile embracing many costly works, and al the
new enes demands the most delicate and assiduous
attention As the Library is in its infancy, so far as
organization and symmetry are concerned, we trust
that the notice Of these blemishes viii be received
it is offered in spirit of kindness But of the read
hg.roOm we have only to speak in terms OF praise In
point of elegance cheapness and freedom of admis-
on courtesy shown TO visitors and strangers as well
as in its collection OF American papers and periodi-
Gals it is decidedly superior TO Loy which the
Iargeet reading in Europe.
Lloyds has few books of reference, no periodicals
at ell literary artistic prints, but presents on the
other hand much more juOicOus and much more
cosmopolitan selection of the leading papers of the
globe and it il on this score we would venture to offer
some suggestions. At Lloyds are to be found beside
the leadiug American English, Scotch, and Irish pa
perr the DeJats the Prose- the Steele, the Gazette
des Tri6unauz the MoRiteur. the Journal dA Hare,
the Journal de la GarOHne, the Courier de 6o@T-
6eaur the Seuaphoye de Marsc,itS, the GaSette de
Lvons the Brussels Antwerp. and Client pspers, the
HAMBURGER BorseHhdHe, the Bremen and Lubec
,ShipDaRg Gazette, the journal de FrdRkt0Tt the
Turin Gazette, the COUriere Mercantile de
Genoa, the leading papers Of Venice Milan,
Rome and Aucona, the Gaceta de Madrid and Diar'o
d. Lisbon, The Gibraltar Chronicle, The Malta Post,
Mo Couriere dEgo, published in Italian at Aexan-
dIia, the Journal de Constdatinope, in French the
Journal de SmyrRe published in French and modern
Greek the Smyrne AtoNes, the Courier Athenes, IN
French the Elis one of the best Athenian papers In
Greek the Petersburg journals, one in Russas, Ger
man and French, all the other leading journals of
Russia and those of Denmark and Sweden, the Alden
and Singapore papers, The Overland NAL, the Delta
of Calcutta, The Overland of China and The Friend
of CkinQ, published at Hong Kong and Shanghai In
English the papers of the Cape, Australia, Jamaica,
Brazil, Chill and Peru and many more thus allowing
young gentlemen connected with London houses who
are natives of any OF these places or transact business
with them to draw their information from the fountain
head instead of being obliged to extract here from
second hand sources where is rarely to be found the
necessary ledge of details. Now these papers are
generally so costly as to be beyond the reach OF pri-
vate individuals. We have particularly specified them
because they are all furnished grataHoHSy to Loyds;
and we have not the smallest doubt that by applica-
ton through the American Consuls over the globe
the same privilege would be extended 10 the Mercan-
tile Library. Although Loyds commands greater
influence through the agents which the underwriters
Keen at every port yet the information they require
is as much needed here; and the American Consus,
ON ursing the growing influence which American
commerce and enterprise command would surely
obtain the same privilege for the first readingroom
OF tie United States which is granted to the first read