The New York herald., 1872-02-16
DIR. LIVINGSTONE.
The Search Expedition Of the Royal
Geographical Society.
The Public Meeting in London to Raise Funds
Colonel GRAFT, the African Traveller,
and the New York Herald
Contributions Received
From the London telegram. lar

From the LONDON Telegraph, JAM 81.
public meeting convened by the Lord Mayor,
In compliance with an infuentlally sigued requis-
uon, was held yesterday at the Mansion House, IN
support OF the fund for the Livingstone Search and
Reller Expedition now being organized BY the
Royal Geographical Society. The cnar was taken
were:-General SIR II. c. Rawlinson, President OF
the Royal Geographical society; Sir Bartle Frere,
the Governor OF Inc Bank OF England. Admiral SIR
W. Il. Hal, Major General Rlgoy. Colonel Grant,
Mr.. Il. U. l.. Bevan, Mr.. Z. White, Mr.. s. Gurney,
Rev: Horace Waller, Lieutenant Llewelyn Dawson,
r.. N. (tne leader OF the expedltionb Mr.. Charles
The LORD MAYOR said 1t had often been matter
OF surprise TO him that this subject had not Dcen
taken up at an earlier period; but hope, winch sus-
tanned them all, mad put OF that which ne trusted
was now going TO be carried out In satisfactory
manner The Royal Geosraphcal Society had NOT,
he must saw received that ald from the government
tha aers ws aneheS matter w ene
government which, In his mind was to pc deDre-
Gated very much indeed. and that was, the refusal
sent to me Geographical society was not couched
In mat courteous language which should be used
between gentlemen. AS to that meeting, he ielt
assured 1t would be productive OF an amount of
subscriptions which would enable the expeLilon
to start with reasonable PROBABILITY OF success.
Wnen the extreme dinlculty Of communicat-
ing with the interior OF Africa was cons,d-
cred ne felt strong grounds for hope .tnat
be best 10 know the worst, and so put an end TO q
state OF extreme public suspense. He had received
several letters from gentlemen unable to present.
but who sympatnlzed with the opject OF the meet
ing. Lord Houghton wrote TO say he would do
what he could to assist the expedition
General SIR II. q. RAwLINsON, IN moving the first
resolution, said he had hoped the Earl OF DERBY
would nave n been np present to 40 so 6as aniorsa
had written TO him:-"Had l been In London
should nave made IL u point TO attend anu support
you 10 the best oI my power" The nreSent was q
national occasion. Men OF the stamp OF David Llv-
ing tone We're. representatives OF the national
honor aud fortunes were the national prop
erty. Tne achievements OF Livingstone ex-
and, having extended all over the Continent
OF Africa, had excited universal admlratlOn Law.
utter aonegauon OF self most singular simplicity
or mind, an honesty OF purpose, combined with
But Livingstone was not merely traveller, an am
bilious explorer but there " as in hln nooier mo-
tive. From the time he entered Africa ne felt q
warm interest In the African race and III the i'm
provement or abolition OF tnat Infamous traffic In
human nesh winch, so long as 1t continued, would
place Africa under the ban OF Dloodsned and ma
tlOnal misery. Livingstone was not only the prince
OF African Travellers but he was also the apostle OF
humanity. At the date OF the last letter received
from him-Juiy 8, lS5s-the traveller was at the town
OF ManaKoso where the Arabs were thwarting HIM
in the despatch OF his letters. In that communl-
cation Dr. Livingstone SAID tnrty-four OF his letters
had been lost, ana 1t was IN consequence OF lnat
az .aas Inc ,ne aoSa s9ce
game ana tit out an expedition for his relief. Be-
fore gong further he tSlr Henry should ike to
rect an impression which was abroad, tnat the gov
ernment or the country were un avOraDe to this
expedition. Tnat was not tne case. Tnat day had
been placed in MS hand the instructions from the
Foreign Oice 10 their agent ~ Zanzibar, which
as follows:-
This despatch will be delivered BY Lieutenant Llewellyn
command OF erpsation fns expedton private one,
Is
oil o The The .as snd on % N %
nSzs tho yH to % ANY for the % g &
han wnc acc9rns 70 the &C
progress of the expedition.
That was, ne considered, very satisfactory letter.
and doubt 1t would be very great assistance to
Lieutenant Dawson The arrangement made by
the Royal Geographical Society was that two young,
Dawson and Henn) should lead the expedition, and
be accompanied by Mr.. Iivngstone-a son OF the
knowledge. The Geographicai Society out OF their
own funds, had given G500 towards the expedition,
tions already registered was 81, 500. lie had re.
ceived some very characteristic letters and among
them one from Miss Florence Nightingale, who
said- .
send little mite for the Livingstone Search Fund.-
May God speed effort to OF the
EIO QUO pair OF boots we should send IT, Eng.
land too often provides great and then leaves them
The Admiralty and the War ONCE were assisting
them and Mr. Frodsham had lent them cnronom-
eter. He begged to move:-
That In consequence OF the prolonged absence of Dr.
Livingstone and the mpossbty OF Communicating with
s% ns :e1
him-- becomes necessity and duty - send out an ex-
diiion and auofd him relief '''' - -'''''A ''N
Colonel GRANT the African traveller, In second
on the English nation to find out whether Dr. Llv-
tngst0ne was alive or not The Geo graphical Society
1aa Me 70 10 eaG e @
before them. The city Of London trade, the pro.
iessions, and especially scientific men. would be
benefited Dy the expedition 1t had been stated
that Mr.. Stanley, the correspondent OF the NEW
YORK HERALD, nad reached Zanzibar, In order to
bring back DR.. Livingstone alive or bring back his
oones He hoped the people OF England would not
allow that honor to be carried OF by Americans.
The motion having been carried
Sir BARTLE FRERE, X. q. B., moved
Thu the expedition organized by the Royal Geographical
Society deserving OF public support TO enable effectively
He thought when people like sir Fowell Buxton,
Nightingale came forward to support this move
menr, they might depend tnat at the bottom Of It
there was some great principle OF nationa! Import
ance. During the few weeks that ne had the prIv-
lege OF seeing Dr. Livingstone the latter gradually
unolded TO him some OF the objects he placed before
himself as those to which his life was devoted.
And, he must say, that In communications with
any OF the great statesmen Of the earth WITH whom
1t mad been his good fortune to espond he was
never SO struck as ne was In Dr. Livingstones case
not only by the greatness OF the object ne
mad in veT sas Dy o5 the
mode In which these objecls were TO be at
taned. He saw that If anything was to be done for
that could only follow such pioneers as himself At
the present moment there were the germs OF q vast
the ports OF the eastern coast OF Africa, anu It was
believed BY Livingstone that II was from one Of
those centres tnaC CIVILIZATION would raQato into
the interior. He supposed there were lew more
practical men than the late Lord Palmerst0n, anu
he need not remind the meeting how vigorously he
always supported measures for the suppression OF
the slave trade He asked the meeting 10 look upon
Livingstone as q practical Sc0tchman, who mad
national object IN view, and VINO ielt, as English:
men and Scotchmen had ever felt that they would
do nothing to disgrace England, but everything 10
further her interests lie felt assured there was
great practical end to be attained by means OF the
expedition they mad In view.
Mr.. BEvAN seconded and Mr. LovERDaB sup
ported the proposition, which was carried.
Mr. GALrON moved "that this meeting pledges
itself 10 support tue Livingstone expedition Dy
every means IN It's power"
The Rev. HORACE WALLER, In seconding the mo-
tion, said It had been his good fortune to spend
some years with Dr. Livingstone IN the interior OF
Africa He was hopeful that Dr. Livingstone was
carrying out his explorations at the present mo-
ment, and with q greater success than he at first
anticipated, and that that was the reason they had
not heard from him. Al Ujui the Arabs, according
to mis- last letter, told Livingstone they would not