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EIGHTH OEDINAEY MEETING, 



Held at tbe Royal Institutjon, on the 9th February, 1857, 



THOMAS INMAN, Esq., M.D., President, in the Chair. 



The resignation of Mr. Alfred Holt was received. 

 The Secretary intimated that tbe following address had been 

 forwarded to tbe Rev. Dr. Livingstone : — 



TO THE KEY. DR. LIVINGSTONE, A-c, &c., &c. 



Sir, — The members of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool 

 desu-e to express to you the gi-atification which they have felt in hearing of tliose 

 great geographical discoveries which you have made in Africa. 



While seeking to spread the priceless blessings ot Christianity in an unknown, 

 unexplored countiy, you have opened ivp a new and most important territory. 

 Alone inithis vast enterprise, you have been permitted to complete your dis- 

 coveries, and to return home to receive the congratulations and the honours 

 which have been extended towards you. 



The members of this Society, with others of your countrjTueu, hailed the news 

 of your having found the waters of the Ngami, and were encouraged therefrom 

 to expect further discoveries. They have, therefore, the highest satisfaction in 

 knowing that from Linyanti, in the interior of that great continent, you have 

 been enabled to trace the flowing of the Zambesi to the Indian ocean, and thus 

 to associate your name with a discovery which, viewed either in the light of 

 science, philanthropy, or commerce, is of incalculable importiuice. 



If you should again travel in that quarter of the world, the members will 

 watch your course ^\ith the deepest interest; and hope, not only that much 

 success may attend you, but that you may be spared to return in perfect health 

 and safety. 



THOMAS INMAN, M.D., President. 



Extracted from the minutes of the Literary and Pliilosophical Society of 

 Liverpool. 



DAVID P. THOMSON, M.D., Hon. Secretary. 

 Royal Institution, February 5th, 1857. 



The paper for the evening was then read : — 



A PLEA FOR THE EMPEROR TIBERIUS. 



PART II. 



By WILLIAM IHNE, Esq., Ph.D., V.P. 



The republican form of government, as known to the ancients,, was 

 entirely municipal. All the illustrious republics of Greece were free 

 towns, governing themselves, and ruling over a small suburban district. 



