Report of the Conference (Volume 9-12 )

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882. Excerpt: ... Manchester to London, as also for the north. It required eight days for exchange of letters transmitted in ordinary course. We have seen that in 1730 there was no public conveyance which went nearer to Liverpool than Warrington. In 1760 the highroad from Liverpool to Warrington was first made practicable for carriages, and a stage-coach was started the same year--the first that ever ran out of Liverpool. In 1773 a stage-coach set out from Salford (Manchester) on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and returned the following day. This coach left at six o'clock A.M., and reached Liverpool at nightfall. The year 1776 opened with a heavy fall of snow which cut off all communication between Liverpool and London for many days. The mail due on Tuesday in one week did not arrive till the Monday following. Vide Williamson's Advertiser, January 19. In the belief that post-office statistics may be regarded in the light of a barometer of the state of trade, I gather up the following early facts: --Year. . 1782 Revenue of Liverpool Post Office 6,345 1803 32,168 1813 1823 58,548 Insurance.--With the growth of commerce the necessity for protection against fire became an obvious 'necessity. The occasion which brought the matter into prominence was an extraneous one. The Naval Arsenal of Portsmouth had been intentionally fired, and others were threatened. A meeting of the mayor and leading merchants and traders in Liverpool was summoned, and it was resolved to place a much stronger watch round the docks; numbers of gentlemen volunteered to keep guard by night in rotation. This was in January 1777. The outcome of all this was the establishment of the Liverpool Fire office this year. It continued in existence until about 1832. It was followed in...