CHAPTER V.--PUBLIC LIFE, 1867 78

1868--President Philomathic Society 78 Professor Huxley 78 1868--Elected to the TOWN COUNCIL: Early Experiences 79 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: 1870--Elected Vice-President 80 1871-1874--President of the Chamber 80 1878-1881--Elected President of the re-constituted Chamber by the votes of the subscribers to the Exchange News Room 80 1870--Fellow Royal Statistical Society 80 1872--President of the American Chamber of Commerce 81 1873--Chairman of the Joint Committee of the Northern Towns on Railway Rates 81 1877--President United Cotton Association, the precursor of the Cotton Association 82 1877--President of the International Cotton Convention 83 1880--Mayor of Liverpool 83 Visit of General Sir Frederick Roberts 83 Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales 84 The Opening of the North Docks 84 Fenian Scare 85 1903--Lord Mayor 87