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ait for op- I the Re- Mexicans rm of go ?,ror. But rnroe cloc he United of the so- old wheat I a further aples were yore poor, , oat; and old white, Barley for 24s to 26s large, 38s tendance. tes of new lvanee on er qr. was a of 3s as lised from Jeans, 40s s, from 8s ditto, Od show of advance used lots. . Barley ,advance. 2s per qr. 2s to 430. !I3 to 24e blue, 35s 36 stone. to 29s per ss; new, g several unsettled ield, and gad more. advanced ) 75 61 20s Od )75 61 205 Od 175 6d 42s 041 32s Od 3Ss Od 28s Od .ers, with e was a ace of 10 r was 6d ing peas ,t an ad -1 and is s. d .. 19 0 .. 16 0 ~20 0 ter was of Mr. Monday f nearly the poor , Janie El Wilkin s I,ington, 1.N., of 'garot'9, -street, ward S. instor. amerel, 1 Regt., D. 8., to eneral y Thou Lodge, Liston°, of the th and ljautin 3seher, rixton, Brix ed 91. mono•norb 1 4 3 - Cf 0 11 2, nty IIejONDON must have a Gentleman's SUPPER and MUSIC ROOM " EVAN'S " after Alfred ilon'a Concerts. liINAtIAN'S LL B Wi ND - iI y SKY v. COGNAC Tag oele:rated Old. IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, is. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." WHAT A STUPID FELLOW YOU ARE to bite off the end of your Cigar. when you can buy <lnc of "BUTCHER'S PATENT KEY-RING CIGAR NIPPERS" for a Penny. Sold everywhere. MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1850). H, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LENDS MONEY on Personal and other Security, in sums of £2O to .£5OO, to be repaid by instalments extending over one, two, or three years. The large C tpital of this Associa tion•enables it to complete its transactions without delay. No inquiry or office fees, and strict secrecy observed. Bills Discounted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a directed stamped envelope.. The Association also lends Money for the purchase of a house by a tenant, or for the liquidation of mortgages, on terms most advantageous to the borrower. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. REUTER'S TELEGRAM COMPANY (Limited). Capital £250,000, , in 10,000 shares of £25 each. First Issue 5,000 shares. Paid £lO per share. DIRECTORS. John Dent, Esq., 35, Grosvenor-square, of Messrs. Dent and Co., China. Sir John C. D. Hay, Bart., Director of the Land Securities Company Colonel Holland, Deputy 'Chairman of , the Seidl" African Bank. J. S; Stopford, Esq., Director of the Agra and Idasterman's Bank. _ _ _ Julius Reuter, Esq., Maaaging, Director. ISSUE OF DEBENTURES. The Directors having been empowered at the Special General Meeting of the Proprietors held to-day to issue de bentures to the amount of £35,000, are prepared 'to receive applications for the same for the terms of two and four years at he following rates of interest : Two years 5 per cent. per annum. Four years 6 The debentures will be of three denontinatiorui, namely, X2O, £5O, and £100; and trill have interest coupons attached, pay able half-yearly, on the Ist of September and the Ist of Alareh in each year. The contracts held by the Company with various parties in this country and abroad, and ranging over a period of five years from the Ist of January last, amount to considerably more than the sum the Directors are authorised to borrow, and afford ample security for the payment of the inte rest and the redemption of the debentures. In addition to this security there remains upwards of £50,000 of the SUB SCRIBED CAPITAL of the Company uncalled up. All applications should be addressed to the Secretary, ac companied by a deposit of Ten per cent. on the amount of debentures applied for. In the event of no debentures being issued, the deposit Will'be returned in full without any deduction. By order of the Board, FREDERICK J. GRIFFITHS, Secretary. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London, August 11, 1865. EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, London. REPORT of the Directors for the Year ending Roth June ' 1865, read at the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 11th August, 1865. THOMAS GODFREY SAMBROOKE, Esq., in the Chair. The Directors have again, in discharge of the duties en trusted to them, to make their annual report to the Pro prietors, and, as on previous occasions, they will first call their attention to the particulars of the surplus fund ac count, comprising as it does all the important financial oc currences of the year. It will be seen by this account that the total income of the year is £424,439 7s. Id., and the total charge £373,551 7s. The difference is £50,888 Os. ld., which being added to the surplus fund of last year augments it to £678,964 12s. Id. The amount thus laid by in three years since the last valuation is £201,571 17s. 9d. The sum received on account of newassurances—£3l,ls7 19s. 4d —is unusually large • but, as will be seen, a con siderable portion of it has been devoted to reassurance. An extraneous profit was made last year of more than £17,500, and upwards of £15,700 has been similarly realised this "year. The claims on decease of lives assured have been heavier than usual. There is, however, no reason to doubt but that the proper average for the quinquennial period will obtain. The average for the last three years is £240,480. The expenses last year were no less than those of the previous one. This year they are again reduced, being nearly £5OO less than they were in the last year's account. The balance-sheet calls for very little remark—some of the items amongst the assets are increased and some diminished—the total of them, less the liabilities, is £50,888 Os. Id. greater than in the last account, and the surplus fund exhibits accordingly a corresponding aug mentation. The Trustees and Directors of the Company are now as follows : TRUSTEES. Lord Bateman, Richard Harman Lloyd,Esq. Robert Che ere, Esq. William Jas. Maxwell, Esq. Joseph Esdaile, Hon. E. T. Yorke, M.P. And other gentlemen. DIRECTORS. CHARLES CHATFIELD, Esq., Chairman. GEORGE RUSSELL, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Charles Bischoff, &el. James Murray, Esq. Tho Mas Boddington, Esq. Ralph Charles Price, Esq. Sir J. Buller East, Bart., Philip Rose, Esq. D.C.L. Thos. Godfrey Sambrooke, Nathaniel Gould, Esq. Esq. Robert A. Gray, Esq. Capt. Louis SymondsTindal, Wm. Augustus Guy, M.D. R.N. Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq. Colonel Charles Wetherell, Harman Lloyd, Esq. K.C.T. Joshua Lockwood, Esq. Right Hon. Sir John Young, Sir W. G. Ouseley, K.C.8., Bart. D.C.L. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT. DR. INCOME OF THE TEAR. Balance of account, June 30, 1864 £628,078 12 0 Premiums on new assur ances £31,157 19 4 Ditto old ditto 291,552 6 7 322,710 5 11 Interest from investments 85,931 5 11 408,631 11 10 Profit on realisation of reversions, &c 15,797 15 3 Total income 424,439 7 1 £1,052,515 19 1 CR. CHARGE OF THE YEAR Dividend to Proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured £236,417 10 10 Additions to those under participating policies 27,349 18 2 Policies surrendered 16,173 2 1 Re-assurances, new Ditto, old 839,801 13 0 Conamission Medical fees Income tax 2,519 10 5 Expenses of management 12,447 4 8 863,759 0 0 Total charge 373,551 7 0 Balance of account, 30th Juno, 1865 678,964 12 1 Examined and approved, £1,052,515 19 1 HENRY ROSE, Auditors. THOMAS ALLEN,' BALANCE SHEET. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured and additions thereto unpaid 44,693 0 7 Cash bonus due to policy holders Sundry accounts Value (1862) of sums assured 4,774,086 12 3 Proprietors' fund £184,015 0 0 klurplus fund, as above 678,964 12 1 862,979 12 1 £5,689,234 8 7 ASSETR. Amount invested in fixed mortgages £947,597 2 11 Ditto ditto' decreasing mortgages 125,395 18 3 Ditto ditto reversions Ditto ditto funded securities 294,988 11 4 Ditto ditto temporary securities 42,123 17 6 Current interest on the above investments 29,937 0 4 Cash and bills 84,176 5 11 Advanced on the security of the com pany's policies 41 .., gents' balances gents' accounts Value (1862) of assurance premiums 3,568,151 7 8 Value (1862) of reassurances X 5,689,234 8 7 Examined and approvOd, HENRY ROSE, THOMAS ALLEN, Auditors. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort- Mont of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candles ticks, Obelisks, Ink needs, Deautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &0., in Italian, Alahast Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Sper,_ &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C.. London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS. 111 ENE RALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition Of Lyeiva Elements of Geology; they will , greatly facilitate the Interesting Study of MI NERA LOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 590 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in ICO LOGY and MINE- R, kLOidY is given by AIr.TENNANT,P.G.S., at 149, Strand. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Ran t% Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. vi es -Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G Grace the Duke of BUCCLEVCII, N.G. T his Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab „ . I ;sh th e pr i nc i ple of f ree a d m ission to the sick poor, with ou t Lao delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, te wholly de- Pendent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It afr,,rds relief to a large number of in - patients , and, in Iddition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute s i c k has for a considerable period averaged between 6,0 00 and 4,000 weekly. ben he Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the noevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of •,-ri tail:dug several hundred more beds, had the Committee I,ll:requisite funds to maintain them. tc.!..lontributions are received by the Treasurer. Edward Mae- I:rum, Es q., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; and and Co. ; Glyn and Co.;lherries and Co. ; Ransom tr.`. .Co• ; Prescott, Grote, and Co'. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; .re a lay and Co. ; name, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur- Co Lid `o.; Nisbet and Co. , Bernera-street ; Barned and 1 - 4 rPrpool I and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. STANFORD SMITH, Secretary. home to tho 12 now in operation. Last year were rejected from T HE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to addar noan another ban 455 poor, friendless, young females want of FUNDS and room, making a total of M B lls o h f ° a h few been sent away in five years. Here are brief de of the most recent cases F. v., aged 11, Mi en, mo th er d ea d , d eser ted by her father. IL A. F., aged 13 , h ome l ess , b ot h paren t s dead. w A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. 3. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., aged is, fallen, mother dead, A. 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead. H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents, M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. H., aged 17, failen, both parents dead. A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead. E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. M. A. W., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents deli]. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen-street Cheapside; or by liiessr9 Barclay and. co.. Lombard -street. N°. 22,827. SATURDAY NEXT—DAY PERFORMANCE Great St. James's Hall. Maccabe, the Ventriloquist. —The World of Magic by PROFESSOR AND 1 , llt;,ON, Second Sight by Miss Anderson, the real Indian Basket Feat by Miss Liztie Anderson. Doors open at 2, to commence at 3. Stalls, 55. ; reserved seats, 3s. ; balcony, 2s. ; area and gal-, leries, Is.; schools and children half price to stalls and re • served seats, which may be obtained at Mr. Austin's office, No. V, Piccadilly. A. NIMMO, Acting Manager. rr X F 0 li, D B, OXFORD STREET. W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). SIXTY-SIX, by J. Offenbach, performed by misses Russell. Barrie, Walmealey. Tyrell ; eleisrs. A. St. Albyn. Husk, Green, and Mons. ERVAH, the new French Tenore, with full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Bane% Comedy, Burlesque, &c., by the celebrated D'Au bans. Messrs. Duriah and Davis, and the Misses TENT and SARA. GUNNISS. NOTICE —The Oxford has been entirely Redecorated, Altered, Newly Lighted, and Ventilated, arid now is one of the most agreeable places of resort in the kingdom.—OPEN EVERY EVENING at Eight o'clock. Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. VANTERBURY HALL. Sele3tions from ORPHEE AUX ENFERS and THE BROTHER AND SISTEtt, supported by Miss RUSSELL, Miss Barri,, ktiss Hays, Jzo. ; Messrs. ST. ALBYN, Green, &c., with Full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jongmans. Comedy by Arthur Lloyd, Stews. Duriali and Davis, and the Grotesque D'Aubans. THIS EVENING, will be performed, with new Optical effects, the Illusion, entitled KO KO RI KO, on a scale of magnificence never before attempted, and embracing the ser vices of the entire establishment. 31[ADAME TITSSAIJD'S EXHIBITION.- Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the season, the Exhibition has been entirely re-embellished. The whole of the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description, faithfully copied from the most minute pictures, have been renewed. Modern Court Dresses of the most splendid de scription, selected from the first houses in Paris and London, and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now on view. Life-size Models of DOCTOR E. W. PRITCHARD and CONSTANCE KENT are now added. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. GLASS, CHINA, EARTHENWARE, a n d CHANDELIER SHOW ROOMS. Notice of Removal in consequence of the late Fire. T DEFRIES and SONS' Temporary SHOW T. , S ROOMS. 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET, WHITEC [TAFEL, Five Minutes' walk from their Late Establishment, 147, HOUNDSDITCH. CRYSTAL and BRONZED CHANDELIERS, New Designs, for the Dining and Drawing-room, either for Gas or Candle. DEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17, Ey • COMMERCIAL-STREET. PETROLEUM LAMPS and WALL LIGHTS, MIRRORS (for India). DEFRIES and SONS, 16 an d 17 , J COMMERCIAL-STREET. TAVERN AND HOTEL GLASS. Newest Patterns, Correct Measure. T DEFRIES and SONS, t 1 • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES, For 12 Persons, 41 38s. ed. T DEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-STREET. TABLE GLASS. CHINA. and EARTHENWARE. CLUB, MESS, and FURNISHING ORDERS for the above GOODS promptly executed. JDEFRIES and SONS supply Designs and T-F • Pattern Books Free. Works—LONDON and BIRMINGHAM. A T THE COUNCIL CHAMBER , WHITE HALL, -LA. the 24th day of July, 1865, by the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. Present—Lord President, Sir George Grey, Bart., Mr. Milner Gibson. Whereas by an act passed in the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of her present Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act to prevent until the Ist day of September, 1850, and to the end of the then next session of Parliament, the spreading of contagious or infectious disorders among sheep, cattle, and other animals," and which has since been from time to time continued by divers subsequent acts, it is (amongst other things) enacted that it shall be lawful for the Lords and others of her Majesty's Privy Council, or any two or more of them from time to time to make such orders and regulations as to them may seem necessary, for the purpose of prohibiting or regulating the removal to or from such parts or places as they may de slgnate in such order or orders, of sheep, cattle, horses, swine, or other animals, or of moat, skins, hides, horns, hoofs, or other part of any animals, or of hay, straw, fodder, or other articles likely to propagate infection ; and also for the purpose of purifying any yard, stable, outhouse, or other place, or any wagg, - ,ns, carts, carriages, or other vehicles ; and also for the purpose of directing how any animals dying in a diseased state, or any animals, parts of animals, or other things seized under the provisions of this act, are to be disposed of ; and also for the purpose of causing notices to be given of the appearance of any dis order among sheep, cattle,' or other animals, and to make any other orders or regulations for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of the said act, and again to revoke, alter, or vary any such orders or regulations ; and that all provisions for any of the purposes aforesaid in any such order or orders contained shall have the like force and effect as if the same had been inserted in the said act; and that all persons offending against the said act shall for each and every offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding £2O, or such smaller sum as the said Lords or others of her Majesty's Privy Council may in any such case by such order direct. And whereas a contagious or infectious disorder, of which the nature is at present uncertain, has lately appeared, and now prevails among cattle within the metropolis and in the neighbourhood thereof, and it is expedient to take measures for preventing such disorders from spreading, Now, therefore, the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council do hereby, by virtue and in exercise of the powers given by the said recited act, and by the several acts continuing the same aforesaid, order as follows : 1. If at the date of the publication of this order in the "London Gazette," there shall be any cow, heifer, bull, bullock, or ox labouring under any contagious or infectious disorder in the possession or custody of any cowkeeper, dairyman, or dairywoman, or of any milkman or milk woman, or vendor or purveyor of milk, or of any dealer in cattle whatsoever within the City of London or within the limits of the metropolitan police district, or if at any time hereafter, while this present order shall continue in force and unrevoked, any cow, heifer, bull, bullock, or ox, being in the possession or custody of any such person as afore said within the said City of London or within the metro politan police district shall be seized or attacked with, or be found labouring or suffering under, any such contagious or infectious disorder, notice of the existence of such dis order, or of the first appearance of such disorder in or among the cattle belonging to or in custody of any such person as aforesaid, shall immediately thereupon be given by the person in whose possession or custody such diseased animals or animal shall be, to the clerk of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council in waiting at tho office of har Majesty's Privy Council at Whitehall, in the county of Middlesex; and it shall be lawful for the said clerk of her Majesty's Privy Council, and for all such persons as shall by writing under his hand authorise in that behalf thereupon, and at all reasonable times thereafter, to in spect or examine all or any such diseased animals or ani mal, and to report to the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council all such information and particulars as to the na ture or character of such disorder as may seem to him ex pedient for the purpose of enabling proper regulations to be made for preventing or checking the further propaga tion and increase of suoh disorder. 2. Every ipeTsO;ofieldilWitialnst this order, and omit ting to give such notice or to permit such inspection and examination as aforesaid, shall for every such offence for feit any sum not exceeding twenty pounds, which the jus tices before whom he or she shall be convicted of such offence may think fit to impose. (Signed) EDMUND HARRISON. • IMPOSSIBLE. --AGThIIAe AgTmeAtL greatest and d N°mTHlNostusefer Thll'ulinvention o Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and C O., 12, Three King-court, Lombard-street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles. 10s. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Goonell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. TOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY CI TOOTH PASTE - is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the the breath. Price Is. 61-12, Three Kin7-court, Lombard street. London. , - • , DI EWSPAPER . .. -.• / ‘ .- 1 , 1 , #.. , ._t. _. ~.. • .. .t___......„44 .........,4, ~,,,t.....„0„,,,. .. 4.., 6.. 4 •:_,; s - , ~ 1 • - & il • . ‘. ,, t1. , •'•-. ' 4 ' ' t #1.7 .....1: 1 .4- -. 0 ,..... - . . " . V • ,-. F. - - , A 4 ii,lt<•:,• / _____,.........,.......• 444 / t/ - ,- ' ' ‘..„/ I'l, if • . • - , _ perience as a magistrate, and his injon was th,„,t s r ~,-... ~..r... -::'....%\itp.:„"::. .- ~ :, . a1 7, 14 1 g . -, ,v ,„ .! , 7Z .: ) *-A,...- - :. ~ .* - -......... 4 ~ \ S ' 1$ '''''' ‘.4lt, ~..: 1 7) , 'N .4+ , 1:4/ . i ,77.1. i : ~..: :ii. •liii ul t: 7 . , i : ~__ tn. s ~ . . 1 :5 ).10%. -. most of the loan and discount o ffi ces of e press 1 itS „ 4 ; (41/ . ,4 „:. ---; = 7 • /At 'I xu l , "w r 7....7 2.. ., 1,, , \:. '. -I' ,' 7:A ie&r . ›.4. Atm . 4 . , ~. day had been set on foot solely for purposos of , 1•. 41. . ir ' l. ' . 1 ' ' ' .„,t( , ' ' ....-4144 1 ( 5, ' , ,11 ".. 3 Wii,, .4, .14 ( ( ,( ~ . j . '''43 4 %- '''',... S ` . ...•• I ‘ 7 ,4/114• swindling. ...* -- e - ficAlt - .d.4., - -!, ..),. . IN.''''' oA "ti"'"' " - ,K , , , v& - --- , ~...- -5,.. r 4 , ` . ....ir ..., . , t fr . „:" i a - 41 `,,,, , g, ' , ---___ -... , 4, • •• . ....,.. X OV" ..., * 40 7 , • r te , ... pt. ; 6 , i . ...o. .4},,. s -...- -, 0.. , , -.. = . 40:=, - .0- , e ll ." , •,'y , 1 1111 E,y.,,,m: ~..„, ► 0 .111 ,rt.„...... , -Ali& ~ & ",\,.„. ' .;:r . .::. 1 " , -;:r7 , - * ,, ^Z&I ' ' . Z.: : 1 , ' 'l 4 '," .;"' . ' 417" -4). 10* A. • •' ' ... ..." 1- le Trety . 4 ' "5 DIE ir AI ' ,4 4 4"41 . 1111: . 1 . 1 ij • i : : ~ og i 16 , ' r:ely.” . "Sriit - ' DIZOI_T . I .‘" "" '1114,,,,k,..._ Mr. Pratt said it was important to endeavour to stop the career of such societies as that of the Gari baldi at once, but he might say it was not unlikely that further proceedings might be taken in the matter. He then withdrew. ,NAPRICP 4d. STAMPED sd. was bound to state so in his certificate. On the other hand, he was equally bound to state the fact in his certificate, if it were so, that the tables were not pre pared by an actuary. In the case of the Garibaldi Fund, without mentioning names, there were two trustees, one being a clergyman ; and there were seven directors, an auditor, bankers, a surgeon, a solicitor, and a secretary ; and at the back of the prospectus there wasprinted in large letters, " £lOO will be given to any one who can prove that the Ga ribaldi Life Assurance and Sick Fund Friendly So ciety has not always promptly paid all its claims." Extracts of the society's operations were then given from its books, from which it appeared that the numbers of the policies ran up as high as 7,316, though they never had more than 600 or 800 mem bers. Besides,were not enrolled until 1863. He be lieved that was a practice not so much resorted to in London as in the country. It appeared the society had agents in all the provinces. He held in his hand an agency application, in reply to which the secre tary in London stated that the society had a reserved guarantee fund of £25,000, although, as he had shown from their accounts, they had only a balance at their banker's in December, 1863, of £5l, and in the following year of £49. (A laugh.) He found the agents were allowed on ordinary assurance busi ness—first, the entrance fees ; second, 50 per cent. (or one-half) on all business till the policies were 13 weeks old ; third, 25 per cent. (or one quarter) per manently on all business done when the .policies were over 13 weeks old ; fourth, when an agent showed his capability to conduct a large business an office would be allowed him and paid for. (A laugh.) He supposed that meant when the agent had induced a number of poor wretches to come in. He had thought it his duty in this case, knowing the great interest which the working classes took in these sosieties, to bring this matter publicly before the Lord Mayor. In England and Wales there were no less than 22,000 to 23,000 friendly societies now in existence, and to show the interest taken in them in this country, it was a fact that while in France 1 in every 75 of the population belonged to a friendly society, and in Belgium 1 in 66, in England the proportion was 1 in every 9, counting even children. Therefore, it appeared to him that societies such as this Garibaldi were not set on foot for the benefit of their members, but really and truly to put money into the pockets of those who founded them. The office of the Garibaldi Life Assurance Society was in a small back-room on the second floor of the house 58, King William-street, and was for the most part kept closed and locked. The letters for the society were dropped through a hole in the door, and nothing was known of the persons'who called for them. It became necessary for his purpose to obtain a copy of the prospectus he had read. That was procured on the 10th inst., having been given out by a boy, who appeared to be the sole repre sentative of the society—(a laugh)—and when a gentleman, whom he (Mr. Pratt) knew, called at the office, he found the door secured by a chain, and the boy in attendance did not withdraw the chain, but partly opened the door and handed out theprospectus, which had no date nor printer's name. It was need less to add that the society was not connected with Government, though they said in their prospectus they were agents for it, for the purchase of endow ments and annuities. They stated in their pro spectus that " the society being enrolled pursuant to Act of Parliament guaranteed a perfect security against non-payment of claims, or any fraudulent dis solution or misapplication of the funds." The state ment was untrue and absurd. If the society were en rolled it was enrolled under the Friendly Society's Act, and that Act did not prevent the funds of friendly societies from being embezzled or misapplied. Then, with regard to the statement in the prospectus that the society's tables were founded on the calculations of an eminent actuary, a glance at them would show that they had been constructed upon a vicious plan, and that the sums demanded of the industrious classes were much above those of the Government in the case of post-office insurances, and still more above those of good insurance societies. Then, as regarded the persons stated to be trustees, itappeared that one was a Welsh Dissenting minister, who carried on the business of a tailor in Bermondsey, and occasionally preached in Welsh in two different. places. He declared that he never was trustee to the society, that he never sanctioned the use of his name, and that he was just made ac quainted with the fact that his name had been used by the receipt of a lawyer's letter respecting a debt from the society to a prin ter. He was much annoyed by the use of his name. Another of the trustees, who resided at Holly-lodge, Muswell-hill, was employed as a warehouseman and porter. The third was put down as " Wm. Adams, Esq., Derby," but no such person could be found there. The next was "E. D. Evans, Esq." This was a commercial traveller, who was persuaded to allow his name to be used ; but he was believed to know nothing of the society. The treasurer was a draper in Southwark, and represented that he ad vanced money (which he lost) to one Stratton. That Mr. Stratton, who had instituted a society, suffered for a swindling transaction 12 months' imprisonment at Newcastle, he believed. The treasurer stated that the Garibaldi had been saved out of the wrecks of the family (a laugh), and he had advanced money to it. Another director was a tailor, who had advanced money to it. Another was "D. Power, Esq., War - dour-street." He (Mr. Pratt) knew something of Wardour-street, and should think it difficult to find an esquire in it. Within the last half-hourhe had had a communication from a person who had seen Mr. Davy, the reputed auditor, and he was reported to be a respectable man, who had never heard anything of the Garibaldi Society, much less acted as its audi tor. The auditor was stated to residein the Alscott road, Southwark. He found that Mr. Davy had been residing there up to a recent period, and he belieied he was the person intended, as no other per son of that name had been living there. Mr. Davy, therefore, regarded t/ie use of his name in the pros pectus as highly i m proper and without his knowled ge or sanction. The bankers were stated to be the London and County Bank (Borough branch), but the society had now no account at that bank. They had such an account at one time, but the account, which was described as " a miserable affair and con stantly overdrawn," was closed in 1863 or 1864. Again, Mr. Baker's name had been used as surgeon to the society, not merely without his but authority, in spite of his refusal to allow it. Mr. C. Robert son, said to be the solicitor, had never acted for the society or authorised the use of his name. It was pretended that sums of money had been paid on policies, the lowest number of which was 1,118, and the highest 7,316, whereas, according to their report sent in to him, they had in the first year only 601 members, and in the last year 840, minus 239 not entitled to relief, they not having paid up their ar rears. He was much obliged to the Lord Mayor for having afforded him the opportunity of making that statement. He had thought that, holding the office he did, after so flagrant a case as that canie before him, it was his duty to make it public, and to endeavour to protect as far as be could the indus trious classes from being deceived in that manner. While pretending to have a reserve guarantee fund of £25,000, they were actually borrowing money of the trustees, the treasurer, and the secretary, and at the end of the first year the balance at their bankers was only £3l, and in the last £l9. (A laugh.) He might say that an e mblematical pic ture with the motto "Nosproteyim us," which adorned the front of the prospectus, represented Garibaldi with a sword in his hand, which he waved over the heads of a number of widows and children, but with which he rather appeared to him (Mr. Pratt) to be about to cut all their heads of. (Laughter.) The Lord Mayor said he was greatly obliged to Pratt for the statement he had made, and he had no doubt the public would feel grateful to him for the exposure. He had had a great deal of ex- The Opening of the Castle Howard Tumuli. The Rev. W. Greenwell, M.A., of Durham, has concluded for the present year his examination of the British burial mounds on the estate of the Earl of Carlisle at Castle Howard, Malton. In all, in cluding three openings in 1864, Mr. Greenwell, with the Rev. John F. Bigge, rector of Stamfordham, Northumberland,. and Mr. Monkman, of Malton, Yorkshire, has superintended the examination of the contents of 18 British barrows, all of the crema tion age, but all varying in details of interment. The openings have thrown considerable light upon the modes of burial of the pre-historic tribes who inhabited Brigantia. The three openings of last year, and the five reported lately, were all made in the moors lying at the base of the Slingsby Banks, and west of the high road from that place to Slingsby. The last series of diggings were made on Taylor's Moor, east of the before-mentioned high road, and between the village and the bank's of Coneythorpe. The ground was undulated, and had many rather abrupt knolls, every one of which when d ug into yielded burials, although the plough had in most cases nearly obliterated the mounds. The first opening made was in a tumulus in the pwooders fellingeda. t t:r e e t li s e , b h_ o a ds tt o ibn m egetne of tt trace ra h e e oe ü b og a fh n l y k t h s d , ee t sb h tu rr e 0 iy e ae o l d n ca t o e nu n dl t s of which, sb: which, either in rabbit digging o r i n planting or Not found. The next examination was made in a large tumu lus on Windmill-hill, which from time immemorial • 'has served as a beacon for the fires of the sth of • November. On the highest point of the south side was the tumulus, about 50ft. in diameter, and re duced by successive ploughing to an altitude of about 3ft. Indeed, the destruction done by the plough or the drag-harrow was but too evident on the surface, which was strewn with fragments of finely wrought British .pottery and a piece or two of wrought flint. A 14-feet trench was cut down to the plane through the barrow, commencing on the south. About eight feet south of the centre the bottom portion of a large and very thick rudely made cinerary urn was found, placed on the natural surface, and filled with burnt bones. The whole of the top of this large urn had been broken away by the plough, only some four inches of soil remaining over the part found. Among the bones and charcoal in the urn were found a fine thumbflint (unburnt), and a remarkably well made and perfect flint arrow head, which had been in the fire, but the burning had not in the slightest degree damaged it. In ad dition to these flint articles there were a burnt bone pin and an ornament, also of burnt bone, resembling a capital P in shape, the semi-circular part being grooved and ornamented, and only attached to the straight back or stem at the top. Doubtless at the period of use the semicircular portion would spring a little, and it is possible that the two bone articles together may have been used for fastening the gar ment. Whatever this P-shaped article may have been, it is quite unique, none of the gentlemen pre sent having met with anything like it in bone. The fineness and thinness of the skull showed the burial to have been that of a young warrior, whose wea pons and ornaments had been buried with his ashes. But this burial was not the primary one. At a distance of six feet N.E., and 14 feet from the circumferential line, another beautifully ornamented small cinerary urn, laid on its side and badly crushed, being only nine inches below the surface, was found. The pieces were all there, and the urn will 'make up. There were no bones accom panying this urn, but there was a large stone north and south of it, and, judging by appearances there had been one over the top, which, being caught by the plough, had been removed. In the centre of the barrow, and in a hole made in the natural ground, the primary burial over which the tumulus had been first reared was found. The urn was in fragments, and no trace of the bones could be found. This was a puzzle ; but a solution was found in the evening, when a labourer, returning from his work, came up to the party and confessed that 10 or 12 years ago he, having heard tradition ally that there was treasure buried on Windmill hill, had set about digging in search of it, and had started in the centre of this very "hone," and had " found the pankin,' but no money in it." In this way one of the most important and earliest burial was destroyed, and all record of the nature of the first interment of this prolific tumulus for ever lost. Three feet further digging to the north-west pro duced another interment, which had been made in a very large and highly beautiful urn, having four impressed cord lines externally on the rim, and lower down, divided into sections by three, sometimes four, vertical lines, the compartments being fill e d with cord markings. The urn was very full of burnt bones, but had been placed bottom upwards ; indeed, had the urn been perfect, the bottom would have been above the surface. The plough had made sad havoc there. The remains were very ten der alu from e . It had wet unique and only the rim was of any v markings inside. The i ns id e and air, diameter of the mouth of the urn was 13 inches. Mr. Greenwell resolved to completely removeotchicusptiuedmuin lus, and the greater part of a day was doing so, but no further discoveries were made. From the many fragments of urns found on the land i t i s evident that othet shallow secondary burials had been entirely broken up and destroyed by cultiva tion. A considerable length of time was required for the examination of this rich tumulus. The re port of the details of six other openings into low barrows on an adjoining hill, now completing, will be given in a day or two. BARBARIANS.—The commissioners of Blue Earth county have passed a resolution that they will pay $2OO for every Sioux Indian killed within the limits of the county; the scalp to be produced to the county commis sioners, and proof given that he was killed by the claimant within the limits of the county. Tho commissioners have also appropriated $5,000 for the purchase of blood-hounds for tracking "Indian murderers and horse thieves prowl ing round the frontier settlements."—Mankato (Minnesota) Record. BEAUTY OF THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS.—Nature has there been prodigal of beauty ; the climate, except during certain sickly seasons, is delightful ; the sky clear, the night lighted up by a moon of unusual brilliancy, by the splendour of the milky way, and by the planet Venus, which appears here like a lesser moon, and makes ample amend for the short duration and abrupt departure of the twilight. The mountainous configuration of the larger islands causes the wind to blow from all quarters towards the land at night. Were it not for this beneficent provision, the heat would be almost too great for human habitation. Columbus, in one of his letters to King Fer dinand, says of the harbour of Porto Santo, " The water is so clear that I can see the sand at the bottom ; the banks are adorned with lofty palm trees, whose shade gives a delightful freshness to the air; and the buds and. flowers are fresh and beautiful. I was so much pleased with the scene that I had almost formed the resolution of staying here the remainder of my days." After the Spaniards had exterminated the ancient inhabitants of Hispaniola, the earth, no longer cultivated, bore noxi ous herbs, and the most beautiful of the islands became inac eessiblo and unhealthy wilds, but before the advent of Europeans they were in every respect delightful. The papaw tree grows there, and palmetto royal, a column of 200 feet in height, the cedar, the mahogany, the banyan tree, which S n r e a l d o s has Branching so broad and ‘ long e h a r in the ground The bearded twigs take root, ,and daughters grow Above the mother tree ; a pillared shade, High overarched, and echoing walks between." Deadly serpents are unknown. The flamingo and the humming -bird aro found in the woods, as well as such quadrupeds as the agouti, the peccary, the armadillo, the opossum, the racoon, and the musk rat. There wore also tacos, native dogs who resembled _their kind in Europa, except that they were compelled 'by natural inability to renounce the pleasure of barking. 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The sky, which in the morning was rather heavily overcast, was, so to speak, cleared of the threatening clouds by a breeze from the south-west ; and, as the time approached for the- arrival of the English fleet, everything promised well for a fine afteinoon. The quays of the town were. lined with steamers, fishing-smacks, and every conceivable kind of craft, many of which strongly suggested the idea that they had been called into requisition_for this special occasion in order to iueet the winfs of the thousands who were desirous of witnessing, from-as close quarters as pOs-' sible, the English squadron entering'the roadstead. On a Derby Day people- do -not mind trusting life And limb to conveyances Wfiich, except on that anniversary,' remain utterly forgotten and nnc are d for—because there: appearsto be a special providence which watches over the weakest axletroes when-going to or returning from the downs. But the same confidence cannot be exhibited when the' " pro menade," as our Friends say, is not on the land, but en tho sea. If you come to grief on the road you will, with ordi nary luck, be none the worse for it ; but when you are tumbled—not into a ditch—but into 50 fathoms of water, the chances preponderate so much against you that it is only common prudence to avoid, if possible, sueha contin gency. To judge, however, from the vast variety of cockle-shells which, freighted till their gunwales touched the water's edge, ventured out into the middle of the road- stead, danger was evidently something which was either unknown or uncared for. The wind was off the shore and the waves were consequently not high, but the breeze was sufficiently stiff to iieekNittate a reef in the foresails of large and well-built boats, and when, from time to time, it became necessary to change the tack in beating to and fro whilst awaiting the arrival of the fleet, many a sea was shipped, which at the same time wet the jackets and damped the spirits of the venturous landsfolks who, in the pursuit of pleasure, had braved the perils of the deep. But in truth it was by no means necessary to risk a ducking in order to view the pageant of yesterday. In a previous letter I spoke of a hill, surmounted by a fort, at the rear of the town, which commands a view not only of the roadstead but of the sea beyond. And I should say that those who took up their position at this point obtained a more comprehensive. though a more distant, coup-d'vil than those who lay in wait in the waters of the port for the approaching fleet. Not only was this hill crowded, but also the various forts and bastions which on both sides of the port overlook the roads ; whilst many, anxious to see the fleet as it neared Cherbourg from the channel, betook themselves in boats to the breakwater, which, stretching almost from point to point of the opposite promontories of Le Roule and La Fauconnaire, creates the gigantic har bour which serves for the protection of the French fleet ; and it must be confessed that even before the arrival of the fleet the roadstead presented a very pretty appearance. Anchored nearly in the middle, but rather nearer to the eastern entrance, lay the Magenta, her superior size, but more especially her singularly shaped prow, sweeping forwards and downwards into the massive eperon, which lay hid beneath the waves, rendering her easily distin guishable from her consorts, the Flandro and the Heroine, which, as she swung to the ebbing tide, lay respectively on her starboard and port quarter. Still further to the eastward rose high out of the water the old sailing line of-battle ship La Forte, which now serves the purpose of a naval school, and here and there one distinguished the I ensigns of the despatch-boats and transports, which, toge ther with the iron -clads, at present represent the French navy at Cherbourg. It was not, however, to any of these vessels that the roadstead was indebted for the gay ap pearance which it presented. Crowded with yachts, for the most part English, and thickly covered with sailing craft from almost every port in the Channel, dressed in the many-coloured flags which on other occasions serve the more useful purpose of signals, the general effect was pleasing in the extreme. The sun shone brightly, and as the cutters danced over the waves, the time, which might otherwise have seemed to lag, passed quickly enough whilst awaiting the arrival of the much-expected fleet. The general impression was that the English squadron would arrive early in the day. Whether this was the re sult of a miscalculation, or whether the fleet was in truth behind its time, I am not in a position to say ; but with the head-wind which it was compelled to face it is not to be wondered at if its arrival was retarded. About 2 o'clock the squadron was signalled, but for long afterwards it re mained by the vast mass of spectators unseen. At length a hazy smoke appeared above the horizon, and those with good glasses could discover in the midst of the smoke the masts of ships. Higher and higher, more and more distinct grew the rigging, and by 4 o'clock the several vessels com posing the fleet wore plainly visible. Tho manner of ap proach, as the squadron neared the port, was by what military men would call echelon, but which doubtless was what nautical men term line of battle. In the van came the Osborne and the Enchantress, the former carrying on board the Lords of the Admiralty, the flag of that depart ment flying from the ma i n of the royal yacht, and in their wake followed the fl ag - s hi p Edgar and the rest of the fleet. The breakwater to which I have so frequently referred marks at each extremity an entrance to the port, and through the western passage it was arranged that the English fleet should steam into the roadstead. Coming from a point almost due north, the fleet bore down on the fort which marks the middle or elbow of the breakwater, and then, skirting its western half, doubled the fort, in which it terminates on that side, and entered the harbour in single file. First to round the point, at a few minutes past 5 o'clock, was the Osborne, whilst at the same moment a salute was fired by the guns of the fort. Immediately afterwards followed the Enchantress, and then, slowly wheeling round, came the Edgar, her lofty masts visible high above the fort. Steadily and majesticallyshe steamed in, her sides and poop towering far out of the water, and the two broad white stripes which mark her tiers of guns broken at intervals by port-holes from which peeped the cannon ready to return the compliment she was about to receive. As she passed the end of the breakwater the Magenta fired a salute of 11 guns, which was immediately returned by the English admiral's ship with one of 19 guns. These compliments having been exchanged, the Edgar slowly steamed up the roadstead to her appointed moorings mid way between the Magenta and the shore, and astern of the Admiralty yacht, which had by that time dropped her anchor. In the wake of the flag -ship came a vessel the singu larity of whose appearance struck with surprise all who saw her for the first time. Broad out of all proportion to her length, with a bow so flat as scarcely to deserve the name, with sides raised to all appearance but a few feet above the water, and unpierced by any port-holes —a deck covered from stem to stern, except at one point where a steam funnel raised its head, with four cistern-shaped ob jects not unlike small gasometem—the Royal Sovereign presented an object as ugly and as outré as any naval archi tect ever called into existence since the world began. If Rear-Admiral Dacres was desirous of striking a contrast, and by this means showing to the best advantage the grace f u l 0 14 which carries his flag, ho could not have done it more effectually than by interposing this great iron barge between the Edgar and the armour-clad frigates which brought up the rear. Following each other at about quarter-mile distance, the English ironclads then entered the harbour. First came the Black Prince, then the Hector, the Defence, the Prince Consort, and the Achilles. Varying in size and in the strength of their armaments, these vessels presented a fair sample of ono of those new fleets with which modern science has superseded the bulky wooden-built navies of which the flag-ship was the representative. Not rising out of the water to the height of the old two-docker, pre senting a smaller object for a n enemy's guns, and cased from stem to stern with an armour plating believed to be impregnable, the English vessels. appeared to be all that the most exacting of naval en gmeers at the pres en t d a y could have desired. The graceful lines which marked the fast steaming frigates which they have been replaced have not perhaps been preserved, but even those most pre judiced against the form of the new shi ps cannot say that beauty has been entirely sacr ificed. Strong and massive, their very solidity creates a special ch arm w hi c h was wanting in their wooden rivals, and the eye quickly be comes accustomed to what now appear to be departures from the hitherto recognised canons of taste. It was not easy, whilst making their way to their moorings, to draw a comparison between them and the French armour-plated vessels ; it may, however, suffice to say that the admiral's ship, the Magenta, is larger, and carries a heavier arma ment than the Black Prince, which is the principal of the English iron-clads. The steam-frigate Constance, and the three despatch-boats, the Victoria, Salamis, and Trinculo, were the last to pass inside the breakwater. I have this moment learned that the English fleet was compelled to cross the Channel in the teeth of a heavy gale. The breeze, which, under the lee of the hills which shelter Cherbourg from the south, seemed tolerably stiff was in the Channel a perfect tempest. The squadron left Portland Roads at seven o'clock on Sunday evening, in the expectation of entering Cherbourg early on the fol lowing morning, but even before it left its anchorage the constantly recurring squalls from the south-west augured a dirty night. The fleet had scarcely gained the open sea when the gale burst forth in all its fury, and some appre hensions were entertained lest it should have been found necessary to return, to port. In the course of the night the Salamis, which - on account of her superior speed was com pelled to employ only half her available steam power, car ried away her fore-topsail-yard, and the Liverpool, a screw frigate of 39 guns, having been fouled by the Octavia, was signalled to proceed to Portsmouth. What other casual ties may have happened I have not been able to learn ; but, however unfortunate it may have been in one respect that the fleet should have encountered such tempestuous weather, no better opportunity could possibly have been afforded for testing the sea-going qualities of the ironclads, and especially of the new cupola ship, the Royal Sove reign. That the latter should have succeeded, not merely in weathering such a gale as that to which she was exposed on Sunday night and Monday, but should have been en: , abled to steam against it and reach her destination in as good trim as the other vessels composing the fleet, is in it self matter for congratulation. In the Royal Sovereign, as in the American. monitors, seagoing qualities have to a great extent been sacrificed in order to secure what, it is believed, will prove to be an impregnable floating battery. Of course, for whatever purpose a vessel of this class may be designed, it must at all events be tolerably seaworthy, and the difficulty which naval architects have hitherto experienced -has. been in drawing the line so as to avoid 'sacrificing the vessel to the fury of a gale in their anxiety to make it invulnerable to the attacks of man. The cupola ship of Capt. Coles has now experienced as heavy weather as any to which it will probably ever again be exposed, and the apprehensions which wore entertained that it could only be made available for the protection of our own ports may now be considered as sot at rest. in the evening the English admiral entertained on board the flag-ship at dinner the captains of the several vessels composing the fleet, and this evening the Prefect Maritime of Cherbourg will give a banquet to the Lords of the Admiralty and the principal officers of the English fleet. It has been raining all the morning, with a high wind, and, unless a favourable change takes place before night fall, the illumination in honour of the Emperor's fete will prove a failure.—Post. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) CHERBOURG, Aug. IG. At a banquet given here yesterday the Duke of Somerset proposed a toast to " The Emperor Napoleon and the French Navy." M. Chasseloup-Laubat, in reply, proposed the following toast :—" Queen Victoria, the English Navy, and the entente cordiale between the two Governments." BREST, Aug. 16. Tho Mediterranean ironclad fleet entered the roads at 11 a.m. to-day. A Friendly Society. Yesterday Mr. Tidd Pratt, the Registrar of Friendly Societies, attended before the Lord Mayor, at the Justice-room of the Mansion-house, to call public attention to a matter which had been brought prominently under his consideration in his official capacity. Addressing the Lord Mayor, who had readily afforded him the opportunity, he said he had to state a few facts respecting a friendly society not many yards from the Mansion-house. The Lord Mayor would be aware that it was his duty, as Registrar of Friendly Societies in England, to see, as far as he could, that the public were protected against such societies of that kind as could not be reasonably expected to follow out what they had undertaken. The society to which he now particu larly referred had been lately brought under his notice, and he had taken the proper steps to protect the public from joining it, or any institutions of the same kind, without first inquiring as to the parties who instituted them. It was called the "Garibaldi Mutual Life Assurance and Sick Fund Friendly So ciety." Its rules were certified by him on the 13th January, 1863, and the business was stated to be carried on at 58, King William-street, city. In the same year, pursuant to Act of Parliament, a notice was sent to him by the society as to the parties who were its trustees. They were in a resolution of the society, dated the Bth October, 1863, stated to be Isaac Fairweather, of Holly-cottage, Muswell-hill ; Thomas William Horner, of 58, Copenhagen-street, Islington (said to be a beer retailer at that time) ; and Abraham Smith, of 2, Dockhead, tailor. That document was forwarded to him in the usual way, and everything appeared at that time to be going on smoothly. At the end of the year 1863 or the beginning of 1864 an account was sent to him of the funds of the society, signed by Thomas William Horner, as secretary, and by Abraham Smith and Isaac Fairweather, as trustees. In that the receipts were stated to be-Cash advanced by Mr. J. D. Rees (the treasurer), £l3l 10s. ;by A. Smith, £B6 1 ls. 2d. ; by T. W. Horner, £8 ; sale of rules, £1; entrance fees, £34 3s. ; contributions paid by members for sickness relief, £26 13s. 11d. ; and by members for payment of sums at death, £4O 12s. 4d.-total, £328 10s. 11d. As is. was the entrance fee, £34 3s. would give about 600 members. On the other side of the account the payments were :- Stationery and printing, £7B ; surgeon's salary, £lB 12s. ; secretary's salary, £l3 12s. ; other ex penses of management, £l6l Os. 11d. ; rent of fix tures, 6s. ; and sums paid at the death of members, £6, leaving a balance in the banker's hands on the 31st of December, 1863, of £5l. The number of members on that day was 601, 85 having previously withdrawn and three been excluded ; and to show how well they were going on, it was stated that only one member had been sick during the year, and only two had died. At the beginning of the next year-1864-another account was sent to him by the society, which showed under the head of receipts-Cash advanced by Mr. J. D. Rees, £B2 ; by Mr. A. Smith, £2O 10s. ; by Thomas William Horner, £l3 Bs. 7d. ; mem bers' premiums, £lB6 3s. 2d ; entrance fees, £39 17s. ; cash in hand, December 31, 1863, £5l -total, £392 18s. 9d. The disbursements were -for stationery and printing, £26 13s. ; rent of office, £2O ; expense of management and advertise ments, £l5O 13s. 2d.; secretary's salary, £37 45.7 d.; paid on death of members, £35 ; sick members' claims, £7 4s. ; repaid Mr. Rees, £5O ; surgeons' fees, £l7 4d. ; making the cash in the treasurer's hands available for the next year £49. The sick fund members then entitled to benefit were 21; those not entitled, 23 ; the medical aid members, 36 ; the endowment members, 3 ; members entitled to sums at death, 158 ; members not then in benefit, 370 ; and members not entitled to benefit through arrears, but not then excluded from the socity, 239; making a total of 840 members. So that if their statement to him at that time was correct there were 840 members, but of those 239 were not entitled to benefit through arrears, though not excluded. A few days ago his attention was drawn to a printed paper purporting to emanate from the society, but which was without any printer's name. In that they said " This society is established to meet the re quirements of the working as well as the middle classes. To provide for sickness, accident, old age, and death, its members may receive the following benefits by payment of Id. per week and upwards -weekly allowance in sickness to males from 10s. to 20s. ; and to females from 4s. to Bs.; endowments of sums from £lO to £2OO payable in five years and upwards, for children, or persons of any age ; sums payable at death from £2 to £2OO ; persons insured from infancy to 70 years of age. Agents for the Government for the purpose of endowments, annui ties, &c." This last statement was wholly untrue. In the first place, the Government did not grant endowments, nor did they employ agents for annuity purpose. Annuities were granted through the National , Debt-office, and also latterly under Mr. Gladstone's Act through the Post-office. Then, under the head of "Advantages," they said, being enrolled pursuant to act of Parliament, the society guaranted a perfect security against non-payment of claims, or any frau dulent dissolution or misapplication of the funds. Among other advantages enumerated were the "small weekly contributions paid and the great benefits given.: Agents call at the members' houses toreceive their contributions, and enter the same in a book held by the member, which stands as evidence for the member's payments. The society's tables are founded on the calculation of an eminent actuary, and are as liberal as the security of the members consistently allow. The directors feel that by the prompt payment of claims, and by the increased number of insurers they have gained the confidence of the public ; they therefore earnestly call the atten tion of those not already assured, and invite them to partake of the liberal advantages offered by this so ciety." The Lord Mayor was not perhaps aware that by Act of Parliament if the tables of a society were certified by an actuary he (Mr. Tidd Pratt) was BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. HEALTH WITHOUT MEDICINE. Being the only Sovereign and unfailing Remedy for Indi ges ion, Constipation. Nervousness, Debility, Torpidity of the Liver. Headache, Biliousness, Despondenoy, Low Spirits, Conchs, Asthma, and Incipient Consumption. Full particulars sent to any address on receipt of two stamps, by Mr. KEARSLEY, 23, Kentish-town-road, Lon don, N.W. " The most efficacious remedy for those diseases extant, a boon to the afilloted."—Bledloal Review. " This invaluable discovery has attainel a world-wide cele brity, being of inestimable value, and most admirably adapted to remove tho e maladies which tend to embitter ii e, and shorten its duration."—Scalpel. "The unprecedented success of this remedy is without parallel; this is demonstrated by the innumerable cures effected."—Medical Journal. GREAT ST. JAMES'S HALL.-WIZARD of the NORTH. Crowded Houses. Great success of Frederic (the Great) Maccabe, the unrivalled ventriloquist and mimic (vide the Londcm press). Second Sight by Miss Anderson, more extraordinary than ever. Every night at 8, Saturday afternoon at 3. Entrances, Regent-street and Pic cadilly.