The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-29 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

Crystal Palace. 329
Bgyptlan Corn. and Trading, Um., 59
Fore-street Warehouse, Um., 99 9
Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Um., 79 9
Humber Iron Works, 3
International Flnanolal Society, lira., 79
Joint Stock Discount.:llm.. 99
London Financial Association, Um., 249
London General Omnibus Company, 39
'National Discount Company, lira., 169 ,
Peninsula and Oriental Steam, ;79
Ditto, new, 489
Societe Financiere d'Egypte, lira., 49

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day,

LorrpoN, Dec. 29.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; moderate breeze, aid fine weather, but rather
cloudy.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Arrived, Dec. 28.—Crighton, from Dantzic.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Anchored.—Astrea, from London, for Palmas; Honey,
from Hull, for Havannah.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day

Market firm. Salem, probably 6,000 bake.

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The Price of Gold,

The quotation of gold at Faris is about 3 per mine pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.20 per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
about 2-IGth sper cent. dearer in Paris than in London.
By adviczs from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark
and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 staling.
Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about
1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

THE HEARTS OF OAX BENEFIT SOCIETY.—A deputa-
tion of the members of the Hearts of Oak Benefit Society
this morning waited upon Mr Knox, and the spokesman
asked permission to be allowed to make a statement, and to
ask advice as to what course the members were to take for
their relief.

Mr Knox having consented to hear the statement, the
spokesman said—ln the early part of this year it was found
by the members of this society that great irregularities
were being carried on in the society by the secretary and
his friends in office, namely—issuing false espies of the
rules, spending £4,800 without consent of the -members,
and throwing every obstacle in the way of an investigation
of the accounts. The result was that a committee was
formed by the members and called the Reform Committee,
for the purpose of removing the secretary from office ; the
secretary was sumoned to this court for issuing false rules,
and was committed to take his trial, but acquitted. The
reformers finding then that by removing the secretary's
friends in the general or managing committee they
would bo in a position to get relief, during the
quarterly nights in October and November elected 20
vice-presidents (in accordance with rule 26), which gave
them 32 out of 40. The quarterly meeting of the general
committee was called by the secretary on Nov. 26, and
Mr Court was elected president, and he (the spokesman)
vice-president of the society. The secretary then brought
forward his accounts, which, after some discussion, were
not passed. It was then proposed that a general meeting
should be held within one month, of all the members of
the society,to take into consideration whether the secretary
any longer deserved their patronage, and dismiss him from
office. A sub-committee was then appointed to make
arrangements for the meeting. The sub-committee made
arrangements to have Exeter Hall. In the meantime
the general committee adjourned the meeting from time
to time till December 17, expecting to have the general
meeting on January 7, 1865. A requisition was then
sent to the secretary, signed by five presidents and vice.
presidents to call a special committee to confirm the minutes
of a meeting held on November 26, but the secretary re-
, fused to call the committee, and also declined to call the
general meeting, thereby treating the sub-committee and
general committee with contempt. He had also lost
all confidence of the members, and most assuredly
would not retain their patronage were there a
general meeting of the members called. The depu-
tation (the sub-committee) would therefore thank his
Worship for his advice as to what steps . they should
take to ccmpel the secretary to do his duty to his commit.
tee. They also begged to state that a resolution was passed
by the committee ordering the secretary to summon the
trustees to the general committee meeting. Five came
before the committee on the 17th Dee,, and said they would
not allow any of the society's money to be spent; and that
if the secretary called the general meeting they would hold
him (the secretary) responsible, seeing the secretary oould
fall back on a few friends, and that they (with him) could
do as they liked with 10,000 members.

Mr Knox said the members of the society appeared to
have got themselves in a terrible dilemma. As for giving
the deputation adv:ce, that course would hardly be fair to
Mr Evans, the secretary, as the matter would hereafter
come before him (Mr Knox) to be adjudicated upon. He
would advise the deputation to see Mr Tidd Pratt, and to
place themselves in the hands of a solicitor.

The spokesman handed Mr Knox a copy of the rules
and after the magistrate had looked at them he said the
deputation must apply for an arbitration, and if it was re-
fused they could apply to him again.
The deputation thanked the magistrate, and retired.