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The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-17

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-mad,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, King's-cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.

Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, R.G

President—His (irace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.G.

This Hospital, foundei in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the princip'e of free admission to the sick poor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions and 1, gacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition tl this, the average number of attendance of the
.institute sick has for a con,iderable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
co ,taini,,g several hundred more beds, had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mu-
terrnan, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.;
Drummond and Co. ; G:yn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom
and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ;
Barclay and Co. ; Maras, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barned and
Co.. Liverpool; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5.
• :1‘ A N Ito •Al IT 1-1 Secretary.
London, England, 1865-03-17

DEBTOR.

----
March 16. March 9.
fr. c. fr. c.
Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000 182,500,000
Profits in addition to •

capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) .. - 7,035,535 22 7,025,949 37
Reserve of the Bank i
and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve in landed pro-
-4,000,000 --, 4,000,000
perty
Note sin circulation .
Banknotes toorder and
receipts payable at
sight 5,041,185 90 5,752,618 65
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor
Current accounts, Paris 129,647,424 35 139,925,576 96
Do. branch banks
Dividends payable 1,589,367 70 1,738,455 75
Discounts and sundry
interests

Rediscounted the last

six months
Sundries

Total
CREDITOR.
March 16. March 9.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c.

Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-

counted, not yet due 240,228,184 27 269,407,467 28
Do. branch banks 273,947,474 274,960,453
Advances on deposit of
bullion 15,717,831 55 15,648,131 55
Do. branch banks 2,871,400 3,110,400
Do. on French Public
Securities 13,933,900 13,638,100
Do. by branch banks 8,296,800 8,104,600
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
D. branch banks 16,108,500 16,846,900
Do. on Credit Foncier
Bonds - 491,300
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000
Government Stock re-

--
serve —
12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disposable
Rentes Immobalisdes
(Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
property branches
Expenses of manage-
ment 653,547 29 646,054 64
Sundries

Total 1,258,108,447 47 1,269,110,561 92
(Signed) The Senator Governor of the Bank of France,
Rot-LAND.

THE CONDEMNED MURDERER POTTER.—James
Potter, bailiff, who was convicted before Mr. Jus-
tice Willes, at the Derby Assizes last week, of the murder
of his wife, Sarah Potter, on the 23d December last, now
lies under sentence of death in 'Derby gaol. The trial did
not terminate until eight o'clock on Thursday evening, and
directly afterwards, by a ruse of Mr. Sims, the governor,
Potter was conveyed quietly away from the court, in a cab,
to the county gaol, and, after changing his clothes, was
placed in the condemned cell. For a day or two his con-
duct was of the most stubborn character. He complained
of everybody about him, and denied that he committed the
murder; but the governor very properly told him that it
was useless his persisting in his falsehoods, and eventually
he confessed that he was the murderer. The last act in
this local tragedy will take place on Thursday morning
next, at 11 o'clock, the High Sheriff having fixed the exe-
cution to take place on that day and at that hour.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRA3I.)
London, England, 1865-03-17

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.

The supplies of meat on sale at these markets are mode-
rate. On the whole the trade is steady, at about stationary
prices.

Per 81b by the carcase.

ad ad edad
Inferior beef 3 2 3 6 Inferior mutton.... 3 8 4 2
Middling do. 3 8 4 0 Middling mutton.. 4 4 4 8
Prime large do 4 2 4 4 Prime do 4 10 5 0
Prime small d0....4 6 4 8 Veal 4 2 8 0
Largo pork 3 6 4 8 small pork. 4 8 5 0
London, England, 1865-03-17

ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
ua Dining-room, consisting of a new and eAegant assort-
ment )1 VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink-
stands, neautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian,
Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o.
Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine-
ralogist to her Ilaiesty, 149, Stand, W.C., Lonaon.

Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS,
51INERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly
facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON-
CHOLOGY, tnd GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas
each.

-
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINK-
iI.ALOG ria given by Mr. TENNAN r, at 149, Strand W.C.
London, England, 1865-03-17

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
home to iho 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
ban 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected rom
want of FUNDS and room, makinga total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few
of the most recent cases:
F. a'., aged IS, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father.
M. A. F'., aged 3, homeles-, both parents dead.
A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother.
S. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead.
C. 8., axed t 5, fallen, mother dead,
A 8., a _ed 16, fallen, buth parents dead.
11. S., aged 14, h'meless, de,erten by her parents
M. 11.. aged 17. fallen, both parents dead
C. H., aged 17, fallen, both, arents dead.
A. G., aged 18, fallen, Lather dead.
E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead,
S. B. aged 17, fallen, both par nts dead.
M. A. W.. aged 17, laden, both parents dead.
S. D., aged is, fallen, both parents dead.
The new home the committeP wish to form woald be for
oung girls, almost childre., from the age of to 15, who
have been led astray from the path f virtue.
Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen. street, Cheapeide; or by limn
Barclay and Gch, lacsioDarclitrect.
London, England, 1865-03-17

MEXICO.

——— -
The San Francisco Democrat denies, on the
authority of Mr. Gwinn's agent, that the Emperor
Napoleon has abandoned the former's colonisation
scheme. General Bazaine's army is stated to be en
route for Mazatlan, accompanied by Gwinn. The
territory controlled by Gwinn will remain under
the Emperor Maximilian's authority, but will be
held in trust for the payment of the -French debt,
and be defended by French arms.
Private letters from Mexico, published in the New
York papers, assert that the war in the United
States is attracting special attention there. Thellll-
- Government had directed the police to arrest
all persons professing sympathy with the Federal
cause. One man is stated to have been sentenced
to one year's imprisonment for speaking favourablYa
of the United States, and predicting the speed), en
of the rebellion.

The Imperial Treasury is getting lower.
The opposition of the Church party is increasing.
The friends of Juarez in New York discredit the
reported French victory at Oajaca.

QUEENSTOWN, MARCH 11.
The Inman screw steamer City of Boston, fronl
New York on the 4th inst., arrived here at 1 a.m•
to-day, with 136 passengers and £2,065 in gold, and
proceeded at 6.30 a.m. _ _

Her news has been fully anticipated by the Ncrts

Scotian via Greencastle.

SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 17.

The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Sasconia, from New York, on the 4th inst., arrived
off Cowes last night. She brings 44 bags of Wage/
118 passengers, and 1,000 dollars in specie for
Hamburg.
London, England, 1865-03-17

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PREFERENCE SHARES.
London, Chatham. and Dover 5 per cent, pref., 93i 4 2
Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stook,
Di to, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 1331
Ditto, 41 per cent. pt. stock rd.; 100
PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
iiindon, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., C 6 per cent., 72
teOREI GN RAN, WAYS.
Bahia and San Francisco (11. n.) gua. 7 per cent, 141
Dutch Rhenish. 21f
Great Luxembourg, 121
San Paulo (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 171 1

BANKS.
Agra and Misterman's, lira., 118 1
alliance lin,.. 33114}
Anglo Austrian, 71
Anglo Fgyptian, lira., 121
Anglo-Italian, lim., 71
British And Californian, lint., 51
Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. 31/ 1 j
Chartered er. of India. London, and China, 501 1
Consolidated Bana, lira., 101 /
Continental, lim.,
Ditto, new, 7
English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 19.
European Bank, lim., 1;1
Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 251
Ditto, issued at 2 pm., 221
Ditto, new, 81
Imperial Bank (lim.). 301 11
lonian, 28
Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 4/
London and County, 71/
London and estminster, 12 31 3
National :sank,

Ditto, new, 85}
Provincial Bankiug Corporation, lim , 31
Scinde, Punjauu, and Ueli►i. lirn.,
Ditto, issued a 2 pm., 2A
Union of London, 52

DOCKS.
London and St. Katharine, 65
MISCELLANEOUS.
Berlin Water Works, limn.. 91
C.ty of London Real Property, dm., 21 3
Co",mercrat Union, Insurance, 81
Consolidated Discount. lim , 5 •
Continental Union Gas. lim., 11.71.(/
Credit Fonder and Mobiller of Engiand, 91
Ditto, new, 7k 8}
Crystal Palace, 341
Discount Corporation, 131
Ebbw Vale, 8
Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim.,
Fairb irn Eng:neerirg, 61
Financial Corporation, k
Financial Discount, lim., 41
Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 8
Gellivera, lim., k
Gen. Credit and Finance of London, ilm., 61
Hudson's Bay, 151 I
Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lim.; 61
International Financial society, lim.,
Joint Stock Discount, lim.. 8 ,
London Financial Association, lim., 211
Lon col ac.d Provincial Marine, 3
National Dieount Company, lira., 141
Oriental Commercial, limn., 6
Quebr,kda Land, Rail, and Mining, lim., 41
Royal Mail Steam, 96k 7
Telegram h Construe. and Maintenance, Um., 8j I
Unlyersal Marine, Insurance, Um., 6 51
London, England, 1865-03-17

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London, England, 1865-03-17

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London.
London, England, 1865-03-17

Palmer's fleet, at M9bile, is ready for action.

An important expedition left New Orleans on
the 22d.

Guerilla outrages continue outside the lines at
Memphis. The guerillas captured the Federal
steamer Nangatuck between Cairo and Memphis.,

Admiral Porter has arrived at Washington, to
give evidence before the war committee.

The Senate has since forbidden the sales of
spirituous liquors in the Capitol.

A man has been arrested in Philadelphia charged
with planning Lincoln's assassination on the inau-
guration day. He is believed to have been either
insane or intoxicated.

The recent victories were celebrated on Monday
at New York with great enthusiasm. A military
parade, a procession of the trades, and a display of
fireworks in the evening took place. An enormous
concourse of citizens assembled in Union-square,
where addresses were delivered. General Dix said
that European sympathy was given to the South in
order to weaken American power by a disruption of
the Union.

Great indignation has been aroused at Richmond
by the execution of Captain Beales. Threats have
been made to lynch some paroled Federal officers.
The Virginia Senate has adopted resolutions recom-
mending retaliation for Beale's execution.

A joint resolution has been reported to the Con-
federate House of Representatives, and referred to
the military committee, approving Lee's appoint-
ment as commander-in-chief, and recommending
that he be clothed with power to treat for peace.
The amendment, confining the trial of civilians to
civil courts, has been defeated in the Federal Senate.

The Senate assembled in extraordinary session on
Saturday, when Mr. Nacculloch's appointment as
Secretary of the Treasury was sent in and con-
firmed.

The inaugural speech of the Governor of Ten-
nessee states that a free constitution is certain to be
adopted.
The inauguration of President Lincoln and An-
drew Johnson passed off quietly, with the usual
ceremonies. Johnson made a speech, in which he
said that he was a plebeian, and informed the mem-
bers of the Cabinet individually that they were de-
rived from the people.

The New York preen Animadvert upon the Speech

as intemperate and out of place. The same journals
attribute inebriety to Johnson.

San Francisco advices state that 80,00011 m. of
cotton have been shipped from Hong Kong, half
for New York, and half for San Francisco.

The Panama Chronicle says that the object of
General Sickles' visit to Columbia is to obtain from
the Government a concession of lands for the settle-
ment of 30,000 emancipated negroes.
Puerto Cabello letters of the 20th ult. state that
facts have been discovered, showing that the Ame-
rican Consul has attempted to smuggle goods into
C araccas.

General Falcon holds the Government of Ca-
raccas. The rebellion party is headed by English-
men in possession of Maracaibo, importing muni-
tions of war from France to oppose Falcon.
The American Consul at Halifax has telegraphed
a report that one of the French Confederate rams
has entered a West India port, but the report is not
yet authenticated.
The City of Baltimore and City of Limerick have
arrived out.
London, England, 1865-03-17

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London, England, 1865-03-17

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Lombard-street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect
fully offer to the public this truly marvellous nut 1. which
gradually reskres 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 uttinea per
bottle, or in half bottles. les. Si. Testimonials from ar&istes
of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re-
spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John
Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales.
London, England, 1865-03-17

CALCUTTA AND SOUTH-EASTERN.

A special meeting of this company was held at
the offices, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, for
the purpose of considering, and if approved, con-
firming, the special resolutions passed at the extra-
ordinary general meeting of the 16th ult. ; Mr. J.
Boris° daile in the chair.

The resolutions in question authorised the direc-
tors to borrow on debentures further sums not exceed-
ing £lOO,OOO, at a rate of interest not exceeding 5 per
cent. per annum, for five years, and to be renewable for
a like period at the option of the holders ; and the
latter were to be allowed to convert the debentures
into shares or stock at any time before they became
due on giving one month's notice of their intention
of doing so.
The resolutions were formally confirmed.
The CHAIRMAN said that when they last met he
mentioned that an important company was being
formed, from which the Calcutta and South-Eastern
were likely to receive considerable benefit. That
undertaking, the Port Canning and Land Invest-
ment Reclamation and .Dock Company, had been
brought out with success. The capital was £l,OOO, 000,
and the shares were now at a very high premium.
It was supported by a great manyhouses in Calcutta,
and by a very pc;werful Bombay interest ; and as its
objects were to construct works which must neces-
sarily contribute largely to the traffic of the Calcutta
and South-Eastern line, he thought the shareholders
of the latter company might congratulate them-
selves upon the formation of the new undertaking.
(Hear.) The public in Calcutta had formerly a
strong feeling against the company's railway ; but
he was happy to say that the feeling was now as
strongly in favour of it.

A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors
concluded the proceedings.

RAILWAY BILLS.

Yesterday the Lords' Committee passed the Laun-
ceston, Bodmin, and Wadebridge Junction Bill,
which was erroneously stated the day before as
having been rejected.
In the House of Commons the promoters' case
of the London, Brighton, and South Coast (St.
Leonard's line and deviations) was commenced.
The Barnet, Hendon, Hampstead, and London was
opened by Mr. Rodwell, Q.C., and evidence
taken. Mr. Phinn, Q.C., opened the case of the
London and South:Western (Kensington, &c.) Mr.
Venables, Q.C., opened the promoter's case of the
Okehampton Railway (No. 2) Bill. In the case of
the Whitehaven and Furness Junction evidence was
taken, and also in the case of the Bedford, North-
ampton and Weedon, and the Crofthead and Kil-
marnock Extension. The referees took into consi-
deration the North Surrey and the East London
Railway Bills.
London, England, 1865-03-17

DERBY.

11 to 2 agst Liddington (offered)
13 to 2 agst Breadalbano (taken and wanted)
22 to 1 agst Chattanooga (offered, take 25 to 1)
33 to 1 agst Rifle (offered)

HORSES STRUCK OUT OP THEIR ENGAGE-

MENTS.

March 11, at 9 a.m. Tony Lumpkin out of Warwick and
Doncaster Steeplechases.

March 13, at 9 a.m. Guimauve (dead) out of all engage-
ments ; at noon, Lord Waldegrave, out of Doncaster Spring
engagements ; at 9 a.m. all horses in Mr. Wadlow's name,
except Wandering Minstrel, out of Doncaster Spring en-
gagements.

_
March 14, at 9 a.m. Despair, out of Doncaster Spring en-
gagements; all M. Vaillant's horses, out of all engage-
ments except at Warwick.

'RES FOR 1865.

Grand National Hunt 29
Barham 3O
Lewes Spring 3O
IL.
Canterbury Spring
Abergayeany 2O
T hirsk 2l
Cardiff 25
Epsom Spring

Bath 23
Harpenden 26
Epsom 3O

Hampton 2l
Newton
Newcastle
Odiham
Bidbury
Stockbridge

Nottingham
Southampton l9
Chesterfield
Goodwood
Down Royal Corp —
London, England, 1865-03-17

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London, England, 1865-03-17

ROYAL ENGLISH
DEN OPERA, COVENT-
GAR. •
(Opera Company, Limited.)
THIS EVENING, the Opera of THE MOCK DOCTO a
(the English wor sby banes Kenny. Principal characters
by Mesdames Poole, Thirlwall, and Fanny ; Messrs.
herry Haigh, A. Cook, C. Lyail, Duds-Ir, Linham, and H.
Cord

Conductor,Mr. A. MELLON.
Alter which, the Grand and highly successful Pantomime,
CIS yEtiELLA. Magnificent Scenery and gorgeous acces-
sories.
London, England, 1865-03-17

COLONIAL.

TEA.—Business in the general market has been dull at
public sales. Prices have remained without change of im-
portance.

SUGAR.—The market has been dull, and in some
instances prices have been barely sustained. In the re-
fined market, however, a moderate business has been done,
at steady rates.
COFFEE.—There has been a fair demand for Colonial
descriptions, at about previous rates. Superior qualities
of Jamaica, however, are a shade dearer.

RlCE.—the inquiries for East India have been to an ave-
rage extent, and late prices in most instances have been
supported.
TALLow.—The market has not been very animated,
although business has steadily progressed, and quotations
for both present and forward delivery have exhibited a
slight improvement.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

- Awaiting receipt of China's news.
rather irregular so far as demand goes.
Sales about 8,000 bales or more.

Market

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

LONDON, March 17.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.
PORTSMOUTH, March 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her
Majesty's ship Defence, from Plymouth. Sailed—Her Ma-
jesty's ship Niger, for the West Indies.

FALMOUTH, March 16.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Meg Mer-
rilees, from Mauritius.
BRISTOL, March 16.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Mar B.
Gesliori, from Sulina.
CLYDE, March 16.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—City of Foo-
chow-foo, for Calcutta.

OFF ROCHE'S POINT, March 17.—Arrived—City of Boston
screw steamer, from New York.

OFF THE EDDYSTONE, March 16.—Arrived—Lama, from
Bremen for New York.

Orr FAIMOUTII, March 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—
Torquinhall, from Calcutta.
Sturm's, Maroh 16.—Wind S.—Arrived—Star, from
Garrucha.
London, England, 1865-03-17

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wo3lsack ai
the usual hour.

PRIVATE BUSINESS,

The Dublin Trunk Connecting iailvray (City Eaten
eion) Bill was read a second time.
COURTS OF JUSTICE BILL.
...._ _

The LORD CHANCELLOR presented two petitions in
favour of the Carey-street site of the new law courts.
FELONY AND MISDEMEANOUR EVIDENCE AND
London, England, 1865-03-17

THE SUEZ CANAL.

Mr. GRIFFITH, finding that M. Lesseps had given
notice of his intention to go on a pilgrimage to the works
of the Suez Canal, and invited all Europe to accompany
him, wished to know, in the interests of humanity, whether
all forced labour on these works had been entirely and
finally discontinue&

Lord PALMERSTON said that at one time the works
were carried on entirely by Egyptian fellahs, who were
compelled to labour. But some months ago the Sultan
issued a firman forbidding that species of employment in
future, and he believed that the firman had been executed
and was now in. force. The canal company, too, had en-
deavoured to obtain labour from Morocco and Tunis, and
there had been a certain number of English navvies en-
gaged. These latter, being dissatisfied, had left, but there
was no reason to suppose that forced labour was now being
employed in the construction of the canal.
London, England, 1865-01-25

THAMES.

THE ROYAL LIVER SOCIETY. - Mr. William Gruit, a
grocer and cheesemonger, of 31, Middle Grove-street, St.
George's-in-the-East, came before Mr. Paget to complain of
the operations of the Royal Liver Society, which has been
so often the subject of complaint and discussion in many
of our police-courts and other places.
Mr. Gruit said he had been a member of the Royal Liver
Society for two years and eight months, and had paid to an
agent ls. ld. per week towards the sick and burial fund
until the last six weeks, when the agent discontinued his
calls. He went to the head office for London, in New
Bridge-street, Blackfriars, and was referred to. Mr. David
Wellspring, of 149, Pentonville-hill, who was advertised
in the printed circulars of the society as a London agent.
He called at the house, and Mr. Wellspring was denied,
and his letters to him had neverbeen answered. Many
persons who had paid money to agents of the society were
in the practice of calling at his shop because they could
obtain no information at the office in Bridge-street, Black-
friars, or of Mr. Wellspring. The applicant then handed
to Mr. Paget a printed circular of four pages relating to the
society, and the names of a great number of persons to
whom it was stated funeral money had been paid. The
society was called Royal Li'ver Society (formerly Liver),
and it was stated it was enrolled for England by Mr. J. T.
Pratt ; for Ireland by Mr. Griffin ; and for Scotland by
Mr. Ritchie.

Mr. Paget was very much afraid the society was a de•
ception.

Mr. Livingston, the chief usher, said the affairs of the
society had been under discusSion in that court, and the
directors had been quarrelling and fighting with the collec-

,ors of similar societies.

A gentleman in court said that Mr. Selfe, when a magis-
trate of the Thames police-court, stated that the affairs of
the Royal Liver Society came under discussion at every
police-court where he had been officiating, and that he
would not advise any one to pay money to its agents.

Mr. Gruit said that many of his poorer neighbours had
paid money to the society's collectors, who had discontinued
calling upon them, and they could obtain no information
of the society's affairs, or how they were to obtain relief in

sickness. -
Mr. Paget advised the applicant to write to the manager,
or secretary, at the head-office, No. 16, Prescott-street,
Liverpool, and also to Mr. David Wellspring, of 149, Pen-
tonville-hill, keep copies of his letters, and demand imme-
diate answers. People ought to be very cautious in join-
ing benefit societies which appointed out-door collectors.
There were respectable and well-established benefit
societies in the district, which did not have recourse to the
expedients of the Royal Liver and other societies of a
similar nature.
London, England, 1865-01-25

Bir., Wol., & Str. Val
Blyth and Tyne
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian
Cork and Bandon
Cornwell
Do. A A gets no div
till6p.c.p.an.has
Do. B ll been paid to B
Dublin & Belfast Juno
Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc.
Edinburgh & Glasgow
Glasgow & S. Western
Great Eastern, Ord. stk.
Do. E. Angl. et. No. 2
Great North of Scotland
Great Norther a
D.). A stock
Do. B o

Do. New, is. at 25 pm
GtS, and W. of Ireland
Gt. Weste n Ori2inal
I) . i. V4l. Rail gua.
Do. South Wales ....
Do W. Mid.—Ox ord

Do. Newpo . t
Do. He qford
Lanc,shire&Yorkshire
Landon and Blackwali
S Coast
Lon., Chat., and Dover
Lon. & North Western
Lon. & South Western
Man., Shet., & Lincoln
Maryport and Carlisle
Do. shares
Metropolitan
Do. New
Mid and

Do, Birmin . & Derby
Mid Gt. W.. Ireland
Do. i shares
%l id Kent

INo. th British
Do. Ed., Pth ,-& Dun
Nth. Eastern - Berwick
Do. G.N•E purchase
Do. Leeds
Do. York
Do. Carlisle . . ...
Do. Stock. & Darling.
Do. do. 3855.4,8
Do. do. 1860-61
North_London

Do. New
Do. do. MA
North Staffordshire
N. & S. W. Junction
Scottish C. ntral

Scot. N. E Aber. stock
"o. Scot, Mid. stick..
ews & Welchpool..
Shropshire Union ....

youth Devon • • • •
-outh E stern
itatnes, Wok., & Wok
Taff Vale
Do. C
Vale or Neath
Waterford & Kilkenny
West Cornw
W. Har lepool H ar.& R
Do. A irredeemable
Do. A. redeemable .•

BRITISH P
London, England, 1865-01-25

BED .ROOM CANDLES.

TRICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop
grease when carried."—Thin, very hard candles
sold in boxes ls. and 3s. each, are recommendel as the bes
carriers.
"EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES,"

sold in boxes 2s. each. Thicker candles intended for those
who will not burn thin.
" SHER.WOOD ECONOMIO BED LIGHTS," _

In packets of 36 candles for one shilling, intended for use
where cheapness is a great object, will be found an improve-
ment on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less.
Special candle ticks to fit thin candles, ls. and 2s. 6d. each;
reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each.
TOILET SOAPS.;
Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent.
Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine.
Camphor and Glycerine Soap, fo tender skins in winter.
GLYCERINE. SHERWOODOLE
Price's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes
had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains.
eapsuled bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bot-
" Prices Patent," from 6d. tles, 6d. and ls. each.
upwards. Impure Glycerine
has been sold on the state-
ment that it is "equal to
Prices."
Retail through any Grocer.
Wholesale by Price s Patent Candle Company (Limited),
London
London, England, 1865-01-25

['REFERENCE SHARES.

Ot.Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford 2d guaranteed dock, 120
PREFERENCE SHARES MW STOCKS.
Great Eastern 5 per cent. pr., 97
London, Brighton, ,4) per cent., 1858,.93

LINES LEASED AT FIXED:RENTALS.
Lancaster and Carlisle, 2144
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Bahia and San Francisco kli.n.) gua. 7 per cent., 16
Belgian Eastern Junction, If
Dutch Rhenish, 21}
Namur and Liege gua. 14f, per annum, 9 .
Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 104
San Panto ;Um.), gua. 7 per cent.,
Ditto (all), 184
CharteredAmra
BrBANKS.
and Alasterman's (lim.), 130
t to,
.ei_doatti:do
Ditto, ne .v, issd at 30 pm , calls paid in advance, 61
Chance . Irmo, 324 3 I
British North 4G
Anal. Austrian," 10 is 0074
Australia, and China, 344 4
Consolidated Bank,.ia,moiwhicll
Continental, lim., 114
al lim., 20
Europe "
an Bank, Urn '4l
unPerial Otto -4
Land LondonMort, _i,age Bank or India, lim.. 54
Loudon por.teriburZ. Cont. Exchange, iim., 10
London air Stock, 50i
London and Soutli African, 22
London and %% South-Western, lim., 22
Mercantile an deFtminster, 97
Oriental Bank Co'xchan",
Lim"
Si
Provincial IlankiurPorauon, 16
Scinde, Punjanb FCorporation, Urn 3;
Union of Londoi,Delhi, licn., 1
and
Bombay Gas, lim. DIISCELLANEOUS.
British Indian Tea,
Ceylon Company, al,. 121
Consolidated Discount, Urn., 41 5
Continental Union Gas, li a L
Credit Focier an Mulailir'
Ditto, nnew, 54d rof England, 811_
Crystal Palace, 35 4i 5
East India
Ebbw Vale, Irr3
igation and Canal. 5
f
Egyptian Cora and Trading, um. 54
E. gush and Australian Copper, 4 g
Gen. Credit and Financeof London, Tim., 7
Home and n lonial A ssurance, lim
Hudson's Bay, 16
Humber Iron Wo ks, 2
Imperi .1 Mercantile Credit Asso., lim,, 8
International Contract, 7 64 -
International Financial Society, lim., 74
Italian Irrigation (Canal Cai, our ,
Ditto,6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 824
Joint Stock Discount, lim.. 04 1 1
Land Securities, I.m 01
London Financial Association, lim., 231
Ditto, new, 234
Lon o act' Provincial Marine, 31
;National Discount Company, UM., 154
National Financial, Wm., 6
Ottoman Financial Association, lim., 9 8/
Peninsula and Oriental Stsam, 80 lj
Scottish Australian Investment. Tim., 128
Trust and Agency of Australasia, lira., 14
Universal Marino, Insurance, lim., 54 6
Upper Assam Tea, lim
London, England, 1865-01-25

THAMES.

THE ROYAL LIVER SOCIETY. - Mr. William Gruit, a
grocer and cheesemonger, of 31, Middle Grove-street, St.
George's-in-the-East, came before Mr. Paget to complain of
the operations of the Royal Liver Society, which has been
so often the subject of complaint and discussion in many
of our police-courts and other places.
Mr. Gruit said he had been a member of the Royal Liver
Society for two years and eight months, and had paid to an
agent ls. Id. per week towards the sick and burial fund
until the last six weeks, when the agent discontinued his
calls. He went to the head office for London, in New
Bridge-street, Blackfriars, and was referred to Mr. David
Wellspring, of 149, Pentonville-hill, who was advertised
in the printed circulars of the society as a London agent.
He called at the house, and Mr. Wellspring was denied,
and his letters to him had never been answered. Many
persons who had paid money to agents of the society were
in the practice of calling at his shop because they could
obtain no information at the office in Bridge-street, Black-
friars, or of Mr. Wellspring. The applicant then handed
to Mr. Paget a printed circular of four pages relating to the
society, and the names of a great number of persons to
whom it was stated funeral money had been paid. The
society was called Royal Li'ver Society (formerly Liver),
and it was stated it was enrolled for England by Mr. J. T.
Pratt ; for Ireland by Mr. Griffin ; and for Scotland by
Mr. Ritchie.

Mr. Paget was very much afraid the society was a de.
ception.

Mr. Livingston, the chief usher, said the affairs of the
society had been under discussion in that court, and the
directors had been quarrelling and fighting with the collec-
tors of similar societies.

A gentleman in court said that Mr. Selfe, when a magis-
trate of the Thames police-court, stated that the affairs of
the Royal Liver Society came under discussion at every
police-court where he had been officiating, and that he
would not advise any one to pay money to its agents.
Mr. Gruit said that many of his poorer neighbours had
paid money to the society's collectors, who had discontinued
calling upon them, and they could obtain no information
of the society's affairs, or how they were to obtain relief in
sickness.

Mr. Paget advised the applicant to write to the manager,
or secretary, at the head-office, No. 16, Prescott-street,
Liverpool, and also to Mr. David Wellspring, of 149, Pen-
tonville-hill, keep copies of his letters, and demand imme-
diate answers. People ought to be very cautious in join-
ing benefit societies which appointed out-door collectors.
There were respectable and well-established benefit
societies in the district, which did not have recourse to the
expedients of the Royal Liver and other societies of a
similar nature.
London, England, 1865-01-25

hurt - crolar

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Jan. 24.
Her Majesty drove out yesterday aft ern
inoonce
ss °1
sice
companied by her Royal Highness the Pr

Wales droll
Princess Helena and Princess Louise also

out.
His Royal Highness the Prince of IVales

out shooting.
The Duke of Argyll arrived yesterday and had
the honour of dining with the Queen and We

family.

:,ne-,,, 53
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Pr''''et
of Wales are expected at Marlborough House early ~
week from Osborne. Their Royal Highnesses will he
go
to Frogmore as announced. e
1 ft
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester h/e
~,
Great Stanhope-street for Kimbolton Castle, Huntioguttoe"
The Earl and Countess of Clarendon and
Ladies Villiers arrived in town yesterday from The ar,°.v i
in order to be present at the nuptials of the Bari:
Coventry and Lady Blanche Craven, which takes Ply
to-day at St .
. George's, Hanover-square iorght
Frances Countess Waldegrave and the A'l ,
Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P. have issued cards Pro
dinner and evening patty on Wednesday, the Bth of Jle

month.
Viscount Palmerston will give a full-dress btltilb,
quet, at Cambridge House, on the 6th of the nest DO
to the members of the Lower House.
Viscount Crichton has left town for the fOll
seat in Ireland.
lef
Viscount and Viscountess Walden have
town on a visit to Mr. and Lady Augusta Stuart. ill
Lord and Lady Charles Bruce have arrive'
town from Savernake Forest, Wilts.

VW

THE RIGHT HON. H. A. HERBERT,
the last week a considerable change for the better
taken place in the health of this much esteemed gentleOv"
—Kerry Post. ger
THE QUEEN AND THE 2D LIFE GUARDS.---
Majesty the Queen has just presented the 2cl
ment of Life Guards, now quartered at the Spitalßarr`in
Windsor, with two portraits of the late Prince Cons°4'
beautiful gold frames, surrounded by the Royal Cr
one to the non-commissioned officers, which theY
placed in the mess-room ; and the other to the trocoof 0;8
which embellishes the walls of the reading-roora 101
regiment. The portraits are three-quarter size, lithogor ho•
by Winter, from an admirable likeness of the • Di
uniform as colonel in chief of the Rifle Brigade, pa' the
Winterhalter. So distinguished a compliment fr(7o,itli
Sovereign is duly appreciated by every one connected
this distinguished regiment.
London, England, 1865-01-25

Clirdtlll"

HER MAJESTY.

Jan' 0
SBORNE, T3"'
Her Majesty drove out yesterday afternoon, 'of
companied by her Royal Highness the Princess

Wales Ole
Princess Helena and Princess Louise alas
out. dept
His Royal Highness the Prince of 1)13'
out shooting. a 101
The Duke of Argyll arrived yesterday an
the honour of dining with the Queen and
family.

th.,n• re;
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and .I.`"
aril 12e$
of Wales are expected at Marlborough House e ge
week from Osborne. Their Royal Highnesses vrillll-
to Frogmore as announced. 01
„ 11'
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester 10 08
Great Stanhope-street for Bimbolton Castle, .....-11116111 the
The Earl and Countess of Clarendon alla`kro
Ladies Villiers arrived in town yesterday from The of
in order to be present at the nuptials of theZ:rpoce
Coventry and Lady Blanche Craven, which t"'" -
to-day at St. George's, Hanover-square.
Frances Countess Waldegrave and
the „
f°
Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P , have issued car'"f nest
dinner and evening party on Wednesday, the sill
month.
Viscount Palmerston will give a full-dress 0,
quet, at Cambridge House, on the 6th of the next 131°
to the members of the Lower House. fal°
Viscount Crichton has left town for the

seat in Ireland.
Viscount and Viscountess Walden hair"
town on a visit to Mr. and Lady Augusta Stuart. pj
Lord and Lady Charles Bruce have arils
town from Savernake Forest, Wilts. 010
THE RIGHT HON. H. A. HERBERT, 31.P.--",lielr
the last week a considerable change for the be';
taken place in the health a this much esteemed genlll‘
—Kerry Post. fia
THE QUEEN AND THE 2D LIFE GIJARP-rge
,
Majesty the Queen has just presented the "
ment of Life Guards, now quartered at the SpitalDrt:
Windsor, with two portraits of the late Prince o°lls°
fe
beautiful gold frames, surrounded by the Itorl
r tiara
one to the non-commissioned officers, which tileJoveri
placed in the mess-room ; and the other to 01° tr°,i tiO
which embellishes the walls of the reading-NO old
regiment. Theportraits are three-quarter size, lithogrilli'
If'
by Winter, from an admirable likeness of the Priuc'e,;t4a
uniform as colonel in chief of the Rifle Brigade, tIO
Winterhalter. So distinguished a compliment fl
-
Sovereign is duly appreciated by every one connect
this distinguished regiment.
London, England, 1865-01-25

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day

LONDON, Jan. 25.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly; light breeze and mild weather, but a little
cloudy.
YARMOUTH, Dec.24.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Catherine,
from Antwerp.
TROON, Jan. 24.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Clyde, from
Londonderry. _ _

DOVER, Jan. 24.—Wind E.S.E.—Sailed—C. H. Jordan,
for Philadelphia.
KINGROAD, Jan. 23.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Ajax,
steamer, from Nassau.
PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 24.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Gleaner,
from Ibrail. Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Geyser, for the
Westward.

MILFORD, Jan. 24.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Montezuma,
from Liverpool for Alexandria.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived, Jan. 25.—Ebenezer, from Groningen; Cologne,
steamer, and Maas, steamer, from Rotterdam; Triton,
steamer, from Boulogne ; William and Clara, steamer, from
Dordrecht; Minerva, steamer, from Valencia; Holland.
steamer, from Ostend.
Sailed, Jan. 25.—Star of Scotia, for Calcutta; Francis,
for Colombo.

Dw, Wednesday Morning.
No arrivals.
London, England, 1865-01-25

SOPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day

LONDON, Jan. 25.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly; light breeze and mild weather, but a little

cloudy.
YARMOUTH, Dec. 24.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Catherine.
from Antwerp.

TROON, Jan. 24.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Clyde, frog
Londonderry. _

DOVER, Jan. 24.—Wind E.S.E.—Sailed—O. H. Jordan,
for Philadelphia.
KINGROAD, Jan. 23.—Wind
steamer, from Nassau.
PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 24.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Gleaner,
from Ibrail. Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Geyser, for the
Westward.

MILFORD, Jan. 24.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Montezuma,
from Liverpool for Alexandria.
(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived, Jan. 25.—Ebenezer, from Groningen ; Cologne,
steamer, and Maas, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Triton,
steamer, from Boulogne ; William and Clara, steamer, from
Dordrecht; Minerva, steamer, from Valencia ; Holland.
steamer, from Ostend.
Sailed, Jan. 25.—Star of Scotia, for Calcutta; Francis,
for Colombo.

DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
No arrivals.
London, England, 1865-01-25

BANKRUPTS,

The following are the only bankrupts of commercial
importance in the Gazette:—
William Hatch, dealer in boots and shoes, Brighton.
John Cunningham, gentleman, Southend.
Josiah Hook, upholsterer, Bow-common
Edwin Herbert, licensed victualler, Shoreditch
John R. Parr, shoemaker, Brompton
Charles W. tandish, wire worker, Chelsea
John Smith, grocer, Coventry
Henry Shaw, cigar dealer, Huddersfield
James Keatet, tailor, Cheadle
Henry Carter, builder, Stratford
Richard Brumwell, draper, Preston.
John Slack, warehouseman, Sheffield
Jonathan 011ey, contractor, Lower Norwood
George T. Jenkins, publican, Woolhampton
Rev. W. L. Arthur, King's Lynn, Norfolk
William Stapleton, mast and block maker, Manchester.
road

BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.
Robert Arthur Denny, gentleman, Cheltenham
Edward Brooks and Samuel Lomax, manufacturers, Tot-

tington
Nathaniel Ramsden, oil manufacturer, Bristol

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
Andrew Donley, spirit merchant, Glasgow
Miss Christian Gib, St. Ann's, Brechin
Matthew Craig, commission agent, Glasgow

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 14
Ditto 3 Months. 11 171
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 47+
Brussels
Hamburgh — 13 7
Paris Short. 25 15
Ditto 3 Months. 25 15
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine 1191
Vienna — 11 80
Trieste — 11 80
Petersburgh
Berlin
Madrid — 46} 464
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa — 25 55 25 65
Naples — 25 57i 25 65
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon — 511 51
Oporto —51 i
Foreign Gold in bars (standard)....£3 17s. 9d. per oz.

11 15
11 18
11 18
25 52f
25 54
13 7
25 22
25 50
25 52t

- - - -.
1191
11 85
11 85
30;
London, England, 1865-01-25

41Ytr..3T0,.„,v., NARKET

AND

00101ERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

The CITY, TWELVE o'CLocK.
opinionis gaining strength as the day for
P
e'lung the weekly court of Bank d;,rectors ap-
oaches that a reduction will be madcz in the official
11114141u1u. The public are iefrairiing as much as
llossible from discounting their bills, and in the
blue
market there is consf_quently very little
:11silless in progress. The rotations have further
receded to 5-A- per cent. for tlae best three months'
Taper, while the supply Vi capital on offer, partly
13-lrein the circumstance that the floating balances of
,ailkers and others have for several days past lain
almost wholl
The y idle, has very perceptibly increased.
. bullion operations at the Bank yesterday
e°,l'll2alsed an influx of £23,000 in bar gold, and the
vithdrawal of 30,000 sovereigns for Alexandria.
There was no material alteration 'in. the foreign
exchange Yesterday afternoon.
~, The report of the UnixerP,al Marine Insurance
_‘-'slupany, for presentativ:a at the fifth ordinary
of the
of shareholders, states that the net receipts
0, the past year for 'premiums, after deduction
all brokerage,
Premium, and of diF,counts upon, and returns of
the expenses of reinsurance
clffe'eted' aill°urtt'A to £278,332, and that the
—aims due frord and
'l,4e Past and paid by the company, for
previous years, after deducting sal-
Pbei at receb?ed, were £214,338. The receipts. for
r'el'est arid dividends during the past year, derived
othtb.o
in ieLco,,npany's investments in Government and
sem:trities, increased to £9,006, against £4,403
18,,uu3. These investments, which at the close of
last
,s" Were £162,608, were on the 31st December
Lea 218,510, The heavy balances which, in the
es 1862 and 1863, stood at the debit of income
104 expenditure account, proceeding from the
"es sustained in 1830 and 1861, have now been
extinguisheds.,, and the company's paid-up capital of
-Z°'°°o is not only fully represented by the
del unt funds now in hand, but these funds have
of der excess which is carried forward in favour
the Undwriting account 1865.
London, England, 1865-01-25

HIDDEN SPRINGS. By the Rev. J.
PARKER, of Manchester.
" The sermons of Dr. Parker are especial y noticeable for
clearness of thought and language. All seems as if it were
written with a pencil of l'ght. . . . N tore is every-
where in the ascendant, and hence its matchless force
There is no speaking for speaking's sake, no display of any
kind ; every word is an arrow directed to the mark.'—Bri-
tish Standard.

London: F. Pitman, 20, Patemoster-row, E.C.
London, England, 1865-01-25

DEATH OF COLONEL CHARRAS.

BASLE, Jan. 23.
The death of this once celebrated personage,
erroneously announced some days ago, has at last
become a fact. He expired this morning of a
chronic rheumatic affection of the bowels, which
completely baffled medical skill to remove.
Formerly a distinguished officer in Algeria, and
much liked by his comrades in the French army,
Colonel Charras mainly owed his want of promo-
tion to the rank of a French general, during the
reign of Louis Philippe, to his openly expressed
Republican opinions. In the succeeding regime
these tendencies, of course, had a different value,
and he soon took up an important position in the
State. As Secretary to the Minister of War he
became the soul of the French military administra-
tion under the Republic, and shone in the National
Assembly as one of the most decided leaders of the
Left, until the coup d'e'tat of the 2d December drove
him from the country.

For some years he resided in Zurich, and shortly
after his marriage with a Swiss lady removed to
Basle. He lived here in quiet retirement, main-
taining an uninterrupted correspondence with his
many friends abroad.
Upon the Emperor Napoleon issuing an amnesty
to all who chose to return to France, Colonel
Charras declared that he possessed sufficient
patience to await better times in voluntary exile.
He occupied his leisure in writing upon military
subjects. His critical examination of the " Cam-
paign of 1815" has been greatly extolled. The
work was prohibited in France, owing to the free-
dom with which the author spoke of Bonaparte, but
was nevertheless known to a large circle of readers,
and went through several editions and translations.
It is understood that a comprehensive treatise upon
the German War of Liberation, under the title of
" The Campaign of 1813," will appear as a posthu-
mous work.