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London, England, 1845-05-03 00:00:00

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PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. ritiets
Bank Stock .
3 per Cent. Reduced .... 97%% 97%
3 per Cent. Consols * 9811 %3/t 9844
New 31,4 per Cents. 100%%112 100%
Long Annuities to expireJan.lB6o 11IA 5-16 11%
Ditto 30 yearr, Jun. 5, 1860 ... 11% 11%
InAia Stock - • • tt.• ..“...4...,.... 2?, 978
India Roiidt, i3OO tl/.. • ••:" -
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Ditto under 1,0001..
Bank Stock for Account... ......••• 210%
Consols for ...... .......

Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., I%d 59 57 pm. 57
Ditto 500/. .
Ditto Small tiT 99 pm. P 9

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PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS . O'CLOCK.
Columbian Bonds, cx Venezuela. 15%
Danish, 3 per Cent' ... BBl/i n
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 3B 374
Ditto; ,:iibtftd ... v.: iii.... .... , lB%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Converted — 6714
Ditto, Account ...... .. ... -.. ...... 67.1 p 6714
Russian,Bonds . •...... • _•• 117 /3 117%
Spanish 5 per Cent. 184.0 ...
Ditto; DAM , - iiii,,...•,... as.
Ditto 3 per Cent. —
Ditto, Account
Belgian Bonds, 41/2 per Cent — 9914
Dutch, 2% per Cent . ...., 83% 83%
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certiflc.,, 97%% 97A
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It lILWAY MAIMS PAID, A ONE O'CLOCK, riticEs
Aberdeen
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l% 23/4
Birmin and Gloucester. 100 ...... •-•
Birthingham and Ox-
ford Junction ~... 2 i 11... 4% 4 W,...,
Bri'ton, Lawns, & Bast. 10.
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 59
Caledonian
Cvnbridge and Lincoln 1% ...... 84t 8
Chester and Holyhead... 5 ...... 175 ...........,
Cournet Valley
•.•...•.....
Cornwall
Direct Northern
Dublin and Galway..... 2% 3141/ai
Dundalk & Enniskillen 2% —
Eastern Counties ' 25
Eastern Union
Ditto Extension
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto, New Quarters.. 21‘i — ...... ..
Ely and Bedford
/4
Great Munster 2l,x ...... . 2%
Great Western SO ......187% 188... liB
Ditto % Shares 5O lO5l/2 ... ..... ... 10514
Guildford, Fare'm,l'orts. VA.— 6 014
Harwich
Hull and Galnsborough 1,(3,,,,,. 2% 1% ... 1%
[lull and Selby 5O 108
Ditto Quarter Shares 12%...... 24%
Do. Half Shares
Llncaster and Carlis1e... 20
London and liirminghm (Stock)...
Do. New Thirds
London and Brighton... 50
Do. Consolidated Bths 16
London and Croydon, 13!. 15s. I'd. 18%14... lB%
London and Greenwich 12115 s 4(1... 1034 lO%
I,,,ndoii ard S. Western 4116 s 10(1 80
Do. New
r 2
London and York ...... .. 2%. 4%1/.2% 4 3
Londonderry&Coleraine VA..... 33;; .3':A
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen
21/2 4% 4%
Lynn and Ely
Ni idland... 100
Do. New
Midland,Birm.,Derby 100 117% ll7l
Ne*castle and Darling-
ton Junction 25 ..... 51
Nowi.asil, and Berwick 1% 14% 15
Newry and Enniskillen. 2% .....
Newark and SLeffield ... 1%...... 5% ••• 5
North British .... .... 10 -
Do. New
North Kent - .. 61,6
Perth and Inverness ... 2% 2%%
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Scottish Central
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and firm 2%. ... 43VA
South Eastern & Dover 331 2s 4d... 40
Do., No. 1... 8
Do., No. 2
Do., No. 3
South Wales ... 21/2 5% 514
Trent Valley
Trent Valley and Holy-
head Junction
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 .. ~. .........••
Wits, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
York and North Midland 50
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25
Do. Selby
Do. Extension
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 4
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and -. . .
Cette ...... ... .... ..... 2 '...... 2%14
Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2
Great North. of France.. 4
Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2
Jamaica Junction 11,4 _
Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... . 474 %
Lyons and Avignon
Namur and Liege
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2
Orleans and Vierion ... 2 ...... 14%
Paris & Lyons, Latlltte's 2
Paris and Lyons, Gan-
neron's,
Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2
Paris and Rouen .. 2O
Paris and Strasbourg .:. 2
Royal North of Spain ... 2
Sambre and Meuse .... 4
Tours and Nantes, Mac-
kenzie's ..- ..... 2

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18

ANNUAL. MEETING ()F THE BRI
TISII AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY.
(THIS DAY.)
The fortieth annual meeting of this Society was held this day al
twelve o'clock, ins the large room of Exeter Ball; Lord John Russel
in the chair. On the platform, besides the Noble Chairman, we
recognised Sir George Grey, M.P. ; Sir Benjamin Bali, MP. ;
Mr. Hawes, M.P.; Mr. Vernon Smith, M.P.; Mr. Samuel
Gurney, Dr. Lushingten, Mr. Burnet, Mr. Richard Taylor, Mr.
Tooke, Dr. Campbell, and the Rev. Robert Ainslie.
The NOBLE Loan, on taking the chair, was received with loud
cheers. He said he was sure it was unnecessary for him to say
much on behalf of a Society that had existed for so many years,
and wh •se principles were so well known, and which had been de.
cared from the beginning a society whose object was to cx.
tend education to all classes, upon the most liberal principle,
and whose triumph had been so complete, lie was sure that no
fresh arguments need he used in support of the great objects the
Society had in vies.. The declared principle of the Society was,
that no solid or incontrovertible basis could be laid down
for education but the Holy Scriptures; and it had, there.
fore, been declared from the beginning of this Society
that the education of the children of the people should be
conducted on a foundation of instruction in the:Holy Scriptures—
instruction irrespective of creed or catechism. He must say that
experience had but confirmed him in the opinion of the
soundness of the general policy of the Society. In look.
ing over the Church Articles he found that no:hing
was required in points of faith but what was to be
found and read in the Holy Scriptures. On that foundation all
Protestants were content to rest. They were agreed that nothing
more was necessary as a foundation of faith than the Bible. I/ver-
sifies in opinion may, arid some of those important diversities did
exist, but with respect, to the leading principle of their
respective creeds they were all of one mind. He fully agreed
with his much .respected friend air. W. Allen, that there was no solid
basis for the instruction of the people but the Holy Scriptures.—
(Loud cheers.) But to instruction in these there were added, by
this Society, arithmetic, geography, the various branches of the
arts and sciences, in all which great progress had boon made. But
great as was the progress, there was still room for
further improvement, suggestions on which would
be found in the report of the Sac ety about to b.
read to the meeting by the secretary. He would conclude by re-
commending the Society to their continued patronage and support,
and he begged leave to add, that he was instructed by his brother,
the Duke of Bedford, to intimate the renewal of his subscription of
100/. The Noble Lord concluded amidst great cheering by calling
upon the secretary to read the report.
The SECRETARY then proceeded to read the annual report of
the Society. It set fond' that the model school of the Society
contained at present 700 boys, and from three huadred to four
hundred girls. There had been admitted since the establishment
of the school 44,626 children. The number of students at
present in the Normal College was two hundred and seventeen,
of which 154 were attending the classes. During the present year
the number of the students admitted had been 272, which, with 117
brought over from last year, made a total of 371. Of these,
during the year. 264 had been appointed to schools in various
stations at home and abroad. The report went into a long and
elaborate statement of the proceedings of the Society in the various
quarters of the globe during the tart year, and concluded by intl.
mating that the finances of the Society were in a more nourishing
condition than for some time past.
The TREASURER read the balance sheet of the receipts and ex-
penditure of the Society for the past year. According to this
statement the receipts from all quarters had been 16,393/. 7s. 2d. ;
the expenditure 16,1401. 160. 11d. ; leaving a balance in hand of
2521. 10s. 3d.
Sir GEORGIE GREY, M.P., moved the first resolution—" That
the report just read be printed and published, under the
superintendence of the Committee, and that a list of names attached
to the report be the Committee of Management for the ensuing
year. He considered no arguments from him were necessary in
support of the resolution he had moved. He was firmly attached
to the principles of the Society, because it was not established on
sectarian or exclusive principles, but on the broad basis of Christian
faith as laid down in the Holy Scriptures.
Mr. VERNON Santini, M.P., briefly seconded the resolution,
which was put from the Chair, and carried unanimously.
Dr. LUSIIINGTON moved the second resolution, and declared his
steadfast adherence to the policy of the Society, which he con.
sidered had done an immense amount of good. The Learned
Gentleman entered into a statistical statement, showing that crime
and ignorance were always to be found associated together, and
that the only way to reduce the one was to extend the other.
For this important object, he considered no Society better elicit.
tinted than the British and Foreign School Society. He concluded
by moving the resolution expressive of the satisfaction of the
meeting at the great progress which the Society had made during
the pa,t year.
The Rev. ROBERT AINSLIE seconded the resolution. He was
connected with another Society, established upon a similar prin-
ciple to the present ; it was the Congregational School Society,
which had raised, upon the voluntary principle alone, for educa-
tional purposes, the sum of 70,0001. There was one point in the
recent policy of the present-society to which he decidedly objected;
he meant the receiving from the Government the sum of 7501.
annually for tr,e support of their Normal schools. He had great
faith in the voluntary principle, and lie objected to taking Go-
vernment money, whether for a British and Foreign Society, Normal
school, or for Maynoot h College.—(Great cheering.)
The resolution was put and carried by acclamation.
Several other resolutions expressive of the confidence of the
meeting in the general policy of the Society, and calling upon it.
for renewed exertions, were severally put and earned. They were
spoken to by the Rev. Joseph Crowther, the Rev. Dr. Bart, of Wk.
temberg, and the Rev. Johns Aldis.
A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, whet; the
meet'' vs,which We. a very full 1144 respectable "eturrit