Star.
London, England, 1826-03-25 00:00:00

LONDON.

SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1226.
LADY DAIr.....HOUDAT •: irs BANK.

STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

It a Holiday at the Bank this morning. but the Stock Ex-
change remains open, more. however. for the re-electing a new
Committee, than for transacting business, as the House appeara
but thinly attended, and scarcely a bargain is doing. The o 1
report of a new Spanish Loan is again revived, and it is said that
Fitanotanst laving to recognize the Old Bonds of tit; Cortes ; folk
no person would contract for a Loan in the present state of Spans
Consols opened at 77j IS, with no iluctuation up to the present
' time, 'and the Market remains firm.
.Ift the Foreign Market. there are many great Bears in Mexican
and tttlomblan Securities, which seem to maintain their priies. In
aft ocher %rap Sank but little is doing.
r Current •Pricest OM Spanish 10, Mexican 661 a, Colombian,
new 501. Russian 751. In an other Foreign Securities the prices.
are nominaL

TWO O'CLOCK.

Consols, which mete is the earlier part of the morning at 77; 71,
have been dent at 73 to el bat have again receded to 78, a,s the
its* and Deets are at bay, and observing each others movemeati

EXCHA NG&

VIENNA, Maui 13.—MstaIlkaes 83k. Bank Shares 930.
FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK:

Brazilian Bonita, 55 Wltican Bonds, 1825, 5 p-C. 64
Milian Binds, 6 1) Ct. 50& 883
Cploroblan Ikt+, G p C. Dittu Acct. 661 3 1 1
Do. tkis 1824,503 1 j i Peru,. Ras. 6 p C. 31
Do. Ace. 501 i Poituguese Bonds 5 p C. 71
Danish 11.881145 p C. 553 1 Russ.Bds, 1822, 5 p C. 783 8
Ditto Acct. I)itto for Acc. 783
Greek Ronda Span. sp. Ct. C. 1825, 63
Do. Acct. 1825, 173 3 French (tent... 5 p C. 97f96f 25e
Do. Acct. 173 Exchange, 22 50c
BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK.
MA It. rain.
100 45 30 271
100 5 I 1
100 5 13 .
100 10 1
400 50 421 45
40 20
40 15 151 15
25 4 11

Anglo Mexican 5 pm.
Anglo Chaim
General Alining Ass°.
Pawn Peruvian
llalpuzahua
United leziean
Ditto New
Great Westminster Dairy

We have taken some pains to impress our readers
with the great importance of encouraging Friendly
Societies among the labouring classes, and _ especially
of placing those Institutions under legislative protection,
and under the c ire of some pub!ic office, :1 as to for-
ward their ob.Ncts in the simplest and most effectual
manner, by difttising among the members such *advice
and instruction as would tend to bring their rules into a
systematic form ; by protecting their ftinds from depre,
dation ; and above all, by-compelling tha. managers to
submit their accounts to periodical inspection, lest
the

afforded by Parliament should be

abused, and the contributions of the Members, which
are intended for their relief in sickness and old age,
should be diverted to other objects. On the arguments
by which we endeavoured to enforce those principles,
there has, within these few days, occurred a practical
comrstrnt, in a case which was submitted to the Lotto,
Mayo*. The Managers of a cert►in Benefit Society, for
the relief of widows, had imposed a heavy extraordinary
contribution on their Members, which two of the latter
refusrd to pay, and appealed to the decision of the Chief
Magistrate of the city. On inspecting the accounts
of the Society, it appeared that the funds had been
grossly misapplied from their intended purpose.—
Thus, among other misapplications, 731. had lam ad-
vanced from the Box of the Widows' Fund for the
relief of the Bradford weavers. The stability of the
Institution being by these means placed in jeopardy.
eitraordiaary means were resorted to in order to re
place the dilapidations ; and if these are successfully
resisted to a great extent, it must follow that the So- ,
ciety will be insolvent, and consequently *that the hopes
of thaw members who bad for a series of yaws been