25 FEBRUARY 1865, page 3

The Imperial Mercantile Credit Association Has Been...

30,000 shares of the Varna Railway Company, the price of issue being 121., the deposit on application V., on allotment 21 per share. The object of this company is the formation......

It Is Reported That The Papacy Intends To Place Louis

Napoleon's Life of Casar in the index, as a retort courteous for the suppres- sion of the Encyclical.......

The Fate Of The German Duchies Is Not Yet Settled,

but rumours are flying thick. It is stated that England has recommended the nomination of the Duke of Augnstenburg, that Prussia has offered to restore Danish Schleswig to......

The Consol Market Has Been Very Guiet During Nearly The

whole of the week. Yesterday Consols left off at the prices of Saturday last, viz., 89/ 1 for money, and 891 j for account.......

The Amalgamated Company Constructed Out Of The Globe And...

Liverpool and London Insurance Companies has presented a flourishing report for the year. The fire premiums have attained the amount of 742,674/., and show within two years an......

The Rio De Janeiro Gas Company,—capital, 600,0001., In...

of 20/. each—has been formed, acquiring two concessions from the Imperial Government of Brazil which grant the mono- poly of supplying the city of Rio with gas till 1879. The......

The Bishop Of Oxford In The Last Meeting Of Convocation

called the attention of the Upper House to the concession to clergymen by the Courts of Law of the right to practise at the Bar. Of this concession he approved, but was in a......

Colonies For The Civilization Of The Natives, Said That The

evidence The Pall Mall Gazette of Tuesday contained a strange story. of natives and of missionaries would be given before the committee, A gentleman, annoyed at what he......

The Lower Classes In Leeds Have, It Would Seem, Original

ideas -about theft. It is wrong to steal handkerchiefs, but right to steal dripping, particularly if you are trusted with the latter and not - with the former. The cook of Mr.......

Clergy Orphans, Especially Orphan Girls, Are, We Suppose,...

by nature to be "improved," and if they are to be improved at all it must be a pleasure to be improved by the Archbishop of Canterbury, whose noble presence and kindly face must......

Yesterday And On Friday Week The Lea-ding Foreign...

off at the following prices :— • Friday, Feb. 17. Friday, reli. 2 l• Greek .. .. .. 221 .. 2 tt Do. Coupons .. — .. n Mexican .. .. .. 271 .• 2 1 Spanish Passive • • .. 324 ........

The Board Of Trade Returns Just Published For The Year

1864 show a vast increase in the value of our exports. The total declared value is 160,436,302/., as against only 123,992,264/. in 1862, and 146,602,3422. in 1863. The increase......

The Leading British Railways Closed Officially At The...

yesterday and on Friday week : — Friday, Feb. 17. Friday, Feb. 24. Caledonian . .. .. •• •• 1311 .. la Great Easter; .. .. •• .. 411r Great Northern .. • • • • • • 131 ' Great......

A Company Entitled Warehouses And Wharves Has Been...

the purpose of supplying wharf and warehouse accommodation to the south-western district of the metropolis. The site selected comprises about twenty-six acres of land at......

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