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executioner , the adjustment of the halter , the preparation to let fall the platform , and just then the appearance in the distance of the dust-covered courier , the jaded horse , tho waving handkerchief , the commotion of the crowd . At this thrilling point , when everyone

was listening in breathless silence , the doctor became a little prosy , One of the lunatics could hold on no longer , and shouted , " Hurry doctor , for mercy's sake , hurry ! They'll hang tho poor man before you get there 1 " " Book of Rarities , " by Edward Roberts , P . M .

Birkbeck Building Society.

BIRKBECK BUILDING SOCIETY .

THE 43 rd Annual meeting of this society was held on Thursday , 5 th inst ., at the Offices , 29 and 30 Southampton Buildings , Chancery Lano . The report adopted states that the receipts during the year which ended 31 st March last reached £ 10 , 014 , 003 , making a total from the commencement of the Society of more than One hundred and seventy three millions ( £ 173 , 811 , 217 ) .

Tho deposits received were £ 9 , 102 , 698 , and the Subscriptions £ 218 , 366 . The gross profits amounted to £ 220 , 833 . The Surplus Funds have augmented by £ 176 , 148 , and now stand at £ 5 , 903 , 479 , of which £ 1 , 732 , 248 , is invested in Consols and other Securities guaranteed by the British Government , and the Cash in hands of the Bankers is £ 449 , 814 .

A further sum of £ 25 , 000 has been added to the Permanent Guarantee Fund , thus bringing up the amount to £ 175 , 000 , and the balanco £ 155 , 439 , making together £ 330 , 489 , in excess of the Liabilities . The whole amount being invested in Consols . The Subscriptions and deposits withdrawable on demand amount to £ 6 , 053 , 681 .

Tho 14 th Triennial Bonus on Investing Shares has been allotted , aud tho amount placed to the credit of all shares in existence at the close of the 43 rd year is £ 52 , 237 . The Surplus Funds ( which are invested in convertible Securities ) are sufficient to pay tho Depositors 111 J percent , on the amount of their Deposits .

The new accounts opened during the year were 11 , 096 , and there aro altogether 69 , 206 Shareholders and Depositors on the Books , and the number of shares in existence is 54 , 392 . Since its establishment , the Society has returned to tho

Shareholders and Depositors more than Ono hundred and forty millions ( £ 144 . 460 , 220 ) the whole amount having been repaid upon demand . The amount advanced to Borrowers has been £ 2 , 536 , 343 , and the amount of Interest and Bonus paid to Investors and Depositors is nearly two and a half millions sterling , the exact figures being £ 2 . 458 . 987 .

Weekly Excursions To North Wales.

WEEKLY EXCURSIONS TO NORTH WALES .

IpOR many years past the Great Western Railway Company ' have run Excursions each week during the Summer months between London and Weymouth , Exeter , Plymouth , Penzance and other stations in the West of England ; and with the view of increasing the facilities for visiting North Wales , the Company announce that on every Saturday during July , August and

September—commencing on Saturday , 7 th July , an Express Excursion train will leave Paddington at 8 * 10 a . m . for Shrewsbury , Oswestry , Borth , Aberystwyth , Bala , Barmouth , Harlech , Criccieth , Rhyl , Colwyn Bay , Llandudno , Conway , Bettws-y-coed , Bangor , Carnarvon , Llanberis ( for Snowdon ) and many other favourite

holiday resorts . The tickets will be available for return on the following Monday , Monday week , or Monday fortnight , and the facilities afforded will no doubt be appreciated and largely patronised . Cheap trains will be run to London from North Wales every Monday , commencing on 9 th July , returning on tho following Saturday or Saturday week .

The Theatres, &C.

The Theatres , & c .

Drury Lane . —This day , 8 , Fideho . Covent Garden . —Elaine . Monday , Falstaff . Tuesday , Faust Wednesday , Pagliacci and Cavalleria Rusticana ( last perform ancc ) . Thursday , Lohengrin . Lyceum . —8 , Faust . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . Savoy . — 8 * 15 , Mirette .

Trafalgar . —7 * 40 , The Silver Honeymoon . 8 * 15 , Go-Bang . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . 30 . Garrick . —8 , Money . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . St . James ' s . —8 * 30 , The Masqueraders . Matinee , Saturday , 2 * 30 . Strand . —8 , Parallel Attacks . 8 * 45 , Our Flat .

Comedy . —8 * 30 , The Professor ' s Love Story . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2 * 30 . Adelphi . —8 , Shall we forgive her ? Gaiety . —8 * 30 , Madame Sans Gene . Matineo , Saturday , 2 * 30 . Prince of Wales ' s . —8 * 15 , A Gaiety Girl . Matinee , Saturday , 2 * 30 .

Court . —8 * 15 , The Cape Mail . 9 , Marriage . Daly ' s . —8 * 30 , Sarah Bernhardt and Company . Matinee , Wed nesday and Saturday , 2 * 30 . Vaudeville . —8 * 20 , The Gentleman Whip . 9 , The New Boy . Mat inee , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 .

G lot > e . —8 , In the Eyes of the World . 9 , Charley ' s Aunt . Hay market . —8 * 30 , A Bunch of Violets . Matineo , Wednesday and Saturday , 2 * 30 . Avenue . —8 . 10 , Tho Man in the Street . 8 * 50 , Arms and the Man . Criterion . —8 * 30 , Mrs . Hilary Regrets . 9 , Tho Candidate . Matinee , Saturday , 3 .

The Theatres, &C.

Royalty . —8 * 15 , Villon , Poet aud Cut-throat . 9 , A night in town . Alhambra . —8 , Variety Entertainment . 9 * 30 , The New Victoria Cross . 10 30 , The Revolt of the Daughters . Palace— S , Varietv Enter .-ainmcnt , Ballets , & e .

Empire . —7 * 45 , Variety Entertainment , two Grand Ballets , & c . Oxford . —7 * 30 , Variety Entertainment . Matinee , Saturday , 2 * 30 . Crystal Palace . —Varied attractions daily . Egyptian Hall . —3 and 8 , Messrs . Maskelyue and Cooke ' s Enter tainmont .

Royal . —7 * 30 , Variety Company . Matim ' c , Saturday , 2 * 30 . London . —Variety Entertainment , every evening . Madame Tussaud ' s ( Baker Street ) . —Open daily . Royal Aquarium . —Open at 10 ; close at 11 * 30 . Constant round of Amusement .

St . James ' s Hall . —Moore and Burgess Minstrels , at 8 . Monday , Wednesday , and Saturday , 2 * 30 also . Olympia . —Open at 12 and 6 , Constantinople . Grand spectacle at 2 * 15 and 8 * 15 .

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