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The Week.
speaking of the drqadful * scenes enacting iu Bosnia , says , " The Christians of Bosnia must not be confounded Avith the rayahs of Herzogowina ; the drama is nearly terminated in this latter country , but only beginning in Bosnia / ' A dispatch from Ragusa states that , the Sultan having sent orders to remove the Turkish troops from the Montenegrin frontier , Prince Danilo , on his part , has withdrawn the troops sent to defend it .- —The Prussian Mowiteur says that the health of the King of Prussia having been much improved during his stay at Tegemsee , he
intends ^ -to prolong his residence there .- — -By intelligence from Naples , we learn that the King had commuted the sentence of death pronounced on the seven men condemned at Salerno , three to the galleys for life , and the four others to twenty-five years' imprisonment in irons . — -The Belgian ministers having been defeated on the proposition for fortifying Antwerp , the municipal council of that city has addressed a letter . to the council of ministers , expressing regret that it had not been able to effect a satisfactory arrangement ofthe question , and desiring to know Avhat sum the city would have to contribute to the more extended line of fortifications .
The St . Pctersburgh Gazette contains a ukase relating to the peasants of the appanages assigned to the princes of the reigning * family , by Avhich their privileges will be greatly enlarged and their condition ameliorated . —The South Western Rail-Avay Company have met / and notwithstanding the recent commercial depression , have been enabled to declare a dividend for the worst half ofthe year at the rate of 41 per cent , per annum . The London and North-Western Railway Company Avill pay a dividend of 3 f per cent , per annum only for the past six months . The Great Western claim to have made f per cent , for the half year , but recommend
that the amount should be carried over to the next account . The company has evidently over guaranteed itself . As one of the fruits of throwing over the alliance Avith the London anctfNorth Western to join the Great Northern Company , there Will be no dividend on the Manchester , Sheffield and Lincolnshire . The Lancashire and Yorkshire will pay its half yearly dividend at the rate of 3 | per cent , per annum , with a steadily advancing traffic . The East Lancashire will do the same—all the lines in the Manchester district having suffered from the monetary crisis . The Blackwall give 2 s . 6 d . per share of £ 25 for the half year . The Midland
maintains its rate of last year 4 | per cent , per annum . The proposed dividend of the Bristol , and Exeter , will be at the rate of 5 per cent , per annum . It is stated that the dividend , of the Great Northern will at the rate of 3 | per cent , per annum on the original stock , and £ 3 7 s . Gd . per cent , to the holders of B stock towards the £ 6 per cent , for the year . The proposed dividend of the South Devon Company will be at the rate of 1 per cent , per annum . The dividend for the corresponding half year of 1857 was at the rate of £ 1 12 s . 2 \ d . per cent , per annum . The dividend declared at the meeting of London and County Bank Avas 5
per cent ., equal to the rate of 10 per cent , free of income tax , and the report and accounts were unanimously adopted . The result of operations is described as satisfactory , and tlie directors have exercised great prudence , being desirous of maintaining their resources , in consequence of the critical period recently passed through . Tlie report ofthe London Discount Company , states the i rod is of the ha } f year at £ 10 , 874 . A dividend Avas adopted at the rate of 5 per cent , per annum , which will absorb £ 4 , 548 ; £ 3 , 000 is to be written off preliminary expenses , and £ 3 , 326 will remain to be carried forward .-- -Intelligence has been received
of the successful laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable , the Agamemnonheingm ' the harbour of Valentia successfully sending messages to and receiving messages from the Niagara in Trinity Bay , Newfoundland . This is , indeed , a mighty achievement of science , and from the telegraphic union of tho old Avith the neAV world the happiest and brightest anticipations may avell be indulged . -At the assizes at Guildford a cause was tried , in which Mr . George Eastwood was plaintiff ,
and the proprietors of the Alhenanmi newspaper were defendants . The plaintiff is a dealer in antiquities , and the action was brought to recover damages for a libel published in that paper on the 8 th July last . The defence pleaded was , that the statement alleged to be a Jibel was true . Evidence having been given ( in tho course of which it was admitted the curiosity dealers were iu the habit of selling so called antiquities to " navvies" but for what purpose they did not know ) the jury returned a verdict for the-defendants . The village of barley , near Ripley ,
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The Week.
speaking of the drqadful * scenes enacting iu Bosnia , says , " The Christians of Bosnia must not be confounded Avith the rayahs of Herzogowina ; the drama is nearly terminated in this latter country , but only beginning in Bosnia / ' A dispatch from Ragusa states that , the Sultan having sent orders to remove the Turkish troops from the Montenegrin frontier , Prince Danilo , on his part , has withdrawn the troops sent to defend it .- —The Prussian Mowiteur says that the health of the King of Prussia having been much improved during his stay at Tegemsee , he
intends ^ -to prolong his residence there .- — -By intelligence from Naples , we learn that the King had commuted the sentence of death pronounced on the seven men condemned at Salerno , three to the galleys for life , and the four others to twenty-five years' imprisonment in irons . — -The Belgian ministers having been defeated on the proposition for fortifying Antwerp , the municipal council of that city has addressed a letter . to the council of ministers , expressing regret that it had not been able to effect a satisfactory arrangement ofthe question , and desiring to know Avhat sum the city would have to contribute to the more extended line of fortifications .
The St . Pctersburgh Gazette contains a ukase relating to the peasants of the appanages assigned to the princes of the reigning * family , by Avhich their privileges will be greatly enlarged and their condition ameliorated . —The South Western Rail-Avay Company have met / and notwithstanding the recent commercial depression , have been enabled to declare a dividend for the worst half ofthe year at the rate of 41 per cent , per annum . The London and North-Western Railway Company Avill pay a dividend of 3 f per cent , per annum only for the past six months . The Great Western claim to have made f per cent , for the half year , but recommend
that the amount should be carried over to the next account . The company has evidently over guaranteed itself . As one of the fruits of throwing over the alliance Avith the London anctfNorth Western to join the Great Northern Company , there Will be no dividend on the Manchester , Sheffield and Lincolnshire . The Lancashire and Yorkshire will pay its half yearly dividend at the rate of 3 | per cent , per annum , with a steadily advancing traffic . The East Lancashire will do the same—all the lines in the Manchester district having suffered from the monetary crisis . The Blackwall give 2 s . 6 d . per share of £ 25 for the half year . The Midland
maintains its rate of last year 4 | per cent , per annum . The proposed dividend of the Bristol , and Exeter , will be at the rate of 5 per cent , per annum . It is stated that the dividend , of the Great Northern will at the rate of 3 | per cent , per annum on the original stock , and £ 3 7 s . Gd . per cent , to the holders of B stock towards the £ 6 per cent , for the year . The proposed dividend of the South Devon Company will be at the rate of 1 per cent , per annum . The dividend for the corresponding half year of 1857 was at the rate of £ 1 12 s . 2 \ d . per cent , per annum . The dividend declared at the meeting of London and County Bank Avas 5
per cent ., equal to the rate of 10 per cent , free of income tax , and the report and accounts were unanimously adopted . The result of operations is described as satisfactory , and tlie directors have exercised great prudence , being desirous of maintaining their resources , in consequence of the critical period recently passed through . Tlie report ofthe London Discount Company , states the i rod is of the ha } f year at £ 10 , 874 . A dividend Avas adopted at the rate of 5 per cent , per annum , which will absorb £ 4 , 548 ; £ 3 , 000 is to be written off preliminary expenses , and £ 3 , 326 will remain to be carried forward .-- -Intelligence has been received
of the successful laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable , the Agamemnonheingm ' the harbour of Valentia successfully sending messages to and receiving messages from the Niagara in Trinity Bay , Newfoundland . This is , indeed , a mighty achievement of science , and from the telegraphic union of tho old Avith the neAV world the happiest and brightest anticipations may avell be indulged . -At the assizes at Guildford a cause was tried , in which Mr . George Eastwood was plaintiff ,
and the proprietors of the Alhenanmi newspaper were defendants . The plaintiff is a dealer in antiquities , and the action was brought to recover damages for a libel published in that paper on the 8 th July last . The defence pleaded was , that the statement alleged to be a Jibel was true . Evidence having been given ( in tho course of which it was admitted the curiosity dealers were iu the habit of selling so called antiquities to " navvies" but for what purpose they did not know ) the jury returned a verdict for the-defendants . The village of barley , near Ripley ,