Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week;
arrived at Munieh ? where he intends to stay for several weeks .- — -The Belgian journals give minute details of the visit of the Duke of Brabant to the district of Charletfoi , where he inspected the various factories in that busy c ^ greatiuterest in aR addressed to the Federal Council of Switzerland , praying it to endeavour to enter into commercial relations with Japan , the council has expressed its readiness to do ¦
so , in the event of an ambassador beipg sent from that country to Europe ^ - -A letter from Sweden , of the 30 th ult , says thatthe Prince Regent had returned on the previous day fronihirtou ^ immediately dissolved the provisional government , and afterwards visited the King and Queen at Drottningholmf-- ~ ---The King and Queen of Holland , the Prince of Orange , Prince Alexander arid the Prince arid Princess Henry of the Netherlands , accompanied by a numerous suite , left the Hague on " the
3 rd for Amsterdam . The Prince and Princess Frederick and their daughter the Princess Maria met the " veorschoten , and proceeded with it to Amsterdam , where ( Splendid fetes were given on the 4 th , on the occasion of the anniversary of the birth of the Prince of Orange , who came of age on that day . There was a grand review next day , and a diplomatic reception , and the King gave a state dinner at the place . — . —The Madrid Gazette states that there was an increase in the Spanish revenue of last July over that of 1857 ,
amounting to 9 , 892 , 930 reals . The ministerial journals confirm the statements eurrentfor some time past of the intentions of the Government to chastise the Riff pirates for their aggressions on the subjects of Spain in that quarter . By news from the Basque provinces we learn that the anniversary of the convention of Verg & ra , by which their constitutional rights were preserved to them when they acknowledged Isabella as ttoir sovereign , had been celebrated with great pomp . This is considered an answer to the pretentions of the son of Don Carlos
to the Spanish thrpne , and also an expression of their resolution to enjoy their present prosperity in peace , and not seek to embroil themselves in civil war . The robbery of church ornaments in Spain , which we mentioned some time since as prevailing , but which had been cheeked by the vigilance of the authorities , has been again commenced ; the last church plundered was that of Quintillana del Monte , which was . completely gutted about a week ago . —— - A grand banquet was held } n K-iUarney , on Tuesday evening , in honour of the
laying of the Atlantic cable , to which his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and other distinguished guests were invited . The dinner was given in the principal apartment of the naagnificent Railway Hotel . About 100 persons were present . The Right Hon . JL R . Herbert , M-P . > was in the chair . On his right sat the Lord Lieutenant , and on his left Mr . Gurney , chairman of the Atlantic Telegraph Company . The Duko qf Manchester , the Knight of Kerry , Lord Otho Fitzgerald , Colonel F . Dunne , & c ., were present . The toast of u The Queen /'
was enthusiastically responded to by the coinpany , as was that of " The Lord Lieutenant , " who expressed hew much he was gratified by the honour thus done him ,-and spoke in high terms of the zeal and skill with which the enterprise was carried out . The healths of Sir Charles Bright , Mr . Whitehouse , and the other scientific gentlemen connected with the laying of the cable , were received with loud applause . The communication between the two ends of the telegraph have been interrupted for nearly a fortnight , and it is feared that the injury which the line has evidently suffered may be at too great a distance from the shore to be repaired .
At the Guildhall on Friday , William Thomas Barns , the son , and Lucy Barns , the the wife of Mr . Barns , the auctioneer and picture dealer of St . Raul's Churchyard , surrendered before Alderman Wire to answer the charge p | conspiracy to defraud Mr . Robert Herries Peter of sums of money amounting to afeS < 1200 £ ., and a bill of exchange for 1 , 000 ? ., by false pretences . Mr , Sleigh said that Mr . Peter was not present , and that a corrupt settlement must have been effected to put an end to the case , The solicitors and counsel on both sides denied any knowledge with regard to a compromise , and after some conversation , the case was again adjourned , the defendants being hel 4 to bait
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week;
arrived at Munieh ? where he intends to stay for several weeks .- — -The Belgian journals give minute details of the visit of the Duke of Brabant to the district of Charletfoi , where he inspected the various factories in that busy c ^ greatiuterest in aR addressed to the Federal Council of Switzerland , praying it to endeavour to enter into commercial relations with Japan , the council has expressed its readiness to do ¦
so , in the event of an ambassador beipg sent from that country to Europe ^ - -A letter from Sweden , of the 30 th ult , says thatthe Prince Regent had returned on the previous day fronihirtou ^ immediately dissolved the provisional government , and afterwards visited the King and Queen at Drottningholmf-- ~ ---The King and Queen of Holland , the Prince of Orange , Prince Alexander arid the Prince arid Princess Henry of the Netherlands , accompanied by a numerous suite , left the Hague on " the
3 rd for Amsterdam . The Prince and Princess Frederick and their daughter the Princess Maria met the " veorschoten , and proceeded with it to Amsterdam , where ( Splendid fetes were given on the 4 th , on the occasion of the anniversary of the birth of the Prince of Orange , who came of age on that day . There was a grand review next day , and a diplomatic reception , and the King gave a state dinner at the place . — . —The Madrid Gazette states that there was an increase in the Spanish revenue of last July over that of 1857 ,
amounting to 9 , 892 , 930 reals . The ministerial journals confirm the statements eurrentfor some time past of the intentions of the Government to chastise the Riff pirates for their aggressions on the subjects of Spain in that quarter . By news from the Basque provinces we learn that the anniversary of the convention of Verg & ra , by which their constitutional rights were preserved to them when they acknowledged Isabella as ttoir sovereign , had been celebrated with great pomp . This is considered an answer to the pretentions of the son of Don Carlos
to the Spanish thrpne , and also an expression of their resolution to enjoy their present prosperity in peace , and not seek to embroil themselves in civil war . The robbery of church ornaments in Spain , which we mentioned some time since as prevailing , but which had been cheeked by the vigilance of the authorities , has been again commenced ; the last church plundered was that of Quintillana del Monte , which was . completely gutted about a week ago . —— - A grand banquet was held } n K-iUarney , on Tuesday evening , in honour of the
laying of the Atlantic cable , to which his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and other distinguished guests were invited . The dinner was given in the principal apartment of the naagnificent Railway Hotel . About 100 persons were present . The Right Hon . JL R . Herbert , M-P . > was in the chair . On his right sat the Lord Lieutenant , and on his left Mr . Gurney , chairman of the Atlantic Telegraph Company . The Duko qf Manchester , the Knight of Kerry , Lord Otho Fitzgerald , Colonel F . Dunne , & c ., were present . The toast of u The Queen /'
was enthusiastically responded to by the coinpany , as was that of " The Lord Lieutenant , " who expressed hew much he was gratified by the honour thus done him ,-and spoke in high terms of the zeal and skill with which the enterprise was carried out . The healths of Sir Charles Bright , Mr . Whitehouse , and the other scientific gentlemen connected with the laying of the cable , were received with loud applause . The communication between the two ends of the telegraph have been interrupted for nearly a fortnight , and it is feared that the injury which the line has evidently suffered may be at too great a distance from the shore to be repaired .
At the Guildhall on Friday , William Thomas Barns , the son , and Lucy Barns , the the wife of Mr . Barns , the auctioneer and picture dealer of St . Raul's Churchyard , surrendered before Alderman Wire to answer the charge p | conspiracy to defraud Mr . Robert Herries Peter of sums of money amounting to afeS < 1200 £ ., and a bill of exchange for 1 , 000 ? ., by false pretences . Mr , Sleigh said that Mr . Peter was not present , and that a corrupt settlement must have been effected to put an end to the case , The solicitors and counsel on both sides denied any knowledge with regard to a compromise , and after some conversation , the case was again adjourned , the defendants being hel 4 to bait