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The Week.
a , competent person to place them on a footing similar to that which prevailed in this coimtiy . Lord Stanley agreed in much that hacl fallen from Sir C . AVood , ancl without under-estimating the nature of the difficulties thoy had to contend with in India , he felt bound to say that he considered those difficulties as only temporary . As there was not a very sanguine prospect of an increase to a large amount in the revenue , they could only look to a reduction of the expenditure as the chief means of balancing the account . The position
of India was so critical , that it might be that on a future day tho necessity might arise of considering whether this country might lend its aid to India in the shape of a guarantee for a loan . Mr . Bright repudiated the idea of any guarantee from this country for a loan , as it hacl no control over the expenditure of India . He thought ive wore now reaping the fruits of our insane annexation policy . Sir C . AA'ood rejilied ; when a bill was agreed to for a loan of £ 5 , 000 , 000 . On Tuesday the Income Tax Bill was road a third time and passed . The Police Law
Amendment Bill passed through committee . Sir G . C . Lewis withdrew for tho jiresent the Roman Catholic Charities Bill , and will bring in another on the same subject early next session . In the meantime he would jiropose a continuance of the Exemjition Bill . Several members expressed their approval of such a course , while others dissented from it . The order for going into committee on the bill was discharged . In tho evening sitting , Sir G . C . Lewis said he intended to bring iu a continuance bill of the Roman Catholic Exemjition Bill next evening . Mr . Hutt would
give it every ojiposition in his power . Colonel French called attention to the Norwich election . Lord Bury had accepted office under tho crown , and was re-elected . Since that the election committee had reported both Lord Bury and Mr . Schneider , by their agents , guilty of bribery . The gallant colonel wished to know if , under these circumstances , Lord Bury could sit and vote . Sir G . C . Grey said Lord Bury did not intend to take his seat , and the Speaker referred Colonel French to tho law of Parliament on the subjectivhich he
, paid was very clear and distinct . Mr . M . Milnes moved that au humble address be presented to her Majesty relative to the assaults and cruelties committed on merchant seamen engaged in traffic between this country and the United States of America , Mr . J . Ewart seconded the motion . Sir G . C . Lewis , while acknowledging the
importance of the subject , said it did not come within the territorial law of the country . Still , if such things could bo brought under the extradition treaties , he could see nothing but advantage to accrue from it . The motion was agreed to . On Wednesday , new writs were issued for Taunton , in the room of l . ir . Laboucbere , raised to the peerage , and for Devonport , in tho room of Sir E . Perry , ajipointed to the Council for India . The Law of Property and Trustee Relief Amendment Bill was passed through committee . The vote of £ 2 , 000 for a National Portrait
Gallery -was carried by a majority of 141 to 35 . A discussion took place ou the vote of £ 2 , 000 for the purchase of Sir G . HaytePs j . ictiu-o of tli 3 " First Reformed Parliament , " which is already paid for . On a division there appeared equal numbers for and against , and the chairman giving bis casting vote in its favour , it was passd . A vote of £ 9 , 900 for the erection of temporary promises , at Kensington Gore , for the recejition of the pictures from the A ' ernon and Turner Galleries , was carried by a majority of 43 . £ 5 , 000 was also voted to Mr . Barber in consideration of
the sufferings lie had undergone and his distressed circumstances . After the remaining business had been disposed of , the house adjourned . CoJiJiEnciAi . ; AM PUBLIC COMPANIES . —The proposed dividend of the Great Northern Railway Company , for the half-year ending the 30 th of June , 1859 , is at the rate of Sg- per cent , per annum , or the same as ill 1 S 5 S . This distribution will give 3 per cent , for tho half-year to the B stock , and 7 s . 6 d . j > er cent , to the A stock . At the half-yearly mooting of the EnglishScottishand Australian Chartered Bankthe
, , , report and accounts were adopted , and a dividend declared at tho rate of 4 per cent , per annum , free of income tax . The meeting of the London Discount Company passed over in a very satisfactory manner , the report of the directors being agreed to , and tho dividend at the rata of 5 per cent , declared . The progress of the institution seems to be considered favourable ; and had it not been for the forgeries of J . Lockhart Morton the amount of divisible profit would have been much greater . The accountsneverthelesspresent satisfactory featuresand with
-, , , pru dence in management advantageous results may yet be achieved . The liquidators of the AVestern Bank of London are prepared to return £ 20 per share on the 22 nd instant , and every hope is entertained that the total amount will reach ujiwards of £ 40 per share , as from the first was estimated by Mr . Frederick Maynard , the accountant .
Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
HAYMAIIKET TIIEATBE . —The only novelty of the week was the production yesterday of a new farce by Mr . C . Mathews , entitled " Out of Sight , Out of Mind , " which we must defer noticing till next week . PRINCESS ' THEATBI .. —This week the performances consisted of the " Corsican Brothers , " and " A Midsummer Night ' s Dream . " The former of these pieces has beer , celebrated for years as the must effective uielodrama ever produced on any stage , while "A Midsummer Night ' s Dream " is famed as one of the most graceful anil elegant of the Shak .-iiK . rian revivals which hsiye been sceii . it the Princess ' s Theatre ,
Public Amusements.
Outline TEEATRE . — "AA'hy Did You Die ?"—a very pleasant farce , written years ago by Mi-. Charles Mathews , was revived on Monday night This comical piece requires good acting in all the parts , and is therefore well suited to the Olympic company . Mrs . Leigh Murray as a lady of the high bred order , Mr . Addison as a grumpy husband , Mr . G . Yining as a dashing young gallant of the modern school , Mrs . Emden and Mr . H . AVigan as the English maid and the Irish footman , and Miss Cottrell as the jn-etty niecearo all fitted with characters suitable to their
, talents . STEAND TIIEATBE . — " Captain Charlotte , " with Miss Mary AVilton , has been produced as a change this week ; and the costume and acting of that young lady havo carried off a somewhat meagre farce very triumphantly . In the " School for Coquettes , " tho fair manageress , resumes her sway over her admiring audience , who , however little they may think of the comedy , do not fail to express theii ^ iva rm admiration
of the charming heroine . The "Lady of Lyons" burlesque continues its mirth provoking career . The situations are so absurd , and the guise in which they are depictured so facetious , that we much doubt if the venerable Lytton Buliver himself , were ho present , could refrain from joining iu the universal caohhmation . The dialogue of this extraordinary production is bristling with the most unpardonable puns , and oven " Owen Meredith" himself might learn something new in the way of rhymes by studying Mr . Byron .
Obituary.
Obituary .
THE KING OF SAA'EDEN AND NORWAY . BR . OSCAB ( Joseph Francis ) , King of Sweden and Norway , and of the Goths ancl Vandals , was the supreme head of the Masonie Order in Sweden and Norway . The late king was the son of King Charles John XIV ., the famous Marshal Bernadotte , Prince of Ponte Corvo , by his consort ( who is still living ) , JEugenie Bernardine Desiree ClaryQueen
, Dowager , sister-in-law of Joseph Bonaparte , King of Naples , and afterwards King of Spain . King Oscar was born the 4 th of July , 1799 , and was mueh beloved by his father . To him Bernadotte , then three years Crown Prince of Sweden , addressed his memorable and affectionate letter from Lubeck after the terrible struggle at Leipsie in 1813 . Bernadotte became King ' of Sweden the 5 th of February , ISIS , and Oscar
succeeded him on the throne the Sth of March , 1844 , and was crowned at Stockholm on the 28 th of September of the same year . He married . the 19 th of June , 1 S 23 , Josephine Maximilian Eugenie , the daughter of the celebrated Prince Eugene de Beauharnais , Duke of Leuchteiiberg , and the first cousin of the present Emperor of tho French , by whom he leaves three sons , Charles his successor ; Oscar , Duke of Ostragothia ; and Augustus , Duke of Dalecarlia ; and one daughterthe Princess
, Charlotte Eugenie . King Oscar died on the Sth inst ., at Stockholm , after an illness ivhich had incapacitated him from taking any active jiart in the government of his kingdom since the month of September , 1 S 57 . He is succeeded by his eldest son , Charles , Prince Royal , Duke of Scania , who was , on the proposition of the king , his father , appointed regent by the representative bodies of Sweden and Norway , the 25 th of
September , 1857 , when his father ' s illness rendered such office necessary , and who now becomes king as Charles XV . His majesty was born the 3 rd of May , 1826 , and married , the 19 th of Juno , 1 S 50 , the Princess Louisa , daughter of Prince AVilliam of the Netherlands , by whom he has a daughter , the Princess Louisa Josephine Eugenie .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
ROI-AL BEXEYOLEXT INSTITUTION FOB AGED MASONS . —In our number of July 16 , we stated in our leading article that an aged brother had been for twenty-two years a recipient of the benefits of tho above institution . This was manifestly an error , since the same article states that tho fund hacl only been established seventeen years . Bno . DESQUESSES . —Your communication has been dul y receivedand
, shall be considered next week . " Pi . R . "—AA ' c havo not seen the notice to which you refer . " 0 . P . Q . " is thanked for his suggestion . "X . " —Tho verses aro not , perhajM , critically speak-big , elegant , but wc quite agree with their sentiment , and so , we think , do must of our
re .-i lers . ' ¦ G . G . " —Col . Tynto was prevented from attending by illness , to the great regret of the brethren ( sec our rejiort ) ,
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The Week.
a , competent person to place them on a footing similar to that which prevailed in this coimtiy . Lord Stanley agreed in much that hacl fallen from Sir C . AVood , ancl without under-estimating the nature of the difficulties thoy had to contend with in India , he felt bound to say that he considered those difficulties as only temporary . As there was not a very sanguine prospect of an increase to a large amount in the revenue , they could only look to a reduction of the expenditure as the chief means of balancing the account . The position
of India was so critical , that it might be that on a future day tho necessity might arise of considering whether this country might lend its aid to India in the shape of a guarantee for a loan . Mr . Bright repudiated the idea of any guarantee from this country for a loan , as it hacl no control over the expenditure of India . He thought ive wore now reaping the fruits of our insane annexation policy . Sir C . AA'ood rejilied ; when a bill was agreed to for a loan of £ 5 , 000 , 000 . On Tuesday the Income Tax Bill was road a third time and passed . The Police Law
Amendment Bill passed through committee . Sir G . C . Lewis withdrew for tho jiresent the Roman Catholic Charities Bill , and will bring in another on the same subject early next session . In the meantime he would jiropose a continuance of the Exemjition Bill . Several members expressed their approval of such a course , while others dissented from it . The order for going into committee on the bill was discharged . In tho evening sitting , Sir G . C . Lewis said he intended to bring iu a continuance bill of the Roman Catholic Exemjition Bill next evening . Mr . Hutt would
give it every ojiposition in his power . Colonel French called attention to the Norwich election . Lord Bury had accepted office under tho crown , and was re-elected . Since that the election committee had reported both Lord Bury and Mr . Schneider , by their agents , guilty of bribery . The gallant colonel wished to know if , under these circumstances , Lord Bury could sit and vote . Sir G . C . Grey said Lord Bury did not intend to take his seat , and the Speaker referred Colonel French to tho law of Parliament on the subjectivhich he
, paid was very clear and distinct . Mr . M . Milnes moved that au humble address be presented to her Majesty relative to the assaults and cruelties committed on merchant seamen engaged in traffic between this country and the United States of America , Mr . J . Ewart seconded the motion . Sir G . C . Lewis , while acknowledging the
importance of the subject , said it did not come within the territorial law of the country . Still , if such things could bo brought under the extradition treaties , he could see nothing but advantage to accrue from it . The motion was agreed to . On Wednesday , new writs were issued for Taunton , in the room of l . ir . Laboucbere , raised to the peerage , and for Devonport , in tho room of Sir E . Perry , ajipointed to the Council for India . The Law of Property and Trustee Relief Amendment Bill was passed through committee . The vote of £ 2 , 000 for a National Portrait
Gallery -was carried by a majority of 141 to 35 . A discussion took place ou the vote of £ 2 , 000 for the purchase of Sir G . HaytePs j . ictiu-o of tli 3 " First Reformed Parliament , " which is already paid for . On a division there appeared equal numbers for and against , and the chairman giving bis casting vote in its favour , it was passd . A vote of £ 9 , 900 for the erection of temporary promises , at Kensington Gore , for the recejition of the pictures from the A ' ernon and Turner Galleries , was carried by a majority of 43 . £ 5 , 000 was also voted to Mr . Barber in consideration of
the sufferings lie had undergone and his distressed circumstances . After the remaining business had been disposed of , the house adjourned . CoJiJiEnciAi . ; AM PUBLIC COMPANIES . —The proposed dividend of the Great Northern Railway Company , for the half-year ending the 30 th of June , 1859 , is at the rate of Sg- per cent , per annum , or the same as ill 1 S 5 S . This distribution will give 3 per cent , for tho half-year to the B stock , and 7 s . 6 d . j > er cent , to the A stock . At the half-yearly mooting of the EnglishScottishand Australian Chartered Bankthe
, , , report and accounts were adopted , and a dividend declared at tho rate of 4 per cent , per annum , free of income tax . The meeting of the London Discount Company passed over in a very satisfactory manner , the report of the directors being agreed to , and tho dividend at the rata of 5 per cent , declared . The progress of the institution seems to be considered favourable ; and had it not been for the forgeries of J . Lockhart Morton the amount of divisible profit would have been much greater . The accountsneverthelesspresent satisfactory featuresand with
-, , , pru dence in management advantageous results may yet be achieved . The liquidators of the AVestern Bank of London are prepared to return £ 20 per share on the 22 nd instant , and every hope is entertained that the total amount will reach ujiwards of £ 40 per share , as from the first was estimated by Mr . Frederick Maynard , the accountant .
Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
HAYMAIIKET TIIEATBE . —The only novelty of the week was the production yesterday of a new farce by Mr . C . Mathews , entitled " Out of Sight , Out of Mind , " which we must defer noticing till next week . PRINCESS ' THEATBI .. —This week the performances consisted of the " Corsican Brothers , " and " A Midsummer Night ' s Dream . " The former of these pieces has beer , celebrated for years as the must effective uielodrama ever produced on any stage , while "A Midsummer Night ' s Dream " is famed as one of the most graceful anil elegant of the Shak .-iiK . rian revivals which hsiye been sceii . it the Princess ' s Theatre ,
Public Amusements.
Outline TEEATRE . — "AA'hy Did You Die ?"—a very pleasant farce , written years ago by Mi-. Charles Mathews , was revived on Monday night This comical piece requires good acting in all the parts , and is therefore well suited to the Olympic company . Mrs . Leigh Murray as a lady of the high bred order , Mr . Addison as a grumpy husband , Mr . G . Yining as a dashing young gallant of the modern school , Mrs . Emden and Mr . H . AVigan as the English maid and the Irish footman , and Miss Cottrell as the jn-etty niecearo all fitted with characters suitable to their
, talents . STEAND TIIEATBE . — " Captain Charlotte , " with Miss Mary AVilton , has been produced as a change this week ; and the costume and acting of that young lady havo carried off a somewhat meagre farce very triumphantly . In the " School for Coquettes , " tho fair manageress , resumes her sway over her admiring audience , who , however little they may think of the comedy , do not fail to express theii ^ iva rm admiration
of the charming heroine . The "Lady of Lyons" burlesque continues its mirth provoking career . The situations are so absurd , and the guise in which they are depictured so facetious , that we much doubt if the venerable Lytton Buliver himself , were ho present , could refrain from joining iu the universal caohhmation . The dialogue of this extraordinary production is bristling with the most unpardonable puns , and oven " Owen Meredith" himself might learn something new in the way of rhymes by studying Mr . Byron .
Obituary.
Obituary .
THE KING OF SAA'EDEN AND NORWAY . BR . OSCAB ( Joseph Francis ) , King of Sweden and Norway , and of the Goths ancl Vandals , was the supreme head of the Masonie Order in Sweden and Norway . The late king was the son of King Charles John XIV ., the famous Marshal Bernadotte , Prince of Ponte Corvo , by his consort ( who is still living ) , JEugenie Bernardine Desiree ClaryQueen
, Dowager , sister-in-law of Joseph Bonaparte , King of Naples , and afterwards King of Spain . King Oscar was born the 4 th of July , 1799 , and was mueh beloved by his father . To him Bernadotte , then three years Crown Prince of Sweden , addressed his memorable and affectionate letter from Lubeck after the terrible struggle at Leipsie in 1813 . Bernadotte became King ' of Sweden the 5 th of February , ISIS , and Oscar
succeeded him on the throne the Sth of March , 1844 , and was crowned at Stockholm on the 28 th of September of the same year . He married . the 19 th of June , 1 S 23 , Josephine Maximilian Eugenie , the daughter of the celebrated Prince Eugene de Beauharnais , Duke of Leuchteiiberg , and the first cousin of the present Emperor of tho French , by whom he leaves three sons , Charles his successor ; Oscar , Duke of Ostragothia ; and Augustus , Duke of Dalecarlia ; and one daughterthe Princess
, Charlotte Eugenie . King Oscar died on the Sth inst ., at Stockholm , after an illness ivhich had incapacitated him from taking any active jiart in the government of his kingdom since the month of September , 1 S 57 . He is succeeded by his eldest son , Charles , Prince Royal , Duke of Scania , who was , on the proposition of the king , his father , appointed regent by the representative bodies of Sweden and Norway , the 25 th of
September , 1857 , when his father ' s illness rendered such office necessary , and who now becomes king as Charles XV . His majesty was born the 3 rd of May , 1826 , and married , the 19 th of Juno , 1 S 50 , the Princess Louisa , daughter of Prince AVilliam of the Netherlands , by whom he has a daughter , the Princess Louisa Josephine Eugenie .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
ROI-AL BEXEYOLEXT INSTITUTION FOB AGED MASONS . —In our number of July 16 , we stated in our leading article that an aged brother had been for twenty-two years a recipient of the benefits of tho above institution . This was manifestly an error , since the same article states that tho fund hacl only been established seventeen years . Bno . DESQUESSES . —Your communication has been dul y receivedand
, shall be considered next week . " Pi . R . "—AA ' c havo not seen the notice to which you refer . " 0 . P . Q . " is thanked for his suggestion . "X . " —Tho verses aro not , perhajM , critically speak-big , elegant , but wc quite agree with their sentiment , and so , we think , do must of our
re .-i lers . ' ¦ G . G . " —Col . Tynto was prevented from attending by illness , to the great regret of the brethren ( sec our rejiort ) ,