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The Week.
a dividend of 2 i per cent , was declared , leaving a considerable amount to be carried to the next account . -Messrs . Rothschild have issued propositions for an Austrian loan of £ 6 , 000 , 000 , at the price of £ 80 for every £ 100 stock , bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent , per annum ; the English capitalists have so poor an opinion of the security that they ivill not give more than 7 &> for it ,. ——The Boston election , rendered necessary by Mr . AV . H . Adams having accepted the of Derbis fixed to take lace to when it is auticinated that
recordership y , p -morrow , Mr . Adams will be re-elected without opposition . The demolition of Montague House , in AVhitehall Gardens , the residence of the Duke of Buccleugh , is to be forthwith commenced . The house was built by the last Duke of Montagu , on crown land , and on his death passed to his daughter , married to the late Duke of Buccleugh , from whom the present duke inherited it . A palatial residence is to be raised on the old site . -To-morrowThursdaythe 3 rd of
, , February , is the next clay for conferring degrees at Oxford . It has been already stated that there would be a considerable increase in the navy estimates for the years ending 1859-60 , ancl we have now to state that , although it had been generally believed there would be no increase iu the number of seamen voted for , we have good foundation for stating that there will be au increase of 3 , 000 men . The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland , ancl the Commissioners of Supply iu the different counties , recently memorialised the Treasury on the
subject of treasure trove , ancl an official order from that department just promulgated , henceforth recognizes the right of finders of ancient coins , gold or silver ornaments , or other relics of antiquity in Scotland , to receive from the Treasury their actual value , on delivering them up on behalf of the crown to the sheriff . — - — According to the Troy Times , an American journal , Europe is promised a visit from a couple of rival aeronauts , who expect to make tlie trip in sixty hours . Some three hundred of the people of Gweedoresays the Londonderry Journalhave left
, , this country for New South AA'ales : 600 more are to follow . AA ' ere we in the place of landlords , we should regret if our acts hacl any influence on this wholesale exodus . These gentlemen have improved their property , we presume , according to modern usage . Men and women retire to make room for sheep and cows . This is Donegal improvement .
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS . THE dramatic news - market is flat . " Satanella , " under the auspices of Miss Louisa Pyne , continues to attract at Covent Garden . -The pantomime at Drury Lane , chaw crowds nightly , ancl most of the smaller houses , now that town is filling , seem to be doing ivell also . " The Sister ' s Sacrifice , " and Mr . Brough ' s extremely witty burlesque , are together filling the Lyceum . The Haymarket
has a staunch public of its own , faithful as the renowned dog Tray , whom , according to the song , " grief could not drive away ; " and it has tbe popular manager ' s own successful pantomine . The tide of success which the attractive " Maid ancl Magpie" aud " Kenilworth" have caused to set in strongly upon the little Strand still continues . Of the last novelty which has appeared at the Adelphi Theatre , the least saicl is soonest mended . — -The annual meeting of the Drury Lane shareholders took place on Thursday , when ifc appeared from the accounts that tbe
estate is solvent . A proprietor or two urged that the theatre was underlet at £ 4000 a year , and a further sum of £ 155 for extra performances . They referred to a former tenant at the rate of £ ' 10 , 000 , bufc without stating whether saicl tenant hacl paid it , or for how long . The majority thought they were well off iu having one who paid his rent punctually , kept the playh > use open and the property undepreciated , aucl stood fair before the world through good aud evil fortune , like Mr . Smith , They therefore voted that gentleman their thanks , and carried the report of the committee .
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The Week.
a dividend of 2 i per cent , was declared , leaving a considerable amount to be carried to the next account . -Messrs . Rothschild have issued propositions for an Austrian loan of £ 6 , 000 , 000 , at the price of £ 80 for every £ 100 stock , bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent , per annum ; the English capitalists have so poor an opinion of the security that they ivill not give more than 7 &> for it ,. ——The Boston election , rendered necessary by Mr . AV . H . Adams having accepted the of Derbis fixed to take lace to when it is auticinated that
recordership y , p -morrow , Mr . Adams will be re-elected without opposition . The demolition of Montague House , in AVhitehall Gardens , the residence of the Duke of Buccleugh , is to be forthwith commenced . The house was built by the last Duke of Montagu , on crown land , and on his death passed to his daughter , married to the late Duke of Buccleugh , from whom the present duke inherited it . A palatial residence is to be raised on the old site . -To-morrowThursdaythe 3 rd of
, , February , is the next clay for conferring degrees at Oxford . It has been already stated that there would be a considerable increase in the navy estimates for the years ending 1859-60 , ancl we have now to state that , although it had been generally believed there would be no increase iu the number of seamen voted for , we have good foundation for stating that there will be au increase of 3 , 000 men . The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland , ancl the Commissioners of Supply iu the different counties , recently memorialised the Treasury on the
subject of treasure trove , ancl an official order from that department just promulgated , henceforth recognizes the right of finders of ancient coins , gold or silver ornaments , or other relics of antiquity in Scotland , to receive from the Treasury their actual value , on delivering them up on behalf of the crown to the sheriff . — - — According to the Troy Times , an American journal , Europe is promised a visit from a couple of rival aeronauts , who expect to make tlie trip in sixty hours . Some three hundred of the people of Gweedoresays the Londonderry Journalhave left
, , this country for New South AA'ales : 600 more are to follow . AA ' ere we in the place of landlords , we should regret if our acts hacl any influence on this wholesale exodus . These gentlemen have improved their property , we presume , according to modern usage . Men and women retire to make room for sheep and cows . This is Donegal improvement .
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS . THE dramatic news - market is flat . " Satanella , " under the auspices of Miss Louisa Pyne , continues to attract at Covent Garden . -The pantomime at Drury Lane , chaw crowds nightly , ancl most of the smaller houses , now that town is filling , seem to be doing ivell also . " The Sister ' s Sacrifice , " and Mr . Brough ' s extremely witty burlesque , are together filling the Lyceum . The Haymarket
has a staunch public of its own , faithful as the renowned dog Tray , whom , according to the song , " grief could not drive away ; " and it has tbe popular manager ' s own successful pantomine . The tide of success which the attractive " Maid ancl Magpie" aud " Kenilworth" have caused to set in strongly upon the little Strand still continues . Of the last novelty which has appeared at the Adelphi Theatre , the least saicl is soonest mended . — -The annual meeting of the Drury Lane shareholders took place on Thursday , when ifc appeared from the accounts that tbe
estate is solvent . A proprietor or two urged that the theatre was underlet at £ 4000 a year , and a further sum of £ 155 for extra performances . They referred to a former tenant at the rate of £ ' 10 , 000 , bufc without stating whether saicl tenant hacl paid it , or for how long . The majority thought they were well off iu having one who paid his rent punctually , kept the playh > use open and the property undepreciated , aucl stood fair before the world through good aud evil fortune , like Mr . Smith , They therefore voted that gentleman their thanks , and carried the report of the committee .