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      Record Of The Week. Home And Colonial. T...

      of beer exported from October , 1858 , to October , 1859 , from the United Kingdom , was £ 2 , 420 , 670 . On Sunday evening- last there were the usual disturbances which lave for months past disgraced the parish church of St . Georige ' sin-ithe-Bast . On Saturday morning last , at Mincing * Lane , Tom Sayers was presented with a purse containing one hundred sovereigns by the sugar brokers , indigo dealers , and other members of the Commercial Sale Rooms . Most of the volunteer rifle corps in the metropolis had their march out on Saturday ; that day being , as regards the majority of members , the most convenient for practice , and the performance of military evolutions . It is understood that the Duke of Argyll , Lord Privy Seal , will undertake the duties of Postmaster-General in the absence of the Earl of Elgin , now on a mission to the Court of Pekin .

      Reform Meetings have been held during the week m various parts of the country , in support of the ministerial measure . On Tuesday morning last , a meeting of noblemen and gentlemen took place at the Society of Arts , Adelphi , for the purpose of promoting a communication between the districts lying north and south of Hyde Park ; the Right Honourable Earl Grosvenor , M . P ., in the chair . The necessity for a new road across Hyde Park was recognised by a Committee of the House of Commons in 1855 . ¦ Resolutions in favour of the object were made , and that petitions be presented to both Houses . The members and friends of the Church Missionary Society held their Annual Meeting at Exeter Hally on Tuesday morning . A brilliant volunteer ball took place last evening 1 , in the magnificent room of the Whittington Club , under the patronage of the Bight Honourable Viscount Ranelagh and other distinguished officers .

      On Tuesday night a ball and concert , under the patronage of the general committee for the benefit of the superannuated members of the Royal Standard Society , was held in St . James ' s Hall , Regent Street , and very largely attended by the members and friends , there being somewhere about 700 present . At a meeting p"f the Governors of Queen ' s Hospital , Birmingham , on Monday , Div Wade was unanimously elected a physician , in the rocm of Dr . Waller , resigned . Tlie annnal meeting of-the Protestant Reformation Society was held on Monday in the Hanover Square Room * . The anniversary meeting of the Zoological Society of London , for the election of council and officers for the ensuing year , was held at their House in Hanover . Square , " bu Monday , the 30 fch ult ., Professor Owen in the chair . Reports from the council and auditors were read , detailing the proceedings of the society since the last anniversary .

      On Wednesday evening about five o ' clock , a fire broke out in the Eusfcon Hotel , Euston Square . By eight o ' c lock , the fire was extinguished , but not until sixty-two rooms were partiallydestroyed , and the roof right round the building burnt off . The origin of the castastrophe is not precisely known . All tlie persons who were in the ¦ Sailors' Home at Liverpool on the ¦ night that . it-was destroyed by fire , have been found , with the —exception- ^ fLtwoT-jKho-ar ^ JiQweverf-gupposed to be alive somewhere

      in the town . With respect to the building itself , it is feared that the walls have beeu so seriously injured , that they will have to be entirely rebuilt . The trial of small bore rifles proposed to be made at Hythe by the Council of the 'National-Rifle Association took place on the 2 nd insfc . The result of the trial showed the superiority of the Whitworth rifle , as Mr . Goodman and the united gunmakers withdrew from the contest before the appointed number of shots had been fired at 800 yards range . London General Omnibus Company ( Limited ) : —Traffic receipts , week ending April 29 th , £ 10 , 789 . 19 * . id .

      Ou Wednesday evening , the ISth Anniversary Meeting of the friends and supporters of the Field Lane Refuges and Ragged Schools-took place at St . Martin's Hull . Tho report stated that upwards of 10 , 000 of the poor and destitute had been participators in the benefits of these charities , and of this number 1 , 580 hud been removed from the streets and placed in positions Where , by tho exercise of their own industry , they wore enabled to maintain themselves respectably and independently . The quarterly return of the Registrar-General shows that 101 , 000 persons married in tho last quarter of the year 1851 ) . Tho births of 183 , 200 children were registered in tho quarter that ended on tho 31 st of March last . 122 , 042 deaths were registered in tho winter quarter .

      Kay 5 A 1860.J The Leader And Saturday A...

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      Fokeion. From Vienna, April 30:—Count Ap...

      FOKEION . From Vienna , April 30 : —Count Apponyi and Messrs . Mumrnnn , Schoelles , and Vay will , it is said , bo appointed Councillors ,, of State . From Naples , April 27 : —After tho destruction of tho town of Carini , tho royol troops returned by steamer to Palermo . -. A light between tho insurgents . and tho soldiers has talcon place nt Alcauo . Move ambulances have been despatched to Sicily . Letters from Naples to tho 28 th inst ., confirm that Carini had been taken by assault after three clays' fighting . Tho town had suffered greatly . , From Turin , April 30 th , wo learn that tho treaty of tho 21 th March will bo discussed after tho boundaries of tho two States have been regulated wiLli France . Tho . Pairio and Pays of May 1 state that dospatchos havo drrivod from Spain .-confirming 1 the statoineut thnt Count _

      Montcmolin and his brother have proposed to recognise the sovereignty of Queen Isabella . Prince Chigi , colonel of the Papal Guard , has tendered his resig nation , in order to take service . as a simple gunner . The clipper ship ' Ocean Chief , Captain Brown , * which sailed from Melbourne on the 24 th January , has arrived at Queenstown , and brings 32 , 000 ounces of gold . By telegram , April 21 sfc , we learn that great misery prevails in Palermo . Letters assert that within the last twelvemonths successive levies have raised the Neapolitan army to 160 , 000 men . The intelligence from Naples , April [ 24 th , is that tranquillity prevails . The head quarters of the royal troops have been removed to Aquila . It is rumoured that they are destined to co-operate with General Lamoriciere .

      " Vienna , April 29 fch . The official Weiner Zeituitg of to-day publishes an Imperial decree , annulling paragraph 29 of the Civil Code , according to which " it was necessary for foreigners , who were the proprietors of any business requiring a regular domicile in the country , to become Austrian subjects . " The same paper also publishes an autograph letter of the Emperor , dated the 22 nd instant , decreeing the dissolution of the provincial governments of Cracow and Czernowitz . . Beme , April 28 th : —The Bund contains a statement to the effect that a communication had been made by France to Switzerland , asking the latter power to relinquish her right in reference to the neutralised districts of Savoy , in consideration of an indemnity of 50 , 000 , 000 f .

      Letters from Rome to the 24 th inst ., state : " The Bishops of the Romagna "have received a . prohibition against taking any part in the reception of King Victor Emmanuel . The correspondent of the Journal des JDebats , whose expulsioa from Rome had been commanded by His Holiness , has obtained a delay of twenty days . The Moniteur of Wednesday , May , 2 nd , publishes a note of M . Thouvenel of the 7 th of April , relative to the neutralization of Savoy . In this note M . Thouvenel contests the pretensions of Switzerland , and declares that France fully accepts , the execution of Article ninety-two of the Final Act of Vienna . ¦ . ' .. ^ From Bologna we learn , that the inhabitants of Central Italy have everywhere given the king an enthusiastic reception during his progress . ' _ . _ . _ . _ . . . ... . ¦ ' the Chamber

      From Berlin , May 2 nd : —The Military Commission of of Deputies resolved , at its last sitting , * to propose the granting of a credit of 5 , 500 , 0 0 0 thalers for one year , to be applied to army reforms . * ¦ ¦¦ _ In Tuesday ' s sitting of the Hanoverian Diet the Military Committee moved that tho plan proposed by Government for the fortification of the const should be " rejected , and the necessary supplies refused . ¦ ' ¦ - A decree granting a general amnesty has been published afc Madrid . Count da Montemolin and his brother will take their departure from Spain . . News from America , to the 21 st ult ., has arrived . A resolution had been passed in the Senate , at Washington , for inquiring into the expediency , of rai § Tng ~ fflIe ^ a ~ rel ^ class . I The Attorney-General , Mr . Black , had received and declined a challenge from ex-Governor Wuiker .

      Tlie Charleston Democratic Convention was the topic which absorbed public attention . The treaty which had been concluded with Spam provides for the ascertaining and settling of all pending claims . Tlie steamer Roanoke will land the Japanese Embassy at New York . , ¦ ,, / . «« - ' The town of Sorisburg hud been entirely destroyed by fire . The Bank of Tennesse had suspended payment . - Madrid , April 28 . The official Gazette confirms that the treaty of peace between Spain and Morocco was signed on the 20 th inst . The mail steamer Niagara , which reached Queenstown on Sunday , brings tho following latest intelligence : New _ York , April 19—The Arago arrived hero yesterday . Stocks active and better . Cotton market dull ; sales in-three days 4000 bale * Bread stuffs quiet , but firm . Provisions firm .

      Entertainments. At The Roy At, Italian O...

      ENTERTAINMENTS . At the Roy at , Italian Opkka , Co vent Garden , Madame Miolan-Curvalho has added to her reputation among us , by her delightful singing in Auber * s popular opera " Fra IMnvolo , " and her admirable dramatic personation of ia heroine Zerlina . Tho effect of her first air , " Quell uomo al fiero aspetto , " was dimmed by the reserve of tho numerous anuiteuiw who thronged the house on Tuesday , and who wore reluctant to- award tho applause they had been used to lavish upon her predecessor , Madame Bosio . As the opera progressed , however , she gained tho sympathy of all , disbodchambor nlllhu delicacand

      playing , partiiiularly in tho scene ,, .. y brilliancy of singing which Ir . vs msule her fame at tho Opera Lyrique afc Paris . Tho Lord AHcash of the unst is Ronconi , who entors with immense spirit into tho comic business of tho part . Gardoni is tho brigand chief , Fra Duiv ' oto ; and Zelgar his aidede-camp , Giacomo . A full and extremely fashionable house were so liberal of their demonstrations of approval on Tuesday , as to rondor tho run of this delightfu l work an almost certainty . On Monday evening , when for tho benefit and last anpoumnco of Maclllo Piccoiomini , Campunn ' n now opera of " Ahnina' was ffivea , a ' thin house , considering tho former fnrorc oxcitoil by this chnrnniiff lyric actress , attended Hun MA . rusrY ' s Tubvtjib . Tho lovable

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 5, 1860, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05051860/page/21/