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prisoner called out to Colonel M'Killop , that "he would be d if he could do it , " with other mutinous expressions . A drum head court martial was immediately convened , ancl he was sentenced to receive fifty lashes . The prisoner was at once fastened to the halberts , aud the full number of lashes inflicted , after which he was conveyed to Melville Hospital . As soon as he has recovered , he will be sent to Fort Clarence . Last week the births of 914 boys aud 885 girls , iu all 1799 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of 1850-59

the average number was 1650 . The deaths in London in the week were 1268 , showing a slight decrease on those ofthe previous week , and a more considerable decrease on those registered in the earlier half of April , when the weekly number was above 1460 . At tbe Metropolitan Free Hospital , Devonshire-square , City , the aggregate number of patients relieved during the week ending April 28 th , was—medical , 935 ; surgical , 395 ; total , 1320 ; of which 390 were new cases . The Duke of Cambridge , as colonel of the London Rifle Brigade , has fixed this day ,

the 5 th instant , at five o ' clock , p . m ., for an inspection of the regiment , on the parade ground , Horse Guards . It is expected that the corps , which numbers above 1 , 600 members , will muster as many as 1 , 200 strong at the inspection . Earl Grosvenor , lieutenant-colonel commandant of the Queen ' s AVestminster Volunteer Corps , has kindly consented to keep the ground . It is understood thafc the Duke of Argyll , lord privy seal , will undertake the duties of postmaster-general , iu the absence of the Earl of Elginnow on a mission to the court of

, Pekin . Among the religious meetings of the week , the most important was that of the Bible Society , which great institution last year distributed nearly two million copies of the Bible over the whole extent of the habitable globe The question of the practices adopted by Mr . Liddell in the church of Sfc . Barnabas , Pimlico ( this is a different case from that of St . Paul ' s ) , came on in the Appeal Court , Doctors ' Commons , on AArednesday . Dr . Robertson reserved judgment . On Tuesday morning a communication was received by the Provost of Dundeeunder to the of Dundee Prison

, cover Governor , intimat-hi " that her Majesty hacl beeu pleased to grant a respite of the sentence of death recently passed upon * Bridget Kiernan . The provost immediatel y conveyed the welcome news to the poor woman , who burst into tears . On A \ eduesday evening at five o ' clock a great fire broke out afc the Euston Hotel , adjoining the terminus of the London and North AA ' estern Railway ; by eight o'clock the fire was extinguished , but not until sixtytwo rooms were destroyed , or partially so , and the roof right round the building burnt off . The origin of the catastrophe is not yet precisely known , nor yet the offices in which the property was insured .

FOREIGN NEWS . —The Emperor of the French has accepted a hunting knife from Mappin , the Sheffield cutler , and makes the occasion a peg on which to hang some imperial clap trap . He says : — "The offer was the more agreeable to him , as the treaty of commerce seems to have inspired the idea . This treaty you are right in believing with him to whom you attribute the happy initiative—will strongly contribute to increase the relations ancl to draw closer the bonds of friendshi p between the two great nations who march at the head of civilization

and industry . Some further interesting particulars concerning the death of Baron de Bruck have reached us from A ienna . The medical men who examined his body have detected the presence of very active poison , probably morphine or strychnine . His friends sought to conceal the knowledge of bis condition as long as there was any hope of his recovery . No members of the diplomatic )! corps were present at bis funeral , excepting the Turkish Minister , and the Government employes were forbidden to attend it in uniform . Some more of the future

members of the new Austrian Council of State are [ mentioned in the despatches from Alcona . One is Count Apponyi , w < .-ll known in London as the diplomatic representative of Austria at the Court of St . James ' s for a considerable period of time , ancl as a Hungarian of the school of Conservative constitutionalists , ^ ii'fhe oliers are Messrs . Murniann , Sehoelles ,, ancl Vay ,- the latter of whom was the principal member of the deputation of Hungarian Protestants , who , of lute ,

attempted to effect , a compromise with the Imperial Government , concerning the reestablishmeut of the old constitution of the Protestant Church in Hungary , and have , to a certain degree , been successful in it . A funeral ceremony has been gone through at Pesth , attended by a very large concourse of people in commemoration of that true but unfortunate benefactor of the Hungarian nation Count Szeehenyi . A deputation of the first families in Prussia having , a few clays ago , waited upon the Prince Regent to present an address , deprecating the

appointment of Jews to judicial offices , his Highness was pleased to state in answer , that the present condition of the Hebrew question ought to be regarded as very different from that of a quarter of a century ago . In retiring , the deputation , according to custom , thanked his Royal Highness for the gracious reception awarded to them . Ifc is directly denied from Berlin that Prussia has assented to the choice of Paris as the seat of the Conference , by which the claim of Switzerland to Chablais ancl Faucigny is to be settled . The despatches from Berlin

express no confidence whatsoever that there will be a European Conference after all . The Patrie ancl the Pays state that despatches have arrived from Spain confirming the statement that Count Montemolin and his brother have proposed to recognize the sovereignty of Queen Isabella . In the conference between Marshal O'Donnell and Mulay Abbas , all difficulties to the reestablishmeut of peace were removed . Morocco is to pay the indemnity for tbe expenses of the war during the

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course of the year . Being desirous of regaining possession of Tefcuan , she has decided to advance the time of payments . Victor Emmanuel has arrived at Pistoja from whence he is to go to Lucca , and afterwards to Bologna . Letters from Rome to the 24 th insfc ., state " The bishops of fche Romagna have received a prohibition against taking any part in the reception of King Victor Emmanuel . The correspondent of the Journal des Debats , whose expulsion from Rome had been commanded by his holiness , has obtained a delay of twenty days . It is asserted that

the French Minister has pronounced sentence of disciplinary punishment against two officers who were dressed in private clothes during the popular movement of the 19 th of March . " The insurrection in Sicily , instead of being suppressed , is reported to be advancing . The constitutionalists have gained some advantages over the government troops , and it even reported that they have got possession of a sea-port , which is of the greatest importance to them . They are also said to have obtained an armed steamer and a large supply of munitions of war .

From Paris the news has arrived that English and French men of war were hovering about the coast of Sicily ; and , most important of all , it is added that Garibaldi is on his way to take the command of the patriots . Advices have been received from Naples , to the 2 Sth ultimo , which state that the Electrico had arrived at Naples from Palermo , bringing families of the military . The insurgents were meditating au attempt on Palermo . A column which left Messina on the 20 th of April was engaged in serious combats with the insurgents , on the 21 st and 22 nd , at Galati , which town was destroyed . The royal troops fell back upon Messina . Another column , undor the command of General Letigia , hacl

left Palermo , in order to subdue Trapani . If was supported by tsvo frigates . We learn from the American papers that the Japanese embassy to the United States had been received with great honour at San Francisco . They were made the guests of the city ; the corporation had appropriated 20 , 000 dollars for their entertainment ; ancl a grancl public reception was held in their honour . The Japanese will have a curious story to tell on their return of the enthusiasm with which they will have been every where received by Brother Jonathan . The

latest reports from Sicily are contradictory but there is no doubt that the insurgents are in high spirits and that they are commanded by men of energy and ability . It was reported that a Neapolitan General had been captured by the insurgents ; that the seat of government was aboufc to be transferred to Messina ; that the disembarkation of several insurgents hacl had the effect of thoroughly arousing the courage of the others ; and that the garrison of Palermo , although it numbered nearly 20 , 000 men , feared to proceed into the interior . The rumour

of a rising in Calabria is again in circulation . The latest telegrams from Italy describe the reception , by the townspeople and the peasantry of the Romagna , of ¦ King Victor Emmanuel . So all the reports that the king , under advice from Paris , would delay his visit to this new part of his dominions afc least have come to naught . The Patrie publishes a telegram from Madrid , stating that a general amnesty was about to be proclaimed in Spain , aucl that Count de Montemolin and his brother , by taking an oath of fidelity to the queen , would resume their rank as princes of the blood royal at the court . Count Montemolin aucl his brother Ferdinand will take their departure from S ' pain .

COMMERCIAL ; ANO PUBLIC COMPANIES . —The traffic returns of the railways in the United Kingdom , for the week amounted to £ 498 , 730 , and for the corresponding period of last year to £ 463 , 190 , showing an increase of £ 35 , 540 . The gross receipts of the eight railways having their termini in the metropolis amounted to £ 213 , 964 , and for the corresponding week of last year £ 202 , 604 , showing an increase of . £ 11 . 300 . The receipts on tbe other lines in the United- Kingdom amounted to £ 284 , 766 , and for the corresponding period of 1859 to

£ 260 , 526 , showing an increase of £ 24 , 240 in the receipts of those lines , which , added to the increase on the metropolitan lines , makes the total increase £ 35 , 540 , as compared with the corresponding week of 1859 . The extent to which the public have neglected the precaution of having their passbooks verified has been illustrated during the last clay or two by the number of personal applications made for that purpose at the Bank of England and other banking establishments . It is also reported that so far from other banks having been careful on the point

, the only instance that can be called to mind of late years of a banker having personally applied at the Bank of England to check the balance belonging to his firm occurred in the case of Mr . Strahan , who , with his partner , Sir John Paul , was subsequently condemned for appropriating the securities of his customers .

Public Amusements.

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .

HER MAJESTY ' THEATRE . —Mdlle . Piccolomini has , we are told , taken her final leave of fche stage , and for this purpose a new opera has been produced with the view of furnishing another sensation piece for her admirers . Signor Campana is the favoured -maestro , and his opera is called "Almina , " it is pretty and graceful in the melodies , but has no stamina to promise a long life , but some of the quieter movements have great elegance and delicacy . The finale of the first act is , in some points , new . There is a good chorus in the fourth scene of act the third , the music for the tenor lies well for his voice ; but that for the soprano appears to be less happy , owing , it may be , to the fault of Mdlle . Piccolomini . Cleverly though sho acted , her singing so often passed the