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. regiment to . be placed under arrest on a charge of mutiny , into which it ia generally believed that an inquiry will h « instituted . Some . particulars : of a most detestable series of outrages , committed by Austrian cavalry officers at Lodi , Jjave been communicated by the Daily News Turin correspondent . The officers had been dining at an hotel , where they . all gat drunk , apparently to a state of madness . They then brought in several of the most . infamous prostitutes of the town , with whomthey conducted themselves in a manner too disgraceful to be particularized . They next throttled the . master of the hotel , threw him on the ground , stripped him naked , walked round him , . and , : as-they passed ,-subjected ^ the corpse to indescribable
indignities , the women looking on , and applauding . After : this , they threw every bit of furniture out of the window . A . voung employ € , who was in the hotel attending his mother , who was dangerously ill , requested them civilly to be quiet , mentioning the reason . They drew their sabres , and flogged . him with the flat sides . They then went to the streets , where they beat and insulted All whom they met . Major Trubin , who formerly commanded , the 5 th battalion of the regiment Azeroldi , was grossly insulted ; but he did not dare to complain , as no redress is ever given . Several military authorities were beaten and otherwise maltreated . At the Cafe" dei Tedeschi ( German coffee-room ) , the outrages which they committed on the persons of men , women , and
children , were of the most scandalous nature , while to those whom they did not absolutely ill-use , they made infamous proposals . They then went to the Cours de Puerta Cremona , broke the-windows , and laid hold of the young girls who were working in the shop of Madame Mamoli , first extinguishing the gas . The girls escaped screaming , . and alarming the whole town . From here , these protectors of Italy and friends of order went to Madame Negri ' s millinery shop , and did the same ; hence , to a barber ' s shop . Stripping him , they proposed he should shave himself in a peculiar manner . They then placed themselves before the balconies of the
Ladies 8 . B . and M . C , uncovered themselves , and called the ladies infamous names . They seized a body of street musicians , took them to a disreputable house , made them play , guarded by one body of officers , while the other half were up-stairs , and so passed the greater part of the night . The musicians were punished by the police next day , and expelled : the town ; but , although these unparalleled atrocities took place as far back as the 4 th of last May , and although the particulars have been sent to Vienna , no punishment has been awarded to the evil-doers , nor is it likely that any will be . The writer in the Daily J ^ ews says he has these details on the best authority .
The Russian Minister at Naples is said to have expressed , in the most formal manner , his disapproval of the political prosecutions which have been instituted at Naples , and to have addressed remonstrances to the King upon the subject , but unfortunately without ffect . A hundred persons were , arrested a few days since by the police of Florence , on account of a tavern-keeper ' s opening supper , at which the company had the indiscretion to drink the health of Mazzini , and sing revolutionary songs . Not only all the guests , but their relatives and friends , were taken into custody . The police have been trying in vain , ever since May 28 , to detect the persons who let off the fireworks on that day—the anniversary of the battle of Montaiwird . The inauguration of the Home and Frascati Railway took place on the 7 th inst . with great solemnity .
The Governor of Narui ( says tiic Daily Netvs Roman ¦ correspondent ) was assassinated in the town early on the morning of the 2 nd inst . Ho had been spending the evening at a friend ' s house , pliiying at cards , and ¦ was returning homo with his brother ut about nn hour . nftor midnight , when ho was met at the corner of a street by a man aimed with a blunderbuss , who discharged it point-blank at him and lodged the contents in his abdomen and thighs . He liad been only a few months at Narni , where ho had rendered hininolf obnoxious to the people by his oppressive conduct and the ¦ violence of bis political opinions .
SPAIN . A revolution has burst forth in Madrid , niul a wijii . itoriul crisis ban occurred . Espartoro having resigned the office of President of the Council , General O'Donnell , lato Minister of War , was charged with the formation of . a now Cabinet , which , after snveral inellectual attempts , lie succeeded in doing , the construction being as follows : —President , General O'Donnell ; Minister of Justice , Luziuga ; Minister of Finance , Ciuitero ; Minister of Marine , . Bayarri ; Minister of Interior , Rion Rosas ;
Minister of Public Worka , Collado ; Minister of Foreign Affairs , Pastor Diaz . Of . thosu persons , Luziugo . und ] $ iiyurii -are known as friends of Espurtoro . They were not included in the combination first projected . This result \ ras arrived at on Monday ; mid the city was then tranquil . But ut night there was u , rising ; the populaco wore in < arms , and thoro was sharp fighting in' the streets between the insurgents and the troops . At tun o ' clock on Tuesday morning , the fighting continued ; but , up to that time , the Queen ' s troops , under Murdhul O'Douuoll , retained possession of the city , und
made head against the rebels . The ^ insurgents , however , proclaimed a Republic , and continued to fight desperately . In the midst of these scenes , the Queen presented herself to the National Guard and to the troops of the garrison ,. and was . well received- A suspension of hostilities was then agreed on , which was to remain in force till five o ' clock in the evening ; but General O'Donnell declared that , after that hour , the troops would act with the greatest vigour . On the . following day ( Wednesday ) , the rebellion was subdued . The Government then mominated a new municipality , and
declared the whole peninsula in a state of siege . Twelve pieces of artillery belonging to the insurgents were in position in the Plaza Sevalda ; but they were at length taken by the troops . No superior officer was killed during the fighting , and the wounded were not many . It was not known where JEspartero was while these proceedings were going forward . In the evening of Wednesday , the Queen visited the wounded , and in the course of the afternoon the National Guard was disarmed . The garrison was reviewed on Thursday by the Queen and the Xing , and the metropolis and provinces appear for the present to be tranquil .
These events were preceded by several minor disturbances in various parts of the peninsula . The execution of some of the recent rebels had created an angry feeling . In several towns of Badajoz and Estramadura , disorders had broken out and been put down . At Valladolid , a great many incendiaries had been condemned to hard labour for life ; at Rioseco , there were upwards of fifty in prison . In some parts of the province of Toledo , the growing crops had been set on fire . At Guardia , in that province , the National Guard turned out to assist in extinguishing a fire in the fields , and when they returned they found a large assemblage of the inhabitants , and especially of women , in the market-place , crying , " Down with the town dues ! " The assemblage was dispersed , but a good deal of agitation continued , and , in the province of Zamora , attempts were made to cause incendiary fires , but without success . Five persons connected -with the late insurrections have been shot . The Marquis de Montecastro , who was arrested for participation in the events in Castile and removed to Segovia , has been set at liberty , after undergoing an examination of four hours . A clergyman named Etrevat , apprehended at Santander on a similar charge , has likewise recovered his liberty . The Gazette publishes a new law on the doing away with the sinking fund . Cholera still prevails in Seville , but has not appeared at Cadiz , as reported . GKEECE . The editors of the Minerva , who -were imprisoned by the Minister of the Interior , have been restored to liberty pursuant to the order of the Tribunal of Athens . This order establishes that the secret circular attributed to the Greek Minister , relative to Mr . Smith O'Brien ' s journey , exists , and that , consequently , there was no sufficient reason to prosecute the journal for publishing it-The Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs has addressed a circular to the diplomatic and consular agents of Greece , directing them to use their best endeavours to obtain the assistance of private capitalists towards redeeming , by means of drainage , & c , the vast tracts of waste , but fertile land now existing in the Hellenic peninsula . The Ionian merchants settled at Putras have signed a petition to the English Government to send a vessel of war there for their protection . TUUKKY . The Join ^ nul de Constantinople contains a proclamation ordering Sefer Pasha to cease all warlike operations against Russia , and enjoining that functionary either to return home or to renounce the Turkish service . The . Lloyds has established a direct service from Constantinople to Galatz , and from Odessa to Vienna . A subscription has been opened in Moldavia in favour of the suflbrors by the inundations in France . The Russian consuls who were before the war at tialonicu , Smyrna , Adrianople , and Belgrade , have been reinstated . The Pacha of Aleppo bus caused the Cadi of Murasch , and a hundred and fifty inhabitants of the town , to be arrested for the murder of the English agent . A great many of the residents have fled , und people awuit with impatience the arrival of troops in Syria , in the hope thut they will prevent now insurrections . Tlio regiments of Jhishi-llnzouks which were in Syria have been disbanded by the English , who reserve to themselves the power to renew thcii- engagement in any extreme case . Kurdistan and Armenia are severely affected by famine as well n . s by u violent epidemic . DUNMAKK . Tho Governments of Prusnia and Austria have ri'inonstruted against tho hhIo by Denmark of tlio State domains in the Germnn duchies of Holstcin and Luuenborg . In ho doing , it is alleged , ho is violating tho treaty of 1850 . THK DANUIUAN lMHNCII'AI ^ TIICS . Some peasants lmvo revolted in this district of Dunibowitz . The movement is caused by oppressive conduct on tho part of a farmer from whom they had taken Boniu land . A commission has been scut to tho spot , un
. well , as a squadron of WaJlacbian aavalryrto . support the : commission in any measures which it might jdeem advisable to order . Detailed accounts are now published of the murder of the Erench soldier at Giurgevo by the . Auatrians . from these it would seem that the . Austrians ( who -were twelve in number ) forced open the door of t the / hut occupied by the . Frenchmen ( jwho-were only two ) , but-. were held at bay with fixed bayonets for it is said nearly twenours , when one of the Germans took close . and deliberate aim at the deceased , and shot him dead . The other'Frenchman then surrendered . The Hospodars of Moldavia and Wallachia are . definitively removed ; and they are : to be replaced iby simple lieutenants , who are , however , : not yet-appointed . The Journal de Constantinople announces that the Jine of frontier for Bessarabia , as adopted by the Congress , is impracticable . Two other-lines will . be submitted to the Allied Powers .
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THE ORIENT . ISTHMUS OF 8 XTEZ CANAL ,. The following facts , relating to the projected canal between the Mediterranean and the Red Seas , are gleaned from the Reports of the International Commission , edited by M . de Lesseps , and published by Effingham Wilson-It appears that the annual amount of traffic between Europe and the East , in 1853 , was two million tons , conveyed in 4200 vessels , and valued at eighty-two millions sterling : more than one-half of which belonged to Great Britain alone , and since then her trade has increased by at least 100 , 000 tons a year . The distance from London to Ceylon vid the Cape is 14 , 340 leagues : by a direct communication through the Mediterranean and the Red Sea it would be 7300 leagues . The length
of a canal to connect these seas need not exceed seventyfive miles . The point of ingress on the Mediterranean is fixed at Port Said in the Gulf of Pelusium . Between the point of Damietta and Cape Casius , this bay has a breadth of fifty-five miles , by ten miles in depth . The bottom of the sea here exhibits a very gentle slope : for some distance from the shore it consists of fine -sand , and beyond that of mud—in either case , excellent anchorage is afforded . The prevalent winds are from W . N . W ., especially during the winter months ; but the N . N . E . winds , though less violent , produce a heavier swell in the gulf- It is proposed to run out a jetty on the north side to a distance of 3375 yards ,
where a depth of five and a half fathoms is obtained , and on the south side 2812 yards , with a depth of four and a half fathoms . Lights will be placed at the heads of both jetties , and a signal-light at the Damietta point . Materials for the construction of the jetties can be procured from Cyprus and Scarpanto , or from quarries on the Asiatic coast . The width of the channel to be 450 yards . The excavation of the canal itself is not likely to be attended with any great difficulty or inconvenience . Labour is abundant and cheap , and for the purpose of supplying food and water for the army of excavators a small canal—also invaluable as a means of irrigationwould be brought through the land of Gosheu as a preliminary measure .
On the other side of the isthmus two jetties will be run out into the roadstead , respectively 1800 and 1350 yards , commencing at a spacious basin from four and a half to six fathoms in depth , and comprising a superficial area of about fifty acres . The channel between this basin , or port , and the roadstead not to be less than 450 j'arda hi width . The materials can be obtained from the neighbouring quarries of the Attaka . The entrance of the roadstead is to be lighted by a floating beacon and a lighthouse , and the entrance of tho port by a beacon . The roadstead itself is capable of affording safe anchorage to ^ 500 vessels at a time , in two and a hulf to seven and a half fathoms water . It is approached from the sea by two deep and wide channels . The prevalent winds blow from the N . W ., and from March to
. December almost exclusively . Tho Red Sea itself is by no means diilLcult of navigation if tiiken at tho proper seusons of the year . For outward bound vessels it is favourable from the beginning of April to the middle of September , and for homoward bound from the middle of September to the middle of March . But tho greatest objection to this route may be found in tho monsoons , outside tho Straits of Bab-el-Mandob . In fact , the projectors of the scheme indirectly acknowledge that they anticipate success only from the universal adoption of tho screw . In tho canal itself tho retarding effect of contrary or sluggish winds , might bo counteracted by means of steam-tugs . But to overcome tho opposition of-winds that blow so steadily from one quarter , 'whflther in the Mediterranean or the Red fcieu , necessitates ' tho permanent application of stcum power .
Tho capital of tho Company is fixed at eight millions sterling , in 4 00 , 000 share * of ' 20 / . each : 'tlio chief office of tho direction being in Paris . INDIA . An insurrection has broken out in . Kimedy , tho most northerly province of tho districts of Madras . It is a wild , rough , uncultivated locality , inhabited by lOionda and Sowralm , the latter of which tribes is ut the bottom of tho rebellion . Tho grievance consists in tho arrout ol one of their chieftains on a charge of ducoity . TUid man
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Leader (1850-1860), July 19, 1856, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19071856/page/7/
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