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War Miscellanea. (Jisn Nsitaf-I Cannottm...
4 f ^ i ^» : wl » ife "' to- ^«^ : jEbe rajent failure at Sebaalo ^ Sy fe M * 'ft a Ime wMch is unpayable even to heroes . . ; . . .. . ; ¦ :-Prussia ahmng Russia . '—A . correspondent of the i > aify Jfeios states that / a chemist—it would seem an 'jfrfg lisii / Qheiiaist , but that is not explained--has discove ^ d aj * 6 cess by which nitrate of soda may be used in lieu df saltpetre in the manufacture of gunpowder . The : & fad ; ' cIjemM' " has . therefore been to Hamburgh , bought " u'jp ^ all the / nitrate ^ f soda ! there , and , transmitted it " jfcj ^ u % h mllmg ¦ 'Prussia to Russia , ^/ where it will be made , ^ infe ) gunpowder ; " ija themeanwhile , we are entertaining ¦ $ & j £ Prince of Prussia—the heir to the Prussian throne ' •' - ^ t / Baimoral . ; /'/ ' . " , "/" . ' . ; il ! CbKJKEt tw the BAt / nc-T-The officers in the English fleet in the Baltic amuse themselves by playing cricket on the shore . A match was played the other day by the O & cerarqf the Duk 6 against the field . The former won 1 > y fiSrty-fiye . . " TrtJB Muscovite Fleet in the Black Sea a year ago consisted of " nineteen sail of the line , of 92 , 94 , 100 guns ^ and upwards , twelve frigates , ten corvettes and brjgSj and thirty steamers . Tjaas Anglo-Turkish Contingent . —The first division of the Turkish Contingent in the service of the English Government , will leave Bujukde ' re' on the 15 th foe Balaklava , under the command of General Cunningham . " . ' : Thkee : Monster Shells have been landed on the . ^ senal-wharf , at Woolwich , from the Lowmoor foundries , bearing each the following dimensions : — Diameter , ~ 3 fe ^ t nine incites ; weight , 1 ton 6 cwt . They are the first of a number of that species which had been ordered for / the purpose of being despatched to Sebastopol for the reduction of that fortress . An experimental gun has Hkewise been founded at Liverpool for projecting , these enormous missiles , weighing no less than twenty tons . ' AUSTRIA ABOUT TO BECOME " MORE ENERGETIC . "The following remarkable paragraph appears in the Cofriere Italiano of Vienna , a paper , often quoted as semi-official : — " The course to be followed by the Allies in the Crimea after the taking of Sebastopol will depend on the attitude of the states of Central Europe . A TBiore energetic potfey on the part of our Cabinet , we are firmly persuaded , is the only step capable of accelerating the conclusion of a peace so ardently desired by all Europe . " ' What does this mean ? ' Liberation ob De . Easton and Mb . Sullivan . — J The / Secretary of the Admiralty announces that Dr . Easton , Surgeon , R . N ., and Mr . Sullivan , Master's Assistant , who were captured in the Cossack ' s boat at Hangoj were exchanged at Odessa on the 18 th inst . ¦ : ¦ tJosTBABANi ) op War . —In consequence of earnest ^ presentations made at Stockholm by the British Em' -bMsy . respe ' cthig the quantities of lead shipped to Finl ' ai $ *™ 2 Haparanda , a royal decree declares lead to be 0 contfaTjaiid of w ar" * A ¦ ptvBksiON at' Riga . —The Hawke , steam block-* Bhfp ( says' a communication from Gottland ) , has made a diversion against the fortifications of Riga , dismantled a few guns of the enemy , and killed and wounded about ! fifteeri Russians , who showed some opposition by sending J OUt , ; ftfteen of their gunboats , which fired on the Hawke , bu ^ Hirithout' causing any further casualty , than lodging a ' 'few shot in her hull and wounding one of her men . in the arm , which has rendered amputation of the limb necessary . . irtMvyr * "" ) ' > y- ¦ ' ' ' "I '' - - - ¦ ' - •¦ - ; - - ' - - •
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: ¦• : ¦ •¦ •• • • ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' • '• . ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - " ¦¦ " h ¦ ¦ • ¦ ¦ THE ITALIAN NIGHTMARES . The Bedlamite K % g who . desolates Southern Italy arid Sicily is aet'tirmihed to hold " out against the demands . of Prance and England , and to risk the ¦ Wtmyost . In the meanwhile , he was left almost without a friend . Austria , is not likely to support him in'Ki & criminal obstinacy ; his own army , with the exceDtion of the Swiss regiments , is disaffected ^; and ^ siJiuTedly / Tftjpeople will not repay their numerous 'beatings iritfi" flny great " display of devotion in the HditlP of peril . The sbirri , though strong enough to bastinado and insult their fellow-countrymen , will not be strong enough to resist the might of France and England- and the eruption pictorially represented 1 > yPunch Beema bn'the ) brink of breaking out . The > Trii 8 te ' Zeitunfr mentions a rumour that a ? K * nbh arniy ' lof 40 , 000 men is about to be Bent to i ^ Otac * part of Southern Italy ; but this we must be permitted to doubt . There can be no doubt , however , of the excessive outrages committed on the peopled - The Neapolitan minister at the court of Vienna admits that the bastinado has been used . A Neapolitan' of high rank describes the king as « bigoted , cowardly , and hypocritical . " The native press is entirely crushed , and the JRevue dea Deux Atondes and JRevt / ede Paris have been confiscated . A letter in the Paris Presse , contains the following Story : — ¦' . ' ' Everybody now knows of the death of the unfortunate Lorenzo , who was bastinadoed for having replied -With dignity to the insults of the sbirro Campagna . It Should be known that Lorenzo ' s- boitrreaux were ordered to bbiu ^ e four minutes between every blow of the stick , ' ana the number of blows awarded waa ono hundred ! The surgeon in attendance remonstrated after tho fiftieth stroke , and declared that , if the punishment was carried
farther , death , mast inevitably ensue . But neither the generousintervention / of the surgeon nor the piercing shrieks of the victim could Btay the executioners . The hundred " blows were scrupulously administered ( the four minutes' interval beingobserved throughout ) , and , after a torture which had lasted seven hours , the unfortunate m ^ n was transported to the prison ho spital , where he very speedily expired . " This is the way in wliich Bomba induces his people to risk their lives in his defence ; but a case of yet greater atrocity remains to be recorded . We this time cite from a correspondent of an English paper—the Daily News : — " Arcello , a man suspected of being a Muratist , was thrown into one of the criminal dungeons of Castel-Capriano , where , to extort a confession of facts unknown to Wm , a kind of -wooden stiletto was run into the most sensitive part of the body , and the man is now in great danger , arising from inflammation in the part to which such violence has been done , and from which blood issues . A first-rate inquisitor and inventor of similar tortures is Primicile CarafFa , Commissary of Police of the Quarter of St . Carlo all' Arena . His industry in the invention of tortures to exact confession , is extraordinary , and his mode of treating a young person , in order to force a disclosure of the hiding-place of a relative , is well known . I may not repeat the physical torment and the moral injury inflicted with this view . " A police agent , named Pierro , being acquainted with the fact that two brothers , rich proprietors in the commune of Begale , unlawfully possessed a gun , demanded from them three hundred ducats for hushing up the matter . They did not comply with this demand , and were therefore taken handcuffed to Naples , and imprisoned . General Viale made interest in their behalf , assuring the police that they possessed the gun by his authority ; but no compensation was offered them for their illegal imprisonment . , The most shameless robbery takes its place side by side with the most revolting cruelty . We quote once more from the Daily News Naples Correspondent : — . " An upholsterer , called De Martino , executed some work for a friend of the Government , but , being unable to get payment , instituted an action , and obtained a favourable decision . He was called before the Commissary , Campagna , and ordered to bring his _ documents . No sooner were they in Campagna ' s possession than the man was ordered to leave , and think no more of his money . The poor fellow complained , spoke of his " necessitous condition , of his loyalty to the King , of the decision , of the courts in his favour , and was clapped in prison . On his release , he applied to Prince Ischitella , Minister of War , for whom he had worked . The prince shrugged his shoulders ; ' could do nothing ; he had not been able to do anything for his own nephew ; these were evil times , which could not last ; ' and coxinselled patience , or it would be the worse for him . " Under such a tyranny as this , it is not to be expected that any class can be favourably disposed towards the present dynasty . The masses look towards democracy for their relief ; the nobles , towards Muratism . The latter are , of course , opposed to a republic ; and they think that in Murat they would possess a prince who would give them their proper influence , and accord a moderate degree of liberty to the nation at large . While alluding to this subject , we may mention that the pamphlet advocating the claims of Murat continues to excite attention in Paris . The authorship is still a mystery . M . Ricciardi , a Neapolitan refugee , and M . Manin , have addressed letters to the chief journals , disclaiming any participation in it . The latter gentleman declares his opinion that , if " regenerated Italy" is to have a king at all , there is but one possible—the King of Piedmont . Austria is gathering up her forces in Lombardy in fear of an outbreak ; and it is thought that in that quarter the Liberals have little to hope for . The police of Rome are worthy emulators of their Neapolitan brethren . They are unable , or unwilling , to prevent the depredations of the banditti outside the gates j but they can keep a tight hand over any one suspected of liberal ideas . All such persons are obliged to answer their names at certain hours at thepolice-offl | ce , or at their own houses . Instead of Mr . Bowyer'a " twenty political prisoners in the gaols of the Papal States , ' it is affirmed by the Times Correspondent that there are one hundred nnd thirty in that of PaUano alone , and at least five or six hundred throughout tho States . The people are nearly driven to death by the dearness of bread—a dearness produced , in spite of the abundant harvest , by a permission granted in April last to Count Mastai ( a nephew of the Pope ) and the brothers Antonelli , to export 100 , 000 quarters of wheat and an equal quantity of Indian corn . It is believed that in fact a much greater amount was exported ; in consequence of which a famine was feared , nnd the Government consented to a loan to certain bilkers , to enable them to purchase corn of . . the monopolists . This loan should have beeni repaid in August , but has been extended to next February , so ns to allow
the monopolists to fatteti tngms ^ res the'Mgh prices ,, which are Starving the people : We mentioned last'week the" exclamations with Which the people recently interrupted ^ bfe Papal benediction : we now publish the conclusion of an address presented to the French-Ambassador land the General commanding the troops : — " The Romans , before seeking the protection of England against such tyrannies as they receive from a Pope who , by reason of his mode of action , has been deemed by all an Atheist , because he tramples on every feeling of charity and humanity , ask the aid of France to liberate them from such injustices " The French Government , however , is unpopular among the masses , owing to the French soldiers assisting his Atheistical Holiness in his persecutions . Struck with so enormous a disproportion between the moral teaching of Christ and the government of him who claims to be his successor , and representative , the people exhibit an increasing distaste for religious observances , stay away from the churches , and , it is said , " run up side streets or into houses as they see the Pope ' s carriage coming along in order that they may not be obliged to do him reverence . " Side by side with these facts are—a great embarrassment in the Papal treasury , to ease which undignified schemes are resorted to , and a complete palsy in trade and commerce . The Pope , moreover , is trembling at the Anglo-Italian Legion , and refuses passports to all persons wishing to take service in it . The political nightmares are indeed sitting heavily and darkly on the breast of Italy ; but the first healthy sign of wakening will send them scared and trembling in piteous flight .
Since The Above Was In Type, Intelligenc...
Since the above was in type , intelligence has reached this country that the King of Naples has yielded to the demands of France and England , and that Mazza , the infamous director of the Secret Police , has been dismissed . Should this news prove to be true , it will have saved Bomba for a time ; but nothing can avert his ultimate fall , except his own reformation ;
Continental Notes. The " Me Deum" At Kot...
CONTINENTAL NOTES . the " me deum" at kotbe-dame . We condense from a letter * of the Times Paris Correspondent a few notes of this ceremony . At nine o ' clock , though the religious observance was not to commence until twelve , the streets were thronged . Troops were seen at all points along the route . The houses were dressed out with the flags of the Allied nations , and the windows were alive with spectators . Shields and banners were displayed over the grand entrance of the cathedral , from the towers of which floated four green banners , embroidered with golden bees . The ground was covered with a fine sand , presenting the appearance of a carpet . The Emperor arrived at twelve o ' clock , accompanied by Prince Jerome ^ both attired in . military costume , and attended by the equerries of the Imperial househpld , and by running footmen , holding the bridles of the eight horses , which were magnificently caparisoned . The Cent Gardes followed close upon tho carriage , and the cortege was closed by a squadron of cuirassiers of the Imperial Guard . In the midst of Imperial salutes from a hundred guns , the sounding of trumpets , the beating of the drums , and tfte acclamations of the multitude , the Emperor passed from tho palace to the cathedral , which he entered under the resounding peals of the great bell . Within , the pillars were found swathed in the rich folds of crimson velvet and gold ; and golden eagles hovered with extended wings from tho upper galleries . The altar in the middle of the transept actually appeared like a mass of carved gold , encircled by hundrods of candelabra . Banners waved and glittered in the air above . The ministers and the diplomatic corps were present , and the ladies added graco to tho scene . The Emperor was mot at tho door by tho Archbishop , with whom ho conversed for a few moments . Ho then advanced to the altar alone , bent on his knee , and remained in that position for some minutes at the foot of the steps leading to it . Having drawn back , and bowed right and loft , ho seated himself in the fauteiiU , before which a praying desk covered with crimson velvet was placed . Tho Te Deum was then chanted in tho midst of tho deepest silence ; tho Domine aalvum fac J mperatorem was repeated throe times by the vocal and instrumental performers . The Archbishop then pronounced in the most solemn manner tho pastoral benediction , while all knelt , and none more humbly than Abd-el-Kador and tho Arab chiefs by whom ho was attended . Tho Emir appeared quite emacinted , and still in a state of suffering from bia late rnahwly . Tho ceremony was over at ton minutes past one o ' clock ; tho Emperor left the church with the same state aa he entered it , and roturned to tho Tuilerics amid tho same acclamations . Tho Empress -was not present at tho ceremony ; but her ladios of honour attended , and wore seated near tno Emperor . It appears that tho vestments worn by tlio Archbishop and tlio clergy on this occasion wore tno . identical roboa Jhat were presented by the Emperor Napoleon I . to tho clergy of tho cathedral ut tho baptism of tho King of Komo . The Belgian ministor did not
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 22, 1855, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22091855/page/4/
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