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      Continental Notes. France. The Republica...

      Marshal Yalliant , Minister of War , has ree 2 ived a dJSSSoS tt ? Govemo « vGene * al of ^ Algeria , dated from the bivouac of Ait-el-Arba , among the Beni-Jenni , in which . lie gives an account of the capture of the village of Agaemoun-Isen . " ==== ,.. , ™ - * . u » a -n ^; .

      ITALY . The insurrection in Italy is now completely put down at all . points . Two engagements have taken place on the frontier of Calabria , between the insurgents and the royal troops . In the first , it is said , the insurgents had a hundred men killed , and in the second thirty . A letter from Genoa , of the 3 rd inst ., informs us that the movement at Leghorn was more seriou 3 than was at first believed . On the night of the 30 th of June , several armed men attacked the principal guard-house of the town , but were repulsed . Another party attacked a second guard-house , but were likewise unsuccessful . At the same time , several isolated carabiniera were stabbed .

      The disturbance recommenced on the folloAving morning , and continued during the day . "When the steam-packet Giorgio sailed at four o ' clock in the afternoon of the 1 st of July , the firing of musketry was still heard . The gates -were closed , the inhabitants were in consternation , and the shops were shut . The insurgents who were taken prisoners were instantly shot in the streets . A detachment of troops of the line , who were stationed on the square , having received some shots from the window sf a housa , in which they found ten individuals , three of them -were bayoneted , and the other seven shot . The number of insurgents arrested at Genoa is fifty ; 3000 muskets -were seized . At Leghorn , it is thought that two hundred persons were arrested .

      ; In answer to some questions put by Count de Revel to the Sardinian Government in the Chamber of Deputies on the 1 st inst ., with respect to the revolutionary movement , Signor Rattazzi , Minister of the Interior , replied : — « I recognize both the right of Deputies and the duty of Ministers , and I have no difficulty in meeting tire demands of the hon . member . I cannot , however , enter into minute particulars , because the Government has not yet received precise and authentic intelligence , and because , a criminal prosecution against the authors and accomplices having been instituted , there are declarations which might compromise the course of justice and affect the fate of the arrested . The Government had been warned that some attempt-was about to be

      made at Genoa in an anarchical republican sense Qnel senso anarchico repuhlicano ) , and with impulse , given , perhaps , by other parties at home and abroad . The Ministry made its dispositions , and gave appropriate instructions to the local authorities in- order that they Should be on the alert . In consequence of further information , that , on the night of the 29 th—30 th of June , an attempt of some sort would be made , the armed force Tvas warned , and a part of the troops were confined to barracks in order to be ready to prevent or repress . Until midnight , nothing occurred ; but then it was ascertained , that the wires of tho telegraph between Turin and Genoa had been broken at Konco , and then , the troops were placed at the disposition of the civil

      authorities to enable them to ascertain if there were persons i n the city who plotted attempts . They found , in fact , various groups gathered for sinister motives ; they made arrests and examinations ; many were found with daggers and arms . It having become known that an attempt was meditated on Fort Spexone , a battalion of Boraaglieri was despatched thither , which surprised and captured a certain number of the ill-disposed . Tho authorities of public safety , having been informed of depflts of arms , made searches , and sequestrated a quantity of arms and ammunition . Thero were no other sinister consequences than the lamentable fact of the death of the sergeant in the Diamante fort . Fifty of the evil-disposeduwiited at this fort . The sentinel—surprised perhapa—did not give the alarm . Tho seditious entered

      the fort , and the soldiers , too few to resist , were shut up in a room . Tho sergeant , who probably resisted , was miserably murdered . For the rest , orders have been given that all persons who may appear to have forwarded this crimo shall be arrested , although . they may not have boon found on the spot . I don't ' know how these things could havo been more effectually prevented . Arrests and perquisitions could not bo made without proofs , and the information of tho authorities of public security is not often such as can be produced in a criminal prosecution , nor are the persons who give notice ¦ willing to appear ns witnesses . It was necessary that matters should approach tho commencement of crime in order- to have proofs . The Ministry cannot bo blamed , therefore , for not acting sooner . "

      The insurgents held the fort until daylight . They bad loaded the guns , prepared sholls and cannon-balls , and , seamed resolved to defend themselves ; but , the conspiracy not having succeeded in the town , they abandoned the fort , leaving' in it the arms they h / vd brought there . A young English lady , who has sometimes honoured thia journal with communications on the subject she has so deeply at heart , has had some shuro in the recent unsuccessful attempt at insurrection in Italy . Wo road in a Utter from Turin , of the 00 th ult .:- — " Since the arrival hero of Miss [ Jessie Moriton ] White , Maaj sini ' s . Intimate friend , the Government no * been' on its guards Her declamatory harangues , her extended so * Journ in Genoa , the aotivity which » h « displayed in

      recruiting the nucleus of the Mazzini party , which was in a state of dissolution , could not but attract the attention of the city authorities . But so well did the conspirators keep their secretj that their plan was not known before the attempt itself was made . " The Neapolitan events alluded to in our Postscript last week , on the authority of the telegraph , are thus related in another letter from Turin : —" The merchant steamer , the Cagliari , which left Genoa for Sardinia and Tunis , having on board forty insurgents ,, for the most part belonging to the lato Anglo-Italian Legion , and which had regular papers for Tunis , was directed upon Naples . The steamer had several cases of arms on board , ostensibly destined for Tunis . The vessel arrived at the island of Ponza ; the insurgents landed and nriiitinir thp . nncleus Mazzini nartv , which was

      attacked the small garrison of a prison , and liberated the prisoners ; they then all put on board the vessel , and landed again near Naples . Two Neapolitan frigates , it is said , captured the steamer , and the insurgents were hotly pursued by the troops . " Naples , however , is still agitated by incipient revolution .. A letter from the capital , dated June 30 th , says : — " Important despatches arrived from Gaeta in Naples on Sunday night at a late hour , by which six vessels were ordered to be fitted out immediately . The yenirale was beaten at eleven o ' clock at night in the Arsenal . Two vessels left on Monday morning ( 20 th of June ) for Baiee , to take in powder and ball ; two others left in the afternoon , and two more follow this morning . After taking in their ammunition , they proceed to Gaeta . No one knows anything of ths object or of the destination of the armament ; but great alarm prevails . "

      Describing some recent cases of torture in one of the prisons of King Bomba , the Neapolitan correspondent of the Daily News says : — " Cries had been heard proceeding from the prison by a general officer on most ultimate terms with his Majesty . On inquiries being made , it was ascertained that the cries proceeded from prisoners , some of whom died within twenty-four hours of their torture . The officer laid the matter before the King , by whom an investigation was ordered , which resulted in the dismissal of four custodes . By them it appears a confession had been made compromising the Attorney-General of the district , who has been recommended to ask leave to retire , retaining his recent promotion and his pay . I must call your attention to another case which I have already mentioned , but which has been brought before public attention again within

      the last week . The mother of a lad under fifteen years of age , still in prison , wentto the general officer alluded to above , under the impression that his influence would be of service to her . Her story was as follows : — ' My boy was driving a carritella near the house of the director of police . He was smacking his whip , according to custom , when it caught in a lamp and extinguished it . The police arrested him , took him , off , bound him , hands together and feet together , and thus left him for twelve hours without food . The next day he was brought before the authorities , and questioned as to the persons who had suggested the act . The lad asserted that it was accidental , whereupon the policeman seized him by the hair of the head and pulled it out so that the blood came . ' " For this there appears to have been no redress .

      TURKEY . The resolution of tho Porte , to protest against the occupation of Perim by the East India Company has been carried out in the form of a confidential circular , addressed to the diplomatic agents of Turkey , stating- on what grounds Turkey claims the sovereignty over Forim , and expressing tho hope that the English , seeing the justness of this claim , will agree to evacuate tho island . The re-establishmont of the censorship over the press , resolved upon in the Divan , has been made public .

      RUSSIA . Mr . Robert Torley King has received his exequatur as English Consul in Moscow ; Mr . Mathew as Consul-Goneral in the ports of the Black Sea ; and Herr Djellibrund as British Vice-Consul at Onega .

      SRAIN . The ceremonies ordained in celebration of tho pregnancy of tho Queen were brought to a closo on the 27 th ult . by her proceeding in state , with tho King and Court , to the church oi' Atocha to return thanks for the prospect of progeny , and to pray for a happy delivery . A great deal of Court splendour marked the event ; but tho Queen was received by tho people with cold silence . Lampoons on tho Queen—some of them of a very gross and insulting character—are actively distributed ; stories to the Queen ' s discredit are abundant ; and the police And it necessary to command the householders of Mudrid to illuminate , and ovon then find it difficult to get their orders obeyed .

      The Spanish papers Announce the death of Agoatiiia Zoragozu , the heroino who aided in tho defence of Saragoflsa during the Peninsular War , for which she was made an ensign in the army , and rewarded with many decorations . She was then in her twenty-second year , and was about seventy when she died . A conspiracy baa boon discovered in the Artillery Oorpa at'Malaga . A corporal has been sentenced to death , rind two other soldiers to bo severely punished . The Madrid correspondent of tho Times mentions a strango circumstance d— " The mail cowing from , Seville

      to Madrid was stopped near La Carolina by a party of armed and mounted men , who demanded the official correspondence , but , finding that it was in the same bags with the private letters , they burned the whole . It 13 said that they inquired whether disturbances had not broken out in Madrid , Barcelona , Saragossa , and appeared incredulous when they were answered in the negative . A strong detachment of the Civil Guard has . since overtaken them , and put them to flight , killing one man . The others took refuge in the recesses of the Sierra Morena . Two companies of light infantry have left Madrid by railway to pursue them ; troops have also left Ciudad Heal in the same direction ; arrests have been made in Jaeri , and severe proclamations have been issued by the Military Governor of that place . A brigadier of infantry and several other officers left Madrid last night and this morning by special trains for the south . " was stopped near Carolina apartv o

      DENMARK . The semi-official journals of Copenhagen ( says a contemporary ) now confirm the news published by other organs of the Danish press , according to which the King of Sweden offered to Denmark an offensive and defensive alliance , on certain conditions . It was on account of these conditions , which tended to limit the guarantee offered by Sweden to the kingdom of Denmark , properly so called , including Schleswig as far as the Eider , that the Danish Government declined that alliance , which would only , it thought , have been a lever in favour of Scandinavian tendencies .

      GERMANY . The Emperor and Empress of Russia arrived at Frankfort at half-past eleven o ' clock on Monday . After having breakfasted at the Russian Embassy , their Majesties set oft " , at noon , by the Hanover Railway , for Kissingen .

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      Naval And Military. Progress Of The Arct...

      NAVAL AND MILITARY . Progress of the Arctic Yacht Fox . —A letter was received on Tuesday from Captain M'Clintock , written by the light of midnight , in the Pentland Frith , on the 2 nd of July . He says : — " I think you will be glad to know that I have got through the Pentland -Frith , having had beautiful calm weather since leaving Aberdeen . The pilot will take this on shore . All on board are well , and we have settled down into a very comfortable and systematic way . of life . The ship performs well , and we have not discovered any defects or wants . .... We are exactly twelve days in advance of the Isabel . Hike my crew well , and nothing can exceed the attention of Young to his duty . Hobson is equally zealous . We are only twenty-five in number on board , myself included . I may take another man out of a whaler , and I hope to get an Esquimaux in Greenland . "

      A Court-martial , has been held on board the flagship Waterloo , Captain Henry Harvey , C . B ., & c , at Shcerness , to try Captain Henry Spratt , of the Royal Marines , for having accused his commanding officer on board the President , Captain Charles Frederick , of unjust conduct , and for repeating that remark , though warned that he was in error . The charges being proved , he was sentenced to be reprimanded , and to lose one year ' s time . The Transatlantic Cable . —The shipment of the Transatlantic cable on board the Agamemnon at Greenwich is proceeding without interruption . Upwards of

      COO miles had been received last Saturday , and coiled safely in the hold . The progress of its reception is averaging at the rate of two miles per hour , and , according to the calculation of Mr . Glass , thejinanufacturer , the work will be completed and the vessel ready for sea about the 21 th inst . —IVmes . Accident to this Ontario . —The Ontario , of Liverpool , Captain Duff , went ashore on the Breakwater in Plymouth Sound on the night of Friday week . The weather was foggy at tho time , and the crew allege they did not hear tho fog-bell . The ship ' s sails and stores have been saved ; but the vessel itself was greatly 0 ^ 7 , imaged .

      'lua Queen ' s Visit to Auoersiiot . —Her Majesty , accompanied by Prince Albert , tho Princess Iloyal , the Princess Alice , tho Princess Charlotte of Belgium , Prince Fredorick William of Prussia , and the 1 ' rince of Hohenzollora , attended a review at Aldershot on Wednesday . They left Buckingham Palace at nine o ' clock , and readied Farnborough shortly beforo ton . Tho operations represented an attack and defence , and , in order to command all tho complicated movements , tho royal party moved from height to height , The charge of tho Hussars is spoken of as particularly splendid , and so awful in its apparent reality . as almost to dismay thq crowd . Tho Court then partook of luncheon in tho Pavilion , afterwards drove through various portions of tho camp , and returned to Buckingham Palaco by eovca o ' clock .

      Caftuiuo ojp a Slaver . —An American brigantine , tho Adams Gray , of Now Orleans , has boon captured , while employed as a alavor , by her Majesty ' s steam sloop Prometheus , flvo guns , Commander Charles W . Hope . , The oapturo was effected by Mr . Jameson , mastor of tho Prometheus , The money found on board was upwards of 50001 ., besides tho value of the vessel itself ; so that tUa prize , is an unusually rich ouo .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 11, 1857, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11071857/page/6/