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i &tT ^^ yri ^ : is ^ Bpa' ^ e rajentfailure Sebasi % ^< # '|?^ # - ^^ a line t ^«* is imp ^ paWe iSreniioheroes . * ¦/ . " ' ' - ..- : \\ . . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' v . * . PBtrssiA ahmn . g RUSSIA . ' —A . correspondent of the ' '' po ^ ~ jifeiD . itstates ttia . i ^ a chemist ^ it would seem an jfri ^ liat chemist , but that is not explained—has discovered '" a ^ process by "whifih nitrate " of soda may be used in lieu of saltpetre in the manufacture of gunpowder . The ! ~ $ & £ . cheinMt' ha ? . thereftiire beeu to Hamburgh , bought up . all the . nitrate of soda there , and , transmitted it jfcj ^^ b . mllingPrussia to Russiaj where it will be made into gunpowder . In themeanwhile , we are entertaining the Prince of Prussia—the heir to the Prussian throne -j ^ t Balmoral . ; . . ¦ ' . " . '" . " . "_ .. 11 psixbKxxc is the BAi / nq . —* -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 officers of the Duke against the field . The former won by forty-five .
" Tridjs Muscovite Ft ; wkt 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 brigs , and thirty steamers . ; Tjaas A $ gijO-Tv ? U £ I 8 B Contingent . —The first division of ike Turkish Contingent in the service of the English Government , will leave Bujukde ' re' on the 15 th for Balaklava , under the command of General Cunningham . .. ' . ' ,. . ' .: ^ THRiBlE , ' Monster Shells have been landed on the ^ rsenal-wharf , at Woolwich , from the Lowmoor foundries , bearing each the following dimensions : — Diameter , 3 ' feet nine inches ; 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 llk ' ewise been founded at Liverpool for projecting , these enormous missiles , weighing no less than twenty tons . AUSTBIA ABOUT TO BECOME " MORE ENERGETIC . "—
The following remarkable paragraph appears in the Cort'tere 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 more energetic policy on the part of our Cabinet , we are 3 ! rmly persuaded , is the only step capable of accelerating the conclusion of a peace so ardently desired by all Europe . " ' What does this mean ? ' LIBERATION OF Dr . EASTON AND Mk . SuiXTVAN . 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 Hango , were exchanged at Odessa on the 18 th inst . of
Contkabanjd of WAB . ^ In consequence earnest representations made at Stockholm by the British Embassy respecting the quantities of lead shipped to Fin-1 *^ 4 irid , Haparanda , a royal decree declares lead to be Contraband of ^ rar . •^ A'lptrBksntdN ' AT' Ri&a . —The Hawke , steam block-BhTp ( say ^' a donimunication from Gottland ) , has made a diversion against the fortifications of Riga , dismantled a few ^ ns ^ of'the enemy , and killed and wounded about fifteeri Russians , who showed some opposition by sending out fifteen of their gunboats , which fired on the HaVke , bu ^ Hirithout' causing any further casualty , than lodging a few shot in her hull and wounding one of her men in tiie arm , which has rendered amputation of the limb necessary . .
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THE ITALIAN NIGHTMARES . The Bedlamite KJCng who . desolates Southern Italy arid fiiciljr is de'fermined to hold out against the demand * , of France and England , and to risk the Utmost . In' the meknwhile , he was left almost without a friend . Austria , is not likely to support him in ' Hip criminal obstinacy ; hia own army , with the exception of the Swiss regifnents , ia disaffected ; and & 8 Suredly ; hw people will hot repay their numerous beatings jtftti \ flriy great display of devotion in the tidtir 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 V . -JF ^ A a ^ bn'the ) brink of breaking out . The ^ Tri&ale ^ Zeiiimfr mentions a rumour that a French army of 40 , 000 men is about to be sent to ^ Otnc * part of Soiuftieru 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 , arid the Revue dea Deux
further , death must inevitably ensue . ' But neither the generous intervention 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 maj $ was transported to the prison hospital , where he very speedily expired . " This is the way in which 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 him , 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 Carafia , 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 Eegale , 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 lea v , 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 . Mariin , 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 Lpmbardy 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 ; 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 the police-office , 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 the 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 been repaid in August , but has been extended to next February , so ns to allow
Mondes ana Hevtfede Paris have been confiscated . A letter in the Paris JPresse contains tho following story : — " Everybody now knows of the death of the unfortunate Lorenzo , who was bastinadoed for having replied frith dignity to the insults of the sbirro Campagna , It mould be known that LorenzoV bovrreavx were ordered to tibiuae four minutes between every blow of the stick , i&a ; the number of blows awarded was , one hundred I rhe surgeon in attendance remonstrated after the fiftieth itroke , and declared that , if the punishment was carried
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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 ^
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . the " me deum" at kotke-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 Jeromej both attired in military costume , and attended by the equerries of the Imperial household , 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 tRe acclamations of the multitude , the Emperor passed from the 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 hy 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 ejteps leading to it . Having drawn back , and bowed right and loft , ho seated himself in the Jauteuil , 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 Jmperatorem was repeated three times by the vocal and instrumental performers . The Archbishop then pronounced in tho most solemn manner tho pastoral benediction , while all knelt , nnd none more humbly than Abd-el-Kador nnd tho Arab chiefs by whom ho was attended . Tho Emir appeared quite emaointed , and still in a state of suffering from hia lato mahwly . Tho ceremony was over at ton minutes past one o ' clock ; tho Emperor left the church with the same stnto aa he entered it , and roturncd to tho
Tuilerics amid tho same acclamations . Tho Empress -was not present at tho ceremony ; but hor ladios of honour attended , and wore seated near the Emperor . It appears that tho vestments worn by tho Archbishop nnd tlio clergy on this occasion wore tho identical robea < hat wero presented by tho Emperor Napoleon I . to tho clergy of tho cathedral at tho baptism of tho King of Konio . Tho Belgian ministor did not
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the monopolists to fatten thems ^ ves the ' Mgh . prices , which are istarving the people : We mentioned last week the exclamations with which the people recently interrupted ^ bQel ? apal benediction : we now publish the conclusion of an address presented to the French-Ambassador and 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 , hecause he tramples on every feeling of charity and humanity , ask the aid of France to liberate them from such injustices "
The French Governinent , 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 to do him
order that they may not be obliged 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 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 22, 1855, page 904, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2107/page/4/
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