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    regiment to be placed tinder arrest on a charge of mutiny , into which it is generally believed that an inouiry Trill b » instituted . Some particulars of a moat detestable series of outrages , . committed by Austrian cavalry officers &t Lodi , have been oommnnicated by the Daily News Turin correspondent . The officers had been dining at au hotel , where they all got drunk , apparently to a state of madness . They then brought in severalof the most infamous prostitutes of the town , with whom they 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 , Andas they passed , subjected the corpse to indescribable

    , indignities , the w omen looking on , and applauding . Af ter this , they threw every bit of furniture out of the window . A voung employed , 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 t 3 i 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 NegTi ' s millinery 6 hop , 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 S , B . and M . C , uncovered themselves , and called the ladies t 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 News 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 ¦ affect . 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 Montanard . The inauguration of the Rome and Frascati Railway took place on the 7 th mat . with great solemnity .

    The Governor of Narni ( says the Daily News Roman correspondent ) was assassinated in the toTra early on tho morning of the 2 nd inst . He had been spending the evening at a friend ' s house , playing at cards , and was returning home with his brother at about an hour after midnight , when he was mot at the corner of a street by a man armed with a blunderbuss , who discharged it point-blank at him and lodged tho contents in his abdomen and thighs . He had been only a few months at Xarni , where he had rendered himself obnoxious to the people by his oppressive conduct and the violence of hit ) political opinions .

    srAiN . A revolution has burst forth in Madrid , and a ministerial crisis 1 ms occurred . JSspartero having resigned tho office of President of tho Council , General O'Donnell , lato Minister of War , was charged with the formation of a . now Cabinet , which , after several incftcctual attempts , lie succeeded in doing , tiic construction being as follows : —President , General O'Donnoll ; Minister of Justice , Luziaga ; Minister of Finauco , Cantero ; Minister of Marino , Bayarri : Minister of Interior , Rion Rosas ;

    Minister of Public WorkH , Collado ; Minister of . Foreign Affairs , Pastor Diaz . Of theso persons , Luziuga and Baynrri aro known as frieuda of Espartero . They were not included in tho combination flrat projected . This result was arrived at on Monduy ; and tho city was then tranquil . But at night thoro was a rising j tho populace were in arms , and lliero was sharp lighting in tho streets between tho insurgents and tho troops . At ten o ' clock on Tuesday morning , tho lighting continued ; but . up to that time , tho Queen's troops , under Marshal O'DouooU , retained possession of tho city , and

    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 ¦ nominated a new municipality , and

    declared the whole peninsula ina 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 Espartero 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 King , 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 EstramaduTa , 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 oi 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 thej' 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 .

    GREECE . 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 , consequent ^ -, there was no sufficient reason to prosecute the journal for publishing it . The Greek Minister of Foreign AfTairs 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 Patras have signed a petition to the English Government to send a vessel of war there for their protection .

    TUKKEY . The Journal de Constantinople contains a proclamation ordering Sefer Pasha to cease all warlike operations against Uussia , and enjoining that functionary either to return homo or to renounce tho Turkish service . The Lloyds has established a direct service from Constantinople to Galatz , and from Odessa to Vienna . A subscription lias been opened in Moldavia in favour of the sufferers by tho inundations in Frnnee . The Russian consuls who were before the war nt Salonica , Smyrna , Adrianople , and Belgrade , have been reinstated . Tho Pacha of Aleppo haa caused tho Cadi of Marasch , and a hundred and iifty inhabitants of the town , to be arrested for the murder of tho English agent . A great many of the residents have flod , and people await with impatience tho arrival of troops in Syria , in tho hope that they will prevent new insurrections .

    The regiments of Bashi-Bazouks which wore in Syria havo been disbanded by the English , who rcsorvo to tliomselvcs tho power to renew their engagement in aii 3 extreme case . Kimliytan and Armenia are severely affected by famine as well an by a violent epidomic .

    DENMARK . The Governments of Prussia and Austria havo remonstrated against tho sale by Denmark of the State tioniftiiiH in the German duchies of Holstnin and Luuonhorg . In ho doiug , it ia allogcd , ho is violating tho treaty of 1850 . THK 1 > ANUI 1 IAN 1 MUNCIPAI . ITIKS . Some peasants have revolted in tho district of Duntibowitz . Tho movement is caused by oppressive conduct on tho part of a farmer from whom they had taken some land . A commission haa been sent to tho wpot , us

    well as a squadron of Wallacbian cavalry to « 8 f ! port the commission in any measures which it might deem advisable to order . Detailed accounts are aow published of the murder of the French soldier at Giurgevo by the Austriaas . From these it would seem that the Austriaus ( who were twelve in number ) forced open the -door of the hut occupied by the Frenchmen ( -who were only two ) , b » t "were held at bay with fixed bayonets for it is said nearly two hours , 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 3 by sample lieutenants , who are , however , not yet appointed . The Journal de Constantinople announces that the line -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 SUEZ CA 3 TAL . 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 EfRngham . Wilson . It appears that the annual amount of traffic between Europe and the East , in 1853 , w-as two million tons , conveyed iu 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 via . the Cape is 14 , 340 leagues : by a direct communication through the Mediterranean and the Red Sea it would be 7300 leagues . Tiae 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 ; hut the N . N . E . winds , though less violent , prodnce a heavier swell in the gulf . It is proposed to run out a ietty 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 toe 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 Avith any great difficulty or inconvenience . Labour is abundant and cheap , and for the pui ^ pose 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 fift 3 acres . The channel between this basin , or port , and the roadstead not to be leas than 450 yards in 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 ^ j 500 vessels at a time , in two and a half 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 . The Red Sea itself is by no means difficult of navigation if taken at the proper seasons of the year . For outward bound vessols it is Favourable from tho beginning of April to tho middle of September , and for homo ward bound from tho middle of September to tho middle of March . But the greatest objection to this route may be found in the monsoons , outside tho Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb . In fact , the projectors of the scheme indirectly acknowledge that they anticipate success only from tho universal adoption of the screw . In tho canal itself the retarding effect of contrary or sluggish winds , might bo counteracted by moana of steam-tugs . But to overcome tho opposition of winds that blow so steadily from on « qnarter , whether in the Mediterranean or the Rod Son , necessitates the permanent application of steam power .

    The capital of tho Company is fixed At eight millions sterling , in 400 , 000 shares of 20 / . each : tho chief office of tho direction being in Paris .

    INDIA . An insurrection has broken out in fiLimedy , the moat northerly province of the districts of Mad rue . It ia « wild , rough , uncultivated locality , inhabited by Kiionda and Sowrahg , tho latter of which tribe a i . s at tho bottom of tho rebellion . Tho grievance consints in tho arrest oi ono of thoir chicftuius on a ehargo of duuoity . This man

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  • Leader (1850-1860), July 19, 1856, page 679, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2150/page/7/