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      Marshal Vallianfc , Minister of War , has received a despatch from the Governor-General of Algeria , dated from the bivouac of Ait-el-Arba , among the Bem-Jenm , in which he gives an account of the capture of the village of Aguemoun-Isen .

      rTAi / sr . The insurrection in Italy is now completely put down at all points . Two engagements have taken place oa 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 moTe serious than was at iirst 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 carabiniers -were stabbed .

      The disturbance recommenced on the following morning , and continued during the day . When the steam-packet Giorgio sailed at four o ' clock in the afternoon of the 1 st of Jnly , 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 statioYied on the square , having received some shots from the window of a hous ? , 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 . Count de Revel

      In answer to some questions put by to the Sardinian Government in the Chamber of Deputies on the 1 st inst ., with , respect to the revolutionary Movement , Signor Rattnzzi , Minister of the Interior , replied : — - "I recognize both the right of Deputies and the duty of Ministers , and I have no difficulty in meeting the demands of the lion , 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 . Tlie Government had been warned that some attempt was about to be

      made at Genoa in an anarchical republican sense ( nel senso anarchico repuhlka . no ) , 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 la 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 ¦ was warned , and a part of the troops were confined to barracks in order to be reaiJy to prevent or repress . Until midnight , nothing occurred ; but then it was ascertained that the wires of the telegraph between Turin and Genoa had been broken at Koneo , 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 Speronc , a battalion of Bersaglieri was despatched thither , which surprised and captured a certain number of the ill-disposed . The authorities of public safety , having been informed of depdts of arma , made searches , and sequestrated a quantity of arms and ammunition . There wore no other sinister consequences than the lamentable fact of the death of the sergeant in the Diamante fort . Fifty of the evil-disposeduwfuted at this fort . The sentinel—surprised perhapa—did not give the alarm . The seditious entered

      the fort , and the soldiers , too few to resist , were shut up in a room . The sergeant , who probably resisted , was miaepabty murdered . 1 ' or the west , orders have been given that all persons who may appear to have forwarded this crime sHiall be arrested , although , they may not have been found on the spot . I don't know how these things could have boon more effectually ptrov ^ ntcd . Arrests and perquisitions could not bo made without proofs , and the information of the authorities of public security is not often ouch as con be produced in a criminal prosecution , nor are the persons who give notice willing to appear as witnesses . It was necessary that matters should approach the commencement of . crime in order to have proofs . Tho Ministry cannot be blamed , therefore , for not acting sooner . "

      Tho insurgents held the fort until daylight . They bad . loaded the guns , prepared shells nntd cannon-balls , and seemed resolved to defend , themsolves ; but , tho conspiracy not having succeeded in tho town , they abandoned the fort , leaving In it the arma they had brought there . A young English lady , who has sometimes honoured this journal with communications on the subject sho has so deeply at heart , has had some share in tho recent unsuccesafiil attempt At insurrection in Italy . Wo rend in a . letter from Turin , of tho , 80 th ult .: — " Since the arrival hews of Mlas [ Jessie Meriton ] White , Ma « - zinl ' s Intimate friend , the Government "has been on itd guard . Her doclninntory harangues , Ivor extended so * jour a in Genoa , the Activity which olio iUapiay-eu ia

      recruiting the nucleus of the Mazzini party , which was m a state of dissolution , eould not but attract the attention of the city authorities . But so well did the conspirators keep their secret , 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 and which

      belonging to the late Anglo-Italian Legion , 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 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 botly pursued by the troops . " inciient revolu

      Naples , however , is still agitated by p - tion . 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 generate was beaten at eleven o ' clock at night in the Arsenal . Two vessels left on Monday morning ( 29 th of June ) for Baias , to take in powder and ball ; two others left in the afternoon , and two more follow thi 3 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 Uomba , the Neapolitan correspondent of the Daily News says : —" Cries had been heard proceeding from the prison by a general ofiicer on most intimate terms with his Majesty . On inquiries , being made , it was ascertained that the cries proceeded from prisoners , some of whom died withiu twenty-four hours of their torture . The ofiicer 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 tiia 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 , went to 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 tlio 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 .

      TUnKKV . The resolution of tho Porte , to protest against tho occupation of Perim by the East India Oonxpuny has been carried out in the form of a confidential circular , addressed to t he diplomatic agents of Turkej ' , stating on what grounds Turkey claims tho sovereignty over Perim , and expressing tho hope that the English , seeing the justness of this claim , will agree to evacuate tho island . Tho ro-establishment of the censorship over the press , rosolved upon ia the Divan , has been made public . JtUSSlA . Mr . Robert Torley King has received his exequatur as English Connul in Moscow ; Mr . Mathow as Coasul-General in the ports of the Black Sea ; aud Heir Djelllbrand as British Vice-Consul at Onega .

      STAIN . The ceremonies ordained in celebration of tho pregnancy of the Queen wore brought to a closo oil the 27 th ult . by her proceeding in state , with tho King aud Court , to tho church of Atoch-a to return thanks for tlie prospect of progeny , and to pray for a happy delivery . A groat deal of Court splendour marked the oveut ; but tho Quoon was received by tho people with cold silunce Lampoons on the Queen—some of them of a very gross and insulting-character—are actively distributed ; stories to the Queon ' a discredit are abundant ; and tho police find it necessary to aomwmd tho householders of Madrid to iUumiuato , and ovun then find it difficult U > got their orders obeyed .

      Tho Spanish papers announoo the death of Agoatina Zaragoza , tho heroine who aided in tho defence of Sarngpssa during the Peninsular War , for whioh &ho was mado an ensign in tho army , and rewarded with many decorations . Sho . was thon in her twenty-second yew , and was about seventy when she died . , A conspiracy has been disoovbred in tho Artillery Corns at Malaga . A oorporul has boon scntcnofid to death , and two other soldiers to bo severely punished . The Madrid correspondent of tho Timoa mentions u , strange civcuaastanao ;— " The mail coming 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 is 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 tlie recesses of the Sierra Morena . Two companies of light infantry have left Madrid by railway to pursue them ; troops have also left Ciudad Real in the same direction ; arresta have been made in Jaen , 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 . "

      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 aa the Eider , that the Danish Government declined that alliance , which would only , it thought , have been a lever in favour of Scandinavian tendencies .

      GEEMANT . The Emperor and Empress of Russia arrived at Frankfort at half-past eleven o ' clock on Monday . After having breakfasted at the Eussian Embassy , their Majesties set off , at noon , by the Hanover Railway , for KissingeiK

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      NAVAL AND MILITARY . Pkogrkss 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 equallyzealous . We are only twenty-five in number on board , myself included . 1 may take another man out of a whaler , and I hope to get an Esquimaux in Greenland . "

      A Couht-Martial . has been held on board the flagship Waterloo , Captain Henry Harvey , C . B ., &c , at Sheerness , to try Captain Ileury Spratt , of the Royal Marines , for having accused his commanding ofiicer on board the President , Captain Charles Frederick , of unjust conduct , and for repeating that remark , though warned that he -was in ctror . The charges being proved , he was sentenced to be reprimanded , aud to lose oue year ' s time . This Tjuansatlajxtio 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 coilctl safely in tho hold . The progress of its reception i . s averaging at the rate of two miles per hour , aud , according to tho calculation of Mr . Glass , tbe ' munufacturcr , the work will be completed and tho vessel ready fox sea about tho 24 th inst . — Times .

      Accilusnt to mu Ontakio . — The Ontario , of Liverpool , Captain Duff , went ashore on the Breakwater ia Plymouth Sound on the night of Friday week . The weather was foggy at tho time , and the crow allege they did' not hear tho fog-bull . The chip ' s saila and stored havo been saved i but tho vessel itself was greatly damuged . The Quken ' s Visit to Aldkksiiot . —Her Majesty , accompanied by Prince Albert , the Princess Koyal , tho Princess Alice , tho Princesu Charlotto of Belgium , Prince Frederick William of Prussia , and the Prince of

      Ilohenzollcrn , attended a review at Aldorahot on Wednesday . They left Buckingham Palace at nine o ' clock , and reached Farnborough shortly before ton . The operations represented an attack aud defence , and , in order to command all the complicated movements , the royal party moved from hoight to helglit . The charge of the Hussars ia spoken of us particularly splendid , and so awful in its apparent reality as almost to dismay tho crowd . Tho Court then partook of luncheon in tho Pavilion , afterwards drovo through various portiona of tho camp , and returned to Buckingham Pulaco by sevuu o ' clock .

      Cai'Tujkk op a Si-Avicn . —An American brigantinc , the Adamu Gray , of Now Orleans , has been captured , while employed « a a elavor , by hui- Majesty ' s stoniu sloop Prometheus , five guns , Commander Charles W . Hope . Tho capture wuh otteotod by Mr . Jameson , mustor of the Prometheus . The money found on bourd was upwards of 5000 / ., besides tho valuo of tho vcsuul itself i so that tho prize ia an unusually rich one

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      654 T H E LE A D E B .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 11, 1857, page 654, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2200/page/6/