Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-29 00:00:00

of the country
A le'

er from Varese of the 21st
qnprlart

,o the (

fe-ssor Dionaco arrived here in such all4iabie
greatest uneasiness is felt for his life
as a; hostage by General Urban, an
obliged to follow the Austrian column onto
withstanding his great age, has-been-
horrible fatigue. His strength- .haYir,
he applied to General Urban for- some
sufferings. The reply was an order fro-
him fifty blows with a stick, alter

Ile had been arrested

ad has: ever since been

and, no t-

to the most

ee9me exhausted

ation of his

rom the, general to givc

r whit

he wa!

liberty."
THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON- .IN
evening—the Emperor comes down front his room,- at-
tended by Marshal Vaillant. The whole military house-
hold comes out and stands apart.: The Emperor sits down,
and a map is brought to him. Marshal Vaillant presents
several papers to his Majesty. The Emperor remains alone
for a moment, and rests his elbow, on- another chair beside
him. A spy arrives, and is introduced. His Majesty
listen to him, but apart. A colonel is called; he gives ter,
Napoleons to the spy, who seems -well satisded with his pay
Marshal Regnault de St:- Jean
Emperor convenes with hint.
The map is called for several timas

—lt is six in the

d!Angely

rerives ; the

Other generals come:. in

rhe king arrives in

,lake

Soften

carriage, and, the two monareas
down a little the hectoring air which some portrait, give
to King Victor Emmanuel, .-give--him, .a very plain cavalry
uniform, and you will. have the portrala of Victor Emmanuel.
You must also darken his complexiou a little, give:greater
distinctness to his features, so, as- to have the -true ,phy-
siognomy of a frank soldier used to the life of camps.
The Emperor and he go a :littie. apart and converse, both
making cigarettes ---ession. The, Emperor,
-•o-on close

rafts of a VTI
aid long. Ottt.

I rapid' suc
titist th

tired of standing, leans ag,
by ; the conversation is livers ..._ .. gene,ra,
come in. The light, though. now- deelming, is still sufficient
to allow of seeing the map,. whioli is again brought forward.
At last the King left at tea o'clock, and the Eineearer
dismissed his household; a,
-w
days, Yo
:es arc
wors
-ts
retired to his apartment. • of the leeti
sleeps more by day than by .oitice, ' a bagel
morning, and is called up, as -14 religious ;cuts
from Montecitiari. . memorial.' ,sured.
THE GRAND Duipe: CONSTANTINE.—sUIt tat. -,....---__ et, hold forth ' ne se-
shores of the Bosphorus is a romantic,- valley known as ' the truth, theewholo truth, and nothing but the trail s'
Gueuk-sou, or the Celestial Waters. Here, embowered truths which, neefforts on the part of all the priests and in-
amidst gigantic planeetreos, is a kiosque or summer- fatuated and misguided followers of the Church of Rome
house belOnging to the Sulean. It was in this. sechnied could affect ;-and should any breach of the peaCe occur—any
and lovely spot that, Abdul Medjicl... Khan, Chef of the ' disgraceful exhibition' manifest itself—your worship's good.
Faithful, entertained- at his owe table the. Grand sense willleadyou to infer from what quarter it would arise.
Duches-e, Not only did. he depart. from the law which The attempt-in question involvee,these conclusions:—Shall
forbids the successor of Othmane to admit. any guest the truth be withheld and suppressed ? ' Shall "'the crimes
to his.. table, bat he still further shocked Meissman and abominations practised upon amiable but` too credu-
prejudices by in. this instance setting aside the. edicts lous feraale.s he glaringly and inhumanely tolerated? Shalt
of the Prophet in favour 4:),• a lady and a giaour. the Jesuits be allowed to cut off and destroy Tour rights,
It was on the morning of the 17th instant that libertiee, and the blessings of the.constitution of this free glo-
this memorable circumstance. took place. It was a nuns, and professing Christian land ? 'lf they shall exist it
ckjiineur dinatorie,. at which the Grand Duchess, the will ne the guilt of those who calmly look on whilst they even
Sultan, and the Grand Duke alone were present. It was profess to pride themselves in, their Dritish privileges. As
about mid-day that the three sat down to. table, and regards.my being an 'impostor,' this reiterated falsehood is
they did not quit the kiosq.F.,e- till sunset. It must not now in a legal form, and will,be decided in a high court of
be forgotten that it was. at the valley of "Inkier- justice..--The Baroness DE CAMIN, in the absence of the
Skelessi, a little higher up, the Bosphorus,. that a treaty Baron, at Wigan.—Manchester, Monday, June 27, 1859.. "
was entered into 'between. Turkey and Russia many —Perceiving that a breach of the peace was likely to take
years ago, and it is but natural that rumour should be place, the mayor announced that the lecture would not be
now afloat of a secret treaty of no less import having delivered. The town was in a slate of great excitement,
been concluded between the Sultan and his imperial and, had the baron shown himself: there is no doubt that a
guests in the valley of the Gueuk-Sous. On the evening serious breach of the peace would have occurred.
of the same day the Sultan's private operatic company DIPIITILERIA. The symptoms and treatment of
performed at the imperial theatre of Dol-naghtehe- diphtheria are attracting the, careful notice of some of the
Seated beside the Sultan in hie- box were the Grand most eminent of the medical profession, and without doubt
Duchess and her husb.snel. In. the other boxes were ere long any uncertainty, which now exists on the matter will
foreign diplomatists.and Turkish Ministers, but Sir Henry be removed. Besides the manner of treatment, it is most
Bulwer, the ambassador of England, was not present.— necessary to determine to what extent diphtheria depends
Letter from Constatitimpld. upon sanitary conditions; and whether it can, like typhus
PRINCE NAKILL'os's ARm.x..—lt is not easy to count fever, be attributed, to bad drainage, want of cleanliness,
the men, nor yet the infantry and cavalry regiments, overcrowding, and. other evil arrangements prejudicial to
which constitute this Fifth Corps. It is asserted, rather health. Dr. Ballard, the medical officer of health for the
loosely, that we have 0.000 men marching with us ; Islington district, has inquired into between sixty and
but that nine batteries—that is, fifty-four piecea—of seventy distinct cases, which have occurred in that neigh-
artillery wound their way through the narrow streets beurhood ; and it appears that about one-half of these took
of Massa this day every man with two pair of eyes place in the families of persons in good positions, occupying
could see ; and the trtin, ammunition, and other waggons houses in which no imperfection of drainage or other faults
are in proportion. Such a mass of heavy lumber must go could be discovered by the sanitary inspector. It must,
by smooth and broad roads if any are to be found ; and however, be noticed that, at the rate of
50 per cent. the
those of the Alletone from Fistula to Modena, and of the Cer- houses were in ill-eondition. It is noticed of this disorder,
veto fromFirdinovo to Reggio, were so far from offering the , that it has been most serious in
everthe sin this respe
expedient, in order to follow the easiest way, to lose at from plague or cholera, which generally, like an invading
least six days in going back to the very track which, if army,. skirmishes about the outskirts before it attacks
you will please to remember, I had pointed out in my the centre. In the City district, and in other populous
correspondence for the last 'month or two. By landing parts, the number of eases of di is
has been very few-
at Spezia and crossieg the Cisa the Fifth corps could It is necessary to mention this in, order that we may judge
have reached parma and taken up its position on the how much this complaint, in its. present form, depends on
bank of the Po full two weeks before the battle of malarious influences, and how,touch on sanitary derange-
Magenta. What the result of such a move might have meats. In considering
the condition of those dwellings in
been towards cutting off the retreat of the Austrians any which deaths from this ewase have occurred, in houses
person conversant with military matters will readily seemingly of a zood order, we should not loose tight of the
perceive. Since, however, a triumphal march into Tuscany surrounding evils. Are there back slums and fever nest
was in the ease en scan of the expedition of the Fifth close by, although hidden from the view' Are there ps esti-
Corps, it was still expedient, and even almost necessary, to lential ditches, or- unchained lauds near ? ?some of the
follow the route we are now travelling over. Our immediate French writers on this subject ti,ttiibut..:l this disease to
destination is Parma, not Piacenza, as many French officers malaria 2 arising from, fens, stagurAt water,
with absurd coofidence asserted. A wearer of epaulettes in other similar causes. The co a
IC--;:ion of Boulogne, where-
the Fronoh e:rmy is seldom a man of much general informa- diphtlierialas destroyed cesspools, and
, ,a - Ilvich life, is sufficient to account
tion, Fee is up to all -the minutest details of his on, sanitary -principles, Vl' .the outbreak which has taken.
Putinrilar branch of the service, but, unless he be on place. We hope sesse?. •by
Olio staff, he never looks into a map, never seeks for before the pabliyfr, know-Ist. If this dangerous disease
;"_aformation in the history of past campaigns. I know depend, to a Ireo the facts which will be Id&
extent, on neglect of sanitary conditions.:
colonels and other staff officers, very loud in their 2nd. If it
be. keectious, and can be transmitted from place
idolatry of the memory of the first Napoleon, to whom i to place.
-'.d. If by
here. And, 4th. "What means
by its progress in other countries, it is
the far-famed names of Montebello, Castiglione, Lonato, I likely to 'be an e
and other twice and thrice-fought fields convey no meaning. 4 would best.
best. put persons out of danger of such an enemy..
The Prince, I am told, expresses his conviction that the Wo should also know the extent to which diphtheria has
Fifth Corps will operate Under the wall of-Vercna, ' ''rage in the provinces.—The Builder.

quarter of an ho

afterwards.

the

ht. He wor:iistill one in-the

an at three or four.--fitter