The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-09 00:00:00

CAPPELLD

The humble name of Cappello, a child of Palermo,
dumbness and deafness, to accused of feigning
escape the Piedmontese recruitment, does it not
recall to your minds, my lards and gentlemen, a
tale of most atrocious torture ? Europe trembling
with horror whilst perusing the frightful details.
Bat it has but uselessly stimrr stised the exeeutioners
of the poor Sicilian, tortured on the rack (revulsifs
umlauts), and seamed, it
say be said, with 152
bleeding wounds. I myself paw his lacerated body,
that body
which was one :miens© sore, and I could
not restrain my tears. well,
what has Piedmont
done, in face of the general indignation and horror ?
Has she disavowed the infamous deed ? Has she
imprisoned and condemned the wretch who in-
vented and applied this torture ? Has she taken
any steps towards offering the victim the satisfac-
tion to which he is entitled ?
No I my lords and
gentlemen, Piedmont has done everything to excuse
her agent, and she has placed on his breast her cross
of St. Maurice and Lazarus, her cross of honour, as
she had placed it on that of the photographer who
is inundating With obscenities the
of Italy. young kingdom

CARmis
• EDE MARINO.
Towards the middle of the month of December
last a conscript ct.
h
himself before council assembled y
ites t
iaft ngh
Salerno,tat
he was subject t
and produced medical
e Principato Citra presented
certificates
After his examinat?
he had an attack frequent fits of epilepsy.
ion they conducted him to
the hospital, where, at the end of some days,
of
his fearful malady. The
Piedmontese doctors
determined to make certain
that it was notsimulated, they garrotted him
:
on his bed of suffering,
and applied red-hot irons
to his legs; the convulsions increased still more
under the irritation of
the barns,
o unabated
olywhen they saw that
their unfortunate but thortunatee victim.e xe c ..
u•
cruelty their ex-
periment, and stopped it f
it
ti oennedr sa
ncgoenrteidn continued W
the
The epileptic fits having returned
several times they
at last set him at liberty ; but they forbade him,
with terrible threats,to speak of the tortures which
they had inflicted on him. On the 7th of April this
unfortunate man still lay on the bed of pain in the
hospital of the Principat, Citra, within 30 miles of
Naples. His name is Carmine de Marino; he was
born in 1843, in the codunnne of San Leonardo, in
the above principality. Since Ifs
—. i
vulsions have reached their paroxysm, and to his
last moment he will bear the
painful cicatrices of
his numerous wounds.
ANTONIO DEL TIO.

filleted with asthma, which rendered
unfit for military service. The
On the 17th January, 1862, medical eerfifisates I
certified that a young ec
-fineript of the Terra
d'Otranto was a
tnetseeataabgleYnts desired more certain proofs
Ph iime d mi cocr°l
thereof ; they loaded him with arms and baggage,
and intended to compel him to make a forced march
of
from Lecce to Taranto.
When
strength failed him on the way the soldiers
struck him with the butt-ends of their bayonets to
25 miles—that is to say,
drive him on, but it was in vain they redoubled
their threats and brutalities—the unfortunate crea-
ture suffered oo frightfully that these men deemed
it necessary to halt. The
Neapolitan
conscript
crawled to a cabin, where he expired, nine hours
after. He was called Antonia del Tin, end was
born in 1844, at Maoduria,
Are those, my lords and gentleman chimerical
accusations, imaginary tortures, and mae,tyrs who
in the Terra d'Otranto.
cannot be found ? Have you not shuddered At the
thought
pitate ours into the hands of
the torturers of Upper
Italy?
The
t yournoble
country
Parliament of Great Britain,
cannot it find a word of blame for the executioners
and a word of mercy for the victims? Ab, if during
the lapse of a few months, despite threats of death,
three of these atrocious deeds have reached the
knowledge of the public, how many such have there
not been committed which are as yet unknown, and
perhapii which will remain so for ever ? But per-
mit my to say that, to show yourselves indulgent

My lords and gentlemen, it is in the name of my
unfortunate countrymen that I presume to raise my
voice before you; it is in the name of outraged jus-
tice, liberty, and humanity ! If my appeal should
remain without result, history, later on, mast judge
with severity such denial of pity, and the people of
the Two Sicilies must look to Providence alone to
obtain an alleviation or an end to their wrongs.
I beg you, my lords and gentlemen, to accept of
the homage of my respect, and to pardon me my
prudent anonyme, for which, alas! there are too
many motives, on account of the arbitrary persecu-
tions to which we are exposed under the infamous
Pica law, from the basest agents of the Piedmontese.
AVYOCATO P . . . .

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

THE COMMEMORATION.

OXFORD! Jane 8.

The splendid weather of the present commemoration is
almost without a parallel in Oxford memories. An azare
sky, a brilliant sun, and a warm yet fresh and lively air,
have combined their charms, and have rendered the season
one which will not easily fade from recollection. Despite
the fatigues of two balls on two euee.asive evening., both
kept up till after 4 o'clock, Oxford at an early hour was
alive with flattering robes of gownsmen and gay costumes of
so-called " lionesses," all bending their way to the special
scene of interest—the Sheldonian Theatre. Rumours had
been rife to the effect that the proceedings would be of the
quietest and the dullest. Half the University, it was said,
had gone down—the list of notables who were to receive
degrees was small and unattractive—it was expected that
the area would be almost a blank space, and that the under-
graduates' gallery would be nearly empty. But rumour (as
so often happens) had been unveracious, and the actual
assemblage proved as crowded as usual, and very much too
noisy. For a while the Undergraduates, who were early
admitted to their gallery, contented themselves with mode-
rate demonstrations of their feelings, cheering wtth perhaps
less spirit than usual, "the Queen," " the Prince of Wales,"
" the Princess of Wales," "Lord Derby,"and "the Ladies."
After a short time the area began to fill, and the usual
marks of disapproval at the conduct of persons in the area
took place. " Hats off" was shouted persistently whenever
a stranger or antique M.A. happened to forget to uncover,
and groans and cries assailed with especial violence the in-
dividual who ventured inside the doors wearing a white hat
or white over-coat. The white hat seems to act on the
Undergraduate as the red rag upon the Spanish bull—it
absolutely infuriates him, and till it is removed from sight
he yells and raves as if he were downright mad. When the
area had been brought into tolerable order by tho stentorian
shouts of self appointed guardians of property, cries politi-
cal, social, literary, &c., were reintroduced. Lord Derby
was cheered vigorously, Mr. Bright's name was received
with hisses, Mr. Gladstone's with mingled applause and
groans, the latter somewhat predominating. Garibaldi'd
, name was the signal for a storm of applause, as was also the
Queen's. Prussia and Austria wore well hissed, while Den-
mark received unmistakable marks of sympathy. " The
North" was faintly cheered, " the South" vigorously, and a
Southern officer who appeared in the area in his uniform,
received several rounds of applause, which he acknow-
ledged by bowing repeatedly to the gallery. To come
nearer home, we must mention that the authorities of the
place seemed less popular than usual. The Vice-Chancellor
indeed and the Senior Proctor were fairly cheered, but the
Junior Proctor, two of the Pro-Proctors, and Convocation
were held in evident disfavour. Convocation obtained its
groans in contrast with loud cheers for Professor Jewett,
and its unpopularity was no doubt connected with its refusal
of the proposal to raise that gentleman's stipend. Among
novel cries we heard "Mr. Stansfeld"—(faint cheers)—
" Banting"—(oh, oh)—and "You're another," a recent pub-
lication—(laughter). "The Cambridge Eight," "The
Volunteers," and "Captain Jones" were likewise given, and
elicited applausive shouts. It is scarcely necessary to add
that "The Ladies" also received their full share of the
honours. The ladies, the young ladies, the ladies who
danced till 4 o'clock, the chaperones, the old ladies, the
ladies in white, the ladies in black, the ladies in lilac, the
ladies in hats, earl finally the rest or &hem, were proposed
and accepted on all hands with a pleasing unanimity. At
a few minutes after 11 o'clock the real btisiness of the day
began by the entrance of the procession, consisting of the
Vice-Chancellor, the noblemen, the directors, and the Proc-
tors, preceded by the beadles with their insignia of office. In
the procession, which was unusually small, were the Duke
of Hamilton, Lord Newry, the Provost of Oriel, the Master
of Balliol, the Dean of Christ Church, the Provost of Wor-
cester, Canon Ogilvy, Dr. Jacob, of Christ's Hospital, Dr,
Sheppard, of Kidderminster, &a. When the members of
the procession had reached their places the National Anthem
was sung with tolerable effect, and the Vico-Chancellor
opened the proceedings in the usual way; but he had
scarcely began to speak when a Babel of sound burst forth
which completely drowned his voice, and for about half an
hour everything had to be conducted in dumb show, The
cause of the noise seemed to be in part the unpopularity of
the procuratorial staff, in part a supposed want of gallantry
on the part of some gentlemen in the area who did not
immediately yield their places to some ladies, who had been
allowed, without tickets, and contrary to the regulations,
to enter that part of the theatre. In vain the Vice-Chan-
cellor gesticulated as one praying for silence; the noise
continued unintermittingly during his speech, daring the
entrance of the new Doctors and during the presentation
for their degrees to the Archbishop of Armagh, the Earl of
Bandon, Lord Overstone, and M. Thierry, who appeared
astonished at the licence allowed. On the presentation of
Sir Rowland Hill the Undergraduates at last turned their
attention to the proceedings, greeting the author of the
penny postage with loud cheers and a few facetious re-
marks. Mr. Arthur Helps, who followed, was in uniform,
and appeared not to be recognized, or the author of
"Friends in Council" would scarcely have missed the
applause he so well deserved. Mr. Cayley was more
fortunate. The Undergraduates heard and understood
that he was a " Senior Wrangler" and one of the most
eminent mathematicians in Europe, and greeted him
accordingly. On the presentation of Captain Jones for an
honorary M.A. there was loud and prolonged cheering, the
gallery expressing their opinion that he fully deserved the
honour bestowed upon him, while at the same time they
suggested that they would have preferred his being made a
D.C.L. With the Crewian Oration, which followed on the
degrees, and was delivered by the Professor of Poetry, Mr.
Arnold, the noise recommenced. An obnoxious Pro-
Proctor, seen behind the chair of the Vice-Chancellor, was
told to come out and show himself ; and on his declining to
respond to the invitation, the Vice-Chancellor was requested
to "whip behind"—a "hit" which caused a great deal of
laughter, The prize compositions were heard with a mode-
rate degree of attention. They were in no case well re-
cited, and none appeared to be of more than average merit,
except the Newdigate, which contained less claptrap and
more real poetry than usual. The proceedings terminated
towards half past 12 o'clock with a renewed storm of
groans and hisses, directed (apparently) against one of the
Proctors.
This afternoon a grand fete was given by the Apollo
Lodge of Freemasons in the gardens of St. John's College.
The " Orpheus" singers, and a mixed band of Coldatreams
and Jullien's attended. A numerous company enjoyed the
musical treat thus afforded them, and partook of the Free-
masons' hospitality. The weather was exquisite, and the
fete would have been as near perfection as anything sub-
lunary if the instrumental band eould have been prevailed
upon to play their airs at the time when the Orpheus min-
strels were not singing.
A ball takes place this evening at Queen's College. To-
morrow ;light there will be a ball at Pembroke College.

CAMBRIDGE, June 8.

The following have passed the second examination for
the degree of M.B. :—A. Godson, M.A., Trinity College,
H. W. Roffman, M.A., Trinity College, and E. T. Leighton,
M.A., Caine College.
The itegietrary begs that the applicants and certificates
of terms for all persons who are intending to take B.A. or
LL.B. Degrees on June 18 may be sent to him on or before
Wednesday, June 15.

GRAY'S INN.—Last evening tho grand day of
Trinity Term wee celebrated by the In.mnbers of the
society in their ancient hall. Among the guests were Lord
Chelmsford, the Lord Chief Baron, the Right Hon, Joseph
Napier, the Attorney-General for England, the Right Hon.
the Attorney-General for Ireland, the Treasurers of the
Inner and Middle Temple, the Solicitor-General for Ire-
land, Mr George, Q.C., M.P., Mr Longfield, Q.C.,
and the preacher, the Rev. Dr Hessey. The following
ilt,:sters of the Bench were also present :—The Treasurer
(Mr Wilde), the Master of the Rolls, Mr Lush, Q.C.,
Mr Manisty, Q.C., Mr A. J. Stephens, Q.C., Mr Hind-
marsh, Q.C., );,.r Southgate, Q,C., Mr Greenwood, Mr
Turner, Mr Tennant, and Mr Barstow. The subject of the
Lee prize essay (an exhibition recently founded by John
Lee, LL D., F.R.S., a member of Gray's Inn) was an-
nounced to be " On the principles of the law of contract in
o
the Roman law and the English law r 0.910 tively, pointing
out the chief differences between them with the view of
elucidating the relations of society both is t;he Roman Em-
pire and in England."

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