The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-19 00:00:00

The Conflict at Faenza,

The correspondent of the Unita Italiana, writing
from Faenza on the 10th inst., gives the following
account of the conflict which has taken place in that
city between the people and the military force :
" Yesterday, the 9th inst., about 400 young men,
chiefly workmen, met together in a village about
two miles distant from the town, and to render their
party more jovial, brought with them a band con-
sisting of about 20 musicians. The day was passed
in friendly festivity; many speeches were made, ac-
cording as chance introduced the different topics ;
and they drank the healths of Mazzini and Garibaldi,
in whom the party had most confidence. Towards
evening the young men proceeded to return to the
town, with the national flag and the band of music
at their head. On the road they met with two
patrols of soldiers of the line commanded by carabi-
neers, who let them pass on without molestation.
When they had nearly reached the Porta Montanara
they suddenly came upon a troop of about 30 armed
men, including carabineers, regular soldiers, and civil
guards, stationed right before them. The band was
then playing the hymn of Garibaldi, when, with-
out an instant's warning, the carabineers made an
attack upon the young men who carried the flag.
Others rushed on the musicians, summoning them
to disperse, and fired their revolvers several times,
wounding numbers more or less gravely. Then en-
sued the most indescribable confusion ; some fled,
and others took refuge in the neighbouring houses;
but the carabineers did not cease firing. Two of
the people fell seriously wounded, and the public
force made a number of arrests ; but as the civil
guards did not seem to consider the prisoners suffi-
ciently numerous, they went about arresting and
attacking every one that happened to pass that way,
violating the privacy of every house where they
thought any one might be sheltered. I cannot give
just now the exact number of the wounded, but I
can confidently state that there are many. Two
carabineers also are wounded, one with a stone, the
other with a pointed weapon. More than 50 per-
sons are arrested. The town is in the greatest sor-
row."

A correspondent of the Gazetta delle Ronzagne
says :

" The number of wounded is far greater than was
at first supposed. Some of the citizens slightly
hurt are being attended in their own houses, so that
the precise number cannot be arrived at. The num-
ber of arrests at first made was perhaps 100, but
very many were released immediately after having
been questioned by the authorities."

SUPPLY OF MEDICINE TO THE SICK POOR.—The
Poor Law Board has just issued a circular on the subject
of the recommendation made in a report of a Parliamentary
committee on the subject, in which they suggest to guar-
dians the advisability of having cod-liver oil, quinine, and
other expensive medicines supplied from the workhouses
or some places under their own control, under prescriptions
from the medical officer, in the same way as wines and
other extras. This document is signed by Lord Enfield,
the new secretary of the Poor Law Board.
The Russian Government has just contracted
with Messrs. Collins and Sibley, two American gentlemen,
for an electric telegraph to bo laid from the mouth of tho
Amoor to California, via Behring Straits. The lino is to bo
opened on the 3d of April, 1870, the permission of the En-
glish and American Governments having been already ob-
tained for their respective territories, and every assistance
promised by the three Cabinets concerned.
NARROW ESCAPE OF THREE PERSONS FROM
DROWNING.—A terrible occurrence, which nearly
resulted in the death by drowning of a child and two
young men, took place at Douglas, Isle of Man, a few days
ago. A little boy, a son of Mr. Candlish, of the Saddler's
Inn, Douglas, was playing at the quayside, when ho
tumbled headlong into the harbour. A young man,
ob-
serving the perilous position of the child, who had sunk
but risen again, gallantly, although ho could not swim a
stroke, leaped into the harbour for the purpose of rescuing
the drowning boy. Ile at once grasped the child, but owil g
to his inability to swim, he also sank, dragging the child
down with him, and there seemed every probability that
both would be drowned. At this juncture a young man
named Ewbanks leaped into the water, with the laudable
object of saving both the drowning creatures. The man
and child, in their frenzy, seized Ewbanks when he ap-
proached them in such a manner as to prevent his swim-
ming. The result was that Ewbanks was utterly unable
to save either of them, and there was now great danger
that the three individuals would be sacrificed. A largo
number of persons had congregated by this time, and the
excitement among them was intense. At length Ewbanks
managed to catch hold of a rope which Wtl.9 thrown to him,
by means of which ho kept himself and the others afloat
until a boat picked them up. When rescued, both the
young men wore greatly exhausted, and the child was in-
sensible. The latter, however, was placed under medical
care, and quickly recovered.