The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-11 00:00:00

Alleged Barbarity of the Italian Army.

The following correspondence has passed between
the Austrian General, Baron John, and General La
Marmora :

" June 24.

"Agreeably to a report made by a General in
command of the Imperial troops which took pos-
session of Santa Lucia, it would seem that a deed of
unheard-of barbarity has been committed against
three soldiers of the 21st Battalion of Chasseurs.
These, after being wounded, were, it is said, found
hanging. Help was fortunately at hand in time to
restore two of them to life, but the third had been
driven mad.

" Should there be, contrary to all expectation,
any recurrence of similar outrages, unworthy of a
civilised army, his Imperial Highness the Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Army would be, in spite of
himself, under the necessity to have recourse to re-
prisals, although we have given, even at the present
day, fresh evidence that we are proud to treat our
prisoners of war as we do our own soldiers.
" Accept, &c., (Signed) " JOHN."

" June 25.
" The communication I received this morning
filled me with the greatest surprise. Were not the
event related by a General of the Imperial Army I
could not credit it, because our army with respect
to its treatment of prisoners of war, according to
the strictest rules of honour and humanity, has
always enjoyed as good a reputation as any other
army.

" I shall immeditely institute the most diligent
inquiry on this subject, in order to learn whether
anything has happened at all like alleged outrage,
and, had the case really occurred, I shall not hesi-
tate in giving an example. But I also trust that
the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial army will
endeavour to ascertain whether the report which
gave rise to his remonstrances may not spring from
vague and exaggerated rumours, as too often hap-
pens in accounts given during the first moments of
great excitement, the authenticity of which is too
readily admitted.
" Accept, General, &c.,

"LA MARMORA."

THE SHIPBUILDING TRADE ON THE CLYDE.—AII
is not peace yet in this trade. The non-society men have
resumed work—many society men also ; but in one large
building-yard—that of the London and Glasgow Engineer-
ing Company—the Trades' Union men are again discordant,
and a general lock-out of all rivetters, members of trades'
unions, is accordingly threatened by their employers. Since
the works were opened according to the employers' resolu-

tion, a number of rivetters have returned to work in the
yard of the London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company.
The Trades' Unions, however, not having pronounced the
striko to bo at au end, refused to allow society men to
resume work till those men who began without their
sanction had been discharged. On the 29th June last a
letter was addressed to the company by the rivetters
formerly in .their employment, offering to come back if
they received 265. per week, and on the condition that five
mon then in their employment would be discharged. On
wages paid being 2Gs. per week, there was of course no dif-
ference on this point, and the whole question at issue therc-
fore was the discharge of those mon who had taken em-
ployment without the society's instructions. The letter
not being signed, the company did not know with whom to
communicate,and reply. After some delay in ascertaining
where the letter came from, they found that because the
request had not been immediately complied with, the work-
men would not now resume work at 265. per week, but
wished 275. per week.—North British Mail.
The Earl and Countess of Airlie will leave town
the latter end pf the week for their neat in Scotland.

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HER MAJESTY.

OSI3ORNE, July 10.
The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Louise
and Princess Beatrice, went out yesterday after-
noon, and walked in the grounds this morning.
Her Majesty- held a Council at half-past 1 o'clock
to-day, at which the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl
of Malmesbury, and the Right Hon. Sir Stafford
Northcote were present.

The Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Devon,
the Earl of Tankerville, Earl Cadogan, Lord Col-
ville, Lord Burghley, Viscount Royston, and Mr.
Cave were sworn in as members of the Privy Coun-
cil, and took their seats at the Board.

Previous to the Council the Earl of Bessborough,
Viscount Sydney, the Marquis of Ailesbury, Lord
Foley, the Earl of Ducie, the Earl of Cork, Vis-
count Castlerosse, Lord Otho Fitzgerald, and Lord
Proby delivered to her Majesty their wands of office,
which were conferred upon the Duke of Marl-
borough, the Earl of Bradford, the Duke of Beau-
fort, the Earl of Tankerville, Earl Cadogan, Lord
Colville, Lord Claude Hamilton, Lord Burghley,
and Viscount Royston.;
The Earl of Devon was sworn in as Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster.
Mr. Helps was clerk of the Council.
Mr. Gooch was clerk of the Council of the
Duchy of Lancaster.