The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-05

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Inat mmsdiauy Easa lfaruAa ssna p lIiDl -
le9 kaGhn1 HI ieedship hol1s ~ e~le ~
v!ee- Chsmhssisin n ~ sQnSea, and = y ~
thi<iy,fpaFth year; i heir to = psoperty u ~
vpnsatH e tha value Of &26,Oo0 PR spasm, ID
that ths &60,00O would not BE- thxewn au.y,
f'osd Edward h Roman Catholie-
nAs.as 0s. AID mas Hvs.A.n.-By ~
deed of sepsf&ton Of Vie psisbtated ethger,
Grisl, md her husband, N. do Msjcy, hs was to
have the property OF some iron works It Chitissy,
Out, - the revenue afsing from them was ua-
certain, IL was further stipulated that the wife
should pay hin 10000 l(Aass . year ~ long u
she should remain on tAe staes. For acme time
past this income has not BEEN paid, and r. q
Me!cy, TIE DAY before yesterday, beoueht n ~
ton against his wife Or the arrears. esuoar1lsr
to $1,000 francs. The counsei plsaded 4haf ~
revolution OF February had 10 injsrsd her Il her
professional pursuits, that she WA no lonrsr
able 10 pay so large ann ~ 10000 francs .
year, and offered, in lien Of the srrear@ due, %
pay sum of 10000 francs. The counsel ior
NJ Dc helcy denied the truth Of the statement
made as to the reduced means Of Madame Gsisi.
and entered into detail of the sums received
by her ut different theatres, &c. He mentioned,
had received very valuable presents in jewels,
and in particular wreath for the head, valued
ut 10000 rubles (about 100000 franrs) which
had been purchased by subscription, the Emps-
ror himself having subscribed 10000 rubles.--
tie stated, also, in reply to the advocate Of Nh.
dame Grsi, who, after having alluded TO the
abandonment Of the Italian opera by the sEistos.
racy, in consequence of the revolution, had de-
scribed the attempt Of his client to find COM
pensation in London ~ unfortunate that she
had not been loser to the extent pretended
On the contrary, he declared that abe had re-
allied large Gums, and hsd received not less than
10000 francs Ia England for her assistance 1t
The musical festivals. The court, after weighing
the statepents AMI arguments Of the counsel for
both parties, condemned the defendant 10 pay the
whole sum claimed by NJ de Melcy GaNg-
nanfs Messenger.
STEAK BETWEEN GLASGOW AID Nsw Yomx.
Our readers are aware that the entire success
OF the brief experiment made by Messrs. Tod
and M'Gregor, of direct steam communiration
between this city and New York, led recently
to the formation Of Joint stock companv nr
the purpose Of resuming the trade bv rarulsr
line of steam ships. We have now the pieas.
ure Of stating that the directors Of the new
company have this week had meeting and az.
pointed Mr.. N. Langlands to be their manager
and agent here, while their agency at New York
has been entrusted to Mr.. ]. MSymon. It will
thus be seen that the management on both sjdea
the Atlantic will be in the same hands that cun.
Quoted, with so much efficiency and satisfaction.
the affairs of the City or Glasgow, now trans
ferrod to the Liverpool and Philadelphia trade.
The directors have likewise decided on naming
the first vessel Of the Glasgow and New YORK
Steamship Company, the Albion, and have
unanimously agreed to confer the command on
Captain N. Steward, Of the Liverpool and Hall
fax mail steamers, and previously we'll known
in the East India trade as commander Of the
Rajasthan. The Albion will be launched from
the budng-yard Of Messrs. Tod and NJ Gregor,
about the middle of June. and is expect 4 TO
make her first trip across the Atlantic early in
August-Glasgoac Citizen.
The military authorities in Milan have given
notice that the proprietors of buildings who, ia
playcards and symbols which have been posted
during the night will be fined 10 forms. Tho
fines are to form fund, out of which 100 Aorins
(xlO) will be given reward for each convic-
ton Of person afixing revolutionary documents
to the wallis Should the fund not be large
enough to cover the outlay, the respective parish
will have to make up the deficiency.
The BAsrINApo IN IrALy.-Exactly week
ago, that is, on the 28th of March, the stick was
resorted to, that favorite instrument Of Austrian
eoquence, in the prisons of Santa Palagia, at An
coma, az mode of extracting evidence, thus re-
viving, in fact, the atrocous middle age systeu,
of Judicial torture. The bastinadong operation
took place at o'clock in the afternoon, on the
persons OF two countrymen, against whom, for
three months previously, the papal police had
been compiling series Of accusations without
ever being able to bring forword any satisfactory
~>f rf . L. Is L
come to any conclusion, for want of evidenc !, the
papal commissary ordered the accused indvitu-
ais TO be handed over TO the military tribunal
and according to its directions the prisoners, in
stead OF being set at libeky for want of evidence.
were subjected to the Judicial torture Of the basti-
nado, in the presence Of Judge and notary who
were ready to take down any dispositions which
the said bastinado might produce One prisoner
underwent eighteen blows, and the other FIVE (fE- Z
teen more being reserved for the following day)
protesting their innocence all the time. "A.
second sitting of this singular kind Of court
was to take place on the 29th, at the same hour,
when several other prisoners, amongst whom
young woman Of twenty years old, accused OF be-
ing the lover of one Of the accused parties. were
TO be well beaten. in order to make them furnish
the required evidence, whether true or false. This
brutal affair had created such feeling Of horror
in Ancona, that the British consul had been en-
treated to nterpose his good Offices with the Aus
rian general and the president OF the tribunal, to
induce them to conduct their proceedings in q
rather more legal form, but up to an hour before
the time fixed for the bastinadoing Ito which peri
cd my account reaches) he had been unable to
effect anything in favor Of the prsoners.--[Ro-
man Correspondent Of the Daily .Neps.
IMPORTANT FROM MExIco-REvoLUrIor An
ricIPArEp.-By nm arrival at New Orleans, We
have dates from Mexico to the 18th ult The
Picayune says:
Several large and influential parties in Mex
leo are plotting for change in the government.
One party wishes to join Mexico once more to
Spain, and counts upon the Spanish troops and
authorities in Cuba for assistance. Another
of the manufacturing interests
trying quietly ard slowly to get up a feeling in
faynr of the return of Santa Anna "a ras.os