New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-16

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" : aiken away with tyrannical severity,
ne the authorities are not ashamed to inter
.hs works Of SOphocles, Shakspere' ana
,be native classics Of Italy, with Danies
-. co, ,,,lio al Their head, where not single
p.a,eb public lorual IS permitted except the
I,,rasl d., Dstois
educated classes. who feel this mental OF
ION most sonslbly have several times en-
- 20 obtain q more toierable position. but
". he prevailing want Of public sPint, and the
- Marty diyisio ns, All these attempts have
-. ALLEN through An explosion Of this
he I'ui,d Ifqi,qne Vas recently brought
o,e the superior Count, at public ses-
81 had AZ opportunity q attending The
r.-;es and parterre Of the Courthouse were
el,5,i.h spectators, who were separated only
slender wooden railing, bat with a strong
....n OF soldiers. from the Judge and
...o,ers The first session had scarcely
',~meDcei: the President had read the
..~e. OF fory-two persons against whom
,t.-pes had been brought and one OF the
oo.r.ellors had opened the defense Of ms eli
erf.. when suddenly shot was heard. The
.rc,tement which arose was almost frantic. The
.,bole hail was II once changed into hostile
camp. The large number o. soldiers placed
,,cusrkes towards the spectators IN a position
.fdefcnsc. and turned their loaded muskeis point
..ot on the uuarined audience. dreadful
...,,lt broke out confused, stunning outcry
e,o,o Thousand anxious excited voices, all wish
ana 10 he heard. but not one that could be under
.,ood The President Of the Court was the first to
ie,,e. tie other Judges followed N most un'u-
5c,al manner at his heels. Only We poor wretches
.ho were suspected ofhaying fret the shot could
..o. oneu our mouths and lowered for several
minutes IN constant expectation Of death, for It
needed only the slightest misunderstanding TO
c.use all these muskets to be discharged upon
us. The people IN the lower part of the house
acre m state of direiu confusion. the specta-
tors IN the galleries. among whom were several
ladies' and cieTgymen, threw themselves 10 the
floor. in order to gain the protection OF the
breastwork. upon the frs. discharge OF the guns.
Al last. the wild excitement subsidized, and great
was the astonishment when IT was announced
that the whole perilous excitement was caused
BIZ the accidental discharge OF soldiers musket.
The President now reappeared, deslrous, III the
TINE splnt of all anxious natures, to continue the
session. as If nothing had happened On the
other hand one Of the accused, P0eno. think,
.,pressed himself with great energy, insisting
ou an immediate investigation, so that TINS
occurrence should not be turned 10 the dis
llyantagc of the prisoners and the public
by converting the careless of a royal soldier
INTO formidable conspiracy The trial OF the
nifa Itahaus, which was charged with the I'M
gardonablc crime of wishing 10 sustain the
Constitution which was sworn 10 10y the King,
continued for several months, and terminated IN
The sentence of death aud condemnation for
several years to the gallcys. The greater part OF
the condemned belonged to the best and noblest
families OF the nation In open day, IN the
presence of multitude of deeply excited
though silent people, they ,were led through the
mos, crowded streets of Naples, to the Darsena
close under the windows OF the Royal Palace,
and put IN letters under the eye OF the King,
and chamed together with ordinary criminals.
Such acts of vengeance viii hardly teach the PEG
PIE the excellence OF absolute Government,
although they will still more embltter their feel
mgs The sultry atmosphere OF suppressed DIS
content broods over the whole country; the
slightest electric shock, and the storm VIII burst
'orh without warning. The Government Is
we'll aware Of the secret fermentation which has
spread through ever, class Of society the King
stll keeps entirely walled up the windows OF his
palace, which looks towards the populouS largo
d. Costello he still lives IN hls castle. which
>Naims with soldiers and heavy cannon, more As
a prisoner under restraint than as the honored
father of a loved and loving people, but the Gov
eminent has no faith IN the arrival of nations at
Their maloriy
0n the morning that We Jeff tins afflicted
country. We rode To CamalIoh, the celebrated
Csrtmsian monastery, which !, described n the
,uldebooks as the mos, beautiful spot on the m
hablted earth Here, ON a platform m the gar
in OF the monastery. were gathered before Our
, bewildcrcd ewes all the charms and mage love
J mess OF the mos, luxurious landscape m nature.
The noblcst, and most sublime materials of
creation are here concentrated ON spot sacred
10 beauty the Incorporating ocean-,hc ter
nbIe crater OF the velcano-tke groups OF Is
lands floating m thc dreamy distance - the
hea'cn-refectlng Bay of Naples and Baa-the
wooded mountains nSlng IN thousand graceful
forms, which are gradually lost IN the ilhmltable
depth OF green
We stood here for an hour IN reverenl awe.
With our heads uncovered, before TINS devotion
inspiring Spectacle, and with the wan City OF
Naples 4, our feet, signing under prisons and
lorlute>, we felt IN It's entire force the modern
significance of the old proyerR VISIT Naples
and then die"
tioQaence OF n Neapolitan Attorney General.
fas ProsrtSS0 oi Turn, of Aug. l., gives extracts
Rom the Official speech oi Francois Paul MorelA, the
hlas " Naples Attorney General, on the occasion
q he opening Of the great criminal court OF Farther
tSlabra
Norch began, SAYS the report, by depionng the te-