New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-18
ROYAL CRUMTTE9 At NAPLE2
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You vi,l not hsv, frao.sen tho revelations msde
tc the world by Mr. GladstoDe, and which eAc'so'
such burt Of indignation Ggainst the ssrociae'
committed BY the Neapohan Government WV
wish TO crush not only every hoery OF tnoos"'
but even the very shsd w Of thought. In i's
anxious desire 10 reduce the men who were ~ un'
Fortunate az 10 see the lgh. IN what Il one ci tne
most beautiful countries Of the eartn, hns ooinoa
sets danger ~ himself in everything and frequently
places himself in q ludicrous 'siton, and 1t Is
hard 10 say whether the course OF action he die
tates to hs police is most od~as or stupid. lie
sees enemies everywhere for the present be faD-
cies they lurk. like thieves in the forest, in the
bu,bv b.arde Of bis subjeets-therefore, he has
prescribed boards; they are to be razed-his
safety requires it.
Unfortunately, next to the ridiculous, we have
the od,ous-I wish knew another word of sufi-
cient strength 10 express the cOmiDgling senti-
mepts of contempt and dIgust, Of hatred and hor.
ror. which seize upon one when he hears of such
acts as those revealed BY q political prosecution
now in progress before the Central Criminal Court
Of Naples. As usual, tie whole fabric OF accusa-
ton rests upon the denuncaton of police agent,
who preteDds to have joped the conspiracy and
afterward repenttd. The whole scheme bears
such uDmistakoble evidence of having been in
vented by the police; the evidence of the threats
and the violence used upon the witnesses to CON-
pei them tO testify to what at best they know moth
ing o. is ubd. nlable, that 1t is outrage W on
common sense ana humanity that there should not
have been rendered from the beginning sentence
Of n0ite prosequi in the case. But, far from this
the public prosecutor shows the most indecent
hatred against the accused whom, in open au-
diebce, he insults and abuses to such an extent
that the President, Mr.. Grinaldi, has been sev-
eral times compelled, in very shane, to call
him to order This time the police have searched
for victims even in the converts and prisons, and
have accused men of conspirng against the state,
who are chained and watched every hour of day
aid night. 1t would really seem that the madness
OF hatred guides and inspires every action OF this
accursed Government
The accused are eleven in number-NcOla
MgnOgua, lawyer; kafiaele RuggierO, an Angus
tine monk; ADgeiantoDio de- CccO priest; Carlo
Angels and kanaele M7uro, domestics in the
prisons: GenharO MOrtati, prOprietOr; Basllio
Pamier lawyer; AnellO Ventre domestic in the
prisons; Giuseppe Avitabile, prisoner Condemned
in May, ls4s; BenlamiuO de Rosa, priest; An
tonietta de Pace, nun.
Aud these people are accused Of cOnsplring for
the subversion OF King Bomba's Government and
the destruction of bis throne
The defense has revealed strsDge doings, when
we consider that it is the nineteenth century in
gard to whom nothing has been proved except
tner very innOcence) have been subjected to
torture, morally and physically, in order to force
them into making revelations. One day they re-
ceiyed each fifty Iashes-and mark, these atrocities
have not been even denied by the Attorney
General.
One of the documents brought forward by the
prosecution against the lawyer Mignogos is revo-
lutiobary proclamation, which is said to have been
found III his hat at the time of his arrest. Well,
this document was proved by the counsel for de-
fense tU have been placed there the hat beng IN
another rOom) by a COmmissery of Police OF the
name of Campaigns, and tina, the said document
was written by boy named NJ 'relli, who admitted
the fact, and told how he had been kept eight days
in prison and beaten daily until he would consent
to do what was required Of him.
Were TO enter into further details my letter
would fill as many sheets as have already written
words. shall only Int ntion fact, related by
Avitabile, which shows how TIE unfortunate pris-
Uners are treated by the pdternat Government OF
Hing Bonba: One day the Governor OF the Basno
OF PIOvda was drunk when the letters Uf tne prls-
oDers, addressed by them to their families, were
banded to him. 1t is Usual for him, after exann-
ing them, 10 mark them. This he forgot to do. 1t
is the custom that all the letters shall be examined
by another officer Of the prlson after they have left
the office Of the Governor and before they are
dtfnitlyeIy allowed to be forwarded. This officer,
nbUln9 tntse tItCIs uuIndThtu, ecDt tntli, Will
report to the Governor, whO having forgotten all
that had passed. ordered that within three hours
one Aundred lashes be given to each prisoner.
There were seventy-tWO.
And while these atrocities are committed, En-
gland looks quietly on, and her Government sends
diplomatic advice. You see how the Neap pOltan
Government acts upon it.
l shall inform you of the fate of these poor men
when the retult is known. 1 fear that their innO-
cebce will avail them nothing.
1t is said that Austria has Joined with England
and rance to recommend to the different despo,ic
Governments Of Italy the necessity Of making
some reforms. This may be the case, but if We
Judge of the truth Of these reports by what we
know tO be the facts, there is certainly little
hope left fOrus. For instance: Comte COlOredO,
Enbassador Of Austria near the Holy See, has pro-
posed to the Pope the reeetablshment Of the Order
of the Knights Of Jerusalem Does he intend that
Il revived Order shall fight the Turks as in the
days when Soiman IL. threatened Malta, or is it
merely intended as protest against the Liberal
tendencies Of the times
THE AMERICAN QUESTION.
In the House Of Commons the lss inst,
Mr. GIBSON said that there no Parliamentary
ground vhatever for shrinking from the ful7et discas
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