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The Sun. — 1859-06-09 (London, England)

THE REGENERATION OF ITALY.  ITALIA.-0, Si to fosse men' bells, 0, pin forte.—Filaraja.  I had a Vision I Italy Rose, like a spectre, on my eye ! No more the form, whose accents fell On nations, like a sudden spell: With witching glance, and lip of smiles, And heart of more than human wiles, And jewelled brow, and airy robe, The soft enchantress of the Globe There stood a form, with anguish bowed, A captive, all her robe a shroud. And yet the glance of shame and ire Showed in her soul its ancient fire ; And stern the voice, though sad and slow, That told her tale of more than woe " Why was I cursed (the Phantom cried), To be the toy of homicide! To be the prize and prey of things, In God and Nature's wrath, made kings Why, framed with thoughts not born to die, The trembler at a tyrant's eye ; With pantings for immortal fame, Yet still the sword's ignoble game; With hand to do, and heart to feel, Still crushed beneath a robber's heel; Still bearing on my burning brain Earth's deepest brand, a stranger's chain: Alternate serf of Gaul and Hun, Of both the scorn—by both undone  " Was it, my soul to tantalise, That Tnunr first woke my slumbering eyes, When, pilgrim-like, from climes afar, Glowed on my night the Gospel star I And shouts of joy, from hill and dale, Bade the new-risen Glory hail. And never purer prayer was given, Than from my Alpine roofs to Heaven. Till swept the storm of fire and gore, And Night and Slumber fell once more. " Why, Nature I has thy pencil dyed In purple pomp my mountain's side, Gilded my Alp, and Apennine, With the strong splendours of the mine ; Embathed in light the marble bay, The forest dell, the castle gray : O'er all, the spell of beauty cast, To be a dungeon at the last H Man, from the cradle to the grave, The worst of slaves, a willing slave !  " Yet, brighter than my Morn and Eve n, Inlay of all the hues of Heaven ; And lovelier than my waters blue, And fresher than my vales of dew, And softer than the airs that rise, Earth's evening incense to the skies And holier than the moonlight's sleek/ On sainted pile, or haunted steep; • Heaven's first, best gift, its last resigned, I mourn my POETRY of mind No Dante pours the burning tear; No Tasso summons Earth to hear; No Ariosto strikes the string, By forest shade or fairy spring ; No Petrarch sees the visions gleam, By Arno's laurel-bowered stream ; Or bids again the roses bloom, In homage o'er my "Virgil's tomb ; No Bard of fire to burst the chain ! The pangs of ages, all in vain, My long and lingering Destiny, In shame to live, in shame to die I All silent, sunk in woe, or fear, My very soul—a sepulchre I " But, is there not a ' Coming Time 1' Nobler than Nature in its prime, When man shall trample man no more, No diadem be dipt in gore ; When all shall see the Promised Sign,' The Idol shattered, with his shrine ? Vanished from Earth War's Demon-horde, Undone the Kingdom of the Sword;' Sorrow, and Sin, and Shame'unknown, One Gou, one KING, one FAITH, one THRONE I" June 6, 1859. G.
The Sun. — 1859-06-09 (London, England)

THE REGENERATION OF ITALY.  ,-0, si tit fosse men' bella, r:" fort e.—Fikteaja.  I had a Vision I Italy, Rose, like a spectre, on my eye I No more the form, whose accents fell On nations, like a sudden spell: With witching glance, and lip of smiles, And heart of more than human wiles, And jewelled brow, and airy robe, The soft enchantress of the Globe ! There stood a form, with anguish bowed, A captive, all her robe a shroud. And, yet the glance of shame and iro Showed in her soul its ancient fire ;' And stern the voice, though sad and slow, That told her tale of more than woe " Why was I cursed (the Phantom cried), To be the toy of homicide! To be the prize and prey of things, In God and Nature's wrath, made kings Why, framed with thoughts not born to die, The trembler at a tyrant's eye ; With pantings for immortal fame, Yet still the sword's ignoble game ; With hand to do, and heart to feel, Still crushed beneath a robber's heel; Still bearing on my burning brain Earth's deepest brand, a stranger's chain: Alternate serf of Gaul and Hun, Of both the scorn—by both undone I  " Was it, my soul to tantalise, That TRUTH first woke my slumbering eye,tz, When, pilgrim-like, from climes afar, Glowed on my night the Gospel star ! And shouts of joy, from hill and dale, Bade the new-risen Glory hail. And never purer prayer was given, Than from my Alpine roofs to Heaven. Till swept the storm of fire and gore, And Night and Slumber fell once more. " Why, Nature I has thy pencil dyed In purple pomp my mountain's side, Gilded my Alp, and Apennine, With the strong-splendours of the mine ; Embathed in light tho marble bay, The forest dell, the castle gray : O'er all, the spell of beauty cast, To be a dungeon at the last I; Man, from the cradle to the grave, The worst of slaves, a willing slave " Yet, brighter than my Morn and Eve n, Inlay of all the hues of Heaven ; And lovelier than my waters blue, And fresher than my vales of dew, Anti softer than the airs that rise, Earth's evening incense to the skies ! And holier than the moonlight's sleep On sainted pile, or haunted steep; Heaven's first, best gift, its last resigned, I mourn my POETRY of mind ! No Dante pours the burning tear; No Tasso summons Earth to hear; No Ariosto strikes the string, By forest shade or fairy spring ; No Petrarch sees the visions gleam, By Arno's laurel-bowered stream ; Or bids again the roses bloom, In homage o'er my 1, irgil's tomb ; No Bard of fire to burst the chain The pangs of ages, all in vain, My long and lingering Destiny, In shame to live, in shame to die 1 All silent, sunk in woe, or fear, My very soul—a sepulchre I " But, is there not a ' Coming Time 1' Nobler than Nature in its prime, When man shall trample man no more, No diadem be dipt in gore ; When all shall see the Promised Sign,' The Idol shattered, with his shrine ? Vanished from Earth War's Demon-horde, Undone the 'Kingdom of the Sword;' Sorrow, and Sin, and Shame unknown, • One GOD, one KING, one FAITH, one THRONE i" June 6, 1859. G.
The Sun. — 1859-11-09 (London, England)

CARLYLE. A man who believed in a living GOD, who had no manner of doubt that his most ardent desires and emotions were Divine inspirations, and who, whether in battle with " the thick trees on which he lift 1d up his axe," or encountering "the Amalekites" of the day, was quite sure that his arm was outstretched or withdrawn, strengthened or weakened, by the decree of the Omnipotent. This man took with him to Kansas his family of six. He had not long settled there before " the sinners "—and verily sinners they are—the slaveholders, stirred up the much talked of Missouri Ruffians to do their work. These brigands were to force on the free settlers of Kansas, by tho terrors of fire and sword, a pro-slavery Constitution ; and we all remember how, by outrageous violence, they succeeded, and how PIERCE and BUCHANAN made it their grand object to curse the new territory with their infernal demon of slavery. In the progress of this bloody work it was that the Border Ruffians raised up a man to avenge the wrongs of freedom, who regarded himself as one of -the old Judges of Israel. Under circumstances of great atrocity, not to be paralleled on this-side of the Atlantic except by the savageries of Austria in Italy and Hungary, the Border Ruffians had murdered several of BROWN'S children, and several of his neighbours around him. This he regarded as his commission from on High. He collects around him a small band of Ironsides likeminded with himself, and now it is " the Sword of the Lord and of Gideon." He met " the enemies of Kansas and of the Lord" in any numbers and invariably routed them. His countrymen conferred on him the name of " Ossowatomie" by the same right as a new title was given to the Dukes of MALAKOFF and MAGENTA; and though so much smaller the numbers engaged, the merits of the Far West victories were not inferior to those of this quarter of the world. Whereever he came the " Ruffians" fled at the very sound of his name, and many of the worst of them were surprised in their houses, and executed- summarily on the trees adjacent to them. Till the war was over his was their name of terror. But even Kansas troubles came to some sort of an end. Peace was enforced ; but there was no peace for slavery and slaveholders in the mind of " BROWN of Ossowatomie." his brain, frenzied by the murder of his children, could know of no mercy to the infernal institution to which they had been offered up as victims. lle now determined to be the plague if not the subverter of slavery.* Being not far from the Free States, he employed himself in aiding slaves to escape from American bondage to British Freedom, and was chief guard of the " underground railway" from the slave states to Canada. He appears to have done a great deal in this way, and no doubt vexed sorely the. heart of many a southerner, by enabling his " property" to become its own property, and to exult in a freedom
The Sun. — 1859-12-20 (London, England)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.  ATTEMPT TO MURDER A WlPE.—Francis Imberti, a tall man of respectable appearance, an interpreter at the Hotel de Provence, Leicester-square, was placed at the bar before Mr. Beadon, charged with attempting to murder his wife, Louisa Imberti, a respectable-looking female.  Louisa Imberti, the wife, said she lived with the prisoner at 3, Blue Cross-street, Leicester-square, and last night about nine the prisoner came home, having been drinking, and asked her for money, but seeing he had been drinking, she refused to give him any. He then took a pair of razors in a case from a drawer, threw her on the bed, held her down, and swore ho would " mark her." She struggled desperately with him, and he then struck her a violent blow in tho eye, several others about different parts of the body, and gave her such a severe kick in the private parts that she could scarcely walk from the pain.. She then called for help, and some of the lodgers and the police came to her assistance. He was always very violent'when under the influence of drink, and she was sorry to have to appear against him.  Mr. Hazen, the landlord of the house, 3, Blue Crossstreet, said he heard screams of " murder" proceed from the prisoner's room, and went for a constable, being afraid to enter the room without one. The wife produced the razor, and said the prisoner had attempted to murder her. He saw marks of violence on the wife's face, and understood she had marks on different parts of her person. The room was in the greatest confusion, the bedstead being broken and the other furniture also.  in answer to Mr. Beadon, the witness said they had only lodged with him seven weeks, and this was the third occurrence of the sort. He fully expected in his passion that ho would kill the woman.  Luke Jeffery, 49 C, said he heard cries of "police" and "murder," and on going to tho house found the place as described by the last witness. Tho prosecutrix gave the prisoner into custody for attempting to murder her with a razor. Ile dared him to enter the room, but seeing he was resolved on doing so, and that a second constable had then arrived, he went quietly to the station. He saw the mark on the woman's eye, and she complained of having been otherwise ill used.  The wife said ho had been at the court before for another assault.  The prisoner's defence was that she would not give him any money, and that she was too extravagant, and that she .was not his wife.  Mr. Beadon said here was ♦iolence committed, and cries of " Murder" having brought the whole of the people in the house up to the prisoner's room. Tho woman has marks on her face. She says you not only strike her about the face, but on parts of her body that could not bo seen, in addition to which you kick her on her private parts. You think that by saying that she is not your wife that that will go in mitigation, and that being so she has no remedy, but if Ghat is even the case, she is more in your power, and must be protected. Committed for two months, with hard labour.
The Sun. — 1859-12-20 (London, England)

MARLBOROUGII-STREET.  ATTEMPT TO MURDER A WlFE.—Francis Imberti, a tall man of respectable appearance, an interpreter at the Hotel de Provence, Leicester-square, was placed at the bar before Mr. Boadon, charged with attempting to murder his wife, Louisa Imberti, a respectable-looking female. Louisa Imberti, the wife, said she lived with the prisoner at 3, Blue Cross-street, Leicester-square, and last night about nine tho prisoner came home, having been drinking, and asked her for money, but seeing he had been drinking, she refused to give him any. He then took a pair of razors in a case fro►n a drawer, threw her on the bed, held her down, and swore ho would " mark her." She struggled desperately with him, and ho then struck her a violent blow in the eye, several others about different parts of the body, and gave her such a severe kick in the private parts that she could scarcely walk from the pain.. She then called for help, and some of the lodgers and the police came to her assistance. lie was always very violent when under the influence of drink, and she was sorry to have to appear against him.  Mr. Hazen, the landlord of the house, 3, Blue Crossstreet, said he hoard screams of " murder" proceed from the prisoner's room, and• went for a constable, being afraid to enter the room without ono. Tho wife produced the razor, and said the prisoner had attempted to murder her.  He saw marks of violenco on the wife's face, and understood she had marks on different parts of hor person. The room was in the greatest confusion, the bedstead being broken and the other furniture also.  in answer to Mr. Boadon, the witness said they had only lodged with him seven weeks, and this was the third occurronco of the sort. He fully expected in his passion that he would kill the woman.  Luke Jeffery, 49 C, said ho heard cries of "police" and  "murder," and on going to the house found the place as described by the last witness. Tho prosecutrix gave the prisoner into custody for attempting to murder her with a razor. He dared him to enter the room, but seeing he was resolved on doing so, and that a second constable had then arrived, he wont quietly to the station. He saw the mark on the woman's eye, and she complained of having been otherwise ill used. The wifo said be had been at the court before for another assault.  The prisoner's defence was that she would not give him any money, and that sho was too extravagant, and that she was not his wife.  Mr. Boadon said here was violence committed, and cries of " Murder" having brought the whole of the people in the house up to the prisoner's room. Tho woman has marks on her face. She says you not only strike her about the face, but on parts of her body that could not be soon, in addition to which you kick her on her private parts. You think that by saying that she is not your wife that that will go in mitigation, and that being so she has no remedy, but if that is even the case, she is more in your power, and must be protected. Committed for two months, with hard labour.
The Sun. — 1859-03-22 (London, England)

THE BOMBAY MAIL.  We have received, in anticipation of the overland mail, our letters and papers from Bombay to the 25th ult. The Commander-in-Chief remains at Lucknow and it is now said purposes to remain in India for the remainder oiF this year. Mr. Wingfield has arrived and ta:lcen charge of the Chief Commissionership in MI Montgomery's place. The disarmament of the country co tinues. 400 pieces of cannon, beside* those taken in action, have been brought in, with a corresponding number of muskets, swords, and mat chlocks. The amnesty interpreted under the latest instructions from Lord Canning, has produced re) narkable results : 7,000 men have surrendered in Bareilly alone ; 4,000 in Budaon, and 1,700 in S'hahjehanpore, Moradabad, and Bijnour. March 1 Khan, of Nugeena, has given himself up. The r Tawab of Furruckabad is under trial at Futtehgur ; the witnesses all determined apparently to scree) I him from participation in the murder of the Christian women and children in July, 1857.  Mr. Edmonslone has settled himself in his saddle as Lieutenant Governor of the North-west Provinces, and the chiefs of his empire, who a year ago would gladly have helped to hang him, have thronged to offer their homage at his recent Durbar. Jung Bahadoor, according to the Delhi Gazette of the Bth of Fi 2bruary, has given permission to our brigades to CPOSS his frontier in pursuit of the Nana and his confederates, so we may hope ere long that the greatest criminal whom the world has produced will one of these days meet his deserts. Of the sepoys who came in and surrendered them is not one in a hundred who brings his musket with him to give up his arms to the authorities. When questioned on the subject the invariable answer is, that he was in hospital at the time of the mutiny. With some of the softer magistrates these men are allowed to pass without hindrance to their homes.  • There are still a few rebels hanging about the Shahabad district and on the borders of Bundelcund. The Ajeeghur rebels, under Fussoond Ali and his protege, the young pretender, Lopal Sing, with reinforcements from the defeated remnant of Radho Govhos army, still keep a large tract of country in a state of agitation. In the west Feroze Shah and Tantia Topee appear still to be uncaged, and to baffle their hunters.  The following is from the Bombay Standard 01 Feb. 25 :  DUDE•  The campaign on the borders of Nepaul has not y et made any considerable progress. It was on the Bth of February that Brigadier Horsford, in obedience to Lord Clyde's orders, crossed the Raptee in the neighbourhood of Bankee. He was reinforced previous to making his movement by the Ist Bengal Europeans from Beyram Ghaut and the Kumaon battalions, both regiments having been diverted from the destination assigned to them by the late relief. On the 10th, after a short march up the defile through which the Raptee falls into the plains, the enemy's advanced position was attacked and captured without loss on our side, the rebels taking flight at our approach, and leaving in our hands 14 guns and a mortar, which have since been blown up.
The Sun. — 1859-11-26 (London, England)

SMETHURST'S CASE.—LAW AND MEDICINE.-The Home Secretary has recognised the duties of the position in which inexorable logic has placed him in reference to the case of Smethurst. A jury had declared this man guilty of murder. The extra-judicial and very keen analysis of the evidence had so shaken confidence in the justice of the verdict, that Sir G. C. Lewis felt it to be his duty to stay the execution of the convict. Having gene so far, it became necessary to follow out his decision to its consequences. He had, in the belief that the sentence was unjust, arrested the course of the law ; he had rescued the condemned man from the punishment decreed for the crime of which he was declared guilty : how could he consistently inflict another punishment ? A secondary punishment could only be inflicted either for the crime of which, by reprieving him, it was acknowledged that Smethurst was innocent, or, at least, not proved to bo guilty ; or for eome other crime for which he had not been tried. Sir G. C. Lewis has fairly met the difficulty. He has granted a free pardon for the crime of murder, and has instituted a prosecution against Smethurst for the offence of bigamy. If punishment is to be undergone, it shall bo on yeah conviction, after a special trial. By this course, it is to be hoped that the action of our criminal code will bo sufficiently reconciled to the dictates of reason.—Lancet.  MI N ES.—There has been a good deal of fluctuation and excitement in the Mining Share Market this week, but scarcely an average amount of bona fide business transacted. Speculating for the " account" in one or two of the mines offering peculiar facilities for the operation, and which seem to be worked up and down to suit certain " books," has, since our last, been the prominent feature in the market. Copper is advancing, and there seems a very general impression that it will rise considerably, and we should look forward, therefore, to more business in good dividend mines. South Caradon shares have still been sought after by parties connected with the locality, and they leave off at 255 to 265 ; we have not been able to learn the truth otherwise of the report of a now lode being cut, as noticed last week. West Caradon have slightly given way, and leave off at 155 to Iro. Wheal Trelawn shaven been in request, and have advance] to 291 301. My n have risen to 35, 371. lierodsfoot flatter, at 171 to 171, and very little business doing Wheal Buller to 435 more dealt at the meeting, a dividend of £8 per share was de• afterleft obffe ai being g4l f 1 dared for the two months. llingston Do for some time, became in demand on Thursday,\n i. East Russell shares have been very fluctuating, and such a strong feeling has been excited against the management at the mine, that an investigation, we think, must take place before public confidence, so much shaken by the jobbing transactions in this company, can be in any way restored. We hear tne Stock Exchange men have declined to deal in the mine again, and we do not wonder at it.—Mining Journal, of this day,  ~-. ~~ ~•