Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-07 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION NORTHERN' TIMES OFFICE, TUESDAY, 9 A.M. THE WAR IN ITALY. KING OF SARDINIA PROCLAIMED AT MILAN. N t ,Y• 4I IB Monday, 11.52 p.m.—The Municipality of 4 n have proclaimed King Victor Emmanuel, a l4l 111,,aujepsrteysented an address to him in presence of his the Emperor. To-morrow the King will °take his entry into Milan. The above despatch is published in the Post. THE BATTLE OF MAGENTA. 4-41 las, Tuesday Morning.—An immense effect has e en produ ce d h er e and throughout France by the thes of th e v i c t or y o f Magenta. It is positive that t /‘rench have taken thirty-six guns. Generals Villasse and Clerc are killed. The French corps W ch diehi suffered most are th r s of the Imperial Guard. e Zouaves and the Grena- . T\ THE WAR FEELING IN GERMANY. umbers, June s.—At the opening of the Capibers, the Presidents of both branches of the \T'Rlslature declared in favour of war against Louis "aPoleon. Ihe Post says that General McMahon was raised c the b a ttl e fi e ld t o th e ran k of a Marshal of F r ance. O 7 le Post shows that the position of the Austrians zt now become doubly critical. They will doubtless V eli lPt to reach Lodi, on their way to Verona and f ai 4 , 4 tua, on w hich it is absolutely certain they must rllan, back. But the French, already masters of et .t ail, will probably endeavour to intercept their m o re Another more eventful, and, if possible, even h decisive combat may, therefore, take place in e neighbourhood of Lodi. °ONFERENCE OF THE LIBERAL PARTY. The result of the meeting on Monday is communicated in lea ding article of the Daily News, which says, that it has k c 'te than realised the hopes that were entertained regard it. There were only two or three dissents from the t i e ", of the amendment to be moved to-day (Tuesday), e louse of Commons, on the address, and which will t i 4411 7! that the present advisers of the crown do not possess Id e l . Confidence of, the country. As to the administration 1611 is to succeed Lord Derby's, both Lord Palmer and Lord John Russell admitted that, unless the er ect shades of opinion in the party were fairly vresented in the administration, it would be vain to tise ri n _ rt any claim of pre-eminence over their Conservative dii vi a '• On this point, says the Daily News, Mr. Bright id good service, by disclaiming manfully any desire to to o upon the more moderate section extreme opinions Prof essing they were not prepared. The duty of a Cabinet kart' to carry out fairly the ideas and opinions of the k ilY ill general was to show equal respect and regard for galled u ut in its proposal for legislation to embody what he 1 10 the average sentiments of the party. He insisted, ),, h lvev er, on demanding publicly from Lord John Russell, f oli eth er it was to be understood that he meant to adhere t t to the p ro p os iti ons f or e l e cto r al reform stated by him t o ge close of the last Parliament. It is almost superfluous pal a y that th e re ply was in the affirmative. Lord li e lli , e , r a,ton's explanations referred chiefly to foreign policy. llent;',`.eased himself to be sincerely anxious to preserve the to foresee of England in the present war, and to be unable eo tirs ' s ee any reasonable probability or justification of this 4 o bein g departed from. He added, however, that, if ciers ki, a uger existed, it lay in the direction of a possible 4 had with France. To avert such a calamity , 0 'ad lon g anx i ous l y s t r i ven , an d, w hether in office or in 4Pc'sitie n , h e should always do so. He declared . his path to be on the side of Italian freedom in the m eno struggle, though he felt it was neither the duty nor ke Policy of England to interfere by arms. Mr. Roebuck, b t . Lindsay, and Mr. Horsman raised objections, but the Yews says was as nearly of one mind apparently as assembly of the kind within recollection. Mr. Sergeant meek repudiated, on the part of the majority of the Catholic kerbers, any disposition to turn Tory. Both Lord Pal beitsetr°n and Lord John Russell repudiated the idea of 4e 4 0 unwilling to serve in a subordinate capacity in any cabinet. The opposition amendment on the address I'ri •dbay e moved to-night. The division is not expected before COMMERCIAL. C tksiderable sensation was occasioned in the city this t ong 4; by a great success achieved by the allied forces. 14/0 1 Pression has arisen that these successes are of a F re e lently decisive character to justify the hope that the bi g ilc h_,Emperor, calling upon Europe to bear testimony to to Moderation, will offer to treat for peace in Milan. The kw,' has been an immediate and important rise in the ,teki: Exchange. The Funds showed a strong upward bt th ney throughout the day, and closed at their best point, otl i ;„g Ito per cent. higher than on Saturday. In the W ks — uspartments of the Stock Exchange some hesitation Iq l/ ,,,, 6 a0wn, but the general tendency was decidedly Th e 'lls• British Railway Stocks were sensibly better. this I pportant sum of £120 , 000, in American gold, was At o „laY sent into the Bank.—. Daily News City Article, T h y Evening. 81 ) ,„! prob a bl e e ff e ct of the battle of Magenta, in bringing tli a treaty of peace, has been the sole consideration in 1 / 4 1 Stock: Exchange to-day, and prices have experienced an of per cent. Some sanguine operators, being tittentl T disposed to consider that, satisfied with his rap id a, 8p in Italy, the Emperor Napoleon will devote his of iments, for the future, to the maintenance of the repose to 2 1 1 1r° 1 3 e. The rate of discount in the open market is 21 fr ee Per cent. The Union Bank have announced that no deposits will be taken at a higher rate than 2 per cent. ' 4l cs' City Article, Monday Evening. tli a ithe lJerald is authorised to state that the announcement Prince Paul Esterhazy is expected in Lone - P.trcatic mission, is entirely without foundation. coef me Times says that 274 members were present at the erence of the Liberals, on Monday. The Star says the . o tie lli ber was 270 and the Herald says that scarcely one, if of the independent Irish members was present. )n, on • l'll__---________________ E LATEST TELEGRAMS. THE WAR IN ITALY. AUSTRIAN VERSION OF THE BATTLE OF MAGENTA. VIENNA, Monday, June 6, 11.30 a.m.—A desperate i?rabat to o k pl a ce the day before y es t er day between 1 . 4 e Ist and 2nd—Count Clams and Prince Edward h 'lehenst e i n ' s corps d'armee and the enemy, who had t ' 4B ed. the Ticino with very considerable forces. The result of the contest was undecided. The combat continued yesterday (Sunday). „ .. Our troops threw themselves upon t he enemies 4' 4 with ardour, and showed a valour and perse till:mice worthy of the most glorious feats of arms of army. is perfectly tranquil. The head quarters her e yesterday still at Abbiate Grasso. SPORTED EVACUATION OF MILAN. ANOTHER DESPATCH FROM TAE EMPEROR NAPOLEON THE EMPRESS. pAB ne tt fas, Monday.—The following telegram has ~I r riasted at the Bourse:— 4 181 1 r E AD-QuARTERs, Monday, 8 a.m.—Milan is gent. The Austns have evacuated the town and castle, leaving in their precipitation, cannon, and the treasure of the army behind them. "We are encumbered with prisoners, and have taken 12,000 Austrian muskets." Como, June 6th.—News has arrived here of the victory of Magenta. 5,000 Austrian prisoners have been taken, and 15,000 Austrians killed and wounded. General Wiban has retreated to Monza, and Gari baldi has quitted Lecco. VERONA, June sth. —The following is official : Early yesterday a hot fight began at Magenta, between the enemy who had crossed in great force to the Eastern-bank of the Ticino, and the troops of the first and second corps d'armee. The conflict was maintained with varying fortune till night set in. Final details are still wanting, as the struggle for victory has been renewed to day, and still con tinues. Eye witnesses report that our troops join battle with joyous shouts, and display endurance and bravery, fully worthy of the most famous deeds of the Imperial army. The authorities and the weak garrison of Milan, with the exception of the Castle-garrison have withdrawn at the command of General Gyulai. The town is quiet. - Further details will follow later. TURIN, Monday, June 6th.--Official Bulletin, published to-day, Monday.—Letters from Como state that Willau is free, the Austrians having evacuated both the town and the castle. The enemy has abandoned Stradella and the surrounding country, and destroyed the bridge and fortifications of Stella. Details of the battle of Magenta are still wanting. BERNE, Wednesday, June 6.—lt is reported from Lucerne that the Austrians have quitted Milan, after having spiked their guns. The commandant of the castle has issued a proclamation to the inhabitants, the tone of which is of a threatening nature. FRNKFORT-ON-MAINE, June 6th.—The following message, published by the Frankfort papers has been received here from Vienna, without any further particulars, and without any guarantee as to the authenticity of the news it contains : VIENNA, ✓ Monday.— Opportune arrival of the corps de armee of Field-Marshall General Clam Gallas on the battle-field, the Austrians were victorious after a hot fight. The French were thrown back over the Ticino. PARIS, June 6.—The Patrie of this evening says that, according to reports, Generals Espinasse and Clerc are among the killed at the battle of Magenta. The Pays of this evening states that the latest news announces the Emperor to be four kilometres from Milan. Great preparations are making in Paris for an illumination in celebration of an expected victory, and many houses are ornamented with flags. THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, Monday, June 6.-11.50 a.m.—Rentes commenced 63.80, rose to 63.90, and are now 63.80. 12.22 p.m.—The Bourse opens firm. Rentes 63.90 3.29 im.—Recites closed at 64.20, both for money and Account, being a rise of t per cent. since Satur day's closing. PARIS, Monday, June 6th.—Three per Cent Rentes were done on the Bourse, yesterday, at 63.90, being a rise of per cent. since Saturday. THE ALLIED CAMP. NOVARA, June 2. —Yesterday morning the Austrians uitted Novara ; in the forenoon the allies entered it, and to-day I write to you thence, without having the least idea whether and when you will get the letter. The Austrians never had a strong force at Novara and the country to the north and west of it—detachments of a few battalions going and coming from town to town, and cavalry patrols to scour the country, the 'Chief object of both being apparently to make requisitions. The last body of Austrian troops at Novara was, according to the account of some, 2,000, and according to others only a few hundred. Coming to the spot at the moment when the recollection of the Austrian occupation is still fresh in the memory of the people, and before there is any time for exerting lively imaginations, there is a very good opportunity for testing the truth of the widely different accounts which you have read in the news papers, Before I even say a word you will guess that, as usual, the truth lies between the two extremes ; neither are the Austrians quite so black as some like to paint them, nor are they quite such angels as they wish to make themselves out. An occupation is an occupation after all, take it as you like. Even that of a friendly army brings considerable inconvenience, and not seldom burdens and sacrifices, with it ; how much more that of a hostile army But it is only fair to say that for an army which in its proclamations styled itself the friend of the Piedmontese people, whom it came to deliver from the thraldom of Count Cavour, they eat and threatened rather too much, and they were likewise, in particular instances, rather too apt to carry their threats into effect. With every new detachment came new demands, not at all in proportion to the number of the detachment. In oxen alone, for instance, the district of Novara (about 500 English square miles) had 2,500 to give in one short month. It is almost as bad as Albanians and Greeks with sheep ; if they had remained a few months longer, and fed at that rate, the Novarese would have had to put themselves before instead of behind the plough. Yet, strange to say, in spite of this voracious appetite which the Austrian army, as a body, displayed, the individual soldier, at least as far as one can judge from the prisoners brought in hitherto, look by no means over-fed. I suppose the reason is their youth, and the shortness of time they have been living at so unusually high a rate. As with the oxen it was with everything else —bread, wine, forage, &c. Every article was demanded as if each detachment had been charged with the general Commissariat Department of the army. As the detachments frequently changed the re quisitions were likewise rather too often repeated so as to rouse the people, who, after all, were stupid enough not to understand the value of friendship which told so strongly on their pockets. The people to whom I spoke said that they would certainly not have borne it had they not been told by their magistrates to do so, and had they not been assured that their friends would soon have to go, so that it would have been folly to risk their persons and property ; and they knew from some cases—for instance, the shooting of one family at Voghera and another at Trumello, near Mortara—that the Austrians would have retaliated merci lessly had they cut off one or another detachment or patrol, which they might have done easily otherwise. As far as one can make kustrians Ind [zany did not behav brutally, on the contrary, it is said that during their advance they displayed a certain amenity. It was - only when they took the wrong road to Turin, where some, as you know, had already had their letters addressed to, that they became " cross," and were rather ready with their fists and the flat of their swords; Of cases of vio lation, at least, in this part of the country, I have heard nothing. Nor does the popular voice accuse them of violating the seventh, or as it is in this Catholic country, the sixth commandment. I have not heard of a well-authenticated case of an officer forgetting to pay for what he took. The soldiers did now and then take a fancy to one thing or another, but they are always kept together, encamped, and not quartered on the towns, so that only very few opportunities occurred for indulging in fancies. As you may imagine, in passing through Vercelli, I was rather curious to know something about the famous story of the silver spoons. The waiter at the hotel where it is said to hare occurred confirms the account of the great din ner given by some General, but since he knew the hotel, it never possessed other spoons than those dirty yellowish white ones_ with which he supplies the guests at present. I can't understand that peoPle rr will not :eethattheTe; cause loses by such inventions, for the truth always comes out in the end; and then it is the cause which suffers by it. Of burning or devastation, I can see nothing in the line of country through which I have been. The only known case of their having burned a pl ace i s a t V og h era , w hen they re-entered it this last time, after the French had left it. Whatever phrases one may choose to use about the necessities of war, it is an act of barbarism to puni s h a collective body for the o ffence of an individual, but it has hitherto remained an isolated case. In these parts you would scarcely perceive that the country has been under foreign occupation, all outward traces of it consist in now and then a bridge broken down, the road cut, or the corn fields trodden down at the edge near the road, the remains of a bivouac with the huts made of branches, or an earthwork thrown up. For instance, just on the other side of the stone bridge of Vercelli, they have used the chaussde and the surrounding high causeways to make a redoubt, with two embrasures for guns on the main road ; a little further behind they built this improvised redoubt, at a farm-house, the court-yard wall of whic h has been provided with loop-holes. They threw up likewise some earthworks in front and in the rear of the large village of Borgo Vercelli, through which the road to Novara goes, THE NORTHERN TIMES, TUESDAY, JUNE 7 1859 All the people with whom I spoke here agree in representing the Austrians very low spirited, which is by no means improbable after a retreat. In Novara, they were encamped at the Porta Milano, and not at that of Trino. Their retreat was very sudden. At dawn they showed no signs of any movement, and by six o'clock they were off. Whether they heard of the approach of the allies, who entered the town a few hours after they had left it, or whether they received orders from their superiors to go, I cannot tell. Of course the real truth about the behaviour of the Austrians in Piedmont will only be brought to light when it will be possible to see the country where they have been in force ; and I must say one has misgivings if one hears of the strange appetite with which the small detach ments in these parts were afflicted, for if the gross of the army has fed at the same rate, then there is neither cattle, nor grain, nor anything else remaining in the Lomellina. The people here will be rather astonished at the difference in this respect with the allies, who pay . for everything they take, and far more than the current prices. Wherever the troops have passed through they left a great deal or money, and I am afraid patriotism does not prevent people from exacting rather twice the value of a thing than its fair price. It is, as in every war, the harvest of the contractors. The mail is expected to leave every moment, if it leaves at all ; so more another day. PALESTRO, June I.—You will have read the bulletins of the two successful engagements with which the Sardinians began their movement in advance yesterday and the day before, and it will be, perhaps, interesting to you to hear something of the details of those two brilliant affairs with which the Sardinians have opened their offensive. Allough in:grandeur these two combats were scarcely up to the idea of a battle, yet in brilliancy they quite equal the fight at Montebello, and certainly surpass it in their result. You will remember that in proportion as the Austrians began their retrograde movement from the Dora, in sight of which their outposts and patrols had been at one time, the Sar dinian army occupied the position which they had quitted. At the Sesia a considerable river which runs at almost right angles into the Po by Frassinetto, the Austrians took up a position, and fortified themselves on all more accessible points, as if determined to make a resistance on that line. This line, although by no means one of those impregnable positions in which a small number of men can arrest the progress of armies, offers, nevertheless, like all the rivers which run into the Po, considerable advantages to the defenders. Like all the rivers in Upper Italy, it runs in a broad bed, intersected by little islands and shoals, while its borders are thickly planted with trees, which afford consider able shelter. At Vercelli the high road to Novara and another to Mortara cross the Sesia ' as wellas the railway both to the lakes and to Lombardy._ The passage at Vercelli opens thus the high road of communication to both countries, and is, therefore, of no small importance to both parties in a coun try so intersected with dykes and ditches, necessary for irri gation, as the plains of Upper Italy are. The Austrians, when they retired from Vercelli, destroyed the only bridge which served both for the high road and the railway, one side beink reserved for the former, and the other for the latter. The great variations in the height of the river, in consequence of the late rains, foiled (for some time) their efforts,, as the chambers were twice under water, but the river having again subsided with the same rapidity as it had increased, they effected at last their purpose, and blew up the two middle arches, breaking off thus the most important line of communication with Novara and the Lomellina. About ten days ago, as you know, the Division Cialdini was ordered to effect a passage, and establish itself on the other side. The movement was successful, and the division estab lished itself in Borgo Vercelli, the first village of some im portance on the other side, about two miles from the Sesia, on the high road to Novara. Ever since then the division stopped there without being the least disturbed by the Austrians, who are posted in the neighbouring vil- lames. The day before yesterday, the anniversary of the passage of the Sardinians of Goito, in 1847, was chosen to dislodge them from their positions on the road of Mortara. From the high road to Novara two main roads branch off to the right at the distance of about a mile from each other, the first a little beyond the village of Molino, and the second from the village of Borgo Vercelli. Both of these run parallel to each other in a south-easterly direction, until they unite with each other at Robbie, about ten miles from their starting point. About two miles from this latter, and about the same height, are the two villages of Palestro and Vinzaglio, which were occupied and barricaded by the Austrian avante garde, con sisting. of 1,500 men in each village, and half a battery. As at the passage of the Sesia, the King himself superin tended the movement by which the Austrians were driven from their position. The Division Cialdini was divided, and one column advanced towards Palestro, while the other simultaneously moved towards Vinzaglio. When the right column approached Palestro, a section of artillery of the 16th battery was advanced, and began to shell the place, while a battalion of Bersaglieri I believe the 10th, and a battalion of the 15th of the Line, were sent to the right by one of the by-ways and across the fields, to try and penetrate towards the left of the village. Almost at the same time when this column was coming to the first houses the artillery had shaken the defenders of the front line. As soon as this was observed, another battalion of the 15th of the Line advanced, and this double movement was sufficient to clear the place of the Austrians, who retired behind the churchyard beyond the village, which occupies a considerable space of ground, and is surrounded by a high wall. They placed at the same time several guns on the main road beyond the village, and on the same line with the church yard, in order to use them against the Sardinians, should they attempt to dehouch from the village. The church is about the middle of the town, on the high road, which makes a bend just at that place, so that as soon- as the Austrians were driven out of the village the troops were quite protected from the guns which the enemy had placed on the high road beyond the village. In order to silence these guns a section of position guns was brought up just at the corner of the church ; but the Austrians seem to have had their good distance, for in a moment the position guns were dismounted. Nothing daunted by this, another section of the 16th battery was brought up immediately, which soon silenced the enemy's fire. As soon as this was done the Austrians retreated, and the Piedmontese were in possession of the village and a considerable number of prisoners. The village of Vinzaglio, although more formidable even by its position, and more calculated for defence, offered less resistance, and was likewise taken at the point of the bayonet, very little powder being wasted for the purpose. In point of time the Austrians evacuated Vinzaglio some time before they were driven out of Palestro, for the Piedmontese had scarcely succeeded in dislodging the Austrians from the churchyard, when on the by-ioad which leads from Vinzaglio to Palestro, two Austrian guns, with their escort, came towards this latter village. Probably they thought that Palestro was still held by their com panions, whom they wished to rejoin. As soon as the two guns were perceived on the road a detachment was sent from Palestro to take them, which was effected without any difficulty, as the drivers cut the traces and left the guns to their fate. These are the first two guns which were taken eyeful ent the same lini took up their The same evening to Vercelli. during the war. They wet le Division Cu for that evcnine ;invent of Zouaves, the same which was in the Crimea during the Russian war. This regiment has been attached by the Emperor to the King of Sardinia. Thus ended the anniversary of the battle of Goito. The next morning, about 9 o'clock, the Austrians were seen arrived the 3rd advancing force, seemingly to retake the position of Palestro, which they had lost the day before. Although the campanile of the village is tolerably high, owing to the nature of the country, which I described above, their approach could not be seen until they were quite close, still less could their plan be discovered. The country beyond the village lay corn land, as before it the rice fields predominate ; umd is less studded with trees in the neighbourhood, ently more favourable for the formation of a line of The Cannonade of the Austrians against the village l for some time before their real plan became apparent, for all at once a large body of infantry, with two batteries, showed themselves to the Piedmontese right on the banks of the little canalised stream which I mentioned before. It was plain •that the intention of the Austrians off from the Sesia the advanced troops of the Piedmontese. As soon as this was perceived, while the gross of the Piedmontese attacked the Austrians from the village, the regiment of Zouaves, which occupied the extreme right, a battalion of the 9th, and another of the 18th Piedmontese of the line, received orders to advance. Animated by a brotherly emulation, this gallant body of men rushed up to the position which the Austrians had taken up to their right, and, in spite of a formidable fire of grape shot which received them, they threw themselves with magmficent dash on the Austrran guns. They had about 400 yards to cross under the murderous fire of the enemy, but did not abate their ardour, for, after the first discharge, they took to the bayonet, and their advance was so rapid that the Tyrolese chasseurs, who were thrown out in skirmishing line before the guns, had no time to retire, but had to rush back pell-mell among the Piedmontese and the Zouaves. Eight guns, and a large number of prisoners, were the result of this brilliant attack ; five of the guns were taken by Zouaves, and three by the Piedmontese. But the rush was made so simultaneously that it is impossible to say which took which gun. Besides these eight guns, 800 or 900 prisoners and wounded fell into the hands of the allies. The dead are in proportion. The first care was naturally for the wounded, and it is but justice to say the Austrians whose fate it was to be wounded ned indeed their ranks; and to fall into the hands of the allies cannot complain of their treatment. This will produce so much the more effect on these poor people, as it seems the idea has been spread among them that the allies were capable of doing anything to their prisoners. At any rate, at Voghera, an Austrian soldier, wounded in the abdomen and in the head, concealed himself for four days in a cellar without eating or drinking, and used his handkerchief for dressing his wounds. You may see how serious the fight was from the number of wounded which have come in since yesterday, and are still all along the road from this to Vercelli. This is the shady side of war. The poor fellows bear up very bravely with their fate, but it is impossible to see those pale faces, torn limbs, and bloodstained linen, or to hear the involuntary sigh without conjuring up the joyous, round faces of your Peace Party before oneself. The Piedmontese have im pressed a number of ambulance carts,—the two-wheeled carts of the country, drawn by oxen, which have been provided with benches. THE AUSTRIAN ARMY IN PIEDMONT. FROM THE " TIMES" CORRESPONDENT. AUSTRIAN HEAD-QUARTERS, GARLASCO, May General Garibaldi is still in Lombardy, but Urban is on his track. The Piedmontese General crossed the Ticino at Sesto Calende, arid did not, as was at first suspected, go through Swiss territory. The country north of Novara to the shores of the Lago Maggiore, is being scoured by strong patrols, and the first corps, about 30,000 strong, is expected to arrive at Verona to-morrow or next day from Bohemia, so Garibaldi's people will have some difficulty in escaping from their present position between the Lakes Como "and Maggiore, and they have no chance of inducing either Milan or any other considerable town to revolt. The attempt to do so is cruel ; were it successful, the result would be to weaken the Austrian army by not even 10,000 men,. for General Urban's corps is already told off for the purpose of keeping order, and to render absolutely necessary a severe chastise ment. Count Gyulai has issued a proclamation to the cities of Lombardy, pointing out to them clearly the wish of the Piedmontese General that they should revolt, and begging them seriously to calculate the chances of success before trying this game. He adds that he will punish any treason with "fire and sword." The allies have made no serious attack yet, and, as the snow has begun to melt on the mountains, the rivers are swelling rapidly. It will, therefore, be much more difficult to force the passage of the Po, or even of the Sesia, with a large army now, and also more dangerous to do so, a deep river in the rear not being pleasant. However, for miles along the Po, a perpetual hammering is kept up, perhaps to conceal some real bridge making, partly to throw the Austrians off their guard. The French have their advanced posts along the southern bank of the Po from Sale to the eastward ; they, of course, behave like soldiers, and do not fire at Austrian sentries. To the westward of Sale a continual fire is kept up on the Austrian videttes, probably by some of the new levies, who do not yet know the usages of war. FRANCE. PARIS, Sunday.—A very laconic but expressive telegram, dated half-past eleven o'cloek last night, at Pont de Magenta, was received here during the night or early this morning. It is given in a supplement to the lfonite,ur, and simply says . :-- " A great victory :-5,000 prisoners ; 15,000 of the enemy killed or wounded. The details soon." _ Ali / other despatch adds, I am told, that the victory was dearly purchased, and these words would imply a great loss an the side of the victors, though nothing is said on this point. A despatch received on Friday night stated that the French, to the number of 100,000, were about to cross the Ticino, probably at Buffalora ; and that, unless the Austrians refused, a great battle was imminent. That they did not refuse "appears from what is just announced. Every one remarks the comparatively enormous amount of the killed and wounded, as given in the despatch, as well as the remarkable disproportion between the prisoners and the casualties by death or wounds. If they be correctly reported the carnage must have been terrible. What it was on the side of the allies we are not informed ; something is whispered of from 7,000 to 8,000 men. It is said that the Austrians had 150,000 men engaged. Magenta, where the battle was fought, is about half-way between Novara and Milan ; it is the first stage towards the latter place after Buffalora ; the population is about 6,000 souls. This victory lays open the capital of Lombardy, which probably the allies have entered by this. Another despatch, received this morning announces that the King of Sardinia was last night at Magenta. Further intelligence is confidently expected from one moment to the other, announcing that the French head-quarters are at Milan—perhaps after a second battle. Confidence is somewhat restored in commercial circles, and business is more animated. The declaration of neutrality so universally pronounced at the public meetings held in England has tended much to this favourable change. The late successes of the allies in Italy, moreover, encourage the hope that the war will not be of long duration, and that after one general en gagement the belligerents will be the more willing to listen to the advice of the neutral Powers. It is said that two of the most influential of the neutral powers have agreed on proposing an arrangement after the first great battle, and, if necessary, insisting on the adoption of it by the three belligerents, on the following principle : —l. The accom plished fact, that is the territory gained by the victorious party, shall be accepted by all the European Powers as the basis of a Congress. 2. The entrance of the French into Milan, supported by a popular manifestation, shall be considered by the European Powers as a convincing proof of the reprobation of the policy pursued in Italy by the Austrian cabinet. 3. The neutral Powers will insist on an armist;ce while a Congress is assembled. 4. The exten sion of the kingdom of Sardinia will be deemed essential, and the Duchies of Parma and Modena, with the fortress of Piacenza, are to be added to it. 5. It will be proposed to form the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom into a state distinct from the Austrian empire, but governed by an Austrian Archduke. Such are the ideas afloat in the more elevated commercial circles, and which have tended to allay the panic produced by the declaration of war against Austria. AUSTRALIA. By the arrival of the steamer Malta at Marseilles, we have received one month's later news from Aus tralia. The dates are—Melbourne, April 16; Sydney, April 13 • and Adelaide, April 18. At Melbourne, gold from the diggings was in excess of the corresponding quarter of last year to the extent of a few hundred ounces. . . At Sydney, accounts had arrived by the natives of one of the Hebrides of the murder of Captain Prout and most of the crew of the Maid of Australia, a Sydney vessel. _ _ The following is a summary of the news to hand VICTORIA. POLITICAL.—The intelligence by the last mail contained the announcement of the resignation by Mr. Duffy of the Lands Department. The office had been filled up by the appointment of Dr. Evans, formerly Postmaster-General, the latter office being now vacant. It was necessary, of course, that Dr. Evans should go back to his constituents for re-election after his elevation, Although Parliament is not sitting, nor is there any prospect of its being called together before the coming general election, •an opponent to Dr. Evans was put forward by the Convention, or ultra-democratic party. This was Dr. Mackay, a well known barrister there. The Conventionists mustered in force on the Richmond hustings on the day of nomination, and dealt out much - rabid abuse of the Government in general, and of Dr. Evans in particular. For two or three days it was " Chaos come again " ,in Richmond; but on the day prior to the election, the public was startled by an an nouncement that the Commissioner of Public Laud had actually pledged the Ministry to the Convention Land scheme, which includes free selection before survey, indis criminate free pasturage, the total extinction of squat terism, and deferred payments. On inquiry being made, it was found that this report was substantially correct. Negotiations had been going on between the ultra party and the candidate, which had resulted in Dr. Evans giving in writing , his adhesion to such a liberal exposition of the Government's skeleton land scheme as satisfied the Conven tionists, who accordingly withdrew their opposition. GOLD.—The Melbourne Herald after giving a lengthened tabular statement of the movements of gold for the first quarter of the past three years, says :—These returns give evidence that the gold produce of this colony, less during the quarter of 1858 than it was in the parallel period of the preceding year, has fallen off to a still greater extent durin g the current one. The decrease in the quarter and succeeding fortnight of 1859 in the quantity brought down by escort, as compared with 1858, amounts to 11,942 oz., and with 1857. to 78,864 oz. In the shipment of gold the present year is in arrear as compared with the correspond ing period of 1858, 86,967 oz. ; and of 1857, 113,604 oz. The locality which is at present almost monopolising the attention of the mining community is in the Maryborough district, the Back Creek gold field being distant from that township about-eleven miles. The diggings are reported to be exceedingly rich; indeed the rumours remind ns of the old times of Eagle Hawk and Adelaide gully. The sinking is exceedingly difficult in consequence of immense deposits of trap-rock overlying the gold leads. In some instances the claims have yielded a really extraordinary pro portion of the precious mineral, and although there are not wanting statements of a contradictory nature, the balance of opinion is unquestionably favourable to the belief that the facts have not been much exaggerated. A few days ago 108 ounces of metal were washed from two tubs of auriferous soil, and one of the proprietors of the claim from which this sample had been taken, declared that he would not dispose of his share for £lO,OOO, as there was a lead of a foot in width which appeared to be one sheet of gold. Another party " nuggeted" 4 lb. from one foot of ground, and in other instances 17 ounces of gold had been washed from four tubs, and £7O of the precious mineral from seven buckets. A few days ago the miners took possession of one of the main streets of the township, and in defiance of legal consequences marked out claims and commenced sinking. Most of these, however, have been since abandoned. Several minor rushes have taken place to localities in proximity to the main diggings, and some of them have been attended with successful results. The Indigo gold field and its neighbour, New Ballaarat, have lately been in a languishing condition, the miners having met with only a very moderate remunertif .abour. There has been a rather important ru Ararat district to a locality known as the Commiss m for their h in the hill, and the diggings there have employed, to good advantage, a large number of alluvial workers. The once popular Pleasant Creek now almost entirely depend its quaatz reefs, which continue to yield a good paying average. Bendigo, Ballaarat, and Castlemaine are at pre sent suffering from the effects of migration to the Back Creek. A report was circulated about a week that an important gold field had been discovered at, the Cockatoo Creek, but the official inquiries subsequently set on foot have thrown considerable doubt upon the genuineness of the rumour. The gold field in the Dandenong ranges, and which is now known as the Emerald diggings, has a mining population of from three hundred to four hundred, bus little is known as to the state of things there. A vessel arrived " - -Y days since in Sydney from Port Curtis, to which, as - ^A. nearly 10,000 Victorian miners emi s upon remembers grated in October last year, in consequence of the country in its neighbourhood having been reported to be highly auriferous. The miserable discomfiture of the hopes of the adventurers, and their return en masse, were the conse quences of the Port Curtis mania. The vessel referred to brought 289 ounces of gold, and intelligence that many of the miners who had remained were doing well. McacANTILE AND CommEr.mAL.—lmmediately before the arrival "ed from Liverpool in the reach 2s'per 11i. Since then, an entire change in the prospects or the trade has taken place, and sellers have been realising at from Is 4d to is 6d per lb, it having been assumed that the shipments from Great Britain in all January will turn out to nave oeen extremely heavy. There has been a good inquiry for bulk ales, &c., and the favourite brands have been sold at £9 2s 6d to £9 ss. For bacon, hams, cheese, there has been a steady, and for oilmen's stores, a moderate sale. The values of Eastern produce have, with the exception of rice, advanced, and both teas and sugars are saleable at quotations. There has been a lair inquiry for Belmont sperm candles at 15d to 152 d per lb. In the market fer wines and spirits, flr,t-class brandies have slightly advanced, but for other descriptions of wines and spirits the demand has not nuterially increased. The sales of flour which have been effected have been made at quotations varying from £l9 to £2O 10s, for th various brands of Adelaide flour. A parcel of fine French barec flour was offered for sale by auction last week, and withdrawn a 11d. For hors( oats are quoted Wheat has been selling at 8s 3d per bushel, and bran at Is - very limited. Colonial 5s Id to 5s 3d ; and at 5s 9d to Cs; Californ cotch and Irish at 4s 8d to 5s Id per bushel. Transactions in tl uoney market have been limited, in consequence of the continue( icarcity of approved securities; but capital is still freely availabh for the purposes of investment, at rates varying from 8 to pei cent. In the stock and share market, quotations have been wel maintained, and in two or three instances, higher prices have bees lielbourn (son's Bay Rail Way shares changed hands at as high a figure as £7B, and they may u. , at from £77 to £7B. The third annual meeting of the shareholdc in the Colonial Bank has been held, for the purpose of receivin, the report of the directors, and of electing two directors, and twc auditors. The report of the directors set forth that £2,000 had been appropriated to the reduction of preliminary expenses, and £l.ooo to bank furniture and note forms, —leaving a nett balance of £21,691 7s 4d to pay a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum on the capital of £312,500; to meet bad and doubtful debts, £2,000 ; to the credit of r( serYe fund, £4,000 ; and to balance (IV profit and loss, £69 7s 4d. The report having been read, tl• following resolutions were carried unanimously :—l. That tin, report now submitted be received and adopted, and that it be printed for the use of the shareholders. 2. That Mr. H. MI Murphy be re-elected an auditor for the ensuing year. 3. That Mr. Samuel T. Hooper be elected an auditor for the ensuing year. 4. That the thank; of the proprietors be given to the manager and directors, for the satisfactory manner in which the business of the bank has been conducted. 5. That the thanks of the meeting be given to the Hon. John O'Shanassy for his conduct in the chair. The Hon. John O'Shanassy and the Hon. Donald Kennedy were re-elected to seats at the board. LABOUR.—The labour market continues without change. The masons and some other trades still hold out in their opposition to sub-contracting, and to anyinfringement of theeight hours' system. There are large numbers of unemployed ia town at a loss for work, and we fear that more will be in the same unfortunate position as the winter sets in. The following wages list exhibits current rates : With Rations—Married couples for home stations, farms, &c., per annum, £6O to £7O ; ditto for hotels, &c., £7O to £BO ; 4130 to £35; bullock drivers for roads per week, 20s to 25s • bullock drivers for stati,---- cooks for hotels, 20s to 4as per wee., _ , 20s ; ploughmen and farm servants, 20s to 22s 6d per week ; c, penters for stations, 30s ; gardeners, per annum, from £52 to £65 grooms, ditto, £45 to £5O; general smiths for stations, 30s to 35s pe week ; able seamen, per month, £4 10s to £5. 11?tions according V. authorised scale, via , 101 b flour, 121 b meat. 21b sugar, and Ilb tea, each person per week. Without Rations—Carpenters, for town, Ils to 12s per day; masons, bricklayers, plasterers, blacksmiths, 13s to I6s per day ; unskilled labourers, 7s Gd to 8s per day ; quar rymen, lOs to 12s per day; splitters, posts and rails, per 100, 20s to according to t " 2s 3d per rod has, -r; fencers. three-rail, Female Servants—Laundresses and cooks, £35 to £4O per annum housemaids and general servants, from £26 to £3O ditto; nurse maids, £l6 to £2O ; needlewomen, £25 to £3O. REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. —The ordinary revenue of the colonial government for the quarter ending the 31st of March, amounted to 0130,766, thus exhibiting a decrease as compared with the corresponding period of last year of £81,526. This falling off is mainly to be attributed to the large decrease in the receipts from the sale of crown lands, the comparative excess and decrease under the other heads of revenue about balancing. The difference between the land for the last quarter and its parallel of 1858, amounted to £85,520. The Customs revenue also, shows a diminu tion, principally o wing to the falling off in the receipts from spirits, sugar, and from the export of gold. The net decrease under this head amounts to £17,212. The gold revenue for the quarter has fallen off £2,040, and fines and forfeitures show a decrease of £1,436. Under the following heads, the revenue for last quarter has increased when compared with the returns of the first quarter of 1858 : —Ports and harbours £ll3, licenses £3,910, postage £3,095, fees £1,897, and miscellaneous £5,667. There is a falling off in the revenue for the year as compared with 1857-8 of £410,784. In the revenue for special funds, there is an increase on the quarter of £21,496, and on the year of L 323,780. The total expenditure of the government for the quarter was £829,053, and including disburse ments (other than expenditure proper) £1,707,139. NEW SOUTH ►ALES Our Sydney adviees are to the 13th April. The business of the Legislature had been drawn to a close. With an interval of ten days it has been in session nearly fourteen mouths, and its discussions and its measures alike present the most unsatisfactory page in the annals of Australian legislation. After continual delays, alterations, and differ ences between the Chambers, the District Courts Bill has been read a third time and passed. The proclamation for bringing it into force has been published. A bill intro duced in the Upper House to amend the law of libel, the object of which was to permit criminal cases of libel to be conducted by private prosecutions, passed through that Chamber, but was allowed to lapse in the Assembly, it not being acceptable to the Government. On the 30th March both Houses adjourned, a telegraphic message having been received of the death of the Hon. Robert Campbell, late Colonial Treasurer. Deep regret was manifested in the deportment of hon. members on the announcement being made by the Premier. On the 7th April an address was moved in the Council, praying his Excellency to take steps for introducing measures of sanitary regulation, necessarily for the health and safety of the community. In passing the Appropriation Bill in the Upper House, the business of the session was reviewed at length by the members of the Opposition, and the conduct and policy of the Ministry were most severely animadverted on. In the Assembly on the 29th March, the Premier stated that no copy of the New Steam Postal Contract had been yet received. It was also announced that the contract for railway . would, when con cluded, be at the price then prevailing, but, being once fixed, would not be varied during the fulfilment of the contract. The motions casting censure on the Government, for its conduct in several cases of magisterial delinquency, after having been delayed by every contrivance from week to week and from month to month were allowed to be brought to a decision when the close of the session had brought the final gathering of the supporters of the Govern ment together. They were rejected by considerable majorities. An additional Loan Bill of £ll,OOO was passed. The House was prorogued by his Excellency in person. The speech was very short, and conveyed no idea as to the period when the Parliament would be again convened. The Sydney Morning Herald contains the following synopsis of COMMERCIAL MATTERS.—SiTIOC our last summary. dated March 12, the Revenue of the colony for the quarter ended the 31st March, has been published in the Gnzcite. The statement is a very satisfactory one, and shows an increase, as compared rly wh the corresponding quarter of 1858, of £5 8 , 268 6 s Bd, neait2o per b an een d cent. The total revenue for the first quarter of 1858 . being £292,909 lOs Id, and for 1859 £351,177 16s 9d. The prin l exl increase is in the revenue derived from the d Under small. sof poi Discount t en c u h e a r t g h e e d b d y e c t r h e e a s rb e a n and !o, k o increase a a t r 6 e . p B e p r e e r e c n e t nt fo f r or b o il y ls er at th th a r t e t e im m e o . nt l h n s , t 7 he p s e h r a c l e e n 3 t i f a o rk f et . 4 o . m c e o y n i th s s abundant for investment in all the dividend-faapeZwi(a)igalliaes, particularly the colonial banks and in.suratneee cn r h past month. The e considerably improved in price dulgthe Bankof New and New South Wales south approaching half-yearly meetings o Marine Assurance Comp an y , • Wales, the Sydney Insuran e; il C l o b in e P h a e n ld v, during this month; and as it is anticipated that the reports of the two former compass will be very satisfactory, there has been some demand for the shares. The fluctuations that have taken place since the last rep have been as follows : -An advance of 20s per share on the Bank o New South Wales shares ; Commercial Bank shares are much sought after, and have risen 40s to 50s per share—the new shares have also improved 20s to 403 per share ; in Australian Joint stock Bank sales have been made at £l2 lOs per share, and at that price there are plenty of buyers, but holders are not disposed now to accept less than £l2 15s to £l3 per share. Union Bank shares are firm. and the satisfactory report of the last half-yearly meeting. received by the last mail, has caused an advance of £2 to £2 lOs per share. Australian Steam Navigation shares are quiet, and remain without material alteration in price. Newcastle Coal and Copper Company's shares have changed hands at 17i per cent discount; but there is not much inquiry for these, although they continue to pay a dividend of 10 per cent per annum on their capital. Hunter River New Steam Navigation Company's shares are better, and have been sold at an advance of lOs per share. In General and New South Wales Marine Assurance Company's shares there is a rise of 2s 6d per share. Gas shares are without alteration, the difference n price sequence cr r's shares Insurance Compan advanced 2s 6d per sha sales of terminables du 98 end interest. In Au, Adelaide ,sue of the new . shares. Sydney . - a sought after, and have Government Debentures are firm, and 1860 have been effected at 1 per cent terminables have also changed hands at Ilasian Steam 11Zavig!.t!9n and Pyrmont a sales have been made at quotations SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Australian Regist, xe to the 18th very 1, April. The South zthened summary for England, froni which we condense the f POLlTlCAL.—Parliament will reassem ble en the 29th inst., so that the political dulness which has reigned during the last few months will soon be broken. It is proba- [e, too, that several elections will take place soon the opening of the session fora qr. Bur mbers for the City of Adelaide, has been le of ti ly rumoured io supply his place. will be a vacancy, ca to the Bench. It is vacancy in that Home v A by the ;ary preliminary to the asst iERCIAL.—The t year are not N tcr to £4l ports, the f 31 10s. TI . The exoc letnen has been named :ice Council, also, there ;cation of Mr. Gwynne tin, however, that the Ily noticed, which is a of a new writ quarter of the able to state 'rably in excess £526,880, and exported s were derived icated :—Great , oreign States, 77,728 ; 1 f Customs duties otal value of the :ports L 1,512,185, ust exports of £257.166 18s. These amounts Et totals we have already obtained from the it the discrepancy; probably, is due to the i the yearly statement no distinct infer -3 the value of the a and buliio Australia. We sports which were re ported and exported. we last prepared a e in the taxen are bee having be Its worthy c ,e has been a lenefitted a the price o ve, and d deal of and as the f grain has .0 believe that but it is only :one will pre- has been that we lion of merchan- were glutted with almost every d dice. This evil has been felt more m the first tide of prosperity set in with I hoped, however, that shippers have at len e , view of things. It is satisfactory to observe th times," the fu: ;ver since 7y. It is c sensible notwithstanding recent bush fires now( the millers to the fact of the firm Their mill at Gawler ' it of 'bad Ters by the ,000. The only failure of any mth is that of Messrs. Harrison 'own. Their liabilities are not, large number of small farmers use of the failure is attributable "too many irons in the fire." aid to h g concern, INDIA MAIL. The news by Bombay mail of May 12th is not of much importance. - The state of the Money Market, which had ex perienced a sudden and unprecedented panic, appears to be the chief topic. Lord Clyde had met with another accident, but it le I was not serious. Import Market depressed by monetary crisis. Cotton had declined from the same cause, and the Exchange had materially advanced. Freights about the same We make the following extracts from the onzbay Times : There is but one thing talked of in India, and that is the ~,,ate of our money mark — et. It would be disengenuous not to acknowledge the disposition shown in Calcutta to meet the views of the mercantile and moneyed classes, as far as the Council is able to get light upon their wishes. The deference shown to their representations in matters of detail is almost obsequious and undignified. Thus, a notifi cation concerning the issue of Treasury bills to bear aitto ; interest at the rate of 21 pies a day, just published, will be 15 s t o I found to provi two forms of note, either of which the government states its willingness to issue, at the option of the purchaser. The difference between the two forms consists in the fact that the holder of No. 2 can, at any time, by giving three months' notice to the government, compel it to redeem the note; whereas, form No, 1 is irredeemable absolutely for one year. The bills are to be issued in sums of 200 r., 500 r., 1,000 r., 5,000 r., and 10,000 r., and the interest is equivalent to 41 per cont. per annum. The second form will, we imagine , be preferred, as having all the advantages of the first, with the important additional recommendation that it can be discounted at 4 per cent. in the to of matters cor- is obtainable upon no derinz of t he last Meanwhile discoant is ruling at bazaar, and this does not d reetly, fc ibe the sl money, in any terms whatever. it would' not be easy extent of disaster which the financial Mull whiletl few months has entailed upon all cla remittances of silver from home to relieve the - Indian treasury have made confusion worse confounded, and induced ~as ever experienced. r, for the native buyer is The stream has dried up the severest panic Bombay perhaps It is useless to sell to the ba; unable to redeem his purchase The losses and disappeared, and the currency is now entailed upon holders of securities or goods in these circum stances are perfectly crushing, and the extent to which prices have been effected may be estimated from the fact that cotton has fallen 15 rupees a candy within the last ten days without finding a buyer there are tm government wis to one of which, were the once resort—viz., either to reign 1 1 afflicts Indian cernucat A suspension of mild be of very trifling .te and natural remedy for the a few c azaar will be fearful MEERITT. sh payments at the 1 t, pendi 2: the cony Stanley, then ;old currency for Ei tention. If the cri ailures in the We have unplc effect that symptoms of or yes at that station, themse cavalry Company, r€ As employed by Lord matter in the House of ' said the premier, " will ,roops, forming part of the And local corps enlisted in s troops, no change will be Jiers, they will be transferred es of the company, subject to ice as those under which they J . dislike that chan&e, I think it common justice they will be entitled to their dischar , Now, we have had this passage thrust before us by 1r the ranks, over and over again, in the last few mow' it is certain that a considerable number of Company's troops place implicit fait), liery and 'iast India Palmerston Commons. With r With r to the crown were enlisted ; and if th y to to that it w'as thought nee point should have led the govern the most liberal view of the case. ACCIDENT TO L( writing from Kus- Commander-in-Chief met re. It seems that the Puttee illery, were drawn up to do _ts usual, the honour was neither eu. Just as the ehiof,who was in advance upon the to take A correspondent of the J sowlie, Ist May, says that with another accident at Pi alla Rajah's troops, with honour to his lordship. and got abreast of the guns, the salute commenced s horse started and threw his rider,who appeared -, Tidry patches of plasters across his forehead." required nor ( Kalka witt The total number of foreign clocks imported into the United Kingdom in the four months ended the 30th of April, 1869, was 82,902, and of watches 34,632. The quantity of quicksilver imported within the same period was 1,138, 3611b5. EA t ,ht ou II log