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London, England, 1859-06-16 00:00:00

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LONDON. IN.URSDAY, JUNE 16.

Acc°ammo to tt.se last *Peewits, after abandoning
Pavia Pistons% and Pizzigbettonr, blowing up the
brideles,, spiking the gees, and throwing this
amrannition into the river, the Austrians still
pu mar their retreat along the north bank of the Po
to Masten and the line of the Multi°. The head-
q marten were some few days ago at Civatigersi,
dose to Cremes, and about fifty miles from Mantua.
The Austrians have now crossed the Oglio, and they
ice probably by this time only a few miles from their
ilostination. At the same time their troops on the
south of the Po, at Ferrari, Bologna, and Reggio,
have all bees withdrawn, and are, no doubt, on their
way to join the main Austrian army on the north
bank. Although, therefore, that army must have
lost large numbers—indeed it is said that each of
the nine Corps dArmie now scarcely cambers 20,000
men—it will be to some extent reinforced by the
detachment* just recalled. It is said, however,
that two of the oorpe of Count VIJAPPTIN,
who commands the reserve, or tint army, sea-
Biatil of raw levies, who have never yet
been brought face to face with the army. Is the
meantime the Allies are advancing apparently is
several column. OMILIZIALDI in the north has
already reached Gracia. On the 12th the rand
head-quarters were at Gorgonzola between fifteen
sad twenty miles from Milan, on the railway be-
tween th►t city and Verona. And the same day the
Xing of &that:slit crowed the Adda at Vaprio and
Canonici, just after its junction with the Brembo,
whilst the F:s rCROR crowed lower down at Canaan,
There are besides French troops on the road to Lodi,
Creme, and Cremona, following clomps upon the
Austrians.

There seem., indeed, no doubt that the Austrians
will retire behind the Mincio, and take up a position
either behind that river or behind the Adige, within
the entrenched camp of Verona. This is the chosen
field of battle of the Austrians, and on it the proba-
bility is they will give battle. A great deal has
been said about the famous quadinesie of fortresses,
consisting of Peschier., on the south side of the Lego
di Garda; Verona, on the Adige, between tutees
and twenty miles to the eastward ; Levin*, twenty
miles south of Verona; and Mantua, twenty miles
south of Pe.chiera. Feschiera and Mentes are foe-
tenses, and Verona is au entrenched camp. Pesehiera,
however, was taken by CITABLES ALBERT In 1848,
and there is no reason to suppose that if it
were attacked in the usual way it would
be able to resist beyond the calculated time.
Maritsa would probably require to be starved out,
but 20,000 men blockaded within its walls would
not prevent the advance of the allied army. That
army, reinforced by the corps of nine. NAPOLEON,
not less than ,10,000 strong, would then amount to
something like 220,000 men, for it should be observed
that the country between being friendly,it is scarcely
necessary to leave any troops to maintain the com-
munications. Deducting 20,000 for the blockade of
Mantua, and amusing that the attack of the French
Beet on Venice would be in full operation, Raceme by
no means improbable that the Allies might succeed
in crossing bah the Mincio and the Adige. Verona,
besides being regularly fortified, is surrounded by
a series of foete, so that to invest the whole circle
enclosed by these forts would require an enormous

army. Should such an attempt be 'nude by a small
army, the Austrian Oeneral might suddenly concen-
trate all his troops on one point and defeat that por-
tion of the besieging army before the rest could come
to its aid. Hut, on the other hand. the Austrian en-
trenched camp would re quirsa very largegarrison. Its
communications moat be open with the country, sad
the country people mast be favourable. It remains to
be seen whether the country people about Verona are
as hostile to the Austrians u the Italians to the
westward. If they are, and if the Allies 0112 so
place themselves as seriously to interrupt the COM-
municatioos with the rest of the empire, and thus to
prevent the vrvival of reinforcements, the Austrians
may be compelled to attack the Allies, or, indeed,
the Allies may attack them, weakened as they will
be by losses in the field; and the result of that
attack will settle the fate of the Austrian power is
Italy.

THE Court of Common Cowen has saanimously
resolved to present the Freedom of the City of Lon-
don to the Karl of ELGIN, "in testimony of its
" high sense of the important services fen-
" &rid to this country sod its commerce is
" Canada, China, and Japan." The City dose
well to welcome tha good citizen who, two yeas,
sine, postponed his special objects, repressed
hie own ambition, and unwed an anxious re-
a?onsability, in order to contribute to the chances sf
lulling the revolt in Ilindostan. It was the first piece
of effectual aid stfieded to the GOVIIXO/401.21E1AL.
Great es see the service, it was some time befogs
the set sad its consequences were fully appreciated.
Vibes Lewd Em.to saciiticed to the seeds of India the
well military force he carried with him to Chins, aid
pee b p the priceless Naval Brigade to the same
service, his propect wsa abundantly discoursging.
ler weeks and months he floated, helpless and apps
issely deserted, on the troubled surfaceof affairs. Most
men of his energy would have come home in disgust
or have done something rash in impatience. Re
spent the meson of seepense in qualifying himself for
action at the first opening that presented itself—to
what purpoes the world has semi. By citizen merit
of every kind our rule has been vindicated and
secured in India : by citizen merit of every kind
• new commercial realm has been opened to s in
China and Japan, and we are called upon to cele-
brate the consummation of both deeds at the
same moment, precisely at the distance of two
years from the drury and doubtful outset of either