The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-30 00:00:00

THE ADRIATIC.

We (Time') have received the following despatch
from our correspondent at Vienna :

"VIENNA, Wiwi CROAT NooN.

" On the 28th the following French ships were
at Antieari—Five ships of the line, eight frigates,
six war steamers, thirteen floating batteries, nine
gunboats, nine brigs, and two three-masters.
" The fleet has many troops and enormous sup-
plies of provisions and ammunition on board, so that
it can act independently of the mother country,
should any other Power attempt to interfere.
" Admiral Bouet is about to open sealed orders.
"Consul Ilecquardt is in continual correspondence
with Montenegro."

THE AUSTRIAN ARMY.
VERONA, Tr=DAT.
(Via Trieste.)

Count Ponesles has arrived here, at the head-
quarters of the Austrian army. LaybaCh has been
fixed as the seat of the military and civil govern-
ment of Lombardy and of the employia of the
government.
. _

General Gyulai has, in the capacity or colonel,
assumed the command of the regiment which belongs
to him and bears his name.

THE MASSACRE AT PERUGIA.
BERNE, WEDNESDAY.

On receipt of the news of the massacre at Perugia
the Swim residents at Milan were ill-treated by the
populace, but the police interfered.
The Federal Council has addreseed circulars to the
Swiss consular agents in Italy, in which the Council
protests against denominating regiments composed of
foreigners as Swiss regiments, and requests that use
may be made of the circulars in order that this sub-
ject may be put in its proper light before the eyes of
the public.

ITALY.

BATTLE OF SOLFERINO.

(PROM OUR brECIAL COR.II7.IMONDENT.)
CASTENEDOLO, JCNE 24, Evvox°.

I had just posted my yesterday's letter when an
officer of the general staff told me of intelligence
having arrived from Peechiera that the Austrians in-
tended to attack our lines on the following morning.
I therefore made up my mind to follow the
Piedmontese army as soon as Victor Emmanuel had
left Lonato for the front. I was, however, obliged
to change my plan, for the simple reason that the
horse I had obtained at Beanie was lame, and
therefore, unable to follow the staff even at
a distance. As it was quite out of the
question to get a horse in Lonato, I
wu obliged to accept the kind offer of an American
gentleman who follows ex amateur the operations of
the allied armies. He was fortunate enough to be
in possession of a carriage, and I hastened to take
the opportunity thus offered to me. At first I
thought we should drive on the Desenzano road,
but he said he had some reason to believe that the
French army would be first engaged, and that he
had decided on starting for Moutechisri. Although
I thought this decision rather eccentric I could
not succeed in persuading him to give it up,
so we left Lonato at about nine o'clock in
the evening. The night was beautiful, and the
camp fires scattered all round on the hills
produced such an effect as I could not have imagined.
We were driving towards the plain alorg a narrow
road ; the hills on our left presented a sharp outline
against the starry ground of an Italian sky. Now
and then a distant village clock or the barking of
farm-dogs broke the silence of the night, adding to
the solemnity of the surrounding scene.
It was about 2 o'clock in the morning when I
arrived, with my companion, at Mon techiari, at which
place the head-quarters of the Emperor have been
established since Tuesday last. The place was
all confusion, for the troops were already in
movement towards the frost. Being well acquainted
with the country, I advised my companion to leave
the main road, and we made our way through the
stony ground of the Campagna towards Castiglione
dell Stiviere. We had not yet arrived in the town
—which is celebrated as has lug given birth to St.
Louis Gooiest, and the name to one of the most illus-
trious faits eremites of the Napoleonic campaigns—
when the report of field guns on our right gave the
signal that the fight had begun in the direction of
Medals. And so it had, for when we reached
the town of Castiglione we found that the Imperial
Guard was already marching in haste towards that
direction. Our horses were too tired to fol-
low the movements of the army, so I

thought it was better to proceed at once to the
Monte del Belvedere, an elevated bill from which
one can overlook all the Campagna of Medale, a
large plain, only circumscribed by the far distant
horizon. Once arrived at the Roccolo Reschi we
could distinctly are the smoke of field guns and
muskete—in a word, all the operations of the army.
The French body which was first thus engaged
was the corps d'armte of General Niel, which since
the preceding evening was marching on the direc-
tion of Medal,. The advanced guard of General Niel
had met three divisions of Urban 's corps, at &farm-
house called the Casa di Maioraltice, and was obliged
to make its way amidst a tremendous fire of
musketry and artillery. As soon as Marshal
Canrobert was made aware of the enemy's attack, he
ordered his troops to throw aside their knapsacks,
and with all possible speed hastened to the scene
of action. After an hour's fight the action be-
came general all over the plain, and the arrival of
the Emperor soon converted it into a regular
Pitched battle. Marshal MacMahon was soon en-
gaged on the left, and the distant report of the
artillery, which was carried by the wind blowing
from the Lego di Garda, apprised us that the
Piedmontese army was equally engaged somewhere
near Rivoltella and Peschiera. It was about two
o'clock in the afternoon when the Piedmontese, pro-
, Deeding from Rivoltella, succeeded in making their

junction with the French army. The French
centre had been compelled by the tvents of
the day to concentrate the mass of its forces
towards the hilly village of &Merino, where
the Austrians were disputing the ground with
an energy unprecedented in the present war. Th.
battle became then a tremendous one. The Pied-
monteee, led by the King, really performed wonder,.
The let and 2nd Regiment of the Guards emulated
the %curry's to such a degree that • French officer
told me it was impossible to imagine anything more
grand and heroic. Generals Durando's and Fontes
divisions took position after position at the point of
the bayonet, till they succeeded in routing the

enemy, which wu obliged to fall back on Cavriana
and Volta. This back movement was soon stopped
by the enemy's reserve coming from Gaidizzolo,
Cerlungo, and Goito, so that the conflict was renewed,
and lasted till night. Of coarse it is impossible
for me to send you • correct account of this great
and bloody struggle in which the Austrians mus-
tered not leas than 140,000 men. The allies had u
many as that, though not until nearly the close of the
day. The losses on both sides have been tremendous.
The Sindaco of Castiglione, a Doctor Poli, told me half
an hour ago that he thought the two armies had
not less than 40,000 hors de combat. Field pieces,
prisoners, flags, I hear, have also fallen into our
bands, and I saw myself batches of prisoners sent to
Castiglione and to Brescia. At about 8 o'clock in
the evening, the smoke which had enveloped for
more than ten hours the hills which stretch away
from Castiglione as far as Volta, was gradually
dispersing, so it was clear that the great struggle
was drawing to a close. I descended from the
Monte del Belvedere, and, almost exhausted by the
sleepless night I had pissed, came back to Casti-
glione, which I found all in confusion. Thousands
of wounded were arriving at every moment, and it
would have been useless to stay in such a place at
that time. In the confusion which prevailed I
had lost my companion, so that I was obliged to
walk on in the direction of Montechiari. At about 3
o'clock in the afternoon a tremendous hurricane came
on, which must have greatly added to the fatigue
of the fighting armies. The heavy rains and the
fatigue of a long walk had harassed me to such a
degree that I was obliged to come back to Cute-
nedolo on a small cart belonging to a farmer, whom
I met on his way home.

When I get further particulars of the result of
to-day's fight you shall have them; but I hope you
will not underrate all the difficulties I have to
surmount in order to get proper and correct informa-
tion. Our lines are now so long that it is almost
impossible to get news on which one can really
I depend.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(now ors owx cowawirownsirr.)
PARIS. WEDNEEDLY EVF-VINC).

Notwithstanding the great satisfaction felt at the
news in the Noniteur that the French army is cross-
ing the Mincio without resistance, the paucity of the
details given by the official journal about the battle,
of Solfetino occasions in the public mind an impa-
tience for further intelligence which perhaps is more
intense than reasonable. No doubt the general views
of the French government with regard to publicity
are open to exception. But in this particular in-
' stance the success of the French arms, as admitted
by the Austrian bulletins, was so decided that there
can scarcely be any leading facts relating to the
battle which the French would care to conceal. It
should be remembered that the Emperor is his
own reporter. The sketch of the battle given
in the iloniteur to-day must be considered as his
representation to the Empress of those bro►d out-
lines which were principally impressed upon his
own mind at the conclusion of the combat, and be-
fore he became acquainted with those details which
he can only know trim the reports of his marshals
and generals. Oa the occasion of the battle of
Magenta the casualties on the side of the con-
querors turned out to be mach more numerous than
the Emperor had supposed them to be at first. It
is, therefore, very natural that, in order not
to be obliged to correct his estimates a few days
later, his Majesty should abstain for the present
from giving figures. The reason for withholding
the names of the generals wounded is not so ap-
parent.
It was reported in several salons last evening that
General Auger had died of his wound. This bril-
liant artillery officer was at one time a political
friend of Colonel Charms and an ardent republican.
He did not immediately rally to the coup d'etat, bat
he thought it his duty to recognise the popular vote
of Dec. 20, 1831, which conferred upon Louis
Napoleon the mastership of France. Besides the
three generals mentioned by the semi-official papers,
' it is stated by the liidependance, professing to speak

on the authority of despatches sent to relatives, that
Generals Levaillant and Douay were also wounded
at Solferioo. It is communicated to the Patrie that
the Duke d'Abranteo, the head of General Fai
staff (Niers corps), was severely wounded, but he is
doing well.
Cuuat de Lsrochefoucault, of the 3rd Chasseurs
d'Afrique--a well-known member of the Paris jockey
club—riding too far before his men, wu surrounded
and made priaooer. The same fate, as I hear, betel
the Count de Gramout.

A Tariu despatch says that the Sardinian losses
at Solferino were very heavy, and mentions among
the killed Generals Mollard, Perrier, and Arnaldi,
Colonels Beretta end Pernot, and Captain Palley i-
cini, of the bersaglieri. General Fontes division
greatly distinguished itself.
It is said to be a peculiarity of the Emperor that

on the field of battle he never puts his horse out of
a walk. I hear that in a letter to the Empress he
mentioned that this was his habit, in order that he
might be able to remain on horseback for a very
long time without feeling fatigue. An aide-de-camp
twists up little cigarettes and passes them to him
every three or four minutes.
The Bourse was very favourably !acted upon by

the news of the passage of the Miticiowithoui firing

a shot. It was not doubted that the Austrians must
have retreated behind the Adige. The Route rose
to G2fr. 760. There was, however, a very sharp and
r►pid reaction at the end of the day, for which
no particular reason was assigned. The c!o,ing
prices were 62fr. 50c. and 62fr. 40c., being a Tie, of
40c. and 20c. from yesterday. 6tobilier rose 6(r. 25c.
The Orleans railway rose lofr.; Northern, 6fr. 75c. ;
Eastern, 7fr. 60c.; and the other lines about
2fr. 50c.

It is mid that the extempore fireworks in the
streets of Paris, on Saturday night, occasioued
several accident,. The prefect of police has pub.
lished a notice prohibiting each manifestations of
rejoicing in future under severe penalties.
The Pays has a paragraph contradicting the now
very old news that Count Pourtalds was going from
Berlin to the respective head-quarters of the two
Emperors in Italy. It adds that he is expected
shortly in Paris. The ambassador has been " ex-
pected," but expected in vain for a very long time.

The following remarks on the system of holding)
be lc news proceed from a very friendly ten, fur they are
pub:Whed in the Nord :—" It is no wood. r that a fevutish
anti. ty ab.ut the news should be prevalent, and that the
niutiam of the administration ahould give rise to the most
conflicting conjectured. Moreover the mode of publishing
official Intelligence is hr from being regular or satisfactory.
It ice, no doubt, req tight that the government about I select
frees every despatch such parts se it thinks lit to be imme-
diately made publi but in order to be consistent it should
take care that the news which it means to reserve should n. t
be known, in one way or soother, by sll Patio. When
people beer news in (Raters which they have known to be
well informed on former comaions they naturotly repeat
it, sad dm great mistake are sometime. mode. Nobr.dy
knows to what minister to apply for the earliest infomiatierh,
and it la generally by chance, in the drawing-rmm or the
street, that one fled haws el Important hots."