The Express.
London, England, 1859-07-07 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1869.

EXPRESS FROM PARIb.

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PARIS, WIDXSIDAY EVENT/10.
The latest letters from the theatre of war rather
tend to discredit the probability of another great
battle within a short space of time. The Austrians,
under General Hem, seem now dieposed to stand

purely on the defensive, end see what the allies, who

hare gained so many laurels in the open field, can
do u beseigers of the famous strong places. The
Cologne Gazette publishes an order of the day of
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General d'Urban, which recommends the inhabitants
of Verona to lay up stores of provisions for several
months, "as both the town and the fortress may
very possibly be blockaded." Those families and
individuals whose means may be inadequate to pro-
vide for their wants for a long while to come, are

told to go elsewhere.
The news published at Vienna on the 4th, and in
London on the 6th, that 10,000 French troops had
landed at Lusa%piccolo, was suppressed in Francs
until to-day. People do not know what to make of
it. So far uwe are aware, the French fleet in the
Adriatic had nothing like so large a force on board.

The French government journals do not, however,
seem to be instructed to deny the tact of some troops
having been landed at the above Illyrian port. I
have heard it suggested that the French mean to
make a dash at Perth, which they could reach from
Lussiapiccolo without setting foot upon any territory
belonging to the Germanic confederation. Startling
as this intelligence may appear, I am not sure that
it is to be _ rejected as unworthy of rumination.

Kossuth, in a recent speech pronounced in Italy,

said that he should shortly maks his appearance in
Hungary. How he intended to get there was a
mystery. But if ke goes in the wake of French
troops, however few, there can be little doubt either
of his safe arrival at Path, or of a general rising of
the Magyars against the Austrian dynasty.
The Debuts expresses an opinion that, although
the inhabitatte of Bologna have declared their inten-
tion to succour Perugia, and to make their co-
operation in the war against Austria subordinate to
the deliverance of their own people from Papal op-
pression, the presence of M. d'Azeglio will suffice to
reassure the pontifical government upon this point, and

it regards it as " probable" that Victor Emmanuel's
commissioner extraordinary in Romagna will en-
deavour to direct the enthusiasm and the efforts of
the inhabitants of Bologna exclusively towards Lom-
bardy and Venice. The Univers, on the contrary,
sees in the mission of M. d'Azeglio a manifest usur-
pation of the sovereign rights of the Pope, and
moreover a usurpation which would, under exist-
ing circumstances, be so " criminal " that in spite of
the double authority of the Bologna Monilensr and
the Piedmonlese trasette, it refuses to believe that
it will be accomplished. The limiters founds upon
a statement in the Petrie that M. d'Azeglio's depar-
ture had been postponed, and upon an assertion in a
correspondence that the cabinet of Turin was nego-
tiating with Rome on the subject, a hope that the
King of Sardinia has not yet taken any defl-

nitre resolution that the appointment of M.
d'Azeglio as general and military commissioner
in Romagna, " an appointment, by the way, ipso
faces nail and void," will be rescinded, and that
instead of sending this personage to Bologna,
Colonel Pinelli and tho whole cohort of Pied-
montese officers and non-commissioned officers now
there will be recalled. The Univers takes this

opportunity of saying that" notwithstanding many
grounds of uneasiness, among which certain recent
publications, more or less authorised, hold a great
place," it still has confidence in the Emperor Napo-
leon as a friend of the papacy. Unfortunately for
the consolation which M. Veuillot, the author of
the Gaiters' article, derives from the supposed fact
of M. d'Azeglio's departure for the Romagna being
delayed, the number of the Piedmonteee Gazelle
which reached Paris to-day states that he
has already left Turin. He takes with
him as secretaries the Chevalier Torrelli and
the Marquis Eynard de Cavour. If the
Opisione may be credited, he will go to the head-
quarters of the allied army before proceeding to
Romagna, bat it seems difficult to me to reconcile this
news with the necessity which manifestly exists for
speedy action in the Roman States.
The Times was seized to-day. The Pattie, which
appears to have the privilege of reading seized
journals, says that it contains complaints on the part
of Austrian prisoners of bad treument in France. It
thinks it unnecessary to refute such a calumny, but
leaves the Prezio( Vienna to answer the accusations
of the English journal. A quotation follows of &letter
from an Austrian officer, a prisoner at Tours, speak-
ing in high terms of the kindness and courtesy

which he meets with, the town being his only

prison, and correspondence with his friends being
only subject to the condition of sending his letters
open through the ministry of war. lam quite sure
that if Austrian officers have anywhere in France
suffered any hardships, the fact must be accidental.
The intention of the authorities is certainly to treat
them in the best possible manner. At the earns
time I must eay it is very stupid to confiscate an
English journal on account of its containing a com-
plaint, and more particularly when the French
government prints give publicity to the grounds of
the seizure.
Several letters state that the Austrian prisoners
fight and quarrel among themselves, and that to
avoid these explosions on the part of men of divers
race, who were held together by no tie but that of
strict military discipline, the French government
has resolved to divide them as far as possible into
national sections, which will be kept apart from
each other.

The Bourse wee dull to-day. Very little business
was done in the morning, and the Bente for ecoount
dropped to 63fr. 60c., but there was a little more
animation in the afternoon, and the closing price
was that of yesterday, Orr. 93e. For cash there
was a fall of sc. Mobilier fell 2fr. 30c. All the
railways were about fifr. lower. There is much
talk of negotiations for peace, in which, however,
little confidence is felt.

ITALY.

LOMBARDY.

(MOM A CORZZATONDINT.)
MILAN, JUNE 30.
Not wanting to interfere with your own excellent
correspondent, I shall merely, and for once, set
down what I see and hear. The Austrians have
gained much in French estimation by their stubborn
resistance at So'feriae. The aim of the Austrian gene- ,
rale—for they all put their heads together—
was, it appears, to repeat the tactics of
Radetzky, who threw the weight of his attack
upon Charles Albert's left in these same hills, and
driving it on obliged the rest of the Piedinontess
army to retreat. On the morning of the 24th, the
Austrians not only attempted, but well nigh achieved
the same feat, for they drove on the Pied-
montese at first with success. Tne French Emperor,
on his side, had given orders for an
attack and an advance, completely independent