Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-30 00:00:00

THE WAR IN ITAtY.

THE SWISS ATROCITIES.

BERNE, Wednesday.—On receipt of the news of
the massacre at Perugia; the - Swiss residents at
Milan were ill-treated by the popUlace, but the police
interfered. The Federal Council has- addressed cir-
culars 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 subject may Le put in its proper
light before the eyes of the public.

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THE AFFAIR AT PERUGIA.
The Tuscan and Piedmontese journals contain
accounts of the proceedings of the Swiss troops at
Perugia. After all resistance had ceased, the troops
began to massacre the citizens indiscriminately,.
sparing neither age nor sex. The Municipality
attempted to stop this . carnage, and left the Town-
hall, with a white flag, for this purpose ; but they
were fired upon by the soldiers, and Secretary Porta,
who carried the flag, fell mortally wounded. One,
of the journals gives a list of the persons murdered
by the soldiers after the fighting was over ; among
them were, three married couples, five elderly
women, three unmarried females, the daughter of a
Captain Polidori, five years old, &c. An infant was
taken from its mother's breast and thrown into the
Tibor. The official journals of Rome state that the
-Swiss officer who commanded the attach Perngiti,
has been raised to the rank of General of Brigade.
All those who distinguished themselves in this affair
are to be mentioned in an order, of the day,

• CIRCULAR OF COUNT CAVOUR.

The object of this despatch, -which has been ad-
dressed to all the representatives of Sardinia at
foreign ports, is to explain the events which have
occurred since the commencement of the war, and
to reiterate that its object is the independence of.
Italy, and the., expulsion of Austrians from the
Peninsular.

THE AUSTRIAN ARMY.

VERONA, June 28th (vid Trieste).— Count Pourtales
has arrived here, at the head-quarters of the Austrian
army.
Laybach has been fixed as the scat of the Military
and Civil Government of Lombardy, and of the
employees of the Government. General Gyulai has,
in the capacity of colonel, assumed the command of
the regiment which belongs to him, and which bears
his name.

PASSAGE OF THE MINCIO BY THE FRENCH.

PARIS; Wednesday Morning.—The Mow'tem. of
this morning contains the following telegram :
" CAVRIANA, Tuesday, June 28.—Ouftroops have
passed the Mincio without any resistance, the enemy
having withdrawn beyond the river."

THE FRENCH FUNDS

PARIS, Wednesday, 12.17 p.m.—The Bourse opens
rather firm. Rentes 62.30.

3.33 p.m.—Rentes closed 62.50 for Money, and
62.40 for Account, being an improvement of nearly
one-fourth since yesterday.

THE BATTLE OF SOLFERINO.

FRENCH ACCOUNT.
PARIs, June 29-.—The Moniteitr contains details of
the battle at Solferino, which are but reports of the
different attacks of the corps d'armee. The lifonitenr
does not state the number- of killed and wounded on
either side. The Austrians, by their first retreat
over the Mincio, had desired to inspire us
.with
adventurous confidence, so that we should 'de-
ploy . our lines to a great extent, and enable
them to attack our .editimns thus' distant from
each other, but the Emperor, without departing
from that exalted prudence which ' regulates
his courage, the further, the army advanced the
more the columns strengthened themselves by
concentration. Solferino is one of those battles
which, as they do not end a war, at least allow the
solution to be foreseen. • The Emperor of Austria
commanded in- person, and has.thus been able to see
of what a nation he has made himself the enemy.
SARDINIAN ACCOUNT. .
TritiN, Wednesday. The Pieclnzontese Gazette
Publishes the report of the battle of Solferino, written
on the same evening :
During the night from the 19th to the 20th inst., the
Austrians evacuated the right bank of the Mincio. On the
24th the Emperor ordered the army of the King of Sar-
dinia to 'occupy Pezzoleno, and to invest Peschiera, whilst
the- French army. occupied Solferino.and Cavriana. The
King ordered the Ist and sth divisions to despatch detach-.
ments- to the places nientioned, and the 3rd division
also to send a detachment toviards Peschiera. The
Austrians, during the night, from. the 23rd to -the
24th, advanced towards the right bank of. the
Mincio. Reports of deserters are unaninous,in
that 40,000 men were collected at Pozzolengo. Marshal
Barguay d'llilliers • met with unexpected difficulties
at Solferino, and the Piedmontese reconnaissances also
encountered great forees of, the enemy.. Whilst Baraguay
d'Hilliers performed prodigies, of valour at Solferino, the
masses of the- enemy continued to advance. • At Castiglione
the Emperor, perceiving that he was now contending with
the entire army of the enemy,, deployed the corps of Generals
Niel and IWlllabon in the plain, and ordered Canrobert to
rejoin with the Imperial Guard the reserve on the heights.
The King had been requested to direct all the forces possi-
ble against Solferino, and he accordingly ordered Generals
Fanti and Durando to craivey • succours to-the French.
General Fanti had already' commanded the movement to be
made when news arrived that the reconnaissances of the 3rd
and 6th divisions were in danger of being cut off at Disen-
zano by a superior force of the enemy. The King recalled
Fanti, and ordered the, brio6ude Aosta to return promptly to
San Martino. However, 13aragnayd'Hilliers won Solferino,
and marched against Cavriana. The King having been
informed that, notwithitanding the 3rd and sth divisiOns were
engaged, it was difficult to carry the heights of San Martino,
ordered a general attack of those divisions with the brigade
Aosta, the Ist division under General della Marmora, and
the brigade de. Piemont. In spite of. a violent tempest,
• General della Marmora directed his course by Pozzolengo,
and 'descended upon San Martino, but was attacked from
the side of Pozzolengo. The 4th regiment moving to
the left repulsed the enemy, causing great losses with our
artillery. In spite of General Duranao's delay, occasioned
by the tempest, and by the ignorance of the guides, the 3rd
and sth divisions and the brigade Aosta dislodged the
enemy from his formidable positions, and a brilliant
victory ended a contest of fifteen hours, sustained
with heroic constancy. The order of the army was admi-
rable. Here follow details as to the loss of the Piedmontese,
according to which 1,000 were killed, and- about the same
number wounded. The heights having been occupied, the
French forced the enemy, to retire to Goito - thus beaten
along their whole line. According to positive information
it results that 25,000 Sardinians held their ground against
50,000 Austrians who were united and engaged with all
the advantage of position.

THE SWISS BARBARITIES AT. PERUGIA.
The Tuscan and Piedmontese papers teem with
accounts of the shoCking scenes enacted at Perugia
by the Swiss troops. A letter of the 21st from
Arezzo, in, the Corriere Mercantile of Genoa,
announces the arrival in that town of many persons
who had fled from Perugia, but in such a state of
terror and alarm that they. were able to give but a
very imperfect account of the barbarous proceedings
of the papal soldiers who occupied the town. The
letter adds :
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