Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-30 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

/V. lENNA, May 25.—1 t was intended that the
ti4eiter Zeitung, of this morning, should contain a
0111 ailed account of the battle fought at Montebello,
the 20th inst., but no bulletin could be published,
One courier from the head-quarters of the army
4,:
hot yet made his appearance. The thing may,
Par improbable, but it is a positive fact,
ve t the military authorities in this city do not
t know how many men were put hors de combat
ithe affair alluded to. In military matters great
Orcvements have been made, but there is still a
Zrge quantity of red tape on hand, which it might
t. 71 Well to get rid of. Instead of forwarding straight
Vienna an approximate. estimate of the men
Idled,C wounded, and missing, Count Stadion
has sent an exact list of them to Count
GYlllai, at head-quarters, whence it will be
tx4llSnlitted to this city. His Majesty impatiently
tillleets his despatches, and his subjects as impati-
kulY expect the, publication.of an abstract of them, but
h Parties must remain some 48 hours on the tenter-
Ook,
1 e of expectation, because routine requires that
commander of corps shall report to the general
kir y
cgrimand of the arm, and not directly to the
dbitary Chancellerie of the Emperor. The absur-
thiti', of the thing is evident ; but it is not likely
a change will be made in the system, as the
44surians are very particular in matters of etiquette.
tht Was stated in a postcript to my letter of yester-
tcZ' a part of Garibaldi's corps is at Varese, which
ittr, In about seven English miles from Como, and
si4t fifteen from Milan. The appearance of
kilak a large revolutionary band in Lombardy,
pre es the Austrians feel uncomfortable, but under
Nviiiseet circumstances it is not likely that there
qe, be a rising in any part of the provinces.
Urban's flying corps was formed for the
"se of maintaining peace and order in Loin-
N 7; but, as the left wing of the Austrian army
to .4.1111 d reinforcement, it about ten days ago went
toV.radella, a small town on the road from Voghera
is enza. It is, however, probable that Urban
Cle'll in Lombardy, as the 9th army corps, under
ktti,74l Count Schaafgotsche has reached its desti-
fh4l' The Austrian tacticians are of opinion that
e iuore important encounters between the two

ar;nies will be on the two wings, it being evident
that the greater part of the Sardo-French
forces have been withdrawn from. Alessandria,
the centre of their present line of operations. It
is probable that the head quarters of Count
Gyulai are at Pavia. Pavia is in a state of
siege, and on the 19th inst. the inhabitants of
the city were ordered to deliver up their arms
to the military authorities within " three times
twenty-four hours." The Pavia correspondent of
the Oesterreichische Zeitung observes that it would
have been better if the order had been given some
time ago, as many persons have recently been
assassinated in the streets. Among the victims are
the correspondent of a German paper, who ventured
to write against Sardinia, and a young Italian girl,
who had formed an intimate connection with -a
German. The fortifications at Pavia are on such a
grand scale, that it is evident the Austrians are
resolved to make a firm stand on the left bank of the
Ticino, and to retain possession of Lombardy as long
as they possibly can. Almost all the labourers
employed in the construction of the fortifications at
Pavia are Piedmontese, who are but too happy to
receive two zwanzigers (16d.) a day for their work.
More troops are about to leave this city, for notice
has been given to the public that, for some days after
the 26th inst., no local trains will run on the
southern railroad.
On the 21st instant a brigantine managed to run
into the port of Venice, and her erew related that a
part of the French fleet had made an attack on the
island of Lissa, which is the Malta of the Adriatic.
The island is strongly fortified, but it is not probable
that it would be able to hold out very long against a
powerful enemy. It need hardly be said that no
official information of what is passing at Lissa has
been received here.

THE STATE OF PIEDMONT.

TURIN, May 25. —Until the French have got up
all they want, and are in a perfect state of efficiency,
there seems little chance of my having any important
event to record. From one day to another, however,
they may find themselves complete, and assume the
offensive. A bulletin yesterday afternoon announces
that the French Emperor was starting for Voghera,
there to establish his head-quarters. He was to be
followed by the whole of the Imperial Guard, of
which a good deal of the cavalry is now arrived.
Voghera, as you will see by the map, is well on
towards the present front of the Franco-Piedmon-
tese, on the high road to Piacenza, and at little more
than three Italian miles from Montebello. If this
army remains inactive for many days longer, it will, I
suspect, be less for want of men, horses, or guns,
than from the necessity of getting up large stores of
provisions before commencing a forward movement.
The Austrians have cleared the' frontier provinces,
and, should they have to retreat, will probably not
leave a great deal behind them in those of Lombardy.
I hear that the French have already consumed a
great part of the rations laid in for the Sardinian
army, and it is certain that at the Piedmontese
head-quarters there is no superabundance of forage
for horses, and that some kinds of it were running
rather short a day or two ago. It is no light matter
to victual an army of upwards of 20,000 men ; the
amount of transport required is prodigious, and in
this the French are said to be deficient. The fol-
lowing are the latest bulletins :
TURIN, May 24, Evening.—General Garibaldi has made
47 other prisoners. Yesterday the Austrian boat Ticino
approached Intra, on the Lago Maggiore, and demanded
that two persons who had been taken prisoners as spies
should be given up. The drums beat to arms, and the
alarm bells were rung; the National Guard assembled in
great numbers also from the neighbouring villages. Then
the Ticino drew off, firing at the island of San Giovanni,
and at the Castagnola. No one was hurt on our side.
General Gyulai has transferred his head quarters to Gar-
lasco, whence he has published a manifesto under date of
the 22nd, by which he orders all the inhabitants of the
villages occupied by the Imperial troops to give up their
arms of every description within 48 hours, under pain of
being shot should they 'not comply with the injunction.
Parma is in 'serious apprehension on account of the fury of
the soldiery, urged to undisciplined conduct by the reactionary
party. The Austrians, who had arrived at Rezzio, are
retiring with the Modenese troops to Brescello, where the
Duke is making preparations for defence, cutting down the
trees and inundating the plains.
MAY, 25, Morning.—Yesterday morning General
Garibaldi was at Varese. The announcement of the arrival
of the first liberating troops has excited great enthusiasm.
The people everywhere declare themselves for King Victor
Emmanuel and for the national cause.