Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-18 00:00:00

THE DAY'S NEWS

The news about the War is still confined to mere
reports. No action has yet taken place, nor does
there seem to be any near approach to such. A
.great variety of reports continue to be furnished
by telegraph, one half of which will, in all proba-
bility, be contradicted by the newspaper accounts
when they come forward in regular course of mail.
A telegram from the head quarters of the French,
says that rain had fallen incessantly during two
days, but that it had not prevented the troops from
taking the position assigned to them by the Em-
peror. An "official" Sardinian balletin, published on
Monday, announces that a body of its cavalry had
fallen in with a detachment of Austrian Hussars, near
Voghera, and took " a corporal (wounded) and
some privates." The same document announces
the withdrawal of the Austrians from Voghera to
Casteggio. A despatch from Trieste states that a
French squadron had captured four Austrian vessels,
and another telegram from Trieste, dated yesterday,
"announces that, on Monday afternoon, the French
squadron was before Venice, and that the Austrian
Lloyds have ceased the running of all their steamers.
The Times correspondent, writing from the head-
quarters of the Austrians says, the non-resistance
of the Piedmontese to the advance of the
invading army was considered very remarkable,
the nature of the country afforded great facilities
for impeding its movements. It is stated that du
ring the night of the 4th inst., the Po rose fifteen
feet and destroyed the bridge. The Austrians under
General Benedek were isolated for twenty-four
hours, until the Engineers had constructed another,
,over which he retired on the 6th, carrying off
vast stores of provisions and forage from Voghera.
At Frassinetto, where it was supposed the Aus-
trians had sustained considerable loss, they had
only four men killed and eight wounded.
The rapid rising of the Sesia would have occa--
, sioned some loss to the Austrians, but for the
voluntary exertions of the Piedmontese labour-
-ers, who saved many drowing men. The Times
has received, by telegraph, the following ex-
tracts from an official journal of Vienna :—" On
'the 15th inst., the English merchant steamer,
bringing the Egyptian and Indian mails and
fifty-six passengers, to Trieste, was overhauled by
boats of a FrrenchFrelinncehr, offlineSrasssanaa,ndoppoosintee
Avlona. Two
frigate are crnizing off the Albanian coast."
Prince Napoleons Division it is stated, is to form
the sth Corps of they' of Italy. The Prince
has issued an order of fhe
nal y, announcing his
appointment, and in which he tells his soldiers that
some of them were his comrades at the Alma and
at Inkermann, and that now the are about
to deliver, for ever, Italy from
umsors.
The Times publishes the first letter fro res
correspondent at the Austrian headquarterss7
dated Mortara, May 10th, and recapitulates tthe
l.s
events of the campaign to that day. He speaks of
the friendly disposition of the Piedmontese peasantry
towards the Austrians, and positively asserts that
their anger is all directed against their own
,Government on account of the war and the heavy
taxation which they have long borne. In a district
through which the writer passed, the Piedmontese

ad carrie i off nearly alI the provisions, and the
Austrians sent food for the starving people. The
correspondent alluded to says :—" When the
Austrians arrived at a certain town, which I must
not name, the inhabitants reproached them for not
coming a fortnight sooner. Expecting them, they
said, they had made every excuse to delay. providing
their quota of the reserve of the army, and had
the Austrians arrived they might have escaped
sending it at all. By the way, the Piedmontese have
carried off nearly all the horses and provisions
from this part of the country. At Stroppiana
they even carried off the women to work at Casale.
The Austrians sent provisions for the starving
inhabitants left there." A menacing piece of news
comes from St, Petersburgh. Five army corps are
immediately to be placed on a war footing, with
complete equipment for the field ; the reserves are
to be called in, the furloughs are to cease. This step
will increase the war agitation in Germany, and
may not improbably cause it to burst into a blaze.
The Paris correspondent of the Times says there
has been more speculative activity observed in com-
mercial circles during the last week than at any time
since the Ist of January. The army of Paris has not
been diminished by the war in Italy, but it has been
increased, and now consists of four divisions of
infantry and four of cavalry. An addition has thus
taken place of three cavalry divisions.
The correspondent of the Daily News reports that
the Emperor intends to lay the foundation of a large
national Italian army, expected in time to swell to
the proportion of no less than 200,000 men. The
Tuscan army, under General Ulloa, is the neuclus
already formed.

As Might have been expected, the reported inten-
tion of Lord Palmerston to join the Derby
government, has been contradicted by the Globe.

I - At the fortnightly meeting of the ✓Select Vestry,
yesterday, a correspendence was read from the Rev.
Mr. Doyle, Roman Catholic clergyman, charging
the Industrial Schools' Committee with mismanage-
ment and injustice towards a portion of the children
under their charge. The committee are about to
investigate the complaint fully.
At the annual meeting of the Birkenhead
Commissioners, held last evening, the usual accounts
were read and passed. The accounts for the past year
show a very satisfactory state of affairs, and manifest
the steady and rapid progress of the " rival city."
In contrast with these matters of solid satisfaction,
there was a somewhat ludicrous dispute between some
members of the board, arising out of some charge
made against Mr. Bradley for supplying the
township with goods, while a member of
the board. It will be seen, however, from
a report in another column, that this gentle-
man gained a decided advantage over his opponents,
Messrs. Bailiff and Gough.
Yesterday was appointed as an audit meeting
under the estate of the Royal British Bank, but the
proceedings passed off without discussion or remark,
and no accounts were exhibited. Nothing, there-
fore, will transpire in court until a dividend meet-
ing is held.

The Gazette, of last night, notifies the appointment
of a number of Military Officers to be Commanders
and Companions of the Bath. A large number of
promotions have also been made in the Royal
Marines.