The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-13 00:00:00

ITALY.

The accounts of the surrender of Genoa to General
LA MARMORA, which appeared in some of the Paris
journals of Wednesday, were premature. There has
been some desperate fighting at Genoa, and when the
last accounts left the city had not surrendered,
although it had been bombarded by the troops under
General LA MARMORA. The latest intelligence from
Genoa is contained in the following supplement to
the N.uvelliste of Marseilles, of the 9th April :
" As early as yesterday evening the report was cur-
rent in this city, as soon as the Ville de Marseilles
steamer arrived, that another sanguinary conflict had
taken place between the people of Genoa and the troops
of the Government. It will be remembered that, in con-
sequence of an emente in which the National Guards and
as
was published by
the people took part, the armed force, composed of about
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this was going on, the division of General de la Marmora,
returning from Parma, and perfectly organised, sur-
rounded Genoa, and took possession of the maritime
suburb. During two days, some murderous engage-
ments took place between the populace and the troops:
the troops had taken possession of some new positions.
" Such was the position of the belligerent parties at
the moment when the Ville de Marseilles weighed an-
chor. There was a suspension of arms brought about
by the Consular corps.
"Fresh details have arrived this morning by the
packet-boat Alexandre, commanded by M. d'Angeville,
lieutenant of marine, which quitted Genoa at seven in
the evening.
" The attack by General la Marmora was postponed,
as we have already said, for two days. The town was
defended with inconceivable order and determination.
Priests and women were to be._seen hasteping, armed, to
the barricades. No troops could have entered the town
without being crushed by the' stones with which the
houses had been filled, for the purpose of being thrown
upon those making the attack. Many houses have been
destroyed, and still more damaged by ball and shell. In
the hospitals the sick Were struck by the projectiles, and
the vessels anchored in the port have also suffered more
or less. The French steamer Tonnerre and the French
traders served as a refuge to our countrymen, as well to
a crowd of all nations. Happily, at last, the Consular
body succeeded in getting an armistice concluded for
forty-eight hours. Below we give a copy of this con-
vention.

"Three Members of the Municipal Council immediately
started for Turin, in order to submit the arrangement to
the King for his sanction, General la Marmora being un-
willing to assume the responsibility. These delegates
were expected back to-day at Genoa. God grant that
success may have crowned their mission, for we should
have incalculable disasters to deplore, were the conflict
to be renewed!

"The Piedmontese troops have not ceased to make
preparations for defence in the interval. They have
taken possession of a fort and some heights, and occupy,
besides the Lantern, as far as the Doria Palace, which
is on the borders of the sea. It is in this position that
the engagement took place between the besieged and
their assailants.

" On the evening of the 7th, the Alexandre, on enter-
ing the port, was descried by the Piedmontese, who,
taking the passengers she had on board for a body of
Lombards, come to the Essistance of the Genoese, im-
prudently fired upon her; but the mistake being soon
discovered, the Piedcaontese Commander made excuses
to the Captain of the Alexandre. Fortunately, no one
was killed, or even wounded. The British man-of-war
now off Genoa had been seen making several manasuvres
which appeared hostile to the Genoese, from
which they concluded that she would act in
concert with the P4dcaontese troops, should the
armistice not be accepted. No one is allowed to quit
the town; and it is only with the greatest difficulty that
the French subjects were allowed to reach the squadron.
The number of the victims is considerable on each side.
At the moment of the departure of the Alexandre, a
rumour was current that 2,000 Lombards had just en-
tered the town by the Tuscan road, and 4,000 more were
expected. Among the passengers on board the Alex-
andre was M. Montanelli, one of the principal leaders
in the Tuscan revolution. The following are the terms of
the armistice, which was to expire on the 9th, at noon:—