The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-01 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBUROU, MARCH 21.—0 n the proposi-
tion of the Minister of Finance, Eanctioned by his
Majesty the EMPEROR, a decision of the Council of
the Empire has been.issued, authorising the estab-
lishment of a temporary commercial bank at Nishni-
Novgorod fur three years.

ITALY.

MILAN.

The intelligence from Milan is to the 2:th.
The following are the first acts of the Provisional
Government at Milan :—A considerable reduction in
the price of salt; complete amnesty for all political
offences ; the remission of all fines ; and the provisional
maintenance of all the employes in the public offices,
with the exception of foreigners.
The Provisional Government of Milan has published
an important document, dated the 25th, stating that
no political engagement of any nature has been taken
with respect to the King of SARDINIA, and that the
latter has expressed himself as follows to the Milanese
delegates :—" I shall not enter Milan till I have van-
quished the Austrians in battle, for I will not present
myself to so brave a people till I have obtained a vic-
tory that may prove me equally brave."

The Austrians had retired by the Mesegnano road
to Lodi, on the Adda. Marshal RADETiIiT remained
there for two days with the main body of his army,
in the expectation of the arrival of the corps of ob-
servation on the frontiers of Piedmont on the Tessino,
as well as the garrisons of Pavia, Placenza, and other
detachments scattered throughout the country. It
was, however, doubtful if any of them would be able
to join him. We already know that the garrisons of
Pavia and Placenza, to the number of 1,200 men
each, finding all the roads cut off, have been obliged
to canton in the villages, where they could find hos-
pitality, and it is probable they will have to surren-

der. Provisional Governments are formed at Pla-
centia, Parma, and _Modena. The wish of these small
states appears to be to join their fortunes with that of
Lombardy.

The strong fortress of Mantua is in possession of
the people of Lombardy, and Verona has also pro-
nounced.

The troops of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY are in
possession of the whole of the Duke of blonstlA's
states.

The following proclamation has been published by
the Grand Duke of TUSCANY :

" Considering that the tranquillity and security of
our dominions might be endangered by the disturbances
which, in consequence of the political events of the city
of Modena and other countries of that duchy, might
break out in the territories of Este, :contiguous to the
grand duchy on the side of the late duchy of Lucca and
Pietrasanta, and that it consequently is our right
and duty to prevent the evils that might en-
sue from them, we have determined to take
measures that the above-mentioned territories of Este
be provisionally occupied and simply garrisoned by the
Grand Ducal troops. We declare, however, that, ex-
cepting the inconvenience of lodging the troops, which
will be effected according to the military regulations by
the inhabitants of the places which will be occupied, in
consideration of the assistance which the said troops
will give in every occurrence for the maintenance of
public tranquillity in those places, every other expense
shall be borne by Tuscany. The Minister of War will
give the necessary orders and instructions for the execu-
tion of this our determination.
" Given in Florence, March 22.
"LEOPOLD CEMPINI BALDASSERONI."
Prince SCHWARZENBERG evacuated the citadel of
Brescia on the 22d, and took the direction of Lodi,
which, however, had already driven the Austrians
away. Crema is besieged by the Imperial troops.
We read in the Risorgirnento of Turin, of the 27th :
—" It is believed that LECCIII, of Brescia, will be
named General-in-Chief of the Lombardo-Venetian
forces. Cremona is free ; 3,000 Italian troops have
declared for the people; a great number of field pieces
are in the hands of the people. At Padua the Hun-
garians have fraternized with the people."
The following are some of the bulletins published at
Milan during the combat :

" Milan, March 21.
" Milan fights gloriously for two days, but she is yet
without arms, and surrounded by a mass of soldiers,
who are beaten but still formidable. We throw these
notices over the walls to call upon all towns, all the
country, to arm immediately, and to meet in the several
parishes as Milan has done, and to form themselves
into companies of fifty men, who should elect a leader
and purveyor to run wherever the common defence
might call them. Aid and conquer.—' Vivo l'ltalie
Vive Pius IX!'

" Milan, March 22.
"As long as the struggle is prolonged it is super-
fluous to express opinions on the tuture destinies of our
dear country. Our only end for the moment is to
achieve our independence, and our good citizens mud
not think of anything but fighting. Our cause once
triumphant, our destinies will be discussed and fixed by
the nation.
" The members of the Provisional Government—
" CASATI, President.
" VITALIANO.
" BORROMEO.
"LITTA. •
" STRIGELLI.
" GUILINL
" DURINI.
" GREPPL
" BERATTA.
" PORRO."

The following official correspondence passed be-
tween the foreign Consuls and Marshal RA.'''

DETZKY :-

" Monsieur and dear Colleague,—A bombardment is,
it seems, dreaded, and it is desirable that, in the inter-
ests of humanity, the consular body residing at Milan
should protest against an act so savage, if it is true that
it was ever in question. _
_ _

" Monsieur the Consul-General of Switzerland and I
have promised to the members of the municipality, as-
sembled at the house of Count Taverna, to join you in
drawing up and signing that protestation, if it be neces-
sary. 1 beg of you, in consequence, to have the good-
ness to meet all our colleagues at my house, to consult
on what is best to be done for the interests of humanity
and our compatriots. The meeting will take place to-
day at five o'clock.
Receive, &c., &c., Consul-General,
(Signed) " FRED. DENOIS.
" Milan, March 19, 1848."
" Monsieur to Marechal.—We are told that the mili-
tary authorities have threatened the city with a bow' r
bardwent. If, but which we cannot believe, that ex-
treme measure is to be adopted towards a town of t
160,000 souls, and where such a number of our cony
patriots are resident, we feel ourselves obliged, M. le
Mar echal, to protest to your Excellency, in the name of
our Governments, against such an act.

"In any case we —count sufficiently on your justice
and on your humanity, to hope that your Excellent}'
will give us the intimations, and will accord to us the
delay necessary to enable us to place our fellow-country
men and their properties out of the reach of the danger,
to which they may be exposed, such as would be done►
without doubt, in a similar case, to Austrian subjects in
our respective countries.

"Receive, &c., (Signed)
"F. DENOIS, Consul-General of France.
" Chevalier GAJETTI DE ANGELI, Consul-
General of Sardinia.
" DE SIMONI, Consul-General of the Holy See.
" REYMOND, Consul- General of Switzerland.
" CAMPBELL, English Vice-Consul.
'• VALERIO, Belgian Consul.
" Milan, March 19, 1848."
The General replied as follows :

"Gentlemen,—l acknowledge the receipt of the dispatch
of the Consuls of England, France, Sardinia, Belgium'
and Switzerland, is which they manifest their desire
not to see me take measures which could not fail to be'
come disastrous for the city of Milan, and for which
they demand at least a delay which might permit they
to place their countrymen in safety. The Government
of his Majesty the Emperor, and the troops under mi
command, have been attacked suddenly, and in a manner
contrary to all the rights of nations, without there her
ing been on their side any provocation whatever. Tbei.
commenced by pillaging and sacking the hotel of the
Government, and by surprising and killing part of tlfe
weak guard there posted, by securing the person of the
chief of that Government, exacting from him concessions
which it is not in his power to grant, and which belong
understand, gentlemen,
to
re
ou will Sovereign.
•
that, as a man of /or
nour and a soldier, I never can consent to compromise
my character, or my duties towards my Sovereign.
"It depends on you, gentlemen, by your influence
over the chiefs of the revolutionary movement, if you
can, get them to abstain from from any hostile mess'
sure ; for, as long as I shall be attacked, as long as
soldiers are slain under my eyes, I shall defend myself
with the courage inspired in them by the manner d
which they have been assailed, and which has excited iu
me the feeling of the odious surprise they hare used t°'
wards us.
" In any event, out of respect for the Governments of
which you are constituted the organs, I shall suspeln:
the severe measures which I feel obliged to take agates
Milan till to-morrow, the 21st, on condition that eyed
act of hostility till then shall cease on the part of the
enemy.
" I await the results of the steps which your inter
vention may bring aboat to take my measures in c49o‘
sequence. " Count RADETZKY.
" Milan, March 20, 11 A.M.

"To the Consuls of England, &c. &c."
" To his Excellency Field-Marshall Count Radet%lLf'
Commandant-in. Chief in the Lombardo VenetW
Kingdom.
" M. le Marechal,—The undersigned Consuls haste°
to acknowledge the receipt :of the dispatch which year,
Excellency did them the honour of addressing to thel
this morning, and to thank your Excellency for the ki%
disposition which you expressed on the subject of $1,1,8
demands of which they have made themselves Su

organs.
" Your Excellency announcing to them that you awoit,
the result of the steps which their intervention iv%
bring about, they put themselves in communication wit'
the municipal authorities, to inform them of your do'
patch. As it would be long and difficult to reproduce
by correspondence the conversation which they had will/
them, and which seems of a nature to instruct you in e
more exact manner of the events which have taken place'
and on the state of things, they beg of your Excellent'
to have the goodness to receive them to-morrow morct'
ing, and to fix the hour at which they may present theor
selves at the castle, and to make the necessary arrange'
men ts.

" Tho Consul General of Rome, not having bee°
named in the answer of your Excellency, would desire,
before presenting himself with his colleagues, to le„
informed it it were by a simple act of forgetfulness 11
took place. _

" The undersigned have the honour,
" Milan, March 20, 1848, 5 P.M."

" Gentlemen,—ln answer totlan letter which
the honour of addressing you, as you express a
for an interview, I have the honour of informin
that I shall feel flattered by seeing you at the
this morning at seven o'clock. As to the Con
Rome, it was a mistake which caused the forgetful
" Receive, gentlemen, &c. &c.
" Milan, March 21, 1848, two o'cloc"
kItADETZI in the mor

VENICE.
The intelligence that the Austrians had been ex'
pelled from Venice, and a republic proclaimed is coo'
firmed. The military and the Austrian cmpioyei
have been sent to Trieste. The Commandant MAO:
TINOVICII has been killed, Count 'LICHT is detaillei
as a hostage. A Provisional Government has been
formed.
A letter from Trieste, of the 23d, in the Augs'
burg Gazette, says :—" We learn that Venice 110

separated herself from Austria, and formed a Provi'
sional Government. All soldiers and persons on'
ployed by the Austrian Government are at libertf
to take their departure for Trieste. Count Zicat

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