The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-12 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Swiss National Gazette of the Bth has the fol-
lowing, under the head of Lugano, the 6th :
" Piedmontese refugees, who have arrived at Chaasso,
have announced that the Piedmontese General, Oli-
vieri, had seized on all the power at Milan, in the
name of CHARLES ALBERT, and had put an end
to the measures of defence of the Republican Com-
mittee, declaring that the communications in the
interior of the city, where barricades were being
raised, should remain free, in order that the artillery
should not meet with any obstacle. He added that the
KING would deliver battle outside the town. On the
evening of the 4th the advanced guard of the Aus-
trians appeared before tte Roman gate ; they were
received with cannon shots, and driven back to Malig-
nano. The Italians made two hundred prisoners
and took two pieces of cannon. This advantage so
much encouraged the Italians, that they declared
traitors to their country whoever should speak of ca-
pit 1 ti
_on. But CHARLES ALBERT was of a dif-
ferent opinion, as in the night of the 4th
he capitulated on the following conditions :
That the Piedmontese army should retire—
that life and property should be secured to
the inhabitants. The people then revolted, and a
number of buildings outside the walls, which might
impede the defence, were demolished. In the morning
of the sth the enemy did not appear. Suspicions
were conceived : a crowd collected in front of
CHARLES ALBERT'S hotel ; and be declared from his
balcony that the capitulation had been refused by
RADETZKY, and that he would defend the town to the
last extremity. Sooß after OLITIERI came, and de-
clared that the KING could not hold the town any
longer, and arrived at the conclusion of the
capitulation. The people, in fury, wanted to
seize on CHARLES ALBERT. The men in at-
tendance on him were cut to pieces ; CHARLES
ALBERT, on his side, had the people fired on by the
Piedmontese, and two of the inhabitants were killed.
Other inhabitants declared in favour of the capitula-
tion, and were killed. The people would not submit.
CHARLES ALBERT had the cannon removed from
the walls. Every one was allowed to quit the
city; several went away. At the end of its re-
port the Republicain adds :—The rumour prevails
that the people at lust seized on CHARLES ALBERT, but
that does not agree with the following postscript
At half-past six General Zuccui arrived at Lugano
with the news that CHARLES ALBERT had delivered
Milan to the Austrians, and had withdrawn, passing
the Tesino. On Sunday the Austrians entered
Milan ; the republicans GARIBALDI and MAZZINI
were still at the head of 10,000 or 15,000 men near
Monzano, within some leagues of Milan."
On entering Cremona, says a letter from Turin,
the Austrians decreed a levy en masse of men be-
tween the ages of 18 and 40 to be incorporated in
the Austrian army. This decision, it is added, led to
the emigration of most of the youths of Cremona,
who proceeded to Milan to join the Italian army.
The Pensier• Italians, of Genoa, of the sth, states
in a postscript, that at noon intelligence had arrived
there of the Austrians having entered Pavia, which
was almost completely deserted on the morning of the
4th. The bridge of the Po had been cut by the Pied-
montese, who were on the other side of the Po, under
he command of General TROTTI.