The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-13 00:00:00

ITALY.
LOMBARDY.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
An article of the Gazzetta di Genoa of the 29th
ult. strikes us as worth quotation, from the manly
and sensible tone in which the conduct and chances
of the campaign are spoken of. " CHARLES ALBERT,"
it remarks, " deserves every praise for the courage
with which during seven hours he has assisted, with
peril of life, at the bombardment of Peschiera. This
tortress, although not imp cKnabte, presents grave
difficulties on account of the width of the Mincio,
which separates it from its besiegers, and the facility
with which it may be relieved by the enemy from the
line of the Tytol. If matters really were as the
Gazzetta di Milano reports them, the affair would
soon be koished ; but all these phalanxes of volunteers
seem like the figures of a merchant on the point of
bankruptcy, which make a fair display in his ledger,
but count for nothing in the cash-box. You would
really laugh if you were with me, to see the
strange and terrible-looking figures which meet us in
every little village through which we pass—men and
boys arrayed in the most grotesque style, and who
easily transform themselves from patriots into bandits.
I have met more than one carrying with him a brace
of pistols, a dagger, a sabre, a bayonet, a musket, and
a knife in the boot. But, instead of braving the fire
of the enemy, these heroes prefer acting as guard of
honour to the KING. Milan and many other popu-
lous cities have enjoyed already one month of liberty,
and yet not a single well-ordered company of their
citizens has been seen in the field. I do not speak,
of course, of the Lombard Volunteers under
Aaciorii and Mariana; these are gallant youths,
worthy of every praise, and actors in bold enter-
prises; but they are few in number, and only fit for
the duty of sharp-shooters. I mean to say that,
up to this moment, we have seen nothing, little or
big, in the shape of a Lombard army. Perhaps I
am wrong, but it seems to me that, instead of dis-
puting so hotly about forms of government,
it would be better for our politicians to shoulder
a musket and come and fight with us
Whatever may be said to the contrary, the Germans
are by no means cowards, or more disposed to fly
than to fight. He who maintains that they made
slight resistance at Goito must have been as far from
the place itself as truth is from falsehood. But for the
courage of our sharp-shooters and of the Real novi
battalion, we had lost the day. I tell you these
things in order that you may not allow yourself to be
so easily captivated by the flittering tales of certain
bulletins, which travesty facts at the expense of truth
and justice—l say of justice, because in no Gazette
have I found adequate praise given to our soldiers,
who, weary and weakened, placed themselves cheer-

fully under fire when summoned to do so, remaining
thus for twenty-four and thirty-six hours together,
without either bread or repose, as was the case at
liorghetto, Mon zambano, GAN), an Poswenzo."
We are glad to see that the more recent Milanese
bulletins are beginning to give evidence of something
of the practical sense IN hich pervades the above letter.
That bearing date the 7th inst. may be summed up
thus :

"Every revolution, in its precipitous, but n€ ver
brief, course, enters into various phases, each having
its own grave and urgent necessity—each imposing
upon the people its own particular duty. What is
the necessity of the phase into which we have now
entered ?

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" Let us not deceive ourselves. Austria is making

every effort to recover the Italian provinces. The
EMPEROR is conciliating Hungary and exerting
himself to gain popularity with the rest of the
Germanic Confederacy. He has contracted a loan
of thirty million florins with the bank, and he has
dispatched Count HARTIG to RADETSIT, with direc-
tions to establish himself firmly between the Mincio
and the Adige, and to turn all the forces he can
against Venice, to recover it at any cost—the vessels
of war lying at I'ola having orders to support him.
Hence the necessity of the present phase is—war.
This war will be long, obstinate, and difficult, but
must ultimately leave victory in our hands. War,
therefore, first—politics afterwards."

a man of approved skill and
Count G. COELEGNO,
dauntless courage, both tried to the utmost in the
later campaigns of NAPOLEON and in the Greek war
of liberation, has been placed at the head of military
affairs by the Provisional Government.
Colonel L. FRAPOLLI has been accredited to the
French Republic as political agent for Lombardy."
The column of Free Corps (Corpi Franchs), under