The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-19 00:00:00

ITALY.

LOMBARDY.
The following is the latest official account received
irllro the head-quarters of the army of CHARLES
41411 RT.
BRAD
QUARTERS AT VOLTA, APRIL 12.—Yester-
daythe Croatians set fire to the town of Castel
‘
uovo. The cries of the unfortunate inhabitants
Were heard at this place.
it is said that that the Austrians to the number of
forty or fifty thousand have evacuated Valeggio.
Aileven Piedmontese were killed at Goito.
A bOdy of the Austrian army, numbering 9,000
p„ "4", which was on its way to Italy, has been
Countermanded, in consequence of fears entertained
riterding a movement in Galicia, Dalmatia, and
%oath'.

. The head-quarters of the Sardinian army were
transferred from Castiglione to Volta, on the 11th.
A letter, dated April 10, from the borders of the
Lake of Gardu, says—
: Pour columns of volunteers, directed by the General-
it Chief Allemancli, have this morning attacked the
townr_ of Peschiera, which has been entirely invested
r°ll2 the lake by the steam-boats, and by land from the
side of Denman°. The Piedmontese troops attacked
the city by the Vorona gate. The cannonade com-
);ueoged at ten o'clock in the morning, and we hope the
town will surrender to the volunteers and to the Pied-
Montese troops."

A later account says—
" From Peschiera we learn that two columns of volun.
teen had seised the powder magazine of that fortress,
which contains 500 barrels of powder; 65 Croatians
Were taken prisoners in this affair.

It is said the fortress surrendered on the 11th.

" A letter from Venice, which has just arrived, states
that Verona has been taken by the Piedmontese army."
This news is confirmed by the latest accounts.
Lieutenant-General GHIGI arrived on the 12th at
the Piedmontese head- quarters, with letters from
the Tuscan General FERRARI, placing the 5,000
Tuscans under his command at the disposal of
"CHARLES ALBERT. Two hundred Neapolitans,
arrived at Brescia on the 10th, and announced that
.1%000 Neapolitan regular troops were to arrive at
Pavia on that day, and 10,000 more were on the
Lower Mantuan territory with artillery. Another
engagement is said to have taken place at Villareggio,
near Peschiera, with a successful result on the part
of the Italians.
Twelve hundred Venetians have been defeated at
Xontebello, near Vicenza, by a body of 6,000
Austrian infantry and cavalry. The greater part of
the 'Venetians were the students who volunteered
*°rn Padua and Venice. Many were killed,
The Provisional Government at Milan have taken
the title of the Central Provisional Govern,Lent of
13°Ilsbard.7, and pronounced a dissolution of all local
rovisional Governments, having invited the pro-
vinces to send delegates to Milan. The following
cotntnittee have been appointed to prepare and pre-
sent immediately a project of law, to regulate the
convocation of the primary assemblies, and to collect
ttid 'verify their suffrages
Alessandro Perro, Commissaire du Gouvernement,
-President ; Gioachino Basevi, Paolo Bussi, Giovanni
erchet, Cons. Giuseppe Bi,rghi, Carlo Gattaneo,
Avv
Filippo Deboni, Avv. Costantino
Giovanni Martinengo Villagana, Prete Andrea Me-
rtnt proposto di S. Francesco dit Paola, Giuet-eppe
Negri, Cons. Pietro Robecchi.
The Provisional Government has, as was stated,
'Spelled the Jesuits. Fifteen convents of that society
in Lombardy have been closed, and their entire pro-
perty sequestrated.
The Risorgimento of the 14th inst. announces that
• vessel had been seized on the Po laden with ammu-
nition, sent by the Duke of PARMA to the assistance
of the Austrians in Mantua.