The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-16 00:00:00

VERONA.

A battle was fought, on the 6th, between the
Piedmontese and the Austrians, under the walls of
Verona. Complete success attended all the opera-
tions of CHARLES ALBERT, up to three P.M., but
in consequence of the village of Santa Lucia, about
two miles from the city, where the weight of the
combat fell, being imprudently abandoned, and
immediately, for the second time, occupied by the
enemy, the whole force was withdrawn about four
or five o'clock, and the Piedmontese army retired
to its position on the hills overlooking the plain of
Verona, from Bussolengo on the Upper Adige, to
Vallegio on the Mincio. The loss on the part of
the Austrians was unknown, but the Sardinians
suffered severely, and it was said that they lost no
less than 1,200 men, in killed, wounded, and missing.
It was supposed that the attack was made in the
expectation that it would be assisted by a move-
ment within the city, but nothing of the kind
took place, and the general feeling among the
troops is that the movement had been unnecessary
and profitless. No attempt was made to cross the
Adige, as was at one moment expected. Peschiera
was not attacked as late as the 7th.

Letters of the ith state that no further operations
had taken place, but it was expected the siege at Pes-
chiera would be at once commenced, as the heavy ar-
tillery had been placed in the batteries.
Intelligence from Udine, dated the 6th in-
stant, states that a courier had arrived from
RADETSZT, at Conegliano, the head-quarters of
Count Nuazwr, desiring him to advance with-
out delay to Treviso. Four thousand fresh troops,
principally Granzers had arrived on the sth
and Count NUGENT, whose advanced troops had'
already proceeded as far as the last post station from
Treviso, was on the point of breaking up his quarters
and leading the attack against the place last named.
It was doubted, however, though it was said to be
occupied by from 3,000 to 4,000 insurgents, whether
it would offer any resistance.
According to the Giornale del Lloyd Austriaeo,
of the 6st inst., Count. NUGENT had his quarters
with the main body of the army at Conegliano,
while the advanced guard was at Susaignano,
with outposts extending along the Piave from
the heights of Callalto as far as the Pont

di Piave. The enemy occupied the opposite
bank with artillery and troops. Two battalions
had been detached towards Capo di Ponte and
Belluno, in order, by advancing from different sides,

to open the communication through the mountains as
well as that by the Strada d'Allemagna. The last
accounts from Verona state that Count WELDEN has
occupied Volargno on the Adige, and is in close
communicatioa with RADETSLY.
The first division of the Sardinian squadron left
Genoa on the 26th, commanded by Vice-Admiral the
Chevalier ALBIN!. It consists of the royal frigate
San Michele, the Des Geneys, the brigantine Daino,
and the royal goletta Staffetta.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
We have received a letter from our correspondent
at Hamburgh, dated the 12th inst. The suspension of
the blockade by the Danish Government was officially
notified in that city on the morning of the 12th in the
following terms :
" NOTIFICATION.

" According to a note dated the Bth of May, commu.
nicated by the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs to
the Ambassadors of Foreign Powers at Copenhagen, it
is resolved.
" 1. That for the present neither the mouths of the
Elbe, those of the Weser, nor those of any other har-
bour bour on the North Sea, shall be blockaded by Danisbil
ships of war.
" 2. That the blockade of the following harbours—
viz., Fillet', Dantzic, Stralsund, Rostock, and Wismar,
shall be raised from and after the 16th of May; that
only Kiel, with the entrance of the Schleswig Canal at
Holtenau, And Swinemunde, shall remain in a state of
blockade; but that on the above-named day the block-
ade shall be extended to the three mouths of the
Oder—i.e., to Wolgalt, Swinemunde, and Cammin.
" To prevent the misunderstandings which, to the re-
gret of the Danish Government, have occurred on the
part of some of the commanders of the ships of war,
who giving too great an extension to the blockade, have
sent back neutral vessels bound to ports to which the
state of blockade did not apply—a steamer will be dis-
patched this evening to convey to them the present
order.
" Hamburgh, May 12."
The official correspondence between General vox
WRANGEL and Captain Biu.a, the Danish naval
officer on the station of the Little Belt, relative to the
bombardment of Middlefarht, consists of a letter front
Captain BILL', complaining of the act, and a long
reply from the General vindicating the conduct of
the Allied Powers, and recriminating on the Danish
authorities. General WRANGEL concludes his dis-
patch with the following significant menace :

" I call the district which is now the seat of war, I
call the wounded and prisoners of the Danish army, to
bear witness that till now I have used every exertion
to conduct the war in a manner becoming civilized
nations. If, however, the Danish fleet, by its
proceedings, compel me to resort to another
mode of hostilities, Germany and all Europe shall at
least know that it was not by me nor my brave troops
that this mode of carrying on hostilities (contrary to the
feelings of the age we live in) was commenced. This
letter, as well as the communication to which it is the
answer, I shall publish; and in the hope that the fleet of
Denmark will not render it necessary to carry my ex-
pressed determination into effect."

ELECTION COMMITTEE.
LANCASTER.

The General Committee of Elections met yesterday
afternoon, and appointed the following Members to try
the merits of petitions presented against Mr. Stanley's
return for the borough of Lancaster :—Mr. Pinney,
Lord Adair, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Octavius Duncan, and Lord
Courtenay (chairman). They will be sworn to-day,
and entwr upon their labours on Wednesday morning.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES
YESTERDAY.
GROUP IL

The Committee on this group met at the usual hour,
Mr. Blackstone in the chair.
MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN-

SHIRE.

The object of this Bill is to enable the above com-
pany to improve their Humber ferry crossings at New
Holland.
The case for the promoters was partly gone into, and
then adjourned till to-morrow.