The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-15 00:00:00

Vttrt Iltition

SUN OFFICE, Sere% o'Clock.

ITALY.

E 6entrale of Modena has a letter from a
staff-officer of the Veneto-Pontificial army, of which
we subjoin the postscript, dated ten o'clock in the
evening of the 80th of April.
" Another alteration of arrangements. We no longer
retreat, and the positions taken up on the banks of the
Piave are maintained. To-morrow night the entire
divisionikf Durando will be in a position to act when-
ever it Mdeemed possible to take the initiative. The
Austrian forces between the Tagliamento and the Piave
do not amount to 9,000 men."
DEFEAT OF CHARLES ALBERT BEFORE
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enemy, the whole force was withdrawn about four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 Bth state that no further operations
bad 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
stant, states, that a courier had arrived from
RADETSET, at Conegliano, the head-quarters
o
Count NUGENT, desiring him to advance
with-
out delay to Treviso. Four thousand fresh troops,
principally Grin zers 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 Austriaco,
of the 6st inst., Count NUGENT had his quarters
with the main body of the army at Conegliano,
while the advanced guard was at Sussignano,
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, aid is in close
communication with RIDETSIT.
The first division of the Sardinian squadron left
Genoa on the 26th, commanded by Vice-Admirill the
Chevalier Anarm. 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 :