The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-28 00:00:00

Petersburgh fresh instructions, and has declared to
the Boyards (the noblesse) that if they tried to over-
turn the existing GovernMent, or to give up the
country to anarchy, a Russian army would take
.possession of .the principality within thirty-six

ITALY.

• LoMBARDY.
.• • Peschiera still remains in the hands of the Aus-
• • trians, and RADaTZLT has offered battle to CHARLES
ALBERT under the walls of Verona, which the latter
seems in no hurry to accept.
The head-querteWd tOiliit NUGENT were ad-
hh the 18th towards Palma Nuova: On that
day there were several skirmishes between the Aus-
trian troops and the numerous-bands of the insurgents,
in,which the former were victorious, taking possession
of Pzcoano, Valvasone, and Codroipo.
The regiments of Hohenloe and Prohaska have
.riceivedorders to descend from the pasies towards
Udine, which it is expected will not be able .to hold
out many days. The steamers of the Austrian
Lloyd's are armed, and placed at the disposal of
Count NueeNt.
Milan continues perfectly tranquil.
J?isorgiminto of Turin, 'of the 21it instant,
'snnounces the arrival at . Milan, .on _ the 18th, of a
numerous body of Italian exiles from Marseilles.
- The Patric of Florence, of - the 19th, announces
•
rescia has declared itself for the establishment
. .flkingdom of Upper Italy.
The naval Sardinian flag is in future to be tri-
rl"r"-red, white, and green—with the arms of
'OO3, in the centre; and iorown over the arms.
P 4 news of the intention ofthe King of SARDINIA
to abandon the war of independence, rather than con-
ri to the establishment of &republic in Lombardy,
°;_nfirtned. .
luM-Mizzusx, CARCTI.MARTANELLI, BERCHET,
I•
ntd",?ther Italian patriots, -are at present at Milan.
loeeari is expected from Paris, and prepara-
'tictn~ are made- for a domonstrition in his
(Motu.
11..;. cr "Patch arrived at-Milan:on the:2oth, from the
tii7-quarters of
,the Piedmontese army, bringing
Of attack,' 'directed - -by the
-jir .of SARDINIA' in pei.ion, against the Austrians‘,
in the neighbourhood of Mantua. The
Sardinian
of SAVOY (the heir-apparent to the
A7inian throne) was also present at this -.affair.
fter a very warm engagement,. and • in. .which the
it:leclmont troops displayed the greatest 'courage and
the'Austrianuwere obliged to retire, and
tiethemselves up in the fortress.
Another attack was to be'inade on the fortress of
r
(Itchier*. -The Piedmont army, in order the better
) secure the whole lined the Mincio, are busily en-
gaged in fortifying the bridges of Goito, Valeggio,
koyambano,'&e.
An engagement his likeiviso taken place between
the Italian corps of General ZUCCHI and the Aus-
trians at Visco, a village situated on the frontiers of
4,1314. The contest 'lasted four hours, but ultimately,
tnough not without great diffiCulty, the Italians sue. •
ceeded in gaining possession of the village. -The Ails=
trians then retired in good order, setting fire in their
retreat to Prirano and Titmice°, two Venetian vil-
lages.. •
-Tvieny-foni thousand Roman, Tuscan, and Nea-
politan troops (of which two7thirds are troops of the
line) 'have arrived in •Lombardy-, where they will
either jinn '.or act in concert with the Piedmontese
army. More are expected from Naples, and' it is
laid they Will.;be commanded 'by General yriesi, who
lately resideditif PerisZ, consi-
derable niaMber Of free corps-at.Ostiglitt; en;the side
of 'Msih#lls; and- lie the ROO: Typist:: .of these
corps his lately suffered a .anuirt -check, &wing.. lost
upwards 'of eighty men 'ln lie affair thiy
showed, notwithstanding, much bravery. In the
prineipattowns, such as Milan, Venice, Turin; Genoa,
Bologna, 'Leghorn, two parties, perfectly
distinct. may be remarked, the Constitution=
ilhte and the Republieans, both having. different
objects in view. The former deiire to form
a single state of Lombardy, -Piedmont, Venice,
Parma, And 'llLidena, comprising nearly twelve mil-

lions of inhabitants, and with CHARLES ALBERT as
King. The Republicans on the other hand, who are
iu great mimber 'at Milan, Venice, and Bologna, are

divided into two sections, the Unitaires and Fede-
*lists, both of whom, however, propose Pius IX. as
''resident of the Grand Italian Republic. A decisive
tittle, if gained by CnAaLgs Amnia, would give a
preponderance to the Constitutional party, who desire
the formation of all Upper Italy into one state.

The electoral law for the convocation of the

Assemblee Constituante of Lombardy is just now
occupying attention ; of conrsei whatever part Milan
'nay take wiH exercise a great influence on the rest of
the north of hily. -