The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-04 00:00:00

POSEN.

The Cologne Gazette of the Ist of May says that
the reports from this place are as melancholy as ever ;
bloody scenes, engagements between the Landwehr
and the military, excesses of the populace against the
lives and property of the Jews and of the Germans,
are the order of the day.

In many parts the Polish nobles are pressed to the
uttermost by the armed peasants, who demand the
immediate fulfilment of the promises originally made
to them.

ITALY.

LOMBARDY AND VENICE_

General DURAND°, the Commander of the Roman
troops, has been sent at the head of a corps d'armee
into Friuli to prevent the advance of the Austrians
under NUGENT.

Letters from Milan of the 27th state that the pri-
soners (civil, not political) in the house of correction
in that city, to the number of 500, rose on their
guard, and attempted to escape on the 26th, but
their flight having been stopped, they barricaded the
prison and fired on the outer guard. As many as
4,000 National Guards and four pieces of artillery
were immediately directed to the spot, and after
two of the insurgents were wounded the rest sur-
rendered.

Bulletins from the army announce that the Duke
of SAVOY made a second reconnaissance close to the
walls of Verona and Mantua on the 25th, and that
net an Austrian was to be seen, all having retired
into their fortresses.

The Milan Gazelle of the 27th contains a letter
from General ALLEMANDI, in which the latter justi-
fies his conduct against the calumnies that had been
spread against him. It appears that, the people of
Bergamo being ill-affected towards him, he expressed
to the Provisional Government a desire to return to
Milan, which was consented to.

The Patria of Florence of the 26th ult. announces
the arrival at Leghorn of the French ships of the
line the lena and the Jupiter, the latter with Vice-
Admiral BAUDIN on board, and the Asmodee and
Panama steam-frigates. The Vice-Admiral was re-
ceived with enthusiasm by the people of Leghorn.
General ALLEMANDI, who commanded the free
corps in the Tyrol, has been, it is said, arrested at
Bergamo, by order of the Government. lie has
been replaced by the brother of DURAND°, of Pied-
mont.
The Piedmontese Gazette of the 29th publishes a
bulletin of the 27th from the KING'S head. quarters at
Valeggio. The army was prt paring to move towards
the Adige. On the preceding day General BaoGLIA,
having received information that a body of Austrian
infantry and Hussars was stationed near Villafranca,
marched against them with a battalion of the brigade
of Savoy and a squadron of Novara cavalry. The
Austrians retired in good order as far as Somcnacam-
pagna; the Piedmontese, however, came up with
them and routed them completely. The Austrians
lost nine men, twenty-four prisoners, and two horses.
The head•quarters were to be removed to Som-
macampagna the folloWing day, seven miles from
Verona.

Letters from Volta state that CHARLES ALBERT
intended to make a simultaneous attack on Peschiera
and on Mantua on the 25th.

The Debats publishes the following paragraph :
" The Venetians have committed a great imprudence
in tearing down the arms of Great Britain which
were placed over the entrance of the residence of the
English Consul. The reason given for this outrage
was, that the Consul had declared that England
would not acknowledge the Venetian Republic.
The Consul quitted Venice on the 19th, and retired
to Trieste."

SICILY.
In the sitting of the Sicilian house of Commons
on the 17th April a sum of money was voted to de-
fray the expenses of 100 Sicilians about to proceed