The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-29 00:00:00

ITALY.

LOMBARDY AND NORTHERN
STATES.

The Concordia of Turin, of the 24th, announces an
attack that took place, on the 19th, upon the fort of
Pradqlla of Mantua, by a brigade of Piedmontese
cavalry and three batteries of artillery, under Ge-
neral Bavi. The Austrians made a sally, but the
Piedmontese tirailleurs and chasseurs of the bri-
gade Aosta coming up, forced them to retire into
the fortress. The KING'S head-quarters are now at
Gazzoldo.
The Patric of Florence, of the 21st, mentions the
arrival of 96 Sicilian volunteers by the steamer Pa-
lermo. The Alba, of the same date, states that 1,500
Piedmontese are at Piacenza, to join the Tuscan
troo-1,,
that have passed the Po at Brescello. Burma-
a rich proprietor of Mantua, having invited the
riedmentese officers to a banquet at his villa of Alas-
caria, betrayed them to the Austrians, who made
them prisoners. BULGARINI has fled. The Tuscan
and Pontifical troops are at Borgoforte. A new at-
tack upon Peschiere is imminent.
The Italia Centra/e of Modena of the 12th an-
nounces that the Austrian troops, stationed at Co-
lorno.('
Parma), have given up their arms, in virtue of
caPilulation, and left that place under escort for
44°dena and Bologna.
The ex-Duke of PARMA arrived at Bologna on the
„,20th, where he intends to wait the arrival of. his
vzeneral. No public demonstration took place agains

Adrices from Milan of the 20th, quoted by the
°az-eft,. Pi edmon'ese, announce that a corps of
Neapolitan'°°° men, composed of Pontifical, Tuscan, and
troops, are on their march to join the
, ied rnontese army, and that a part of them had
aire.ad,.
en ted their junction. General DURAND()
arrived at Venice on the 15th, in company with
ftrdjUtabt PESCANTINI, for the purpose of inspect-
'4'g the buildings that might be used for barracks.
thu(e)lB4Ph., ontif.ical'troops were expected at Padua on
The A
.ri urn Aug slur Gazette of the 23d states that the
• lof the Isonzo has begun its operations. The
ltuurgent
s attacked an advanced post near Visco, and
en eight men. The Austrians marched upon that
Pace, and, after an obstinate resistance, remained
asters of the field.
The Pcnsiero Italianof Genoa, of the 22d, an-
Icnnoes the arrival in that port of three distinguished
Sicilian personages, charged with a mission of the
ehighat .
Pria mportance. They are Signor LUIGI SCALIA,
ce GRANATELLI, and Signor CARMELO AGNETTA.
A popular demonstration in their honour was to take
Place that evening.
According to the Geoczetta di Firenze, the Tuscan
expedition, commanded by General FERRARI, has
entered Lombardy. It consists of six thousand re-
p exclusive of several thousand Volunteers
tin d eighteen guns. The Tuscan troops act in accord-
"ace with the Piedmontese army, and form part of
Ist corps of the army of CHARLES ALBERT, COM-
!"/Ided by General BAVA, whose head quarters are
at Gazzoldo.
According to the Gazella di Venezia, the total
Strength of the Austrian troops occupying Mantua,
Verona,.and Legnago, varies from 36,000 to 38,000
men.

The Jesuits have been expelled from Lombardy,
and their property sequestrated, by order of the Pro-
•isional Government.
The head-quarters of the troops were transferred
how Bologna to Ferrara on the 12th, and the
any of operations was to cross the Po the following
!reek.