The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1859.

Vlt. ALBERT SMITH'S CHINA,
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CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS.—TO-NIGHT at 8,
and a Grand Day Performance every Saturday After-
noon at 3, St. James's Hall, Piccadilly. Change of Programme,
New Songs—continued success, and crowded houses.—Stalls,
3s. ; unreserved seats, 2s. ; is Tickets and places
may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old
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CREMO RN E. - CONCERT BALLET -
N...) Marionettes Grand Cirque—Fireworks Fire King
—lllumin ations—Bal al fresco, commencing at half-past 8, and
continted throughout the evening.—One shilling. The Cre-
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N.B. -The celebrated Tiger Jungla to be seen daily.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High
Holborn, formerly Casino de Venise.—This establish-
ment, pre-emineirtly distinguished for the elegance and
matchless beauty of its decorations, combined with the per-
fection of its management, is OPEN every EVENING.
The celebrated band, under the direction of Mr. W. M. Packer,
plays a nightly varied selection of the most approved classical
and modern music. Doors open at half-past 8 ; overture at
0 ; closing at :12 punctually. Admission is. .

ARGYLL-ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly.
These popular and celebrated rooms are open every
evening, with R. R. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by
that great composer, Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris.
Leader, Charles Hall. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet-
a-piston player, performs nightly, with other talented
artistes. Selections from Rigoletto, ITrovatore, La Traviata,
Huguenots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha.
Manages, R. R. Bignell. Doors open at half-past 8, close
ten minutes before 12. Admission, ls. to Promenade.
N.B.—All applications for the above band for Concerts and
Balls, to be made to Mr. William Price. treasurer, at the
Rooms.

110YAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-
Square. —First Appearance or the Prince of Fun, Wit,
and Humour, Mr. W. B. DONALDSON, the Ethiopian
Clown and Musician—Debut of Mr. T. McCOLLUM, the
celebrated two-horse rider, in his principal Equestrian Acts
—LA PETITE ENDRE, the wonderful Russian Prodipy, in
a Miniature Jockey Act, together with the usual members of
the Anglo-Saxo* Circus Troupe, all blending and forming
the most delightful and interesting entertainment in London.
On WHIT MONDAY will be produced the grand and gor-
geous Fairy Spectacle of CINDE dELLA, or the Little Glass
Slipper._

'tNvo Performances Daily, commencing at 2 and 8 p.m.

lATURDAY LIALI HOLIDAY MOVEMENT.
JAMES SPENCE &A)., Silk Mercers, Drapers, &c., 77
and 78, St. Paul's Churckard, desirous of promoting this
laudable object, have decidd upon CLOSING their ESTA-
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and SEPTEMBER, at PM O'CLOCK on SATURDAYS,
which, if found practicablewill be PERMANENTLY CON-
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Customers and the Publif are earnestly requested to aid
this cause by consideratelynaking their purchases previous
to that hour. •

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That in conformity with
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Office, Fleet-street, London, on FRIDAY, the 24th dav of
June next, at twelve o'clock at noon, precisely, to elect Five
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who would have gone out of olice by rotation ; and one other
Director in lieu of Francis Smtdley, Esq., deceased ; and for
general purposes.

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1861, and the Director to be chosen in the room of William
Vizard, Esq., deceased, will remain ip office until the 24th day
of June, 1863.

- -By order of the Directors;
WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary.

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won trouve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement les
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F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191,• Fleet-street.

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bearing, you would recognize them in a moment,
even were there not Crimean medals which you
see sprinkled about in the different regiments.
By yesterday afternoon a considerable part of
the French troops destined to cross were on the
left bank of the Sesia, and ever since then a stream
has been pouring over the bridges. Infantry,
cavalry, artillery, ammunition, stores, French,clnd
Sardinian, pass in an uninterrupted line, except
when ambulance waggons return from the other
side with the Wounded—friends and foes—for them
every one makes room. What is most striking is
the quiet and good humour which prevails, in spite
of the frequent delays and contreteznps which natu-
rally occur under such circumsta►aces.
Yesterday, the 11th anniversary of the battle of
Goito, when the Piedmontese effected so brilliant a
passage across the Mincio, was chosen as the day for
advancing.
The Piedmontese had yesterday, too, the honour
of beginning the forward movement under the per-
sonal directionof the Ring. As you will have read
in the bulletin, they took possession, after an obsti•
nate resistance, of the three villages of Palestro,
Casalino, and Vinzaglio,'all three in advance on the
road to Mortara. Two cannon and about 300 pri-
soners and wounded were the trophies. The glory
is entirely due to the Piedwantese ; for, although
considerable v.nasses of the French troops had already
crossed, they took no part in the action. The
Piedmontese deserve it amply, for, according to all
accounts, they fought with great bravery. It is in
a great measure due to the nature of the ground, so
favourable for the defenders, that the Austrians
could oppose the resistance they did. Fancy a low
country, intersected with ditches and dikes, and
studded with wood just sufficiently thick to afford
shelter to the defenders and to impede the deploy-
ing of large masses. The villages themselves are
all built of stone and brick, every house easily con-
verted into a little stronghold, while the farm-
houses, which are dispersed all about the country,
form so many positions. It is altogether a country
made for retarding the advance of an enemy.
Curiously enough, the Austrian troops which were
in the front were Italian, and most of the prisoners,
of whom 206 have been brought in from this first
engagement, belong to a Lombard regiment. They
have been shut up in a church, where they have
become the objects of considerable curiosity.
Yesterday, while the battle was still going on,
about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, his Majesty the
Emperor arrived here. In spite of the rain, which
bad lasted since the morning, a considerable crowd
had collected at the railway station, and cheered
him heartily on his arrival. He drove off to the
Bishop's Palace, a building sitwite on the out-
skirts of the town, close to the high road to No-
vara. The crowd followed ar,d collected before the
house, which has since become the great centre of
attraction. Almost imraediately after his arrival
he went out to tbe battle•field, from which he
returned at sunset. In the evening the town was
illuminated. There is a quaint old Place in the cen-
tre of the town, which is picturesque with all the
irregularity of a mediaeval Italian town. All
round this Place runs a row of arcades supported
by massive, pointed arches, and with copious
remains of a very original tracery in brick. This
square farms the great lounging place, which is one
of the never failing features of every Italian city.
The 'Emperor, leaning on the arm of one of his
Gr,,nerals, made a tour in the town in the evening,
massing through this square, on which the greatest
efforts at illumination had been made, and which
showed itself even to greater advantage in this
attire, amid the cheers of the crowd. It is not
...4„.....r.taug to see the Italians in good humour with
him=they certainly have reason to be so; but what
one cannot help remarking is the excitement which
his passage causes among his own troops. They
throng on his road as if they had never seen him,
and the cheers which his presence elicits from them
show how popular he must be among them.
The cheers with which the Emperor was received
had scarcely died away when several carts of
wounded passed, forming one of those strange con-
trasts which are so common in war time.

This morning the whole infantry of the Guard
arrived here, the Chasseurs-a-Pied, the beau ideal
of an infantry soldiery, leading the way. Although
they came in after a tolerable march, having passed
the night at Trino, they looked as game, if not as
ornamental, as if they had just come out of their
barracks, and the dust and mud only gave them a
more martial and serviceable appearance. They
passed through the streets, which were thronged by
a shouting crowd, while from the windows rained
down upon them showers of flowers. Although the
appearance of French troops has ceased to be a
novelty in these parts, the enthusiasm of the popu-
lation seems inexhaustible. This festive reception
cannot but pro ince a great effect on the morale of
the soldier, and the disposition is such that positive
disappointment is felt at the continual retreat of
the Austrians. The only fear with the troops seem
to be lest the Austrians should deprive them of the
chance of beating them in the open field. This ap-
prehension is explained by the seemingly incompre-
hensible movements of the Austrians, who allowed
the French army to take its own time for prepara-
tion, satisfying themselves with feeling about
their way in the most cautious manner ; it is
strengthened by their slow retreat now before the
Piedmontese army. A few days will very likely
show the true state of the matter. It may be that
they have chosen their own battle ground, or that
they have been out-manceuvred by the sudden
movement to the Sesia of the French army, which,
after the affair at Montebello, they must have known
to be concentrated behind the Po. The most pro-
bable supposition is, that both these reasons have
combined to induce them to fall back. It is well
known that a strong force of Austrians were two
days ago on the right bank of the Po. The last
French soldier had scarcely left Voghera when
already the Austrian drums were heard. They
occupied Voghera the day before yesterday, and
burnt it down. As a reason for this, it is said that
at the time of the first occupation of Voghera by the
Austrians the National Guard and the population
had attacked and cut off some of the Austrian
patrols.
Of one thing there can be no doubt—the Austri-
ans are retiring slowly before the Piedmontese in
the direction of Mortara, and that they have like-
wise retreated, but without fighting, toward Novara,.
This morning, just at the moment when the Pied-
montese army was on the point of following up its
success of yesterday and breaking forth from the
villages occupied yesterday, an Austrian force,
which had marked its advance behind the trees,
which border almost ever field, and behind the high
crops, came up to attack it. They came up at the
same time from the side of Palestro and Confienza,
two villages, from both of which a road leads to
Robbio and Mortara. Thanks to the nature of the
ground, they had placed their batteries on the
banks of a little stream, a branch of the little river
Boggia Sartorina, which runs about parallel to
the road leading from Confienza to Robbio. The
force which the Austrians brought to bear to-day
is estimated at more than 20,000, and the result of
the whole was, that after several hours of hard
fighting, the Austrians were not only driven from
their original position, but pressed back as far
as Robbio. The trophies of to-day are more con-
siderable than those of yesterday, eight guns and
several hundred prisoners, but the details in this
respect are as yet imperfectly known. With the
exception of a regiment of Zouaves, no French
troops were engaged in this action. so that the
Piedmontese may claim the victory for themselves.
If one is to judge from the number of wounded
which have been brought in, the fighting must
have been obstinate, and must have cost them dear.
This is not surprising, for the guns which the Aus•
trians had put in position had to be taken at the
point of the bayonet. The Zouaves surpassed