The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-09 00:00:00

WYLD'S 111 AP OF ITALY.

THE THEATRE OF WAR.
A map of northern Italy is now indispensable
for every reader of newspapers, and Mr. Wyld has
not failed, with his usual promptitude, to furnish
us with one specially adapted to present require-
ments. No- mere description can give in many
words what the map shows at a glance, of the
position of the invading and defending armies, the
latter, we trust, soon to boooine the invaders of the
country which has so long groaned beneath the
brutalities and political oppression of Austria. The
mountainous districts, which form three sides of
Piedmont—the plain which the Austrians first
entered, and across which it was supposed they
would dash to Turin—the once more famous
Ticino, separating by an easily - passed boun-
dary, Lombardy from Piedmont—the mightier
Po, which it joins at right angles, and on
which the Austrians are now principally man o3uvr-
ing—all lie distinctly before the eye. The important
addition to modern warfare of railways is also
apparent ; we see how both the armies can be
easily reached by all the supplies their respective
countries can furnish. Very different in this respect
will be the position of both compared with that of
the Russians in the Crimea, and of our own soldiers
too, till Mr. Peto forwarded them with the railway
from Balaclava. The sea will be evidently a great
advantage to the French while they hold the rail-
way, which we see turning up from Genoa to
Alessandria mid Turin. We need not say that in
a map of Mr.Wyld's, accuracy and fulness are sure
to be found. We have found it so, as usual in the
present case. •

TILE TELEGRAPH AND THE NE WS-

PAPERS.

The telegraph and the Opposition journals seem to
have entered into a conspiracy with a view of de-
ceiving the public. False intelligence transmitted
from various parts of Europe is invested with an
importance which it does not merit, while some of
our contemporaries either invent rumours them-
selves or become the victims of a senseless credulity.
Thus, on Saturday last, the public were informed
that England had officially notified her inability to
protect commercial vessels in case of war between
Germany and France, and the Paris correspondent
of the Globe declares :—" The Federal Government
at Berne has been called on by Lord Malmes-
bury to enforce the treaties of 1815,' by which
sundry vexatious impediments were contrived
in a spirit of jealousy towards France, and
some portions of Savoy were placed under
Swiss constabulary guardianship to ward off
the passage of French troops over the Alps. This
pettymanceuvre of the Tory Foreign-office is only
of a piece with all its other small dodges, utterly
disgusting to France, who would prefer an honest
open warfare to a series of sneaking hostilities." It
is scarcely necessary, for us to add that both of
these statements are incorrect.

The Times, however, as usual, manages to bear
away the palm. This adept at mystifying its readers
announeed :—" Mr. H. St. John Mildmay, formerly
an officer in the Austrian service will accompany
the head-quarters of the Austrian army as British
Commissioner during the war in Italy. Colonel
Cameron will accompany the Sardinian army in
a similar capacity." The information respecting
Colonel Cameron is altogether incorrect, and no
British Commissioner has been appointed to the
Austrian army in Italy. The facts of the
case are as follow. The Sardinians having re-
quested the British Government to appoint some
confidential person to attend their army and to
report the progress of events, Col. Cadogan, who
accompanied the Sardinian contingent in the
Crimea, has been selected. This officer has been
appointed military attache to the Sardinian mis-
sion. Colonel Claremont, who is at the present
moment military attache at Paris, naturally accom-
panies the French; and Mr. E. Mildmay, who
served for twelve years in the Austrian army, goes
as attache to the mission at Vienna. The Austrian
Government did not wish to receive a military
man in that capacity, and consequently a civilian
who possesses a thorough acquaintance with mili-
tary affairs, and who is well known in Austria,
has been selected. These gentlemen will accom-
pany the various armies, but not as British com-
missioners. Their duty will be to furnish the
Government with information respecting the pro.
gress of events.—Morning Herald.