The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-26 00:00:00

that it has not degenerated. On his return to
Alessandria his Majesty met with quite an ovation.
The inhabitants cheered him loudly, and the soldiers
followed his carriage crying out Vive la France !'
Vive l'Empereur !' I must not omit to state that
the Austrians did not take a single prisoner from
the French or Piedmontese." •

A correspondent of the Debats writes as follows :
—" Various rumours have been in circulation as to
the first cause of the encounter. It has been said
that the national guards of Casteggio barricaded
themselves in their houses, and repulsed a strong
Austrian patrol with musket , shots. A column of
Austrians afterwards advanced to punish the inha-
bitants of the village, who had sent of their syndic
to request the protection of the allied troops. It
was then that the Piedmontese cavalry under Gen.
Sonnaz took up a position. Having been attacked in
his turn by a very superior force, he was obliged to
solicit support from the division of Gen. Forey.
This version will give to the combat of Friday the
character of such an incident as frequently occurs in
war. But the composition ofthe en emy'scolumn s,the ir
nu mber,and their ten acityin maintaining Montebello
—everything leads to the belief that it was a pre-
concerted plan. Two officers of the regiment of
Novara have been wounded—Capt. Piola and a
Frenchman named Corealis, who serves as a lieu-
tenant in the Sardinian army. As at Constantina,
at the Mamelon Vert, and at Malakoff, the French
officers led on their men to the battle cry of 'En
avant,' and all resistance was overcome. This fact
explains the relative considerable less among the
officers, but they have been well avenged, for the
streets of the village were covered with Austrian
bodies, and some of the houses were full of them.
We entered black with powder, and we came out
red with blood,' said one of the wounded men,
who had however fought to the last. Col. Morelli,
who was killed, was only 43 years of age. He was
two or three months ago sent on a mission by his'
Government to England to procure horses for the
cavalry, and was considered as one of the best
officers in that branch of the service. Colonel de
Bayl, of the Novara Light Horse, although always
in the heat of the conflict, escaped without a wound.
The news that the division of General Cialdini had
crossed the Sesia the same day in front of Vercelli
is now official. The Austrians on that point were
also repulsed with severe loss. The compaign has
commenced for them under very sad auspices. The
regiment of Nice cavalry, in which the Duke de
Chartres serves as lieutenant, and which has been

for some time encamped at San-Geramo, at the
extreme advanced posts, followed the movement of
General Cialdini. The villiage of Montebello, it
has been stated, was taken three times froth. the
Austrians, and it was in the last attack that Gen.
Beuret was killed. Colonel de Bellefonds, one of
the superior officers wounded, expired the night
after the combat."

The Piedmontese Gazette publishes the following
bulletins :

" No. 44, MAY 22, EVENING.

" The Modenese have evacuated Fivizzano, Fos-
dinovo, and the neighbouring places, and have
retired by the Cerreto road. The inhabitants of
those communes have unanimously proclaimed the
dictatorship of King Victor Emmanuel. The tri-
colour waves throughout the Lunigiana."

" No. 45. MAY 23d, MORNING.

" Yesterday the enemy was foiled in an attempt
to prevent a reconnaisance towards the Sesia, com-
manded in person by the King. The small island
opposite Terranova was occupied by the King's
troops. We have had but few killed or wounded ;
among the latter is Major Ferreri, Captain of the
Staff, who has lost a leg. In a cavalry encounter
beyond the Sesia, Captain Brunetti, of the Nice
Cavalry, was killed by, a stroke with a lance. From
further accounts we learn that the conduct of the
10th Infantry was admirable, in crossing the Sesia
with water up to the waist and vigorously attack-
ing the enemy at Il Torrione, killing many, and
making several prisoners. In the battle of Monte-
bello, besides Col. Morelli, Lieutenants Blonay,
Scassi, and Govone were killed ; and Lieutenants
Ghilini, Salasco,-Milanesio, and Mayr were wounded.
Gen. Sonnaz received a slight contusion in the face.
The enemy is in force at Mezzanino and Vaccarezz.
It is eonfirmed that at the inn del Fumo, near
Torricella, the Austrians shot the whole family
Ciglione, consisting of seven or eight individuals,
including two boys under ten years of age, for
having German muskets in the house. At Casatisma
they first bastinadoed and then shot a youth of 17,
because, being asked whether there were any French
at Montebello, he replied in the negative. They
also arrested the Vice-Syndic of Pinarolo, in the
prOvince of Voghera, threatening to shoot him if
the Syndic did not inform them of the movements
of the French. The Garfagnana, lately, belonging
to Modena, has declared for the national cause.

The Indipendente of Turin states that Leopold
11., Grand Duke of Tuscany, has assumed the c9m-
mand of the Bth regiment of Austrian Dragoons,
which is his property.
The Milan Gazette announces that the Neapolitan
steamers in the Mediterranean have received orders
not to touch at Genoa.