The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-07 00:00:00

SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.)

,A Cloping Business
'IA ang' Price. Done.

NARY SHARES AND STOCKS•

1
Closing \ guineas
Railways. Paid. Prall 78 81
rg:, 'Notting. Bost. • •
tS
6t Lawrencepereent ..
Eastern Junt,+ion 10 54 5i i Dom Baroda&Centlnd
18 '' 131 16 17
t and Ballymena.. all gu. 5 percent
18 Do all
vol., end btr. Val. all 7 8 , 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 2 13
Lane., and Chesh.
100 67 b 9 18 •Do. Do. B 43 2 13 d
:top
all 101 111'
20 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 4 5 d
>n nn ' •
and Tyne all 32 35 201 Do. New l6l 53 . 60'
100 i Buffalo,Brant. &G odrich 1 100
1 and Exeter .... 100 90 92 6p. ct. bds. 1 Aug, 1872)
)nian
x and Holyhead
aid Bandon all -- 20 Cleutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. id • par
Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s.
all all 4 5 2O OapeTown & Dock Scrip 2s. 13 13d
IA roves. no div i all _ 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d.
nntil6p.c.per an all 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 7 - - d
hasbeen pd.toß l7l Demerara
i andßelfast June. all 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 21 2 81
?erth,& Abr.Junc. all 8 9 S took East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 991 • 100 904 1001
l.nglian lOO 131 141 20 Do. C Shares all
la Counties lOO 54 65 54} 5 20 Do. E Shares Ext. 15 --
rn Union A Stock 100 37 42 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5
do. B Stock 100 26 28 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all 98 100
qw,A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 • 20 GGeeeelloonngg&CMorpel.oguraat.isopn. c. 6 1 all 18 '2O '
cent
per cent. Bonds Lancashire lOO 85 87
luffolk
Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 34 36
all 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 72 74 72
nrg and Glasgow 100 71 lOO Do. 6 per cent. Pre( lOO 89 91
Perth, & Dundee. 100 241 254 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e all 97 98 974 4 8
& Clyde Junction all 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 f fd 33
ss
20 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scri 1 24a. —2
—l4 ' •
nv & South Westn. ldb 91 92
North of Scotland all 10 101
Northern • lOO 99 101 ( guaranteed 5 per cent.
10. A Stock lOO 80 132 81 201 Gt.W, of Canada Shares all 14 141
10. 13 Stock lOO 127 132 2% Do. Ne*
IAA c Do. Bonds pay. '76,with 13 61 61 d
) all 100 103
ith.& Wetn.(lreld) 100 104 106
100 534 544 64 i '''' i ept. till '6O .
Western
50 55
.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk .100 100 Do. do. ''/3 without opt. all 100 103
louth Eastern.... all 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do
der and Carlisle. all 82 9
185 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c all 1 171
drib
20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all 17 18
:w Thirds l5 9 10 1 p
88 20 Do. 4, p. c. Extension.. 15 15 17
6
shire &FY/r6lcshire 100
8171 111
54 . 20 Do. Third EL gua.s.p.e. 15 1 13 d
20 Do. Fourth do.
do. 29 shares.. 7 Stock Melb. Corp, 6 p.c. Bonds 100
est Riding Union I Nemßrunswick&Canda.
uthport
n and Blackwell all 62 64 Class ACapitl.share„
wiss.at 2510sp.sh — .004
.. Do. do. Land d 0... ..
109 110 1 ,
Irighton kS.Coast 100 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. 10 --d
a & North Westn 100 88 89 89 2
.. Do. do. Land d 0...
ghths
20 I NorthoflndiaTramroad
a& South-Westn lOO 84 soi 89
Limited, Scrip 2e.
y & Coleraine ... all 20 Oude (Limited)
y & Enniskillen. all 5 7 20 gcinde , ~,...i 15 —d d
3hef.,.& Lincoln.. 100 34 85 35 ,
mlitan 3 d 20 Do.
td ..• 100 97 98 974 20 Do. New EI '-' 10 2 11d
20 Do. Punjaub
e° t' 5 11 11 d '
rnaing. & Derby. 100 72 75 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. ,„.c''' 10 2 13d
t. West. (Ireland) 2O St. Andrews & Quebec A 18
hares all 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1
tle and Carlisle all
fiber.. & Herefd all 9 11
& Armagh (def.) 9 • ..FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Warpt., & R 54 os all
199 56
Counties Union 3l 31 3 d , 10 -Antwerp & Rotterdam all • 31 41
British • 1(00 53 64 54 20 Ardennes all p
v.Rail.&Dk. Stk. 100 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 2 13 d
tk.—Arec.no div. 5 Belgian East. Junction all I i
6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 20 Beziers to Graissessac. all ----
n6.p:preernen.: 1
97 ' —34 -
itock
astn.—Berwick 100 86 87 20 Dutch Rhenish
G.N.E.Purchase 16 13 4 2 1 d 4 6 Eastern of France ....V all 24 25 24
,eds p3o 44 #5 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. p
Irk lOO 704 71 703 20 Great Central of France all •
London lOO 100 101 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs _ all 5 53
Hampstd 10 Italian Junction ....... 8
Sty Junction 23 le. 20 Lake Constance & Bale all
ffordshire.. in 44 44 d 20 Lierre and Turnhout .. all
Western - 13 14 20 Lombardo Venetian.... 8 2 ltd 61
;on. W. Junction all 6 8 20 Lucca & Pistoj a, 5 c. f. all
, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 28 30 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all
all 334 Maria Antonia all
outh l9 8 5 d 20 Do. do. New
ey lO 20 Namur and Liege all 7 8
a Central lOO .107 109 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref
T.E., Aber. Stock 100 231 244 16 Northern of France
ttish Mid. Stock 100 79 81 20 Do. New Shares
lire Union lOO 42 43' ' 411 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 84 9i
20
R e Ottoman,
cifesL s
bourne & Sheer. all '5 4 d
7Fraa.
ievon lOO 41 43 20 • • Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 321 331
"?.astern lOO 64 65 65 41 20 Paris and Orleans ...... all 47 '49
Vales
orka.&Riv.Dun all 63 67 gua. 7p. ct. (Lim.) ...
18 20 Riga and Dunaburg... . 4
, Wok., & Wek all 811 10 Rome and Frascati all
a & Darlington. all 354 364 84 20 Royal Danish all
1855 7 5 Royal Swedish
. 1858 • 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. ..all
a & Hartlepool 16} 20 Sambre and Meuse..... all 5 51
le
ference, No. 1
HavenDk&Rall 22 84 West Flanders all 5 6
Neath lOO 83 65 ' 10 Do. 53 p. c. Preference . all 8. 9/
Ird & Kilkenny 100 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 19 201
,i'd & Limerick all 20 Western of Austria .. 8
irnwall
Lon. & Cry. Pal all 6 Wiesbaden
Arecv.nodiv.till 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all
las been pd. to B allll 7 3 31 .20 Zealand
au
a 73
ondon
Class all —— 1 BRITISH :laildN.lSC.Plorsicine.g
B___teciz;
;lass
Share! , Mines.
PREFERENCE SHARES.
._ _

Altiberg.; Notting. Bost.
'and Eastern Jupt,+ion
Belfast and Bahytnrnil
Bir., Wol., end btr. Val
Birk., Lane., and Chesh
Junction
Blackburn
Blyth and Tyne
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian
Chester and Holyhead
Cork and Bandon
Cork, Blkrock,&Passage
Cornwall
Do. A A roves. no div
Do. B until6p.c.per an
• hasbeen pd.toß
Dublin andßelfast June
Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc
East Anglian
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union A Stock
Do. do. B Stock
• Do.Nw,A.(lte.E.U3ds)l
East Kent
East Lancashire
East Suffolk

Do
Edinburg and Glasgow
Edin.,Perth, & Dundee
Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness
alasgow Sr South Westn
Grnat North of Scotland
Great Northern •
Do. do. A Stock
' Do. do. 13 Stock
Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld)
Great Western
Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk
Irish South Eastern
Lancaster and Carlisle
Do. Thirds
Do. New Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire
'Do. do. F £l6
Do. do. 29 shares
Do. West Riding Union
Do. Southport
LOndon and Blackwall
Do.Newiss. at 2510 s p. sh
Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast
London & North Westn
Do. Eighths
Londonit South-Westn
L'derry & Coleraine
L'derry &
Man., Shet.,,& Lincoln
Metropolitan
Midland
'Do. Birming. & Derby.
Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland).
no. Shares
NeAtastle and Carlisle
New., Aber., & Herefd
Newry & Armagh (def.)
Newry, Warpt., & Ros
Norfolk
North. Counties Union
North British '
Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk
Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div
• until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß
Do. B Stock
North-Vastn.—Berwick
Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase
Do. Leeds
Do. York
North London
N. &S.Westn., Hampstd
.and City Junction
North Staffordshire
North-Western
No. & Son. W. Junction
Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver

Peebles
Portsmouth
Rhroney
Scottish Central
Sooth. N.E., Aber. Stock
Do. Scottish Mid. Stock
Shropshire Union
Sittingbourne & Sheer
South Devon
South-Eastern
South Wales
South Yorks.& Riv. Dun
Do. do
Staines, Wok., & Wek
Stockton & Darlington
Do. do. 1855
Do. do. 1858
Stockton & Hartlepool
Taff Vale
Do. Preference, No. 1
ThamesliavenDk&Rall
Vale of Neath
Waterford & Kilkenny
Waterford & Limerick
West Cornwall
W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal
Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till
7 p.c. has been pd. to B
Do. B
West London
Do. Ist Class
Do. 2d Class

Railways.

.1A Closing Business
ra... price. Done.

Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 6 7
20 British Iron
- Condurrovv (Catnborpe) 2O I
10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 450 460
East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 175 185
Great South Tolo'us l7s 13 14
G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillac) 11,18.8 it 21
G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 9; ;
Lady Bertha lBs 6d 1; 11
North Frances (Illogan) 8; 74 81
North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 6 7
N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan i nil. ' 8 9
Par Consols (St. Blaxy 1; 121 134
Porkellis Unit. (Wend. 9
Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s ¢ ;
SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 2; 230 240
Sovfh C. Brea( Illogan). 2 2; 21
S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 185 195
5 Tamar Silver and Lead
Mining Co '4; 11 24
10 Tin Croft -u 9 41 44
UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40
Vale of Towey (Caren. ) 12s 6d 4
West Basset (Illogan).. 14 212 24
W. Caradon (Llskeard). 20 1124 1174
Wheal Basset (Illogan). 51 180 190
Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 115 125
• Wheal Edward (Cals.). 154 1; 2
Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant 1.7.2 10 11
Wlt'l Mary Ann (Mcnhe 8 45 47
lag Trelawney (Lisk. 4; 31 33
FOREIGN MINES
20 Australian 74 rk,
1 Bon Aocordecipper,Lim. lOs la par
35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 27 1 1
20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Linl. 15 9 1
5 Do. L and and Mining Co. all
1 Clarendon Consols Min-
ing Co. of 'Jamaica ... d
40 Cobra Copper all 37 39 I
Copiapo l6 9 11 I
1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all ;4
2 Fortuna
20 General all 23 '25
3 Linares all 81 91
5 Lusitanian
1 Mariquita all
1 New Granada all
1 N. RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 p ;
20 Poutgibaud Silver, Lead
Mining and Smelt all 3 4
5 Port Philip 1
30 Santiago de Cuba ; 161
28.2.81;United Mexican

Blythe and Tyne 1C per
e. pref. (issued at 250)
Brig. & E xet.4p.ct. Stock
Do. do. do. Shares
Caledon 210, 41 per cent
Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2.
Chester & Holyhd, 5i pc
Do. do. 5 p. ct.
Cork & Bandon, si p. c.
Dun. Perth,& Aber. Jun.
E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc
Do. do. Class B 6 pc
Do. do. Class C 7 pc ... •
E. Coun. Ex. 5 pet. No.l
Do. do N 0.2
Do. New 6 per et. Stock
Eastern Union, 4 per ct.
East Lanc. 6 per ct
E.& W. York. Jen. fifths
Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares
Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc.
Furness, 5 per cent
Mag. &S West. f_t• a. spe
Great Northern, 5 p. ct
Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.Pm
Do. p. c. do. do.
Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm
Gt. Nh. of Seotld, Ist pf
Gt. Fin. & W (Ireland) 4
p. ct. pref. Stock
rent West. (Berks and
Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct... .
Do. Redeemable, 411 p ct.
Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct.
Do. Irredeemable, do. .
Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref.
Do. Birm. Prof. Shares
Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf
shares
Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref
Do Binning. guar. stock
Do. Chester guar. shares
Do. do. do
Do. do. do.
Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock
Lon.&Brig.spe. gu. No.l
Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2
Do. New gua., 6 p. ct
Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4
L on. & N. W. Cov. &Nun-
eaton, 5 p. ct.
Lon. &S, W, 7 p. et. stock,

late 3d sliares
Londondy & Cole, 6 shs I
Londondy.& Ennis sh '
Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct
Do. £6
Do. n per cent.
Maryport & Car., 4 p.c.
Do. 4 per cent

Do.
Mid. Con. 6 p. o. Stock
Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.d.
Do. 4i p. c. pref. stock
Do. with option till 1860
Do. Leic. & Ifit.pref. st.
Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s 1
_p. c. redeem, at sp. 0. n m
Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with
option till 1866
Norfolk Deb. 4 p.e. shares
Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stock,lB46
Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847
Do. way.Vai.Ex.Sk 1847
North British, 5 per cent
Do. New, gua. 5 per cent
Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dsk.Co.
N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb.
Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref.
Do. do. do.
Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1.
Do. do. Quarters, 1846
1)o. York, A. & S. Purcit.
North Staffordshire .
Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g
Do. do. do., 2d gua
Do. 4i p.c. Db. stk.in perp
Scottish Central, new pt
Scottish N.-Eastern deb
Do. 34 per c. pref. stock
Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc.
Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock.
South Devon, Ann. 10s.
Do. Fixed 4} per cent.
South Eastern (Reading
Ann., 1.0.6.)
Do .44 per cent
Do. Fixed 41 p.c. lst is
Do. New do., 2d issue
South Wales, gua. 4 p.c
Do. 41 per cent
S:-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gut
Stockton and Dar. 5 p.c
Do. 6 per cent
Waterford & Kilkenny,
6 per oent..

THE SON, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 7. 1.85 t/

THE ALLIED CAMP.

• 7
• A letter from Turin, dated Yu:3e 2, says :—This
morning the train which runs from Turin and Ver-
celli has been stopped, by superior orders. I have
made inquiries in well-informed quarters,.and have
been told.that the railroad is to be kept for mili-
tary servke. There is, therefore, no doubt that
the allied-armies have reassumed the offensive on
the whole of mit lines. The consequences of :the
occupation: of Novara, w'rtich' was accomplished at
seven o'clock yesterday morning by Gen. Neil's
corps d'arrne (the sth), which by . this • time has
crossed the Tessin, are enough to dispense me from
entering into any explanation. Last eiening the
head-quarters of the Emperor were established in
the' town... The enemy was obliged to fall back on
his fortified evil') of Mortara, which, whilst I was
writing, may have been already attacked by Can-
robert and Cialdini' marching from Maestro to-
wards Robbio, and by General Neil's corps d'armee,
which led by Napoleon may at the same time have
made a flank movement along the road to Car-
bagna, in the direction of Vespolate. A glance at
the map will enable you to perceive the difficult
position in which the enemy is now placed. Their
entrenched camp of Mortara is literally surrounded
by our army, and if they were to send troops
from Pavia, Fanti, and Cuccbiari, divisions can
easily join' Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers' corps
d'armee, and make a concentrated- movement on
this last mentioned town, thus turning the centre,
and outflanking the extreme right of the Austrian

•
army.
This morning I saw the wounded and . the priso-
ners of the day before yesterday's fight, and spoke
with some of them. They told me that nothing can
give an idea of the manner in which the Zouaves
and Bersaglieri fought. At the assault Of Palestro
and following defence the 3d regiment of Zouaves
had 500 men put hors de combat, out of which number
200 Were killed. The Piedmontese had about 400
dead and 600 wounded. We have no news from
Garibaldi; all we know is that after the reoccupation
of Varese the Austrians marched towards Como in
order to catch him—if they can. This famous
general is strongly fortified in the position of Came
lata, and he can hold his ground for a long t;_me.
The whole of the Valtellina is in fall insUrrF.,ction,
and Sondrio, its chief town, has proclaims
Emmanuel dictator. There is reason to 1,
Id Victor
Jeve
the provinces of Bergamo and Brescia 'willeli soo that
n fol-
low its example. The Austrians us threatened
,
with insurrection on their flank '.nd rear must feel
anything but at' their ease. That this is the case is
clearly shown by the following proclamation, whio'n
was published a few days lip General Gyulai
It seems the intention of he enemy to - promote a re* olu-
tion in the rear of the array which I command, in order
compel me to
abandon a position which they dare not, openly
attack.
This, however, shall not occur. Before long r 4 powerful
body of troops will 'arrive in the hereditary states of our
monarch. These forces will be enough to crush any revo-
lutionary
movement which should break out.
I give my word that those places (/unght)
make common cause with the insurrect ; 'Which may
.on, preventing the
free passage • of coming reinforcemer!Ls by destroying the
means of communication, bridges, &e., shall be punished
with fire and-sword. For this purpose I send to the com-
manders under me the necesPary instructions, I hope I
shall not be driven to such an extremity, and that to the
consequences of war, so disastrous to a country, the terrors
of a civil fray will not be added.
From my head-quarters of Gerlasco, May 25, 1859.
(Signed)
.GYULAI.
When tailitarsy man has recourse to such mild
means to keep quiet the subjects of his monarch, he
knows that he is defending a helpless and iniquit-
ous cause.
French troops are still arriving by the Ceti&
snowy road. Yesterday evening two batteries of
the Imperial Guard made their entrance into this
town amidst flowers and enthusiastic 'reception.
This morning they were despatched to Novara by
an early train, and no doubt they must have found
By thin time some hard work for them. .I read in
gime of your contemporaries that General Klapka
is going to form a Hungarian legion, which will
join the allied armies. If I am rightly informed,
the offer of this distinguished general has been alto-
gether declined in high quarters. The conditions
he made mild not be accepted. It is. to be hoped,
however, that Generals Klapka and Wetter, with
Colonels Zabo and Teleky, will soon join either the
French or Sardinian general staff. Should Kossuth,
instead of quarrelling with a leading contemporary
of yours, come amongst us, he would meet with a
warm and *enthusiastic reception. Bad news has
reached me. from Tuscany. The organisation of the
new regiments is proceeding slowly, and the great-
est confusion prevails in the ministerial regions.
Count Cavour is going to send there an illustrious
man, who will put things in proper order.. I allude
to the Chevalier. Massimo D'Azeglio.
A letter from Novara, dated June 2, says :
Yesterday' morning the Austrians quitted.Novara ;
in the forenoon 'the allies entered it, and to-day I
write to you then ce, without having the least idea
whether or when you will get the letter. The
Austrians never had a strong force at Novara and
the country to the north and west of it—only
detachments of a few battalions going and coming
from town to town, and cavalry patrols to scour the
country, the chief object of both being apparently
to make requisitions. The last body of Austrian
troops at Novara was according to the account of
some, 2,000, and according to others only a few .
hundreds.

Coming to the spot at the moment when the re-
collection of the Austrian occupation is still fresh in
the memory of the people, and before there is any
time for exerting lively imaginations, there is a very
good opportunity for testing the truth of the widely
different accounts which you have read in the news-
papers. Before I even say a word you will guess
that, as usual, 'the truth lies between the two ex-
tremes ; neither are the Austrians quite so black as
some like to paint them, nor are they quite such
angels as they wish to make themselves out,
An occupation is an occupation after all, take it as
you like. Even that of a friendly army brings
.con-
siderable inconvenience, and not seldom burdens
and sacrifices, with it ; how much more that of a
hostile army ! But it is only fair to say that for an
army which in its proclamations styled itself the
friend of the Piedmontese people, and whom it came
to deliver from the thraldom of Count Cavour, they
ate and threatened rather too much, and they were
likewise, in particular instances, rather too apt to
carry their threats into effect. With every new de-
tachment came new demands, not at all in propor-
tion to the number of the detachment. In oxen
alone, for instance, the district of Novara (about
500 English square miles) had to give 2,500 in one
short month. It is almost as bad as Albanians and
Greeks With sheep ; if they had remained a few
months longer, and fed at that rate, the Novarese
would have had to put themselves behind instead
of before the plough. Yet, strange to say, in spite,
of this voracious appetite which the Austrian army
as a body, displayed, the individual soldier, at least
as far as one can judge from the prisoners brought
in hitherto, looks by no means overfed. I suppose
the reason is their youth, and the shortness of time
they have been living at so unusually high a rate.
As with the oxen, so it:was with everything else—
bread, wine, forage, &c. Every article was demanded
as if each detachment had been charged with the
general commissariat department of the army.
As the detachments were frequently changed the
requisitions were likewise rather too often repeated
not to rouse the people, who, after all, were stupid
enough not to understand the value of friendship,
which told so strongly on their pockets. This feel-
ing of impatience was not a little aggravated by the
threats in case of tardiness in complying with these
exorbitant contributions. I have not heard hitherto,
of any authenticated case of their having exacted
five times the original amount, but, as the people
were under the impression that the Austrian pro-
tectors were quite capable of taking even more than
five times the amount originallfdemanded, they
were living all the time with this Damocles' sword
suspended over their heads. Now, if you consider
how difficult it must often have been to coiled in
the whole district within the given time whatever
the Austrians demanded, you may easily imagine
that on the whole the people felt very sore at the
Austrian occupation.
The people to whom I spoke said they would
certainly not have borne it had they not been told
by their magistrates to do so, and had they not been
assured that the Austrians would soon have to go,
so that it would have been folly to risk their per-
sons and property ; and they knew from some cases
—for instance, the shooting of oue family at Voghera
and another at Trumello, near Mortara—that the
Austrians would have retaliated mercilessly had
they cut off a detachment or patrol, which they
might have easily otherwise have done.
So far as one can make out, the Austrians indivi-
dually did not behave brutally ; on the contrary, it
is said that during their advance they displayed a
certain amenity. It was only when they took the
wrong road to Turin, where some, as you know,
had already had their letters addressed to them, that
they became " cross," and were rather ready with
their fists and the fiats of their swords. Of cases
of violation, at least in this part of the country, I
have heard nothing—nor does the popular voice
accuse them of violating the seventh, or, as it is in
this Catholic country, the sixth commandment. I
have not heard a well-authenticated case of an officer
forgetting to pay for what he took. The soldiers
did now and then take a fancy to one thing or
another, but they were always kept together, en-
camped, and not quartered on the towns, so that
only very few opportunities occurred for their in-
dulging in such fancies. As you may imagine, in
passing through Vercelli I was rather 'curious to
know something about the famous story of the silver
spoons. The waiter at the hotel where it is said to
have occurred confirms the account of the great
dinner given sby some General, but says that since