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again with his pointed revolve.. ' ' ::,,ass, i
the Austrians went back to Pezza: >aCsaarti AMA . body of men, and carried away gra.. s asauss ties ,of
rice, wine, corn, horses, and oxen, They then re-
crossed the Sesia by a bridge which had been in the
meantime erected near Chiusa S'artirana. But let
us leave the mournful tale of Austrian depredations
—which, by-the-bye, is always the same--and let
us direct our steps towards Caresan a, a small borough
about half a mile from the left bank of the Sesia,
where our advanced posts are plac.sd. It is not far
from this place, a little tr., the right, that the
day before yesterday an engagement of a rather
serious character took place between the men of
Foret's division and tie enemy. Two regiments of
this division, led lasi Victor Emmanuel in person,
made a reconna?:vance en force in front of Palestro.
and occupied tlie small island opposite to Terra-
nova, which we retain still. In this brilliant
action CaDt'sin Ferreri, of the general staff, had his
right leg 'carried away by an Austrian cannon ball.
Another
s brave fellow, whom our Crimean warriors
will rso doubt remember—Capt. B run et ta, of Nizza
ersalleria—was run through by a lance of an Aus-
trian Uhlan, just when, with a few of his men, he
had crossed the Sesia. The same day the Austrians
were thoroughly beaten near Torroine by the 10th
regiment of our infantry, which, crossing the last-
mentioned river, went boldly to attack the positions
of the enemy. While an officer of the divisional
staff was furnishing me with all these interesting
particulars the report of musketry broke suddenly
in the direction of our avante post. A party of
500 men was soon despatched towards the Sesia,
and I was allowed to follow it, together with my I
.6rce:n time immemorial it has been the custom to
companion. After about eighteen minutes' walk- Pa honour to great men, and preserve the memory
ing we were on the left bank of the r.a i:er, and WE i
of distinguished names by monuments in stone or
could see the Tyrolean shars:sP ooters comirsas
out from the bushes of marble. It has lattly 12.
,evitlilought with 'usti st
4-ne opposite bill-s-
directing their firesstowst a$ A. "-- " that lits'isestittrfaqt'dd— Tettarf einus an t e
Ar s„,,,our ..mertv-- „-i.jew - , .1 ,n. eri round - shot ' soon clear..A the -/raee, g,'hevw_ noblest embodiment of his fame, is to erect, not a
leavin
ever, five or six
screened P,'ostinate fellows, who, mere monument or obelisk, but a refuge and asylum
as they were ' 1 kly the shrubs, still kept u-
p their where neglected or unfriended youth may find
fire toward' the officers of our colun-u, I re- shelter, instruction, and a home. The Wellington
mained. on the ground, like the otters, till she
enem, r College, so recently opened among us, and the
i s sharpshooters were ordered to retreat. As
Lawrence Asylum, which has given fresh lustre to
4r .ad had excitement enough for the day we 7 Parned our tired horses in the divection of Strop- a name already immortal, are two of the latest and
piana, where the head-quarters of Gen. Durand° s most remarkable instances of great names attached
1 division have been located since Friday last. We to brat institutions. The approaching festival to
were shown on our arrival into a hall on the ground b floor, full of staff and orderly officers. Count Casa- e held in honour of one whose laurels were won
nova, chiefof the divisional staff, whom I had known in a very different field, has awakened a desire to
in 1848, came to meet me us as soon as he saw Sig- erect a building whose plan and purpose should be
nor Marchetti, one of his intimate friends. Nothing worthy of association with the name of Handel. A
could exceed the kind reception given me by this German by birth, it was in this country he made
distinguished officer. The eolonel is the very per- his home, and produced those immortal works
sonification of an Italian nobleman—kind, cour •
teous, without affectation, simple, and prepossess-
wbose harmony time has not jarred. It is therefore
m
ing. He gave e all the information I required fitting that we should raise a lasting,
token of
and told me he hoped that a general movement in national admiration, and especially fitting that
advance would occur in our lines ere long. He that testimonial should be devoted to the benefit
asked me to visit him again, as the General was gone of the followers of his own divine art. The object
to inspect the lines, and would not be back
proposed is the-establishment of a college or asylum
till evening. I promised to return to-day, and as
you see by the date of this letter I did not fail to for the orphans of musicians of all classes and
keep my word. As my companion was anxious to countries resident in Great Britain, to give them a
get home before evening we took the main road, home while unable to support themselves, and to
which leads from Stroppiana to Vercelli, a good and provide them with an education that shall secure
easy road, too, and at seven o'clock I was sitting as them the means of self-maintenance. Those who
the table of the Albergo Reale. A's the same table were five fine and intelligent fell object to institutions of this class ou the ground
aays, all volunteers
from Lombardy. Both the notnity of birth and for- that they afford encouragement to extravagance
tune were represented there. Duke Guido, Visconti and improvidence, must remember that the benefit
and Count Tadini, from -Milan, De Menghini, the is designed for orphans, who are helpless and
son of the president of the provincial tribunal of innocent sufferers from their parents' misfortunes
Brescia, Luigi Caroli, a year ago a lion of Rotten-
row, banker, from Bergamo, Magni and Cattaneo,
two other 13P.nkers from Milan. These gentlemen, follow the musical profession without ever attaining
who are proprietors of magnificent palaces and deli-
the celebrity or profit which enables the great
cious villas in Milan and on the lake of Como, are " stars" to realise large sums in a short period.
now passing their life in the barracks of Vercelli, Those whose incomes have scarcely sufficed for
steeping on rotten straw, and grooming their horses present needs may surely be pardoned if unable to
like the commonest soldier. I need scarcely tell lay by a sufficient amount for the provision and
you that they are as merry and happy as they were
e
in their gilded halls and luxurious gardens. When education of their children, should they be taken
my dinner was over I did not forget to hasten to from them unexpectedly. We are confident that
the town-hall, where I knew I should collect every the design is one which is certain of success in a
information. I was not deceived ; for, through the country whose benevolence is always ready to be
kindness of a gentleman I shall not name, I was able invoked for artistic or educational charities. We
to inspect documents and take notes, which I shall
wish the promoters and managers every success in
'condense in the remaining part of this letter.
their undertaking, and trust they will carry it out
The correspondent of a leading London contem-
porary wrote a few days ago from the Austrian with ability and discretion. We subjoin a copy of
headquarters a letter which was rather curious, to the prospectus
say the least. In that epistle he informed his " The present year complete's a century
readers that if the good people of Vercelli had lost a since the .death of the great composer, Han-
carriage he hastened to acknowledge that, being del. Although Germany enjoys the (tisane-
desirous of following the Austrian General-in-Chief tion of having been the birth place of
he got hold of the first lie met, the hiring of which this mighty genius—England is entitled to the
he paid in due time. It may be that the gentleman honour of having been his home, where he composed
in question paid handsomely enough, but lam able and produced those works that have made his name
to inform him that until this morning man, car- immortal. It has therefore been determined that
riage, and horse were still missing at Vercelli. It the year should not pass without something being
is true that nobody here charges him with having done in England to give a lasting proof that
kept the conveyance, which has probably been Handel's works are appreciated, and his memory
detained by some of the Austrian plunderers he has held dear in the country of his adoption, and that
so much pleasure in living with. The fact, however, an effort should be made to confer on the musical
as confirmed by his letter, has excited some surprise profession a great and lasting benefit, and appro-
both in Vercelli and in Turin. No Italian could priately solemnise an occasion so important by the
have thought an English gentleman would join establishment of a college or asylum for the orphans
Croats and Bohemians in acts of violence. They of musicians of all classes and countries resident
had a better opinion of our countrymen, and the in Great Britain, raising money for ' the pur-
gross disregard to private property of which the pose by donations, subscriptions, concerts, and all
gentleman in question has been guilty has roused legitimate means within the power of the promoters.
the angry feelings of every honest man in Pied- A plot of ground (the lowest value of which, for
mont. The particulars connected with this fact are building purposes, is estimated at £5,000) has been
so interesting that I cannot refrain from repeating offered gratuitously, and Mr. Owen Jones, likewise
them as they were told to by the very gentleman, gratuitously, has consented to act as honorary
Signor Antonio Verga, a brother of the sindaco of architect, to draw plans and superintend the build-
Vercelli, to whom th requisition for the famous ing. This part of the movement cannot fail to be
conveyance was first directed. It was 071 Tuesday, considered as the ground work of the charity, and
May 10th, that General Gyulai was compelled, or justifies the promoters in making an appeal to the
thought proper, to hasten his back movement public for their cordial support in the undertaking.
towards Mortara, crossing the Sesia at Borgo Ver- The study and toil of the musician do not always
celli. As you may easily imagine, the small town of
lead to large pecuniary rewards, and, consequently,
Vercelli was in great confusion. Conveyances of
the orphan children of poor but deserving musicians
any sort could scarcely be found, as they were all are often, whilst still young and helpless, thrown
put in requisition by the enemy's army. At ten upon the world unprotected and unprovided for
o'clock of that memorable Tuesday an English gen- and it remains only to state that the college or
tleman presented himself at the town hall, and in asylum will be for the orphans of musicians of
broken Italian asked for a carriage. He was politely all classes, to afford those orphans a home
answered that it was impossible that his application whilst unable to assist themselves, and so to
could be complied with, for the simple reason that educate them as to enable them to obtain a
all sorts of conveyance were engaged for the
again at proper age to go out into the world. This
appeal is made to the nobility, gentry, clergy,
eleven o'clock, and the same answer given.. Our
professors, amateurs,
music publishers, and the
rather noisy countryman could not stand this second
im-On public in general, in the confident hope that' all
refusal, and began to say, in a very harsh. an
will assist in paying a lasting tribute to the memory
perative manner, that he must have a carriage.
of Handel, by contributing to provide for the help-
his third and last application he was politely told
by Signor Verga that he did not recognise news- less children of those who have laboured in the art
paper correspondents, and that he could not furnish of which he was so great a master, and have been
him the last carriage he had, as it was already en- called from the scene of their labours before their
gaged for a Signor Perago, an Italian renegade, duties as parents have been fulfilled. The commit-
who in 1848 was the editor of a small republican
tee of " The Vocal Association," having been solicited
newspaper, which went with the name of the
by the promoters to superintend the business de-
Operario, and who now holds the important office
of Secretary of the Police of the Austrian army. tails of the proposed college, have kindly under-
While the English gentleman was , taken to do so. A committee of noblemen
s pressing his and gentlemen is also in course of forma-
application the mayor entered the room and corro-
borated the assertion of his brother officer. The tion, whose names
To facilitate the business of the charity an arrange-
applicant was, of course, obliged to retire. Scarcel
had he reached the piazza when he saw a poor fel-
y meat has been made with the Union Bank (Regent-
street branch) for the receipt of contributions ; also
low, Giovanni Corsi, driving a carriage to the stable, at Mr. Mitchell's, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-
Our gallant countryman could not stand this, and and all amounts contributed to the
rushing at the coachman, he forced him to drive ,s,tHreaent'slellV.C;ollege Fund" will be acknowledged in
first to his lodgings, and then in the direction of
the newspapers.
Mortara. Thus runs the tale in Vercelli, and you J. E. HARINGTON, 58, Eaton-place, S.W.
may fully rely on the truthfulness of it, as I have JULES BENEDICT, 2, Manchester-square, W.
made all necessary inquiries. ....-_
Although my letter is already long, I cannot close
it without sending• lars of
you some particulars the
gross misdeeds to which Vercelli and its province
have been subjected during the 17 days of Austrian
occupation. I have carefully inspected the regis-
ters of the town council, and I am able to state
that the amount of sums already paid, and to be
paid, by the town for regular requisitions, is not
far short of 2,000,000 of francs. A dinner for Gen.
Gyulai and 99 officers was ordered by the chief of
the commissariat on the 9th of May; asparagus,
fresh peas, fifty bottles of champagne, ten of
characho, amongst other luxuries, were ordered.
In a letter dated May 15 a Captain Saurdau gaveo
orders for a dinner of 40 persons to be served in
menu two
hours' time to General Sattery and staff. The
town council
laid down by the Captain cost the.
2,000 f. By the letter No. 184 G. T., May 16, the
daily town was ordered to furnish 3OO brente of
of
• 50 brente of spirits, 80 quintals hay, and
wine,
1,000 sacks of oats. General Sigismond Reishach,
Knight of Malta, and Commander of the 7th
Aus-
trian cops d'arnzeei wrotet on the 3d of May to the
mayor, ordering him o send for the following
morning 800 workmen to assist in erecting fortifi-
cations. '
If the number was not tol3 e ound , he would,
wrote his Excellency, seize every man he could
meet in the street. This letter bore the number
160 0. P. Another letter, H.
101,dated May 3,
and si •
gned Gyulai, orders the town to furnish the
army with 50,000 rations of meat, 50.000 of wine,
25,000 of white flour, 25,000 rice, 50,000 tobacco,
50,000 pure salt, 11,250 oats, 75,000 hay. As it
was impossibleto find such a quantity of tobacco in
Vercelli, Gyulai decided that the town council should
buy it at Milan, The bill of lading I have received
is under date from Milan of May 9. The cost of
the tobacco thus furnished has been 13,700 francs.
Now, one word about tile reception the Austrians

fiANDEL COLLEGE.

SEARCH FOR H.M.S. SAPPHO.—Her Majesty's
colonial steam ship Victoria had returned to Hobson's Bay
from a cruise in search of the remains of the supposed
wreck of her Majesty's brig Sappho, and which we regret
was not attended with the success the patient:endeavours of
Commander Norman and the officers under his command
merited. Having lauded Sir Henry Barkly at Port Albert
on the 26th February, the Victoria cruised along the coast
in the vicinity of Wilson's Promontory, which was carefully
examined ; also the Ten Foot Rock (10 feet), Devil's Tower
Curtis Island, Rodondo, Glennie's Isle, Monevent, the
islands composing Kent's and Hogan's groups ; also Hum-
mock's Island. The sunken rock reported by the barque
Don Pedro II was also searched for, but in vaini; the sup-
posed position being between Cragg Island and the Sisters.
The Sappho,
when last seen in February, 1858 was about
30 miles west
of Cape Otway, the wind easterly,' and stand-
ing off the island on the port tack, weather fine at the time.
She was then at the entrance of Bass's Straits, and if she
continued her course would reach about the Harbinger
pßeockhsa,nweehbriichnag some
esmitue of heratedN.W
suggested that a steam vessel with strongmight.
reis
grapLlings rem.am'ofs to light if King's Island.
she f: lotusr•
dered off these rocks.—AustrattanandZtviland
Gazette.
The T
Seine, iron paddle steamer, of 3,W096 tons,
building at Blackwell by the Thames Iron ork
Works and
Ship-building Company, for the Royal West Inds , Mail
Company, will be launched on Thursday next, the. 2d of
June, at two p.m. precisely.
[ADVERtISENIENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointn )ent.—
Atmospheric changes—The insular position of E ,rigland
may have its many advantages, but in the sudden vicissi-
tudes of temperature therefrom resulting, it likew rE.e has
its drawbacks—chest complaints and skin diseases s xisint
from our changeable climate have long been the stt idy of
, medical art ; but never was their prevention so sr ire, or
their recovery so rapid as at the present day th.T3 7 prove
under the benign influence of Holloway's purifying 6 prepa-
rations, which correct the morbid consequences of change-
able temperatures, and neutralise their injurious efl c:t.s on
the system. By these twin remedies consumption way be
held at bay, and spotless beauty replace the disc Ig tired
skin. They always restore strength and soundnes I, and
thus effectually promote human health and happiness. ,