The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-24 00:00:00

TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Perhaps you may find room in your columns
for the enclosed extract from a country paper, being
the opinion of the late General Sir Charles James
Napier on Volunteer Rifle Corps.
London, May 21. W. B. P.

" With regard to your volunteer corps, I think each
should consist of from one to four companies, each company
consisting of 100 men, with a captain and two lieutenants ;
and I advise you to let each man carry two small cartridge
boxes, made to slide on a girdle round the waist,, so that
one may be carried before and one behind, each holding
30 rounds of ammunition ; thus the weight would be di-
vided, and, consequently, more easily carried.
" Get some old soldier for your adjutant, to teach you,
not a long course of drill, but just seven things, viz. :
" 1. To face right and left by word of command.
"2. To march in line and in column.
"3. To extend and close files as light infantry, with
' supports.'
"4. To exchange front in extended and in close order.

" 5. To relieve the skirmishers.
"6. To form solid squares and 'rallying squares.'
" 7. To form an advanced guard.
"These seven things are all that you require; do not let
any one persuade you to learn more.
" Let your practice at a target be constant. Also habi-
tuate your cot ps to take long marches of from 15 to 20 miles,
with arms and ammunition on; and also in running, or what
is called double •quick time.' These must he arrived at by
gradually increasing from small distances. No single than,
much less a body of wen, can make these exertions with-
out training. Also subscribe for premiums to those who
are the best shots. bo not be exclusive in forming your
corps; take your gantekeepers as your comrades, and any
of your labourers that will enrol themselves. A gentleman
will find no braver or better comrades than among his own
immediate neighbours and tenants. Should you require to
throw up a breastwork, they will be more handy with the
spades and pickaxes than yourselves."

" May the wisdom and genius of Charles Napier
preside over all our preparations, and may his
heroic spirit animate all hearts ! and then—to use
his own glowing words—' If the occasion should
arise, the second edition of Waterloo will, if pos-
sible, be greater than the first.' "

The Duchess of Norfolk and family have left the
Queen's Hotel, tiller Norwood, for town.
The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland and
Lady Rose Faze have arrived in cavendish-square from
Apthorp Park for the season.

The Earl and Countess of Abergavenny are ex-
pected in town to-day from Tunbridge-wells for the season.
The Earl and Countess of Erroll have left town
for Slaines Castle, Aberdeenshire, for the 'funeral of their
infant daughter. The noble earl and countess will not re-
turn to London th!s season.

Lord and Lady Rivers arrived in town yesterday
from their seat in Dorsetshire for the season.

The first positive news that Venice was blockaded
was received froni Captain Kresting, of the Norwegian brig
Alma, which wag not permttted to run into the Lido. The
French, after having examined the vessel's papers, sent
her to Trieste.

It is rumoured at Trieste that six English ships of
the hue have entered the Adriatic.

LATEST NEWS.

THE WAR IN ITALY.
The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

PARIS, MAY 24.
The Moniteur of this morning publishes the fol-
lowing telegram :
ALESSANDRIA, May 23, evening.—Yesterday the
Emperor attended mass in the Cathedral. His
Majesty everywhere receives testimonies of the
public sympathy. His Majesty enjoys perfect
health.

General Forey's report approximately estimates
the number of French killed and wounded at from
600 to 700, and the force of the enemy at from
15,000 to 18,000 men ; but if the account of some
of the prisoners is to be believed, the Austrians
really greatly exceeded that number.

LEGHORN, MAY 21.

Prince Napoleon has arrived here, and was re-
ceived with enthusiastic acclamations. The town
will be illuminated this evening.

TURIN, MAY 23.

Yesterday the enemy appeared in great force at
Palestro with the object of obstructing the march
of a reconnoitring party, which had taken the
direction of the Sesia by order of the King of
Sardinia. The enemy's artillery was, however,
silenced in every part.
The Austrians have shot an entire family of eight
persons in whose house Austrian guns had been
found. The French have occupied Casteggio, where
.they are fortifying themselves. Yesterday Prince
Napoleon took his departure for Leghorn. The
official Piedmontese Gazette states that the Emperor
had left this morning for Voghera. The same
journal also announces the death of the King of
Naples, which happened yesterday at 1.30. Naples
is quiet.

VIENNA, MAY 23.

At noon on the 21st inst. about 15,000 of the
Franco-Sardinian army attacked our troops, num-
bering 3,000, at Vercelli. Our men retreated, fight-
ing, to Orfengo. At this place two other Austrian
brigades hurried to the rescue and threatened the
enemy's flank, which retired across the Sesia to the
western side of the river. (Official Bulletin.)

PARIS, MAY 23.

The Patrie says that at the battle of Montebello,
the troops engaged on the side of the allies con-
sisted of 5,000 French only and one Sardinian
cavalry regiment. The Austrian force was com-
posed of picked men of the infantry regiments, the
Croat regiments, and the Tyrolese Chasseurs. A
private letter says that among the Austrian pri-
soners are one wounded colonel and 20 wounded
privates.

BERNE, MAY 23.
Messages from Coire state that 30,000 Austrians
are about to be concentrated in the Vorarlberg.
A message from Mogadino, published by the
Bund, states that Garibaldi's corps has arrived at
Sesto Calende from Arona.

A Paris letter, in the Independance of Brussels,
publishes some general prescriptions agreed to by
the Emperor of the French and the King of Sar-
dinia, and which are to have the effect of general
orders :—" Every evening, at nightfall, the King
and the commandants of the different corps d'armee
are to send to the Emperor a succinct account, con-
taining the number of men under arms in each
army, the important facts which have taken place
during the day, and every intelligence that has
been received of the movements of the enemy.
Every day, half an hour before sunrise, the troops
will get under arms as though they were about to
be attacked, and after daylight, when it shall be
certain that the enemy is not making any offen-
sive movement, the troops will return to their
bivouacs. At that hour the King and the comman-
dants of corps d'armee are to state to the Emperor
what they may know of the position of the enemy.
The commandants of corps d'arniee are to pay the
strictest attention that the officers have not with
them any useless baggage. It is forbidden to any
one to have a large tent. The officers are always
to seek accommodation in the houses near their
troops. If the troops have to encamp for several
days at a distance from any habitation, tents will
be supplied to them frrom their head-quarters.
Every officer must himself carry his cloak across
his shoulders, and a case in which he can have one
day's provisions. The Emperor has decided that
during the continuance of operations the infantry
shall only carry with them the kepi, great coat,
jacket, and trousers, two pairs of shoe, one on and
the other in the knapsack, and the small tent. The
other clothing of the men is to be packed up and
sent immediately to the depot of the corps, which
is to be established at Genoa. It will be the same
with the half blanket, except for the Zouaves and
the Algerian Tirailleurs, who will retain it as well
as the small cloak. The hat is suppressed and re-
placed by the kepi, during the whole campaign,
even for general officers. The prescriptions for the
infantry are not applicable to the Imperial Guard
as far as regards the shako and the hair cap. The
half blankets are also to be retained until further
orders, in consequence of the bad weather."

A letter from Casale of the 19th, in the Debuts,
says :—" I will not speak to you of the movements
of troops on the railway ; they are incessant. The
locomotives go as slowly as street cabs hired by the
hour. I passed one train of 48 carriages crammed
full of soldiers. The Sardinian army is concentrating
on the left, and is massing its divisions; the French
army occupies the centre and the right. The
supreme direction of the operations belongs to the
Emperor Napoleon. The railway from Alessandria
to Casale, which passes by the side of San Salvador,
touches the theatre of the, war. The Po is not far
off—here and there a line of poplars indicates it.
At intervals views of the villages on the left bank
occupied by the enemy can be obtained. If we did
not know the Austrians were there, we should
divine it by the aspect of the country. The rifles
of the Tyrolean riflemen of the Austrian army carry
far, and the men aim well. Our chasseurs de Vin-
cinnes reply to them, and God knows that they
are impatient to come to close quarters with the
white coats. Valenza is on the right, on the bank
of the Po. Some firing goes on between one side
of the river and the other, but at a great distance.
A first experiment with the rifled cannon has been
made, and has been terrible ; a battery of four guns
fired from a distance of 2,700 metres against a house
occupied by the Tyroleans, and at the thirtieth shot
the house fell down. By means of a glass the
Austrians could be seen flying across the country.
Cannon are about to be directed against a high
belfry of a church which the Austrians use as an
observatory of our advanced posts—the unlucky
belfry will not be standing long. As we approach
Casale the spectacle becomes heartrending. The
country is everywhere beautiful, but there is no
one to got in the czops ; there are neither farmers,
nor peasants, nor shepherds, not a living soul in
the plain in which the vine is spreading its green
branches, and in which the wheat is waving.
Farms are abandoned—villas deserted; goats no
longer graze in lanes or cows in meadows. From
the empty houses the furniture and even the doors
and windows have been carried away ; rows of
large mulberry trees have been cut down at two
or three feet from the soil, and are lying on the
ground ; and the trunks and branches serve as
chevaux de frise. The scene is one of desolation
in the midst of all the fertility and all the smiles
of spring ! Three divisions of the Sardinian army
with cavalry and arf;llery occupy Casale—in the
streets there are more soldiers than civilians. At
three steps from the railway station is a bastion on

which are cannon pointed towards the country ;
and the casements are near the garden of a café.
On leaving the station there is an immense square
surrounded with trees which reaches to the entrance
of the town. This square was entirely occupied
with artillery caissons and waggons ranged in
admirable order before batteries of campaigning
pieces. Under sheds near at hand were horses
feeding, and hundreds of two-wheel carts were
being filled with loaves of bread taken from the
waiting rooms of the station, which have been
transformed into storehouses. How many loaves
there were in those rooms! They were piled up as
high as the ceiling. In a corner of the square
were pontoon men, in linen jackets, exercising
themselves in constructing temporary bridges ;
light dragoons were to be seen bringing in forage ;
and entire companies were sleeping on straw. I
visited the cathedral, which is very old and
decrepid, but of,which one corner has been repaired;
it was occupied by a battalion of bersaglieri.
Straw was spread on the floor ; havresacks and
cartridge boxes were suspended to the pillars ; and
fires were lighted outside. Three other churches
were transformed into barracks, and in one of
them were 200 horses. Another church, quite new,
and not of a good style of architecture, was free.
But unfortunately the beadle was at breakfast, and
I had to abandon the pleasure of seeing it. I
visited the library of the town. It is a long room
paved in mosaic, with the ceiling ornamented with
frescoes. It contains high book-shelves filled with
folios. The contrast between the silence it pre-
sented, and the hubbub which has prevailed for
the last week was very striking. In a corner, at
a table covered with large volumes, an old man
was seated ; he was bald, of placid features, and
appeared absorbed in taking notes from a book
open before him. I glanced at the work and read
at the top of the page, 'Epistolm Adriani Episcopi."
Happy man!! who could occupy himself with the
letters of Adrian at three leagues from the Croats !
How profound the solitude near so many cannons !
I have an astonishing fact to relate—it has not
rained to-day ! Another fact still more astonishing
—there has been sunshine ! Does the sky mean
this to be the signal of an offensive movement ?
Be certain that when this movement may be com-
menced it will be vigorously carried on. Yesterday
Prince Napoleon went on to Alessandria, to see the
Emperor, and it is rumoured that he is about to go
to Florence. The Emperor has visited Valenza and
Tortona. The King Victor Emmanuel accompanied
by four officers paid a visit to his Imperial Majesty
this morning."

A letter from Alessandria of the 19th says :
" The Emperor in his excursions is accompanied
by very few persons. He goes on horseback in the
undress of a general, and nothing escapes his notice
on the road. His Majesty everywhere meets with
the warmest welcome from the people of the coun-
try. In the small villages through which he
passes the people run out of their houses and salute
him with loud acclamations. His escort, which
has been hitherto furnished by the gendarmerie,
is now composed of the Cent-gardes, a detachment
of that force having arrived by land from France."

Another letter from Valenza of the 18th, in the
Salut Public of Lyons, says :—" I was yesterday
at a café with the officers of the 30th at the gate of
the Albergo, when a loud cry of Vive l'Empereur!'
arose. It was the Emperor, who had arrived unex-
pectedly on horseback, in a general's uniform, with
a kepi, and escorted by only a few officers. In a
few minutes the whole population was on foot, the
streets were decked with flags, and drums were
beaten to collect the troops. His Majesty proceeded
slowly by the street which leads to an eminence
from which the naked eye can see the vast plains
of the Po and the Lomellina. The position being
within reach of cannon was not without danger. I
had the honour of approaching the Emperor, who,
bending down on his horse's neck, asked me if I
were French. I replied that I was a journalist
who had ventured to the advanced posts. He
smiled and questioned me on the positions of the
Austrians. I showed him detachments of their
troops on the banks of the river, the village Frescha-
rolo, and in the horizon Mortara, their headquarters.
His Majesty, by means of his glass, could see an
Austrian soldie-2 on the watch in the belfry of the
church of Frescharolo, and even distinguish the
hour by the clock. On the left is the railway
bridge, of which the enemy has blown up two
arches, and which he guards with 200 or 300
men. The schakos of sentinels on the banks of
the river could be distinguished here and there.
The Emperor then conversed with some of the
Italians. His Majesty speaks pure Tuscan, and
with a facility which surprised his hearers. After
an inspection, which lasted about 20 minutes, the
Emperor turned to leave. As he did so, the troops
who were drawn up in line waved their shakos on
their bayonets, and cried out a thousand times,
Vive l'Empereur !' An old Italian patriot, who had
been in exile since 1849, approached and cried out,
with tears streaming down his face, Viva Napo-
leone, it Salvatore della Italia!' The Emperor
seemed affected, and saluted him kindly. At that
moment the Emperor's eye met mine, and in the
emotion of the moment I ventured to hold out my
hand. His Majesty deigned with a smile to grasp
it. This is an incident which I shall never forget as
long as I live. The Emperor then left by the gate
of Alessandria."

A letter from Serra vale of the 18th, in the Pays,
from a person accompanying the French troops on
the road :from Genoa to Alessandria, says :
" During three days we have been wading in mud,
and I have been wet through by rain. To-day,
however, on leaving the mountain the rain ceased,
and immediately joy overspread our faces; and
when the sun shone out joyous songs were sung.
In truth, there is nothing more melancholy than
the route over the mountain—no air, no perspect-
tive, no horizon—on the right, on the left, under-
foot and overhead, everywhere rock—always rock.
Our first evening, passed at Bolzanesto, was very
gay. Some of our Zouaves were lodged in a barn
which the inhabitants had converted into a
theatre for a strolling company ; and there still
remained a stage, a curtain, scenery, and footlights.
Nothing was wanting but the actors; but our men
considered the opportunity too favourable not to
give the inhabitants a specimen of their talents.
Immediately splendid bills were stuck up in the
village, announcing a performance for the benefit
of the poor ; and the same was likewise made
known by beat of drum in the village, accompanied
by the customary declaration that it was to be by
permission of the mayor.' In the evening the
theatre was crowded, and the performances were
charmingly varied—namely, a vaudeville, a pan-
tomime, a ballet, and singing. From the manner
in which the inhabitants of Bolzanesto applauded,
they must have been delighted. For my own part,
I laughed until tears fell from my eyes at the ballet,
which was executed by a dozen Zouaves, who were
attired like the dancing girls of the opera. In the
course of the ballet were a gavotte and a pas com-
posed by the dancing-master of the regiment, and
the finale was so grotesque as to be impossible to
describe."

A letter from Marseilles, of the 20th, states :
" Superior officers belonging to the old army of
Hungary are daily passing through this place on
their way to Italy. I may especially mention
General Kiss, who left this evening in the steamer
Capitole. General Kiss had a Sardinian passport.
General Klapka, who had a Swiss passport, went
some days before, as did also General Pertzel and
Colonel Betklen, with French passports. Colonel
Jhasy has just arrived, and will leave by the first
boat for the same destination. From Monday next
the boats of the Messageries Imperiales will leave
for Genoa daily."

The Piedinontese Gazette publishes the 40th and
41st bulletins. The former has been anticipated by
telegraph, and. from the latter we learn the follow-
ing further particulars concerning the action at
:Montebello. The Austrians commenced operations
at 11 a.m. of the 20th by attacking Casteggio and
Montebello, occupied by Piedmontese cavalry.
Marshal Baraguay d.'Hilliers immediately caused
General Foy to advance with his division, and after
a hand-to-hand fight of six hours, the Austrians were
repulsed, and Montebello re-occupied by the allies,

whence it would seem that the Austrians were com-
pletely foiled in their attack upon Casteggio, while
they succeeded for a while in driving the Pied-
montese out of Montebello. Colonel Morelli, who
commanded the Piedmontese light cavalry, was
mortally wounded. The bulletin concludes with
stating that on the same day, at 4 a.m., the Em-
peror of the French had gone to Casale, and having
returned to Alessandria at 8, had proceeded to pay
a second visit to the field of Marengo, his first visit
having been completely marred by the heavy rain
which fell all day.

A letter from Vienna of the 17th, in the
Independance of Brussels, says :—" In speaking
of the inactivity of the Austrian army, your
Paris correspondent speaks of three plans
of campaign which are said to have been
discussed here—one drawn out by the Emperor in
person, the second by Baron de Hess, and the third
by Marshal Giulay. That of Baron de Hess is de-
clared to have been rejected, and that of Marshal
Giulay adopted. Allow me to correct this statement.
Whatever part the Emperor may have taken in
matters connected with the war, I have reason to
doubt that his Majesty has, in the midst of the other
numerous affairs which he has had to attend to,
occupied himself with a plan of campaign. The
Emperor presided at a council of war at which were
present, among others, Generals de Hess, Grunne,
and Schlitter, and a plan of campaign was discussed,
when Baron de Hess mentioned that Colonel Baron
Khun knew the whole country perfectly, having
been engaged constantly in the campaigns of 1848
and 1849 under Marshal Radetsky. Baron Khun
was immediately sent for, and the summons which
he received was so pressing that he had not even
time to put himself in full uniform. Scarcely had
he entered the room where the council was sitting,
when the Emperor asked him his opinion of the
plan under discnssion. After having examined it,
Col. Khun requested permission to submit to his
Majesty a plan which he had himself drawn up
during his leisure moments, and the Emperor having
consented, the colonel went to fetch it, and, after
having been discussed by the council, it was adopted.
It is therefore on this plan, and not on that of Mar-
shal Giulay, that the campaign, the operations of
which have been impeded by the weather was opened.
On leaving the council, Baron Khun started for Italy
as head of the staff of the Austrian army. Count
Schlik, the commander-in-chief of the 4th arnin
quartered in Gallicia, arrived here the day before
yesterday, and had an audience of the Emperor,
to whom he made a very satisfactory report as to
the state of things in that country and in Poland,
particularly as regards the rumours of the move-
ments of Russian troops towards the frontiers of
Gallicia. The Archduke Francis Charles leaves
tomorrow fOr Pragy 3 to visit the Emperor Ferdi-
nand and the Empress Maria Anna. Prince de
Metternich received the day before yesterday a
visit from the Grand Duke of Tuscany."

The Military Gazette of Vienna publishes an
article on the probabie movements of the Austrian
troops, which is curious, as showing how their
intentions have been already modified by events'
It says :—" The Austrian troops established at
Santhia have by order of Marshal Giulay made
reconnaisances on Biella and Ivrea, without meeting
with any resistance. As soon as the object of these
movements had been attained the detachments
returned to Santhia. Another and stronger body
marched by Desana on Trino, and after pushing
patrols as far as Crescentino and Cassana, joined
the army at Santhia. Vercelli is being put in a
state of defence, and the position of the Austrian
army is such that it commands the most fertile
country on the left bank of the Po—can make re-
quisitions for everything of which it stands in need
—and has the power of threatening such points of
the Po as are the least protected by the enemy.
In the state in which things now are, it appears
that they have an intention of maintaining them-
selves in that well-chosen position, and to there
resist to the last extremity. According to letters
which have been intercepted, the enemy has strongly
occupied Valenza, and concentrated his prineiPal
forces in the triangle formed by Casale, Alessandria,
and Tortona. Valenza is in all cases the most
important point, and it will be doubtless defended
with the same obstinacy that the Austrians will
show in defending Vercelli and the line of the Sesia.
The first battle cannot be decisive, whether the
Austrians be conquerors or be obliged to retire
behind the Ticino and even further. A decisive
battle for the Austrians can only be a victory in the
plains of Alessandria, which would have for conse-
quence the siege of that place ; while for our enemies
it would be the gaining a grand battle on the
Mincio, and driving us back into Mantua. Ales-
sandria would decide the possession of the upper.
basin of the Po, Mantua that of the lower one ; this
is what the history of the war has proved. Things
will go on more slowly than has been imagined,
Germany has plenty of time to choose the moment
when she will interfere."

A letter in the Augsburg Gdzette, from the
" head-quarters" of Marshal Giulay, at Mortara,
also written some days back, is also curious for
the same reason as that given above :--" The
French army has taken up a position
between
Alessandria and Casale, in which it cannot
be at-
tacked. The man oeuvres to draw it from that position
have not succeeded, because it has a double base--
the two fortresses. To attack the French in that
position would have caused heavy loss and not have
produced any decisive result. We must, therefore,
wait until the allied army advances and leaves its
strong position. The offensive movement of the
Austrian troops to Tortona proved to the enemy
that battle was offered, but they refused the chal-
lenge. The Austrian army, therefore, will remain
in its strong position, and maintain itself in the
richest province of the enemy. The Austrian army
does not think of abandoning that province, as the
entrenchments and the tetes de pont which it has
made clearly prove. The numerical force of the
armies is about equal, and the Austrians will not
commit the fault of the Russians—waste their
forces in one or two engagements. War will be
differently conducted, and the last reserves will
have the last word. The Austrian army in nab'
is estimated at about 200,000 men, distributed
in
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to lAs7ocoocon;a,
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Mantua, 4,000 ; Verona, 6,000 ; Peschiera, 2)000;
Cre-
Piacenza, 5,000; Brescia, Milan, Berrnage,
mona, and other places of that district, 20,000 to
25,000. Besides these, within the last few days
20,000 men have been concentrated round Piacenza'
and about 5,000 at Pavia. The sick and n°ll-
- amount to 20,000."

A battalion of Hungarian volunteers, 2,000
strong, arrived at Vienna on the 19th, and mere
received with the most enthusiastic cheers by the

people.
The Piedmontese Gazette of the 21st contains a
i-
declaration announcing that the principles of ;naz
time law agreed upon at the Congress of Paris on
the 16th of April, 1856, are recognised by Sardi
th?
during the present war, and that " although
acts of violence and rapine of every kind exer
cise°.
by the Austrian army on the Piedmontese territorY
might give Sardinia the right of exercising rep
risal°
and retaliation," the frigate Novara shall be. re-
spected; Austrian subjects living in Piedmont nia9
continue to stay there so long as their conduct does
not give rise to complaint; and lastly, Austrian sub-
ecial
jects may enter Piedmont on obtaining per-
sp
mission from the King's Government.
M. Tecchio, Royal Commissioner ExtraordinarY
for the provinces of Vercelli and Novara, has
rin
issued a notice, dated the 20th inst., ordeg all
issued
Royal functionaries who had abandoned
on account of the invasion. to return to their posts ;
tele-
it concludes with stating that' the railway and
been
graphic wires from Turin to Vercelli have
completely repaired, and are in full operation.
The Modena Messenger • contains the following'
—" Our Government lately applied to that of Snot
dinia, requesting to be informed whether or anion
Sardinia accepted the responsibility of the inva
Massay
and usurpation of the territories of Este,ni ll
Carrara, and Montignoso, effected by Sara
raa
agents and troops. On receiving an a
ffir t
answer, our august Sovereign immediately addressed

a protest on the subject to the friendly Courts which
signed the treaties of 1815. The protest formally
disavows all the possible consequences of the usur-
pation, and official notice of it has been given to all
parties concerned."

The Bologna Gazette confirms the intelligence
that Austria has admitted the neutrality of the
States of the Church. It says :—" We have already
announced that France had recognised the neutra-
lity of the Pontifical States ; and we have now to
add that a similar official recognition has been
received from Austria."

Major Vincent Malenchini, provisional Minister
of War in Tuscany, having requested permission
to retire in order to resume the command of his
battalion of Chasseurs of the Appenines in Pied-
?tient, the Tuscan Government has appointed Lieut.-
Colonel Nicolini, Governor of Eiba, to the vacant
portfolio. By another decree, Major Biscossi is
appointed civil and military commandant of the
town and port of Leghorn, and of the whole Tuscan
coast.

The Nord of Brussels says A journal lately
thought proper to declare that Count de Kisseleff,
the Russian Ambassador, in reply to an official
inquiry from the French Cabinet relative to the
calling out of troops in Russia, stated that the
statements made on the subject were, to say the
least, greatly exaggerated. We are now authorised
to say that no inquiry of the kind has been ad-
dressed to his Excellency, and that consequently
no such answer has ever been given."
The Dresden Journal announces that the Grand
Duke of Tuscany renewed on the 14th inst., at
Ferrara, the protest he made at Florence on the
29th ult., before the diplomatic body, against the
events which compelled him to quit the Duchy.
The Emperor Francis Joseph, as head of the House
of Lorraine, gave his adhesion to this protest.
The Munich Gazette of the 19th says An
Austrian corps d'armee of 40,000 men, who are on
their way from Bohemia to the Tyrol, will be con-
Thyed on the Bavarian railway from Iloff to Inns-
truck. These troops will not make any stay in
I°Etraria, but will only stop at the principal stations
to receive provisions."