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and which was possibly occupied by th,
and Zouaves, ever pressing upon the Austr re.
This was the decisive moment which had been
foreseen in the French camp, and which the allied
force had been manoeuvred to Meet. While the
Awtrians were retreating, the French cohinins that
(been concentrated on the right bank of the Po,
.. i .. Ii rt. ill( , had deceived the Austrians into the
ibelief that the object of the French attack was
Piacenza, were suddenly moved away westwards
:and pushed across the Po, probably at Casale. The
line then joined the Sardinian and %mime troops,
which had jut won the battle of Palestio, and
formed a complete line parallel with that of the
retreating Austrians. The right wing of the Aus-
trians appears' to have been weakened by the
direction of the retreat, which is stated to have been
upon &reguarda Upon this weakened right wing,
engaged in the passage of the river at the bridge
of Buffalora, the French attack seems to have fallen,
and the French and Sardinians appear to have fol-
lowed their retreating enemy over the bridge, and
to have ultimately defeated him at the village about
two miles on the other side of the river.
Of course, these are speculations which detailed
accounts of this battle must either confirm, or
modify, or destroy. We put them only as probk-
bilities deducible from the previously known facts.
Meanwhile Paris is bright with universal illumi-
nation, Milan is welcoming. her new master, and
Italy is rejoicing in a hope of recovered nationality.
We wish we could add with some authority for its
truth that the Emperor of ethe French is moderate
in the hour of victory, and that humbled Austria is
satisfied to evacute Lombardy and to be at peace.

TIIE NEW _RUSSIAN FRIGATE,
GENERAL,ADMIRAL.

The new 6,000 ton war ship General-admiral,
ust completed at this port for the Russian Govern•
ment, went on her trial trip yesterday, leaving the
foot of Canal-street at 7 otlock a.m., with five or
six hundred invited guests on board, among whom
we observed Mr. Ostensacken, Secretary of the
Russian Legation ; Capt. Faunee, of the cutter
Harriet Lane ; Chief Engineers Everitt and Martin,
United States Navy, and merchants and sea cap-
tains. On account of the prevalence of a fog it was
not deemed prudent to cross the bar at Sandy Hook,
and so the steamer cruised around the harbour
during the day, instead of going to sea as had beeh
intended. The trial, though not affording the best
opportunity for testing the speed of the ship, for
want of sea room, was verysatisfactary, and highly
enjoyed by those on board. The General-Admiral
is the largest wooden steamer afloat, and is un-
doubtedly superior in workmanship to anything
which Americans have ever built. It may,
even be asserted, without fear of contra-
diction, that she is nowhere excelled as a vessel
of war. Her builders in every department
hove been more ambitious to construct a ship
which shall worthily represent American
skill (perhaps to invite further proposals) than to
derive the largest possible amount of direct pecu-
niary advantage in their own behalf. Moreover,
they have been unrestricted in expenditure, as
appears very evident fsom the way in which the
work is executed. A large proportion of the castings
are of brass, and very massive ; the fastenings are
of the same character throughout as to quality and
strength ; the timbers are the choicest products of
our forests, and ingenuity has been fruitfully em-
ployed in the application of the most approved
enginery and naval architecture. The entire amount
expended, exclusive of armament, which will be put
on board at Cronstadt (with the exception of two
powerful Dahlgren shell guns, placed on pivots fore
and aft), is about 1,250,000 dollars. The two mon-
ster guns already mounted appear to be about
10 feet long by two in diameter in the largest part,
and being made to revolve on moveable railways,
may be used with effect either in pursuit or while
in retreat. They are formidable engines, capable of
throwing shot with accuracy to a distance almost
incredible. On either side of the spacious gun deck
are arranged, opposite the 90 portholes, the massive
mahogany carriages, ready for their armament, thus
complting the furniture of this superb " slaughter
house." The Emperor Alexander, no doubt, designs
this ship as a model for the imitation of his own
artisans in future years. A considerable number of
Russian gentlemen, some 15 or 20, have diligently
co-operated with our mechanics, not only to secure
a good ship, but to perfect themselves, as far as
possible, in the different departments of nautical
science. In the result they challenge the severest
criticism. The General-Admiral will carry 90 guns.
She has a pair of horizontal back-action engines ;
cylinders 84 inches in diameter, with 45 inches
stroke of piston. The shaft has a diameter of 17
inches in the journals, and weighs about 27 tons.
The propeller is wholly of brass, is two bladed, and
weighs 13 tons. The other brasswork connected,
such as chains, hoisting frame, &c., weighs 12 tons
more. The whole length of the line of propeller
shafting is 124 feet. The air pumps are worked
direct from the pistons, and are arranged with rub-
ber foot and delivery valves. There are six hori-
zontal tubular boilers, with 38 furnaces, having in
the aggregate 21,000 square feet of fire surface and
700 feet of grate surface, and comprise not less than
15,960 brass:tubes. Their aggregate weight is 240
tons, and the water filling them weighs 300 tons
more. All the boilers are connected by one telescope
smoke-pipe 11 feet in diameter. Besides, there is
one donkey boiler for driving two donkey steam
pumps and blowing the furnaces. There are also
hose connexions on every deck, for extinguishing
fires ; and Dr. Reed's ventilating apparatus, by
which all parts of the ship timbers and cabins are
effectually purified, is supplied with power from
the same source. These engines are from the
Novelty Iron Company's works in this city, and are
believed to equal, if not surpass, any marine
machinery before made in this country. The hull,
as is well known, is from the eminent builder, W.
H. Webb. Its length over all is 325 feet, breadth
of beam 55 feet, depth of hold 34 feet, It is need-
less to repeat the other details of dimensions, &c.
The General-Admiral returned to her wharf about
six o'clock, and a shower had little effect in dampen-
ing the enthusiasm of those who had so bountifully
shared the hospitality of Mr. Webb and his Mus-
covite patrons. She was at one time, notwithstand-
ing the fog, worked up to the speed obtained on her
former (engineer's) trip, when she easily made 10
knots with 40 evolutions, going from Governor's
Island to Fort Hamilton, a little over seven statute
ao r about
work six o
f which
nautical miles,
our
mechanics l es, in 36
may minutes.‘vell
be She is
proud,
and we are not surprised to learn that agents of
foreign governments are inquiring with reference
to the construction in American shipyards of other
vessels of this description. The General-Admiral
will leave port early next month for Cronstadt, via
Cherbourg, under the command of Capt. Comstock,
late of the Baltic.—New York Journal of Commerce,
May 21.

A SHIP ON FIRE AT SEA. NARROW

ESCAPE.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.
By the arrival of the West India mail intelligence
reached this port of the narrow escape from total
destruction of the fine new ship Florence
Nightingale, of Liverpool, while on her outward
passage to Arica, at which port she arrived on
the 18th April. From a letter received by the
owners this morning from the commander, Captain
James Gales, of which the following is an extract,
it will be seen that, but for the promptitude
and energy displayed, the loss, not only- of life, but
of property, on the occasion might have been very
serious :
Captain Gale says----" On the 17th March experi-
enced very severe weather, off Cape Horn, and on
the 28th March, in lat. 58 S. long. 76 W., it blow-
ing at the time a hard gale from N.W., and ship
hove to under close-reefed topsails, the after-hold
was discovered to be on fire. I ran below, and
found the flames bursting through the cabin deck.
The hose was immediately screwed to the fine-
engine, which is a very powerful one, and in less
than a minute from the time of the discovery of the
fire, large quantities of water were being poured
on it. We got axes and saws, and cut the cabin,
deck up. For a long time, in every part of the ship, i
as fast as we subdued the flames W nonteepabrutmthneya
kept breaking out in another. eat length got
them under, and then kept playing on h
embers until there was no chance of their breaking
out again. I do not think there
_is much cargo
am
ageadi,n.
and fortunately the goods beneath the
damaged,
cabin deck are not very valuabl
bined with the most prompt and energetic
saved the ship and the lives of all on boicarevdx
beer and cases of spirits. The firec left.
.71:rotti
exertions,
i tg.,
oh :line gs
sa l e was engine, coin-
FbleolroenngcienNg
tons, and formed one of th a new ship, of :1,200
vesTsheles T.
fine fleet of sai fling
and I. Brockleb ank,
of Liverpool, one of the rs..
in the United largest shipowning I firms
Kingdom, or indeed in the worl, d.

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Under the Management e Mr. Charles Kean
THIS EVENING will be preCented Shakspaare's historical
play of SING HENRY V.
King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean; Caton's, Mrs. C. Kean.

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Followed by A HANDSOME HUSBAND. 2Ltr. and Mrs.
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