The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-30 00:00:00

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(REUTER'S EXPRESS.)
ITALY AND VEBETIA.
PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.

MILAN, April 27.
The following despatch from Florence, of to-
day's date, is published by the Perseveranza :
" To-day a military council took place, at which
Generals Cialdini and Petitte were present. It was
resolved that orders should be given for the equip-
ment of over 100,000 men, and that all classes of
the army should be called under arms. In the
event of hostilities breaking out the King would
assume the chief command, and would invest the
Prince of Savoy Carignan with the Regency of the
Kingdom ; General La Marmora would be ap-
pointed Chief of the Staff; General Cialdini would
command the Ist, and General Durando the 2d,
Artily Corps ; Prince Humbert would have the
command of the Ist division of the Ist Army Corps,
and Prince Amedeus that of the 2d brigade."
The emigration of young men from the Venetian
provinces bas been steadily increasing for some time
past. The greater part of those who cross the fron-
tier enrol themselves in the Italian army.

At Trenta orders have been issued prohibiting the
sale or exportation of mules.

Pontoon stations have been established on the
Austrian side of the Po. A regiment from the gar-
rison of Mantua has been transferred to Boaro,
where a camp of observation is being formed.

PARMA, April 26.

The Patriota of Parma states that the probability
of war is hailed with the greatest joy in that city.
The army and the young men look forward to the
last battles of the Italian war of independence. To-
day some young men went through the principal
streets of the city shouting " Viva Italia !" " Viva
la guera !" " Viva Garibaldi !" The groups were
dispersed quietly, and there was no disturbance of
public order.

FLORENCE, April 27.

The railway officials at the stations beyond De-
senzano (to the east of Brescia) have received orders
to suspend the ordinary and express traffic.
It is stated that the Austrian Government has
despatched orders to the railway authorities at
Verona to suspend the goods traffic coming from
Italy, and after the Ist May the passenger traffic
also.

Despatches received here from Venice announce
that, on the 25th inst., Lieut.-General Toggenburg
made a speech before his officers, in which he stated
that the moment was approaching in which they
would have to prove their devotion to the House of
Austria. The military levies recently ordered by the
Austrian Government in Venetia include all the men
available, that is to say, the reserves, the men upon
leave of absence and on short furlough. The levies
apply to the ten classes from 1855 to 1865, in ad-
dition to the conscripts of the class of 1866.

The Austrian Administration has prohibited the
passage of the Venetian Railway Company's trains
upon the Italian railway system. An unloading
and reloading must take place for each train on
reaching the Venetian frontier. With the excep-
tion of the conscripts raised by the last levy all the
men called out are immediately sent to the North.
The German, Bohemian, Hungarian, and Sclave
regiments now in Venetia are being raised with all
despatch to their full complement by the recall of
the men on furlough.
Relative to the attitude of the Italian Republican
party, in view of the probability of war, the
Corriere Italian° states that Mazzini has recom-
mended the Italian Republican Press to support,
and not to oppose, war against Austria—urging
that when the vital interests of the vital interests
of the country are at stake all party divisions should
cease, and all unite in one common effort to achieve
the national unity.