The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-25 00:00:00

FRENCH AND SARDINIAN

ARMIES.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

PARIS, JUNE 25.
THE EMPEROR TO THE EMPRESS.

CARRIANA, Friday Evening.

Great battle ! Great victory! The whole Aus-
trian army formed in line of battle, which ex-
tended five leagues in length.
We have taken all their positions, and captured
cannon, flags, and prisoners.

The battle lasted from four o'clock in the morn-
ing till eight o'clock in the evening.

PARIS, SATURDAY MORNING.

This morning the cannons at the Hotel des
Invalides have announced a victory. The greatest
excitement prevails to know the details. The
Moniteur has appeared, and announces the victory
as follows :

" CARRIANO, 8.34 p.m.—A great battle and a
great victory.
"The line of battle extended five leagues.
" The Allies carried the whole of the positions,
took a great number of cannon, flags, and pri-

soners.
" Further details are unknown.
" The battle lasted from six o'clock in the
morning until eight in the evening."

VIENNA, JUNE 25.

Private telegrams received here announce that
yesterday a vigorous combat on the Mincio began,
as it is asserted, at one o'clock in the morning.
At Verona heavy cannonading was heard.
Authentic news is expected.

TRIESTE, TUNE 25.

The French Government has sent letters of pro-
tection to three Austrian vessels in Fiume laden
with tobacco on account of the French Govern-
ment.

PARIS, JUNE 24.

The Patrie of this evening contains the following

It is announced that a corps crarnace of 40,000
men, taken partly from the regiments in Africa, is
expected in the Adriatic Sea.

Judgment has been given in the matter of the
licensed (parquet) against the unlicensed brokers
(coulissiers).
Each unlicensed broker is condemned to a fine
of 10,500 francs.

BERNE, JUNE 24.

Despatches from Milan confirm the news that
5,000 French have been despatched towards the
Valteline at Bormio. 300 Austrians and one com-
pany of volunteers consisting of students of Meran,
in the Tyrol, are marching to occupy the passage of
Stelitio. The Archduke Governor of the Tyrol
has arrived at Nauders to overlook the enrolment.
of 24,000 men in the Tyrol and Voralberg. The
Tyrolese raise difficulties about entering military
service.

PARIS, JUNE 24.
The following official telegram has been pub-
lished to-day :

LONATO, June 23d.--This morning the Emperor
accompanied by the King traversed the environs of
the town, and pushed a reconnaissance as far as
Desenzano on the borders of the lake.

MARSEILLES, JUNE 24.

Advices have been received from Rome to the
21st inst. On Sunday the crowd assembled before
the French garrison, and were about to display the
tricolor flag, and to proclaim the dictatorship of
Victor Emmanuel, but General Goyon prevented
it. Strong patrols traversed the town yesterday.
The Pope has notified his protest against the dis-
memberment of his States to the Powers repre-
sented at the Paris Conferences. At Gaeta yes-
terday the Pope addressed the Consistory on the
separation of Romagna from the States of the
Church. His Holiness communicated to the Cardi-
nals a letter of the Emperor Napoleon, guaranteeing
the independence of the Papal States. The delegate
of Ancona has withdrawn into the fortress with the
troops who have there fortified themselves. The
Monitore Toscano publishes a ministerial circular
ordering the Prefects to respect free manifestations
and the popular wish for annexation with Pied•
mont. The circular denies the possibility of a
return of the former dynasty, and declares that
divisions of territory would enfeeble Italy. Victor
Emmanuel is the symbol of union and of liberty.

The French Government has received the follow-
ing telegraphic despatch :

" Montechiari, 22d, 10h. 40m. p.m.

" The French army to-day completed the Passage
of the Chiesa to Montechiari, which was evacuated
by the Austrians the day before yesterday. The
cavalry has pushed reconnaisances, skilfully con-
ducted by Captain de Coutenson, of the Ist Regi-
ment of African Chasseurs. An advanced post of
Hulans was surprised. Some of them -were killed,
and nine with their horses taken prisoners. The
Piedmontese on their side fell in with an enemy's
advanced guard near Peschiera. A rather smart
engagement took place, in which two Austrian
officers and some men were killed. The municipality
waited on the Emperor to-day to offer him a pious
souvenir of the former victories of the French. A
column on which were engraved the names o
the French officers who were killed, had been
erected on the field of battle of Castiglioni. In
1818, the Austrians threw down this monument,
which the town of Montechiari caused to be re-
moved, and have since carefully preserved. His
Majesty accepted the present, and ordered that the
column should be replaced on the spot where it had
been originally erected."
" It is well known," says a letter from Vienna
of the 19th, in the Constitutionnel, " that at the
moment when hostilities commenced, the Austrian
Government ordered the directors of the public
treasuries in Lombardy and Venetia to immediately
send to Vienna all the specie and paper securities
which might be in their possession. Everything
was therefore in a place of security before any
invasion was feared. The tax-collectors were at
the same time ordered by every rigorous measure
to get in the taxes due. These measures,
which were supported by a numerous army,
caused the greater part of the money in circu-
lation to disappear, and it is in consequence of
that circumstance that an imperial rescript dated
the 17th authorised the Directors of the Finances
in Lombardo-Venetia to issue paper money for 50
millions of florins or 125 millions of francs. This
new paper money will have forced currency in all
the parts still oecupied by the Austrians, under
pain of the most severe punishment, and the in-
habitants will be compelled to receive it for the
supplies furnished to the army. It is thought that
these 50 millions are intended to make up for the
deficiency in the late loan of 75 millions, the reali-
sation of which with the exception of about 12

millions was prevented by the entrance of the
Franco-Sardinian troops."
A letter from Berlin of the 21st says :—" A ru-
mour has been generally current to-day that a
sudden check has taken place in the prepara-
tions for mobilisation and that the execution of
that important measure has been suspended. The
rumour is founded on two real facts. First, the
arrangements made on the different railways for
the conveyance of a number of troops have been
countermanded; and, secondly, a part of the men
summoned to Berlin for the landwehr have not
received their uniforms as they were to have done,
but have been paid and sent home with orders to
hold themselves in readiness for a future day. It
was stated, it is true, that the uniforms were not
yet ready, but that is not correct, as the military
storehouses contain everything necessary. The
change in the arrangements on the railways is a
more important fact than the interruption in the
clothing, which can only be momentary. A great
part of the Prussian troops must pass over the
Bavarian territory, and the Prussian officers who
had been sent to make the necessary arrangements
speak in the most glowing terms ',rof the enthu-
siasm with which they were everywhere received.
The Bavarian Government has, however, suddenly
changed its ideas, and now declares that it will
not allow the passage of the Prussian troops until
Prussia has clearly and categorically explained the
object of the military measures which she has
adopted. It is not yet known what answer will
be given to that demand."

A letter from Naples, in the Presse, says :
" For the amnesty, three decrees have been pub-
lished. The third relates to ordinary offences only ;
it diminishes by three years the punishment of
persons condemned to the galleys, imprisonment,
or transportation, and remits all fines and sen-
tences for minor offences, with certain exceptions.
The two other decrees relate to political offences.
The second mitigates the measures against those
who were placed on the list of suspected persons
in 1848 and 1849. These unfortunate men, who
were under the strictest surveillance of the police,
were imprisoned on the least disturbance, confined
to their province, and deprived of civil rights ; they
are now relieved from the strict surveillance.
The first decree, relating to political prisoners,
deserves to be literally translated ; it is as follows :
—‘ The rest of their sentences is entirely remitted
to all condemned to irons, solitary confinement,
banishment, and imprisonment, for political offences
committed in the years 1848 and 1849, not included
in the decrees of the 27th of December, 1858, and
18th of March, 1859, according to the lists existing
at the Ministry of Grace and Justice.' All persons
condemned for offences committed since 1849 are,
therefore, excluded from the benefit of this decree,
several hundreds of whom are now at the galleys,
in prison, transported, or in exile. In short, these
decrees, which have been regarded as a favourable
omen for the reign of the young King, were
already prepared by the late King as a complement
to his pretended amnesty, and cannot be considered
as amounting to much."