The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-16 00:00:00

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THE WAR IN ITALY.

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

TURIN, JUNE 15.

The Austrians are retreating from the Oglio and
the armies of the allies continue to advance. The
Austrian Corps d'urniee which had left Ancona for
Pesaro has directed its course towards the lower
Po, to join the troops in the provinces of Venice.
It is not yet certain that Ancona has been entirely
evacuated by the Austrian troops. Modena and
Brescello are free. Forli, Faenza, Imola, and the
other municipalities of Romagna have pronounced
in favour of the national cause.

VIENNA, JUNE 15.

The Duke of Modena arrived yesterday at
Mantua and was received by the Archduke
William.
The funeral of Prince Metternich has taken

place this afternoon.
The ministerial Ostdeutsche Post publishes a
correspondence from Paris speaking of the even-
tuality of the French landing on the coasts of the
Venetian territory.

BERNE, JUNE 15.
The towns of Forli, Faenza and Imola have pro-
claimed Victor Emmanuel King.
The Austrians have withdrawn from the river
Oglio, taking the direction of the Venetian pro-

vinces.

Modena and Brescello are free.

VIENNA, JUNE 16,

The official Reichsgesetzblatt publishes an Im-
perial decree ordering the payment of interest on
the national loan during the continuance of the
war to be made in bank notes with premium
(agio) instead of in specie. For the period until
the end of September the agio is fixed at 25 per
cent. The payment of duties and taxes by coupons
of the loan remains valid and unaltered. It is
however left to the option of the public to request
payment of the interest on the said National loan
in Government Bonds (Staats-Schuldverschreibun-
gen) which after five years from the date the in-
terest on the National loan becomes due, will be
repaid with compound interest at the rate of 128
gulden for every 100 gulden in specie.
(In other words the public will receive for in-

terest now due in their option either 'bank notes at
1251. for every 100 fl., cr Government Bonds to be
redeemed with compound interest after five year.s
from the date of their issue.)

" The second series of the military observations
of the allied armies," says the Nord, " will now be
pushed on with great vigour by sea and land. We
shall soon see if the Austrians are more fortunate
behind their fortifications than in the open country.
The Emperor of the French and the King of Sar-
dinia are advancing all the troops to invest the
Austrian fortresses ; and Prince Napoleon will soon
proceed with the corps d'armee under his orders to
the lower Po, to support the movements of the right

wing of the French army."
According to private letters received in Paris,
such is the abundance of provisions of every
kind abandoned by the Austrians in their precipi-
tate retreat from Lodi, Pavia, Cremona, and Pizzi-
ghettone, that orders have been sent to the victual-
ling department in France to suspend the despatch
of stores to the seat of war for one month to come.
Admiral Count Bouet Willaumez has sailed from
Toulon with the first division of the siege fleet,
consisting of the Mogador, Gomer, Degoartc,, and
Vauban, having in tow three floating batteries, the
Tonnante, Devastation, and Lave. Admiral Bonet
has hoisted his flag on board the Mogador, which
towo tho Tonnante. The second division, composed
of gunboats, will sail in a few days, escorted by the
squadron of Admiral Desfosses.
The latest journals from Parma bear the date of
the 11th. A Government Commission had been
formed there, composed of MM. Cantelli, Bruni, and
Armani, which, after ordering the Italian tricolour
with the cross of Savoie to be hoisted on the
citadel, issued a proclamation announcing that the
inhabitants had notaing more to fear from the Par-
mese troops, who had preferred going over to
Austria rather than serve the national cause. The
document concludes with a recommendation to
preserve public order, and observe the laws.
Next follows a decree, ordering that all public
acts and sentences shall be issued in the name
of the Government Commission, until the
Government of Victor Emmanuel shall have de-
creed otherwise; another decree abrogates the state
of siege, and a third maintains the corps of gen-
darmes. The Opinione of Turin states that, in
accordance with the vishes of Parma and Piacenza,
the King has appointed Count Pallieri civil gover-
nor of the two places
Chevalier Buonompagni, Sardinian Com-
missary Extraordinary in Tuscany, has issued
a decree opening vaious new ports to the re-
ception of breadstufs, which before could only
be introduced throurh Leghorn and the Arno
custom-house. By another decree, all requi-
sitions made by the commanders of the allied
armies, and duly sgned by the local authori-
ties, must be immediately complied with, on pain
of an imprisonment net exceeding 10 days, or a fine
not exceeding 100 fraics. The price of the articles
thus given up shall be fixed by common agreement
between the Governmmt and the owners.
A letter from Vienra of the 11th says :—" The
4th corps d'armee, of vhich a portion arrived three
days ago at Vienna, hts begun to leave for Italy.
It is commanded by ihe Archduke Charles, who
has hitherto had his held-quarters at Lemberg. The
several corps which belong to the 3d, and who are
now stationed in Upper and Lower Austria, are about
to go to Trieste, and tie Archduke Albert is also to
proceed there. General Count Schlick is to go into
Italy with the troops which are stationed in Istria.
The 13th corps d'armee, which is about to be
formed, is also destinad for Italy. It is definitively
decided that the regiments of infantry shall each
receive the sixth campaign battalions. The second
extraordinary levy is to be terminated by the 15th
of September. What are called the first three
classes of age are included in it, and the stature of
the men is to be reduced. The sum ordinarily paid
for exemption from military service is not accepted
for men comprised in this levy."
The Nord of Brussels publishes a letter from St.
Petersburgh, which says :—" The great number of
prisoners left in the hands of the allies after every
conflict with the Austrian army is a very remark-
able fact. How ctn it be explained ? The Austrian
soldiers are certainly no cowards ; are they dis-
pirited ? Or arr these captures owing to the
clever manoeuvring of the allies? Perhaps the
real cause may be found in the circumstance
that the Lombard, Hungarian, and Gallician sol-
diers, who are very numerous in the Austrian
army, do not look upon the Austrian cause as
theirs, and so, when once out of the ranks, they
prefer surrendering to fighting ? We admit that
the French bulbtins may not give a very accurate
account of the Austrian killed and wounded,
but, as to the prisoners, they may be counted ac-
curately, and official bulletin can hardly be sus-
pected of error there. To tell the truth, the suc-
cess of the allies has caused but little surprise
here ; we expected it, and felt certain of the Aus-
trian defeat. As a proof of the great interest felt
here respecting the war in Italy, I need only men-
tion the military articles regularly published for
some time past by our journals. For instance, the
St. Petersburg Gazette is publishing a series from
the talented pen of M. Amichkoff, in the second of
which the writer strongly blames the hesitatio.n
the Seri
evident in all the Austrian movements on Seri