The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-20 00:00:00

.THE.. JITA,Jr Z._

fashional4e.company assembled to witness the re-

view.
The Victoria' and Albert RoYal steam-yacht, The "tdmontoil Royal Middlesex Regiment of
Captain the Hen-.7.-Deiinfah berthed- alongside Rifles
„is -gt assemble, at Barnet on the 15-h of July,
the, uorth quayof the steam Bassin in Portsmouth for 21 iys training.
yard. She is in the hands of thefactory authorities ~The... men: belonging to the, outh Devon Militia
having the necessary repairs to- her damaged ma- sire appointed.to assemblefOr training at Plymouth
chinery effected. • on the sth of Julys under the, personal command of
The Sidon, -22,,paddlewheel frigate,. Capt. Craw- Lord Cliurston.
ford, in the ip basin. at,Portemouth,has her masts "
alongside, and-will shipthem from the inner sheers
of the basin.
The Pearl, 21, screw corvette, at Portsmouth, has
been placed in the, steam basin , She is to be pre-
pared foithe second-class steam reserve.
The Mike of Wellington, 13.1,.-screvf steamship,
was undocked at Portsmouth on Saturday, and re-
moved to the moorings up- the harbour.
The Melpomene, 51, screw frigate, Capt. Ewart,
had her crew paid adVance of wages' on Friday and
left Spithead wider steam for Liverpool on Saturday.
The Urgent, screw steam troopship, Commander
Hire, has been placed in. No. 'T dock at Portsmouth.
The Neptune, 91, screw steam two-decker, Capt.
Sir W.Hoste,Bart. (the first of the "reconstructed"
three-decked sailing s hips)steame d mit ofP ortsmouth
harbour on Saturday in charge of (apt. G. T. Gordon,
commanding the steam reserve; to the trial ground
in Stokes lay to test her speed at the measured
mile. Mr. G. Murdoch, in spectorof machinery afloat,
with Mr. Miller, from-the steam factory, superin-
tended the trial. The results gave the ship a speed
of 111 knots; draught of water forward, 19 ft. 3 in.;
aft, 22 ft. 3 in., without her guns, men, stores, &c.
Revolutions oengines, 62 ; pressure of steam, 20-5;
force of wind, 4 ; temperature in stoke-hole, 104
deg. ; barometer, 30-25. The result of the trial is
considered h,ighly satisfactory, but as this trial has
been made at such a light draught, another will take
place when, the ship appioaches nearer to her sea-
going trim. The engines are by Ravenhill, Salkeld,
and Co., with 500-horse power, nominal; 71 inch
cylinders, with a 3feet stroke.
The steam frigate Amphion, 36, having completed
her alterations and repairs at Chatham, has been
taken out of dock, and will be attached to the
second division of the steam reserve in ordinary
at that port.
The screw gunboat Victor, 6, 300-horse power,
has been taken into No. 2 dock at Chatham Dock-
yard, for the purpose of being repaired and fitted
for the steam reserve in the Medway.
A letter received at Plymouth from an. officer
states that the screw steamship Cmsar, 91, Capt.
Frederick, arrived at Havannah on the 15th ult.,
all well. The writer says,—" On the Bth, we met
with a terrific squall, such as few on board had.
ever experienced. Our ship passed through it
gallantly, and was so steady that a tall jug in my
cabin was unmoved. When the awful darkness
rolled away and the supernaturally black green
sky gave place to. blue, we saw the Diadem far
astern with her main and mizen yards both gone."

THE-. HEAD-QUARTERS OF THE
c • ALLIED ARMIES.

'The following letter has been received from
Milan, dated Tune

‘: Decidedly there_is to be no new edition of the
famous attack on the bridge of Lodi. The Aus-
trians, wiser than their forefathers, or perhaps made
wiser by their own experience at the Ponte di Buf-
falora and Pante di Magenta, have taken the pre-
caution of destroying the bridge. Well, where there
is no bridge, no bridge can be taken. Had this
been done to General Bonaparte, as was intended,

in 1796, it would have been a serious inconvenience
to him, for it woilld have delayed his following on
the heels of the retreating Austrian army. As for

us, Nous nous- en inoquons.' The circumstances
are widely different. The passage of the Adda
might have offered some difficulties to the army of
the French Republic, which was scarcely so large
as one of our corps d'armee, but it is no obstacle
worth mentioning for an army like that of the
-Allies; and then we -have not the same interest to
press back the enemy's foices as General Bonaparte
had. In his time the Austrians had, militarily
speaking, little or no hold in Upper Italy. Once or
twice beaten in the open field, they had to make
the best of their way to the. Tyrol and Carinthia ;
all they could do was to leave a few thousand men
in Mantua, and the war was ended until they could
collect in the mountains fresh forces, and attempt

to regain the lost ground. Now this is all changed.
The'Austrians have in the heart of Upper Italy a
kind of Sebastopol, connected with the rest of the
empire, not by long, inhospitable steppes, but by
excellent roads, and in many parts even by rail-

ways. Austria can thus, even better than Russia,
cOneentrate all her forces at this extremity, which
ihas been prepared for the purpose by the work of
years and the expenditure of millions. Any pres-
: sure on her retreating .army would only bring it
nearer to its stronghold, from which it ought never
to have come out ; and no pressure would be suffi-
cient to get into the stronghold together with the
retreating army. In one word, General Bonaparte
ended his campaign at the Mincio ; we have to be-
, gin there the second and more serious phase of it.
It is well known that the Austrians are preparing
on a grand scale for this decisive phase of the Ita-
lian campaign. They have changed their comman-
der, Who has contrived to lose at least 50,000 or
60,000 men in less than a week.
' " The King left last night, the Emperor this
morning—a sign that the campaign is about to be-
gin again. The sooner the better. The distances
are so small that we may hope to be in time to
take advantage of the demoralising effect of the
first blows, and anticipate the reinforcements ex-
pected by the Austrians from the interior.
"Milan, to him who saw it during the presence
of the Allied Sovereigns, seems almost a city of
the dead. It is as if the burst of enthusiasm had
exhausted the vital power of the city, and as if it
required some repose to recruit its strength. The
' communications, which had been interrupted by the
war, are being gradually re-established. The rail-
way from this to Como has already begun to run ;
that to Magenta will very likely be opened to the
public as soon as it is no more required for the
army. When this is done there will be, with the
exception of the little distance from Magenta to the
station of San Martino, an uninterrupted railway
communication to Turin and France. What an
advantage for reinforcements and stores !

The steam store ship Rhadamanthus, 3, Master
Commander F. Sturdee, from Woolwich, arrived' at
Plymouth on Saturday with supernumeraries, •
boilers, machinery, &c.
The screw steam troopship Simooni, 3, Comman-
der
J. M. Cooke, from Scotland, arrived at Ply-
mouth on Saturday with the Fifeshire
The steam tender Avon, 3, Second Master J. H.
Lawrence commanding, left Plymouth for Portland
on Friday evening, with the Cone Committee, com- '
prising Vice-Admiral F. Martin, Capt. A. W. Jer-
ningham (of the Cambridge), Capt. H. Stewart,
C.B. (Impregnable), and Capt. R. S. Robinson (of
the Wellington). The system (Redl's) will be
adopted by all the ships in the squadron, and the
committee will report. Lights on the cone prin-
ciple will be used. for night signals.
The crew of the screw steamship London, 90, in
Plymouth Sound, were paid advance of wages on
Friday.
The paddle steam vessel Locust, 3, Lient. J. B.
Field, commanding, from Sheerness, arrived at Ply-
mouth on Friday with supernumeraries.
The lighter Aid, J. Grandy, master, from Chat-
ham and Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Fri-
day.
Orders have been received at Devonport to cop-
per the Donegal, 101, np to her deep water line.
The screw steam gunboat Snap (tender to La
Hogue), Lient. W. F. Johnstone commanding, from
Greenock, arrived on Saturday at Plymouth, where
she will be thoroughly repaired. The Snap brought
some men for the London, 90.
The paddlewheel steam vessel Advice, Second-
Master M. =C. Raymond, having completed her re-
pairs, left Plymouth on Saturday for Queenstown.
At Bovisand Point, near the eastern entrance to
Plymouth Sound, preliminary arrangements have
been made for the erection, close to the water's
edge, of turf batteries, which will extend from the
flagstaff to the gate.
In the naval appointments in The Sun of Satur-
day the name of -" A. Cogar," master's assistant to
the Hannibal, should have been " Arthur Cazaly."
The periodical inspection of the Royal Marine
Artillery took plane. at Fort Cumberland, near
Portsmouth, on Friday. The inspecting officer, Ma-

" On the Venetian line the Austrians have carried
away the locomotives and most of the carriages, but
the deficiency will be supplied as we advance ; as
for damaging the line itself, they could do little.
except here and there a bridge, -which can be re-
stored in a very short time.
" The new Governor of Lombardy scarcely ap-
pears in the foreground, so quietly and smoothly
does the organization of the country go on. As you
saw from the decree which I sent you yesterday,
as little as possible has been changed, the object
baing not to deVise the best possible government,
but one that should be ready for the emergency.
All that has been done, therefore, is to remove the
number of foreigners whom. the Austrian Govern-
ment employed in the public offices, and to concen-
trate the government in the hands of responsible
persons with considerable power, instead of the
collective body .which•had been such a nuisance in
the late Austrian Administration.

jor-Gen. Wesley, accompanied by Major Rodney, of
the Royal •Marine Light Infantry, arrived on the
ground at 11 a.m., and was received by the troops,
under Col. Fraser, with the, usual salute ; after
which they broke into open column right in front,
marching past in slow and quick time, and per.
formed a variety of other manoeuvres. At the con-
clusion of battalion inspection the detachment just

returned to head-quarters from service in her Ma-
jesty's ship. Pearly and with her famous Naval Bri-
Fade in India,.were called to the front bypilia Ma-
jor-General, and addressed. by him in warm terms
on their Conduct while on service in India, where
they had, if possible.-added lustre to the corps to
which they belonged, and afforded a good example'
to those pf, their comrades who had not as yet had
an opportUnity of distinguishing 'Themselves in the
face of an enemy. The general and staff afterwards
visited the laboratory; where nearly 200 men' were
employed in the different brOaches of their prOfes-
Sion. At 2 p.m. the lab Oratory b.ndrepositorycatirses
being gone through, practice Commenced with. a
Shell gun with naval shell froth the works of the FOrt,
a park of . field guns of heavy calibre on the beach;
and a rocket brigade firing 31b. and 121 b. rocketS. ,Th e
precision and accuracy of the firing, at various
ranges fromo to 1,600 yards,_the bursting of the
shells at the *of 'deSired, haihfttiti flie heavy-gRn
on 'the' woilaTand the 'field pieces and howitzers
on the beach, were such as could only be witnessed
on a practice day.of this corps. `The day's proceed-
ings conclnded practice at a butt; from a bat-
tery at 600 yards 'distanee';'representing a section
of .a line-of-battle-Ship, armed with 8-inch guns,
which were handled with all. the activity of seamen
gunners. Apt the conchision of the practice, Major-
General Wesley returned frOna the Fort. to Ports-
mouth,
-this concluding the gallant Gelieral's
spection in. the S.W. district. The Royal Marine
Light Infantry were inspected at.Forton and Brown
and Thursday.
Down on Wednesday

"In the financial organization of the country the
same system has been followed as in the political one.
Here are the two.decrees which relate to it :
" eVITTonio EIMANUELE, &C.

Seeing, our decree of the Bth inst., considering
the necessities of the national war, and in virtue of
the c„xtraordinary powers conferred upon us by the
law of the 25th. of April last, on the proposal of
our Council of Ministers, we have ordered and we
order as follows :-
1.. The direct and. indirect taxes which exist
at , present- in the Lombard provinces are, provi-
sionally maintained, excepting What is changed by
the following article i---
" As to all that concerns the sale of articles
belonging to the Regia Privativa,* the posts, tele-
graphs, •aiia CustOin-houses, the taxes, laws, and
legulations now in force in the other parts of the
.4.3.py,a1 States will be applied in Lombardy by
special order of the Governor.
, assimilation completed, the Custom-
honk lino between Loinbardy and the other pro-
linCeS Will be suppressed. •
" 'We order that the present decree, provided
with. the Seal, of the. State, be inserted in the
arphiVes of the Government, calling on every one
whom; it ".concerns ,to respect it and make it re-
speofed.' , • '

- "Another decree orders as follows : • '
" ' 1. Henceforth, during -the war, the munici-
palities; or those who enforce the Excise duties,
can exact no tax from or lay any obstacle in the
-way of the importation and exportation, deposit, or
consumption of any kind of provisions which may
be _furnished for the service of the national and'
allied troops, either directly through the instru-
mentality of the military administration or by
private enterprise. and requisitions.
. .." ' 2., If hereafter it should be proved that, by•
the dispositions, of,the preceding article, the com-
munity has received a mach smaller revenue from
,the,._ Excise and octroi than the average of the last
Zws9' exceptions,
two years it will receive an equitable compensation
for its losses.
4 4 3•
Any law or disposition contrary to the
present one is abolished:
' , ,„ Man, , ..ii " ' VITTORIO EMMANUELE.
" Thus, .Milan,
ijtoTeer9;
what - .
Lombardy will
Present bythe same forms
bwhichbe
governed
haye existede hitabxeerst,oa;uthe y
oLuowmibi
la rsdesewillthe
was insupportable
will be, and is already,
have to PaY thcciesamtheatt
understrang
e cA
tuas
submittedtr i a n
tto rule
under
a self-chosen 3rCheerfu7thy7
Go-
vernment. Every ,one thinks it natural, and,
should there be greater sacrifices, they will bear
them equally well. Here lies the whole Italian
question, turn it is you foreigner
matter' s
a
' like Jerome Paturet, go and search after the best,
not of Republics, but "Governments, and find it too;
he Wi.ll not be less detested than he has been under
th'e spirit-killing bureaucratic system., t which
a
bean kept uplitherto'in Lombardy.
rZ feeling, or call it instinct—animal instinct, if you
like-,--Lbut so it is;': As the gray and red partridge
pill not
,dwell together, so it is with some races,
and more- especially With the German and Italian.
Nothing can ever conciliate them.
. "As the two cannot dwell together, and neither
will yield, they must fight for it. The proclama-
tions of both the Emperor and the King say clearly
enough that the thing is not done yet, and that the
Italians must help themselves as far as they can.
The appeal has not been in vain, for within the lasi
tWo.days aboVe 4,000 volunteers have enlisted from
this town alone. ,The display of military splenl
dour dnrinc, the presence of the Allied Sovereigns
has, no doubt, contributed to attract the youth, but
even without it there Would haveibeen a fair con-:
tingent. ' A proof in this respect is the success of
Garibaldi, who, in spite of whit .he had to pasS
through, and in spite of the little attraction which
a sniall bodynf men; with greatcoats for uniformsy-
and often scanty, fare, presented, still contrived tO
'le6l.l'l.l,l'rgelie,on the road. It is on the peasantry
,in the nprth.and the, cities, both in the mountains
Itiaiu.the'll,pluinEi, that we may chiefly reckon fof
active ,c9-operation. ~ . :. I

THE ARMY. -
The experiment of placinga largenumber of the
troops quartered - at Chatham. garrison -finder can-
vas; which:Was_ Made last suminer, baring been I
attended with considerable success; both as regards'
the health and!
discipline e. me% a:llother 'camp
has been' formed also thii 'rear dn the vacant ground
outside the barracks, and within-the fortifications;
in order to relieve the crowded Chatham barra:elts,
occupied by the East India depots, comprising the;
first and second -battalions. The spot selected fore,
the formation of the cainp is exceedingly ele-!
-rated one within the Spur battery, the site' being;
the same as that chosen for the eamp•last year. The
ground, having a sloping surface, is well • drained,'
and well adapted for encamping treops. A,
number of commodious tents have--,been .pitched by
the troops, each tent being capable of aceommodat-'
ing'several men together, with bedding, camp fur-
niture, &e. The mostq.igid rules have been' framed
to secure the health andcleanliness of the men who
are to be placed under canvas, and all the sanitary
details will be- carried ` out under the direction of
the medical officers of the garrison hospitals. A
sufficient number of tents having been erected, the
depots of the 10th and 29th Regiments, attached to
the second. battalion, vacated. their quarters in
Chatham barracks On Saturday • afternoon, and
marched into camp, where .they` will remain during,
the summer. Before the troops were allowed to gO
under canvas all the tents were inspected by,
Major-General Eyre, in order that he might satisfy
himself that nothing was wanting to promote the
health of the soldiers..: During' the time they are
in camp the men will sleep on portable—bedsteads,
the
_ practice of sleeping on the ground having been
found excedingly detrimental to the health of the
troop,.
Three officers and 94 men, 2 officers'., wives,,2
soldiers' wives and 4 •
Rifle Bri_gade • children of the 2d battalion
3d battalion itrieth 3 officers and 102 men of. the
Chester to Gravesend
Brigade, will proceed from Win;
Clarence, for Caleldt for embarkation. on board the
the depot of the 100 tali. on
ithe 23d inst. 50 men ;of
Regiment will also proceed
Gravesend, on tbe same d
Wight, for embarkatio nay, from Parkhurst, Isle of
on board the Violet, for
Gibraltar.
Forty invalid soldiers, several of
t Mare o England in the Eastern on h whom returned
have arrived at
the military hospital at Great Yarmouth durin,,
the past week.
..The enrolled pensioners of the Bristol district,
• under the command of Lieut.-Col. Whitmore
ing completed their six days' exercise, were ail::
spected—on Saturday on. Durdhani.down: by Col'
•
M‘Murdo, C. 13 , Commandant of the Milt arylrain
The men performed a series,of evolutions an: a, vs*,
ran-like style,-and were complimented by the re:
viewing officer on were
efficiency. A large and

Afaibpolies of the Government, such as salt, tobacco,
guwiyider, etc.