The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-18 00:00:00

beadle a visiting-card as a safe conduct ,to return
home with. The card which was produced, bore
the following words :—" Feldmarschall-Lieute-
nant Urban." The same journal publishes the ad-
dress to the King of Sardinia, by which Parma, on
the strength of the events of 1848; solicits its an-
nexation to Piedmont, as already mentioned. The
appearance of this document in the official journal,
without any comment, leads to the conclusion that
the prayer has been granted. It is further stated

;hat the Piedmontese General Ribotti, with two

adjutants, arrived at Parma on the 12th, and im-
mediately paid a visit to the Government Commis-
sion, who returned the compliment in their official
capacity on the following day.
The Royal Commission Extraordinary of the
divisions of Novara, Vercelli, and Ivrea has issued
a circular to the intendants-general, intendants,

and syndics of those territories, requesting

hem to institute inquiries concerning the amount

of damage done by the Austrians, whether by re-
quisition or otherwise, as also the acts of violence,
threats, and criminal suggestions to the people, of

which they have been guilty during their stay.

The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa publishes a
detailed account of the events at Bologna, with the
proclamations of the municipality and the Govern-
ment Junta appointed by the municipality. The
principal events have already been stated ; we need
therefore only add that, not only was the Italian
tricolour hoisted, but also the Papal arms lowered, a
demonstration of some significance. On the other

hand, it had been stated that Victor Emmanuel had

been proclaimed, from which it was inferred that
the annexation of Bologna to Piedmont had been
declared ; this, however, does not appear to have
been the case ; since in the proclamation of the
Government Junta, signed by Marquis Pepoli,
Count Malvezzi, M. Tanari, and M. Casarini, it is
stated that the King has only been invited to
extend his dictatorship to Bologna, although the

people " had expressed the spontaneous and unani•
mous desire of being united to the glorious
monarchy of Savoy." It is added that prudence
commanded the course which has been adopted.
The Vienna Gazette publishes the following
official despatches :
" Verona, 13th, 9 a.m.—The army is marching
to occupy a position selected by the Emperor, who
takes the immediate command. The march is
effected without the least annoyance from the
enemy."
" Verona, 13th, 4 p.m.—We are now able to give
more ample details on the combat of the rear-guard
at Malegnano, and also respecting the evacuation
of Piacenza. On the Bth inst., the Roden Brigade,
belonging to the Berger division of the rear-guard
of the Bth corps d'armee, was stationed at Maleg-
nano. At half-past five in the evening, three
columns of the enemy advanced upon that lo-
cality from Milan. The attacking column, which
came along the high-road, was composed of three
battalions, six guns, and a division of cavalry. Of
the other two columns, that of the right wing was
of the same strength, with ten guns, and some
congreve rockets; that of the left wing was rather
weaker, and had only two guns. At 5.45 the enemy
began the attack by a brisk cannonade. The
battery of the Roden Brigade replied to the
enemy's artillery, which was more than double the
Austrian, and fired with such persistence and
efficacy as to cause the enemy great loss. Half
an hour later the Roden brigade having mean-
while again penetrated into the locality of Maleg-
nano, the enemy made a strong attack of
infantry on the right flank of the brigade,
threatening its communication by the bridge of
the Lambro, and its line of retreat towards Lodi
with forces so greatly superior that the detach.
ments which had entered Malegnano were of
course recalled. The battery kept up its fire well
to the last ; during this interval the Boer Brigade,
which had kept in the rear of Malegnano, had
come up to support the troops engaged, and taking
up a position near Castello Bernardi, occupied that
domain chosen as the point of junction, up to the
moment at which the last wounded w ere removed.
It there received the detachments which retired
from Malegnano, whilst the enemy, who had passed
to the left bank of the Lambro, completely swept
the whole road in all its length from La Capuceim.
A violent thunderstorm, and no doubt the intention
ofmarching on Pavia, caused the enemy soon to cease
the combat ; and Berger's division continued, with-
out being disturbed, its march towards Lodi, in its
quality of rear-guard of the Bth corps. n this
combat, as always, our troops fought heroically.
The report of the commander of the army dwells
particularly on the brilliant bravery of the offi-
cers, who, setting the example to their troops,
were always the first in the combat, and too
often, alas ! met the death of heroes. We have
not yet obtained the detail of the losses sustained
at the combat of Malegnano, and ,consequently we
cannot at present give the names of the officers
killed or wounded; we will make them known
hereafter. Our loss in killed and wounded is 250
men, and among the former .Major-General Boer,
who, gravely wounded, succumbed whilst being
conveyed to Lodi. The evacuation of Pia-
cenza, decided on and ordered in accord with
the movements of the army, was effected on the
9th and 10th. The forts and blockhouses of the
earthworks, and a pier and two arches of the bridge
over the Trebbia were blown up. The greater part
of the cannons were put in barges and towed away
by steamers, of which pioneers formed the crew.
Some could not be taken away, and were either
spiked or burst. The garrison marched towards
Pizzighettone, and there joined the army. When
all the artillery ar.d the ammunition were conveyed
to Mantua, and when the bridge over the Adda was
burned down, Pizzighettone was likewise on the
11th evacuated."
The evacuation of Piacenza and Bologna by
the Austrian troops is represented by the Aus-
trian journals as a measure of greater political than
strategical importance. The Ostdeutsche Post
thinks that the Cabinet of Vienna, by that measure,
wishes to take away from the new Palmerston
Ministry any pretext for bringing forward its
favourite theme of the military intervention of
Austria in the States of the Italian Peninsula.
The German journals have become somewhat
calmer. The French Journal de Francfort, in dis-
cussing the Russian circular, considers that all such
documents, tending to the localisation of the war,
cannot fail to complicate the pending question. The
defensive character of the Germanic Confederation
ought only,according to this organ of Austrian policy,
to be interpreted by the Confederation itself, and
there exists, it says, a very precise prescription in
the Federal laws relative to the participation of
the Confederation in a foreign war, of course, for
the defence of German interests. In announcing
that the Austrian army is retiring towards the
Mincio, the same journal does not hesitate to say
that Austria is only continuing the war "in order
to decide if Italy is to be free to the Adriatic
or not." So that, according to this journal, the
question at stake is only a game played for
honour's sake, and the Vienna Cabinet only engages
in it in otder to show that it can play well. The
Cologne Gazette states that in reply to certain pro-
positions for peace coming from abroad, the Aus-
trian Cabinet has declared that it was not yet dis-
posed to consider the game as lost. The Austrian
Correspondence repeats on every occasion the same
assertion—that at Marignan, as everywhere else,
the Austrians only ceded to superiority of num-
bers. But if by means of this excuse the Corres-
pondence saves the bravery of its soldiers, it
singularly compromises the strategical science of its
generalsc
is,

FRANCE.
PARIS, JUNE 17.
The French Committee in Paris for the Affairs of
Italy have issued an address, through M. Navin,
the political director of the Steele, to the three
G
leaders in the Italian struggle, viz., General Gari-
baldi, General Ulloa, and M. Cavour. They, per-
haps, complete the proclamation of the Emperor
Napoleon to the French people, and are as follows :
- "To GENERAL GARIBALDI.
" General,—You have comprehended that a nation which
wishes to become independent and free ought to begin by
helping itself. At the moment when our soldiers, worth
of their predecessors, gained at Montebello the first victor;
in the holy war, which must not end until Venice is set
free, you boldly penetrated to the Lombard territory—you
called on your Italian brothers to shake off the infamous
yoke of Austria ; and the successes of
Permit
Varese, Maltata,
and Como marked each of your steps.
a sword of honour to the glorious Italian volunteers
symbolized in the person of the chief who guides
them with so much courage and skill. You and your com-
panions represent particularly the resurrection of Italy by
Italy. It is on that ground that we pray you to accept the
homage conferred by thousands of subscribers. It will
pr•VO to the bra ve who follow your
they know not only how to fight
honour those who raise themselves byu howtriott.p t
patriotism,
admire and
us to offer
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b flag that in France
am,devQteci.