The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-12 00:00:00

THEt-SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, 3 ULY 12, 1859,

LATEST NEWS.

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

VERONA, JULY 11 (via VIENNA).

The Emperor of Austria, accompanied by Gen-
erals Hess, Grunne, Kellner, Kollenstein, Roming,
Schlitter, and several other officers of the Staff,
went this morning to the interview with the French
Emperor at Villafranca.

, TURIN, JULY 11.

The Official Bulletin of to-day publishes the text
of the convention of armistic. Besides the articles
already known, it is said the belligerent armies
will keep the positions which they now occupy.
The railways to Verona, Peschiera, and Mantua
may, during the armistic, be used to carry provi-
sions to those fortresses. Peschiera and Mantua
are being provisioned, and the provisioning of the
former will be completed in two days. The works,
offensive and defensive, of Peschiera are to remain
in their present state. The convention is signed
by Generals Valliant, Martinfrey della Rocco, Hess,
and Meurdorf.

BERLIN, MONDAY, JULY 11.

The Prussian Gazette publishes an article in
which the earlier proposals of Prussia and the
latest proposal of Austria to the Federal Diet are
placed in comparison. The article says, among
other things, as follows :
Austria intends, by its proposal, to request the
Prince Regent to accept the post of Commander-
in-Chief of the Federal army. The possessor of
the chief power in the States of Prussia can never
be personally responsible to the Diet.
The article concludes thus :

It is easy to perceive how that a member of
the Federal Diet, which is at the same time
a belligerent Power, can make a proposal, the
acceptance of which would render dubious all
unity of action, and force Germany to commence a
war, by which it would be ruined. The Federal
Diet has to choose between the proposals of Prussia
and Austria. It can accept the former; or, by the
acceptance of the latter, deprive Germany of all
power of action, even also of the power of energeti-
cally negotiating for peace. It would also lower
the military power of the German States to the
organisation of the old army of the German empire.
The German nation will not doubt for a moment
on which side lie thes recognition and desire for
that which is now above all things needed for the
Fatherland.' "

BERNE, JULY 11

The Federal assembly has elected the President
of the Swiss Confederation for 1860 in the person
of the Federal Councillor M., Frey-Herossee. M.
Knusel has also been chosen Vice-President. M.
Ziegler has been re-elected Chief of the military
general staff.

TRIESTE, JULY 1

Yesterday fourteen war steamers were still ai

Lussin.

A Paris letter in the Independence of Brussels
gives the following account of the circumstances
which preceded the armistice :
" The Ethperor of Austria having caused a de-
mand to be made in the French camp if it were not
possible to obtain the remains of Prince Windis-
chgratz, who was killed at Solferino, the Emperor
Napoleon caused them to be sought for—and they
were recognised partly by his uniform, and partly
by some letters from his newly-married wife,
which he had about him. The corpse was
placed in an artillery waggon, and conveyed, ac-
-1 companied by an officer of the staff and an escort,
to the Austrian head-quarters. The officer ex-
pressed to the Emperor the condolence of the Em-
peror of the French ; and his Austrian Majesty
(who was just recovering from a somewhat severe
indisposition) begged, not without emotion, the
officer to convey his thanks to the Emperor Na-
poleon, and to express his sorrow at the death of
so many brave men in the French army. This led
to some remarks on the cruel necessities of war, and
from what was said the Emperor Francis Joseph
was able to perceive that those necessities were re-
gretted as much by his opponent as by himself.
The Emperor Francis Joseph afterwards sent the
son of Gen. Urban with a flag of truce to the French
camp, as is kliown, and the Emperor Napoleon by
an autograh letter proposed a suspension of arms.
It is added that the latter has carried his courtesy
to the extent of neutralising, for the signing of the
preliminaries of a truce, the town of Villafranca,
although the usages of war would have justified
him in requiring those formalities to take place at
his own headquarters."

The National Gazette of Berlin also contains the
following :
" The armistice which has just been concluded
in no respect constitutes peace; we may even ask
if the two powers have seriously put an end to
hostilities. It is possible that Austria only seeks
the means of renewing in a more efficacious man-
ner her cry of alarm ; whilst Napoleon 111, tends
to isolate Austria still more, by casting on the
Cabinet of Vienna the responsibility of refusing
reasonable conditions. However, that may be,
Prussia is placed in the most favourable situation,
as her intervention now no longer depends on the
variable chances of war. She can decide in a
manner perfectly independent on what side the
fault lies, in case the negotiations should fail, and
can choose afterwards the position which she
should assume. For her mediation she can desire
nothing better than to see the French stop at the
Adige and accept definitively the meeting of a con-
gress. In the new phase in which negotiations
are about to enter the resolutions to be taken at
Frankfort are of the highest importance. The
principal basis of any action consists in the unity
of diplomatic and military action in the hands of
Prussia. It is known that our Government has
made new propositions in that spirit relative to the
adjunction of the corps d'armee of the Germanic
Confederation to the Prussian army, and relative to
the chief command of the other confederate corps."

The Cologne Gazette, in an article entitled
" Armistice and War," says :—" The news of the
armistice between the Emperor of Austria and the
Emperor of the French is the more happy that the
advantages of the armistice, at least at the first
glance, appear to be altogether for Austria. We
can make that declaration, fur according to our
accounts, and they come from a good source, the
situation of the Austrian army is deplorable. Corn-
manded in an uncertain and incapable manner, it has
always been inferior to its adversary, in spite of its
ardent efforts. It certainly has never fled, it has never
been pursued, but it has always been beaten, and
to fall back constantly must in the end discourage
the bravest soldier. Lombardy is lost ; the Miracio
itself has no longer the prestige which was attached
to its name ; the Franco-Sardinians have crossed it
as as they would any ordinary river, and they have
set to work to take from the celebrated quadrangle
the terror which it has hitherto inspired, by be-
sieging all its fortresses. In the Austrian army it
is not merely discouragement which prevails, but
disorder and extreme confusion. The food of the
soldiers is bad. The war was commenced with
order in the finances, and the necessity of procuring
money has led to the adoption of desperate mea-
sures. Moreover, the Austrians, though on their
own territory, are in a hostile country, for treason
surrounds them. And the French, by means of
their fleets, were sending troops to disem-
bark in their rear, and were preparing
to besiege Venice. If besides the Emperor
of Austria casts his looks further—that is
to say, in his own States beyond the Adriatic_
what he sees is not calculated to console him.
Everywhere discontent, excited by his system of
government, breaks out; the voice of the people