The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-03 00:00:00

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THE WAR IN ITALY.

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

VIENNA, JUNE 2.

The following is an official message from Milan,

2d inst. :

" Varese was yesterday cannonaded and taken by
General Urban, who delivered up the town again
to the legal authorities."

TURIN, JUNE 2.

This morning th 6 Austrians advanced from Bob-
bio towards the French outposts, but retired again
after a short fight. This movement was made to
conceal the retreat of the Austrians, who had begun
to evacuate Bobbio, carrying with them about 1,000
wounded.

Garibaldi has surprised and beaten the Austrians
at Varese, and the town is again free of the enemy.

TURIN, JUNE 3.

The Austrians have withdrawn to the eastern
bank of the Po, and have abandoned Torre Beretti
and the surrounding country.
Garibaldi re-entered Como yesterday evening at
11 o'clock.

VERONA, JUNE 1 (via Vienna).
The enemy have attacked the vanguard of the
7th Corps d'arrnee, but their further advance was
stopped by the Corps d'arrnee under the command
of General Zobel.

There was a great number of wounded.

BERNE, JUNE 2 (via France).

The Duke of Parma has arrived in Switzerland,
via the Tyrol, with a numerous suite, The sub-
governor of Sondrio has fled with yens d'arnies and
the public treasure into the Tyrol.
Sardinian officials fill the public offices in Son-
drio.

NAPLES, MAY 31.

This morning the remains of the late King were
carried with great ceremony and military display
from the palace to the church. They will be in-
terred to-morrow.

Naples is tranquil.
Everything remains in stutu quo.

The Moniteur publishes the following notification,
dated Paris, June 1, relative to the blockade of
Venice :—" It is notified • by these presents that his
Eminence the Minister of Marine has been informed
by Rear-Admiral Jurien de la Graviere, commanding
the French naval forces in the Adriatic, that on the
18th May, 1859, and from that day, there was
established by the naval forces placed under his
command an effective blockade of the port of Venice
and its issues. It is, besides, notified by these
presents that all the measures authorised by inter-
national law and the treaties existing between his
Majesty the Emperor and the different neutral
Powers shall be executed with regard to all vessels
which may attempt to violate the said blockade."
A letter from Vercelli of the 30th ult., in the
constitutionnel, says :—" Whilst the Imperial
Guard, suddenly leaving Alessandria, took, as all
saw, the direction of Voghera, orders prescribed
the concentration of our forces towards Casale,
Valenza, and Vercelli. Accordingly the French
army, combining its movements with the Sardinian
forces, marched to those three places, and have pre-
pared for an attack which will perhaps be termi-
nated by the time this letter reaches you. Tn the
course of a few hours, Casteggio, Montebello, and
Voghera were abandoned by the corps d'arinee
of Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers, and I learn
this morning that the Austrians, no doubt
mistaking this voluntary abandonment, have
returned there. I possess no information as to
the manner in which they have been received by
the inhabitants ; neither do I know how they have
acted towards the population, which twice already
has been subjected to their exactions ; but this
morning I heard fears expressed that acts of vio-
lence will be recommenced, and tliat incendiarism
will succeed murder and pillage. At Vercelli large
forces are collected, and a decisive battle is immi-
nent. Most of our soldiers expected to receive this
morning at daybreak the order to advance. The
sick, and the men who are labouring under tempo-
rary maladies, were yesterday conveyed to Ales-
sandria, and the army now consists only of healthy
soldiers, full of energy and impetuosity. Ide not

yet know where I can find shelter in this place

the town is small ; all the hotels are full ; and I
shall consider myself lucky if I can find room in a
peasant's chamber, with a table for a bed."

Another letter from Vercelli of the same date in
the Siecle says :—" The manner in which Garibaldi
crossed the Ticino and baffied the Austrians, who
acted on information obtained by their spies, was
curious, and may now be divulged without danger.
He left Turin with 3,700 men ; and the day after
his departure he quitted Biella and proceeded to
Borgomanero, where he passed the night and part
of the next day. He there prepared his plans, and
put them in harmony with the instructions given
him at head-quarters. The principal object was to
cross the Ticino, and effect the passage and invasion
without danger to himself or men. Garibaldi knew
that all these men risked their lives, inasmuch as be-
fore becoming soldiers they were refugees, and by
bearing arms they incurred, according t o the Austrian
code, the penalty of death. He accordingly spread
the report that he intended to stop at Arona, and
he even wrote himself orders to have stores and
lodgiug4 p repared there, and the churches fitted
up for the reception of horses. No sooner had he
sent off these orders by special messengers to Arona
which is on the Lago Maggiore, thaß he gave
orders to his men, each of whom carried two m
kcts, to leave for Castelletto, where they crossed
the Ticino in a ferry-boat to Sesto-Calende, and by
a forced march proceeded to Varese. The Austrians
on learning how they had been tricked, assembled
at Calarata, and intercepted the line of the Ticino
at Varese, believing that they would thereby cut
off" the retreat of the force and surprise it.
Garibaldi troubled himself little about that proceed-
ing, and induced the towns and villages to revolt.
His success in this was so great that he had to
write to the King for 8,000 muskets and 8,000
greatcoats. Foreseeing, however, an attack on
Varese, .he barricaded the town—which does not
mean that he barricaded himself in the town. That
done, he left 200 of his men, who, with the assist-
ance of the population, heroically resisted the Aus-
trians, who soon attacked the place. In the mean-
time he marched with the main body of his army
from the town towards the hills, and some time
after, surprising the enemy in flank, defeated
and routed them. The Austrians retired in
great disorder, and only re-formed
at
which
from
lata, a very important position, Gamer-
Como can be defended without great loss. But
Garibaldi scarcely left them the time to count
and, after a
themselves, as he attacked them again,
sharp combat, in which many of their officers were
killed, dislodged them. Ile then entered Como,
where he obtained a positive triumph from the
population. All the country is in full insurrection.
Young men are putting themselves in uniform and
ll classes,• without distinction
arming themselves. A
—nobles, peasants, citizens, men, women, and chil-
dren—arc prepared for resistance. Garibaldi has
taken the precaution of being able to supply the
population with arms and ammunition."

As connected with the events mentioned above,
a letter from Turin of the 29th says :—'The Mayor
of Montebello, who arrived here this morning,
states that the French have left Casteggio and
Montebello. On the departure of the French the
inhabitants of those two places, who dreaded the
return and the vengeance of the enemy, fled from
their homes, leaving the
houses empty and the