The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-21 00:00:00

GENOA.

A letter from Genoa, dated June 16, says :—The
French here are landing chests, four feet square,
marked in English " Navy bread," with the gross
weight, tare, and net, of each box ; and these do
not lie at all on the quay, but are immediately put
on the trucks, passed through the tramway tunnel
to the station at St. Pier d'Arena, and so sent for-
ward without delay ; sacks of flour landed by hun-
dreds follow more slowly, each pile sleeping one
night, perhaps, wrapped in sheets of canvass to
protect it against the damp air before disappearing,
when its place is soon supplied by another. Num-
bers of casks from New York, containing each " 30
pieces of prime pork," are loaded on waggons or
taken to the University, in Strada Balbi, one of the
finest buildings in Genoa, and now used as a store.
Great barges, piled like Pickford's vans, with cases
of liqueurs, extrait d' absinthe, Muscat de Frontig-
nan, and cognac, are rowed in each by a single
man. through the port to the Sanita quay, to be
discharged and put in store.
Yesterday about 800 Austrian prisoners arrived,
looking haggard and worn, but not otherwise objects
that would excite much pity ; their general demean-
our is quite unnatural, so dogged and indifferent
do they seem ; neither gay and careless as French-
men would probably be under such circumstances,
nor showing dejection and mortification as Italians
would do at the loss of liberty. Of course among
the number were bright exceptions.; some fine young
men were pointed out to me as Hungarians, but the
and
mass were simply heavy-looking, stupid,

bored.
Two days ago I saw a curious sight at the Bu -
salla railway station, where ends the great tunnel,
running through Monte Giove, which connects the
Piedmontese plains with Genoa,—no less than a
long train full of soldier butchers and bakers !
I did not at first observe that the numbers on
their caps showed them to be of many different
regiments, and was quite taken aback when a
merry fellow sang out in answer to my
question,
" Nous sommes tous boulangers." They could
not start for half an hour, for a double engine,
patented by Stephenson, drags them up the
steep incline of the tunnel, rendered still steeper
by some unfortunate engineering mistake or
unavoidable difficulty of the ground, which has
made the tunnel rise from both sides, its highest
point being under ground, and me
a nwhile they
laughed and talked and sang vaudeville songs with
a good chorus, some tuning th • •
childish treble" to improve en. voices to a
the harmony, or

rather melody, for they did not take parts, but
sang in unison. They were very eager to get down
to the war, and confident of success, showing me
their muskets and cartridges when I asked if bakers
fought, and doubtful whether the Emperor was at
Milan or Mantua. One wished very much to give

ews of his safe arrival to his friends at home
but smiled at the idea of writing. No letter from
the camp, said he, would reach the French shores ;
Napoleon had no idea of exposing his plans or his
losses to be criticised by every man qui nzettait
du noir sur du blanc—i. e., black ink on white
paper. The complaint about non-delivery of let-
ters is quite true. It is acknowledged that no
seal is respected at the post-office, and written
news from the camp more explicit or exten-
sive than what is given in the bulletins runs
great risk of total extinction. A friend of mine
was told on application that there was a letter for
him, but he was begged to return for it in an hour,
at the end of which time he received it with the seal,
bearing evident tokens of tampering; and the great
movement which preceded the battleg of Palestro
and Magenta was marked by a total interruption
of communications for a week, during which time
wives and mothers, tormented by constant reports
of fighting and loss, had no resource but patience.

FRANCE.

PARIS, JUNE 19.

Three of the Paris journals give long descrip•
tions of the well-known square of fortresses belong•
ing to Austria beyond the Mincio, and inquire in
what manner the Franco-Piedmontese troops will
endeavour to cross that river and attack the Aus-
trian troops at the other side. The Univers
expresses itself as follows on the point :
" What is the French army about to do ? Will
it attempt to cross the Mincio in presence of
150,000 Austrians ? Or, will it make an attack
on Peschiera, in order to open an entrance into
the well-known quadrangle ? The important point
at the present time is to form an estimate of the
strength of this large entrenched camp, the last
asylum of Austrian power. It results from accu-
rate information, drawn from authentic sources,
that the square has its weak points. Peschicra,
one of its bases, and which will probably be the
first to be reached by the French troops, must
speedily fall. Once that that place is in the hands
of the allies, their army will possess one of the
keys of the square and command the course of the
Mincio. It may then advance towards Verona or
Mantua. It is therefore probable that if the Aus-
trian army does not a second time tempt the for-
tune of arms in advance of the Mincio, a decisive
battle will be fought in the very centre of the qua-
drilateral. Without knowing the plans of the Com-
mander-in-Chief, and without being even a skilful
strategist, we may suppose that the Austrians
will be attacked on several points at once. A
naval expedition, possessing immense means of de-
struction, is on the way to Venice ; 120 flat-bot-
tomed boats, sheeted with iron and armed with
rifled cannon, are, it is said, to ascend the Adige
and the Po. If Venice falls, as it is very probable
it will, the fleet may land a corps d'armee to march
on the Adige and take the Austrians in the rear,
while the grand army attacks them in front. There
are also in Tuscany French Troops which will at
an appointed day appear on a given point. Let us
therefore wait for events. The present manoeuvre
of the Austrians is the same as was adopted by
Radetsky in 1848, but with this difference, that
General Schlick will now have a French army in
front of him."

PARIS BOURSE.—The market has been very
dull, and prices declining, owing to the English Con-
sols having come with a fall of Threes receded
from 62f. 45c. to 62r. 30c. ; Mobilier varied from
635 f. to 630 f. ; Austrian, 407 f. 50c. to 402 f. 50c. ;
Orleans, 1,217 f. 50c. to 1,242 f. 50c.; Lyons, 825 f.
to 820 f. ; Southern, 475 f. to 472 f. 50e. ; Northern,
922 f, 50c. to 9201. The market continued dull to
the close. The following were the last quota-

ions :

41 per Cents. .... 92 60 I Credit Fonder 640
Do. end month Belgian 41

—.
3 per Cents 62 40 Pie;imontese (5) .. 82 50
Do. end month 62 40 Roman B2 50
Bank Shares. 2760 Austrian

Credit Mobilier 637 50 Spanish Threes
Do. Account ..... 633 75 Home Debt 4O

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern 920 .. 925
New ditto — .. 787 60
Lyons and. Mediterranean B2O .. 822 50
Geneva.. — .. 495
Southern
Western 5lO ..
Eastern
Sardinian 372 50 .. 368 75
Austrian

Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 e. ; money,
25f Tic. ; three months, paper, 25f..; money, 24f. 971 c.

The Parma Gazette publishes a decree issued by
the Government Commission, declaring that all the
officers of the troops of Parma, who have gone over
to Austria, are enemies of the country, and have as
such forfeited their ranks and emoluments. More-
over, all promotions in the army emanating from
the old Government, subsequently to the date of
the 3d ult., are annulled ; an exception, however,
being made in favour of the corps of gendarmes.
The same journal gives an account of a recon-
naissance made on Brescello by Captain Lafouge,
aide-de-camp to General d'Autemarre, with four
mounted gendarmes and the first lieutenant of that
body ; the result of this operation was, that the
few Modenese troops still at Brescello laid down
their arms, and that the people immediately hoisted
the tricolour.

A correspondent of the Univers, writing from
Rome on the 14th, gives the following account of
the reception of the Bologna deputation at the
French headquarters :—" It was stated that a de-
putation of the Bolognese, who repaired to the
Emperor Napoleon to acquaint him with the situa-
tion of the Romagna and the wish of the inhabitants
to be joined to Piedmont, were sent back with any-
thing but an agreeable answer. The Emperor is
reported to have said :—' Return to your country,
obey your Sovereign, and remember that I am not
come into Italy to lessen his power, but to make it
respected.' There is a rumour that another depu-
tation is to be sent to the Holy Father to lay at his
feet a prayer for pardon and a promise of perfect
obedience."