New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-09-06
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PARIS. Thursday, Aug. H., lsi-.

the Cholera.
Special Correspondence Of The Tribune
PARIS. Thursday, Aug H., lsis.
Mc'sJs. Grt,iey McEr0fh
On Monday afternoon al Paris was astir with
the report that the Italians had burned Milan and struck
Rsdetsky with the fate OF Napoleon at Moscow. The
news came in form which seemed to entle it TO ere
dence. The Princess Belglooso had just arrived from
Italy and her brother inlaw NJ dAragon announced the
TACT othe conaagraon at the Assembly the strength
Of letter Of which she the bearer It pro
claimed at the Bourse and for moments the loud
saor Of the stock exchange ceased before the general
sstouishment il along the streets it reechoed
2 every cafe and for hour the city had other
subject Of conversaton One lamented the loss OF such
treasures Of art Milan Of the Cathedral the
rsaces the statues the paintings and many relics Of
the middle ages another counted up the value OF the
property destroyed a third thought Of the thousands
Who had no place that they could call their home and
another remarked that though there many gloomy
circumstances connected with great events after all II
was not SO lsmcntsbe these old cities unhealthy
plsces ugly remains Of times gone by. and not fit for
the use OF either present future generations, and as
there was no other way OF getting rid of them, why ii
vas better on the whole that they should burned up
Ept All agreed that the Manese had done glorious
thing Bycrushng their oppressors in the ruins OF their
civ they had shown that they were themselves uncon
o.erable We weted with fcverish anxiety for the
NAL Of the next morning hoping TO receive iuli con
frmation Of the report
Hut we were disappointed the next day we learned
that Milan was still standing though deserted by its peo
pie and inhabited wholly by the soldiers OF Radetsky
The confaeraion nothing more than the burning oil
the houses of the suburbs done by the troops OF Charles
Albert in order that they might not serve to protect
the invading army exaggerated on the way to raris IN
IN the destruction OF the entire city after the Austrans
hsd taken possession. The people of Lombardy be-
irsyed Inundated disappointed fugitiyes from their
homes had not committed such desperately heroic
set of vengeance.
cay betrayed and the word is not too strong
Charles Albert has betrayed Milan TO the Austrans. lie
guilty Of treason to the Of Italian independence
he has been guilty of treason to il from the first He
embarked in it not from any impulse Of generous
PATRIOTISM but because he saw that refrain to
provoke a revolution at home he has prosecuted the
war not ike man TO whom Providence had committed
the regeneration of n country, who understood the
task and prepared for its duties and sacrifices but
Ike an intriguing and selfish prince, with an eye solely
% the extension of his dominons and the aggran-
dzement Of his dynasty. The Lombsrds having driven
out the Agslans had established provisional govern
meni aud looking towards republic; to Charles
Albert a republic in Lombardy was worse than the
Ausirans no efforts and above all no intrgues were
spared prevent thing so fatal to his schemes ana
finally on the l2th of May urged by fear more than by
hope Iombsrdy declared itself annexed to the hng-
dom of Sardinia Venice, too, had brovely rsen ana
expelled the carrisons by which she was kept IN suoec
ton and was a republic. She was sustaining an un
equal contest with the common enemy she was oe'
,eeed on all sides her defenders sustaining them
selves with noble heroism She appealed to Charles
Albert for aid in this extremity Was that time to
hesitate to make conditions Was it for one member
of the Italian nation to stop and bargain with another
as to the terms on which help should be rendered
when that other was the bulwark and Keystone of Italy
But Charles Albert would do nothing for the Veneans
iii they had voted to add their territories to his domn
ions and 10 proclaim him as their king The capiiula
ton of Milan ia only the ut conclusion to the part he has
PLAYED from the first The whole history is anew lesson
10 the nations not to put their trust in princes Between
the interests of royalty and the interests OF the people
there is a gap which is never filed up
From the first reverscs of the Italian army, aud the
retreat upon the Ogo To the arrival ut Milan the con
duct of this King has been at least very singular
has simply consisted in ordering sretreat whenever the
Autrisns came in sight We heard that the line of the
Oelio was dcensble and that the army would hold II
until the reiniorcements, which every part OF Italy
would dispatch to the field should arrive and enable II
70 renew offensive operations. The next mail informed
us that the headquarters OF Charles Albert were all this
side Of the AIDA and that there he would make stand
The troops were in good spirits provisions and ammu'
uton were abundant the bridges were all destroyed
and the Austrian advance would be checked. AT the
next arrival Charles Albert at Milan, determined to
conquer OF die in IL defence and at the next the Aus
TRANS had entered the city and the revolution in LON
hardy was added 10 the list OF fruitess efforts in the
cause Of Freedom.
On the 81 OF August the Pedmoniese troops arrived
st Milan they received by the inhabitants with
o. a. the ssvours Of Italy At the gates Of the city
the last battle they believed to be fought for,
even against such odds what was not possible TO men
who were inspired by the idea Of independence, and
whom desperation urged TO the hghti The Provisional
Government yielded up its authority to the hing, who
conferred the command OF the city on Oyier one Of
dis generals The people on aasse TO defend Milan
on the morning OF the 4th they began TO build bsrri
cadcs in the streets which should render every corner
stronghold and enable hsndfGs OF citizens to cope
with regiments OF the enemy they were forbidden TO
complete them the pretence that they would inter
iere with the operations OF the artillery. The Austrian
advanced guard reached the western gate in the after
noon a skirmish followed, in which they were re-
pulsed aud pursued far Meegnano with loss Of
two pieces OF cannon and two hundred prisoners This
confirmed the hopes Of the Miaaese. Al night long
they toed in preparation for the struggle of the next
day house. were demolished barbados erected at
the entrances OF the streets and every preparation
made Tor desperate resistance
But the purpose OF the people was one thing and that
Of Charles Albert another. While they were making
ready 10 defend the city till it was reduced to ruins he
sen, his emissarcs TO Rsdetsky snd negotiated capt
ula,ion- indeed that had not al been arranged be-
lore The o.. terms that he required were perus
10 retire with his troops and that the property ana
lives Of the inhabitants should be respected If he were
resolved to make bargain, why not better one Tor
he was .ot yet conquered lie had his own army and
the whole population which, little more than three
months ago strong enough to drive out Rsde,sky
The next morning came but no battle commenced
no Aas,rsns were SEEN and in the Piedmontese camp
all wss quiet The people were suspicious had the
hing captulaedf The idea begst the belief in It's GER
tsinty, and crowd was In collected around
the Guppi palace, which the royal headquarters