The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-08-30

the Bots de yincennes, upon the plain of st. Maur
nearly 20 600 men encamped. The northern fortified
tent, and cannon planted in all the bastions
within the capital itself upon the open spots on thu
NORTH bank Of the river known by the name o. the liz
Louvers, celebrated in the novels of Eugene Sue
other extensive camp Is planted. The detached forts
which lie outside the Notifications, bristle with
bayonets. .f tf1..
Considerable progress has been made by he military
commission in the trial Of the insurgents Up to the
18th psta MT they had decided 2,718 cases Of which
1896 had been set at liberty, 1905 ordered for
transportation and ll6 ordered for trial by court
tal OF those ordered for transportation upwards OF
500 have already been sent from Paris, and are new
distributed between Brest, L'Orient and Cherbourg
waitif the ultimate decision TO their destination
They sent away without ny previous notice and
could hardly believe it possible that they we're actually
not deceived by their senses When they the
some wept, others cursed; some indifferent, 9TH
ers daring; and man boosted that he himself had
have arrived at their point of destination their wives
and families will be allowed to follow them.
p S-Since writing the above, We have received the
following from Italy, which will probably be more
recent in date than what you will have received from
your Italian correspondents This is the likely,
inasmuch all direct commitment with Milan has
been suspended for several days. owing supposed
to that city being invested by the Austrians.
letter from Turin, dated the 4th, says, {" The
spreading at this moment (three O'Clock in the after
noon) respecting army Is rather dsquieting and
wish to believe that it is not well founded This
morning. We learned from Vercelli that in the morn
ing the noise Of cannon was heard there A soldier,
arrived this instant from Milan nOunces that the
two armies engaged near that city The enemy
army Is said to be greatly superior in number and it
taken to fight. The general opinion here lie, that
army Of more than $4,000 regular troops, reinforced
themselves at the disposal OF the provisional govern
ment must VIGOROUSLY oppose the enemy compelling
them If not to retrograde, at least to stop Milan is
bristpg with Notifications and in Vulnerable barri
cades. Let us hope !"
We have received from Milan an evening paper of
the Sd, and morning paper of the 4th. From these
hat Aofa fhaE DYl>
Defence was still in power since they published
tice on the Sd, calling every man. not doing duty
Every workman was to receive three lire day No
mention is made of the Austrans, even of the
pectation of a battle for the next day.
The PensierO HaanO Of Genoa, of the 9th, states in
postscript, that at intelligence had arrived
there of the Austrians having entered Pavia which
was almost completely deserted the morning of the
4th. The bridge of the Pc had been cut by the Pied
montese, who the other side of the Pc, under
the command of General Trotti.
The prevailing subject Of conversation here to- day is
the Intervention which has been resolved upon by
France and England for the pacifcaton of Italy The
following facts connected with that are authentic
The Sandman government has sent the Marquis do
Ricci to put two distinct questions to the French
government. The first was, what France would do in
case Pie dmont should be invaded by Marshal Radetsky
vention of France. The answer Of Lord Palmerston
also embraces these two different points AS to the
eventualty invasion of Piedmont by Austria the
English cabinet participates in the opinion of France
that 1t must be opposed by all possible means, and
that the represe natives of france and England NJ de
Reject and Sir r. Abercromby, should be furnished
with every requisite authority for imposing arms
tice on Marshal Radetsky until the cabinet Of Vienna
shall have given an answer to the offer of mediation
about to be made to it in the names of France and
Great Britain AS to the bases of the arrangement
be proposed for the conclusion Of peace between Aus
tra and King Charles Albert, we know from good au
thority that the French government wished that at
least proposal should be made to Austria to
Italy entirely on being pee mary indem
nifty for the territories given up which had belonged to
Cl-QeVant LOmhardO- Venetian knuinm IN
point Lord Palmerston observed that after the conf
overtures he had received through Baron Hume
TRAN government he was convinced that Austria
would never, at any price, consent to give up her
Italian provinces and the more so, she could rely
upon the support of the German parliament Of Frank
fort in retaining possession Of the line Of the Adge
which, in strategy is considered to be the bulwark Of
South Germany. This is why Lord Palmerston is of
opinion that for entering upon serious negotiations
with the cabinet of Vienna il is necessary to to
the proposals for peace which Austria was two months
ago. the first to make ia the government OF Lombsrdy
These propositions sufficiently known, Austria,
preserving the Venetian provinces to the left bank
OF Adige, would acknowledge the political ndepen-
deu of Lombardy STIMULATING engagement from
last that would take upon itself part the debt
Of the imperial treasury Although these propositions
were put forward by. Austria under conditions much
more unfavorabefor her-that is to period when
the Sandman army threatened to force the line Of the
Adige, and when most of the Venetian towns
from the Imperial Government-Lord Pal
strongly urged the cabinet Of Vienna to accept
the mediation Of France and England if our govern
ment would consent to adopt the line of the Adge
the basis of negotiations to be opened for the conclu
sion of treaty of peace between King Charles Albert
and Marshal Radetsk. At the same time as the an
swer of Lord pamerston arrived at Paris telegraphc
dispatch received, that the 5th the
remains Of the Pedmontese army, rallied under the
command of the Duke of Savoy, have sustained de-
feat under the very walls of Milan Whatever may
have been the heroic resistance Of the Inhabitants of
Milan it is to be feared that the capital of Lombardy
will fall long, If the conclusion of the armstice be
not pressed. But Marshal Radetski, embodened by
nnf IN n aruuycf iNa0 Inn ha
shall feel conviction that the propositions made to
his government oy France and England have been IA
vorably received at Vienna Consequently, the
Gil of ministers which held yesterday under the
presidency of General Cavsignac resolved that it
urgent that the arrangement proposed by Lord Pal
merston should be adopted and according to which the
line of the Adge should be guaranteed to Austria if
she consents to abandon Lombardy 1t was to this ef
feet that instructions were sent last night to our
agents at Vienna and Turin in order to induce the
be erent parties to accept as promptly as possible the
Franco English mediation
There is now no doubt that Milan has surrendered
to the Austrians. letter received yesterday,
from that city, dated the 5th and put into the post
office Of Como, announcing that, after q captulation
Milan had been occupied the same day. at FIVE in the
by the Austrian army. 1t added that the
capitulation gave 4S hours to the Sandman army
which had fallen back on Milan, to evacuate the Lom
cut in two by Marshal Radetzky that one portion
retired to Alexandria, and that which had fallen back
Milan By the King in
in operating this movement to cover by last effort
the capital of Lombardy, declared that he fully
aware that he was committing military fault, but
that he wished to prove to the Manese that they had
judged him unfavorably. All announce, BESIDES that
the Austrian General Chief does not think Of prr
suing his advantages on the Piedmentese territory.
ee INVESTIGATOR.
Our Milan Correspondence.
as MILAN, August 3, 1S4S.
The Italian Var Stirring Incidents and Erents-
Battles and pictories-Engiish Mediation.
Since the date ofmy last the tide of has turned
against the of Italian independence; and It pro-
babe If not morally certain that before this despatch
sails from Liverpool eagle will soar this
capital of Lombardy, and the brave Sandman army
will have retired within its own frontiers Let me,
however, go back and give you the events they have
occurred from day to day. during the last most naus
picious week.
have little to communicate but series of reverses
Overpowered by numbers, our army has been obliged
to retreat from position to another, until at last