The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-06-01
Blockade OF Dantxic.

! inform you, that though MANY newspapsrs renort
our port 10 De plockaded by the Danes this is not
the case, and all neutral flags sail and arrive as
usual. OF course your English vessels, laden with
seepers, have all sailed'
The War between Austria and ltaIy-Ths
Great Battle.
VERONA, May 7, IS4S.
"A sanguinary combat took place in our imme-
uiate nelghborhood yesterday The enemy whose
numbers have been considerably increased by nu-
,ierous free corps, amounts to nearly three times
as many as ours The Austrian troops fought like
lions, but unhapply lost many brave men: among
whom were the valiant General Sails who was
shot through the breast, and Leutenant-C olonsl
Lauzendaarf. The 10th jaeger battalion cons;st;ng
chiefly of Lower Ausrians, suffered he most ma.
terlal loss Nearly four tnea the number of the en-
envy were disabled. The cannons roared lncesssnt
y for seven hours, and from eleven o'clock to two
In the afternoon, were so close that the enc
my's balls, fell at our gate. The town has been
and remains quiet.
According to letter from Verona dated M " 8.
ten o'clock at night, the right wing of the Aus
TRANS, commanded by d'Aspre, and the left by
Wrateslaw, were on the other side of the EtscH
The strength of the Pledmontes was estimated at
$4,000 men. They fought valianty, especially the
SWISS Guards Radetzky's Italian troops gave way,
while their German fellow combatants manfulfy
maintained the honor of the German arms. AT 81.
Lucia and San Massimo, three companies main
famed their ground against four battaions for six
honrs, without giving place one inch to the enemy
The correspondence from Somma Campagna Of
the 9Th OF May, Is filled with regrets for the heavy
losses sustained by the Piedmontes (more than
6CO having been wounded,) and characterses the
affair as glorious one, although the result was Of
no advantage. More than 500 Austrian dead re-
malned on the road leading to Verona, and among
them many officers, two colonies, and one general
Letters from Somdra of the 9Th of May, say
" II we have abandoned ST. Mire it is to take We
roma"
We have received Intelligence to the 9th from tho
riedmontese army Seventeen pieces Of heavy artlls-
ry and four mortars had arrived and were psoed in
and m imm odiato MT
that place was determined on. The left Of tho line
still rests at Bussoengo the Upper Adige butts right
pain Tor the purpose 1t is said Of protecting Vaego
from being turned while the operations before Pes
under the command Of General Ferrar are before Man
tua, and the communication between them and tho
f,edmontese grand army Mt Goito is maintained by
Letters, written tho night Of the 9th instant,
from the head quarters Of Charles Albert announces
that great battle had that day been fought in ad
vance Of and under the walls Of Verona Nearly the
whole Of the Pedmontese army had been engaged per.
haps many 3OO men, while the Austrian foroe
opposed'dd not number less than 20 600 The object
OF the King was to destroy the field works and en-
trenchments made within few days to defend the
the Upper Adige, to San Lucia at the same distance
from villa Franco. The operation was successful in
every part the Austrians had been driven back on
the whole line their field works all destroyed and
the army close to the walls Of Verona
1t was said that the Adige had been passed. and o re-
port prevailed that Verona had been entered but
these accounts were not confirmed
The news from Froul is also favorable. 1t seems now
certain that the Austrans, under General Nugeut
have been compelled to fall back on the Taglamsnto
and that Palmanova had ndered but was still
occupied by the forces under General Zucch
Advices from Somma Campagna of Sth inst say-Iu
the different affairs of the 9th instant under Verona
there were $50 wounded Tho brigade Aosts tho gre
nadiers aud chasseurs five and six regiments the bril-
gade of Savoy, and the brigade of Savoy and Parma
suffered the most severely The greater number Of
WOUNDS are III the leg and not severe The killed ars
OF his wounds The Marquis del Caretto Lieutenant
of artillery the Marquis Coi and the Chevalier Bull
bio aid de-camp of Gen. Sommarva. have been kill
ed 80 soldiers and two officers (iermans) havo been
made prisoners The first line of troops continues
to hold the position the Pc to the Adge passing
round Mantua, Goto Vlafranca Somma Cainpar ma.
Soma, Sa Gustina Pastrsngo. The enemy does not
dare to come beyond the protection Of the
his forts.
The sappers of the engineers have begun their ope-
rations against Peschera The Neapolitan troops two
passage of the Mncio mt Goito join our troops to
the Tuscans. Twelve thousand men are soon coming
to rejon them after having trumphed tho diplo-
matte dincuties which oppose their passage the
Pontifcal States. The Tuscan troops under tho or
ders Of Gen D'Arco Ferrari, amounting to 1000,
round Mantua, on the right of the Mincio The Nes-
Poitan squadron has dsembarked four thousa nd men
ut Venice.
Field Marshal Nugcnt has sent bulletin dated Con.
eslano the 9th May to Vienna in which he states
that the province of Beluno had ndered to the
Austrians Beuno itself surrendered the 5th, after
a slight defence.
The bridge of Capo di Ponte the Pave, has been
burnt, but the stone bridge Belluno, was com
Plete, and Count Nugent intended to pass the Pave
by it.
The Italian force being assembled at Trevisoand the
enyrons Count Nugent will pass the Pave with less
risk OF being annoyed by the enemy.
THE CRISIS IN THE AFFAIRS OF ITALY
From the London Times, May 15l
No part Of the Italian question is more fraugbt with
d,ihcuty than the present and future position Of Plus
tx On the 10th of April last, the Pope pronoun ced
an sllocuton in the Consstory of the Cardinals
IN which he earnestly disclamed the which
tho revolutionary party had sought establish between
signs He showed that the measures of his temporal
mt had been the fulfme mt OF the recommep
datons made to the Court Of Rome by the Ave great
powers in 1885, and he utterly rcpudiatcd the inference
that an enterprise Undertaken by him in the present
spirit Of patriotism and benevoence had diego neratsd
by any fault by ambition of his the anarchy
now to be witnessed in his domnons in Italy and Eu-
On these grounds he positively denied the per-
fdous assertion" that the Roman Pontf would ever
preside republic formed Of all the States Of tay
and be soemnlyprocsed that the int non of declaring
war against Austria was altogether contrary to his in
tcntons although he possesses means Of preventing
his subjects from serving as volunteers in the cam
paign.
These declarations very ill received in Rome.
The only troops which could govern
cnt and the Pope himself had been sent h the from
tiers. The city was in the hand of the Civic Guard
Who OF course took the first opportunity Of using their
arms against the authorities which called them in
to existence, and Rome became scene of tho most
complete anarchy and confusion Such an event
might IN these times happen almost everywhere; but
attempt to control the authority of the Pope by the
rabble Of Rome has very peculiar Importance Il il
blow struck at papacy itself 1t is of the grossost
and most fatal insults which could be offered TO tho
head not only of small Italian State, but the count
less millions Of the Roman Catholic church. 1t IL
moreover. act of treachery and hostility to the mo-
lerate and national party in Italy who have ident-
led their cause with the name Of Plus TX The DOS
session Of independent sovereign rights has all times
been held to be essential to the free exercise Of that
pirual power which the Popes of Rome have assumed
large part Of Christendom but the most fatal in
gasion Of those independent sovereign rights is that
which proceeds from the rebellion and anarchy Of the
Roman people. The imaginary union of Catholicism
md democracy-of popular government and ecclcsss-
ca authority-will here be brought trial 1t can
hardly survive Neither the captivity Of Avignon nor
he outragcs Of Fonainebeau sank the papacy to
10 low an ebb ms the triumph of this domestic enemy;
ma Wherever alegance to the Romsh church is pro-
essed throughout the world such event but
produce the strongest sensation be followed by still
more extraordinary revolutions
Meanwhile, everything that is passing distinctly
indicates that the French government far from really
lestrtng TIE mantenanee Of peace are PREPARING for