The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-24

after having declared The country IN danger
to call on all men, able to serve, to assem-
Bile in arms at Genoa. A. If the Govern.
ment permits the entrance Of the Austrian
forces into the citadel OF Alessandria before
the armistce has been approved by the
Parliament, that act should be considered
high treason; as also shall the Withdrawal
Of the Sandman feet from the Adriatic
The sitting terminated at half-past twelve
at night
The Chamber Of Deputies Of Turin met
in permanence on the 2Sth. In an evening
sitting, the same day, the President of the
Chamber made the following statement TO
the House, relative to the deputaton they
had sent to his majesty King stated
that his father, Charles Albert, had consid-
cred it his duty to abdieate, as the heavy
conditions imposed by the enemy had almost
broke his heart The King added, 4 have
already obtained those conditions to be much
less onerous than at first proposed; and !
shall do all that possibly can to procure a
further mitigation Of them The King final
liz expressed his anxiety for the independ-
ence OF the country, and said that on this
point he would not depart from the policy of
his fathero The Minister Pinel then ad 4
dressed the Chamber, and said that the Min
istry had determined to send messenger to
the Austrian General, in order, with the aid
of the great powers who had offered their
mediation, to obtain some important modih
cation Of the armistice. Finally, the Cham
Der met in secret committee, to consult on
the measures necessary to be taken under
the existing circumstances,
Not only Broferio, but also Dellanou and
many other chiefs of the war and republican
party, have fled from Turin.
The new King Of Sardinia, Victor En-
manuel, was born in the year 1920 In
ts42 he married the daughter of the Arch
duke Reynier, the former Viceroy Of Milan,
who had himself married the sister OF Charles
Albert. Thus the new King is cousin-ger-
main to the ex-Emperor Ferdinand, first and
second cousin to the present Emperor Fran
els Joseph On the 26th, Victor Emmanuel
reviewed the national guard of Turin, by
whom he was received with the utmost en-
thusiasm tl
The Milan Gazette, 81 the 23d instant,
publishes the first bulletin of the Austrian
army:
"Notce was given to us Of the expiration
Of the armistice from the goth. That day
found our army concentrated by rapid
flank movement. 1t waited scrupulously
the hour of the expiration Of the armistice,
and did not pass the Ticino, in the neighbor-
hood Of Pavia, till twelve o'clock. A con-
siderable portion Of the enemy's forces was
cantoned at Novara and at Vigevano, In
consequence Of the surprise caused by our
flank movement, the Pedmontese corps oc-
cupied Mortara in force in order to defend
its rear, which it believed menaced. Then
an obstinate battle took place between an
advanced guard, commanded by his Imperial
Highness The Marshal Archduke Albert, and
the enemy The artillery Numbered even
while we were forming our columns of at
tack, which were not long in carrying the
town In this action we made 1000 priso-
heIs, captured five pieces Of cannon, ten
wagons, and the military Asst At the
same time, the Brigader Strasoldo and
Wohlgemuth maintained a no less brilliant
engagement at Gambalo against an enemy's
column which marched from Vigevano. The
results Of this second attack were some hum
dred prisoners, Of whom one is an officer Of
the general staff Oar loss was inconsidera-
Bile, but we cannot vet give the details. "
Headquarters, Trumello, March 22d,
1S49"
General Perone has died of the wound
which he received at the head Of the brig
ade Of Savoy, in the battle OF Novnra.
A popular movement took place at Genoa
on the Goth ult The gates Of the city were
closed, the tocsin was sounded, the people
few to arms; but it was not against the Aus
TRANS, il was, on the contrary, to prevent
the entrance Of Piedmontese corps, under
the orders Of Gen. La Marmora, Of whose
approach intelligence was received. The
Gained the movement by allow
ing the national guards to take possession Of
the two principal forts, the Sprone, and the
Begato, 1t appears, from supplement to
the Corriere Mercantile, of the Goth ult.,
that the sitting Of the Chamber, on the 9th,
had caused the movement The Genoese
councillors, Musso- Montebruno,
Monticello, and Papa have set out for Turin,
to assure the deputies Of the support Of the
Genoese province, an offer an asylum to the
representatives Of the nation
The Coriere Mercantile, OF the-30th ult
publishes a proclamation from the British
consul, T. Yeats Brown, dated the Goth ults,
to the effect that, in consequences OF the tu-
multi reigning in Genoa, and the appearance
of an intention to overthrow the order Of
things, and Of the state Of his Majesty the
King of Sardinia, the British consul protests
against any acts that might endanger the
security Of the British residents, and de-
clares that the British forces in the port will,
if necessary, take measures to protect the
interests of British subjects. The Geuoese
paper, however, remarks, that the British
consulis quite mistaken as to the character
Of the movement, there being no tumut IN
Genoa, but mature discussion Of national
interests, under the guidance Of legally
constituted municipality