, 1859-05-20
DETAILS OF FOREIGN NEWS.
Preparations Of Sardinia.


Aleasahdrla hos nIl the appearance OF place
expecting an early a.tack. On the side on which
manned by infantry resting on their arms the |
artillerymen arc at their guns, and ali i'll readi-
ness to receive m enemy, while in the pAaces |
ddTz1ts, in rear Of the rampa1ts, nre reserves Of
infantry and batteries Of artillery. Generals
aud StaH officers are met On all sides, making |
their rounds and visiting the works. There are
great many guns on the rauparts, and ut some
OF the angles they are planted Tery thickly.
minute inspection Of the Notifications is impos.
sble, owing to the standing orders; l was u.s.
surcd that eTen officers were not allowed upon
the ramparts, except when on duty there. On
emerging from the encitntt q difficulty is OPP
posed to external surrey in the shape Of boards.
cpjoiuipg all persons not employed in the works
to keep 10 the high ruad. Seen from the outside,
the ramparts, with their rangc Of fereled guns
and line Of soldiers hcads, have most wnrlikc
appearance. No sign, as yet, Of the Austrians
Que OF the first things l heard on arriving ut
Alessandria, was that they were in force at Wig
been heard the previous day. Tie cannonade
seems to have been the salute of the French
vessels that had reached Genoa with troops
and the advance Of the Austriaus, according to
The best acconnts can obtain. MAS limited, up
to yesterday evening. tn slight rcconHols-
sance, in which very few troops were employed.
The forces in Alessandria are yaFious!y esti-
mated. heard then, stated rs high Us forty
thousand men, but should think halt that nu1rl-
Der to be nearer the mark. Tie place swarms
with soldiers, and it is really impossible to fix
their numbers, because changes are ofrcqucnt.
Some had marched out yesterday morning to
San Salvatore, between AIessandria and Casale.
4 proclamation was posted ut the strcetcorners,
calling upon the National Guard to hold itself in
readiness to do duty, as the troops were galnE
to the front to meet the invader. | npprctlend
tho troops will hardly do tlat until supported
By res pectabIe body Of French. Tn the other
hand the Austrians seem in 10 hurry to push
forward. We cannot tell what they nuy ne
combining, OF at wliat nsonseut II sudden attack
at several points tnay not be nlude but if they
intend to profit by the s}enderness Of the f"rce
now before thvn,, aud to fuzestall the arrival Of
strong one from France, they have now no
time to lose. As to their getting to Turin II
appears unlikely, unless thr French are much
more behndhand with their preparations than
accounted for BY some fresh attempt at nego'ia-
ton, the apparent unrcadness Of the Aurtriaus
is ine1p1icablc. On Tuesday evening, at quar-
ter past SIX, Baron kellerspcrg and :signor Ce-
schi della Santa Croce, the bearers OF the sum:
mons, left Turin by special train, accompanied
to the frontier by Colonel Govoue. Of the Sar-
diuiau STAFF. We thought here that tue .anstrl-
ans would hare crossed in the night or early
yesterday moruing, instead Of which, up to YES
terday evening all they seem 10 have done is to
scud out light cavalry reconnaissance. They
must know tic ground pretty well from past
experience, and their spies ought to haze '1-
| formed tlem Of the positions Of the sardinlan
army 1t is possible 't'a tine 'dea et das; H.
to Piedmont, if entertained, has been aban-
doned, aud that they ineau to wair the arrival "i
! the French, and an opportunity for u battle Oh
| large scale. 4 first SUCCESS, however, even
small one, would be Il great thing for them, for
| whit the Austrians want is not soldirrship or
| courage, probably not good leaders, but prtsf".
| The communications in tnis country. IN the
direction Of thc Austrian frontier, daily become
more limited, owing to military arrangements
and to the closing Of railway lines; and travel
ing, beyond certain points, is now Impossible.
| Dating from day to day, private teeXrarhlc
messages for the interior are no longer recc:sea
| The utmost secrecy is observed with regard tc
the movements Of troops, positions occupied
Ac-, and sharp eye Ecema to be kept or
dent in Piedmont, and two English officers
coming from Lombardv, we're arrested within
the last forty-cight hours 1t Cusa1e, the twt
latter on suspicion OF being !Austriaus. They
had their passports, and ali hours detention wa:
all the Inconvenience they had to suffer, a eau
ton to fair-haired Eng!ishmen Of military as
pect not to wander about the front ut the pros
ent moment.
General Della Marn1ora is 4 strict disciplin
arian, and if he has been induced, not YER.
| willingly, it is said, to admit into the army
large number Of the Italian volunteers, he j
determined that they shall fare no better THAI
] their uatirc conscripts. lie may succeed II
making good soldiers Of them. for they are in
tel!igent and willing, but sudden cntranc
upon campaigning will be trying to many {
them, and few torced marches aud damp b
youacs will be likely TO fill the hospitals. VII
amused by the little reiincments Of thrir pas
life which sill! cling to same Of thern, and cor
trast oddly with their coarse, uDbecomlng I'M
forms and pipe claycd belts. One OF them, VII
| smoke English well, and had bren in Eng}ant
produced his card case and handed ME his visl
ing card, on which he wrote his regiment IN
! company. Another looked mournful!y nj n
| bands, rs il rather ASHAMED Of thvui, md sa'
something about the impossblity Of kcepln
them clean. And l saw another, who Wills O
| duty, and who, to judge from his lair, cut
| the quick, lad just come out Of the hands
! gloves with tue air of man whose fingers hi
never been used to support 4 musket but
| From what hear, l should think the Sardin':
regular army has now received into its ranl
about Us many volunteers as will forthe presc
be admitted. At lcast. If nuny more are Il
mitted il will hnrdly improve its efficiency, +
, | the most willing recruits cannot be conytrt'
into soldiers by the nere act Of rnttiuE 1hc
into uniform. Volunteers continue To hrri
i daily Upwards Of Il hundred men have jtl
+ | passed my window. coming from the rail"a
, but n1nong most Of the arrivals observe u lar
proportion Of undersizei and tecbe-upki
l. boys. / have all along considered, llowevt
= that the muster uf volunteers WAS III be look
upon rather Us i political demonstration than
valuable accession Of military strength