Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-05-09

are said to have been reduced to a minimum.
| Should there be war in Itay-and it will be
a miracle if there is not--the Emperor and
Empress will pass the Summer at Innspruck,
where the castle is being prepared for their re-
/ ception. As you must be aware, the railroad
| from Brixen to Verona is almost finished, and
the drive across the Bremen from Innspruck
/ to BriXen may be accomplished in few hours.
! 1t has excited attention that the 10th jaeger
Battalion, which has a very high reputation
for courage and gallantry, has been kept at
| Trieste, but we now learn that it is to serve as
body-guard for the Emperor whenever he is
| at the seat of war.
! From the London News, April %.
FRENCH MOVEMENTS.
1t is not easy, and it will every day become
more difficult, TO obtain accurate detailed in
| formation of the movements of the French
troops massed at the foot of the Alps. The
Moniteur, yesterday, mentioned for the first
time the existence of such troops, but did so
| in manner which would be unmeaning and
morally injurious to the French Government,
unless it were intended to employ them to pre-
| vent the execution of the announced designs
of Austria. A later telegram from Paris in
forms us, as from an official source, that gem
eral movement of the French forces has taken
place, on the entire Piedmontese frontier. If
the aid of the Emperor of the French has been
from pouring in troops into Piedmont over the
Alpine passes or by Genoa. Perhaps while
we write the squadrons and battalions are
moving solemnly amid the grandest scenery in
nature, in the brightness of this starry night.
Ii there is, indeed, no chance of preserving
peace, if without their aid the little Sandman
army is as we are told to be crushed, and
with it the head and heart of Italy, then we
cannot bring ourselves to share the sentiments
of some among us who "hope that Louis Ma
poleon will not make hasty rush to take up
the glove which has been so rashly thrown
down" 1t is a question of hours, and the
powerful ally of Sardinia cannot advance too
rapidly.
From the London News
WHAT is LIKELY TO HAPPEN IN SARDINIA.
We perceive it has been calculated that the
Austrian General, by rapid march, which,
with the enormous forces at his disposal would
be virtually unresisted, might reach Turin on
the third day after crossing the TicinO, and there
dictate the conditions on which the kingdom of
Sardinia could be permitted to exist. We be-
lieve that this calculation involves several err
rors. Unprotected as Turin is by any places
Of military strength, it is not likely that the
Piedmontese Government will make the in
dependence of the kingdom dependent on the
safety of the capital. The Piedmontese are well
aware that great sacrifices may be demanded of
them, and are ready to meet them with fortitude.
Should the removal of the seat of government
to Genoa appear desirable for military reasons,
1t could be effected instantly, and then the
Austrians would have nothing to gain by adj
vancing on Turin. We hear much of the tech
meal skill of the Austrian staff but, on the
other hand itmay be presumed that the Pied
montese General knows something ofthe art of
war, and he will doubtless employ every re-
source to gain time and save his troops until
the French reserves can come up. We do tat
all expect that his forces will be crushed be-
fore aid can arrive. 1t is, indeed, far from
certain that the Austrian General would precipi
tate himsel eagerly upon Turin. He knows
that he will have to reckon with great power
having full command Of the Mediterranean,
and able at few hours notice to embark a
large army at Toulon, and throw it into Ge-
noa, whence it might advance upon his liue of
communication Should the Piedmontese fall
back in the direction of the Apprentices, they
would have the advantage of operating in a
country peculiarly capable of deteuce, and also
that OF fastening their junction with French
supports arriving by the coast.