Worcester daily spy., 1859-06-24

The FRENCH SQUADRON IN THE ADRIAT-
Ic.--Ihe Patrie gives an account of the cap
ture OF Austrian vessels made by the squadron
OF Rear Admiral Jurien de la Graviere, which
is in the Adriatie, and blockading Venice:
On the 0th Of May the squadron was before
Stromboli, and there made its first capture.
On arriving at Venice on the 10Th, the number
OF captures amounted, not, as has been stated,
to seventeen, but to tllirty-three. ALL howev-
er, have not been sent into France, the Admir-
al having retained those which are freighted
with coal, and those which can be armed to
serve as vessels of war with his squadron.
Coalswas found in the SybiIla and Concordia
merchant ships, and in the briggs Eolus, Slavo-
nian, and Giovanni, all of which were going
to Pola, for the Austrian Government
Amongst other seizures was the brig Pick
NICK, with cargo of three hundred casks
OF brandy also, trabacolo, freighted
with wine; the Ermnia the Adelaide.
and the Debro Kostrinika, with valuable car
goes OF mercery, perfumery, wax candles, and
sugar; and the Bonolo, with a cargo for Con-
stantinople. In the latter vessel, in addition to
the crew, twenty-one Austrian passengers were
maoe prisoners. OF course, part of the cap
tured crews have been kept on board the
French feet. If the object of France was to
enrich herself by the war, she might easily
have attained it by sending into the Adratic,
at the beginning Of hostilities, few small
steamers that sea having been then covered
with Austrian vessels, none of which would
have escaped. Among the vessels of which
the loss will be most severely felt by Austria
are those which she dispatched from Trieste
with useful objects for the army of Italy in
one brig, for example, were one hundred bales
OF sheets for hospitals, and in another consid-
cradle number Of matches for mines, destined
probably to be used i'll seges
To these details the Patrie adds tbe follow-
ing -
In the Adriatic are a peculiar species of
vessel called trabaco of about 100 tons bur
den, having two masts, and are similar to the
large nshlng boats OF the Atlantic ports. The
Venetans IN 1913 armed certain number of
trabacol, and made good use of them against
the Austrian army. Austria, in her turn. has
found them very useful in conveying stores
to her troops but she will henceforth be de-
prlyed Of them. The large steamers of Ad-
miral Jurien dc la Gravere chase the trabicol
necessarily, and the latter can neither escape
nor defend themselves. We are informed that
the naval forces OF Austria are thus distribut
ed AT Cattaro, 2 sailing irigates and steam
advice boat; at Lssa, advice boat at Pole
sailing corvettes and advice boat at Venice
ship OF the line, steam fiigates; 2 steam
corvettes, and several advice boats The shin
OF the line is quite new il was built al pola
by French naval engineer NJ de Sandtort
who was authorized by the French Govern.
ment to go to Trieste. All the vessels at Ven.
ice are anchored behind a stockade in the mort
Of Malamoco. The forts have several times
endeayored TO cannonade the French cruis-
ers, but their guns do not carry far enough
not one shot has reached. Behind the forts Of
Malamoco are ten thousand Austrian soldiers
in the lagoons near the sea. II is said that
they are in water up to the knee, and that te.
yer exercises great rayages amongst them. IL
is evident that II the French should attack
the defences they would have to encounter
could not long hold out