Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-07-01
From the London Post, June 4.

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OPINION AND NEWS IN LATEST LONDON PAPERS,
The capital of Lombardy has, by consent OF us III
become portion of the Sandman KngooM'
Its inhabitants through the municipality presented an
address to the King, who has now replied by proc
lamrtion which does him infinite honor. lie acknoWl-
edges the strength which his kingdom derives from the
additional allegiance, and pledges himself TO heera anu
durable institutions Not the least important Is the
auson to the generous policy Of Napoleon ILL., In which
he has the greatest confidence and which he asserts TO
be of the greatest service to the deveraGce OF Italy,
When it is remembered that all the population from
the Tcno to Milan enthusiastically In favor OF the
new sovereign it must be accepted that whatever may
be the result of this war; the capital OF Lombardy Will
never revert to the crown of Austria.
new feature in the prospects of Italy is presented
by the virtual abdcation OF the Clutches OF Parma
What may have been the exact motives OF the noble
lady are not stated but the she has pursued
seems to indicate strong conviction that the time
has come for the reconstruction of the Italian States and
that the maintenance of her sovereignty was under
such circumstances an mpossibty. She lett the gov
eminent of the Duchy to the municipality, who, IN the
exercise of their discretion, Immediately requested the
King of Sardinia to take upon himself the government
of the country This promises we'll for the great cause
since in that State also the power OF Austria forever
broken. 1t will remain for the troops OF Her High
ness to drive the Austrians from Pacenza which will
at eecuay clear the whole of that country from
its oppressors.
1t is clear now that an entirely line of action de-
wolves upon Gen. Hess who supersedes Gen. Gyula and
must longer look to the Ticino or the Adda but
to Verona and Mantua the basis of the Austrian de-
fence In the meantime the allies go forward with the
prestige of success and the good wishes of every
who has known the blessing of good government
From the London Chronicle, June H.
| And so the Emperor and the King are at Milan but
they must not expect much rest there. They have q
different danger to apprehend from that which threat
ened Napoleon l. in 1896. He had driven the Austri
ans before him. had defeated Beaulieu first at Casae
| ooHth of TO1i on Rutt no Cof.
ection excited by the presence Of the French army
so great that the townspeope of Pava had the cour
age to rise in his rear and compelled him to retrace
his steps. Napoleon Ill has about ten Austrian regi
ments against him for each that his uncle had tc
contend with. The Austrians had 10000 men behind
the bridge of Lodi in 1896; at the Magenta in 1859
100000 men bore down upon the Milan rod. Suppo
sing that from 10000 to 10000 out OF this number
put horS du combat by the result of this engagement
there still remains vast host to be accounted for Il
is from this army, which may still be threatening his
flank that the danger to the French commander at Mil
an at present consists.
1t seems that this army of the Austrians divided into
two bodies after the defeat Of the 4th of June for
hear of strong corps the direction of the river AIDA
and of another strong division at Begiooso Pavia
Over the former army another great advantage has beer
already gained by the French. Hearing that Genera
| Benedek occupied a strong position at Meegnano-
which is about ten miles Southeast of Milan the road
to Lodi on the river Adda-the Emperor sent Marsha
| paraguay dI1llerS against him. Inc FrencH uFOVe
the Austrans before them, and took 1900 prisoners
No further details of the action have yet arrived Bene
dek to have retreated towards the Adda and is
probably at Lodi, which is distant about five miles from
Meegnano. This was ON Wednesday, June 8. The
Austrians in this quarter remain on the defensive, and
no danger to Milan is to be unprecedented from them
| The North of Lombardy is also freed from the Aus
trans. Como Vecco, all the districts about the lakes
including Sondro and Valtelne, are in the hands o.
the Sandman Free Corps, commanded by the brave
| Garibaldi.
The remainder of the great Austrian army would
to be still manGuvriDg in the south OF Lombardy
Pavia it will be remembered is the frontier situated
on the Ticino close to its junction with the Po and
lies about twenty miles south of Milan Biansco where
we heard of the Austrians after the BATTLE is just hal
way between these cities AS Pavia is a first class for
tress, capable of long Defence it natural to antic
pate that the fugitive army would take shelter there
and thus place itself admirable position for cutting
off the enemy's communications with his We have
reason to suppose that they have done Troops
spoken of at Begooso to the east of Pava which are
said to have afterwards retired on the latter city. There
was indeed another report to the effect that the Austr
garrison had precipitately evacuated Pavia after
throwing the guns into the river We cannot at present
believe in so suicidal act which could only be ust
fed by the most urgent strategical considerations
1t is thus against Pava and PiacenZa, frontier for
tress south of Milan, that the Emperor of the French
will have next to direct his Should the Austrians
hold their ground in these srongholds, which
twenry five miles asunder, their position may be threat
ened both in front and by simultaneous attack
| from Milan and FrancO-Tuscan army advancing from
the SOUTH through the territory of the Duchy of Parma
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