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      time , and remains a prisoner . Gyulai has issued a proclamation to the inhabitants of Piacenaa , in which he threatens death to all who revolt against the Austrian Government , who conceal arms , or offer the slightest resistance or violence to his troops . The Presse says : ^ -If this document be genuine , the world will have to accuse General . Gyulai no longer of severity , nor even of cruelty , but of madness . The depredations committed by Austria ( says the Pays ) are razzias executed , not for the immediate wants of the army , but in order to fill the storehouses in Lombardy . Every day long files of waggons laden with hay , vegetables , grain , and provisions of all kinds , are see n passing by Novara and Vigevanb for the left bank of the Ticino . The Austrians literally strip the Piedmohtese provinces , and carry off their booty to a place of safety . .

      A wretched man , Giovanni Dossena , from Pavia , was caught at Biella by the Piedmontese , whilst indulging in the dangerous profession of a spy . The proofs of his guilt were found on him , and four hours after he was sent to his account by six Bersaglieri . '' ,. ,. * A brilliant coup de main is reported in a letter from Turin . On the night of the 4 th the Austrians at Vercelli were surprised by Garibaldi , who made 400 of them prisoners . The Italian volunteers and their chief were assisted by the Cialdini division .

      TZla , Marmora is taking every pains to render the legions of Central Italy effective , disciplined , and numerous . Let the war endure even one campaign , and Italy would then have a * formidable army of its own , formed of men who , whilst they had fought by the side of the French , would not on that account be prepared to prostrate themselves before the Imperial eagle . It is probable that the French will avoid any serious conflict , if possible , in Piedmont . Their aim is , no doubt , to attack the weaker and more eastern

      parts of the Austrian line , in which attempt they can reckon upon the aid of the population of the Legations . One French division landed at Ancona , and another advancing from Florence would ; it is expected completely turn the Austrian position at Piacenza , and at once transfer the war to the Adige , leaving Milan to be occupied by Victor Emmanuel . That such are the intentions of the French , seems probable from the large proportion both of . troops and artillery which have been sent to Genoa .

      There is a report that a French corps de armee is coming over the Simplon . There seems to be no doubt that French agents have been surveying that road , and have found it practicable for troops . The special correspondent of a contemporary , writing froni Turin , says : —I can state on the best authority that the Austrians have not more than 130 , 000 men under arms . The allies have 200 , 000 , and additional French soldiers arrive every day . The King is terribly vexed to see his subjects a prey to the occupation of the Austrians , and he is , according to all accounts , most eager to meet the enemy in fight . But , as the real head quarters of the two armies are at Vienna and Paris , and as there is not a man on either side of the stamp of Pclissier or Radetzky , to cut the telegraphic wires , and send

      those who work them to the right about , his Maj esty is obliged to let the campaign proceed as at present . . The Emperor Napoleon arrived at Genoa on Thursday , in the Heine Hortense , and went direct to the royal palace , from the balcony of which he showed himself to the assembled populace , who greeted him with enthusiastic plaudits and acclamations . The Emperor was accompanied to the palace by Prince Carignan , Count Cavour , and Count Latour d'Auvergne , the French ambassador . The port was full of boats crowded with spectators , who saluted his Majesty with acclamations of welcome , and cast flowers before him . In the course of the day he held a review of some old soldiers of the first empire , in the court of the palace . He went in the evening to the theatre in state .

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      No . X 97 , MU * 14 , 1859 : ] THE IiEABBB , 613

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      AUSTRIA . AXJOIDENXS tO TIIJS ATJSXIUAJN FOItOES . ' —NEW LEVIES IN XriE PKOVIN 0 ES . From Vienna this week we hear of the publication of important documents : the Emperor Francis Joseph's letter to Archduke Maximilian , releasing him from his functions of Governor-Goneral of Lombardy and Venice , and an appeal , made by Archduke Albert , the Governor-General of Hungary , to the Hungarian people , to come to the assistance of the Austrian Crown , by forming volunteer corps 4 tf infantry and hussars . Another letter informs us that the sovereigns of Tuscany , Parma , and Modona have all been invited by the Emperor , to transfer their residence to Vienna while the war lasts . . Telegraphic news has reached us of a terrible conflagration , by which the well-known commercial 4 tfty of Brody , in GalHcia , has become the victim— - « , £ roa (> emporium . of East-European commerce ,

      News has arrived of the death of the Archduke John , in Gratz , of disease of the lungs . This event took place on Wednesday . By way of Berne we hear that a revolutionary movement was expected at Como ; the tricolor had already been hoisted before the castle . 1 , 000 Croats , however , have arrived at Como , and a contribution of 5 , 000 florins , and of provisions , has been imposed upon the town . The Austrian journals are doing their best to excite an anti-Gallic spirit in Germany . The Austrian Gazette publishes an article with the heading , " Be united ! Forward ! " and which concludes with " Let us march- —to Paris ! " of —T

      and one " which contains the largest Jewish population assembled on any particular spot in the worfcL The opening events of the campaign have been somewhat : discouraging to the Austrians . On Thursday week an accident happened upon the railway near Verona . A train containing military came into collision with some cars with ammunition . An explosion followed , and several carriages were blown up . Twenty-three men were killed , and one hundred and twenty-four wounded . Last Tuesday , at Ragusa , the Austrian war brig Triton blew up . The commander of the brig was on shore when the accident happened . The dead , wounded , and missing are about eighty in number .

      ^ iThe German Journal Frankfort says : he Emperor Francis Joseph has received from the Emperor of Russia an autograph letter which is said to have given satisfaction , but it appears that it has not been sufficient to remove all uneasiness with regard to Russia . . '• _ . The Grand Duke of Tuscany , who is Colonel of the 8 th Austrian Dragoons , will join his regiment and take active service ^ The Cologne Gazette says : —Austria has already on foot upwards of 600 , 0 , 00 men well equipped , of whom 300 , 000 are in Italy . In a fortnight her army will be 800 , 000 strong . The Hungarian nobility are raising five regiments of Hussars . Similar enthur siasni prevails in Bohemia , Moravia , Styria , Upper Austria , the Tyrol , and Carinthia . hand

      The Elberfeld Gazette says , on the other : — The last accounts from Hungary state that great agitation prevails amongst the Magyar and Sclavonian populations , anxious to recover the rights wrested from them ten years ago . Agitation . also prevails in Gallicia and in the Polish provinces of Austria . The JVordf asserts that the retreat of the Austrians isin consequence of orders sent from Vienna , where a hew plan of the campaign has been adopted , " The accounts , " says the JVord , '•• from the seat of war , report a status quo , of which the principal cause is the bad condition of the ground , owing to the rains and floods . In all probability the Emperor of Austria will take the command of his army at the same time that the Emperor of the French will put himself at the head of his regiments . "

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      PRUSSIA . The placing of the whole of the Prussian army on a war footing is now accomplished . 200 , 000 men are ready to march , and 300 , 000 more would follow them in a week . A rumour is current in the diplomatic world that the King , feeling himself still unable to bear the fatigue of government , intends to abdicate immediately after his return . It is not until the Regent shall have taken the title of King that the projected interview with the Emperor Alexander will take place . On Thursday after a six hours' debate in the Chamber of Deputies , during which all parties expressed the sentiment of German nationality , the loan asked for by Government for the military and naval administration , together with further means for raising money , was unanimously voted . The King of Prussia has left Rome with a suite of eighty persons for Ancona , intending to embark there for Trieste . Von Humboldt ' s funeral took place on Tuesday , the Prince Regent and all the royal family , with all the representatives of art , science , and intelligence in Berlin , were present on the occasion .

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      TUSCANY , The following are the members of the new Tuscan ministry : —M . Buoncompdgni , President of the Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs ; Baron Ricasoli , Minister of the Interior ; Marquis Ridolfl , Minister for Public Instruction ; Councillor Pog&i , Minister of Justice j M . Busacca , Finance Minister ; and M . Caminatt } , a Picdmonteso Colonel , War Minister , The Provisional Government has addressed a memorandum to the members of the diplomatic body . It is a lengthy eqposb of the events before the late revolution : the growing desire of the people to enter into an alliance with Piedmont ; the inflexibility of the Grand Duke on this point ;

      the patriotic feeling- of the army , and the ultimate departure of the sovereign on the 27 th ult . The letter of . General Ferrari , with his plan of bombarding the capital from Fort Belvedere , is not forgotten j and the document concludes with the reasons which induced the Provisional Government to proclaim the dictatorship of the King of Sardinia .

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      MODENA . The Duke having demanded reinforcements from Bologna , an Austrian regiment was sent from that place . The Duke went to meet it , but on his return to Modena a collision occurred between the troops and the . populace . . The Duke , by a decree dated the 3 rd * has concentrated all political and police powers in the hands of his Commandant of Dragoons .

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      things at Ancona as a violation neutrality , placed the French regiments at Rome on a war footing . The latest accounts , dated Tuesday , inform us that the . state of siege at Ancona had , in consequence of the energetic representations of the French ambassadorat Rome , been suspended , and the lighthouse at the entrance of the harboiir , the light in which had been extinguished , re-lighted . The Austrians not only occupy Bologna and Ancona , but Forli , Ravenna , and Rimini , and have just sent reinforcements to these places .

      of has ROMAN STATES . The Austrians have increased the garrison of Ancona from 2 ^ 500 to 7 , 000 men , amply provisioned , and have strengthened the fortifications of that important strategical position . On Monday the Austrians declared Ancona and its territory in a state of siege . The Roman Government sent word to Vienna by telegraph , that the Pope solemnly protested against it , and would withdraw all the Papal authorities . France , regarding the state of

      The Pope ' s subjects , and even his troops , are said to be ripe for an insurrection , which we may expect to hear of very soon . A letter from Rome says .:. — " I am informed that the report of the desire of his Holiness to leave for Vienna was so prevalent , that the French authorities hearing of it spoke of it to Antonelli , who disr claimed in the strongest manner any intention of his Holiness to do so . The Pope feels himself , undoubtedly , a prisoner , and his sympathies incline him rather to the Austrians ; but I much doubt whether the French will give his Holiness an opportunity of gratifying his sympathies . "

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      BAVARIA . The Government of Bavaria has ordered the raising of a loan of four millions of florins , at 4 £ per cent ., and at the price of 97 , to meet military requirements .

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      GREECE . Fkom the Athens journals it appears that the-Grand Duke and Duchess Constantino of Russia are receiving the most flattering attentions from the King and Queen . The presence of a powerful Russian squadron in the Greek waters has peculiar significance , and is calculated to have some influence on what is passing in the Adriatic . It is to be apprehended that the war will have some effect on the countries which border the iEgean ; and the elements of disorder and revolution which exist among the Greek population of Turkey in Europe may be used to encourage a rising in those provinces . Public feeling in Greece with regard to the war is decidedly against Austria .

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      NAPLES . On the 27 th ult ., a telegraphic despatch , conceived in the following terms , was circulated through Naples , and produced an immense sensation : —" The Duohess de Berri to her Majesty the Queen of Naples . 'A telegraphic despatch has been received irom Paris *—' Project against" Naples . —Florence , 26 th , 6 p . m . '" A council of ministers was called , at which was present the Prefect of Police , as also a council of generals . The patrole and the guards of gendarmerie wore doubled . The Government has officially notified to the Courts of Europe that it is the wish of his Neapolitan Majesty to preserve a strict neutrality ponding the present complications . The neutrality ot Naples has been accepted , and is said to have been guaranteed by England . Russia , and Prussia . The King still lingers . Ho la said to bo attacked with the morbo pcdicolaro , , to bo a mass of corruption , and to bo in great au ^ ng . Still , the feoblo hand will grasp power to the lasts and , as his Majesty holds the key of the cipher , it has been necessary to communicate to him all the foreign dispatches , thus adding to his malady . The Swiss reg $ monts are being concentrated in tho citv Eight steam frigates are , moreover , ready to leave at a momont ' s notice , with accommodation for a thousand men each , iu any direction where the

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 14, 1859, page 613, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2294/page/9/