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FRANCE . THE ; TRUL OF THE REPUBLICAN CHIEFS . Bourses . —On Thursday , the counsel for the prissners eutc ; ed on their defence at Bourges . Barnes was called on , but declined defending himself . — Sobrier was lhen called en , and M . Baud , his counsel , addressed the jury in his defence . —Raspail defended himself . He denied his complicity in any plot for t he overthrow of the government on the 15 th of May . The manifestation on that day was only in favour of Poland . —Plotte was next called , tut dpcllced making any defence . —The counsel for Quentin nest addressed the court . The court rose at six o ' clock .
Oa Friday , a considerable crowd was collected , and the galleries were completely filled by welldressed people of both sexes to hear the speech of M . Bethmont in defence of General Courtais . The defence was long and brilliant , and produced much sensation . At its conclusion , when the advocate appealed to Heaven for the truth of his conviction that his client was no traitor , and that whatever may bs now thought , his innocence would hereafter
be proved , General Courtais appeared to be much affected , and was observed even to shed tears . — Elanqui was called on to address , according as he had intended , some observations to the court . He said thai ihe Procureur-General should first reply to lie obi-irrations of his counsel . The Procureur-General bad no reply to make until the prisoner ' s defence was completed . Blanqui said he was not ready . The President , therefore , adjourned the court st half-past three o ' clock .
On Saturday , Blanqni addressed the court in his own defence . He was interrupted by the President , as he attacked the decree of the National Assembly and competency of the court . The Procureur-General address ? d " the jary at great length . The court adjounu u at six o ' clock . Great interest was excited at Bourges , on Sunday , by the announcement of the arrival there of Huber , Who has surrendered himself . Huber , however , will not be triad at present . The defence of the prisoners ¦ was continued till six o ' clock , when the court adjourned . SENTENCE ON THE PRISONERS . BARBES AND ALBERT TKANSPORTED FOR LIFE .
( From a second edition of the Times of Wednesday . ) The sentences "were passed at eleven o ' clock on Monday night , April 2 nd , on the political prisoners at Bourse * , Barbes and Albert , transportation for life . Biastjiii . ten years * imprisonment . Sobrier , seven y . ars . . Raspail , sis years . Flitte and Quentin , five years each . General Couriais , Degre , Le Pannier , Bonnes , Thomas , Vilain , and Larget , were acquitted and discharged . The sentence on Louis B ' aue anJ Canssidiere , sras adjourned till Tuesday . It ap ;« rars that Barbes addressed the Court at seme ! ei : < ih , and concluded his speech by shouting " Fire la Rqmtilique Democratique et Sociale ! "—a cry in vrlsicii Sobrier loudly joined .
Wednesday . —The High Court of Bourges has condemned Ivju ' s Blanc , Caussidiere , Ilonneau , Laiirron , Seignrunet , and Napoleon Chancel , by default , to tran ^ . pnriatioa for life . Infamous Persecution of the Citizen PaouDn > x . —On Wednesday , March 23 th , 11 * . Proudhoa , the celebrated Socialist representative , and editor of the journal Le feupfe , and M . Duchesne , she yerant of that journal , were brought to trial for a iibrl on the President of the Republic , published in Le Peuple . The two articles incriminated appeared on the 26 th and 27 th of January , and mre snxkled ' La Guerre' and * Le President de la Hepr . blique est responsable . " M . Ducbesn ? admitted hi * responsibility i&gerant , and II . Proudhon acknowledged the authorship of the articles . The Advocate-General contended that in these articles the -accused had committed the offences of
exciting hatred and contempt of the government , of attacking the Constitution and the authority of the President o the Republic , and of having endeavoured to disturb the public peace fay exciting citizens to hatred sgiins-t eacli other . After a long trial both the accuse ! were found guilty , and M . Duchesne was sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment and a fine of l . CO'J francs , while M . Proudoon was sentenced to three years' imprisonment , and a fine of 3 , 000 francs . PrG «« 2 b <« has laid an appeal bsfora tie Court of Cassz'iau asaiust the judgment of the Court of Assize .
National Assembly . —Affaies of Italy . — Friday , March 30 th , —The discussion on ihe affairs c ; fujy was opened to-day in the National Assembly by M . Bixio , who stated that the Comnrittee of Foreign Affairs had keenly felt the deep emotion produced in the Assembly by the communication roaf ' e on Wednesday by the President of the Council rshlive to Italy . It had immediately met to deliberate on that g rave matter . A fri ghtful catastrophe had annihilated the only regular force organised for the defence of Italy , acd he would not pass over the bodies of that heroical army without psyir . g a hist tribute of regret to their manes and to the glorious temerity of their king . ( Murmurs and
laughter . ) Austria now menaced the whole Italian peninsula . The question was no longer an European or Ital ' an 'juestion . It was a French question . The integrity c-l' Piedmont , uader Louis XIV ., as well as under t ' u ; - Republic , was indispensable to the security of Trance . The passage oftheTicino or the "Var by ihe Austrians was identically the same . The Committee was accordingly of opinion that the Austrian ; shor . id be immediately invited to retire , and that th-: French government should not confine itself to a n 2 ? r- ! exchange of Totes , but take up a position on the menaced territory . He concluded by proposing t ? ia following resolution : — 'The National Assembly , jealous of secarng the preservation of the
two greatest interests confided to it , the dignity of France , and the maintenance of peace founded in respect , for nationalities , and concurring in the Ian gusga h « -H in the sitting of the 28 th by the Presiden of the Council of Ministers , confiding also in the g - vernmentot the President of the Republic , declares that , if the better to guarantee the integrity of the 1 'iedmoniese territory and protect the interests and honour of France , the Executive Power should think it necessary to give force to the negotiations , by the partial and temporary occupation of any point of Upper Italy , it would find in the National Assembly the most sincere and cordial co-operation . '—The Minister of Foreign Affairs then addressed the
Assembly , explaining the state of affairs in Piedmont . — 51 . Bilisulf , who followed ] blamed the government for having adopted , as the basis of the negotiation , the treaties of J 815 , which Ijad been virtually abrogated . An intervention in Piedmont was ridiculous , the g . vernmeat knowing very well that the Ausir ' -ans did not intend to retain possession of that country . It was in Lombardy the ieal Italian question rested . —M . Dronyn de Lhuys replied . After which , 11 . Ledru Roltin ross and justified the foreign policy of the Provisional Government . If it bad not assisted Charles Albert , it was because that prince was ambitious to annex to his kingdom the Lombardo-Venetian provinces , and that he was afraid
the French so'diers would propagate republican principles in bis dominions . The Executive Commission subsequently proposed to the Sardinian government to occupy the country of Nice and Savoy , but experienced a similar refusal . He then contended that the Austrians , by preserving the important position of Alessandria , commanded the entire Peninsula , and nrged the French government to form an ahiauce with the Republics of Central Italy . ( Laughter . ) He then cited passages from speeches , delivered by Messrs . Odillon Barrot , Thiers , and Dnvergier de Hauranne , in 183 S , after the evacuation of Ancona by order of Count Mole , aod maintained that if they did rot now interfere in Italy
their condemnation of that act must have been a mere comedy . —After M . Jnles Favre bad addressed the Assembly , M . Drouyn de Lhuys rose and annoanced that the government accepted the resolution presented by the Cemmittee of Foreign Affairs . — M . Fiocon declared that he could not concur in the resolution , as it implied confidence is a Cabinet whicb . be distrusted . He accordingly proposed the following order of the day : — 'The Assembly , persisting in its resolution of the 24 th May , 1848 , invites the government to take measures to guarantee the emancipation of Italy / ( Murmurs . ) Some other amendments were proposed . Ultimately the debate was adjourned .
Paris , Saturday . —In the course of this day ' s debate M . Thiers delivered a most infamous speech . * You seek , * said M . Thiers , ' the independence of Lombardy and Venetia , which would be equivalent to a war with Austria ; or , in fact , a war with the whole continent . This would be madness and anti-national . ' M . Thiers said that it was necessary to uphold the treaties of 1815 , and ridiculed the assertion of M . de Lamartine , whoj in his memorable , manifesto , declared that they existed de facfo . ' bui not de ^ jure .. Of course , he was loudly applauded by the base majority . Finally ! the motion of M . Bixio modified as follows wu adopted by 444 to 320 . J The Assembly declares , that if the better
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to guarantee the integrity of the Piedmontese tern , tory , and to protect tbe interests and honour ot France , the Executive Power should think proper ^ Tsartsrfi-Ba-KK of Artillery in Paris ha , beea ordered to qgt the capital , although its period of service has not expired The Ultra-Republican journals assert that its departure is occasioned by its being converted to Socialism , and that the men would not fire on the people . ' ^_ . __ , disturb
Socialist Manifestation . — Serious - ances were created at SouflJac , in the department of the Lot , on the 25 th ult ., by a number of Socialists who had formed an illegal club , but having been dispersed by the police they paraded , the town , crying ' ViveBobespierre V * Vive Blanquil ' ' VivelaMontagneV ' Vive Barbes V Vive la Guil . lotine V—Tiv r . es . The Hjed Republic—A banqaet given on Sun . day by the ex-delegates of the Luxembourg collected 1 , 200 guests at the Barriere de Sevres . Several Montagnard representatives attended , amongst whom were observed MM . Joly , Felix Pyat , and Pierre Leroux . After the company entered the uaaquet-haH the Commissary of Police ofVaugirard , assisted by three peace officers , demanded admission , bnt having been refused , he took a note of the refusal and withdrew .
M . GautiAf , in speaking of the first toast , ' the Revolution , * p ' assed a warm eulogium on Louis Blanc and Albert , and censured the acts of the present government . He was interrupted by cries of ' Death to tyrants / ' Down with the political scaffold , ' in allusion to the execution of the ' murdsrers' of General Brea . The usual toasts were giren , and the meeting separated . France Dishonoured . — 'Let us efface from our banners / cries Le Peuple , the words' National Honour . ' Let us never again speak of our sympathies for an oppressed people , and of the initiative whirt it ought to be the glory of France to take over the world . Let us cover with a funeral crape the book of our history . Let us , above all , forget the glories of the Republic and the Empire . It
would be too much shame to endure at the same time . We are fallen far below the Restorationfar below the government of Louis Philippe . Brought back in the baggage carts of tbe Holy Alliance , the Restoration freed Greece and conquered an entire continent when taking possession of Algiers . Though the shameless slave of' peace at any cost / the government of Louis * Philippe' bombarded Antwerp , and occupied Ancona at the very first news of the intervention of Austria in Italy . What the Restoration did , what the Ministers of ' peace at any cost' did , we do not dare to do , though France is now a Republic , and the name of Napoleon is at the head of the Executive power . See to what baseness we are reduced . Why do you talk to us of Polignacand Guizot ! In comparison with such creatures as you , they were chivalrous guardians of our national honour . '
Le Peuple then makes a direct appeal to the army , and calls upon it to declare itself for war , and thus render war inevitable . .... Bu'jnafartist Corrujptio&—Paris , Tuesday Morning . —The proceedings in the National Assembly yesterday were of extraordinary violence . The subject under discussion was tbe budget of the Minister of ths Interior . In the third chapter , which relates to the pension fund of that depart , ment , there appears the sum of 52 , 000 f . for the retiring pensions granted by M . Leon Faucher , to eighteen prefects who retired or were dismissed in
consequence of the Revolution of February . M . Bf&rd opposed the grant , on the ground that none or these functionaries had served'the time required by the law of 1790—namely , sixty years' of age , and thirty years' service . After a stormy debate , M . Jules Favre proposed an order of the day motive blaming the Ministry . Ultimately M . Roux Carbannel brought forward another amendment stating that the Assembly , not being- acquainted with tbe facts of the case , sent the matter to the committee of finance for examination , and the latter was adopted by a ma j ority of 13 , the numbers being 363 to 350 .
The Approaching Elections . —The preparations for the approaching elections are now going on with great activity . The Republicans , Buonapartists , Monarchists , and Socialists have all their different committees , and meetings are held every day in which the pretensions of the different candidates are discussed . Defeat of the Government . —In the National Assemblyyesterday the government was twice beaten , first on the vote of 50 , 000 francs to General
Changarnier , when the majority was fifty-seven against the government ; and secondly , on a grant demanded for the political and moral superintendence of theatres , which was refused by a majority of 365 to 332 . Tyranny of the President . —Another Onslaught on the Liberty of the Press . —The journal Le Peuple was seized on Wednesday for as . serting that the President of the Republic had contracted money obligations which hampered his will and his political ideas .
Paris , Wednesday , —Charles Albert , ex-king ol Sardinia , arrived in Paris yesterday afternoon . He came by rail from Bourges .
GERMANY . ELECIIOX OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA A 3 EMPEROR OF TUE GERMANS . . FRANKFORT . —The National Assembly elected , on the afternoon of the 28 th ult ., the King of Prussia as Emperor of the Germans . 290 members voted for the motion conferring the Imperial dignity on his Prussian Majesty , and 248 refrained from taking any part in the proceedings . A deputation of twenty-four members was cho 3 en to convev the intelligence to the King of Prussia ,
The Assembly received on the 29 th ult . the official information that the Archduke John bad resigned the post of vicar of the German empire , ' on account of existing circumstances . ' In a letter addressed to Baron von Gagern , his Imperial Highness expresses the wish that he ( the Arcbduke ) may be released from the duties of his office , so soon as that release can be effected without injury to the tranquillity and welfare of Germany . The house then adjourned till the 4 th of April . Cologne , March 30 . —The deputation appointed by the Frankfort National Assembly to convey to the King of Prussia the intelligence of his election to the imperial crown of Germany , arrived on the 30 th ult . in Cologne by one of the steamers . On landing they were greeted with cheers and hisses , the latter gieatly predominating .
During their stay at Cologne on Friday night , a large crowd assembled in front of the Hotel Disch , where they had put up , and treated them to a charivari—the famous ' cat ' s music' of the Germass . As it was feared that other and more hostile demonstrations might be made ( for the democrats of Cologne are all republicans ) , the troops were called out , and they took up positions at the corners ofall the streets leading to the above hotel , thus preventing the passage of all persons except those who resided , therein .
Horrible Persecution of the Berlin Workmen . — The criminal court has pronounced sentence on the persons accused of rioting and destroying machinery on the 16 th of October last . The prisoner most deeply implicated , a labourer , on fome points of law , escaped with the lightest sentence , six months' imprisonment ., The others were condemned to various terms of imprisonment — one to ten years , two to six , and two to four years with hard labour , one to a year's simple imprisonment , and one to a year ' s service in the military penal company . The well-known Linden Muller is condemned to two years' imprisonment in a fortress .
Baden . —The trial of Strove aud Blind iras brought to a close on the 30 th ult . The jury declared the accused not guilty of high treason , but convicted thera on the minor eounts . Sestence had not been passed .
WAR IN HUNGARY . The news of the fall of Hermannstadt is corroborated by all the newspaper correspondents . That town , the seat of a Saxon population , and for that very reason marked out , like the whole of Transylvania , by Kossuth for punishment , has been overrun by Bern and his legions . An important fight had taken place at Comorn with a body , of insurgents , under Gorgey , with what result is not known . The rebels are reported to have displayed great valour , particularly the hussars , who dashed up with irresistible impetuosity to the battering train ' of the Imperialists , and took their guns by storm , like the Polish Lancers , in the charge of Ssmosierra . ; ,
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Six mitea from Pestb , in a northerly direction , It seems that the Magyars do not intend to attack Ofen , which is no position of strategic importance but to relieve Coraorn , which has been continuall y bombarded since the 18 th of this month , but without any success . Kossuth ' s brother-in-law , commanding this-fortress , having received , every day two : or three officers from the beseigers , demandiug him to surrender , has refused to receive any more . He . did so in consequence of those officen being little better than spies . Ode Austrian officer came into the fortress as a deserter , was kindly received , and nominated major of the artillery . This gentleman was detected corresponding by signals with the Austrians , and when the latter , in consequence of these signals , attacked a place which usually was very badly defended , the deserter was hanged ,, and the imperial troops received with a heavy fire .
The Times correspondent , who evidently is in the pay of the Austrians , says in that paper of Wednesday : —• Things look exceedingly gloomy in Hungary , and if a change of men and tactics do not speedily take place , the worst is to be feared . The Lloyd of to-day tells us that several hot engagements have taken place within a rayon of about fifty English miles of Pesth , and as no bulletin has been isstfed , it is clear that we have been worsted . [ ' We have been worsted . ' That is the vile scoundrel ' s paymasters—the accursed Austrian tyrants . May ' the worst for them come speedily . ]
THE WAR IN ITALY . Our Iait number contained the telegraphic des . patch read to the French Assembly , which announced the complete defeat of the Piedmontese army by the Austrians , aud the flight and abdication of Charles Albert . We resume the history of these important events . The following is from the Paris correspondence of the Times : — ' The battle which forced Charles Albert to abdicate in f avour of his sou , the Duke of Savoy , was fought on the 24 th between Novara and
vercelli . It was commenced by General Chrzanowsky , who was at first successful * . He recovered the position he had previously lost , but Marshal Radetskjhaving with consummate skill concentrated'his entire force , consisting of 60 , 000 . men , on one point , tbe Piedmontese line was broken , and one division , commanded by the Duke of Savoy , was driven to Bielle at the foot of the Alps , and the other , under the command of Chrzanowsky , to Borgo-Manero . The Piedmontese Generals , Perrone and Pasulacqua , both men of large hereditary fortune in Piedmont , were killed . '
We takethe following from the Const' ttutionnelt' The march of Radetsky was undaunted , but not imprudent . It had for its object , a 3 it sained for its result , to oblige Chailes Albert to give him a decided battle at the very opening of the campaign . The interest of the Piedmontese seemgd to be , on the contrary , to avoid a decisive action , in order to give time to Lombardy to make a last effort ;* and come to the aid of her liberators . It was with the hope of an insurrection , of Lombard ? co-operating with this attack , that Charles Albert divided his forces , that he sent a division to the borders of the Lago Maggiore to encourage the insurgents of the province of Cotno , while one of his best generals ,
La Marmora , with 12 , 000 or 15 , 000 men . operated below the Po . and penetrated into Lombardy by the Duchy of Parma . Milan was thus threatened both on the north and on the south while the Piedmontese army was marching direct from Turin to Mjlan . To lose Milan by an insurrection escited by the ap » pearance of the Piedmontese columns , or by a defeat , wa . 8 the same thing , to Radetsky ; either would oblige him to retire behind the Adda , or , perhaps , behind the OgJio . To-drire- avfayCharies Albert from Milan when his vanguard was only five leagues frem that city ; to compel him to retreat upoii the Piedmontese territory , and ' there accept a decisive battle , which would open to one the road to Turin , or to the other the road into Milan , was the problem
which Radetsky has sulved . Turin , as well as Milan , is on the left bank of the Po . Twenty-five leagues and two broad rivers separate these two capitals . The two rivers are the Sesia , which joins the Po near Casale . and the Ticino , which serves as a boundary to Piedmont , and joins the Po at Pavia . Both come down from the Alps and run parallel to each other . It was oa the narrow tongue of Jand between the Sesia and the Ticino and the left bank of the Po that this short but decisive campaign passed . If a straight line le drawn from Turin to Milan , it will cut the Sesia at Vercelli , will touch Novara and Trecate between the two rivers , and will cut the Ticino at Buffalora . It was along this
line that were stationed four out of the six divisions o f the army of Charles Albert . The reserve was at Vercelli with the Duke of Savoy , one division at Novara , the head-quarters at Trecate , the Duke of Genoa at Buffalora , and the vanguard , having passed Buffalora , advanced to within five leagues of Milan , before Radetsky had made a single move . A fifth division , that of Raraorino , was destined to guard the course of the Ticino , and connected the main body of the army with the Durando division , which , following the left bank of the Po , watched Pavia , where Radetsky arrived on the 21 st with 5 , 000 men , and where he concentrated his troops . Radetsky , quitting Pavia , ascended the course of the Ticino as
far as Yidgevano , where he found himself in face of Ramorino ' s division , and where he crossed the river with the whole of his array . Driving all before him by the immense majority of his forces , he compelled Ramorino ' s division to fall back upon the main body of the Piedmontese army , and Durando ' s division on the left towards , and perhaps beyond , the Po . He advanced without opposition as far as Mortara , where on the 23 d he found himself in front of Vercelli—that is to say , face to face with the reserve of tbe Piedmontese army . By this bold march , Radetsky not only dispersed one Piedraontese diyir sion , and completely isolated adother division , but found himself nearer Turin than Charles Albert ,
while Charles Albert was nearer than be to Milan . His array remained intact , while that of Charlea Albert was weakened by one-third . If Charles Albert went in pursuit of Radetsky to g ive . him battle between Milan and Pavia with the Ticino behind him , it would be a perilous undertaking ; one defeat would have involved the extermination of the Piedmontese army ; if Charles Albert had continned his march upon Milan , and left open the road to Turin , this would have been to give up his reberve , his reinforcements , all his resources , his king , dom itself . Therefore , the Piedmontese army sud denly retrograded along the road by which he had advanced , returned from Magenta to Buffalora , from
Buffalora to Trecate , from Trecate to Novara , to which the head-quarters were brought back on the 23 d . It appears that on the 23 d the Duke of Savoy inarched from "Vercelli upon Mortara , to try to drive the Austrians back , and give to the main body of the army time to move between Novara and Vercelli' . In spite of the courage of the Piedmontese , ' in spite of the heoric valour of the Duke of Savoy , who had his clothes perforated by seventeen bullets , such an engagement between forces so disproportioned could not ba" ? e any other result than what has ensued . On the following day , the 24 th , Radetsky left Mortara
to ylace himself between Vercelli and Novara . He met the Piedmontese army , and then took place the battle , the disastrous issue of which has been ' ma d e known . The . Piedmontese army was beaten back towards Borgo-Manero and Bielle—that is to say , towards the sources of the Sesia . Radetsky occupied Novara , Vercelli , and Trino—that is to say , he marched direct towards Turin . < The diplomatic corps went out to meet him at Cbivasso to sequire an armistice . Thirty leagues of country and a victorious army now separate the fragments of the Piedmontese forces . This is enough to prove that the campaign is at ah end .
The following is from the correspondence of the Daily News : — ¦ . Turin , March 25 . —I have the painful . task of announcing to you the loss of the liberal cause in Italy , for such must be the consequence of the event known here only this day . The ministers here have at length acknowledged that for several days past their communications with the head quarters of tbearmy have been interrupted . Annexed you will see the official bulletin , No . 9 , published this day : —
'Njsws of" the War . —Not by letters , but by trustworthy messengers , we learn that on the 23 rd inst ., at eleven a . m ., a great battle was fought before Novarra and in its neighbourhood . The fight lasted most , obstinately till Bight . The king , his sons , and the army , gave proofB of extraordinary valour | but , towards night , the superior numbers of men and cannon on the side of the enemy prevailed . Our troops were unfortunately obliged to retreat , and in the morning of the 24 th left Novarra , going in'the direction of Borgomanero . Great was the loss , both on our side and on that of the enemy . It is not known where the head-quarters are at present . The messengers sent yesterday and . last night have not yet returned ; other messengers have been expedited this morning . We hope soon to receive fresh information , and God grant it may be of a less disastrous purport . Citizens , the present
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moment is supreme . Continue . to give proofs of reverence and affection for your country and . for our liberal institutions . The government feels the gravity of the duties incumbent on it , and with the aid of the generous national guards it will know how to fulfil them . , , _ , . • The Ministor of the Interior , RATAzzn ' Turin , March 26 . -To . day the city is calmer than for ttie last few days . The announcemeHt ( though not official ) of the departure of the ' Hon Mr A bercromby for the head-quarters of Marshal Radetsky , and that of Baron Margnerita , the syndic ot Turin ; and that a truce of 48 hours , and an armistice of a week have been-tbe former certainl y , and the latter probably-granted , has tranquilltsed the inhabitants to a certain extent , and at least allayed the fears entertained of a sudden irruption into the town of tbe Croats , whose very name
inspires terror . - An official statement of the events of the present short and disastrous campaign has just been published here » signed Itatazzi , Minister of the Interior , dated Turin , March 26 . It begins thus— ' From the head-quarters of the army , whence no news had been received for several days past , we have received to-day the following : — ' On the 23 rd inst ., a pitched battle wsb fought ; the troops were tired with long marches and countermarches , performed on the two preceding days , but the battle could not be deferred , as the enemy came on to the assault . The line of battle extended from Bicesca , a small hamlet , or rather group of buildings , situated on . the road to Mortara , as . far as the canal lying a little behind the small country-house called Corta Nuova , oh the Vercelli road . ;
The document goes on to describe the position of the different corps of the array . The 1 st Division , commanded by . Gen Durando , forming the rig ht King . The 2 nd Division was next composed of the brigades of Casale , Aquiand , the Parmenese . ( Casale , where the first brig ade was formed , lies but few miles from ihe field . ) the 3 rd Div ' alon , composed of the Savona and Savoy brigades , was commanded by Gen . Perrone . The Savoy regiments behaved best throughout the successive engagements . The King himself was at the head of the first , with the rank of colsnel . The Duke of Genoa was behind , commanding the reserve division . The document then continues : —The Duke of Savoy supported the right wing with the brigades , of Cuneo aud that of thp . nuards . He was at a short distance from
Vercslli , ' on tk ' e low p lains that extend beneath its walls , and thence to the roads . At eleven , a . m ., the Austrians began the attack at La Bicoser—our extreme left—the engagement began at this point and soon extended all along the line . ' The Savona regiment , placed in the first line ,- gave way , and the brigade Of Savoy advanced to replace it . Soon thesis two brigades together re-took the last position , arid advanced as far as the country-house called' Layinchi . ¦ m the left of the old buildings called La Citadella . ' At this moment the fire of the Austrians seemed to slacken on our left , and it appeared that they directed all their efforts upon our centre at La Citadella , which was taken and re-taken several times by the brigades of the'Casale , Aqui , and the Parmanese , commanded by Gen . Bes . Here the
assault of . the enemy was felt strongest on . our left . The brigades of Savoy and ; Savona commenced to give way , falling back upon La Bicesca . This last position was soon lost , and with it the fortune of the day . The Duke of . Genoa , with the reserve , was sent to . support it , but , though he fought most ; bravely , had several horses killed under him , and was obliged to continue the fight on foot , all his efforts were fruitless . The Austrians then brought all their forces to bear on our centre . The action was hottest on our right and centre , but our battalions falling back one on the other , towards night we were obliged to retreat . The day was lo » t for us . The centre and right wing re-forming under the walls of the city , continued to resist till night put a stop to the attacks of the enemy .
March 27 . —The Duke of Savoy , the eldest son of Charles Albert was yesterday proclaimed here under the name of Victor Emanuel , and the troops in garrison took the oath of fealty in the presence of the Prince of Carignan , Lieutenant-General of the kingdom , as will also the national guard . Probably the King himself will be present at this solemn but ( under existin ? circumstances ) sorrowful ceremony . His Majesty arrived here last night late , and was salated by numerous * vivas' on his aliahting at the palace , where a crowd awaited his arrival notwith . standing the lateness of the hour ( half-past twelve ) . The English and French ambassadors came back with him from the camp of Radetsky .
An armistice has been agreed on for an indefinite period , till a treaty of peace between Piedmont and Austria can be arranged . ' Meanwhile Ihe former is to pay a contribution of 100 millions of francs ( four millions sterling ) , and to place Alexandria in the hands of the Austrians as a guarantee for the payment and the observance of peace . Notice has been published this morning of the sale of considerable extent of forest land belonging to the crown , with a view , of course , to replenish the exhausted treasury of the ex-King , which his successor must have found empty . . On the 27 th the new ministry entered on its functions . It is thus composed : M . M . deDelaunay , Foreign Affairs ; Pinelli , Interior ; Cristiani , Justice ; Nigra , Finances ; MamelH , Public Works ; La Bormida , War and Marine ,.
Among the generals and other officers killed around Charles Albert and his sons , were Generals Durando aud Passalaqua , and General Duperron , a French officer , who commanded at Lyons under Louis Philippe . The last was mortally wounded , and died at Novarra , whither his wife went to him , passing through the midst of the Austrians . The new King of Sardinia , Victor Emanuel , was born in 1820 . In 1842 he married the daughter of the Archduke Reynier , the former Viceroy of Milan , who had himself married the sister of Chailes Albert . Thus the new King is cousin-german to the ex-E ' mperor Ferdinand , first and second cousin to the present Emperor Francis Joseph . A Turin letter of the 26 th , in the National , says : — ' The army has ° been completely beaten , thanks to
the defection and cowardice of several regiments , who refused to take part in the battle . With a certain party this war was unpopular , and this party reckoned among its most ardent members several officers of the army . This influence has borne its fruits , and it must be allowed that at the hottest moment of the fight the sauve qui pent was general with these regiments . It must at the same time be acknowledged that the troops which did engage with the Austrians performed prodigies of valour . The brigades of Savoy , Aoste , and Pignerole , the mountaineers , in fact , were subliSte in courage and energy . These unfortunate soldiers were decimated in contending against four times their number . Four generals and three colonels were left dead on the field .
It is reported that General Chrzanowsky has committed suicide by blowing out his brains . Armistice between the Piedmontjbsb and Austrian ^ . — Extraordinary Scene in the Chamber at Turin . —The following is a report of the sitting of the Sardinian Chamber of Deputies , which met on the night of the 27 th ult ., at which the new ministers were present : — -M . Bunico , Vice-president , read a letter from General Ramorino , 'complaining of having been unconstitutionally arrested by the national guard of' Arooa . As a member of the chamber he claimed the benefit of his
inviolability . The Minister of . the Interior , M . Pinelb > next communicated to the assembly the following document : . ¦ ' Armistice concluded between his Majesty tbe King of Sardinia Victor Emanuel , and Field-Marshal Radetsky , on the 26 th March , after the abdication of Charles Albert : ' The King of Sardinia gives a solemn and positive assurance that he will conclude , as far as it may be consistent with his honour , a treaty of peace on the , following bases . Article 1 . The King ot Sardinia shall disband ten military corps , composed of Hungarians , Poles , and Lombards , his majesty being at liberty to retain in his service any officer of those corps he pleases . Article 2 . Count Radetsky shall apply to his majesty the emperor to grant an entire amnesty to tbe Hungarian , Polish , and Lombard
soldiers , subjects of his imperial majesty , Article 3 . The King of Sardinia , allows 18 , 000 infantry and 2 , 000 cavaby to occupy the territory comprised between the Po , the Ticino , and Sesia , and one-half of the garrison of the fortress of Alexandria is to be formed of Austrian troops . ( Loud murmurs in the Assembly and the public galleries . The president threatened to clear the latter , and M . Pinelli was enabled to continue . ) That occupation aball nowiae interfere with the civil and judiciary administration of the province of Novara . 3 , 000 Austrians shall compose one-half of the garrison of the city and citadel of Alexandria , and as many Piedmontese soldiers the other half . The Austrians are to have a free communication between Alexandria andLomelline , through Valenza . A mixed military committee shall be appointed to provide for the
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maintenance of the Austrian troops . The Sardinian troops shall evacuate *• ^ a ^ ies w-Modena , Piacenza , and Tuscany , that is , the territories which , previous to the war , did not belong to Piedmont . Article 4 . It being impo : sible for one-half of the Austrian garrison of Alexandria to reach , before three or . four days ; their admission into the fortress shall be guaranteed by the Sardinian gov ernment . Article 5 . The Sardinian fleet shall quit tbe Adriatic , with all the steamers , within a delay of fifteen ' 'days , arid the Piedmontese , now at Venice , shall be ordered back to their own country within the same delay . Article 6 . King Victor Emanuel promises to conclude a prompt and durable peace , V ' . . jL . " -. A On-
and to reduce the army to the former peace standing . Article 7 . The King of Sardinia regards inviolable all the conditions above stipulated . Article 8 . Both parties shall send plenipotentiaries to whatever city may be fixed , for the conclusion of a definite treaty of peace . Article 9 . The peace shall be concluded independently of the stipulations of the present armistice ; Article 10 . If peace was not concluded , the cessation of the armistice shall be announced ten days previous to the ' resumptian-o f hostilities . Article 11 . All prisoners of war shall be immediately returned by both parties . Article 12 . All the Austrians , who have already crossed the Sesia , shall re-enter the above-mentioned limits . ( Signed ) Chrzanowsky . Radetskv .
Along agitation followed this communication , and in the public galleries , cries ' of ' Down with the ministry' were uttered . —; M . Piazza said that this armistice was of a piece with that of Solasco ; and as respected the paragraph relative to the duchies , he formally protested against it , as representative of the duchy of Piacenza . —M . Lanaz denounced the armistice as the most humiliating act , and the conditions as the most dishonourable - ever imposed oh Italy , " even in the days of her former bondage . It was an intolerable infamy—a shameful capitulation . The government cauld not constitutionally undertake to pay the expenses of maintaining the Austrian garrison of Alexandria . That premature and im .
politic armistice-had compromised everything , even the retreat on the Appenines , the defence of Genoa ; and the junction with Tuscftny . The chamber could not accept that infamous armistice ; the cabinet , who presumed to ratify it should be impeached . ( Applause . )— M :. Tosti said he hoped that the traitor who recommended the armistice was not an Italian . He moved that the Chamber should sit permanently , and contrive means of obtaining positive , intelligence from the seat of war . —M . Lanza then proposed that the assembly should declare the armistice un « constitutional , and that the government who executed it should violate the fundamental compact—M . Pinelli invited tbe chamber not to vote too hastily
such resolutions , and to wait until the 'facts- were better known , for fear of > exposing the country to complete ruin . ' The terms of the armistice besides , ' exclaimed the ministers , ' are not of such a nature as to make us despair of the resurrection of . Italy . ' ( Murmurs . ) The resolution moved by M . Lanza was then put from the chair and carried . —M . Tosti next proposed—1 st . That the chamber should declare itself en permanence ; 2 d , that the ministry be invited to procure all the information possible on the real state of a ff airs ; and 3 d , that the chamber should send a deputation to the king to acquaint him with the sentiments of the assembly , and know his royal intentions . The first and third paragraphs of
the proposition were alone adopted . The assembly subsequently concurred in another - resolution of M . Weltona to the following eifect . — ' The chamber , being unwilling to sacrifice the honour of the . nation , invites the government to concentrate all our forces under the walls , of Alexandria , and , after proclaiming the country iu danger , to call to Genoa all the able-bodied men capable of bearing arms . ' The assembly likewise voted tbe following resolution , M . Ravina moved : — ' Should the ministry permit the Austrian forces to enter tbe citadel of Alexandria previous to the approval of the armistice by parliament , or recal the Sardinian fleet from the Adriatic , it will be guilty of high treason . ' The chamber afterwards adjourned .
Insurrection at Brescia . — Accounts from Lombardy state thai an insurrection- broke out at Brescia on the 23 rd uU ., owing to the arrival of refugee Lombards from Switzerland , The governor of the citadel was made prisoner , and the officers who accompanied him shot . During the 23 rd and 24 th the fire of musketry and cannon resounded in the streets of Brescia . The Austrian garrison still occupy the citadel . REPJHTED DISSOLUTION OP THE PIEDMONTESE
CHAMBER OP DFPUTIES . ( From the Paris correspondent of the Times . ) Paris , Monday—Considerable alaim for the maintenance of peace was f elt in Paris during the early part of this day , in consequence of the veVy hostile attitude assumed by the Chamber of Deputies of Turin . Fortunately these fears have been allayed by the receipt of a telegraphic despatch , announcing ( as in fact had been anticipated ) that the Chamber of Deputies had been dissolved by the King . NAPLES AND SICILY . —The following describes the state of things in Palermo ( Sicily ) up to the 17 th ult .:
—'Words fail us , and our emotion is so great that we cannot describe what we have seen and observed , and taken part in . The country is in danger . The country has sent forth an appeal io her children to defend her . What have you witnessed ? Princes , dukes , barons , counts , ministers , judges , priests , monks , soldiers of the National Guard , women , children , the old and the halt , all assembled io tbe Piazza della Vittoria with spades , pickaxes , hammers , and every kind of instrument of maiming . And why was this prodigious number of people there assembled ? To make fosses , barricades , forts , mines . Every one runs , every one flies to devote himself to bis country ; nor is there any distinction
of noble or plebeian , young or old , woman or man . Every one gives his work—his arm , his heart—his substance . Assembled yesterdTiy morning , at six o ' clock , in the Piazza della Vittoria , this prodigious number of people , amounting to more than 30 , 000 , and furnished with every instrument of masonry , ( Talking through the Toledo in the most perfect order , divided in companies and battalions , carrying at the head of each its banner , borne either by the ministers of the altar or by citizens with musical bands . And here how is it possible to describe the emotion of the people , the acclamations of the women , and of those who thronged together in the balconies ? A general evoiva ! ' resounded every .
where , intermingled with repeated imprecations on tbe tyrant ; and these sons of yEtna , in their enthusiasm for the salvation ef their country , marched to the place pointed out to them by . the engineers for the construction of defences . We cannot describe the imposing scenes which took place in the evening . The return of labour showed the true spirit of the Sicilian people . The women marched to th ? sound of musical instruments , the men of all classes followed , singing the tremendous hynuij ' Ddlle pelle del Borbone il tamburo dobliam formar ( of the skin of the Bourbon will we make out
drum ) , until they arrived beneath the windows of the Miuister of Foreign Affairs , when Ruggiero Settimo , the idol of Sicily , spoke patriotic words to the people . In the evening there was a general illumination ; and thus finished this greatest of demonstrations—thus Palermo responded to the ultimatum of the infamous Ferdinand of Naples—of that Ferdinand who was not the legitimate sove . reign of Sicily , by virtue of the 104 th article of the treaty of Vienna ; but possessed of the simple title only , as of Jerusalem . We await the moment of the rupture of the armistice , to make a slaughter of the Neapolitans—our only example to tyrants . '
At Naples the Government , has re-instituted a reign of terror . A number of the deputies of the late Assembly have been arrested . Arrests of other parties to a considerable extent had also been made . Some reports carried their number to 12 , 000 in the capital and provinces * In the provinces thirty-four judges had been disp l aced . The Neapolitan army is said to be averse to the war with Sicily , and numerous desertions have taken place . The Calabrias are stated to be in open revolt On the 20 th ult , the Sicilian government pub . lished the following proclamation : —
' Sicilians ! The shout of war to you is a cry of delight . The day of tbe 29 th of March , on which hostilities with the despot of Naples are to recommence , will be hailed with the same welcome as that of the 12 th January , and with good reason , because liberty can only be gained , by the . price of blood . The peace which you were offered was ignominious . It destroyed at one blow every interest created by tha Revolution . Yon have won the admiration tf
al Europe ; but if you had been more forgetful of your rights , and had again submitted to the lying despotism of a tyrant ,, what would that world have said ? Sicilians ! even though victory be not certain , when honour is at stake , a nation , like an individual , has the superior right to immolate itself . Better will it be to ba consumed in the flaming ruins of our country than to exhibit to Europe the spectacle of vile cowardice , Death ia preferable to slavery . But , no j we shall conquer—we confide in the 8 Jh
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cred nature of our cause and in the ardour of our souls . . ¦ 'Look there . See the flaming desolation of Messina . War , then , is for us the symbol of ven . geance and of love . One city of Sicily alone groan under the yoke of the enemy of liberty . To arms to arms ! Then , there , we must conquer or die . ( Signed ) ? Ruggiero Settinio , ' PrINCESSE DI BUFFERA , ' Vincbnzo di Marco , ' VlNCENZO ERRANTI , Parguili Calvi , ' Gaetano Catalano , : ' Mariano Stabile . 'Palermo , March 20 , 1849 . ' *\ rkA nat . lirfc ' Or ODT'CAUSe BT 1 (] in thp nr / inm * nlnui *
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THB BLOCKADE OF SICILY . Parij , Wednesday . —The Mmiteiir contains the following notice ; - — ' The Minister ot Agriculture and Commerce has addressed ) the following : circular , dated the 3 d oi April , to the Chambers of Commerce of our , principal ports ;— 'The government of the Two Sicilies has notified to the Minister of the Republic at Naples , that the Gulf of Palermo has been placed in' a state of siege and blockade by the naval forces of his Sicilian Majesty . This blockade will be put in execution from the first day of the present month . M . de Rayneval has been at the same time informed thai the Neapolitan cruisers have received orders to watch all the coasts of Sicily , in order to prevent absolutely the introduction of arms and all matters fit for war . ''
SECRET TREATY BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA . It is said that a copy of a Secret Treaty between Austria and Russia has been discovered by the French Government . The alleged treaty binds , it is said , these two Powers to make united head against the revolutionary movements in Southern Europe .
BELGIUM . . "We must warn our readers not to be hasty iu crediting every word of the following , which we take from . tbe ' Morning Chronicle' : —• A conspiracy has been discovered at Brussels . The chief of the plot is a man named Feyder , and it appears that it was at Arras that he recruited his principal accomp lices , and prepared his revolutionary plan . The plot tras to hare broken out on Sunday or Monday and coincide with an expected movement in Paris . Feyder and thirty of his accomplices were arrested , and important papers have been seized . The conspirators intended to put out the gas , pillage and burn the ministerial hotels , and in the confusion thereby , created proclaim a provisional Republican government . '
UNITED STATES . By the New World , Captain Knight , which arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday , we have New York papers to the lOfcfi ult . The mostremarkable feature of these papers is a letter from Henry Clay , onthesubject of negro emancipation in Kentucky . He declares unequivocally that the time has come when a beginning must be made with a view to abolish negro slavery in the state . He proposes a plan by which he thinks this may bs safely accomplished . INDIA .
DEFEAT OF THE SIKH ARMY . The mail of the 4 th of March from Bombay brings intelligonce from the theatre of war in the Punjab to the 21 st of February , on which day a battle wa 3 fought by the united forces of Lord G'Mlgh and General Whish , which ended in thb complete roufc of the . Sikh army . Of this victory , however , no details have arrived by this mail , as the despatches of the Commander-in-Chief had not reached'Bombay when the steamer left . The proceedings of Lord Cough up to the 10 th of February , were chiefly confined to the defence of the position which the British army occupied at
Chillianwallah . The Sikh forces , liaviDg received some addition to their numbers by the junction of Chuttur Singh , the ' father of their leader , Shere Singh , took up positions to the right of Lord Gough's camp , as if with an intention of outflanking tbe British . This movement le . d to the supposition that the Sikhs contemplated an attack ; but nothing of the kind took place . The enemy caused a good deal of annoyance to the gra 33-cutters and campfollowers ; but no serious encounter took place , for Lord Gough persisted in his plan of waiting for the arrival of the Bengal division under General Whish , and of the Bombay columu commanded by Brigadier Dundas .
During several Hays from ilie 6 th to ihe 13 th of February , various skirmishes took place , but no serfous encounter , as the British general continued to act on the defensive . Provisions were abundant in the British camp . On the 11 th , the Sikhs advanced to a villagenear the British camp , a 3 if to bring on an engagement , and the whole line was turned out , but no fight took place . The Sikhs plundered the outward and in * ward mails from the camp . A proclamation was published by Sir Henry
Lawrence , in the name of Dhuleep Singh , the young Maharajah of Lahore , which promised forgiveness for the past to all those who should retire to their homes , and threatened condign punishment to aft who persisted in the rebellion . On the 12 th , the Sikhs , who during the late feigned attacks on Lord Gough ' s camp had found means to remove their heavy guns from their intrencliments at Russooi , drew up their cavalry at the village of Goira , and under its cover struck their teuts , and marched towards Goojerat .
On the 16 th Lord Gough marched from Supooree to Sudalpoor , a village about five miles from the Ohenab ; while General Whish constructed a bridge of boats over the Chenab at Ilurreko Puttam , wiica facilitated his movement to join the Commander * in-Chief . Oa the ISth , the troops were hastened towards tbe point at which they were to concentrate . The Bombay column , under Brigadier Dumlas , arrived at Rumnnggur , and on the 19 th marched to join Lord Gough .
On the 20 ih , the last preparations were made for the conflict , and on tho 21 st , Lord Gough attacked Shere Singh in his position near Goojerat , defeated him on all points , and routed the Sikh army . Shere Singh fled , leaving a great portion of his guns and of his ammunition , as well as his standing camp , in possession , o f the victors , who were engaged in the pursuit of the dispersed Sikhs when the intol " ligence left . The news of this victory reached Bombay by express late at night of the 3 i'u of March , and a Royal salute was fired in its honour on the 14 th , at one o clock in the afternoon .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 7, 1849, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1517/page/2/
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