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      appear , his Majesty the Emperor of the French , disregarding the standard rule of warfare , to leave no fortress in the rear untalcen , intends to give Verona the go-by , and push on to the east of Venice , without troubling himself with the formidable square of fortresses on . the Mincio and Adige . Since the 10 th of June , the corps of General Niel and a Piedmontese brigade have been organised , so as to be able to join Garibaldi in his attack against the southern part of the Tyrol . There are two easy

      roads through the mountains to Roveredo aud Trient , General Hie ] , when once in possession of Trient or Roveredo , can , if he likes , push on at once to the rear of the Austrians , and establish himself at Vicenza . Napoleon would then , either by an attack on Verona , or an advance a little to . the east , have to restore his communication with these troops from the north . Supposing the case that the movements sketched out in these hasty words be cleverly executed , tlie Austrians would have kept their inaccessible fortresses , but lost Italy . "

      Some encounters took place on Thursday . The Sardinians advanced from Lonato in the direction of Peschiera , and had an affair with Austrian outposts . The Trench , after some fighting , passed the Chiese at Montechiaro , with great force , and pushed a reconnaissance as far as Goita , in the direction of Mantua . These encounters were evidently but insignificant , though the report from Turin , which is , as yet , tlie only one we have received , tries to make the most of them . The loss of life seems to have been very small .

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      MR . BUCHANAN OK THE UNION . Prksidknx Buchanan was entertained at Raleigh , North Carolina , on the 2 nd inst ., and responded to an address as follows : — "My public life lias been n long one , and I have been cngugwl in many political battles , and they arc now rewarded by your smiles of approvul . I am glad to be Iioro in the capital of North Carolina , which you Imvo rightly named Raleigh , thus aiding in i » rpol unting that grout name . Ho full a victim to a weak and pusillanimous tyrant ; but , thank ( Jwl , nothing of that Kind can occur here— no such injustice c « n bo perpetrated in this land of liberty . Ifc has become fashionable now-a-day s to UIsoiihh the value of tlio Union . It was not fashionable twenty years ago . It was not ovory transitory evil that led us to u division of tho Union . Let tho friends of a separation of the Union succeed , ami tlio causo of civil and religions liberty throughout tlio world will receive a deathblow . My friends have spoken of tho war progressing ii > Europe , in which kingB are endeavouring to overthrow dynasties and gcnonils to win now glories , while the poor people , who are really the Buflbrors , are not thought ot . This spectacle ought to teaeh us tho value of our institutions . Hero you are to-day a body , of sovereigns , who have elected mo your executive—not your ruler—whoso acts arc to bo jealously watched and nocounted for , beaideo aomo ucte for which ho is not guilty . Though the sun of my political life is growing dim , 1 shall never

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      to follow them . The search had resulted in the discovery of a small amount of shot . The persons arrested were nine in numbers-seven nien , a girl , and a boy of fourteen . The patrol led thein up to tlie Austrian commander , who was on horseback on the-high road , in the midst of his men . After exchanging a few words in German with the soldiers in charge of the prisoners the commandant told the constable who had served as a guide to remain , where he was . He then ordered the . nine unfortunate peasants , who could not make themselves understood , and who'were trembling all over , to descend into a path by the roadside ; they had scarcely gone a fev steps when the commandant gave a signal to a platoon to fire , on them

      Eight of these unfortunate men fell dead ; old Cigholi , mortally wounded , gave no signs of life . The Austrian troops resumed their march , and the commandant , turning to the constable , told him he might go ; and that , he might not be detained by other Austrian troops in the neighbourhood he gave him a card to present , if necessary , as a safe conduct . This card was a simple visiting card , bearing , under a count ' s coronet , this name : — " Feld-Marschall-Lieutenant " Urban . " Shortly afterwards the inhabitants approached ' the spot . Old Cignoli , who had recovered his senses , was taken to the ¦ hospital at Voghcra , where he died fire days afterwards .

      THE ACCUSATION AGAINST MARSHAL URBAN . Count Cavour has addressed a circular to tho ministers of Sardinia abroad , in which ho brings a charge against this Austrian general amounting to nothing loss than cold-blooded murder . Ho says that on tho 20 th of May at Torricelja , an Austrian patrol arrested tho constable of tho vlllago , and coriipellccl him to take them to the house of a iuinily named CJgnoli . Having searched ovorv part of tho house the soldlors ordered all the family and some other persons who happened to bo in tho farmyard

      ' Such enormities , " says-tlie Count , " need no comment . ' . It is an assassination as cowardly as it is vile , and of which , at most , an example could be found only among savages and barbarians . " We are glad to observe that the . Austrian Government declares it is in a position to oppose a flat denial to the reported cruelties atti'ibuted to General Urban in the message of Count Cavour . The Austrian Government promises soon to publish , ample details . —¦

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      AFFAIRS AT VENICE . \ On the 14 th the rumour was spread in this city that the French were coming , and that the Austrians were about to capitulate . A large crowd was soon collected in . the Piazzetta , which continued to perambulate tlie Piazza and the Piazzetta very harmlessly ; but towards five o ' clock some noisy patriots began to hiss before the Austrian guard-house at the Palazzo Dogale , and as the soldiers made no demonstration , their example was speedily followed , and there was a regular tumult of jieschi , via i Tcde . schi , &C . The soldiers behaved very sensibly : they thought out their colours , formed in a long line , and the officer ordered his men to load with ball

      cartridge and to fix bayonets ; and three summonses made , the mob dispersed . About six o ' clock an order was posted up recommending all well-disposed people to stare a casa , and intimating that the soldiers would make use of their arms on the slightest provocation . The Piazzetta and the Piazza San Marco were filled with troops during the night . On the 20 th the commander of the fortress . announced that several disturbers of the peace had been expelled tho town . The arrival of foreigners at Venice is onlj' allowed on special permission . " "Wearein a comfortable state here , truly !" says aletter from Venice ;—" a French fleet outside

      —proclamations inside , stating that at the smallest sympton of insurrection the city will be subjected to fire and sword , and that anybody ringing church bells , waving a flag , or making a signal of any kind , will be immediately shot , without the formality of a trial . The excitement I find to be a most excellent thing for a sluggish liver ; " it beats calomel hollow . The Milan Gazctto relates that on the Gth the authorities of that city ordered a-grand illumination for the victory of Magenta . The Venetians , it is added , wore thrown into consternation at this news , but were soon consoled on seeing at a distance the French fleet illuminating also !

      A French squadron , with 15 , 000 fighting men on board , has quitted Toulon , and it is suspected that tho expedition is directed to the Tagliomento , a sluggish anil shallow river , which rises in the Julian Alps , and falls into the Adriatic a few miles to the east of Venice . It is probable that the Piave , which is close to "Venice , has not depth of water enough for vessels carrying artillery . A corps d ' armSe has left Vienna for the coast , and another corps , under liioutenant-General Count Dogenfcld , is now passing through Germany on its way to the Southern Tyrol . —

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      ATTITUDE OF PRUSSIA . Tub Nord announces that in the province of Brandenburg tho 4 th , 7 th , and 8 th corps of tho army will take up position betwoon the Lowor and Central Rhine ; tlie 3 rd and 5 th upon the Upper Rhin ? and the Maine i tlio 5 th corps ( Poscn ) will proooed to its destination toy the route of Silesia , Saxony , and Bavaria . The departure of troops win take place about the 1 st of July . - Wo also learn that Prussia has demanded permission to march 31 , 000 troops through Hanover to tho Rhino fcetween the 1 st and tho 5 th of July .

      course , add to the complications of European politics . ; but at present they are merely precautionary . The advance of a Px'ussian army to the Rhine after a grave diplomatic disagreement with France , such as the . rejection of ' an offer , of mediation , would have a seriousness which would be incontestable . But that is not the present situation . Although the Prussian Government has announced its intention to interfere diplomatically for the restoration of peace , it has not yet thought the time come for proposing bases of pacification to France . Much remains , therefore , to be done before a case for the employment of these troops can arise .

      Prussia arms in order that when the time for mediation comes she may intervene with effect . It follows from what we have stated that the reports of the Belgian palmers respecting the terms of Prussian mediation are premature . Should the conflict on the Mincio prove of a decisive character , and not degenerate , owing to the successful . resistance of the fortresses , into a . protracted war , the diplomatic intervention of Prussia will probably follow the first great battle . Early in the week we noticed the prevalent rumour that a treaty had been concluded between Austria and Prussia with reference to this var . We are enabled to state that this report is completely erroneous . "

      " Thoso telegrams ( says tho Daily News ) , aro calculated to give riso to exaggerated apprehensions , if regarded apart from the diplomatic attitude of tho Prussian . Government . So far as these military arrangements tend to commit Prussia to active intorvention at a future stage of the war , thoy , of

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      THE HOLY FATHER AND HIS SUBJECTS . The city of Perugia , in the Papal States , obeying the impulse given from Northern Italy , declared openly for Italian ' unity , established a kind of provisional municipal Government , and offered to place itself under the dictatorship of the King of Sardinia . The King of Sardinia , under the guidance of the Emperor of the French , declined the offer . The city was consequontly left to sue for uiercy from the Papal Government , which , however , it does not seem to have been inclined to do .

      A despatch from Turin says : —Advices . have been received from Arezzo to the 21 st . The Swiss regiments which have left Home attacked Perugia on the 20 th inst . Great resistance was made , notwithstanding that the defenders were iev ,- . After three hours ' fighting outside the town the Swiss entered , and the combat continued for two hours in the streets . The Swiss trampled down and killed even women and inoffensive persons . The next day the outrages , arrests , and firing on the people recommenced . The town is in a state of siege . " ¦ '

      . Doubts are thrown upon the accuracy of a speech attributed to the King of Sardinia declining the dictatorship of Bologna . It now appears that the King has > actually appointed two provisional administrators of Bologna—the Marquis d'Azeglio and the Marquis de Rora , and that he does not intend to abandon the Roman provinces to anarchy if the Pope shows himself unable to protect them .

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      GARIBALDI . Tins chieftain has issued a bombastical proclamation to the inhabitants of Brescia , which was received with tumultuous enthusiasm . " The incredible successes of Garibaldi and his band ( says a contemporary ) against strong divisions of disciplined troops are now explained . That active and daring partisan commands no motley troop of adventurers or outcasts . The ' Chasseurs of the Alps' represent the volunteers of Italy fighting for their freedom . When wo leurn that a single town of somo 40 , 000 inhabitants gave 3 , 000 willing and eager soldiers to Garibaldi ' s corps we arc no longer at a loss to com ^ prehend that leader ' s victories . Tho truth is , that ho has been thrown into tho very country

      best prepared for his reception , and best calculated to provide him with what he noeilcd . Garibaldi had but to advance and occupy ,. With a consummate appreciation of his duty this intrepid chieftain pushed his enterprises to the very verge of temerity . Knowing that audacity , under such circumstances , was his true policy , he declined no odds , however desperate , and soon found that the followers whom ho lost by his daring were replaced by volunteers attracted by his renown . Altogether , what with tho universal sympathy of tho population , the natural advantages of the country , ftml tho prestige now acquired by five weeks of victory , it is probable that Garibaldi commands as effective a division of troops as any in the Italian armies . "

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      COUNT SGIILICK . Tiik new commander-in-chief of the Austrian army was born at Prague and entered the military service in 1808 . At the battle of -Aspern , in 1803 , he was lieutenant of lancers in the corps of General Hubna . In 1813 he was named chef d ' escadron and orderly officer to the Emperor Francis U ., and took part in all the principal engagements of that period . He lost an eye in the battle of Wn eh an , which prevented Ins being employed during the campaign of 1814 . The remainder of his promotion to that of general of division took place during a time of peace . After the revolution of Vienna , in 1848 ,. he was appointed commandant of a corps d ' arviec , not more than 8 , 000 strong . He succeeded in maintaining himself against the insurgents , and when he was afterwards united to General llaynau against the revolted

      Hungarians , he took a brilliant part in that campaign , particularly in opposing the junction of the armies of Dembinski and Georgey , and in co-operating by that . manoeuvre in the surrender of Georgey to the Russians . In 1854 , when Austria armed at tlie time af the Eastern question , he had successively the command of the 1 st and 4 th corps d ' annde in Gallicia . Count Schlick is a distinguished and energetic soldier , and a groat favourite with tlve army , every member of which knows by sight the veteran , who for many years has worn a black patch over his left eye . Schlick is an excellent cavalry ofliccr , but it remains to be seen whi'tlier he knows how to handle an army of 150 , 000 men . General Count Degcnfeld , who formerly belonged to the corps ¦ of Engineers , succeeds Schlick as commander of the 4 th army .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 25, 1859, page 763, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2300/page/7/