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5B2 fig LEADER. [No .476, May 7. 1SSQ
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SARDINIA. VICTOR EMMANUEL'S PROCXAMATIOX...
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AUSTRIA. THE NEW FINANCIAL MEASURES ; TH...
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TUSCANY. The peaceful revolution in tho ...
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Power* " Hitherto Moderation Has Been Th...
proofs . Courage , then , and union ! Our country is again about to show the world that she has not degenerated . Providencewill bless our efforts , or that cause is holy in the eyes of God which rests on- justice , humanity , love of country , and independence . " .. ' •' . Prince Napoleon , it appears , is not to command the Imperial Guard ; that would have been almost too much for the Parisians . A rather remarkable fact is , that the crowd who accompanied the troops to the railway on several occasions amused themselves by singing the " Marseillaise " without interference from the police . ' The Empress on Monday assembled in one of the sattes of the Palace of the Tuileries the Cent Gardes who are to accompany her august consort to the field , anil nmde them a speech .
The Moniteur , of Wednesday , contains the following decree : — " 3 rd . The loan of 500 , 000 , 000 f . is to be contracted by national subscription . It will be a 3 per cent , loan at 60 50 , with interest from December last ; or a 4 J per cent , loan issued at 90 , with interest payable from March last . The instalments are to be paid as follows : —One-tenth at the time Of subscribing , and the remainder in eighteen monthly calls . The minimum subscription to be taken is 10 f ., which subscription alone will be allotted in full . The Minister of Finance states in his report , accompanying this decree , that the condition of the public treasury- is most favourable , and that the resources at his disposal would allow him , without encroaching- upon funds necessary for usual current services , to devote 300 million francs to war expenses . ,
The Emperor ' s departure is again delayed , it is said , until Tuesday , ¦ . . . He < rave a farewell reception at the Tuileries last evening to a party of about 650 . Rear-Admiral Dupony has this day received orders to leave Paris for Toulon , to take the command of the imperial yacht Beine ITortense . It is not doubted that the Emperor will go to Italy in this vessel . M . Robert , master of bequests of the second class in the Council : Of State , will accompany his Majesty to Italy in the capacity of Secretary . Dr . Coniieau accompanies the Emperor as his principal physician . M , de Xiaguerronniere is spoken of as historiographer . He will very likely compose the bulletins proclaiming the victories of the French army , and which Paris and all France will look for with so much impatience . . . ' ¦
The Emperor has decided that Austrian subjects may continue . ' 'their residence in France and the French colonies as long as their conduct shall not furnish reason for complaint .
5b2 Fig Leader. [No .476, May 7. 1ssq
5 B 2 fig LEADER . [ No . 476 , May 7 . 1 SSQ
Sardinia. Victor Emmanuel's Procxamatiox...
SARDINIA . VICTOR EMMANUEL ' S PROCXAMATIOX CONFLICT OX THE BANKS OF THE TO . On Saturday the King of Sardinia ' s proclamation to his faithful Piedmontese was posted far and wide throughout his dominions . " Austria , " says he , " while making profession of a love of peace , attacks us , and refuses the jurisdiction of a European Congress . She . violates her promises made to England ; she asks us to reduce our army , and to abandon the brave volunteers who have nocked from all parts of Italy to defend the sacred
persons who think that the Austrians are meditating a retreat , and that their movements are merely a blind . " This threatened attack on Frassinetto has taken place . A telegram received yesterday says : — "The attempt of the Austrians to effect the passage of the Po at Frassinetto commenced on the -3 rd . The cannonade lasted fifteen hours , and was recommenced on Wednesday afternoon , arid lasted for the remainder of the day . The Piedmontese only had a few wounded , whilst the Austrians experienced much loss . Four , thousand Austrians were yesterday , at Castelnova-Scrivia . " the arch of the
The iVoWf says that , to check m Austrians upon Turin , the Sardinian Government has not only inundated all the plains of Sesia , but has destroyed the bridges and interrupted the communication by cutting trenches , at distances of 100 metres from each other , across the road ; The funeral of General Bouat took place at Turin on Sunday , in the presence of the civil and military authorities . The loss of this general officer has caused universal regret amongst both Piedmontese and French . Meanwhile , the independence of Italy under V ictor Emmanuel has been inaugurated by putting an end to the liberty of the press ^
The Piedmontese Gazette of the 29 th ult ; publishes a decree issued by Prince Eugene of Savoy Carignan , now Royal Lieutenant of Piedmont , by which restrictions are laid on the press during the war . 3 STo particulars of strategeticai operations are to be given , unless previously published by the official journal . Newspapers and pamphlets are not to be cried in the streets , and no bills are to be placarded announcing the publication of any work without a special permission . ¦ The 10 th of May is suggested as the . probable day , by which the Emperor of the French will have arrived at Turin and have taken command of his
army . By order of the Prince of Savoy Carignan , the festival of the Piedmontese Constitution , which was to have taken place on the 8 th , is adjourned until further orders . Specie payments have been suspended in Piedmont by Royal decree . The National Bank arc to lend the Government 1 , 200 , 000 ? . A private letter has been , received in the city from Genoa , announcing that on Saturday last all the . Austrian vessels in the port were sequestrated . ' ¦ ' . ' English opinions are , it appears , not the fashion at present , in Italy . A correspondent writes from Genoa : " A feeling somewhat hostile to England and the English prevails now throughout the country , and he who has a key to Italian hearts , from his knowledge of the language and from a free and intimate intercourse with people of all ranks , must needs perceive that the immense popularity enjoyed by our country in constitutional Piedmont is , to say the least , greatly on the wane . "
flag of Italian independence . I confide the Government to my well beloved cousin , and I resume my swore ] . The valiant troops of the Emperor Napoleon , my generous ally , will flight for liberty and justice " si 4 e by side with us . PeopleB of Italy Austria now openly tears up those treaties which she has never herself observed . Let us rely upon the justice of public opinion . I have no other ambition than that of being the first soldier of Italian independence . "
The letter of an intelligent observer dated Turin , Monday , sums up the position thus : —The Austrians have not yet occupied VercelH , but are endeavouring to establish themselves in the triangle formed by the Po , the Ticino , and the Sesia . They are roughlv estimated at 70 , 000 strong . There are symptoms of their intention to advance on fihe right side of the Po against a place called EVassinetto , and invest the fortress of Casnle ; but the Sardinian troops are so well postpd there , that in case of urgency they could be concentrated on any
spot threatened by the enemy between Casale and Genoa . The Sardinian headquarters are at San Salvatoro , which is an eminence that overlooks and commands a wide extent . The King arrived there yesterday evening . Including , the arrivals of this day , the * French will bo between sixty-flvo and seventy thousand strong at the least before nig-ht j aa fast as they land at Genoa , they come on to Turin , or are distributed along our line of dofence at tho Bereral points . General Gyulai has issuer ! a proclamation to * he Pledmontoae , in which , amongst other things , he tells them that he has come to liborato tneni from the revolutionary party . There are some
Austria. The New Financial Measures ; Th...
AUSTRIA . THE NEW FINANCIAL MEASURES ; THE EMPEEOtt ' S MANIFESTO . The movement of troops in Austria to the south has become so great that the railway leading from Vienna to Italy is almost altogether taken lip by the trains , conveying reinforcements , so that it has become necessary to stop all private traffic for the period from the 28 th of April to tho 9 th of May , except that for which accommodation can be . found in the two daily mail trains . In regard to the sinews of war , the official Wiener Zeitung of Saturday published the following financial decrees : —Tho income tax of the th , ird class is to be retained by the payment office immediately upon the interest oh the public funds being paid . A loan
tome by Divine Providence . " It goes on ~ Z ~ that in spite of the generosity and food intent ^ of which Austria has given so manf proofs S the last ten years , the hostility o / BtoJ" * £ continually augmented , and has recentl y display ^ itselfin a most especial manner by extreme aSif tion and rey . olutionary propagandism . The S " festo alludes to the efforts of di plomacy ^ ; bring about an arrangement , addin g that th refusal of Piedmont to agree to ° adiLmr ment had rendered an appeal , to arms nec « sary . : He speaks of the horrors of -war , but sav « that the monarch must repress the impulses of hi ! heart when honour and . duty call upon him to march , when an armed enemy is upon his frontier
united with all those subversive parties who = e obiect is to appropriate the Austrian States of Italy to themselves , and when the Sovereign of France med dling , under frivolous pretexts , with the affairs ' of the Italian peninsula , is sending troops to the succour of our enemy , and when many detachments of his army have already crossed the Sardinian frontier . After an impassioned appeal to the patriotism of Austria the manifesto concludes in these words : — " We hope not to remain isolated in this contest . The soil on which we are about to fight is steeped ia the blood of our brothers of Germany ; that country was conquered as a German rampart , and has been maintained
as such to this day . It is always upon that ground that the most dangerous enemies of Germany commence their attempts to destroy its internal power . The feeling that such a danger is now imminent prevails in ' all parts of Germany , from the hut to the throne , from one frontier to the other . I speak as a sovereign member of the Germanic Confederation when I call attention to the common danger , and recall to memory the glorious times in which Europe had to thank the general and fervent enthusiasm of Germany for its liberation . —For God and Fatherland ! Given at my residence and metropolis of Vienna on this 28 th day of April , 1859 . — Francis Joseph . " .
an action . , A proclamation has been issued by General Wimpfen , announcing to the inhabitants that tne defence of Trieste and the Illy rian coast has been entrusted to him by the Emperor . Part of the gendarmery of Como , who had received Mtniu rifles from the Austrian Government , with orders torepair to Milan , have deserted to the Pieclmontese . An order has been issued by the authorities of Milan commanding the citizens to deliver up all arm * which may be in their possession . Venice , Verona , and Trieste , together will he surrounding territory , an . l the ^ t ts o { J ^ ° and Goriza , have been declared in a statei ot s fee . General Gyulai has already assumed tlio tunctions of Governor-General , in the place of thei A en duke Maximilian . The Hereditary Pnnce of lus cany has arrived at Venice .
The Emperor of Austria has addressed an order of the day to the troops under the command of General Gyulai . He says—Soldiers of the second army , it is for you to carry to victory the unstained flags of *~ Austria . March to the combat with the blessing of God and the confidence of your
Emperor . On entering the Piedmontese territory , General Gyulai published a proclamation , in which he states that the Piedmontese shall be treated with the greatest consideration . The Emperor of Austria is preparing to take the command-in-chief of the Austrian army with General Hess . The latter , it is said , does not approve of General Gyulai's plan of attack . On each side the most formidable preparations are being made for
of two hundred million florins iar ordered , but as the contract is for the present impossible , the National Bank , will advance two-thirds of the nominal value of tho loan in now notes . The third decree releases the National Bank for , the ' present from tho obligation to moot their notes by ; specie payments ; and another orders , that the duties and certain excise dues must for the future be paid in silver or in payable coupons of the National Loan . M . de Bcthnoville took leave of Count Buol on Monday afternoon , and with the other members of
tho French embassy , loft Vienna at seven in the evening , On tho same day the Austrian Ambassador at Paris , M . do Hubner , was instructed by telegraph to quit Paris . Tug manifesto addressed by tho Emperor of Austria to tho entire population of hits empire commences with these words : — " To my people s—I have given orders to my brave and faithful army to Sut an end to the' attacks which a neighbouring tate . Sardinia , has boon for several years pant in the habit of making upon the undoubted rights of my crown and the integrity of the empire confided
Tuscany. The Peaceful Revolution In Tho ...
TUSCANY . The peaceful revolution in tho Grand DuoUy jj complete . A despatch from Florence s . > s ¦ JjJ " £ provisional Government installed m t ! ' ° "' ' rly Victor Emmanuel , carries on Jt * T ? tPV , neY nX Tho country is perfectly tranquil . A stea ei mm Genoa brings tlio totflof a proclamation ularesea to the Tuscan army , inviting . t to a * « I > ° « « . J 0 of Piedmont to march in a o ° P " Vmmtion hoi strong , to h 6 r aid . A aim Iar prochamitton m ivoly for the cause of Italian muepo » ' « ^ p * King of Sardinia announces that liohftj accej tho military dictatorship of Tuseany solo j to ia tato tho co-operation of tho Tuscans lii tno « i independence , and also to protoot public oiuu .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 7, 1859, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07051859/page/6/
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