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A letter from Toulon gives the following as the strength of the French fleet in the' harbour : — "In commission—the Bretagne , 140 ; the Ville de Paris , 120 guns ; the Algesiras , 100 guns ; the Redoubtable , 100 ; the Napoleon , 90 guns ; the Fontenay , 90 guns ; the Donawerth 80 guns ; and the Saffron , gunnery ship . I may state that the reserve is composed of the Montebello , 120 guns ; the Friedland , 120 guns ; the Squvrain , 120 guns ; the
Fleurus , 100 giins ; the Navarin , 100 guns ; the Prince Jerpme , 100 guns . ; the Jena , 90 guns ; the Charlemagne , 90 guns ; and the Duperr 6 , 82 . The term , " reserve , " is used although the authorities declare the ships to be laid up in ordinary ; for they are moored stem on to the quay , on which are their guns , ' arranged in order and ticketed ¦ ready for shipment . The stores are all stowed away ready-at hand , and the crews are in Toulon ready to be inarched on board . '
FRANCE . THE FRENCH FI / EET . < ADDRESS OF THE EMPRESS . Thj } - Italian committee in Paris has received instructions t 6 send "no more volunteers to Turin . The reason alleged is the inconvenience arising from arrivals of volunteers while regular troops remain concentrated in such large numbers in the positions they now occupy . The . health of the Emperor , although reported by telegraph to be good , has been aflected by a slight attack of rheumatism , which has settled in his left foot ; which is much swollen . It is worthy of notice that the journals have been allowed to discuss the probability of an empire of Italy and a coronation of Napoleon at Rome by the Pope . ...
The Empress has addressed a letter of condolence to Madame Bueret , widow of . Goneral Beuref , killed at Montebello . An Austrian brig , laden with timber , was captured by a French cruiser and brought into the port of Marseilles on Sunday . Most of the crew were French . ' ' The Empress purposes moving to St ; Cloud about the end of the week , and taking up her residence there for the summer . At one o ' clock ou Thursday , the Empress received the members of ' the great bodies of the state
and addressed a discourse to the Presidents of each body . Her Majesty said to Count Morny , President of the Corps L 6 gislatif , that she depended on the enlightened patriotism of the deputies to maintain in their several departments that confidence which we all must feel in the energy of the army , and , when the day of victory shall have come , in the moderation of the Emperor . Her Majesty further said that she reckons upon the loyal support of the entire nation , which , during the absence of the chief it has chosen , -will never be found wanting to a woman and a child .
The church in the Rue d'Aguesseau , Paris , winch has been recently obtained from Her Majesty ' s Government by the Colonial Church School Society , is to be opened for divine worship on Sunday next , the 29 th inst ., and that two sermons will be preached by the Rev . Prebohdary Bui'gess , who is commissioned by the Bishop of X > ondon to officiate on the occasion . < - — ——
Austria. The Official Wiener Fceitung Px...
AUSTRIA . The official Wiener fCeitung pxiblishes a letter of . the Emperor to the Archduke Charles Lewis , Governor of the Tyrol , directing him to prepare the customary measures for the defence of the Tyrol , which has been almost denuded of troops . It is now to be occupied by a corps of 40 , 000 men . Those troops will advance fr < Jm Bohemia under Lioutenant-Fijeld-Marshal Clam-G alias . It will be easy for these troops , if necessary , to advance from the Tyrol and the Vornrlberg into Italy , to reinforce the Austrian army aotually engaged . The Austrian army , at present ,. consists of twelve corps d'armee , but an order to raise four now corps is likely to be issued . In a . few days an Imperial ordinance for a " conscription " of 100 , 000 " men will be published . The late Marshal Marmont used to say that Austria could " stamp armies out of the earth , " but how Austria is to maintain sueli a vast host is a problem which wise men are unable to solve . The electric telegraph is finished through the head-quarters of the different corps d ' armee , and by two route * to Vienna . The news of the battle of Montebello was received with rojolqlngs at Vienna , and the pity was illuminated in honour of the victory over tho French . It id announced that the Emperor of Austria has . already reached Pavia with Marshal Hess . Tho Berlin National Zoitung 1 , of May 24 th ,
contains the following : —" The speech of Kossuth is a manifesto destined to justify a step which he has resolved upon , and which he will carry out shortly , viz ., — to go over publicly to the Emperor Napoleon , and to influence from Turin theHungarian troops in the Austrian army . Klapka , who has recently paid a flying visit from Constantinople to Milosch , will operate from the other side in a similar manner . The Suabian Mercury states that the Austrian port of Pol a is completely deserted . It is considered the best military Port in Austria . It appears that Pola Was abandoned because the fortifications were constructed by a French engineer , and it was feared that the French Government might possess accurate information as to all the defences of the port . . The only other news of ioiportance is the establishment of a blockade along the Venetian coast . What the design of the French in this quarter may be does not distinctly appear , but it seems likely that the light craft belonging to the fleet will make some demonstration against Venice , and prove whether the place be as strong as the Austrians assert ; Only the Italian coast is as yet blockaded , and this conciliation of the warlike spirit of Germany , by leaving Trieste open , is a singular feature of the war .
Sardinia. Battle Of Mostebello.-—Garibal...
SARDINIA . BATTLE OF MOSTEBELLO .- —GARIBALDI IN LOMBARDT . On the 20 th insfc ., the Austrians , under Count Stadion , attacked the French position . at Montebello , and after a sanguinary encounter were repulsed , ¦ ¦ with great loss on both sides . The accounts are so highly coloured on both sides that it is difficult to get at . the real statement of the facts . It would appear that the numbers were pretty equal , the French , if anything , being the less numerous , though the Austrians say the French force was 40 , 000 men opposed to their own 15 , 000 . The Austrians acknowledge a loss of 1 , 300 in killed and wounded , and General Forey admitsmore than a thousand Frenchmen hors de combat . Among the French officers killed are General Beuret and the Commandant Duchet ; three Colonels , M . Delespart , de Belfond , and Dumenil . The Commandants M . Lacretelle and Feriisac are wounded . The attack was commenced by a surprise , executed by a band of Tyrolese sharp-shooters , who suddenly appeared in the very middle of the French encampment . These men , crawled on hands and knees amongst the underwood of a grove of olive trees , which , " served as shelter to the French camp , and found themselves in the heart of the French lines . This will account for the immediate loss of so many officers on the side of the French . The advanced posts of the Allied army , occupied a position near Montebello , five miles eastward of Voghera . The division of General Forey , forming part of Baraguay d'Hilliers' Corj > s d'Armce , lay a short distance behind . About eleven o ' clock on Friday morning , an Austrian division of 15 , 000 men was seen advancing inechelon from the eastward , led by Count Stadion . At first the French General , thinking it was a mere reconnaissance , advanced with only 500 men , but finding that there were 15 , 000 , with cavalry and artillery , he pushed on his first brigade , and directed the other two to follow- — leaving his second brigade , with some of the National Guard , in reserve . In the meantime a desperate struggle had ensued . For an hour , it is said , the young Piedmonteso Colonel de Sonnaz , with his brilliant cavalry , sustained the shook of the enemy . But even after the arrival of the French reinforcements the battle did not slacken . The Austrian centre at length foil back , so that the Allies rc-occupiod their grpund . But in tho meantime General Forey had arrived . With his Zouaves , his Chasseurs d'Orloans , and two battalions of tho line , the General dashed against the onomy . Tlio attack was irresistiblo ; and so the Austrians , about five o ' clock in thq afternoon , after six hours ' fighting , bogan to retire . They divided themselves into two bodies— -tho one retiring eastward on Stra della , the other northward on Casatisma . General Forey ' a report gives some colour , to the conjecture that there was a surprise , that the advanced posts of the French were left weak and unsupported , and that the repulse was effected after great slaughter , and the most daring gallantry on the part of the French officers . , It is rumoured that tho Emperor is ?• furious" against Marshal Baraguay d'llilliers , the chief of the corps d ' armee of which General Forey ' a division formed a part , for not supporting the latter , and securing a more decided success . The Emperor of Austria has addressed to General Gyulai an autograph letter , expressing to him , and the troops in general , his Majesty ' s thanks for their remarkable valour . Tho letter also directs a list of all tl \ o' killed : and wounded to bo drawn up , in
order that their names may be made known in there ; respective homes . General Cialdini has " cleared the country aboa * Vercelli , and even the left / bank of the Sesia by s brilliant flank attack . Sardinian territory , therefore ^ is to a great extent relieved from the enemy . Garibaldi having crossed at the , foot of the Lagw Maggiore stands in Lombardy with his corps off 4 , 000 men , and has arrived at Varese near Conao The Austrians have attempted to cut off his retreat-A party of them has approached Sisto-Calende on . the lake where Garibaldi entered Lombardy . But it seems that they were repelled by a body of Sardinian Chasseurs , who appear to be entrusted with the task of protecting Garibaldi ' s retreat . He himself is still at Varese , midway between the frontier and Conio . His force is now represented as i . 0-, 0 ( Kfc strong , but without the support of any artillery or cavalry . He has imprisoned all the Austrian functionaries whom he caught in the town . Of the fight which he had with the neighbouring Austrian forces , we now hear , by telegram from Lugano , in . the Canton Tessin , that it came to a stop on Wednesday morning , the morning on which it com . — menced . In a Berne telejjram , we read that the Austrians have left Como and Milan , and have concentrated themselves on the river Adda . The same ; despatch prepares us for a conflict in that quarter , by saying that the French and Sardinians are advancing . . The Corriere Mercantile di Genoa affirms that the Bey of Tunis has offered two auxiliary regiments to Piedmont . King Victor Emmanuel lias placed himself and his army under the Emperor ' s orders , as a simple commander of a corps d ' armee . Lord Stratford de RedcliiFe has left Turin on his way home . His lordship has had a long interviewwith Count Cavour at the Foreign Office . He was * accompanied by our minister at this Court .
Prussia. A Decree Of The Prince Regent A...
PRUSSIA . A decree of the Prince Regent authorises the * Finance Minister to impose new taxes , in case it becomes necessary to mobilise the arniy . A second decree empowers the Ministers of War and the Marine to incur and defray the extraordinary expenses occasioned by the placing of the army inreadiness to take the field . Another rumour . is , that both Prussia and England have protested againstthe French occupation of Tuscany . Both Lord Cowley and the Prussian Charge d'Affaires have made " observations '' on the subject , which liaret not been very well received .
Germany. On Thursday The German Federal ...
GERMANY . On Thursday the German Federal Diet ; was to decide on the proposition made by Hanover , that acorps of observation , composed of Federal troops , should be collected on the Upper Rhine . This pro .-position was at first objected to by Prussia , which * threatened even to withdraw from the Diet if it was put to the vote , Prussia evidently counts on » majority in favour of its rejection . Should this , expectation bo fulfilled , it must not be believed that , with this the Diet and Prussia give up Austria altogether to the French attack . The opposition , offered by Prussia to the Hanoverian proposition , means nothing more than that she will not be deprived of her right to makepeace and war whenever she likes . ¦ . The King of Saxony opened the Landtag on . Wednesday with a speech , announcing the demands for money supplies . Ho says : —War threatens to . make those treaties doubtful on which tho rights of . Europe now rest . His Majesty is upheld as well by the consciousness that ho has always raised his voice , in behalf of that which the honour of Germany , and the maintenance of just principles demand , as by tho consciousness that theso sentiments are shared by tho whole Saxon people , Should war ensue for the protection of the just cause , his Majesty hopes , with confidence that God will bo with Saxony and Germany in general . "
Switzerland. . . , „ That Tho Swiss Moan...
SWITZERLAND . . . , „ That tho Swiss moan to ndlioro to tho principle ot . neutrality is shown by their determination to remove tho Lombard refugees from tho Canton or Tossin , and the stpp thoy have put to tho secret exportation of arms from that canton to Italy . faey , are at the same time providing fur their own safety .. One battalion and two oompunlos have been , Olapatohed , by order of tho Federal Council , fronfc Geneva to Tessin , and a IJerno telegram acquaints * k us with tho preparation of heavy ordnance for the . * fortifications of J 3 olllnzona , St . Maurice , and Iiuclrr onsteig . Another Swiss telegram from Coir © state * £ lmt tho Austrians are about to form a corpf oC-
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Leader (1850-1860), May 28, 1859, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28051859/page/7/
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