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that they drove everything before them untUI they came to MontebeUo , and there they attacked the French for five consecutive hours . The French say that the Austrians are supposed to have lost 2 . killed and wounded . Some include 200 prisoners , and others make them additional . The French killed and wounded have gradually ^ grown up trom 500 to " , 700 ; and now 800 . If so , the Austrian proportion of loss is very small ; for it must he kept in sight that they were the attacking forces , and successively drove the allies from Casteggio and Montebello , which they ( the Austrians ) held until they retired . ' ¦ ¦ ¦
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Austrian Politeness . —A Daily Neios correspondent writes that at Vercelli , the Chief of the Austrian commissariat actually stole a carriage and two horses belonging to Count Mela- The poor coachman who had driven him to Mortarathought it was his duty to remonstrate . He was threatened with the bastinado . The coachman then asked to have his cloak restored to him , and the answer was " Mantella star huono per ri&o domestico " ( the cloak will be useful for my servant ) . You would scarcely believe that the Austrian official had the impudence to wxite to Count Mela , thanking him for the carriage he had thus stolen .
a lesson in the art of firing , and accordingly placed six small cannon in battery . These guns , firing at a distance of 2 , 600 . meters , were discharged five times , and of the palisades and fortifications constructed with so much labour by the enemy nothing but a heap of ruins remained . Our rifled guns had fully proved their destructive power . With such arms the effect is produced with almost mathematical certainty . The next day the Emperor came from Alessandria to Valenza to judge of the effect of the new artillery by personal inspection . He saw the destruction of the previous ^ evening in all its triumphant reality . " _ . . Paris letter in
Floweb Correspondence . —A - forms us that the correspondence jbetween the court and the camp is carried on with , the greatest activity . A further service of twelve new couriers has been organised since Saturday , and messages and packets arrive and depart at all hours of the day . Every morning a bouquet of flowers is forwarded in the Emperor ' s name from Alphonse Karr ' s celebrated garden at Nice ; and it is said that his Majesty orders by telegraph the colour of the flowers of which the bouquet is composed ; which attention is fully understood and appreciated by the illustrious lady to whom it is addressed , and who alone can fully understand its import .
Zouave Theatricals . — Our first evening , passed at Bblzanesto , was very gay . Some of bur Zouaves vrere lodged in a barn which the inhabitants had converted into a theatre for a strolling company ; and there still remained a stage , a curtain , scenery , and footlights . Nothing was wanting but the actors ; but pur men considered the opportunity too favourable not to give the inhabitants a specimen of their talents . Immediately splendid bills were stuck up in the village , announcing a performance for the benefit of the poor : and the same was likewise made known by beat of drum in the village , accompanied to be
by the customary declaration that it was " by permission of the mayor . " In the evening the theatre was crowded , arid the performances were charmingly varied ^ -namely * a vaudeville , a pantomime , a ballet , and singing . From the manner in which the inhabitants of Bolzanesto applauded , they must have been delighted . For my own partj .. I laughed until tears fell from my eyes at the ballet , which was executed by a dozen Zouaves , who were attired like the dancing girls of the opera . In the course of the ballet was a . gavotte and a pas composed by the dancing master of the regiment , and the finale was so grotesque as to be impossible to de-r
scribe . " Piedmont an Austrian Province . —A printed document has been circulating in Paris . There is no suspicion of its being a forgery . It is a kind of passport given to some Sardinian subjects , and dated from Mortara , with these words at the head : — " Austrian Empire—Province of Sesia . " Chasseurs d'Afrique . —A letter from Genoa , describing the landing of troops , says- " These Chasseurs are mounted on light-limbed , intelligentlooking Arabs , not altogether worthy representatives of the race which was matched against our best English blood , nor , it seems to me , in very good condition , but bright-eyed and quick , even as I saw officerreadto
them at their first landing . The , y receive his troop , had the moorings fixed and a plank bridge applied before she swung off , so that sixty men and horses had landed within three minutes afterwards . Each man led his own horse over , talking to it or teasing it in a brotherly sort of way , and then as it trotted up the incline jumped on , looking for a moment much like a sack of flour hanging across its back , in his loose white undress jacket and trousers , his shoulders laden always with a carbine , generally with a sabre , sometimes with a suspicious-looking gourd or great tin cooking pan . A moment more , and with a touch of the spur to settle lpmself in his seat , the bag of flour sat upright and steady , whatever his little Arab friend might do
to dislodge him . Such cruel spurs and curbs , by the wayT and rather a wanton use of them , for which our steep slippery streets have punished mpre than one gay cavalier , making steed and rider bite the dust . " The New Fjusncii Artillery . —A correspondent of the Sicclo writes : — " The outposts of the enemy being on the left bank of the Po , opposite Valonza , I could plainly scq one of our rifled batteries givo the soldiers of Francis Joseph a speoimen of thoir ^ kill . The Austrians had turned their fleldpiccee upon a mill , and fli'ed hundreds of shot for about six hours with a very trifling effect . Our soldiers , who were watching the firing , and judged every shot as disinterested spectators , came to the conclusion that the enemy ' s outposts had very indiffcront artillery and were but sorry gunners . When the Austrians had exhausted their ammunition in firing at this unfortunate mill—which Is still standing—our men thought it high time to givo thorn
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¦ ^ — i It is the intention of the Queen to honour Ascot races with her presence this year . Her Majesty will be accompanied by a distinguished circle of visitors , and a brilliant court . Her Royal Highness the Princess Frederick William will accompany her Majesty back to town , arid will , be present at the concert at Buckingham Palace o ' n the 1 st of June . The deceased king of Naples has left a good deal of treasure behind him , some portion of which is securely stowed away in Dutch ducats in the vaults of some of the royal palaces either at Caser to or elsewhere , while the far larger portion is invested in the English stocks and securities , and , if- we be riot mistaken , in Russian , Danish , and _ J > uteh bonds .
Lady Leigh was safely delivered of a son on Monday last at Stoneleigh Abbey . Her ladyship and the infant are going on favourably . The Marquis and Marchioness of Nornianby arrived in town on Friday morning from Munich and Florence , after a lengthened residence in the latter capital . The Moniteur states in its Fails divers that the Count de Morny received a few days ago the news of the death of ' Prince Serge Troubetskoi , father of the countess his wife .
The Bishop of London has appointed the Rev F . Gell , B . D ., of Christ ' s College , Cambridge , and one of Her Majesty ' s preachers , at Whitehall , to be his Lordship ' s domestic chaplain , in the room of the Rev . E . Parry , M . A ., who has been preferred to the rectory of Acton . Count Eynard de Cavour , nephew and heir to the Minister , has just left his post as attache to the Sardinian embassy in London , with a view to entering the army of his country . His elder brother was killed at the battle of Goito in 1348 . Le Sport states that upwards of forty members of the Jockey Club are already at the seat of war , occupying different ranks , from general of division down to private soldier . The names are given in order that there may be no doubt on the subject .
Sir Moses Montefiore and his companions are shortly expected in England . When they were last heard of they were at Marseilles , on their way back from Rome . They left Civita Vecchiaon the 1 , 1 th . The non-electors , of Birmingham entertain Messrs . Scholefield and Bright at a public dinner on Tuesday next . The invitatlonJUas been accepted by both gentlemen . The oiler made by the present Marquis of Waterford—presenting the Curraghmore foxhounds
to the gentry of the county of Watorford who hunted with his noble and lamented brother—will bo gratefully accepted , and immediate arrangements are to be made to keep up the excellent pack in a state of efficiency and permanency . The Washington Republic says that it is reported to be a scttluU . thing that Mr . James Gordon Bennett , the editor of the New York Herald , is to have the French mission previous to the expiration of Mr . Buchanan ' s term . <
At a meeting at Reading it was resolved that , as an acknowledgment of thohigh estimation in which Mr , Palmer , M , P ., i » held by all parties ; he be requested to permit his portrait to bo taken , and hung
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up in some fitting situation in the new assize court " house at Reading . The Savannah Republican had a call a few days since from a subscriber living in South-western Georgia , who dropped in to pay in advance his fiftyeixth year ' s subscription . Miss Burdett Coutts has consented to lay the first stone of the new Cancer Hospital , at Brompton on Monday next , at 4 o ' clock , on the grounds situ-, ate in the Fulham-road , and the Bishop of London will preside . ,. ' .. ¦ .
A letter from Moreton Bay , Australia , says that emigrants are engaged eagerly as labourers , a few hours after landing ; single men at 30 / . to 35 / ., and some at 402 . ; single women from 202 . to 302 . ; the married people from 452 . to 652 . The rations are very liberal . A hut is given , and many other advantages . Some working men had from 4002 . to 7002 . saved . The first meeting of the Apiarian Society was held on Monday evening , at the rooms of the Entomological Society , Bedford-row . The report stated that an experimental apiary had been established and placed under the care of the secretary at Muswell-hili , to which the public were admitted . Frizes are to be given to successful ; bee-keepers .
A special meeting of the Birkerihead commission ers has been held , in order to consider a report of a committee to whom a memorial upon the subject of a charter of incorporation had been referred . The report stated that the cost of the charter would be from 7002 . to 8002 . ; but that by such charter the present limited taxation of 3 s . in the pound would be entirely removed . The report was adopted . A sale of shares in Drury-lane Theatre has been held this week . A renter ' s share of 5002 ., paying an annual dividendi with a free admission ; transferable or saleable annually , held for an unexpired term of forty-six years , sold for 642 . Forty proprietor ' s shares , of 1002 . each , with the right to a free admission for life to every performance , were sold in lots of five shares each , at from 182 . 10 s . to 232 . per lot .
A French Imperial decree published in the Bulletin des Lois , orders the formation of two newregiments of infantry , which will bear the numbers 101 arid 102 . " .. The twenty-four companies to form these regiments will be taken , one frona each of a certain number of others . One regiment is to be formed at Besancon and the other at Lyons . It is said to be the intention of the Government to send troops all round the coasts both of Great Britain and Ireland , to be placed under canvas during the summer , and in huts in the winter , till the present crisis is over .
About 2 , 000 coalwhippers of the port of London have turned out on strike for an advance of wages , from the suna of sixpence to ninepence per ton for their labour . The strike is the result of a , meeting of the men at the Phoenix Tavern , Ratcuffe-cross , on Monday night last ,. where resolutions for the advancement of their interests were unanimously adopted . The greatest order prevailed . We are happy to . hear that it is proposed to engage , during the summer months , the Royal Artillery and Marine Bands to play on Sundays in Greenwich-park . This will indeed be a boon to the residents of London when the hot weather sets in . " Jack Sheppard" was played during the last week at the Victoria Theatre , and was announced for future representation j . but a notice has been sent to the manager from the Lord Chamberlain ' s office , interdicting the performance .
A workman engaged on the roof of a very high house in the Rue Ste . Catherine , Bourdeaux , constructing a room for a photographer , lost his balance and rolled down into the street . The cart of a washerwoman , filled with bundles of linon , happened to be passing at the moment , and ho fell into it , sustaining no other injury than a sprained foot . At Turin Count Sforza of Milan , aide-de-camp to General Fanti , being in a weak stato of health , tuo general had advised him to retire from the service j but the idea of retiring at such a moment so mucn affected him , that ho throw himeolf from tho window , and was killed . It is believed that Baron Pdorio , and those of his companions in oxilo who have arrived in iurin , will take service in tho Picdmontoso army .
Charles Thompson , and two othor seamen , survivors from tho Pomona , arrived in Livorpool on the 3 rd Thonipaon was bo enfeebled in consequence of long immereion , that dhvrrhooa and fever supervened , a naho died on Tuesday in one of tho local hospitals . An EngliHh sailor astonished the good people of Antwerp , thp other day , by climbing tho steeple of the cathedral , and sponding ten minutes seated astride on the weathercock .
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WAR INCIDENTS .
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*™™ . l THE REAPER . 665
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Leader (1850-1860), May 28, 1859, page 665, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2296/page/9/
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