MISCELLANEOUS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XII, Issue 712, 3 September 1859, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

The ' Opinione' announces that no sooner had the Austrian troops evacuated Pavia than the population hoisted the Sardinian colours with vociferous cheers. -

Of the eight delegations of Lombardy, five — Milan, Como, La Valtelina, Bergamo, and Lodi-' have been liberated in less than a fortnight; and the three which remain are Cremona, Brescia, and the Mincio.

The '* Times' Paris correspondent says .— -" The Emperor, it appears, purposes to carry on simultaneously the siege of the Austrian fortresses iii Lombardy, and has demanded 100,000 men from France." '

The revolutionary movement which has commenced in the Pontifical State at Bologna is likely to prove embarrassing to the polity ot* France. The retreat of the Austrians leaves the French the only military occupants of the Pope's territory. A funeral service to the memory of General Espinasse and. his aide-de-camp was celebrated at Novara on the 7th. , General Louvray and tli» few French soldiers remaining in that town, as also the Intendant-General of the province and the delegated council, were present at the cereinotiy.

The ' Piedmontese Gazette' publishes the 78th and 79th bulletins, from which we learn that the National Guard of Intra, the Commissary of tlio Royal Custom-house, and a detachment of Biflemen of the Alps have taken possession of Laveno, where the garrison, which, as already {stated, has tali en refuge in Switzerland, had left a large quaii' tity of provisions and stores. By a deoree of the' Bth, issued at Milan, tlio Kin" has appointed Chevalier VigUani, previously named Royal Commissioner Extraordinary tit Milan, to tins post of Governor of Lombaydy. Tho chevalier, befove taking upon himself the functions of his new post, received from the Prince Lieuten-ant-General of Piedmont the cross of grand officer of the order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus.

I The Vienna correspondent of the * Tunes' says f thai the retreat of the Austrian army nnisfc have f been a disastrous one, and so excessively rapid that I it might peihaps be called a flight. The inhabit- | ants of Vienna are described, as being exceedingly I depressed. The news of the defeat of the Derby * Cabinet has increased their distress, as they aro ) under the impression that a Whig Ministry will r make common cause with the Empefov Napoleon. -, Of the nine corjas d'armke in the Lombardo-Vene- ■■ tian kingdom, some of them hardly number more s than 20,000 men. As Marshal M'Mahon entered Milan, a little i girl of five years of age, dressed in white, presented him with a bouquet nearly as large as herself. He raised her up, and placed her standing before him on the saddle. " The child," says a letter, threw < - her little arm around the sun-burnt head of the * conqueror of Magenta, and kissed him repeatedly < amidst the loudest cheers I ever heard. The marshal seemed delighted with the child, and fondled f her most tenderly, looking frequently at her pretty £ features. AtVd so they Ijoth entered Milan amidst a shower of bouquets and applause. I saw many persons affected*"even to tears." The battle of Magenta presents a striking resemblance with that of Marengo. As at Marengo, both armies were taken more or less by suprise, and as in 1800, the general of the enemy at one moment thought himself certain of victory. General Gyulai, it is said, even despatched a courier to Vienna to announce a success; and that continuing to receive favourable reports from his aides-de-camp, he had ordered his dinner, when the cannon of General de M'Mahon informed him that his success was compromised, •and shortly afterwards he learned that the battle was lost. At a representation at La Scala, Milan, on the evening of the Bth, two flags, the French and Sardinian, were placed over the royal box, which the Emperor and King entered at eight o'clock. The ovation given to their majesties by the Milanese who had been able to obtain admission was extraordinary. The performance was composed of ten pieces of music and dancing, and at every fall of the curtain the whole house rose to salute their majesties. The ladies were in white dresses trimmed with ribbons of the Sardinian colours. The receipts of the night, which were very considerable, are intended for the relief of the families of the soldiers who have perished in the cause of Italian independence. The ' Milan Gazette,' of the 7th, publishes an account of all that took place in that city on the sth and 6th, but we need only state that the municipality remained sitting all night; that they prevented the Austrians from taking away with them ihe «orps of firemen, numbering eighty-two individuals ; that the first decree it issued related to the, formation of a guard of public security in the different parishes, but that a few hours after it established the head quarters of the National Guard in Palazzo Marino, and that towards evening this force was fully organised. In addition to this resumi it should be observed that the municipality, having issued a proclamation inviting the Milanese to proclaim Victor Emmanuel, soon after decreed the formation of barricades. The Sardinian Government has declared that it does not consider coal as contraband. Among the wounded in the personal staff alongside the Emperor of the French is Edgar Ney, son of the great Marshal. A paper mentions the embarkation at Genoa, on Trench ships, of about 4000 Austrian prisoners, for conveyance, it was reported, to Africa. A great demonstration was made at Eome on Monday last. Long live the French government! "wa3 shouted before the residence of the French ambassador, the Casino, and the residence of the com■'mandadt. On Tuesday there was a general illumination.

When the coffin containing the body of General j Espinasse was carried on board the steam frigate which, conveyed it to France, the deck was crowded .with' Austrian prisoners. On a sign - from their officers, they all fell into line, and by their attitude, in the absence of arms, rendered military honours to the mortal remains of their brave adversary. By the end of July, or early in August, the different French-navy yards will have completed, it is said, 120 flat-bottomed gunboats, small model, having fitted each with a 5-horse power steam engine and with one of the rifled four-pounders. They are intended to act on the Ad3a> the Mincio, and the Adige. By the same period will be completed 40 steam transports, capable of conveying 1000 men each, besides crew and baggage. It is stated in Paris that the evacuation by the Austrians of the legation is in accordance with a plan to let loose the republican,partyj and thus : compelihe French to put the insurgents down,and place them .in a.false position. It is said in Paris that reinforcements to the.extent of 50,000 men ; arelabout to.besent to Italy. It is reported that the provisions which have fallen into the hands of the allies are sufficient to feed their armies for six weeks.' The war and. marine departments hsrve made every arrangement for providing for the wounded of the army of Italy. After being treated on the field of battle they are, as soon as their state shall permit, to be removed to the numerous hospitals established in the . principal towns of Piedmont. When they have gained more strength they are to be taken to Genoa and.embarked for France. Two steam frigates, the Ulloa and the Eldorado, a steam corvette,: the Gregeois, and a steam aviso, the Meteore, have been fitted up as hospitals, and are to.be constantly engaged in goingto and fro between Genoa and France. Strong detachnents of infantry regiments have been sent from Paris to Italy, and two new regiments are being actively formed. Two hundred Zouaves; from Algeria, have arrived in Paris to form a third battalion, of Zouaves. Naebow Escape of the Feench Empeboe. In his visit to the field of battle the Emperor Napoleon narrowly escaped being made prisoner. He had pushed. on as' far as Casteggio, and was observing with his telescope the movements of the ■enemy between IJarbianello and the Portico della Stella upon the Po, when suddenly a detachment of Austrians presented, themselves before him, only 200 paces distant. Directly the Emperor saw them he threw away his cigar, drove the spurs into his horse's flanks, and galloped- back to Voghera at a pace which would have done honour to the winner of the Derby. The l Globe's ' Paris correspondent says:—The body of General Espinasse (which was nearly cut m twain by cannon snot, while the horse's head was clean whipped off) is to be conveyed for sepulture in the church of Les Invalides, where rest niany marshals of the first empire, as well as Turerine and Vauban. General Espinasse was married to Mdlle\ Festugierre, of a highly respectable family at Bordeaux. His widow was in the department of the Gironde, and- the prefect, M; de Mentque, was charged to convey fy> her the fatal hews. The Empress at the same time sent a letter to Mme. Festugierre, who was in Paris, by one of her chamberlains, condbling.with her on her loss. The general leaves three children, the oldest only six 1 years of age, The body of the general is to be embalmed, in order that it may be brought to France. The captain of a vessel belonging to the States of the Church, who was prevented by the French Admiral from entering the Porto Canarino, states i that the blockade comprises the mouths of all rivers > on the Venetian coast. Up to the, present 40! Austrian vessels have bpen taken by the French. : A. letter in the • Siecle/ dated Vercelli, ; May 30, j, says that Garibaldi, on being told,that' thV/Aus-jj ...

trians having laid their hands upon one of his followers broken down by fatigue, near Varese, had hung him up to the nearest tree, exclaimed, "The cowards ! I will sift this story to the bottom, and if 1 find it true, I will shoot every Austrian officer that I have made prisoner!" Austrian Abominations in Lombard's.—An English.clergyman sends the following letter to the ' Daily News':—" Garabaldihas taken Como from the Austrians, imd as an Englishman it is my sincere wish that no Austrian in authority may ever set foot there again. I will tell you what I saw, not a year ago; it will give some idea of one of the many hateful manners in which those abusers of treaties and of power are in the habit of acting towards a persecuted but noble race placed under their friendly protection by the treaties of 1815. I was in' a respectable shop at Como last summer, in order to make purchases; there were present the master and three or four other persons serving. An Austrian oflicei entered. It was the middle of the day. He went straight up to one of the young shopwomen, and opeuly before us all began taking gross liberties with her person. The: 'girl,'who appeared perfectly modest; never looked at him or spoke, but turned away with air expression of unmitigated disgust upon her couritehance. This, however, did not cause the man to discontinue his brutal acts, and the master of the shop, not daring to remonstrate, stood by, partaking with the rest in the shame and horror which a frequent habit of bearing injuries cannot subdue in a sensitive respectable, and high-minded people. It: is not without cause that no.ltalian will meet an Austrian in society, either in Lombardy or Tuscany; and if, England, through German influence; should be drawn into this most just war, undertaken, I believe, in behalf of the oppressed, from high and charitable motives, she will be not only a partaker of iniquity, but will seek, I hope unsuccessfully, to become a Avanton destnrver of that liberty which she so boastfully, but sometimes hypocritically, professes;,' 1

•The Shipment of Stores at Marseilles. The Marseilles correspondent of the' Times ' writing on theeraiing; of the 6th inst., says: —*'A battalion of infantry passed through the town at six o'clock this morning for embarkation. The shipment of stoves still continues, and atndhg them maybe seen weighty deal cases, together with a number of ankers branded absinthe. Whether they do really contain this spirit or riot it is impossible to say; but if they do, the French army must consume huge quantities of it, seeing that a tablespoonful of absinthe is enough for a tumbler of water.'; Remembering the case of the 'fragile 5 boxes* it is not impossible chat the absinthe ankers may contain supplies for what was sent away in the;boxes. Flour,, oats, hay, and bales of camp materials are being shipped on board sailing ships andmerchant steamers. One little sailing craft is quickly loading, at a corner of the coal pier, conveniently out of sight, barrels from Metz, addressed to the Park of Artillery, which have a sus^ picious resemblance' to the absinthe ankers; and deal cases marked on the outside ' Garde Imperiale, balles evidees.' The number which each is marked to contain, on the average, is 2190. There were 60 of these cases. lying at one time on the wharf. The Mauritius is still in the Joliette, with the French colours flying at the main, and the Union Jack at the peak. She is filling up fast with flour, hay, and absinthe ankers, which I suppose are not contraband of war. Being chartered by the French Government, the captain has had new articles for the crew to sign. Out of 80 hands, 30 ha7e refused to sigh, and are to have their discharge. The case of the Mauritius is peculiar. She is now shipping stores, and it is said will bring back Austrian prisoners from Genoa. The owners have a guarantee from the French Government which they might find it difficult to realise were the ships taken into, Malta and condemned for violation of the Foreign Enlistment Act."