EXPRESS FROM PARIS. ANOTHER DEFEAT OF THE AUSTRIANS. By the Electric Telegraph of the South Eastern Railway.]

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 320, 23 August 1848, Page 3

EXPRESS FROM PARIS. ANOTHER DEFEAT OF THE AUSTRIANS. By the Electric Telegraph of the South Eastern Railway. ]

We have received by electric telegraph from Dover this morning, a despatch, hy which we have news from Milan to the 30th. The King of Sardinia occupied Lodi with 8000 men, and was to be followed by the Duke of Savoy with 3000 men and JOO pieces of artillery. The despatch further states that 10,000 Romans ami 7090 Tascans had arrived at the Po. The Lombard and Swiss troops had defeated die Ausiriaus at Bagiiola, and had taken 800 prisoners, At Verona, like all the other great cities, the population had risen, and rendered themselves masters of the place ever since the 22nd of March. The troops had withdrawn into the forts. The Viceroy, who had taken refuge there after the events of Milan, was blockaded in his palace by the people, who had heaped around it piles of faggots, threatening to burn him and his family in it if a single gun were discharged upon the town. Meanwhile the late of the Viceroy is uncertain. ■Some reports announce that he had been al- ' lowed to depart, and had gone to Austria by the Tyrol., ,Mok recent accounts, however, contradict this, and say that he was arrested with his family. A postscript of the Piedmontese Gazette of the 3 1st, states the Austrian army had quitted Soncino and Orcinovi, and were marching towards Mantua. Advices from Milan of the 30th, which I mentioned briefly yesterday, give it as official that the Piedmontese General Bes, at the head of 12,000 men, had attacked a party of Austrians near Montechiaro, and completely routed them, taking prisoners a squadron of cavalry, three,pieces of cannon, and a baggage train. The same letters say that the Austrian army had established itself near that place in order of battle, but it is added, that they were unprovided with subsistence. A Republic hid been declared at Venice. 11 The loss of Venice," says the Journal dcs Debats, " r as sadly aggravated the situation of the Austrian army, inasmuch as it can no longer receive reinforcement* from Trieste via Venice. But this circumstance in nowise , alters the intrinsic importauce of the position I of Verona, from whence they may face on both sides if necessary, by covering theraselves by the Adige and the lake of Garda.

Let us hope that the Italians will render vain those hypotheses. An insurrection is said to have occurred in Tyrol. Such an event would seem improbable in a country which at all times has evinced the gieatest loyalty to the liouse-of Austria, and • revolted with considerable energy against Bavaria, with which Napoleon ha<J incorporated it in 1809. But, in the . state of political convulsion in Euro.pe, thf most extraordinary facts have become .probable. If-Tyrol, • from hitherto Unknown causes, has actually revolted, the position of tne Austrian army will become truly deplorable."

On Wednesday, an immense cortege of citizens, with a bittalion of the Teiuh Legion, and a battalion of the National Guard Mobile, planted a Tree of Liberty in the Champ de Mars. The curate of St. Pierre de Gross Cailiou commenced the ceremony of benediction, when a rainbow appeared. " Children," cried the curate, " that is the sign of alliance thar'Gdd", four thousand years since, made wiih his people. At tie opening of a nevr md holy aera that is opened to us I y the freeing of nations, let us salute the sign by which God renews his merciful alliance, and announces that he will bless our destinies." — Daily News. What think ye of the filles de joie going to th 3 Flotel de Ville, with banners as a deputation ? Th -y were led into the lvi Id ing, and then were all sent off to St. Lazare ! For my part, I thiuk their petition one of the most reasonable yet presented, and that they were very harshly treated. They asked that their dames should be obliged to share their profits with them in just proportion. — Times Correspondent.

The last Moments of a Republican. — Such is ihe unanimity amongst all bodies for the new form of Government in France, that thp Boeuf Gras, previous to his last sigh at the abattoir was heard ,most distinctly to murmur the republican tune of " Mourir pour la Patrie" He departed into beef in the most perfect peace. — Punch,

The Girondin Chorus. — Among the tocsins which have summoned nations to revolt or to liberty, the Chxur dcs Gircndins has not been the feast effective. As our readers may be curious to be made acquainted with the new lay of the modern French Tyrtaeus, which bids fair to sopersede the Marseillaise of Roger de l'Jsleand the Parisienne ofCassimir DelavL-ne, we subjoin a copy qf it foY their gratification. The words of this revolutionary chorus are, we believe, from the very prolific pen of M. Alexandre Dumas — at all events, they are sung in one of his dramas, called "Le Chevalier'de Maison rouge ;" and their echoes ar<> still resounding, and will, probably, long continue to be roused in the highways anil byways of universal Fiance. The music is by an artist unknown to fame, named Varney :—: — Par la voix dv canon d'alarme. La France appelle dcs enfants, " Allons ;" dit Ie soldat, " aux armea, C est une mere, je la defends. Mourir pour la pairie, C'est le sort le plus beau, le plus digne d'envie Nous, amis, gui loin dcs batailles Succombons dans l'obscurite, Voyons dv moms nos funerailles, A la Prance a sa liberte. Mourir pour la patrie, C'est le sort le plus beau, Ie plus digne d'envie ( (THE FOLLOWING 19 A TRANSLATION OI THE ABOVE.) By flic sound of her cannon alarming, Fair France to her children outcries ; Huzza ! cry the patriots, arming, 'Tis the voice of our mother — arise ! For country and freedom to bleed, ' Is a lot to be envied indeed ! With arms for the strife fierce and gory, His mistress the lover supplies j If he fait, the bright halo of gloryShall beam o'er his t>ro\» as he dies ! , For country and freedom to bleed, Is a lot to be envied indeed ! 'Our readers will ', probably understand the above xhorns,_.when they are informed that it is in the drama above named sung in prison by the Girondins condemned to die. The twentytwo Girondius who were sent to the guillotine by the triumphant political party, called " Lt Montagne," passed the whole of the night previous to their execution in singing strains, the sentiment of whic h is incorporated in the above chorus. — Church and State Gazette,

The Electric Telegraph. — A communication by means of the electric telegraph lias now been established between the House of Commons and the long gallery in the r'irer front of the New Houses ot Parliament.' There are several signals — such as, " Has ihs House met ?" " The Speaker is out. !'Has a House been made 1" "Is the Speaker at. prayers ?" &", The witnesses from various parts of the country who have been summoned to attend committees, and who were formerly, obliged to hang about the gallery in listless idleness, find " the telegraph" a source of- in-* finite amusement, and gaze with astonished countenances at the performances of what they call " the speaking clock."