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had fled into the Tyrol , escorted by soldiers , aud carrying the public treasure with him . The Austrians have withdrawn to the eastern bank of the Po , and have abandoned Torre , Beretti , and the surrounding country . Garibaldi re-entered Como on Thursday evening at 11 o ' clock . On Thursday tho Austrians advanced from Bobbio towards the French outposts , but retired again after a , short fight . This movement was made to conceal tho retreat of the Austrians , who had begun to evacuate Bobbiocarrying with them about 1000 wounded .

Gari-, , baldi lias surprised and beaten the Austrians at Varese , and the town is again free of tho enemy . On Saturday the French crossed the Tieiuo , and attacked the Austrians , who , it is said , suffered a loss of 15 , 000 killed and wounded ; 5000 prisoners having been taken . This occurred at Magenta , on the banks of the Tieino . The struggle appears to have been a desperate one . A telegram , from the French head quarters , also states that tho Austrians had evacuated Milanleaving behind them the cannon and army treasure . Up tu

, tho present time the intelligence we have received respecting the struggle at Magenta i ? so onesided , that it is difficult to form an estimate of the truth . There is a difference in two accounts from Paris , of 2 , 000 prisoners , and 5 , 000 killed and wounded , which is a proof that the French have been at least somewhat hasty in their conclusions , whilst the fact that they admit thc loss of one cannon , and only claim to have taken three from the Austrians , eonstrasts strangely with the enormous loss of 20 , 000 attributed to the latter . There is another item of

intelligence in the imperial bulletin which throws a doubt on the completeness of tho victory—the inaction of the allied army on the Sth of June , tho day after the battle , ' for the purpose of reorganizing itself . " Had tho defeat been of a decisive character the allies would hardly have remained inactive with Milan , notoriously disaffected in the roar of tho retreating enemy ; but they would at least have taken advantage of the earliest success to secure the first prize of the campaign—the Lombard capital . The Emperor of Austria is busied at Verona in completing the organization of the augmented army force , and has in the meantime ordered Field-marshal

General Hess to proceed with the second corjis d ' armee to the head quarters . At Vienna , on Saturdays great religious solemnity , with procession and public prayers , took place , imploring Heaven to bless the Austrian arms with victory . AU the members of the imperial family and the ministers were present . The mass was read by Monsignor Lucca , the nuncio of tho . Pope . A letter from the Adriatio states that Admiral Jurien de Lagraviiire had made as many as seventeen captures down to May 20 th . Oue of his prizes is a fine three-masted vessel from Trieste , the Santo Trinita . Tho recently instituted council of prizes will shortlsitto

y . judge of the validity of these captures . The municipality of Venice has requested a reduction of the loau . The president and vice-president of tho chamber of commerce have resigned their official positions , as has also the Podesta Marcello . A telegram from Venice , in the beginning of the week , stated that hostilities had begun , and that the Lido forts were cannonading the French squadron . At Berlin a government announcement was made ou Wednesday , stating the conditions under which the officially ordered Prussian loan at five per cent , is to be issued .

The issue Is to be made iu coupons of from 50 to 1 , 000 thalers , the payment of the interest to be half yearly , and the redemption of the debt to commence from 1863 by paying one per cent , per annum . The Dresden Journal pretends to be informed of a gradual approach between Austria and Prussia ; but little of this is visible in the Prussian press , which pretends that the Prussian government is little inclined to wage war for the sake of Austria . It is said that the Prussian squadron before long will join the English fleet , destined to protect the Baltic ,

or rather tho entrance thereof . The- Prussian ships which are to form part of the combined squadron are to set out for Copenhagen within a few weeks . Thc French government appears anxious to prove that the presence of the Emperor ' s cousin in Tuscany is , as it has constantly stated , caused purely by strategical considerations ; aud we are informed that it is about to take a step which will prove that it has ' iio idea , of establishing a French { prince at Florence . According to advices from Florence , Russia , Prussia , England , and Turkey are said not to have recognized the Provisional Government of Tuscany , and the representatives of those countries are also said to have withdrawn their flags . -The

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THE CHARGE AGAINST THE GRAND REGISTRAR. Article 1
OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTER. Article 4
TWO PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE SAME ARTIST. Article 8
MASONRY IN AMERICA. Article 8
FIELD FLOWERS. Article 13
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 14
BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES. Article 15
"MASONIC MISSIONS:" SOUTH WALES. Article 16
MASONIC HALL AT ST. HELIERS. Article 17
MASONIC MEMS. Article 19
GRAND LODGE. Article 20
PROVINCIAL. Article 34
IRELAND. Article 42
COLONIAL. Article 42
THE WEEK. Article 44
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 48
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had fled into the Tyrol , escorted by soldiers , aud carrying the public treasure with him . The Austrians have withdrawn to the eastern bank of the Po , and have abandoned Torre , Beretti , and the surrounding country . Garibaldi re-entered Como on Thursday evening at 11 o ' clock . On Thursday tho Austrians advanced from Bobbio towards the French outposts , but retired again after a , short fight . This movement was made to conceal tho retreat of the Austrians , who had begun to evacuate Bobbiocarrying with them about 1000 wounded .

Gari-, , baldi lias surprised and beaten the Austrians at Varese , and the town is again free of tho enemy . On Saturday the French crossed the Tieiuo , and attacked the Austrians , who , it is said , suffered a loss of 15 , 000 killed and wounded ; 5000 prisoners having been taken . This occurred at Magenta , on the banks of the Tieino . The struggle appears to have been a desperate one . A telegram , from the French head quarters , also states that tho Austrians had evacuated Milanleaving behind them the cannon and army treasure . Up tu

, tho present time the intelligence we have received respecting the struggle at Magenta i ? so onesided , that it is difficult to form an estimate of the truth . There is a difference in two accounts from Paris , of 2 , 000 prisoners , and 5 , 000 killed and wounded , which is a proof that the French have been at least somewhat hasty in their conclusions , whilst the fact that they admit thc loss of one cannon , and only claim to have taken three from the Austrians , eonstrasts strangely with the enormous loss of 20 , 000 attributed to the latter . There is another item of

intelligence in the imperial bulletin which throws a doubt on the completeness of tho victory—the inaction of the allied army on the Sth of June , tho day after the battle , ' for the purpose of reorganizing itself . " Had tho defeat been of a decisive character the allies would hardly have remained inactive with Milan , notoriously disaffected in the roar of tho retreating enemy ; but they would at least have taken advantage of the earliest success to secure the first prize of the campaign—the Lombard capital . The Emperor of Austria is busied at Verona in completing the organization of the augmented army force , and has in the meantime ordered Field-marshal

General Hess to proceed with the second corjis d ' armee to the head quarters . At Vienna , on Saturdays great religious solemnity , with procession and public prayers , took place , imploring Heaven to bless the Austrian arms with victory . AU the members of the imperial family and the ministers were present . The mass was read by Monsignor Lucca , the nuncio of tho . Pope . A letter from the Adriatio states that Admiral Jurien de Lagraviiire had made as many as seventeen captures down to May 20 th . Oue of his prizes is a fine three-masted vessel from Trieste , the Santo Trinita . Tho recently instituted council of prizes will shortlsitto

y . judge of the validity of these captures . The municipality of Venice has requested a reduction of the loau . The president and vice-president of tho chamber of commerce have resigned their official positions , as has also the Podesta Marcello . A telegram from Venice , in the beginning of the week , stated that hostilities had begun , and that the Lido forts were cannonading the French squadron . At Berlin a government announcement was made ou Wednesday , stating the conditions under which the officially ordered Prussian loan at five per cent , is to be issued .

The issue Is to be made iu coupons of from 50 to 1 , 000 thalers , the payment of the interest to be half yearly , and the redemption of the debt to commence from 1863 by paying one per cent , per annum . The Dresden Journal pretends to be informed of a gradual approach between Austria and Prussia ; but little of this is visible in the Prussian press , which pretends that the Prussian government is little inclined to wage war for the sake of Austria . It is said that the Prussian squadron before long will join the English fleet , destined to protect the Baltic ,

or rather tho entrance thereof . The- Prussian ships which are to form part of the combined squadron are to set out for Copenhagen within a few weeks . Thc French government appears anxious to prove that the presence of the Emperor ' s cousin in Tuscany is , as it has constantly stated , caused purely by strategical considerations ; aud we are informed that it is about to take a step which will prove that it has ' iio idea , of establishing a French { prince at Florence . According to advices from Florence , Russia , Prussia , England , and Turkey are said not to have recognized the Provisional Government of Tuscany , and the representatives of those countries are also said to have withdrawn their flags . -The

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