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The Week.
Count Bitot ' s request , relieved that minister from tho duties of the office hitherto held by him . Count Iteohberg is appointed the minister for foreign affairs , iu place of Count Buol . Failing health was the only cause of Count Buol ' s request to be relieved from the office of foreign minister . His resignation occasions no change in the principles of Austrian policy . All the direct and indirect taxes throughout the Austrian empire have been increased , with the exception of the tobacco monopoly and the customs duties , and a new loan is announced to be raised iu Lombardy ; seventy-five millions of florins is the sum required ,
From the scat of war in Sardinia the most contradictory reports continue to be received according as the accounts are from French or Austrian sources , and there is reason to believe that the atrocities attributed to the Austrian troops are greatly exaggerated . The reports from each camp arc mutually recriminative ; and to believe the French bulletin ? , the treatment of the people by the Austrians is getting worse and worse . Thoy are constructing extensive works , and are compelling even the women and children of the country to assist with their labour , although one would think that such assistance as that could scarcely repay the odium such
tyranny must surely draw down upon them . Another telegram says that General Gyulai sent won ' , to his government that provisions arc beginning to fail in Piedmont , and that lie would not be able to hold his present position . Meantime the first action between the contending armies has taken place at Montebello . The Monilmr of Sunday gives an account , which must of course be taken as the French official statement , '' cooked" to order . The official journal says that ou Saturday tlie Austrians attacked , with about 15 . 000 men , tlie advanced posts of Marshal Baragnay d'Hilliers . They were repulsed by General h ' orey ' s divisionivhich carried
, tlie village of Montebello after a desperate combat of four hours . The French took 200 prisoners , of whom one is a colonel , and hail 5 lJI ) or 600 killed or wounded . The Austrians have been iu full retreat , and their loss amounts to more than 2 , 000 men . The Austrian account is , that " General Statlion had pushed out ' a reconnoitring party , which had met with the French in superior force . After a severe contest the Austrians retired in good order , tho loss on both sides being
about equal . " The battle appears to have been a smart aflair , in which each side suffered groat losses . As far as our present information goes the Austrians had the worse of it , ns they abandoned their position aud retreated beyond the Po , a movement , however , very likely only in accordance with a settled plan . Tho Piothnontese , on the other wing , forced the passage of the Hesia , to the discomfiture and loss of the Austrians . In Tuscany the utmost confidence in the future exists . There has been no approach to a reactionary movement , save at Via Jbiggio , where the Austrian flag was hoisted for a few hours , but was soon
suppl .-mted by the national tricolor . Florence itself is almost without troops , but the avant-garde of a Piedmontese force , consisting of 300 men , has arrived at Leghorn ; and would be followed by 1 , 100 'additional troops as soon as transport could be found for the purpose . At Turin it was stated that the Austrians intend to send a corps < Carm . Cc into Tuscany for the purpose of restoring the grand duke . A French vessel arrived at Leghorn on Friday with a detachment of troops , and the Palrie announces that the . French hare taken tho Tuscan flag under their protection . Prince Napoleon was to arrive on Sunday . In closing
the session of tlie diet the Regent used tho following remarkable expressions—It is Prussia ' s right and duty to stand up for tbe security , the protection , and the national interests of Germany ; and she will not resign the assertion of these her prerogatives . Prussia expects that all the German confederate powers ivill stand firmly by Iter side in tho fulfilment of that mission , and trusts that her readiness to defend the common Fatherland will merit their confidence . The Russian government has given orders for the 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd , oth , and Gth corps d ' armec to be placed immediately on a war footing , ivith the whole of the artillery
and cavalry belonging to each . The reserves also are to be called in . The Emperor has commenced the usual spring reviews . This year these leviews will probably be extended to other portions of the empire , and should his majesty visit Warsaw , or be at any time in the neighbourhood of the Prussian frontier , he will profit by the occasion to have an interview with , the Prince Regent . A popular movement has broken out at Ccseiia , iu the Papal States . Rome itself is still tranquil . Tho
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
Count Bitot ' s request , relieved that minister from tho duties of the office hitherto held by him . Count Iteohberg is appointed the minister for foreign affairs , iu place of Count Buol . Failing health was the only cause of Count Buol ' s request to be relieved from the office of foreign minister . His resignation occasions no change in the principles of Austrian policy . All the direct and indirect taxes throughout the Austrian empire have been increased , with the exception of the tobacco monopoly and the customs duties , and a new loan is announced to be raised iu Lombardy ; seventy-five millions of florins is the sum required ,
From the scat of war in Sardinia the most contradictory reports continue to be received according as the accounts are from French or Austrian sources , and there is reason to believe that the atrocities attributed to the Austrian troops are greatly exaggerated . The reports from each camp arc mutually recriminative ; and to believe the French bulletin ? , the treatment of the people by the Austrians is getting worse and worse . Thoy are constructing extensive works , and are compelling even the women and children of the country to assist with their labour , although one would think that such assistance as that could scarcely repay the odium such
tyranny must surely draw down upon them . Another telegram says that General Gyulai sent won ' , to his government that provisions arc beginning to fail in Piedmont , and that lie would not be able to hold his present position . Meantime the first action between the contending armies has taken place at Montebello . The Monilmr of Sunday gives an account , which must of course be taken as the French official statement , '' cooked" to order . The official journal says that ou Saturday tlie Austrians attacked , with about 15 . 000 men , tlie advanced posts of Marshal Baragnay d'Hilliers . They were repulsed by General h ' orey ' s divisionivhich carried
, tlie village of Montebello after a desperate combat of four hours . The French took 200 prisoners , of whom one is a colonel , and hail 5 lJI ) or 600 killed or wounded . The Austrians have been iu full retreat , and their loss amounts to more than 2 , 000 men . The Austrian account is , that " General Statlion had pushed out ' a reconnoitring party , which had met with the French in superior force . After a severe contest the Austrians retired in good order , tho loss on both sides being
about equal . " The battle appears to have been a smart aflair , in which each side suffered groat losses . As far as our present information goes the Austrians had the worse of it , ns they abandoned their position aud retreated beyond the Po , a movement , however , very likely only in accordance with a settled plan . Tho Piothnontese , on the other wing , forced the passage of the Hesia , to the discomfiture and loss of the Austrians . In Tuscany the utmost confidence in the future exists . There has been no approach to a reactionary movement , save at Via Jbiggio , where the Austrian flag was hoisted for a few hours , but was soon
suppl .-mted by the national tricolor . Florence itself is almost without troops , but the avant-garde of a Piedmontese force , consisting of 300 men , has arrived at Leghorn ; and would be followed by 1 , 100 'additional troops as soon as transport could be found for the purpose . At Turin it was stated that the Austrians intend to send a corps < Carm . Cc into Tuscany for the purpose of restoring the grand duke . A French vessel arrived at Leghorn on Friday with a detachment of troops , and the Palrie announces that the . French hare taken tho Tuscan flag under their protection . Prince Napoleon was to arrive on Sunday . In closing
the session of tlie diet the Regent used tho following remarkable expressions—It is Prussia ' s right and duty to stand up for tbe security , the protection , and the national interests of Germany ; and she will not resign the assertion of these her prerogatives . Prussia expects that all the German confederate powers ivill stand firmly by Iter side in tho fulfilment of that mission , and trusts that her readiness to defend the common Fatherland will merit their confidence . The Russian government has given orders for the 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd , oth , and Gth corps d ' armec to be placed immediately on a war footing , ivith the whole of the artillery
and cavalry belonging to each . The reserves also are to be called in . The Emperor has commenced the usual spring reviews . This year these leviews will probably be extended to other portions of the empire , and should his majesty visit Warsaw , or be at any time in the neighbourhood of the Prussian frontier , he will profit by the occasion to have an interview with , the Prince Regent . A popular movement has broken out at Ccseiia , iu the Papal States . Rome itself is still tranquil . Tho