80. He added, that I might, however, apprize your Lordship that for the moment nothing would be done with regard to the proposals which they contained; that this Government must see what turn affairs at Paris would take; that their chief difficulty lay in Charles Albert, &c. His Excellency's conversation confirmed my previous impressions that this Government intends to trust to their arms in Italy to procure for them what they can regard as an honourable solution to the Italian question. Viscount Palmerston, G.C.B. I have, &c. ARTHUR C. MAGENIS. (Inclosure.)-Article from the "Vienna Gazette" of July 1, 1848. (Translation.) Negotiations for Peace in Italy. THE desire of peace of the Austrian Government is nowhere less appreciated than in that country where it ought justly to find the greatest sympathy, namely, in Italy. Every one knows from whence the attack on the Austrian Government proceeded, and how it was compelled to have recourse to arms; but it is less known, or at least less acknowledged, how this latter, notwithstanding that provocation, animated with the spirit of reconciliation, has from the commencement of the troubles which broke out, left nothing untried to restore peace and to set limits as quickly as possible to the misfortunes of war. Its public declarations prove this most unequivocally. It met the excited feelings of the people with the most paternal assurances for the future. With the greatest lenity for what had happened, it placed before the sight of its erring subjects a Constitution based upon the widest possible principles of freedom and independence, a Constitution which went far beyond all their former wishes and pretensions, in which an entire regard for their nationality was kept in view, and which assured to them a lasting prosperity. How it has happened that to such an appeal enmity alone has been responded, is reserved for history to declare. The Austrian Government did not allow itself to be deterred by this conduct; keeping pacification and reconciliation constantly in view, it did not cease, even at the moment that the fortune of its arms was the most propitious, to attempt everything to attain its proposed end, -the re-establishment of peace. It invited, with this object, the Provisional Government at Milan to a negotition upon the basis of a complete independence of Lombardy, connecting with such acknowledgment only reasonable conditions of a financial and commercial nature; and to facilitate such a negotiation, it declared its readiness to conclude an armistice. Who could have supposed that a proposal, whose pure and magnanimous object was so manifest, would not have met with the most ready acceptance, and especially on the side of authorities who had heretofore loudly proclaimed the desire of negotiating on the abovementioued basis? But so it is. It remains doubtful whether the Provisional Government at Milan did not feel enabled to give effect to this conciliatory invitation from the dread of a fanatical excitement, or whether it cherished other views at that moment. The previous personal character of the members of this Governmen: justified us in expecting the greatest readiness on their part to co-operate in effecting peace; but the fact is, that these same persons declined negotiating, under the pretext that the question at issue must be regarded and treated not as a simple Lombard, but as an Italian question, and consequently that an isolated negotiation could not take place. The Austrian Government can, however, treat with Lombardy alone, it knows no Power which represents Italy. The Provisional Government declared thereupon that an understanding was possible only in the event that independence should be extended to all Austrian possessions in Italy. It gave it even to be understood that the southern part of the Tyrol was comprehended in such possessions. The world may judge whether such a reply to the proposal of Austria, which was as generous as it was conciliatory, was becoming. worthy, equitable, and right, or whether it ought not to be rather regarded as insulting. The world may decide whether it was altogether fitting for the Provisional Government to put forward such conditions; conditions which extend to lands and territories which are in the possession of the Austrian Crown, not only in accordance with rights, but de facto; in which the power of Austria's arms has entirely the upper hand, and of which even a portion belongs to the common German Fatherland. The world may judge with what feelings the Austrian Government must receive such declarations, and what remains for it to do after such a contemptuous rejection of its conciliatory proposals, after so deliberate a refusal to reestablish peace. The Austrian Government will not allow itself to be led astray by these; it will not cease to pursue its object, -the establishment of peace; it will not cease to manifest on every occasion its wish, its firm will in this respect; but it owes it to its own honour, to the honour of its faithful people, to employ all its warlike power, to attain by force of arms a peace, which in spite of its readiness was not to be attained by other means. It neither conceals from the world its views, nor the means which it will employ to attain so noble, so just an end. With equal candour it prepares for this struggle which is forced on it, and declares its readiness to make peace, the object it has in view. It has not been in its power to put an end to the shedding of blood. The Austrian Government has declared its wish for an armistice, in connection with negotiations for peace. The Provisional Government in Milan, on the contrary, declares the one and the other under present circumstances to be impossible, devoted as it is to its new ally the King of Sardinia. The prolongation of the war and all its miseries fall alone on the party that thus declined to put a stop to it. The Austrian Government has done its part towards pacification; it is impossible to deny its deserts; may the other Powers, who likewise desire peace, represent also on their side the interests of humanity, and use the weight of their influence to establish a speedy peace on the principles of justice and equity. The Austrian nation will not remain behindhand in their exertions. The deputies who are about to assemble at the Reichstag will take proper measures to enable our brave army, which, under the command of its veteran chief, bas so gloriously maintained its former fame by fidelity and perseverance in presence of an enemy its superior in numbers, to conquer an honourable peace. No.24. Consul-General Dawkins to Visc. Palmerston.-(Rec. July10.) (Extract.) Venice, June 28, 1848. INFORMATION was received here yesterday of the capitulation of the fortress of Palmanuova to the Austrian troops. The only Articles of the capitulation which are known here, as mentioned in the proclamation which I have the honour to inclose, state that General Zucchi is to be allowed to proceed to Reggio, his native place, and that the Venetian crusaders who formed part of the garrison of Palmanuova are to be allowed to return to Venice. Viscount Palmerston, G.C.B. CLINTON G. DAWKINS. (Inclosure.)-Bulletin issued by the Provisional Government of Venice relative to the Capitulation of Palmanuova. (Translation.) Bulletin of War. Venice, June 27, 1848. His Excellency the General-in-chief of the Austrian army of reserve, Lieutenant Marshal Baron de Welden, sent a person yesterday to the Fort of Marghera to demand a safe-conduct to Venice for Major Count Crenneville to have a conference with the Governor of the city and fortress. General Antonini answered that he would receive to-day at 12 o'clock the Austrian Envoy out of the Fort of Marghera, which he did, at a distance of about 1 kilometre, under a tent set up for that purpose. Major Count Crenneville presented the following despatch: M. LE COMMANDANT, la garnison de la ville de Palmanuova, fixe que tous les Crociati provenant de Venise soient dirigés sur cette ville pour retourner dans leur patrie. Veuillez en conséquence, M. le Commandant, m'indiquer le lieu et les mesures à prendre pour remplir le sens de cet Article. J'ai, &c. Le Général-en-Chef de l'Armée de Réserve, WELDEN. It was agreed between the Austrian Envoy and General Antonini that the Croatian-Venetians should present themselves before Marghera the 30th of this month or the 1st of July. The copy of the Capitulation of Palmanuova has not been received nor could the other conditions be known; Major Count Crenneville has however made known that General Zucchi is safe, and returned to Reggio, his country. No.25. Consul-General DawkinstoVisc.Palmerston.-(Rec.July 10.) In consequence of an order given by General D'Aspre after the occupation of Vicenza by the Austrian troops, to the effect that all inhabitants of the city and province of Vicenza must return thither within a specified time under penalty of the confiscation of their property, the Provisional Government of Lombardy has issued a proclamation in which it states that the penalty of confiscation of property having been abolished by the Austrian Government, the Provisional Government of Lombardy considers the order of General D'Aspre as illegal, and that all the natives of Lombardy who formed part of the force which capitulated to General D'Aspre at Vicenza, are thereby absolved from their engagement not to serve against Austria for 3 months. I inclose copies and translations of the documents above referred to for your Lordship's information. Viscount Palmerston, G.C.В. I have, &c. CLINTON G. DAWKINS. (Inclosure 1.)-Notice issued by the Municipality of Vicenza. (Translation.) Vicenza, June 18, 1848. In execution of the express command of his Excellency Baron D'Aspre, Lieutenant-General, signified in the note of the 17th June instant from this Imperial Royal Delegation, the municipality summons all the inhabitants of the city and province of Vicenza, who in consequence of the late military and political events may have absented themselves from the States of his Imperial and Royal Majesty, to return home, without any exception whatever, under pain of the confiscation of their property. The period peremptorily fixed for the return of those who may be in the Venetian provinces is 8 days; for those who may have proceeded to Lombardy, Ferrara, Bologna, Parma, or Modena, 15 days; and for such as may have gone to a greater distance than the above-mentioned places, 1 month. All the above periods are to be reckoned from the date of the publication of this proclamation. Confiding in his Excellency Lieutenant-General the Baroa d'Aspre, after the experience of the past days, the municipality considers it may with reason assure the absent citizens, that on their return they will be treated, as regards events that have taken place up to the present time, according to the benevolent principles of the Government promised by Article III of the capitulation. CONSTANTINI, Podesta. (Inclosure 2.)-Proclamation issued by the Provisional Government of Lombardy. Milan, June 22, 1818. (Translation.) OUR Central Provisional Government has published the notice from the Municipality of the royal city of Vicenza, dated 18th June, signed by the Podestà Constantini and approved of by his Excellency Lieutenant-General D'Aspre, and has annexed thereto the following: Considering the IIIrd Article of the Convention of the 11th of June, 1848, between the troops of the Emperor of Austria and those of His Holiness Pius IX, for the evacuation of Vicenza; Considering the abolition of the penalty of confiscation contained in the Patent of the 3rd September, 1803, and placed at the head of the General Penal Code of Austria; Considering especially the law on emigration of the 21th of March, 1832, which also excludes confiscation, and also for sequestration, requires limits, judgments, and special proceedings; Considering that the order of Lieutenant-General D'Aspre, to which the above-cited notice refers, openly violates the conditions stipulated in favour of the inhabitants of the city and province of Vicenza; The Central Provisional Government of Lombardy DECREES: 1st. Those citizens of Lombardy who formed part of the troops with whom the capitulation of Vicenza was stipulated, declare themselves absolved from the observance of the conditions of the same. 2nd. It being possible that the Italian Governments may not be acquainted with the Austrian laws of emigration, a copy of the present decree shall be transmitted to each Government, and espe |