A telegram from Turin, dated yesterday, carries us one small
stage further in the war. "The Sardinian army has invested Peschiera from the Logo di Garda to the Mineio." The text of the proposals made by Prussia to the German Diet on the 24th June [date of the battle of Solferino] is as follows- " 1. To place a corps of observation on the Upper Rhine, to be composed of the 7th and 8th corps of the Federal army, in conformity with the wishes precedingly expressed by the Federal governments, and to that these corps may be combined with the concentration of the Prussian corps d'armee, par- ticularly on the Middle Rhine (the Main), and for this purpose to give the Federal adhesion to the concentration of Prussian troops on a territory not Prussian, and to reserve arrangements for the prompt junction of the Prus- sian corps d'annee with the Federal corps d'annee. 2. To confide the com- mand of the said corps of observation to the King of Bavaria. 3. To arrange a uniform tariff for feeding the various corps."
The Paris correspondent of the Hord says, under date of June 28—" I learn that Lord Cowley had, the day before yesterday, an interview with
our Minister of Foreign Affairs, in which he exposed in general terms the views of the British Cabinet in respect to a pacific arrangement of the affairs of Italy."
The Paris correspondent of the Times states, "on good authority," that the French loss at Solferino was from 16,000 to 18,000.
"Ills divided thus—Marshal Neil's corps from 6000 to 7000; Marshal Baraguay d'Hillier's, nearly 5000; Marshal M'alahon's, 2.500; and Marshal Canrobert's, 1000—which, with casualties in the special corps, such as the artillery, will make up the number."
The Austrians admit a loss of 4000 killed, "but it was probably larger." Seven or eight generals were wounded ; one was killed. The Pied- montese suffered greatly.
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