The Express.
London, England, 1847-09-07 00:00:00

Lettere from Bologna, of the 28th ult., mention
the of two British ships of war at the
a of the Po. The Ballow, a journal of that city,
says: "Two foreign ships. were seen on the 17th to
the waters of the Volano, in the province of Ferran,'
which were taking soundings m the offing. They
were recognised as English vessels from the tower d
the port." The national guard is completely organised
in Bologna. The Marquis Guidotti is appointed to
command.
Advices from Turin, with the journals of that city
of the let inst., have reached us. It is reported that a
notice has been given to Austria, in a note delivered
to the ambassador at Rome, that it is required on the
part of the pontifical government that the Austrian
forces shall evacuate the city of Ferrara in twenty
days. Late bodies of troops had appeared on the
line of the Yo from the Venetian territory, thP
nation of which was not known. They had passed I
through Padua and Roy* with a large train of
lammunition waggons. The municipal council of
.Ancona had voted a subsidy of 2,000 ecudi to the
government, towards the expense of arming the civic
guard; a like sum was voted by the Chamber of
Commerce of Ancona. The Jews and the merchants
met, and offered to make up whatever might be defi-
cient of the sum necessary to provide arms. Three
of the chief citizens were sent to Rome to make
these offers to the government.
The miegivingsof Austria, mentioned in the corre-
spondence of some of the Paris journals, respecting
the measures adopted by her agents in Lombardy, are,
in some measure, confirmed by various paragraphs
which we find scattered in the German journals, some
of which are the immediate organs of the cabinet of
Nienna, and moat of which are, more or less, in its
interest and policy. The Unirersal German Gazette
of the 2nd inst. has the following :
The safety of the possessions of Austria in Italy rendered
it indispensable for her to have a right of garrison at Ferrara.
The western part, that is to as,, Lombardy, properly so
mated, is protected by the fortress of Mantua. Ferrara was
chosen to protect the Venetian states. It is known that, in
1818, the invasion of Murat was completely impeded by the
tartrate of Ferrara. Till now the garrison of this place has
been always very weak ; but was that a reason for it not to
be augmented in case of need ? Reinforcements have been
sent to the garrison, because the state of exaltation which to
now reigning in Italy rendered it necessary for Austria to
take every precaution.
Letters from Vienna of the 28th alt., given by the
Nuremberg Correspondent, say :
It is believed the Count de Fiquelmont, who has just left
for Milan, is bearer of despatches containing confidential in-
structions for General Count de Radetzki. if, notwith-
standing the precautions which have been taken, a spirit of
disorder should break out in Modena, Parma, Lucca, and
Tuscany, the intervention of Austria, on this side, would be
more probable in the Roman states. The King of Prussia
arrived at Ischyl on the 27th. His Majesty is expected
here in tea or twelve days.
The same journal gives the following, under the
date Rome, Aug. 23 :
Three batalioas left this night for Ferrara. Several Polish
generals residing at Bologna have made an offer of their seer-
vices to the Pope. It is reported that despatches arrived
yesterday from the King of Sardinia, putting his army at the
disposal of the Pope. It is also rumoured that a despatch
has come yesterday from the Emperor of Austria to the Pope,
in which his Majesty declares he is ever the faithful son of
the church, and that the troops of Austria were only sent to
Ferrara in order to protect his Holiness from the dangers of
a revolution, which appeared most imminent. These troops
are to be withdrawn. The Emperor has also advised the
Pope to suppress the institution of the national guard, as it
might ate future 111111 prove dangerous to his holiness.

Letters from Berne of the let inst. announce that
the Diet would on the following day enter upon the
discussion of one of those vital questions on which the
peace of Switzerland depends—viz., the expulsion of
the Jesuits. It was reported that the commander-
in-chief of the troops of the League, the ex-federal
Colonel .Ulrich do Sans Soglio, had been arrested in
the canton of Tessin, on the territory of which he
had ventured to make a reconnaisance of the ground,
with a view to the construction of works on the
frontier. The decision of the Diet to dismiss from the
federal service all the officers who took service with
the League was carried into complete execution. The
Bernese government hadscnt a staff officer to Lucerne, '
to order M. Zund, federal commissary in chief (who
had been dismissed in consequence of accepting service
with the League), to send back to Berne the chest
which had been confided to him, and which contained
about a million of francs. It was thought that the
government of Lucerne would Seize these funds and
appropriate them to the use of the League.

MADRID, Aim. 31.
The papers of this morning confirm a rumour of
yesterday touching the dismissal of Narvaez, and the
summoning of Salamanca to receive from the Queen
the charge of forming a cabinet. Salamanca has
accepted the task proposed to him, waiving, however,
both the presidency and the portfolio of state, one
of which dignities is usually assumed by the organiser
of the ministry. The present ministers continue in
office till their successors are appointed. Pacheco is
said to have received the most pressing invitations
from the Queen to retain his place ; but he persists in
the intention of resigning. Meanwhile, the ascer-
tained truth of a few fresh facts enables me to present
a clearer slew of the events of the last few days.
It is now generally acknowledged that Narvaez,
with whom the ministry had been during a month in
communication upon the subject of his eventual return
to power, was recalled by the ministers with the con-
sent of the Queen to take upon himself the direction
of state affairs. He was met at Bayonne by General
Rog de Olano, an intimate friend of Salamanca, and
an inseparable attendant upon the court, who inti-
mated to him on the part of the Queen that Sala-
manca was to retain his place in the new ministry.
Narvaez evaded this condition. At Madrid the mo-
derados generally, who hate the former contratista for
his exposure of Mon, and for his rapid rise and
enjoyment of a certain popularity no less than court
favour, represented to Narvaez that their support
could only be purchased by Salamanca being left
out of any ministerial combination which the Duke
of Valencia should head. Narvaez completed his
double list of ministers with whom he was prepared
to act on Sunday. It was as follows :
State
Grace and Justice Arrazola,
War .. Mizarredo, Cordova.
Interior
Finance
Marine
Instruction Olivan, Rios Row.
This list certainly represented all shades of the
moderado party, if that could be counted an advan-
tage. The late ministry of the Puritans was repre-
sented by Mazarredo, Benavidea, and Sotelo ; the
Sotomayor cabinet by Santillan and Olivan ; the men
of the Faro, or ultras, by l'idal and Rice Roasts; the
section which has abstained from opposition to the
Pacheco ministry by Sartorius and Orlando ; the
waverere between puritanism and moderadoism, by
Arrazola ; and the court party, by Ito. de Olano and
Cordova. For the rest, I have already explained how
deeply offensive to the Queen many of the names
proposed must have been. And the omission
of Salamanca's name altogether was no doubt
a capital defect in the royal eye, after that per-
son had been expressly recommended by a mes-
sage which came, at least indirectly, from the
crown. Narvaez presented his list on Sunday, at
8 in the evening. The Queen promised to re•
fleet upon the matter. At half-past 12, Narvaez was
re-admitted to the royal cabinet, and his list was de-
dared to be unsatisfactory, whereupon he resigned
his charge. The Heralds, his accredited organ, gives
out that he has no intention of leaving Madrid. But
I have heard that an escort of cavalry will at-
tend the general to Burgos, where he is to
await the fuither orders of the government.
Respecting the visit of Narvaez to the King
the most oppositeaccounts aregiven. TheFarodeclares
that he went to the Pardo, not so much to take a
decisive step on the palace question, as to convince
himself whether that question transcended the means
he contemplated employing for its settlement. And
that so far from having been discouraged by the result
of his interview, everything served to assure him
' that all difficulties would vanish before his ministry."
This assertion, which, according to minute details
which have reached me of the interview, appears at
total variance with the truth, is likewise distinctly
contradicted by the Correa, which says, " Not only
was General Narvaez not more fortunate than the
ministers in his conference with the King, but he re-
turned completely satisfied of the utter uselessness of
all further attempts of a similar kind."
With regard to Salamanca's formation of a cabinet,
if he is strong enough to resist the temptation of put-
ting in some of his own immediate personal friends,
who are absolutely null in all statesmanlike qualities,
and enjoy no credit with the nation whatever, it is
possible that such a crew may be got together as
will work the ship of state not discreditably. But a
set of flimsy courtiers, like Cordova, Roads Olano, or