The Express.
London, England, 1848-10-19 00:00:00

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SPAIN.

The Madrid mails of the 13th have arrived. Re-
ports of a ministerial modifia.tion continued to cir.
culate, and frequent cabinet courcils Warn held, but
no definitive MPIMITEIS Here taken. M. Arrszoht
still continued to hold the ministry of justice.
On the Bolsa the Three per Cer ts. wero done at 193
fly paper ; the Five per Cents. at 11 for cash; the
neat without Interest at 31 paper; aLd the Coupons,
ate.

ITALY.

LONIBARDY.-IVe have received accounts from
Milan to the 11th, together with the following details
of the movement among the Hungarian troops form-
ing part of the fumy of Raeletsky, at "It
appears that the desire of returning to their respec-
tive c .entries had been manifesting itser for some
time among the troops of ltadetzky, both Hangar ian
and Croatian, and eeeertions werz extremt lv frequent
Radeteay then threatened to decimate the Hun-
should the desertions continue. On the
lath inst. 1,50 Hungarian officers elected a depa-
tutien to obtain flora the generali,simo the permee
lion of conduc irg Leine the whole of the Hungarian
troops Lew in Italy. Itallelesky answered by imprison-
ire; tie to it the tower. The other officers then called
out a number of Huneariau troops, and drew them up
oa the esplanade to obtain the liberty of their incar-
cerated comradee, and the permission to depart. Ra-
detzky then sent a son of ttc viceroy to tell them that
they should have an ar.swer wi,hin two days; they
cemented to wait so long, declaring, however, that
they were determined to go at the end of that time.
'lna Ilungariars take every opportunity of expressing
their sympathy for the ; the boys in the streets
ask thnu to cry, "Long live Italy and Hungary!
Death to Austria!" cud are good naturedly answered
accordingly.
At l'avia, towards the frontier, the Auctriane have
demolished a church, and constructed entrenchments.
General Walmoden tea been heard to say, several
times,that it was impereible the Austrians could main-
tain themselves in Italy.
I have received, from a quarter generally well-in-
formed, the following details upca the Anglo-French
mediation in Italy, which I am assured may be con-
sidered as official : " Incited by the.pairiote, at the
head of whom is Giaberti, the Sardinian cabinet has
taken a decisive step towards the French govern-
ment, by declaring that if the negeciatiotu; relative to
the Anglo-French in .diation, were not sufficiently ad-
vanced to lead to au expectation of an immediate and
satisfactory result Sardinia would resume the offen-
sive. This step has not been taken officielly, the
Merquie Deus, successor to the Marquis de Brignidles
Sal, re not having yet been admitted to present his
letters of credeuce to General Cavaignac, but demi-
officially to M. Bastide, minister of foreign affairs.
Before) giving his reply, M. Ilaatido wished to con-
sult the English cabinet. The reply of Lord
I'ulmeraton was in substance this : England, who
used all her efforts to prevent Charles Albert tram the
first attack on Austria, could not encourage him to
recommence hostilities under circumstances much less
favourable. But as the late events ac Vienna do not
allow sty hope that negotiations can speedily be re-
sumed with the cabinet of Vienna, Lord Palmerston
wilt retire from the mediation, if Sardinia refuse
longer to trust the destinies of Italy to the wisdom
and zeal of her powerful friends.' The reply of M.
Betide has been nearly similar. The French
goverment (he says), who have obtained reports from
compete:it officers, of the military situation of Su-
dime, cannot advise leer to resume hostilities. As to
the question, how far Charles Albert may reckon
on the physical support of France, the French
cabinet will enter into no engagement The reason it
assigns tor this is, that the course of events in Ger-
many may lead to diplomatic complications of the
moat grave Rehire, on which account it must reserve
to itself its full liberty of action. Determined to com-
pel Russia to observe the principle of non-interven-
tion in Germany, the French government finds itself
constrained, in its turn, to conform to it as regards
NAPLES.—We have received despatches from our
correspondent at Naples to the 11th. Much ex-
citement was occeeioned thereby the report, generally
believed, that a French army would appear on the
Peninsula. The king had produced discontent by
not fulfilling his promises in relation to the constitu-
tion, and by his tacit acquiescence in the laezaroni
manifestations. As to the rest, he continued shut op
in his palace. The British equadron, the French flag-
ship Fricland, and two French war-steamers, were
at Naples. No cabinet messenger bad arrived from
England with instructions with regard to Sicily. It
was given out by the French agents that England
and France would propose the following conditions :
Ist. Ferdinand's snond son to be king, with an inde-
pendent parliament and government ; 2nd. The actual
authorities at Palermo to be confirmed, and their acts
ratified; 3rd. Naples to retain the four forts in
Sicily; 4th. Naples to have no power over the inter-
nal laws of Italy.
The communications with Sicily were difficult and
uncertain. Our correspondent quotes a letter of the
6th from Messina, describing the state of that city as
deplorable; the two principal streets were ire rums.
The plunder of the Neapolitans was continued for
eeven days. The few inhabitants that remained held
no intercourse with the Neapolitans. The town was
supplied only from Naples, all communication with
the interior being stopped. Messina was invested by
a large Sicilian force.
The Neapolitan Fives wore at