The Express.
London, England, 1848-07-24 00:00:00

to be inherent in every citizen in the preamble of the
project of the constitution was yesterday discussed
in the bureau, of which M. Dufaure is a member.
There were seventeen votes in favour of retaining
that clause, and sixteen against it. The seventeenth
vote which turned the scale, being that of M.
I)afaure himself. This fact signifies what I announced
a day or two since, that a schism has broken out
between M. Dufiure and the Rue de Poitiers. The
fact, however, would be more precisely expri seed, by
saying, that M. Dufaure has indisidually departed
from the Rue de Poitiers and now acts aloe•. I un-
derstand that the party of the ex-deputies and mode-
rates have determined not again to put forward for
any office this representative.
The bureaux of the Nation'l Assembly have almost
terminated the examination of the constitution.
Twelve have nominated their members to confer with
the committee on the constitution, and the three re-
maining bureaux will terminate their labours, it is
supposed, this day. The greater part of the bureaux
have passed rather slightly over the concluding
chapters, being of opinion that the organic laws
ought to be elaborated by the present assembly after
the conatituti in is voted, which would prolong its
powers for several months. It is believed, however,
that after the vote of the constitution the Assembly
will adjourn for one or two months.
It has been definitively determined by the govern-
ment not to carry into effect the decree of transporta-
tion adopted by the assembly against the insurgent
prisoners, on the grounds of the total impracticability
of complying with that part of the decree which
allows them to take their families with them at tho
expense of the country.
The court of Tuscany has acknowledged the re-
public.

The Madrid mails of the 17th have arrived. A
council of ministers was to be held at La Gran.*
on the 17th. M. Brune the nuncio, was to be
presented to the Queen.
A eorrespondent of the rnion writes on the 17th from
Oinks, on the frontier of Catalonia: " On the 11th. in the
environs of Santa Maria de Borreda, • murderous tattle was
fought between the Carlists and the troops of Queen Isla-
, belle. The result was favourable to the Carlists, for they
not only remained masters of the field. but took 61 prisoners.
among whom was a lieutenant, with 70 muskets, and a coa-
-1 siderable quantity of ammunition. The Christina forces,
under the command of General Enna and Bauder, amount-
ed to 1,600 men, while the Montemolin.sts were only 800,1
but Cabrera was at their head. The person who gt sue
me these details, an old military man, who has made all
the campaigns of the empire, assures me that he r ,ceer
saw • greater inveteracy in so small a number of com-
batants. After the first volley the two columns gushed
against ea-h other with their bayonets, and in half an hour
shed mere blood than usually flows in an action Is sting the
whole day. Cabrera, at the head of 40 horse, pert, amied pro-
digies of valour, and broke his sword in the melee., This ea-
trao.dinsry man has been able by himself alor Ae W change
the whole aspect of Catalonia. After the betas, of dime 28
and this of July 11, the 40,000 troops of Isal- Ate must hold
themselves upon the defensive, or they wir, be defeated by
the Lion of the Matstrago. Acceding to the orders issued
by Cabrera there will be no 01,1* in19..11 parties. All the
columns will amount to 800 men, so thr 4 they may be able to
contend without too great a di,advr ditage with c,gumus of
1000 or 1.500 foot and 60 horse.

ITALY.

ITiE AUSTRIANS IN FERRARA.
LOY&BARDY.—The news from Italy is important.
We lave advices from Turin of the 18th, from Milan
of Vile 17th, and from Florence of the 15th ; besides a
teliegraphic despatch of more recent date still from
'Rome.
A corps of 5,000 Austrians had crossed the Po, and
marched immediately on Ferrara and Commachio.
According to some accounts the number was still
greater; 7,000, it is said, had entered Ferrara alone.
All the inhabitants seen with the tri-coloured cockade
were maltreated, and a contribution was levied on the
town : the greatest alarm was spread in the neigh-
bourhood. At Bologna a committee of public de-
fense was formed. It was supposed that the move-
ment of the Austiiens would be directed towards
Modena, to make a diversion in favour of Verona,
and compel Charles Albert to detach a part
of his forces from around that place. Sub equent
accounts say that the Austrians, who bad entered
Ferrara on the 14th, suddenly received orders to
repass the Po on the 15th, in consequence of which in
a few minutes the entire brigade under Prime Lich-
atenstein were seen in precipitate flight ; the cause of
this was the appearance of a division of 9,000 Pied-
montese, that Uharles Albert had sent to Ostiglia. A
division which had advanced to Bondino, on the .110-
denese frontier, had also retreated.
Some reports say that the objeC't of the Austrians
in entering Ferrara was to obtain a supply of pro-
visions, of which they were in urgent need. They
exacted 5,000 rations.
The following despatch, dated from the Sardinian
head-quarters, the 16th inst., at nine in the evening,
sus:
'Having been informed that a body of Austrian troops had
crossed the Po at Ostiglia, Ficarolo, and Pont. lagoscuro,
with the intention either of reinforcing the garrison of Fer-
rara, or ol invading the duchy 01 Modena, the K,t.g n. Sar-
dinia has given orders for the departure of a suffitieut hires,
to cress the Po, and prevent the realisation o. the enemy's
plane.
The Piedmontese joarnals of the 18th say that the
King of Naples was preparing an expedition of 20,000
men against Sicily. Our own correspondent, how-
ever, writing on the 14th, and whose lettere will be
found below, makes no mention of thie.
ROME.—A telegraphic despatch received at Paris
from Rome, and which appears in the Mortiteur of
the 22nd says that the greatest eccitement was pro-
duced there by the announcement of the arrival of the
Austrians at Ferrara. The Pope, it says, solemnly
protested. and the assembly passed an unanimous
vote in favour of a general league of all the Italian
states against Austria.
Letters from Rome dated the 12th, received at
Milan, say that the French ambassador, on being pre-
sented to his Holiness, offered the aid of a French
army in case of any difficulty.
The Pope gave the following answer, dated the 10th
to the address of the Council of Deputies :
We accept the expreesions of gratitude addressed to us by
the mural. and w- have r. reit, .1 V., u.srver ,o ,Le k!!verch
delivered in our name by the cardinal expo ssly de-
legated by us to open the two councils, decimal tag tat we
accept it only in so far as it does not in anywise depart from
what is prescribed by the fundamental statute. If the pon-
tiff puts up prayers, bestows benediction and pardon, it is
also his duty to bind .cod to loosen. And if as prince, with
the intent of better protecting and strengthening the public
good, he has called two councils to co-operate with him, the
prince-priest hes need of all the liberty requisite tor pre-
serving his action from being paralysed when the interests of
religion and the state are in question. This liberty he pre-
serves intact so long as shall remain intact, se they ought to
remain, the statute and the law on the council of ministers
which we have granted. If wishes for the aggrandisement
of the Italian nation become multiplied and great, it is neces-
sary that it should be again made known to the world,
that for us war cannot be a mean. for attainin ! that end.
Our name has been blessed throughout she •iielt f d. the
words of peace which tint came out of our mouth; it
most assuredly will no longer be so if the lengi.see of war
should now issue from us. It was, therefore, a great stir.
prim to tie when we learned that this question au submitted
to the comaideration of the council, in contradiction to oar
public declarations, and at the very moment when we had
end, rtaken to negoiate for peace. Union be teren the
princes, end good harmony between the natichs of ,he pen-
iosula, can alone realise that happiness to which we ,ispire.
This need of concord is such, that we ought to embrace
equally all the princes of Italy, in order that from this
paternal embrace may spring that harmony which will bring
about the accomplishment of the public desire. Respect for
the rights and laws of the church, and a persuasion which
must animate you that the special grandeur of this state de-
pends upon the independence of the sovereign Pontiff, will
BO act upon you that in your deliberations you will always
=the limits traced out by us in the statute. In this
manifested the gratitude we seek for the ample in-
stitutions granted by nos. Your resolution to occupy your-
selves with our internal affairs is a noble one, and we exhort
you with all our soul to persevere in this undertaking. COMr
merce and industry must be re-established, and it is our
most earnest desire, es we ere confident it is also yours,
not ts overburthen but to relieve the people. Public order
requites great resources, and to obtain them it is indispensa-
ble that the ministry should Lamm to devote to this its
thoughts and its cares. The public administration of the
finances demands the greatest and the mast minute precau-
dose. After these vital elements, the government will pro-
pose for the municipalities such amelioration, es it shall
think most useful, and most in conformity with present
wants. To the church, and through it to his apostles, its
divine founder hes given the great right, and imposed the
great duty, of instruction. B of accord among yourselves
with the high council, with us, and with our ministers. Call
frequently to mind that Rom - is great, not from her tem-
poral domain, but chiefly because she is the seat of the catho-
lic religion. This is a truth which we do not Irish to be
engraved on marble, but in the hearts of all who participate
in the public administration, in order ilipt, each respecting
our universal primacy, no one may give way to certain li-
mited theories, or even to party opinions. None who enter-
tain elevated sentiments of religion can think othe . .
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insuring to Rome and to the gat* genuinAm -segeo,
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