The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-10 00:00:00

ITALY.

ROMAN STATES.—The French government has
received the following telegraphic de-patch from
Rome:
General Oadinot to the Minister of War.

limn, July 5.
As soon u my troops entered Roam I took every meson
to ensure its internal tranquillay. I lure named General
Raviolis governor of Rome, and antral 8 commander
of the place. Tee fort of Si. Angelo was given up to our
troops at seven o'clock this morning.

It appears that Oudinot refused to grant any con-
ditiont • but required the city to surrender without
evtn the honours of war. He gave the R macs six
hours to reflect, and informed them that if they had
act made up their minds at the expiration of that
time, the French would thunder upon (firudroyer)
the town. It was then that the Romans env endemic].
Slezzini is said to have fled, but this requires confir-
mation.

The following is General Oudinot's despatch, de-
scribing the tumult of the 30th ult. :
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Read (lumen, Villa Santucci, June 30th.
Monsieur le Ministre,—After the assault sat the but ons
6 and 7, on the 21st, I had the honour to inform you that,
notwithstanding the brilliant success of that affair, we ex-
pected t 'have to some in ether cambata. The enemy ap-
peared, is fact, molted to defend each basting foot by foot.
On the 28th a vigorous combat of artillery had for result the
opening of a breach on the left Hank of bastion 8, quite a
fortress communimting by trenches wish Sat. Pietro in Mon-
Piro. Although the Roman gunners are good marksmen,
and the number of their cannon is very great, our fire had in-
stantly a great superiority over that of the enemy. On the
29th the breach had become practicable, notwitatanding the
solidity of the ramparts, entirely built with IL .man cement.
It permitted us to obtain posse ssion of bastion 8, the occupa-
tion of which, whilst enabling us to extend curatives on
Mount dianicolo, caused us to command the Saint Panerasis
gate. Orden for the assault were immediately given, and
tour caimans, each of them companies of elite, were selected
for the operation.
The despatch here enters into details of the composition of
these columns, which are without interest fur the general
reader. At half-past two in the morning, the preliminary
p eparations having been executed, all the columns moved
forward at the appointed signal (the firing of three guns).
The first column, under the orders of Commandant Lenbvre,
reached the summit of the breads. notwithstanding a sharp
firing of musketry. Some works thrown up by the enemy
during the night completely stopped the head of the column,
which had great difficulty in surmounting the obstacle.
The fir,t noise of the attack brought to the breach nearly
all the defenders eat the bastion, but the cross lire in this
narrow pas age did not prevent our brave se.dien from
reaching the level ground and advancing. At this moment
Commandant Lefebvre, of the 53rd, received a wound and
fell. He was immediately replaced by Commandant Rout.
can, of the 68th. AdThlitlige was t.ken of our first success
la enlarge the passage. Commandant Galbeud Du'ort, of
the Engineers, was struck by two balls, whilst placing the
first gebions to moth this datagerms passage. The column
under the orders of Commandant Latent was received with
a sharp fire of musketry. The voltiguers of the 32.. d, and
the grenadiers of the 63rd carried, however, a large entrench-
ment supported by the Auction wall, bayonetted the de-
fenders, and contended against the pierced house', which
incommoded our attacks. The can bineen of the 22nd
Light Infantry, the first to leave the trench, and who
were commanded by IL Inforet an person, found the first
two trenches of the enemy filled with men, who fired at
them, but whom they bayoneted ; then, passing over the en.
trenebment which barred the mouth of the bastion, they
rushed tea battery of seven pieces of cannon, and took pos. '
seseim of it. These rapid and admirably combined movements
disengaged the column which had mounted by the breach,
and the garrison of the bastion in vain defended i•self round
small house. It was either entirely destroyed or captured.
Thos bastion was taken, but daylight was beginning to ap-
pear. AU the houses looking on the bastion were filed with
the enemy, and they marched in force to retake their guns.
The reserve, under Lieut.-Col. Espinosa., was then engaged,
and the grenadiers of the 36th under Capt. Tiersonnier,
pressing the enemy vigorously, precipitated them at the
joint of the bayonet over the staircases and the anarpme..t.
They then took the houses which command the Oats
of Saint Pollen:is. The officers of engineers then,
taking advantage of the trenches of the enemy, placed
the bastion in security. The different columns were led
on with equal intelligence and energy by Lieut.-Col. Ha-
*use and the chefs de bataillon placed at the head of
them. Oar troops acted with vigour and entousiama,
whisk nothing could resist. They killed with the bayonet
mace than 400 men. Oat of 12.5 prisoners who remained
our hands, there are 19 officers of different grades.
Oar lam, comparatively, has not been great ; it amounts to 9
killed, 1 st wise= is an officer, 110 wounded, of whom 18 are
officers. This second assault gives an immense moral
ascendant to our troops. The enemy has lost two principal
points of his warmth and our hitt tiei are so cons•ructed
that they can ruin the town. To prolong the defence would
be madness. It would not only sacrifice houses, but carry
war into the midst of families. It cannot reasonably be
supposed that any government, whatever it may be, will
consent to prolong such anatomises in the capital of that
country.
Ts increase the chances of success during the assault of
button 8, and to diminish the number of defenders in the
front of attack, I ordered General Guesviller to make • diver-
sion towards*. Porte del Popolo. This was executed with
a good deal of intelligences by a column composed of three
battalions, a company of neaten, and four guns. The
general left Pouts Molle at eleven o'clock la the evening
on the 29th, to take position on the heights which
touch the Villa Borghese. The enemy had pierced all the
houses en the heights (for masketry. Our riflemen placed
themselves In such a manner as to protect the &ninny,
which was placed behind on a commanding point. Tnis
artillery kept up a are from hall-past one to three o'clock in
the messing, and caused terror in a quarter which b. lieved
itself out the reach of our attacks. The enemy replied very
sharply, but without causing us any loss. In scatter dime
lion the pieces of the navy, placed on the heights which
command the church of St. Paul, threw balls and shells above
the gate of the same name. The enemy consequently
was annoyed at the same time from these two
points, which are so far one from the other.
Whilst these different combats were taking place, from
two to half-past live o'clock in the morning, the MOM
attempted to set on tire our bridge on the Lower Tiber at
the anchorage of St. Paul. Nearly flay fire-boats were stopped,
destroyed, or sunk by the intelligent activity of Lieutenant
Olivieri of the navy commanding the flotilla, and of Captain
Blandeau, commander of the 7th company of pontonniers.
The,e advantages were preceded by repeated reconnaissances
made on different points by the Ist horse ehuseun and the
11th dragoons under the orders of General Monis. Fiaally,
the day of the 28th was signalised by an event which will
powerfully contribute to deprive the enemy of the possibility
of prolonging the struggle. The powder magas*. of Tivoli,
situated at four limpes to the mot of Rome, has bees coo-
pletely destroyed by a column nadir the orders of General
Baur*. The works were capable of imaantosbuing as
much as from 20 to 24 'pinta* a day (the quintal is
about 2 cwt. English). Nearly 30 quintals of 'manufac-
tured guspowder and an immense quantity of raw material
were plunged in water and otherwise rendered unit for use.
On the whole, Monsieur le Ministra, the success cif all the
enterprise., the constant kens sustained on all point. by the
enemy, tense it to be hoped that resistance cannot hence-
forth be prolonged. Since the commencement of the siege
all the operations have been conducted by General Vaillant,
of the Engineers, with the ability and expertenoe of which