The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-13 00:00:00

and bee armed a bend° to be posbed up all over Madrid. It
declares the state of seine Which was taken off three days
ago to be re-imposed. The military casualties alone are
stated at 600. Cannon were employed, and grape, round
end shrapnel, as the occasion demanded. About 80 of the
insurgent soldiers have been taxon prisoners, and 30
civilians ; many of the latter are of the better classes two
chief-officers of batt lion were killed. It is believed to be
the intention of the government to shoot many of the
military prisoners. There is only one officer, a captain,
among these, all the rest being subalterns and privates.
There is expected to be a very decisive movement again
to-night. Nuraes has shown courage and decision.
In fact, his worst enemies do not deny bim these
qualities. But he is kicking against the pricks. Fall
he must; and his mettle is mischievous. In polities
no less than in war, a man ought to know when be is con-
quered. Whether the instinct of his fall (if it is sensible to
him) will keep him from shooting these poor soldierprison- I
en is doubtful; for the man's principle of action seems to be
to show that he is nut afraid. If the millers are shot, even
decimated, many expect the whole army to pronounce from
revolted feelings. If they were not ezecuted, their impunity
might draw on imitation. Either way, the game is against
the government.
/laving given you an outline of the main facts, I shall
new write some details.
It was expected, about a fortnight ago, that there would
he another outbreak before the end of April; whensuddenly,
the distressed state of the bark becominglcnown, the tactics of
the opposition changed, and they determined, as it were, to
kW the government by starvation, hutted of stabbing it to
death.
The straw which broke the camel's (patience) back was
the arrest of Dome■ lieurro, a man highly popular with the
army, which took place yesterday. All along the insur-
gents have been fraternising very warmly with certain of
the troops; and the regiment of Spain, having touched
considerable sums of liberal silver, agreed to pro-
nounce. Divided councils (and no other, &l
! are
to be found in the liberal camp) spoiled the effect
of the pronunciamento. Most were for putting it off ; but
things had gone too for. The unhappy battalion was un-
supported by the men who had been wooing them daily to
their ruin. The other two-thirds of the regiment world not
join in the fatal leap, and only one of the officers. All the
rest turned Abdiels. The battalion left the barracks of San
Francisco (a convent on the south extremity of the city) at
half-past three. They marched put San Andres, the
Plaza de Cebada, end up the Toledo, crying out, " Viva el
Pueblo Libre! Viva el Exercito." They were joined by •
few paisanui on their way. Arrived at Plaza Mayor, they
Milthemselves behind the columns of the areadse await-
e bests who were to join them, who came not. Mean-
time the first cot pa that marched against them was a battalion
of the Caeadores de Bus, N 0.12, who proceeded tlhough the
arcades of the Platerias from the Calle Mayor. The houses
of the Plaza Mayor were occupied by both parties, and both
parties appeared in balconies of the same square. The equate
granite shafts of the piers which support the arcades
of the Platenu, have great pieces torn out of them by the
cannon shot ; and one ball is seen sticking in the wall of the
house which is built over the arcades through which the
place is entered. The doors of the houses are also shattered
by cannon. After an entrance had been effected into the
square, shrapnel was employed. The battalion, besieged by
fresh comers on all hands, after fighting most bravely for
two hours, gave up the desperate struggle. I under-
/stand that eighty men were made prisoners; a
great number, but how many no one knows yet exactly,
were killed and wounded, and the rest made their escape.
Meanwhile, parties of civilians rose in different parts of the
city ; but there were no barricades erected anywhere that I
have heard of. Many were killed in the Calle de Fuencarral,
in the Calle Mayor, and in the Cava Baja. Fulgosio was
shot by a common man, who came close up to him in the
Calle Mayor, near the Puerta del Sol, at half-put six, and
discharged his arm ei bout portant, but the insurgent paid
with his life on the spot for his daring crime.
Narvaer makes an ostentatious show of valour. Ile in-
sisted this morning in walk ng from his own house to the
Puerto del SA, attended by a thin escort. But all this tells
with the Spaniards. Many houses were occupied by the
troops, who thence poured a murderous fire on all who pre.
sented themselves in the streets, indiscriminately. Among
other plum, they took possession of the Ognate Palace, in
the Calle Mayor, ens of the finest buildings in Madrid.
Many of the windows opposite this house have not a pane of
glue left. Blood traces are visible all along the pay. ment.
The military prisoners had their elbows tied together with
cords behind. They were placed in the post-office court at
first, but have been since marched up to the barrack called
Potato, in the Calle de Hortalera. It is probable that some
of these will be shot to-morrow morning. Meanwhile a
vigorous at tempt will, it is said, he made to rescue them.
In the Plaza Mayor many of the civil insurgents got on
the roofs, and, running along from one house to another,
fired from thence. The considerable distance must have
weakened the effect of their fire.
Many fr:ends at the Ca* Saizo last night warned me of
tho coming fray, which was evidently no secret for any-
body.
The street had en indescribably dismal effect, with litters
of the wounded soldiers exposed to view, circulating as late
as 81. The covered comillas (litters) contained officers. I
saw a pale, crisped hand hanging under the curtain of green
wax-cloth of one, the delicate shape and skin of which indi-
cated the rank of the poor fellow within.
Last Moment.—They are going to shoot now all the ur-
joints of the soldier prisoners, who have been tiled in
barracks. One serjeant was found with 3,000 reale in his
-4 et, and a soldier with 600. Three civilians are to be shot.

ITALY.
We have various advice, from Italy, the dates of
which are severally—Nlilen, the 6th ; Naples, 4th ;
Leghorn, 4th; and Rome, 3rd.
It is a difficult matter to detect the true condition
of things through the mist of obscurity and confusion
in which these advice. are enveloped.
The bulletins published in the Milan Gazette are
especially open to this observation. We find it
stated in these that the Piedmontese army had an
engagement with the Austrians at Rance, a place on
the Adige, some ten or fifteen leagues below Verona,
in which the Austrians were worsted, having sus-
tained a loss of 300 killed, including a colonel and
several inferior officers. It is added that the Pied-
montese then proceeded to intrench themselves at
Santa Lucia and Peschatina. Now, it is evident
that if these reports be true, they must refer to dif-
ferent actions by different divisions of the army,
for while Renee is at 10 or 13 leagues below Verona,
on the Adige, Peschatina and Santa Lucia are on
the same river, but several leagues above Verona, and
between the two is placed the entrenched camp of the
Austrians, under the walls of the latter city. '1 hrough
all this confusion, however it seems that the Pied-
montese must have gained some serious advantage,
and probably a part of their army may have crossed
the Adige at Itonco.
The news from Frionl are also favourable. It
seems now certain that the Austrians, under General
Nugent, have been compelled to fall back on the
Tagliamento, and that I'almanova had not surren-
, dered, bat was still occupied by the forces under
Gen. Zucchi. I mentioned this yesterday, and the
accounts to-day confirm it.
Accounts received since the above was written Mee
that on th 6th of May, King Charles Albert ad-
vanced with the greater part of his army upon
Verona, to offer battle in the great plain, which
extends to the banks of the Adige. The Austrians,
however, fell back upon St. Lucia, St. Mor-
aine, and Crocebianca, whence they were driven
back in confusion by the Piedmonteso tirailleurs to
Verona. Charles Albert, finding that the enemy
refused the offer of battle, resumed his former
position.
The French squadron, under Admiral Baudin, left
Livorno on the 4th, directing its coarse, it was said,
towards Naples.
PAPAL STATES.—Intelligence from Rome to
the 3rd states that the Pope persists in his resolution
not to declare war against Austria. The Holy Father
was confined to the Quirinal, surrounded by the na-
tional guard. On the 2nd, Pius IX. had published
another proclamation, written in Italian instead
of Latin, that all might be able to read it.
His Holiness therein protests his devotion to the
cause of Italian independence, but at the same
time declares that he cannot, as pontiff, pro-
claim war against any Christian power. The ministry
had again sent in its resignation, which the Pope had
accepted. Mamiani was charged with the formation
of a new ministry.

REPORTED FAILURE AT LivEuPooL.—The follow-
ing has reached ue, by electric telegraph, from our
correspondent at Liverpoolreport of the
failure of Joseph Regan and Co. is entirely without