The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-01 00:00:00

ITALY.

ROMAN STATES.—The evacuation of Ferrara
by the Austrians, on the 23th ult., is announced by
our Paris correspondent. The Alba of Florence of the
21st ult, states that Ferrara has been obliged to pay
the 200,000 crowns exacted by the Austrians,
partly in cub, and partly in bills of exchange
upon Trieste and Milan. The archbishop is among
the hostages whom the Austrians have required.
The Roman and Tuscan papers are calling aloud for
war to avenge the insult. Bologna has been put into
a state of excellent defence, menaced as it is on the
side of Ferrara and Modem: at the HMO time.
In an article of the Preece, under the head of
" Communication," we read : " The cabinet of Vienna
has on several occasions expressed its determinatioe
not to intervene in the affairs of Italy, unless coojoindy
with Francis. The military occupation of Ferrara is
an isolated fact, which does not imply the project of
intervention. It may be remambered that in sprieg,
1847, a grave discussion arose between Austria and
the holy see, on the question of deciding whether, in
virtue of the treaties of 1815, the imperial troops had a
right to oceapy the town of Ferrara, or ought to confine
themseleeerearelytotheoccuptionoltheintadal,thanks
to the mediation of France, an arrangement was come
to, in the month of August following, between the two
contracting parties, in this entre, that Austria, under
all reservation of her rights for the future, consented to
withdraw her troops temporarily from the interior of the
town, on condition that the papal government gua-
ranteed to the imperial troops quartered in the citadel
the free exercise of their military functions, and such
treatment as would respond to the relations of friend-
ship existing at that period between the Court of
Vienna and the sovereign pontifE Since the °oar
mencessent of the Lombard war, the Austrian garrison
of Ferrara having had to complain of the hostile spirit
which the population of Ferran did not cease to
manifest towards it, two sueossein conventions were
concluded between Austria and the holy see, foe the
Al of maintaining in force the arrangement of
August, 1847. The first of these was mined
in July, 1848, between the Austrian General
Prince de Lichtenstein and Count Lonochi, pro-
legate of Bologna, and some months later it was
confirmed and amplified by stipulations come to at
Rovigo between General Walden and the Cardinal
Legate of his Hollows. We have no necessity to
speak of the sanguinary collisions which are well
known to have taken place of late hotness the Ace.
trim garrison and the population of Ferrara. Marshal
Radetsky, looking on it as a systematic violation of
the arrangement and the °meantime just spoken of,
charged General Maynard to demand satisfaction
from the local authorities, and in order to support his
representations with energy, Oen. Maynard brought
with him a division of 6,000 men. Such is the real
meaning of the military occupation of the town of
Ferrara—an occupation which, it cannot be denied,
will probably have the result of causing Austria to
again bring forward her pretensions of keeping up •
garrison in the interior of the town, on which subject
she made her reservation in August, 1847."
SARDINIA.—By a decree of the 23rd ult.,
which appears in the same paper of the 24th, the
Ring of Sardinia has named Genenal Chiodo, Minister
of War and Marine, President of the Council ; and
Marquis Vittorio Colli Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The new cabinet have issued the following pro-
chastise :

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Sumo, Taegu°, Vutoansto Rimy Canoaxs.
Ai:iris:ea from Rome, of the 17th ult., my that the
Assembly required all public functionaries to @wear
allegiance to the reprublse.
Letters received from Turin give a deplorable pic-
ture of the confusion and disorder which prevails
there among political parties. Mr. Gioberti, after
having resigned the ministry, also resigned, as it
sow ap his function' as a deputy.
This p need, on the 22nd, another strong mani-
festation from his party, as a sort of connterpoles to
the manifestations got up in favour of M. Bread^
the leader of the ultra-democratic party opposed le
him, and a petition was in of migmatite, Se
the king, to implore him to himself spin in the
bands of (Kober% and to authorise the latter to form
a ministry. As there is a large majority in the
Chamber against Gioberti, and in favour of the ultra-
democratic party, the king could not reappoint
Gioberti without a dissolution of the Chambers. It
is affirmed by the constitutionsl party that the real
objects of the democratic party led by Broffario is
the overthrow of the monarchy, the establishment of
a republic, and the union of Piedmont with Rome and
Tuscany.
The ministry having demanded a vote to authorise
the collection of the taxes for three months, a member
of the democratic party, with the acquiewence of the
ministry itself, proposed that the credit should only
be voted for one month, which wu carried by 111
votes against 12. The object of the rote was frankly
explained by the ultra-democratic party which carried
it. It was, they said, a vote of distrust, not
the existing cabinet but against a future ca
which might be appointed by the king if a longer
credit were mud. In short, it was directed against a
onstitutinal cabinet, under Giobati. It was known
that the slims, which was about to be voted by the
chamber, would demand in peremptory terms the im-
mediate rimpidsa of the war.
The orsisei quotes a letter written by a
political elharneter of credit is Turin, at three o'clock
an the afternoon of the 23rd at. Ha mays :
There is today a third demosetration to recall Gioberti

to the ministry. Since last night faannweble whim
have been spread in the middle of the "Pies
San Carlo, end under the colesnadea, on which pall
Sons are spread in favour of Globoid, whisk melee
thou made of signatures. A mast impedes dammommion
took plate ca tire o'clock, mating of the entire body of
the amissel guard and troops of the lire, followed by an
1111181 M, 111111111 Mia. The entire extent of the city is in a
sus K sgfeljon. The whole population is es foot and in
Ohs streets. Id ate ma foretel how all will sad. Tee as-
thma guard is saw out with this continual agitation. which
eaait to hems& in the stress be three days and
due
TUThe Piedroontom Goode* of the 24th
ult., states that Guerrazzi arrived at Lucca on the 19th
accompanied by Gen. d'Apice, at the heed of
1,500 men. More troops were to follow, all destined to
march against Gen. Lauver, who had declared Pietra
Santa in a state of siege. Big feats consists of 1,200
men andtwo pieces ofeennoe,whish are pointed towards
the coast, where they expect the Leghorn force to
land from the Giglio steamer. It is suspected that
when Laugier's forces will be in the presence of Geer-
ruzi's troops, one of the two bodies will declare for
the other, but it is impomible to gems which.
The Alba of Florence, of the 21it alt., says : u This
morning at 8 o'clock 3,000 men under Major Baldine
with eleven pieces of cannon, left Florence for Loom
by the railway. They are destined to minks*, Geo.
D'Apice. The Italian battalion and seven other pieces
of artillery will follow daring the day."
The same journal say., under date of San Stefano,
the lilth alt.: The grand duke is still here.
VENICE.—The session of the Amenably of Depa-
ties of Venice was opened on the 15th alt. with great
solemnity. Mania, who wee received with deafening
applause, pronounced a speech, in which, after
explaining for what reasons the former Assembly
naiad a dictatorial triumvirate, he stated that France
and England had offered themselves as mediators be-
tween Italy and Austria; and that either a tuaty or
the continuance of the war must result from this me-
diation; in either of which cases Venice bag a right to
arm her internal matters, till the destinies of the
nation shall have been decided and accepted. Hence
the new Assembly has been convoked, and the trium-
virate is ready to give an account of all its acts. The
blockade of Venice by sea had been raised by the inter-
erasion of the mediating powers ; love of country had
sailleisatly provided for the exhausted finances ; the
citizens of Venice have vied with each other in making
the revered sacrifices forth. common welfare; public or-
der had neverosased to reign ; crimes hadnot increased,
as is usually the case in times of public commotion. The
Assembly woald now be called upon to decide in prin-
ciple and feet whether Venice shall send or not depr,
the to the Italian Cumitituent Assembly. Oa tl
question their patriotism would decide, so that na-
tional and local interests may not be at variance; and
while judging with the freedom they posses,. they
will repel the excitement of an imprudent and. dema-
gogical party, as well as the snares of perile,iou of-
fish of conSliation. The session was then declared to
be opened.
In the sitting of the Assembly on the 18th ult.,
Joseph Canted was elected president of that body.