The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-12 00:00:00

ITALY.

Turin letters of the Gth mere ly give details of
the battle of Goito. An Italian deserter from
Verona had given the following information: When
he left, the garrison consisted of about 23,000
men, consisting of five regiments of Italians, three of
Hungarians, and about 10,000 Germans; six field
batteries, and numerous pieces of heevy artillery on
the forts. The distress was great among the troops.
Letters from Ferrara of the 29th state, that the
Neapolitan troops persist in their refusal to cross
the Po. They had begun their retreat, but,
owing to the remonstrances of their officers,
had consented to return; but, on hearing that
Bologna would not receive them, they had taken the
direction of Ferrara. The citizens of that town had
closed the gates against them, and taken to arms.
Two battalions of NeapJlitans, having cannon with
them, presented themselves before Ravenna. Col.
La-Galls, who commanded them, havi .g in vain
recommended them to return, blew out his brains
with a pistol. The soldiers proceeded towards
Ravenna, where they found the gates shut, and were
informed that without au order from General Pepe
they would not be admitted, nor receive provisions.
They answered that they had their orders on the
cannon's mouth. Upon this the inhabitants sounded
the tocsin. The end of the affair is not known.
ROME AND NAPLES.—We have ads ices from
Rome to the 2nd inst. The Contemporaneo of the
31st publish s a supplement containing a letter from
Naples of the 26th, the truth of which it guarantees.
According to this authority the provinces have risen,
and the Basilicata has taken the lead. From 10,000 to
12,000 men are in arms there, not including the ca-
valry of the national guard, which constitutes an im-
posing force. The church belle have been taken
down and melted into cannon. Two committees have
been formed, one of finance, the other of war. Delo-
gates have been sent into the Capitanata and the
Terra di Bari to organise insurrectionarc move-
ments. Others are gone to Silerno for the
same purpose, and others into Calabria, where a
provisional government has been established, and
which has declared the dethronement of Ferdinand.
The Epoch, of the 2nd, publishes two official docu-
ments from Naples, dated the 22nd ult. The first,
signed Bozeili, is a circular to the intendants, exhort-
ing them to vigilance, and to allay the agitation of the
people ; the second is a note from Prince Carrati,
minister of foreign affairs, to Count Rignon, envoy
extraordinary from the King of Sardinia to the court
of Naples, in which, atter reciting the events of the
kith ult., the minister explains the necessity of recal-
ling the Neapolitan troops from the war of Lombardy
on the ground of a war with Sicily, disturbances at
home, and an exhausted exchequer.

the Portland-place of the above capital. The deputy
d the Prince of Prussia will sit in the constituent
paribly a member for waltz. The military prepa-
rations at Posen continue on a large scale ; and it is
psinised that they havo more reference to linable
/tan to the Polish districts of that unhappy
duchy. M. Arago has at last arrived in Berlin. It
allege,{ that the authorities there do not regard him
with too f, iendly an eye, fearing the farther complica-
tion of the Polish question.