The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-04 00:00:00

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ITALY.

SPEECH OF THE KING OF SARDINIA.
SARDINIA.—The peace bAw en Piedmont and
Austria is signed, for so it is evident from the sporsh
delivered by the king at the opening of the chamber*,
on the 30:h ult. The Legge, which obtained the
speech from a copy made before it was spoken, pub-
lishes it in the following terms:
Sigoori ficenstori, Signori Depntati,
The labour which the sure tails upon you to accomplish
in this tension is serious and Jan.:alt. but fur this very reason
it is honourable above all. By offecti• g it with firmness
and prudence, you will acquire and indisputable right to
the gratituee of the country which expects so mach from
you. The trials of fortune, which, to ordinary and weak
minds, proicee nought but danaa,te, may to hold hearts be
transformed into be refit and profit. A courageous people i
acquires maturity in the school of adversity. The effaces
nukes to retries e Huff from a difficult position teach it S.
eistinguish reality from illusion, and to exercise the rarest se
well u Maet fruitful virtue of pals e life—pareverer.ce.
facets you to display it, and I myself; guided by the greet es.
simples of my forefathers, will be the first to give proof edit.
I halite von to display that s-rene sad intelligent rortitums
which has sav,el so many generous nations. I: is the ft-
awe of representative government. that there should be dif-
facet opinions and parties ; but there are qu stions of soak
cetel importance, these are occasions in +hien the danger to
public int.resta is so great, that it is only possible to seek
Witty in the oblivion of party eassioss and personal diew-
elem. Suit is this occasion ; the CORCiltiio/1 of negotiations
smith Austria appears near at howl; rhino they sad: be eon-
shaded, parliament shall be apprised of it by ministers,
sad wittiest:use that part of it which the statute calls upon
is to stamina. I inviter you, gentlemen, to apply to meth
dhaesks that practical wisdom which the actual state of
Italy and Frames requires. It is henaurable for those who
Meath themselves to fortunc, to accept her decisi ma with
manliness. Our elation% with foreign powers are generally
friendly, or on the p not of be:centavo. It is oat duty to ex-
pesos roar gm itade towards France and England, who have
given as the support of their powerfel mediation. You will
have to tarn your attention to the internal toe ation, as well
11l to the foreign one, in order to repair the loan s sauced by
the bate reverses. Order, amelioration, and economy are the
effects which the laws that will be submitted to you have
in view. Their object will be the arganiution of the army,
in order to correct the evils which unrelenting experience
hes mitered evident the re-organisation of the council of
state; the reform of state parts of oar civil sad penal eode,
in ceder to place them in harmony with our political institu•
time, and to give being to the leFal and political equality
proclaimed by the statute. You will also be called upon to
dlacu.s some other preposition', intended to introduce the
Improvements required by the times in various department of
the public administration. I especially recommend to your
attention these intended to satisfy the most urgent a ant of
our times, popular education. The conditMn of our public
finances tequilas the greatest care on your part. We must
provide for the serious necessities of the present, and, at the
gime time, establish a financial stolen calculated to maintein,
unimpaired, the bleb credit Piedmont he. aiwoys enjoyed.
I trust that my government will be able, by your efficient
aid, by introducing all possible improvements in every p of
the public service, to gain both rids, without aggravating
the people too lunch. If tire rules of the severest economy
arc imposed upon us by our present condition, they mast not
extend to the great works of public utility, which by render-
ing the resources of the state productive, give incomparably
greater fruits than the sacrifices they require. You will not
therefor* look upon as inexprdimatthe proposal which will be
laid before you to complete the net of railways begun, Poe
which incalculable advantages will be obtained, besides the
no: lees important moral one of strengthening the bonds of
sympathy end interest which unite together t'.e provinces of
the state. lam certain that you will he anxious to second
the dearest wish of my heart, that of efficaciously promoting
the improvement of the physical and m teal eoudi'ion of the
most numerous sad poorer clue. By extending the benefits
of entice ion, and eonabio.ng the development of palliest
institutions with true social pr egress, we shall not only fulfil
a sacred duty of humanity, bat also materially strengthen
the balls on which modern civilisation, tastily, and property,
are founded.
Fignorl Senatori. Signori Deputati,
Piedmont, by strengthening those institutions which aloes
can give us permanent and true liberty, will acquire the rue
fame of having been a'le to avoid alike the excesses of snap-
shy as those of reaction, which disturb other parts of
Europe. If our position is painful and difficult, still it is re-
lieved by many cerin After that which confidence in Pro-
vidence offers, the greatest is in virtue. love of e ntntry, and
your wisdom, in which the state teed myself have perfect
confidence.
The Piedinontese auctte, which is the official organ
of the government, however, gives the following ver-
aim of that portion of the aprech relating to the
treaty Stich is the present cccasion : the parlia-
ment will receive a communication from our min:eters
of the treaty of race that bas been concluded with
Austria."
There is no doubt of this fact, that Piedmont has
yielded to Austria in the matter of the amnesty, and
that the chiefs of the Lombards will be left to the
tender mercies of Itadetzky. Pinelli is no doubt the
author of this, acd there can be morally little doubt
that, f on the turn of affairs, M. d'Ascglio will leave,
it he hal not left, the ministry.
TUSCANY.—The Costitutionnle of Florence, of the
27th lilt., states that a decree of amnesty is shortly to
be published by the grand-duke. The latent accounts
tiros Garibaldi are', that he maintains himself between
aterna and Ntonterchi. By a notificatb nof the Oao-
faloniere of Florence, dated the 26th ult., the arrival
of the grand duke is ancetuzewl for the 28:h. A
" Te Deem " will be sung at the Annunziata, and great
rejoicings take place on that and the following day.
ROMAN STATES.—Oar correspondent writes as
follows :
ROME, JULY 26.
The course of politics appears likely never to run
smooth in this country. Now that the capital is
taken, and the provinces cecupied by four powerful
armies, the most difficult part of the business still re-
mains to be effected, viz., to come to terms with the
magnates of Meta, and to render such terms accept-
able to the inhabitants of the Roman States.
A man convinced inlaid hie Ida
Is of the same opinion
And it is not the temporary enforcement of despotic
regulations by foreign troops that will render papal
absolutism palatable to the people in general.

Obstacles are continually arising to delay the o; erec-
tion* of the Geetic congress, and the establishment of a
government in this cite. The commission named fur the
latter purpose coated s some members obnoxious
to the French authorities, and has, therefore, to be
re-composed before it can set out for Rome. Mr.
Citaestoie has gone down to Gaeta to take part in the
diecussions, and the irate Dion manifested by England
of exercising that ioftneoce to which her rank
amongst nations justly eutitles her, has awakened the
utmost jealousy and distrust throughout the Jesuitical
circles.
The provisional municipal commission crested by
General Oulinot has finally despatched an address to
the Pope, in which, however, the least aco-ptab!e
clause will certainly have been that which alludes to
trte necessity of granting such institutions as may
ensure the welfare and tranquillity of the people.
The reply of his holiness takes no notice whatever of
this euggestion, but merely thanks the municipal
commissioners for their protestations of loyalty, and
encourages them to the execution of their duty,
directing them at the same time to apply 300 gold
doppie (20014 to the relief of the indent in the
Pope's name.
A most important and alarming fact respect
to the internal administration of the country, is the
greet activity which ha. been recently resumed by the
'fribunal of the Vicas-General, an institution, which,
in common with all other exoeptional courts, had
been abolished by the republican government, and
which is now re-esrobl shed, under the especial pro-
tectioa, I am Ferry to say, of General Oudinot himself,
as may be fully proved by the official letter of the
general, printed in the Gurrisale di Roma, wherewith
he directs the minister of jus ice not to bring under
the jurisdiction of the ordinary trffinnals those matters
which more particularly billion to the reserved
ones—to wit, the Courts of the Vicar-General and ed
the Icquisition. This latter tribunal, as every sae
knows, was instituted to prevent the introduction of
h.eretical doctrines into the catholic church ; but the
former was established centuries ego, for the sole par.
pose of watching over the morals of the clergy and
the discipline (nit the dogma) of the church. Its ex.
tensive powers were thus originally directed against
eoclesiutics alone, but, by the encroachments natural
to pit-ally dominion, they were soon rendered appli-
cable to every class of citizens : under the pretext of
enforcing morality a dour was opened to the greatest
abase cf authority, and to the exercise of an arbitrary
power almost independent of, as its operations wi re
generally unknown to, the sovereign pontiff Want
Midnight imprisonments, secret evidence, and irrevo-
cable sentenors,rendered the Court of the Vicar-Gezeral
so odious as to have produced in a great measure, the
revolution of 1831, and it is greatly to be fund that,
if not firmly checked in the outset, similar proceedings
may produce similar results.
Already the vicegerent of the vicaria,e,Monsignw
Caneli, has caused fif y-three priests to he impriaaead
(besides laymen), their chief crimes having been the
display of too great zeal in rendering the last offices
of religion to the dying, end the comforts of &Biotin.
and attendance to the wounded republicans during
the lite strugele. Another arbitrary order has come
from the same quarter, which can only be qualified as
a downright piece of cruelty. Touched by the suffer-
ings of the wounded, and animated by the desite of al-
leviating them as much as possible, the ladies have been
accustomed, since the beginning of the war, to afford
a constant attendance in the hospitals, dividing into
partite, so as to relieve each other at stated hours.
The eympathy, disinterested zeal, and patient care of
these ladies were productive of the greatest consola-
tion to the sufferers, and a consider le amelioration
of their treatment, whilst the strictest delicacy wee
observed, curtains being drawn the whole length of
the wards whilst the surgeons we nt round examining
or operating on the patients. The vicegerent, how-
ever, was scandalised at the whole proceeding, and
forbade the ladies from continuing their attendance—
an injunction which prudcc-d such transports of in-
dignation in some of the wounded that sudden ac-
cesses of fever and subsequent death were the con-
-ounce.