The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-26 00:00:00

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terms would necessarily give a higher peke to the
sham than that of the preceding day, a general riu.
took place.
It might have been expected that the prospect of
so large an issue of new stock would have lowered
the price of the funds, but, oaths contrary, they we-e
sustained.
Yesterday, at five o'clock, MM. Lamartine and Ar-
mand Marmot went to the etat-major, in the Place
Vendome, to arrange with General Duvivier the mea-
sures necessary to be taken to defeat the projects of
some of the clubs. These associations had intended,
as was discovered, to go in bodies to the sections whi re
the bulletins of the votes were deposited, and to carry
them away, the elections appearing to be unfavourable
to their cause. Precautionary measures were accord-
ingly adopted. From half-past 9 o'clock at night
numerous picquets of the national guard surrounded
the mairies, the ministries. and the principal public
establishments, to assure their defence. 700 men Bur- I
rounded the Ministry of Finances.
The battalions of the 9th legion of the guard mobile
received orders to be ready to march, and notices
were given to the national guard to be ready at
the first signal. At 10 o'clock, after the closing
of the urns, the boxes which contained the votes were
all sealed and placed in carriages, which were escorted
by the guard motile, and brought to the several
mairien. Some boxes were brought thus escorted by
detachments of thirty and forty men, bearing torches.
At nil e o'clock iu the evening, M. Arago, Minister of
War, went in person to the etat-major, and sent,nn
order to the 2nd battalion of the 29th regiment of
the line,. in garrison at St. Denis' and three
squadron of cuirassiers to proceed with all expedition
by railway to Beauvais, a hero serious trouble had
broken out. Two officers of the etat-major were sent
to St. Denis and St. Germain with these orders. To-
morrow the Glut regiment of the line and the sth
regiment of lancers will enter Paris, and take up their
quarters in the Ecole
The garrison of the capital will then consist of two
regiments of infantry, the filth of the line and the
11th light, end two ut cavalry, the 2nd dragoons and
the sth lancers.
The artillery which has been stationed at the Ecole
Nlilitaire has been ordered to go to \ incennes.

The Madrid mails of the 20th have arrived.
Our correspondent assures us that another insurrec-
tionary explosion was expected to break out before
the close of the month. Business was at a stand-still,
so generally known was this intended movement. All
that I see (says our correspondent) confirms me in the
opinion that there will be war to the knife, and that
Spain will be shaken to its centre unless the bu,iness
be quietly settled by a military pronancia»tento.

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We hare revived a lett,,r, of the 18th, from our
correspondent at Naples. It appears that on the 13th
inst., the general parliament of Sicily declared that
the Bourbon d) nasty had fallen for ever from the
bicilian throne, and that a constitutional government
should be established, and an Italian prince called to
the throne.
The confilet between the Sicilians and the Neapo-
Ilitan troops was still continued at Messina.

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ITALIAN REVOLUTION.
Since the above was sk ritten, we have recei-ed
letters from Milan to the 2 lat. The Piedmonteee
army still held the Fame positions on the Mincio, and
showed no intention o advancing.
We learn that Chard, s Albert, regarding the Mincio
as the limit separating Lombardy from the Venetian
provinces, declared to the Provisional Government at
Milan that, having driven the Austrians out of Lom-
bardy, hu had no intention of interfering in the .. ffairs of
the Venetian States, which had constituted themselves
into a republic, and that consequently the mission of
the Sardinian envoy would terminate when Mantua
and Peschiera should surrender.
The following bulßletinio Qua was issued :
bullies Oaaraldo, April 19.
This morning a strong division of our troops has attempted,
by a rapid match, to surprise the advanced posts of the for-
tress of Mantua, but the garrison kept itself i.ttorously
within the forums, protected by the fosses tilled with
water.
Some discharges from the guns of the fortress killed
four of our men. Our artillery also inflicted some luau on
the enemy, fur we have seen wounded men carried away on
iwaggons.
The king advanced to the ditches of the fortress.
To-morrow the hew:l-quarters will be again changed ta
Yalta, probably to commence a•new attempt on the Mincio.

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