The Express.
London, England, 1848-08-09 00:00:00

ITALY.

A Turin paper publishes a letter, addressed by
Marshal Bugeaud to an individual who had recom-
mended him to offer his services to the Piedmonte tie
army. The marshal says that there would be too much
pride on his part to make such an offer, as it would
be telling the King, Charles Albert, and his arm
_y
that they had need of him to conduct the war. He
says also, that he could not take the command of an
Italian army unless France were to intervene, as it
would be in the eyes of Europe an intervention too
little dispised. He, however, adds that, if France
were to uatervene, it would cause him great pleasure
to be placed at the head of the troops which would
pass the Alps to co-operate in establishing Italian in-
dependence.
The Riaorjrimenfe of Turin, of the 4th, has the fol-
lowing : " Sir It. Abercrombie has returned from the
camp. We have advice. from Milan of yester-
day, 3rd. The Milanese are determined to resist to
the last, above all as the king is preparing to sustain
them with his army ; Milan will be defended by an
entrenched camp, at some distance from the town,
and a part of the troops are already encamped on the
site. His Majesty arrived yesterday morning at the
gates of the city, coming from Melcgnano, and bee
taken up his quarters at San Giorgio, outside the
Roman gate. Prom the other places where our army
is, the news is satisfactory."
We glean, from the Milan and other papers of the
let, 2nd, and 3rd, a few particulars, in order that our
readers may judge of the effect of the late defeat upon
the spirit of the Italians. At Reggio and Guastella
the National Guard has been mobilised; the same
has been done at Parma; many of the communes had
refused receipts for the horses they had given in
obedience of the requisition, desiring they might
be accepted as voluntary donations. On the
2nd, General Olivieri, of the royal camp, spoke at
Milan from a balcony of the Palace Marini to the
assembled people, assuring them that the Italian
army was on its march to Milan with the whole park
of artillery ; so that an invasion of the enemy was not
to be feared. A levy in mass is actively begun in
Piedmont; several bodies of troops and volunteers
have already left Genoa and other plaaes. The spirit
of the public press may be judged from the following
article of the Opinione of Turin :
No, the Italian army is not completely destroyed, nor the
Italian cause lost, aa Austria pretends. The army still chats
almost compl te, and still shows Austria its threateriert
teeth ; a regular retreat from a strategic position to another is
very far from being a destruction. The Italian cause new
raises its head more than ever; with au witty, an energy
it never yet poscissed. Yesterday we were in discord, di
vided in partial for theoretic opinions or ideas; to-day disas-
ters have made us wiser, and we have but one cry—Asooy
wait tieloreigraer ! We have drawn nearer to each other,
we all join bends, we all unite in the same pursuit, to obtain
the same result ; and these are not the symptoms of a lost
cause! A people that feels so strongly, and has so firm a
will, is not so easy to conquer.
The Aveenire dltalia of Milan, of the 3rd, states,
in a postscript, that the Piedmontese troops found a
numerous reinforcement of fresh troops of the line at
Melegnnno.
The Piedniontese Gazette of the 4th has the follow-
ing from Rome, dated the 29th, at 3 p.m.: " Minister
Mamiani mounted the tribune in the Council of Depu-
ties, and declared that the ministerial crisis had ceased;
that the ministry assumes the most unlimited responsi-
bility, and that some modifications will take place as
soon as possible in the cabinet. He concluded by
readings paper, written by the Pope's own hand, as
was asserted by a person who had seen it, to the fol-
lowing pui pose : lit, The Pontiff gives full powers
to the minister to defend the state by all po-siblo
means. 2ndly. He orders that the minister do concl ode
immediately and publish the league with the Italian
princes. 3dly. He gives full power to the minister
to place the Pontifical troops under the dependence of
Charles Albert, and that the affairs concerning the
war may be regulated according to the orders of
that prince.—These declarations were received with
vehement applause.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, TUESDAY, 5.45. P.M.

The mails have arrived, and the repints are that
the country in all directions remains tranquil. No
further arrests have taken place.
The commission was opened to-day before the Chief
Baron and Baron Pennefather. Trie grand jury have
returned true bilk for felony against C. G. I)uffy of
the Nlltintl, and John Marten of the Irish 11.1. n.
Permission has been given by the Lord-Lir utenant
to the gzvernor of Kilmainham to admit Mrs. O'Brien,
her children, and Mr. French, uncle to Mrs. O'Brien,
to see Mr. O'Brien. A subaltern's guard is to be
placed in the prison, and quarters are to be provided
for the soldiers in the adjoining courthouse.
A gentlemen, from the neighbourhood of Golden,'
states that on Friday night last Meagher, O'Gorman,
and Dillon called at a farmer's house in Clonoulty,
imploring food and shelter. They were in a most
miserable condition—wet, c Id, and starving. The
farmer, however, would not receive them, and
reminded them of the cautionary proclamation that
was everywhere through the country. Dillon said
he could hold out no longer, and would give hinr,elf
up at once, fur he could rest nowhere. Altogether they
were in a wretched plight.

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ABBEYFEALT, SATURDAY, AVOtST, 5.
You will be anxious to bear from us ; grater aro ht.com-
ing more serious. A small police party rams into town last
night. only sufficient to hold the h ruse (ghat .a which
the Cooke* lined), not enough to send out pstro:s.
Two parties came to our hou-e to-day to search for
arms. The leader of the first party saint all through
the house; the ot..er took our word, I.e,ring that it
bad been searched before. We are in • very cefencilow
position, and we hear that the bridge is to be demolish
and all the bridges on the leveling roads. I should not be
merry if there was • body a. peiico in the schoo'..hnuse, but
would not like to propose it Id oh mall coaches were stopped
today ah .ut a mile from this; letters and arms taken ; none
of t.te form. r put into t• e pOS, efterwat
Sextets, Muitareo.—Plsee quiet ; no attack en police as
was expected; parties starching for arms durin . the night,
which was very wet. Attacked postpouedtill Cleurrsl. O'Cior-
man glees notice.

THE MINING DIsTRICrS OP LeNeRINIIIRE.—We
rearet to h informed that tl e mintng distr:..te of this county
ore it. a o,ry fibturbcd state, in constnuccee of the agitati to
which has been kept up for room tone past by the mining
population, with a slew to an advance ,f their present rate
of remuneration. During the last week, large m..et,ngs of
colliers have been held in the principal districts, at which the
wag. a question has been discussed; and on account of the
employers showing little or ao disootiti IQ to come to terms
with the men, much discontent prevails. Tha demand of
the worker* is to hays Is. 6t. per dory in advance of their
present rate (which is 2s. Gd.); and, from all accounts, they
are resolve to gain this incrcruse, which they allege the Orri-
lei s are perfectly able to give, with a very little addition to
the market price of coal and iron. The Airdrie and Lams-
hagow troops of the Lenark,hire Yeomanry Cavalry have
been called out to support the authorities; but at present
nothing has occurred to call for their interference. The
Airdrie troop is stationed at Holytono, 'untie the com-
mand of Captain Gerard and Lieutenant F.ndlay ; and the
Lesinshagow troop at Bt4shill, under the comm and ot Cap-
tain Brown and Lieutenant Menet ith, yr., of Carstairs; the
whole being under the command of Captain Brown, as senior
captain. With respect to the report eirculatrd by a comm.
porare, that a collision occurred r cistern the ye ,m cry and
the miners on Friday night, we have the atehority of Cap-
tain Gerard to give the statement the most unqualified con-
tradiction, as no such event took place. On the edntrary,
the feeling manifested by all elutes towards the troops, since
they have been on duty, has been most friewly. Everything
was quiet yesterday, and no apprehension of any serious dia.
trarbance exists. The Scotch miners, though as firm in their
determination to obtain an advance of wages as any of their
clan, are equally determined not to allow that question to
be mixed up with a political agitation, although attempts
have been made to induce them to do so. We understand
the troops at present on duty will be relieved on Thursday
by the other two troope.—North British Moil.

SECOND EDITION.

IRELAND.
OPENLNG OF THE commissioN.
STATE TRIALS.
DUBLIN, Ammer 8.
If Young and Confederate Ireland were desirous of
experiencing how utterly it has lost interest and
prestige in this country, how prostrate is its whole
erganieation, and, in fine, how broken, bankrupt it bas
become, this day would have proved it to the convic-
tion of the meet obtuse. There was no parading
crowdenno marching or congregation of clubs, no knots
of noisy confederates, not even groups of gobs-
slouches, drieking in all manner of absurdities at
street-corners. All was quiet in the streets, and not
even the ordinary amount of spectators appeared,
either in the court or its precincts. The police were
manifestly not prepared for this, but were present in
large numbers at an early hour. Their orders were
to offer no obstruction to the access of the public
to the court, but not to permit each num-
bers to accumulate in the precincts and pas-
sages as should obstruct the thoroughfare. they
might have saved themselves the trouble
theta arrangements imposed, as not even the " stal-
wart" clubmen attempted to evince their sympathy.
The general public have established, by their sensible
stay-at-home determination to-day, that the time of
noise, riot, poetry and pro's men run mad has ended,
and Qs bubble burst. Elsa absenos of the. young Goo-
federate barristers who attended in such numbers
during the proceedings against Mr. Mitchel, and of
the young Confederate attorneys was noticed. The
remarks on their absence was by no means
complimentary to their consistence and courage.
On the bills being brought into court, Baron Penne-
fathe: desired that Mr. Duffy should be brought in.
On hii entrance he looked extremely pale, and deeply
sensible of his position. His countenance has become
strongly marked since his confinement Mr. Duffy
looked around the court but recognised no groups of
friends, and he returned the salute of one gentleman
with melancholy feeling. Soon, however, his
countenance became composed, and he ap-
peared to view the scene with equanimity. The
indictment, which contains fourteen counts, was read
by the Cleek of the Crown, and Mr. Duffy was called
upon to plead, on which Sir Colman O'Loghlen inter-
pdsed, and, having remarked that in Mr. Mitchel's
case it had been decided that a party accused of
felony was not entitled to a copy ce the indictment,
asked, that the crown would grant a c.py as a favour,
and so save time, as otherwise they meet have it read
so slowly as to enable them to take down its words.
The learned judges seemed to desire they might
be saved from the wearisomeness of the
reading, but the crown would not give
way. Baron Petanefather desired the suggestion
might be considered, when the proceedings in
court ended for this day.
The legal gentlemen do not speak in admiration of
the charge of the Chief Baron. Nevertheless, to lay
ears it appeared clear and intelligible, not combined
with legal terms, qualities not always found in such
discourses. However, it wants the force of Black-
.burne's language.
There is not u particle of intelligence of interest to
communicate fr m the south. The hunted arc yet
without the toil ~ hut they hare no following. The
people throughout the country are pursuing their
ordinary avocations.
The weather has been very wet for several days,
and in the dist ict for twenty miles round Dublin
harvest operatioe.s have been nearly suspended. Agri-
culturists say this portion of the season is very un-
propitious.