The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-27 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Gazette (f Milan says, that NNW' Trotti, of the
Piedmontesc troops, was made prisoner, in a sortie by
the Austrians at Peschiem, and was taken to that town.
The Piedmontese army are masters of the most advan-
tageous positions near Verona. The heavy artillery
is arrived. Two envoys from Parma have offered
the concourse of their troops to King Charles Albert,
who has accepted it. General Dumndo, with the
Pontifical troops has invested the fortress of Fer-

rare."
A letter from Botzen, of April 19, says :
We learn from Verona that field-M inhal Ittdetclti has
undertaken a general reconnoisance on the line from Vt rona
to Mantua, and the result was that preponderating forces
were seen everywhere. Large stores o: provisions were being
brought to the head-quarters. The reinforcements from
Austria have left the Isonr,, and arc in full march through
the Venetian territory to Verona.—P.S. We have jnot re-
reivf d a large consignment of guns from the army in Italy.
They are the result of the disarming which ltadetzki ordered
at 1r erona.
A letter in the Vienna Ga:ette of the 21st, from
I'ontafel, a small town near the Isonzo, dated the 19th,
states that the head-quarters of Field Marshal Count
Nugent had come betore Palma Nuova on the 18th. II
Skirmishes with the insurgents were of frequent oc-
currence ; and the towns of Codroipo, Prevano, and
Valvasone, in advance of l'alma Nuova, were occupied'
by the Austrian troops. General Nugent was to
begin his approaches against Palma Nuova on the
lath. By the occupation of Codroipo, Udine was
threatened, and would no doubt soon be occupied,
two infantry regiments, llohenlohe and Prohaska,
having been sent to seize the passes leading to that
town. Letters from Trieste of the lath state that the
steamers of the Austrian Lloyd were armed and under
the command of Lieut.-Isjor von Kudriafsky, ready
to support Count Nugent.
NAPLES.—We have news from the capital of the
18th. Our correspondent, writing on that day, says:
New ministerial appointments have been mad e, and
those from the most radical portion of the com-
munity. 1). Francesco ltuggiero, an advocate, has
been named Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs ; 1).
Paolo Imbriani, Minister of Public Instruction ;
Giovanni Bursotti, Coadjutor of Minister of Agricul-
ture and Commerce; Conforti, Minister for the In-
terior. These, with one or two exceptions, represent
the ultra-radical element of political feeling, and are,
moreover, mere instruments in the hands of a dcmo-
cratic clique--not large, perhaps, but, from their ve L
ry
energy and a certain degree of talent, powerfu
Hence there is now a feverish bustle in every minis-
terial department, and decrees upon decrees, addresses
upon addresses, to the intendante, bishops, &c. &c.,
are daily poured forth through the medium of the
official journals. The address of Conforti to the
Neapolitans, on his acceptance of office, is remarkable
for the arrogance and egotism which it displays. On I
the night before his appointment he declared, as I am
informed, at a certain dub, that the power of the
King was much too great—that the Chamber of
Peers ought to be swept away. Nevertheless the
next morning he was invited to hold office.
There is amongst a party in Naples, as also in the
provinces, a desire for the constitution of Ib2o, as I
have told you throughout : the minister winks at it
and evidently encourages it. The modifications ad-
mitted by the King are only taken as instalments
of greater concessions which will be demanded here-
after, and probably made. On Saturday a number of
Italians arrived front Paris, and it is not surprising if
they should attempt to propagate republican extreme
-Finciples amongst their friends. 'Whether as a COll-