The Express.
London, England, 1849-04-09 00:00:00

ITALY.

SARDINIA.—We have Turin letters of the 4th
instant. News had been received from Brescia
which gave ground for apprehending that, in con-
sequence of the insurrection which broke out there,
that city was reduced to ruins. The siege artil-
'try was brftght from Peachiera to batter it, in
addition to which howitzers and other artillery
were used. According to the information of oar cor-
respondent, the resistance was so desperate that every
street, and almost every lane,waa separately attacked,
and, in fine it is to be feared that the city has been
actually razed to the ground. The revolt at Bergamo,
though serious, was repressed in two days, by an
overwhelming force. Intelligence has been received
from Genoa to the 2nd. After a murderous
straggle between the troops and the people, which
lasted the whole do', General Amu* the governor,
capitulated. The military were allowed to march out
of the town with the honours of war. No troops
remained in Genoa.
On the let inst. the insurgents brought cannon to
batter the arsenal, which is situated at the bottom of
the port, and detached from the town. The struggle
entailed throghout the day, without any definitive
iesult at the departure of the mail.
Cannon were also brought to bear on the fart of
San Bpirito, where there was another attack. Gen. 1
La Manama, who had left Parma with his division
on the 28th ult., was expected to be before Genoa on
the 2nd inst.

The following is from oar correspondent in Schles-
wig:
" SCHLESWIG, APRIL 5, 1849.
" A Danish squadron, oonsieting of a ship-of-thc-
line, a frigate, a corvette, and three steamer:-of-war,
entered the Bay of Eckernfim de early this morning, and
the two fret opened a fire against the batteries at 6
a.m. One of the steamers was crippled very soon, and
made off. The fire continued without intermission on
both sides till half-past 12,when the Danish admiral,
Paladin, hoisted the white flag, and sent a flag of
truce on shore, demanding the batteries to cease fire,
and he would withdraw, else he would bombard the
town. The commanding officer, Jangmann, replied
he might do as he pleased ; every t all he had
was destined for the ships. The flag-of-truce
went backwards and forwards till four o'clock,
when firing recommenced. In an hour the frigate Gefion
struck her colours, and a little after seven the line-
of-battle ship Christian the Eighth also, and Admiral
Paluden and officers delivered their arms to the Duke
of Saxe Gotha, and the men came on shore prisoners
of war. The Mon was a 44-gun frigate; the
Christian the Eighth was au 84-gun ship-of-the-line. Of
the Gefion the complement was 300 men, of whom
100 are prisoners and 200 have fallen. The Christian
the Eighth had 800 men on board, of whom nearly
700 surrendered, the remainder having fallen. It was
one of the most brilliant affairs on record ; in the re-
sult, 128 guns, 1,100 men striking the Dannebrog to
the German colours, and three batteries, together
twenty pieces of cannon. Immediately after the
landing of the men, the Christian the Eighth was in
flames, and blew up. Quarter-past 8, p.m.—The
'Wien lies riddled like a sieve ; whether the explo-
sion of the ship caused much damage I cannot say—
this being the last official account end post going.
"On the 3rd the Danes withdrew from Gravenstein,
and fell back to Duppel, close to their entrozchments
at Sonderburg. If the Danes stand. we expect a gene-
ral affair on the 6th, south of Apenrade."
The following further particulars are gleaned from
an extra edition of the Borsenhalk of the oth inst.
" After the Christian the Eighth had struck, steps
were taken to land the men, as the vessel was
burning. Unfortunately only 400 were saved, about
200 haring been blown up with the verge's. Among
those who thus perished was one of the commanders
of the Eckernforde batteries, who was superintend-1
ing the disembarkation cf the Danish prisoners.
Strange to say, the less on the German aide was only
one killed and 13 wounded."
According to accounts from Flensburg, the Danes
hays retired to Alien.
The Danes bad on the 4th of April crossed over in
force, amounting to about 7,000 men, from Alien over
the Koldingsan to Flensburg. After a slight collision
with the Schleswig-Holstein troops, the latter with-
drew, and the Danes took possession of the Graven-
stein. A few were killed, and about sixteen
wounded. The Dant s, to the number of 13,000 men,
it is said, also entered Schleswig from Jutland, when
the insurgent troops of the duchy retired, end the
Danes were left in the occupation of Haderaleben.