The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-06 00:00:00

THE FRENCH IN ROME

ROMAN STATEB.—Tne French minister of the
int. nut iteerrupt.d the debate yesterda_y evening
to lay bit re tto French A.a-mbly news ken Rome
of the 2nd lest. lie reed the following despatch:
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Heed-qaarero, Viii, Santucci, Jane 2. 10 p.m.
Gemmel Omiimit to th• /Enid. rof War.—Thu soma
glees co the ateht of the 30th of Jose has produced the
which we 'sowed. Overtures of submission were
mode to us last sight by 'ha Rumen municip aity. Oar
Moor occupy harlots tio. 9. The gates Peruse and Sou
P.incr.sio have heat oprn.d to us.
'demur,' have hewn taken to mum the occupation of
B me to take plsee in the most cwlrrly mintier. The disci-
phi," of the army is equal to its valour.
The f flowing letter, from our correspondent at
Rome, brings the detailed news down to the 23:h ult.:
RONIB. Juan 25.
The sieve has not made much progress since my
last, on se c mot of the tiger opp'eition presented
by the Ri man artillery to the French works and bat-
tame. The fOOT gnus placed by the enemy on the
breach during the irght, were dismounted yesterday
more i g by the batteries of San Pancrszio and Bt.
Pietro in Muntorio, which opened such a hot fire upon
them at day-break that twenty minutes sufficed to
render them perfectly unserviceable, and to disable
the French artillerymen, who were only able to fire
there or tour shots. Althoogh the Casino Sciarra-
Bar be riui has ben in the poseseion of the assailants
since the night of the 21st, it has so little facilitated
their operations that, after the destructioa of their
battery ye stride'', the, appear to have abandoned the
idea of storming on that side, and have commenc. d
another brew h, nearer the gate of San Pancrazie,
where the bi4h grew.d, now occtup'ed by the Roman
connon, command. the whole range of disputed posi-
tions. Goiters! Oudina, whose ready money is ex-
hausted,make a payments in bills payable at Rome on
the 21st, 23rd June, and so on progressively, as time
gets over without kir getting in.
When the Capitol and the churches rung their
alarm-bells and the drums b-et to arms on the 22nd,
many thourtnnels of the peop'e, armed in all ways,
as.. mbh d in Trast.vere to oppose the French army's
assault, and it is alleged that this demonstration af-
Urded a pretext for bombarding the city. The fol-
lowing circularerseaddremedytaterday to the various
foreign consuls in Rome:
Honourable Sir,—For the last 22 days projeetilee have
been thrown by the Perch trooper= the trashiest dwell-
thus of this elty, thus musing clamors even to the temples
and to the principal monuntruts. During the night of the
22m1,01kii mod, oispdre?idall, tha more blarseable nth* pm-
sent stateot eivfiised society SP more reflood, greatly increased
in intensity; old men, women, and ilii/dren have fallen vie- ,

time is It. In this stets of *Mgt, the Roman magistracy
address themselves to you, convinced that, in the interest of
humanity, sad so a represestativs of a gnat and civilised
moist, you sanaot witness with indifferences so barbarous an
sat against .he moonmental city, mei that you will lend your
indorses to prevent en unprovoked war from degenerating
kite ammo, ralsosnant to the present condition of the
nations of &trope. P. sties the sincerest assurance of
our high esteem. Famects evonautarrt, Senator.
nom the Capitol, Jose 24.
It is to be hoped that this remonstrance will be
attended with a favourable result, as the damage al-
ready done is quite sufficient to show the general's
bonne voloottO in the cause of humanity and the arta.
The 38-pound shot which injured Gaido's beautiful
fresco of Aurora has bean forwarded by the Trium-
virate, as a tacit witness, to oar consul, Mr. Freeborn,
at whose hoist I have seen it, tog -thee with some
very formidable specimens of 80-pound bombs, ren-
dered harmless by the ocurage with which their
matches had been snatched from th m previous to
exploding. The artists of Rome have published an
address to all foreign artists resident in this capital,
on the painful subject of broken monuments, statues,
and pictures, with which all persons of taste or feeling
mud sympathls.. Canova's celebrated Hercules, in
in the Piazzo Tortoni& was nearly destroyed by a
shell, whose progress was fortunately arrested by the
marble aides above the states. One a &wheel's few
specimens of Palatial architecture has also been in-
jured by a cannon-bail. As to private individual&
many nave been completely rained by the French
projectiles.
Skirmishes between the outposts are of continual
recurrence, especially at San Pancrazio, where they
are so new each other ; but the French aro chiefly
occupied at their trenches and fortifications, and ap-
pear to avoid every open assault or movement in
which they are not pro:ected by mounds and barri-
cades. With such a system, some time must pass be-
fore a serious action takes place, and the Romans are
not idle meanwhile. The citizens are quiet, and the
appearance of the Corso, thronged with ladies, indi-
cates no alarm on their part, nay, they listen with the
greatest gusto to the band of the carbineers, on the
Piazza del Pupolo, although the emceed the Pincio,
thundering above their heads to peptise the French
from Villa Poniatowaki, beats time with tremendous
solemnity.
Amongst the wounded here we have an English
seaman, who deserted from her Majetry'e ship Ven-
geance at Genoa, came with the Lombards to Rome,
and aced as gunner in the batle of the 3rd, when
he received a wound in the head which is considered
as mortal.
There was rather a sharp fusillade this morning
on the Janiculum. Wnen I surveyed the field at
7 am. the firing was over, and an officer and two
soldiers were repairing to the casino occupied by the
French, b.aring a white flag, in order to propose a
short suspension of hostilities for the purpose of
taking up the wounded. The truce appeared to be
consented t as, shortly after, the soldiers began col-
ltcting the unfortunate victims of France's repubican
bullets. At present (2 p.m.) the cannon continues
its roar on both sides.
SARDINIA.—Our correspondent wri'ea as follows
from Turin, on the 23rd ult: By an edict published
this day the electoral collegt a couvened for the 15th
of July, and the parliament will assemble on the
30th of that month. The news of the death of Charles
Alber: was not official, though published as such in
the Gaza's. News of the same date as that announc-
ing his death have bet n received here, Eating that
sumo faint melioration in his etote had taken place.
All is quiet here, and the government, in convening
the legislature of its own free will, after turning a
deaf ear to the clamours of the opposition for so many
weeks (demanding the immediate assembling of tau
chambers) will strengthen it considerably. There
is much talk of a treaty of commerce and custom-
house arrangements with Aerie.

FRANCE.

llUTHoupty,s3o,.m.

An ineideat, upon which tFaccudather did not count,
took place yesterday in the Legislative Aseembly. The
committee to which the demand of authoritaoion to
prosecute seven representatives (of whom M. BAUD°
is one) was submitted, determined first of all to call
the representatives thus &resist ed before them. M.
Benne was the only member who appeared, and his
name is struck off the list of those who are to be pro-
secuted. It is evident from the that other members,
bad they appeared, might have shown their innocence
as did M. Bantle, and it is to ha regrett d, as M. Bar-
ret& said, that the other members already lieble to
prosecution, were not called upon to appear. During
the cootie of the debate, which was as noisy as any
under the old riglement, M. Grandin revisded the
tribune, and informed the Coambß that another
revolutionary attempt was in course of prepa-
ration, but the Assembly lauxhel at M. Grandin, and
proceeded t s vote on the conclusions of the committee.
It was decided accordingly not to prosecute M.
Saone. The Assembly then voted the authorisation
to prosecute M. Itonjat, and the vot s upon the five
remaining representatives were postportd. A inquest
male by a member to fix a time for putting questions
to the government on the facts to which M. Grandin
alluded was refuted.
To-day the Assembly wanted, without debate, per-
miasion to prosecute the five remaining member'.
The discussion on the rlglement was then taken.
The paragraph in which the Assemblece Nationale
lately ref.-reed to the intrigues of the friends of a
ventral with a view of obtaining for him the lkiton of
marshal did not allude, is was supposed, to Generals
Oudinot and Chang trnier, but to Generale Cortiguac
and Chavgarnier. It wis difficult to attribute to
Geer). al Caviugnae, or his friend., such an intrigue as
th it noticed in the reactionary journal, as it was well
kn..wn that General Cavaignac might have obtsined
that dignity when it was offered him in June, 1848.
tierce the mistake. General Cavaignac this morning
publishes a letter in the National, which is an ample
reply to the calumnies of the AssensbUe Nationale.
The letter is as fo lows :
Monsieur le Iteduteue.—A journal in an article in which
I am not named, but sufficiently indicated, affirms that in ay
recent drama .nee I fail, d in my bon.' or my p.rtensio.e
to votive the dignity of a marshal of Franc... Will you be
kind enough to publish the f 'bowing reply, which I have
also addressed to other j, amid, in Paris: 0.1 the 21st De-
oember last, I withdrew from the herds of the Presid nt of
the Constituent Assembly himself a proposition presented by
one of my colleagues. toadies to have conferred on me the
digrity of marshal. I could easily have reckoned on the
emotions of that day to have received such a declaims front
the feelings of the whole Assembly. I di t not wish it, ant
what I would not have incepted tram that Assembly, could
not befoul* more precious to me from sr' y other government
or undrr any other circumstances. The insinuai es of
which I am now the object lead ins to give an explmatios,
which I had intended for the period when one of the organic
lava came under discussion. That exp'vnation will make it
evident that it was impossible I ever could, even in the most
indirect manner, have manifested any of the desires or pm-
tostione that have been imputed to me. The rank of marsiel
is a dimity wti .11 enjoys prerogatives; and in that light I
consider it as incompatible with the spirit of republican in-
stitutioes. That dignity is now enjoyed by illustrious .31-
1 gime, whom during our life we brae admired and respected.
The sanheship recall, to mind &coleus reminiscences; to
should exist as long as those wan sm. exit, but it shield
expire with them. The command•in.chiet should be a reek
ex rcised on the same terms and on the Sine conditio .s se
when; it should nor, under a republican government, con-
etituta a dignity or a prerogative. Hereditary rank and
military and civil dignity form the necessary concomitants of
monarehkal governmeets. In a republle they would wadi-

trite an anomaly, in which I never could 'rir 0411 Lave
an Idea of uniting myself. Receive, Mmtieur le Itelac cur,
the assurance of my distingnish.d ratlment.,
June 4. GENIRAL E. CAVAIONAC.

Geeeral Bedean's mission to Rome being rendered
comparatively reedier, in so Par at least u the press-
ing on of hostilities is concerned, tie it to appear on
the erne as head pacificator, fur which purpose he
has been mule French ambassador at Itomo.
General Lamoriciere's mission t) Strasburg is only
temporary. The army of the Alps having been die-
solved, a portion of the troops farming pu•t of it are
to be organised as an army of obaervation on the
Rhine, whilst one division remairs at Lyone, under
the orders Geceral Gemean. The head-quarters of
the army of the Rhine will be Clalmsr. It seems that
before General Lamoriciere gees out to St. Peters-
burg, where he is, according to the Constitutionnel