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

ITALY.

SARDINIA.—Oar correspondent's letter is as
follow :
"TIIATN. MAncw 30.
" After a secret sitting or committee of the Cham-
ber of Deputies yesterday,. and assisting in the Senate
at the ceremony of the king taking the oath to ob-
serve the coostitution, a public one wss held by both
the deputies and senators, at which parliament was
prorogued to the sth of April. The journals will give
-you the speeches pronounced on the occasion, as also
' that of the senate and the king's in answer. All is
going on in the orderly way I announced to you
would be the case in my lest three or four letters, but
the striking features of the present circumstances are
the attitude of the conservative party here and all
over the country, and the departure for Paris last night
of Oioberti, who will remain absent • fortnight.
Hs is chimed with a high diplomet.c mission—to
try, no doubt, to induce the French Government to
interfere in Italy, and 83 obtain of the moral influence
of France what the arms of Piedmont have fried to
achieve, and if pcssible, be it said also, her active
suplort by the presence of a French army. The rook
tories would fein urge upon the new king a court
which would bring him into such odium as to be
obliged to call in the Austrians to maintain his
power and any kind of public order, whilst the ultra-
radicals are for the impossibility of renewing hos-
tilitier, though they are well aware that the soldiers
refuse to fight."
The Chamber of Deputies of Turin assem-
bled on the 29th ultimo, at 10 am., and sat in
secret committee. The discussion was suspended
at one p.m., for the royal sitting, in which Victor
Emmanuel was to take the oath to the con-
stitution of the kingdom. The senators and a great
number of deputies were assembled. The new king
pronounced the following oath :—" In the presence
of God. I swear faithfully to observe the statute, to
exercise the royal authority in virtue of the laws
only, and in conformity with their presceiptions ; to
have justice done to every one, and to act in every
circumatance in the sole view of the in'erest and
prosperity and honour of the nation." The senators end
deputies then to* their oaths, after which the king
pronounced the following short allocution : " At the
moment of assuming the reins of government in circum-
stances the gravity and bitterness of which I am more '
aware of than any other person, I have already told
the nation what my intentions are. The oonsolidati(ml
of our consEtutio: al institutions, the weal and honour
of the common c3untry, will be the constant object of
my thoughts, and I hope I shall be able to succeed by
the aid of Divine Provideoc3 and your 00-operefon.
Profoundly penetrated with the importance of my
duties, I have a-complished before you the solemn
act of the oath which will direct my hfe." The king
then retired, in the midst of universal applause.
Before the sitting broke up, M. Pinelli informed the
deputies that he had a communication to make. They
accordingly assembled separately, and the minister
announced that the Chamber was prorogued for a
few day.. It is believed, however, that a dissolution
will speedily follow.
On the 29th ult. a deputation from the sena'e of
Piedmont united upon the new king, to express the
hopes they entertained on his accession, and their
sentiments of regret for the unfortunate circumstances
which led to the abdication of his father. The king
answered with visible emotion :
I thank the an de for the sentiments it expresses towards
ma, and which I highly prise. Our country has endured,
and rill et duns, highly palatal and cruel trials. My hope,
my most ardent dein was to spill every drop of my
blood for it. Even this Consolation is denied me. It now
will be my comfort, and the object of my 'fora to heal our
wounds as promply and efficaciously as pomible, to make the
notion enjoy happier days under the shade of them liberal
institutions which the King, my beloved father, has pro-
claimed with such wisdom. For this purpose I require ass
sienna of all patriotic men. I feel happy in assureog you
that I rely upon the loyal co-operation of parliament, and of
every elms of citizens. The mass of evils we have to heal is
imams, ; therefore the efforts of all to apply the remedy
must be immense On my part, lam ready for every per-
sonal sacrifice. Italy upon my constancy, my firmness, as I
rely upon y ur wind in and pat riot him.
The Opinions of Turin, of the 30th alt., has the fol-
lowing speculations in a leader:
As to Italy, the peace with the King of Sardinia will be
oonluded on coodition of his needing to the Italian confe-
deration, to be formed of the Lombardo-Venetian, Tuscany.
the it men States, and the Two Seines. Oar ministry and
the future parliament mustrenounce the Lombardo-Venetia'
territory, and ark oowledee the riiht of Austria to it ; they
must give up the fortress of Alexandria to Austria, modify our
constitution, and pay a certain number of millions, not in-
ferior to 30, nor exoesehag 100. In return for its adhesion
to the Sastre-Italian League, Piedmont will perhaps obtain
the duchies, nape that the owls of Maseru will be nest-
pled by the Austrians. Piedmont will have also to execute
the Oirobsetise isterveation--that to, to sued edam into
Tuscany ta restore older, sad beteg beck the read duke to
Florence; while Kiag Books (Naples) will do the same with
respect to the P, e, who la return will reoottni.e in the
Austrians the right of occupying Ferrara militarily. The
Lombardo-Venetian will probably form a state apart, with a
tolerably liberal constitution, sad connected by certain con-
dition with the Anorak' monarchy.
VENICE.—We learn thatths blockade of Venice was
raised in consequence of the Austrian troops which
maintained it beng recalled by Radetski to Pied-
mont. That General Pepe had made a sortie with
6,000 men, and had taken possession of Padua, which
had been evacuated by the Austrian..
TUSCANY.—L-tters from Florence sty that the
Tuscars had sent 5,000 or 8,000 men to the frontiers
of Modena, and that the Romans bad collected a force
of about 8,000 at Bologna