The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-05 00:00:00

ITALY.

ROMAN BTATEB.—The looms; des Dfbats of
Friday very justly complains of the meagreness of
the news from Italy. There have been no papers
received from Rome mutes the 24th ult., and the news,
vague as it is, which is published in the ministerial
wpm is without date.
We read is the Petrie of Thursday evening : " A
report was current this afternoon that the troops of
the French expedition had hid an engagement with
the Roman troops. This report is destitute of foun-
dation ; our ttrrooooppss entered Born, without obstacle. It
is supposed thatMaasiai and the chief' of the govern-
ment have quitted the city."
The Gamete de France states that the telegraphic
despatch announcing the entry of the French troops
into Rome, adds that the triwnvers wished to oppose
this, but were obliged to relinquish their intention by
the Nahum's= with which the French army was
welcomed.

The Davits says :—" According to rumoursread
in Paris, one of the brigades of the French expedition,
which was advancing on the road to Rome, met
with serious resistance eta strong poition, command-
jog the head of a bridge. It had been impossible to
hike this position, and our troops had had losses. The
spot where this affair is said to have taken place is not
named. On tbsother bandsitis positively statedthatthe
French have entered Rome without let or hindrance.
It was said, that the Neapolitans bad occupied An-
cona, and that the Austrians had entered Tuscany by
the Duchy of Lucca, in order to subdue Leghorn.
Farther, it was announced, that Piedmont was pre-
paring for war rather than submit to the ruinous con-
ditions Austria would impose upon it.
This news caused a fall at the Bourse of one franc
upon the Five per Cents.
Letters from Rome of the 25th ult., received in
Paris the moment before the closing of our despatches,
state that the assemb:y was still es permasence, and
the triumvirate active.
BARDINIA.—The most authentic news from
Turin is contained in the following letters, dated the
29th and 30th ult., from our own correspondent.
The occupation of Civil& Veochia was known at Turin
on the evening of the 29th ult., and caused greet*
tere.

TURIN, Aram 29.
Sines sending you the account of the occupation of
Alexandria by an Austrian force of 3,000 men, joint:y
with the Piedmontese, I have deferred writing: ex-
pecting the possible consequence of that event. For-
tunately for the welfare of Italy, and especially for
this very unhappy portion of the Italian family,
though the indignation generally felt at the yielding
to the enemy that fortress, which is considered the
key to the military position of the country, was
greater than can be described in all ranks and classes
as well as parties, public tranquillity hal not been
disturbed. Curses, not loud, but deep, are uttered
everywhere against the ungenerous foe, who thus
goes beyond the rights which his victory has given
hint, and the mini try which has contented, how-
ever reluctantly, to execute the article of the armis-
tice on which the Austrians founded their claim to
exact such a sacrifice, has its share of these maledic-
tions.

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I have just heard at one of the ministers that the
Austrian plenipotentiaries have written to request the
Piedmontese to return .0 Milan, and resume the con-
ferences on the treaty of peace, determined thereto,
it is affirmed, by the new, of the recall of tbelloglial;
ambassador from Vienna, and the news of the stic-
mem of the Hungarians. The ministers here are
disposed net to al:ow their agents to return to Milan
is a hurry, demanding first as a condition that the
Austrians should evacuate Alexandria.
Lsatevening, at the Carignan Theatre, " Ruy Bias"
was given. At the passage where the Spanish
minister exclaims "Oh Carlo, Carlo, would you were
here!" (alluding to Charles V. who had abdicated)
the most rapturous applausee were vociferated from the
whole house, succeeded by " Evira Carlo Alberto."
At Alexandria the Communal Council dissolved
by the government, for their late address to the
king, demanding a change of ministry, has been re-
elected, and the same radical members named. This
is the fifth town that hes acted in the same manner.
All parties are aniously looking forward to the
moment when the F,eoch expedition will have its
expected results—a collision with the Austrians,
either in the Roman states or the duchies,—and at
that moment the Piedmontess army will be as eager to
take the offensive against the Austrians, as it has
shown itself disinclined to continue the war, even to
drive out the enemy from its owe territories.
TURIN, APRIL 30.
I was too late to post the inclosed yesterday, and
this gives me an opportunity to inform you of the
effect produced here by the news of the entry of the
French into the Roman states. The fact, adduced in
the Courier Mercantile of the day before yesterday,
that the adjutant of General Oadinot bad given his
word of honour that the French came as friends,
and not to interfere in the affairs of the coun-
try, is considered as an esrneet that protection
against the Austrians is the real object to be
followed out by the French ; and this saying
of the adjutant was approved and confirmed
by the general on his arrival, and hence it is inferred
that France will also extend her protection to the
duchies of Parma, Tuscany, Modena, &c., and, conse-
quently, to Piedmont. Another significant fact is the
allowing the commandant of Civita Vecchia named b
the Roman government to remain in authority, and
the leaving the forts in the hands of the Roman
troops.
I am just informed, almost officially, that the Aus-
trian plenipotentaries are urgent in their desire to
continua the negotiations for peace. Gen. Hess, lately
arrived at Milan, has expressed himself to that effect,
and has induced the plenipotentiaries to relax in the
exorbitance of their demands in treating with Pied-
mont. Now, it is well known that General Hess has
great influence at the court of Vienna as well as with
Radetaky; it is, indeed, believed that he it is to
whom the latter owes his plans, and by whom he is
directed both in civil and military matters, and. also
in the negotiations now carrying as. The news from
Hungary continues to be unfavourable to Austria.
This, and the attitude of its agents at Milan,
and the presence of the French in the Roman
States, inspire the hope that the Austrians will not
long dictate the law to Piedmont, if even they retain
Lombardy.
The ex-minister Massimo Azeglir, who enjoys the
respect of all paries, and the confident), of every
shade of the moderate and constitutional party, has
jut returned to Turin, and will probably lake office