The Express.
London, England, 1848-08-18 00:00:00

ITALY.

The effect produced at Genoa by the intelligence of
the capitulation of Milan was such that a deputation
was sent to Charles Albert, to ascertain directly from
him the causes of the disaster. In an account of their
interview, which took place at Vigevano, on the Bth, at a
late hour in the evening, when the king was in bed, the
deputation state that they set forththe doub.s, fears, and
suspicions of the people of Genoa; th..t they asked
how the victories and sacrifices of four months cou.d
have vanished in eight days? how it was that the ca-
pitulation of Milan bad been signed when the king
was calling on the people to arms, and the inhabi-
tants of the city were preparing for a desperate re-
sistance ? how it was that the assistance of France
had not been demanded ? and, finally, what would be-
come of the people and their newly conquered liber-
ties ? The king heard their observations with the
greatest calm, and replied that the army was ex-
hausted, that the Milanese had no serious means
of resistance, that the armisice was inevitable, and
that he had obtained it through the English am-
bassador. The report of the depatation then proceeds
as follows :

" Either," said the king, " we shell conclude en honour-
able peace, or we shall re-enter on the campaign ; the public
spirit will be again aroused ; perhaps France will join us,
and we shall be stronger." At this moment the king, ques-
tioned by as as to whether France had refused her intervention,
d "I made a demand for it to M. Cavaignar, but
England appeared but little disposed to favont this interven.
tion." As to the internal situation the king assured us that
the concessions he bad made would undergo no alteration.
lie is to publish a proclamation, IA which to will
.give an ae
eount or events, and promise the people that the institutions
of civil liberty shall never be violated.
The government of Genoa has (according to a state-
ment in the Corriere Mercantile, of the 12th) lamed a
proclamation, calling on all the Lombard officers and
soldiers who had come into that city immediately to
return to Lombardy, and join their regiments.
A letter from Bologna, of the evening of the 9th,
states that the peasants of the surrounding country
were flocking to the city, armed in different ways, to
aid the inhabitants against the Austrians, should a
second attack be made. This letter states the loss of
the Bolognese to be 8 killed and 15 wounded ; that of
the Austrians, 40 killed, a large number of wounded,
and 80 prisoners. Barricades were erected at all the
entrances to the city, and the people were animated
by a resolution to perish to the last man, rather than
to submit to the invaders.
The Alba of Florence publishes a notice by the Pro-
legate of Bologna, dated the 9th, thanking the people
for their heroic resistance of the Austrians, and
informing them that an indemnity for their time will
be paid to such as require it. He advises the people
not to rely with too much confidence on the terror
that they have inspired, but to organise themselves
in order to be well prepared against any other attacks:
The Alba of Florence, of the 10th, states that a
courier bad arrived from Rome with despatches to
the Prolegate, desiring him to signify to the Austrians
that they do quit the Pontifical States within three
days, and that the Pope bad taken measures with the
ambassadors of France and England to obtain the
execution of this order.
The Gazelle de Venire, of the 7tb, states that the
Provisional Government had resigned their power to
MM. Colli and Cibrario, commissioners appoicted by
the king Charles Albert, in the city rid provinces of
Venice. The dtcree of the government containing
the law on the union voted by the Chambers of
Sardinia, was communicated by the royal com-
missioners to the people. The royal commie-
stoners, in a proclamation, recommended an ener-
getic resistance to Austria. Tho cession of the sove-
reignty was made to the royal commissioners in the
Old Library, is presence of the Cardinal Patriarch,
the general-in-chief, and other public officers. The
Cross of Savoy and the Lion of St. Marc were on the

standards.
The Pope has published the following protest
against the occupation of the States of the Holy See
effected by the Austrian troops : •
From the beginning of his pontificate, hi. holiness, con-
sidering the condition of the Pontifical States and that of the
States of Italyaes a common father of princes and people'
equally opposed to external ware and to intestine discord,
imagined and undertook the negotiations of a league be-
tween the princes of the Peninsula, this being the only
means capable of satisfying the desires of its inhabitants,
without violating the rights of their princes ; and at the same
time did not oppose the tendencies of the people towards a
well understood liberty. These negotiations were partly
I seconded, and remained partly tless. Next came the
great European events, followed by those in Italy and the
war. The holy father always faitniul to the same course
to his great regret decla'red himself opposed to taking a poi
in the war, but neglected 06 pacific mans to obtain iho Jun
intent he had proposed to himself. But this cooduct, inspired
by prudence and meekness, has not prevented, to his great
surprise, an Auvrian army Irma entering hi, states and oc.
copying sonic territories, declaring that the occupation as
but temporary. It is therefore necessary to make to
all that the dominion of the Holy See is violated by this a-
cupativn, which, whatever might have been the intentiond
could never be justly effected without a precedingg notice an
the Dees eery consent. In so hard a necessity, in which the
violence of external enemies and the snares of interior ones
place him, the holy father gires himself up into the hands of
Divine justice and will bless the use of the means te be em-
ployed according to circtunatances ; and, while protesting by
means of his cardinal secretary of state against suck an act,
he appeals to all friendly powers, that they may UM= the
protection of the states for the preservation of their liberty
and integrity, for the protection of the pontifical subjects,
and, above all, for the independence of the church.—The
Secretary of State, O. CARD. SOOLIA.—Rome, Aug. 6.
A letter from Rome, of the 7th, states that the fol-
lowing list of the new ministry had been communicated
to the Chamber of Deputies—vit.: Count Fabri, Inte-
rior • Di Rabe, Grace and Justice; Lauri, Finance
Gua'rini, Commerce and Industry, and, provisionally,
Public Works; Count Campello, Arms; Perfetti,
Police ad interim. The Epoca of Borne of the Bth,
however, says :—" His Holiness has dientiescd the
Minister of ATMS, Count Campello ; the General Se-
cretary of the department quite the ministry with the
worthy minister with whom he had entered it. This
takes,place, as we are informed, on account of the in-
compatibility of the energetic ideas of those two men,
from whom we might have hoped so much good, with
the ideas that govern the Pontifical policy. The old
liberal, Odoagdo Fabri, will not be able to maintain
any longer a portfolio that would burn his honourable
bawls.'