The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-12 00:00:00

waves from the raj* balcony, and bore it aloft with
stunning cheers, amidst tumultuous crowds, imme-
diately after the French troops. At Piazza Gloms,
a melee took place, the rear ranks of the soldiers
charging with their bayonets, in order to capture
the banner. The unarmed leaders of the people
tore open their waistcoats, and in their en-
thusiasm opposed their bare breasts to the
steel points of their enemy's weapons, exclaiming,
" &like ne—kill unarmed men, ye infamous papal
assassins I" An exhortation which fortunately the
(soldiers did not think prop r to act upon, nor did they
appear very proud of the figure they cut on their
entry into the E..ernal City, amidst the execrations of
its unfortunate and ill-used inhabitants.
A proclamation from the National Assembly, pub-
lished in the morning, announced the arrival of the
French, and recommended abstinence from all ven-
geance, as useless and unworthy of the dignity of
Roman citizen. General Oudinot and his staff were
disgusted by the national guards at the corpe-de-
garde: on his passage not rising or payirg him the
military salute due to his rank, and the
barricades had to be pulled down by the
French soldiers themselves in the absolute dearth
of Roman labourers. At dark the troops were
consigned to their various quarters, or rather bi-
vouacs, for they passed the night on the principal
pietism of the city. It is affirmed as positively official
that, since the commencement of the expedition, no
fewer than 52,000 men of all arms have left Toulon
for the Roman States. Is it surprising that, with such
an army at its gates for two month., Rome
should have yielded at last? And yet, had not bom-
bardment been resorted to (an expedient never em-
ployed in honourable warfare after a breach has been
effected), the struggle might have been protracted
some time longer, and brought to a murderous bard-
cede conflict at the last. _ _ _

Considerable discontent and some alarm have been
produced by the entry of the French troops having
been preceded by no proclamation; and the ab.olute ,
silence of Oudinot, who, with his staff, has taken up
his residence at Palazzo Colones (the French em-
bassy), raises a suspicion that military ►aw i 3 to be
the order of the day, and thousands of compromised
individuals consequently implore the protection of the
British flag. Our consul, in concert with the Itoman
ministers and police authorities, is exerting himself
most humanely in their behalf, arid has already given
several hundred paseprrts for the almost only remain-
ing seat of liberty, England and her dependencies.
As to the remnants of the Roman army, they are to
occupy the positions of Ronciglione, Spoleto, and
RieU, for which towns they are leaving the capital
in detachments, chiefly by night, with their arms,
artillery, and baggage. Of the movements of
Garibaldi nothing is known as yet, except that his
corps succeeded in marching into the Gammas
without further molestation than that offered by the
scouring parties of French cavalry.
Oce of the victims of popular fury yesterday was
the Abate Pefetti,a well-known character, and an ir.ti-
mate friend of a physician who hes an extensive
practice amongst English visitors at Rome, by name
Pantaleoni. Some sneering and imprudent allusions
from these two individuals, as they went down the
Corso in a carriage, roused the jealous susceptibility
of the alresdy irritated bystanders. The carriage was
stopped, and the two anti-liberals attacked so
furiously, that it was only by defending himself
vigourously with a sword-stick that the doctor suc-
ceeded in making his escape, whilst the Abate, cas
active or less fatunate, fell pierced with several dag-
ger wounds. Thus, crimes which have been unknown
here for months are sanguinarily renewed on the
entry of the soi &sant "friends of order."
It is to be feared that the excessive disdain with
which the Romans treat the French (sppearicg more
like victors than vanquished) may lead to some tragic
scenes; but it is at the same time just to acknowledge
that mneh fot bowsaw has been hitherto displayed
by the new comers. Three Romans were this morn-
ing arrested by the French, bat were subsequently
handed over to the local authorities.
Fresh bodies of cavalry are continually arriving
this morning from Monte Mario, Ponta Molly, and
the surroundieg Campagna—chasseurs, dragoons, and
gendarmes—hardy, soldier-like men, that would cer-
tainly look with surprise and contempt on the two or
three hundred Roman horsemen, who, with Gari-
baldi's five and twenty lancers, presumed to Wee the
field against their numerous and disciplined regiments.

The following is the proclamation published by
Gen. Oudinot at his entrance into Rome on the 3rd
instant :

INHABITANTS OF BOMB.
ROME, Jt•Lr 3.
The army sent by the French republic into your territory
has for its mission to re-establish that order which is the with
of the people. A factious or erring minority has compelled
me to the necessity of assaulting your ramparts. We are
masters of the city. We will execute our mission. In the
midst of the tokens of sympathy with which we have be•n
greeted, wherever the sentiments of the real Roman popula-
tion were not in the least dubious, some hostile clamour have
been heard, and have obliged us to use immediate repressive
means. AU good men, the true levers of liberty, may
now take heart, but let the enemies of order and of public
tranquillity learn, that if any oppresive manifestations, ex-
cited by a foreign faction, should be renewed, they would
be put down with rigour. In order to give to pubic se-
curity positive guarantees, the following dispositions are
decreed : —Pro ton. All the powers of the state are
united in the military authorities. These will im-
mediately associate with item, in the exercise of three
powers,the municipal authorities. The Assembly, the govern.
ment, whose violent and oppressive reign began with ogre-
titude and terminated in an impious appeal to arms against
a nation friendly to the Roman populations, the clubs, and
political associations, have ceased to exist 'All publication by
means of the press, all handbills not authorised by the
military authorities, are for the present forbidden. The
crimes against person and property are to be referred to
the military tribunals. General Rostolin is appointed
goverwr of Rome. General Sauvant, commandant of the
city. Colonel Sot, WWII major. (Signed) OUDINOT.
VENICE.—The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa pub-
lishes the following letter, dated the Ist, from Mania,
to the Austrian Minister Brock :
Excellency,-1 have communicated to the Assembly of
Representatives the report which MM. Calucei and Pasini
made to this government with respect to the conferences
held with your excellency at Verona, on the 21st and 22ad
of June, and the letter you did me the honour to write to
me on the 23rd from Milan. The Assembly, in its sitting
of yesterday, passed the following resolution, by secret
ballot, b 7 105 votes out of 118: " Having heard the ealli•
munications of government, and read the notes Si
the diplomatic correspondence held ; seeing that the I
so-called offers of Austria with respect to the Loss.
bardo-Venetian territory, on one hand, would neither
secure the rights nor respect the dignity of the nation, and
on the other consist in mere promises without any guarantee,
and only to be executed at the pleasure of Austria; seeing
that the special offers to Venice are nothing but dishonour-
ble conditions of capitulation; baying heard the declaration
of government, that publicity shell be given in print to the
sets of the negotiation, that Europe may judge between An•
iris and Venice, the Assembly to the order of the day."
While fulfilling the duty of addressing the present communi-
cation to your excellency, I cannot dissemble my regret that
the nature of the conditions propoeed should have rendered
vain our sincere intention of lancing at an arrangement
which might prove reciprocally honourable and satisory.
Receive, excellency, the assurances of my profound colloids-
ration. )(Aim.