The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-13 00:00:00

ITALY

ROMAN STATES.—We have despatches from
our correspondent at Rome, dated the 4th ice.
The Supreme Junta had dissolved itself, the only
purpose of its existence having been to convoke the
VAnertitusnte. The Pope, by a new brief, had an-
nounced a new commission of
.government, having
had at its head Cardinal Alden.
The Contemporaneo of Rome, of the 3rd inst., pub
Sebes the regulations tor the ekcticn of the National
Assembly of Rome. The electors can only vote in
the chief town of the commune to which they belong.
The lists of electors are to be made up by the munici-
p3l authorities. To be an elector in a commune, a
residence of six months is required.
Letters fr. Civita Vecchia, of the 31st ult., state
that General Zacchi had arrived there on board the
French at amer Courtier Corex His aide-de-camp
I immediately waited upon the delegate, to invite him
to a conference with General Zucct,i, who, being
unwell, could not land. The delegate refute d, and
the steamer then lett in the afternoon fur Gaeta and
Naples.
The prrzlamation of the Constituent took place
at Civita, under a salute of 101 guns.
SARDINIA.—Advices from Turin, of the Bth
inst., state that Marshal Radetsky had, it was
rumoured, published an order of the day, in which he
proclaimed the resumption of hostilities as imminent,
and promising t 3 enter Turin at the head of the vic-
torious Cr 'its after two battles. It was also reported
that Venice would to attacked.
NAPLES.—We have received the de-patches of
our Naph s correspondent to the 4th instant. It
was considered certain that the ministry would
o pose the Italian Constituent Naples has, ac-
cording to our correspondent, thus thrown down the
gain let to the rest of Italy, and that at a
: moment when its own subjects are in re-
' volt, and its position precarious. The king
wee sill at Guts, and seemed desirous never
to let the Pope out of his eight. Addresses and
manifestations towards the Pope were continued.
Filangitri, who had left tor Messina, was ex-
Feted to r turn immediately. It w..s said that
a Constituent Assembly was prtelaiint d at Palermo.
The Five per Cents., on the 2nd inst., were at 81/,
and on the 3rd, at 82. Exchange on London, 589.

GERMANY.

Kossuth has gone to Debreczin with his adherents,
in order to form a junction with the troops of General
Bem. He took with him the regal insignia of St.
Stephen, the Hungarian king.
PRUSSIA.—BerIin letters and journals of the
10th inst. have reached us. Their contents are un-
important. M. de la Moekowa was expected to ar-
rive shortly in the above capital, as the successor of
M. Arago, the French minister.
FRANKFORT.—Our intelligence from this free
city reaches to the Bth inst. Oa that day's sitting of
the National Assembly the Minister of Justice laid
before the house all the documents relating to the
execution of Robert Blum. Ordered to be refaced to
committee.
The report of the committee on the Austrian
question, that is to say, on the programme of the
central ministry, was brought up and read. The
proposition of the majority of the committee is to
the effect that the National Assembly support minis-
ters in their rejection of the &mond, on the
part of Austria, that the future constitution
of Germany shall be made the subject of an agreement
between Austria and Germany. Ihe majority of the
committee also propose to request ministers to carry on
negotiations respecting the relations of the non-
German provinces of Austria with the German con-
federate
state. The proposition of the minority is
simply to bestow on the central ministry the
full powers demanded in the programme of the
18th Dec., modified by the proposition of the sth'
inst. The debate, it was expected, would be com-
menced on the 9th.
The house th- n proceeded to the order of the day,
and, after a long discussion, voted for the closing, on
and after the Ist of May next, of all public places of
gaming throughout all Germany, and for the aboli-
tion of the so-called lotto (a species of lottery origi-
nally introduced from Italy). There are only two
German mates in which the public game is tolerated,
viz., Austria and 'lseult', and those are precisely the
two countries which are the least disposed to obey
the decisions of the National Assembly in Frankfort.
The Assembly also voted for the provisional existence
of state loticries, under certain conditions.

MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.—The Whig and tory
journals contain a good deal of gossip on the subject of ru
moored changes in the ministry. It is stated that the Ears of
Clarendon, at present Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, will be the
new First Lord of the Admiralty, and that in the event of the
Earl ofClasen 'on suceeedine to the office of First L rd of the
Admirmy, the Earl of Carlisle (who, as Lord Morpeth, was
chic' secretary to the Watt government under Lord Nor-
a antay's administration) wail succeed to the Viceroyalty. It
is farther stated, that one of the reasons for providiag Lord
Carlisle with another p rat is. that the government have de-
b mined to break up the Woods and Forests commission, or
amalgamate it with some other department.—Lard John
Wied:, alter the Cabinet Council on Wednesday, wrote,
it app ars, to Sir James Graham, who was at his seat in
Cumberland. Tne letter reached Netherby-hail by the
ordinary post, and within three hours after it came to the
hums of the right hon. baronet, he left Carlisle by the first
train for London. Owing to the family domestics in
Groevesnor square being on iciusinted with the arrival of
the right hon. baronet, Sir James and Lady Graham stayed
at the Button Hotel until noon. Sir James Graham, in the
afternoon, had an intetview of Lord John Russell.
REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE.—
The 'least:on of Viscount honore to the peerage, conse-
quent on the death of Earl Talbot, renders vacant one seat
in parliament for the southern division of Staffordshire, and
speculation is alai ady afloat as to the probable candidate.
South Staffordshire has for some time had one conservative
and one liberal menthe r, the two parties taking their repre -
matinees from the Talbot and the AOlOll families. The
young Lord Anson, ore of the members for Lichfield, and
secretary to Lord Palmerston, is said to be ambitious
of the honour of representing this rirtion of Staffordshire,
hut a area imp diment to this arntegement arises
in the fact of his unlee, Colonel Mama, being the othe r pre-
sent representative of the division ; such an attempt on the
part of Lord Anson would appear to iodic ate something like
a wish to monopolise the representation of the division.
The congers atives are understood to calculate upon bird
Lewisham, the son of the Earl of Dartmouth, and grandson
of the lat. E,rl Talbot. Mr Forst, r, banker, of Wale all, la
also spoken of in the same interest, as a thorough mall of
brine's, and moderate in his politics. Mr. Littleton, the
son of Lord Hatherton, sits for Walsall, but still it is thought
, that he wilt notventure upon offering himself for the county.
GREAT CONELAGRATIONS.—DESTRUCTION OF PRO-
rinvy.—This morning (Saturday), shortly before four
o'clock, a tire, of a very calamitous character, attended with
a yam destruction of property, broke out in the cabinet
manufactory belonging to Messrs. M. and J. Mahony, in
Brown's-lane, Si i•afields. The tie et, when first disco-
vered, were raging in the factory, a building n. arty 150 feet
long, immediately at the rear of the dwelling-house, which
contained property a f considerable value. Owing to hie
highly istl imitable character of the stock, but few minutes
elapsed ere the greater portion of the factory was enveloped
in flames. The necessary alarm having ha en given at the
engine stations with as little delay as possible, the powerful
engine from Main. Truemsn's brewery, with thwe of the
p,rish, London Brigade, and West of England arrived. The
fire, by that pen, d, bad made great progress, and not only
were the manufacturing premises of Mears. Mahnay coin
pletely wrapped in flames, but Jireh chapel, with
the private house of Messrs. Mahoney and the back
w rkshops of Mr. L. B. Ocer • , were also blazing away
with great fury. The various engines were as speedily
as possible set to weak, but it was manifest that Me era. Ma.
pony's factory was doomed to destruction; the firemen,
i therefore, conveyed the hose of their engines armed the
adjoining houses, and by extraordinary exertions they suc-
ceeded in cutting off the further nroeri as of the flames in the
direction of the chapel, but net until they had burned some
of the gallery windows out, and the building was materially
damaged by fire, &c. Having succeeded in stopping the
fire is this quarter, the next object sought to ha an.
compliahed was to extinguish the wain body of flames, and
that was a work of no little difficu'ty, fer, besides the premime
being on tire, the destructive element had extended into the
piles of timber in the open yard. It was nearly 8 o'clock
before the fire was wholly extinguished, and not until tae
factory of Messrs. Msheny was burned down, the whole
contents of tootle, &c., destroyed. the chapel exten-
sively damaged by fin and water, and the workshops
of Mr. Oilers much burred. Fortunately the sufferers
were insured, in the West of England Fire Office. The
cause of the outbreak could not be learned.
Another fire, which was attended with a still greater de
struction of property than the above, occurred in the Broad-
way, Deptford. It commenced in the large ranee of premises
bet totting to Mr. Watts, a I inend raper and silk mercer, carrying
on business at No 19. in the Broadway. The building was of
considerable magnitude, and, owing to the easily ignitable
character of the goodie, the house, in the course of a few
mi-utes, was is • blaze from the base to the roof, so that
the various inmates had the greatest difficulty in effecting a
retreat. The engines of her Majestvba dockyard, with those
belonging to the London Brigade, with Mr. Henderson, the
chief officer of the district, were remarkably early in arriv-
ing, when they found the entire range of Mr. Watt's pre-
mites in a broad sheet of flame. sad the adjoining property of
Mr. G. Cousins, No. 18, and Mr. J. W. Healey, grocer, were
alto on fire. Toe various engines from the dockyard and
London were instantly set to work, and vast bodies of water
were thrown over the films; bat, in spite of the mast stre-
nuous exertions of the firemen, nearly three hums elapsed
be fore the fire could be extinguished, and not until the
whole of Mr. Watts' premises were levelled with the ground.
his stock-in-trade, furniture, and other effects reduced to
ashes, besides which, the upper part of Mr. Colleen's pre-
mises was destroyed, the front and roof of Mr. Hasley's bows
extensively damaged by fire and water, and the stock.in-
trade materially injured. Several other parties are also
serious losers by the calamity. Fortunately, Mr. Ways was
insured in the Norwich Unien Office. The origin of this
fire, like the preceding one, is unknown.