The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-07 00:00:00

Dash, isarbg himself a candidate f r the depart-
ment of the ileine at the forthcoming election.

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ITALY.

ROMAN STATES.—The Ousatitatioartel of Sunday
lomat= the statement nude in our paper that them
ems no truth in the account of the onward march of
the Preach expeditionary corps to Rome. That
jesmal mys "We bad announced at the hith
an swabs paper that the Freud' troops had entered
PAWL We learn to-day that the rower is demi&
hnadatiou."
The latest news from Rome is contained I. the
letter of our own correspond-at, dated April 27.
Lombards, whom Oudisot had allowed to land suss
Cavite, were on their marob, 1,100 in number,
towards Roam. The preparations of deism
were coatis:lr. The
*Seism beide' had been

nodsemioed, cannon defeading lneiricadee had
been placed on the road 'nen from Chita
Vecchia. The covered pillory leading fro. the
Castle of Bt. Angelo to the Vatican had been
blown 11, and the material need to block avenues
of the city. Castel Cloido, on the road to Chita,
has been *hewn foe en advanced comp.

In the 'Wing of the ecastithest es-ssinbly at Rome
on the 28th, Rossini ascended the trams* and geld
that the disembarkation of the French at
Clefts Vecchia was knows. They bad ben
to land quietly, but that was wrong. The heath
commander baying declared that the unmade,' only
came became the Roman States were a prey to
anarchy, and bemuse the government was only held
at the will of a smell minority, the Prefect et Ruth
had made certain remarks which brought forth from
an aide de-semp of General Oudinot a declared°n
written in a sense entirely diatom from the prods-
matioos of this gearrsL
Oa the previous night at raidiaght the Mamba!"
received three same from General Oudinot; the first
declared that the French bad been received at Civita
Vet:obis with the liveliest sips of fraternity and joy ;
that the intention of the general was to march
upon Rome, hoping to gad the same reception
there Oa being questioned as to the reason for
whisk their army corps had been sent upon
the Raman territory, they answered that it
was for the protean°a of the Raman territory
against es invasion which the Austrians were
preparing; that the French government wished to
simian the precise sentiments of the population
of the states with regard to the form of government
they might think most proper, and that they intended
to seek an 'stirs reconciliation between Pius IR. and
the Romans. It was then urged upon the envoys
that the Austrian intervention which was put for-
ward seemed a pretext, and that at any rate the
people would have been able to defend itself; that
such an occupation did not seem of good augury,
seeing that it-had been preceded by no communsca-
tire, but so far from it that Geo. Oudinot had made
a threatening proclamation; that, in fact, it would
have been more just to have said that France, under
pretext of preventing an intervention, intervened her-
self on a sadden, and without having given any
notice of the =duet he intendel to pursue. That
with regard to the present form of the government,
on the proclamation of the republic, the perpetual fell
of the temporal popedom, these fate were the solemn
expression of the will of the people of the whole
moustry, manifested by universal suffrage. The
envoys replied that all the electors had not
voted, and, therefore, the general feeling could only be
gathered from the general will. To this, answer was
Kann that, if all the electors had not voted, it
was their own fault, cr because they had been
ordered to abstain; and that, as no protest against
the vote of the majority had been made, it
was but just to conclude that the non-voters bad
voluntarily submitted to that which had been con-
secrated by the majority. It was further added that,
though the fact of the occupation was complete, the
French authorities might consult public opinion by
legal means, and assure themselves as to whether
the ',opulence did or did not manifest their
sympathies for republican forms, and their firm
will to see for ever the spiritual power
of the Pope separated from the temporal. It was
farther energetically delared that the occupation of
a country which enjoyed profound peace and perfect
order might have the effect of causing anarchy, dis-
order, and civil war. The protestation of the consti-
tuent assembly wire recalled to mindos well as those
of the people, all of which were clear, and involved
no doubt.
As to the religious question, in a philosophic point
of view, it was scarcely touched upon. The Pope, it
was said, had left Rome voluntarily, and had always
been free to return as Pope, though not as temporal
prince; that the pontiff in his quality was neither
French, nor Italian, nor Spanish, but an obstinate
humanitarian, belonging to all christianity—that
every catholic power could, doub'les', give in its
own country every development it might choose to
religious opinion, but had no right to impose its opi-
nions on an independent people. The envoys having
further hinted at the joy of by the people of Civita
Vecchia for the intervention, were told that the people
had been deceived as to its meaning, but it was now
evident that this was nothing but a question of
strength, in which the strongest wished to oppress the
weak. The envoys then spoke of the misfortunes
which would have attended resistance, adding that
France wished for a reconciliation between the Pope
and the nation, and would guarantee the accomplish-
ment of the conditions decided on. They then asked
would the French be received at Rome as they
had been at Civiti Vecchia, and were told that
the triumvirate protested anew against intervention,
reserving to itself to coma the Assembly on its in-
tentions. "For my part," said Mersin', "I shall
never allow a Frenchman to enter Rome with my
consent.' The envoys then retired.
This morning the triumvirate received a telegraphic
&match from the minister Rusconi,saying that he had
hada cooferenes with the delegates of the commander
of the expedition. The details of the conference are
about the same as those of that held here. The mi-
nister was also to see General Oudinot.
Muzini then showed the Assembly two solutions
of the question,. Either to resist at all hazards, and
with the energy of despair, or to consult the people
in preemie dais French expeditionary corps as to
what their opinions might be with regard to the qua
tioa of the unite of temporal and spiritual power.
The Cheater hereupon entered into secret com-
mittee, after which the following decree was anopted:
The assembly bas resolved tn, entreat to the
triumvirate the care of saving the republic, and repel
force by force. The sitting was then suspended.
A letter from avita•Vecchia, dated the 28th ult.,
and published in the GINA Gazette of the let
of May, says : —The Preach army left this
morning for Ram, a garden' remaining in Civita.
Roscoe' and Pescontiia, who have bad an interview
with General Oudinot, have been very weil conten.ed
with their interview. On the evening of the 27th a
deputation of French inhabitants of Rome was well
received by General Oudinot, who said to them, " I
am about to present myself before the walls of Rome
as a friend. At the first and second cannon-shot I
doll remain quiet; but at the third I shall find my-
uaM to use force." A farther letter in the same
mt.dated the 29th, says "On receipt of intel-
that Rome was preparing to defend herself,
.aithe necessary precautions have been taken by the
French.
SARDINIA.—On the 4th inst. was to have been
held, at Turin,: the court-martial upon General
Remain, accused of misconduct at the frontier of
Lombardy. Radetzky having again requtsted that
the Sardin' plenipotentiaries, Messrs. Dabormeda
and Bonoompagni, should go to Milan to treat for
peace, hie request has "gain been refused, on the
ground that Radetzky had enforced the third article
of the armistice, notwithstanding his assurance to the
Bing Emmannel that he abstain. It is said
that General Daborekla may soon sunned Della
Rocca in the Minis'ry of War. Kiss Emmanuel hap
forwarded the cram of commander of the order of St.
Maurice to Lad Hardwick', oxnmender of the Veit-
r
NAPLBB.—It will be seen from the letter of our
correspondent, dated the 27th ult., that Sicily has un-
conditiosally surrendered to the Bing of Naples a—
NAPLzB, Aran. IL
A &panties his goes from Palermo to Finagled,
to offer the"peirs and simple submission of finny."
The Marie Christina, which saw in on the 26th frog
Messina, brings the on dig that Filangieri was at Os-
tali, about W or 30 miles from Palermo, that he
demendsd 100 d the principal inhabitants of the
city se dyes,—pennieeion to send in a
body of troops to flood minas, and. to destroy all