The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-05 00:00:00

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LATEST P.S., QUARTER TO ELEVEN.
VICTORY OVER THE AUSTRIANS.
By the areval of news from Turin of the
31st ult., accounts have been received of an' encounter,
near Nlontechiari, between a strong body of the
Austrian armv and the Sardinian. General Bra, who
was at the head of four thousand regular troops
and seven thousand volunteers. The Sardinian Ge-
neral gained a brilliant victory, and took from the
enemy an entire squadron of cavalry, three cannons,
and some baggage. This news was brought by a
special courier, who started from Milan on the 30th.
The forces at the disposal of Charles-Albert amount
to 30,000 men.
The Risoryintento of the 31st ult. states that the
Austrian army, commanded by General Itadetski, had
retirtd from its position, at Soncino and Ort.inovi,
towards Mantua. Bergamo, Lodi, Cremona. Creme,
and Brescia, had been likewise evacuated by the Aus-
trians.

Oar Madrid correspondent, writing on the 29th,
says:
Madrid ri-sunnd yesterday its usual appearance.
Of the ex squadrons of cavalry, of the six or seven thousand
infantry, of the civic guard, who, on the 27th, were all out
and about under arms here, marching there to martial
triode with cnlnurs idly spread, scarce a soul was anywhere
to be seen. The whole army scented to have sunk into the
earth. A Solitary sentinel here and there was the only mai-
-1 tall thing you met with. All the ahcps were gay and spark-
ling as yens!. and not a trace anywht re visible of the despe-
rate street battle of the night of the 26th.
Early on the morning of the 27th Madrid presented the
ghastly look of an abandoned battle.lie.d. Wad bodies lay
about the streets and squares and near them large pools of
jellied blond ; while the cold dawn made more ashy the
vicdet tints of death. Eleven bodies lay thus on the Plaza
Mayor; four were clothed in the old uniforms of the milicia
natinnel ; the rest were in cap and jacket. The early people
about going to work and mark, t stopped slid made groups
about the piteous sight. staring with heave faces.
The immense number of arrests warrant the conclusion that
all liberals, who are in the least distinguished, will be taken
up and have their papers searched, if they do not fore
stall the government by flight or concealment.
In to-dad's Gazdie appears the answer of Sartori's, to the
liberals who desired to present an address to the Queen to
exercise her royal prerogative of mercy in favour of the in-
surgent pr.soners. He says, " I have given account
to her Majesty the Queen of the communication of
your Excellency, accompanied by a cl3cument announcing
the resolution taken by the senators and deputies of the
m:e.nrit,es of both legislative hcdiea, to meet for the purpose
of addressing a petition to her Majesty; and I have also in-
formed her Majesty of the reply of your Excellency declining
o permit the said meeting ill the goy, rem. tit decide.
The Herald° of to-day says that the lens of the rebels ex-
, ceedslid wounded and 30 killed, although no official data
as vt t have been published.
The prisoners to be tried by the council of war are NG.

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Yaw" MARCH 29.—Three per Cents.. 211 cash; Five per
Cent.., 14 paper ; 41 paper; Coupons, 10 paper; Bona of
St. Ferviiruin 110 eash ; 112 p.aper. Eveltanae on lJmdon. 44.6.
After the %lea : Three per Cents., 21; cash ; 21i paper ; Five per
Ceuta., 13 doh; Passives, 41.

We have letters from Milan to the 29th inst., from
which it appear.; that Marshal ltadetzky had offered
to exchange 100 prisoners which he had taken against
about 6,000 Austrians in the hands e f the Mlanese,
requiring moreover that the latter should be delivered
up with their arms and baggage.
It is said that an offensive and defensive alliance
against Austria bas been concluded by Charles
Albert with the Pope, thi King of Naples, and the
Grand Duke of Tuscany, and that it will soon be
published.

The Riv,rginiento of Turin, of the 31st ult., contains
a royal proclamation, dated from Voghera, 29 h, in
which Charles Albert, declaring it to be his duty to
defend the cause of Italy with his troops, calls upon
his subjects meanwhile to defend the frontiers and coasts
of the kingdom. The bishop of Turtona has issued a cir-
cular to his clergy, directing them to otter up public
prayers for the victory of the Italian cause. By a decree
of the 27th, the Provisional Government of Milan has
opened a loan for 24 millions of lire ; another decree, of
the same date, abolishes the lottery ; and a third allows
the introduction of Piedmontese wines at a moderate
duty. Decrees of the war department order all officers
upon leave of absence throughout Lombardy to return
immediately to Milan, and direct the enrolments of
cavalry. The same journal, in a postcript, announces
that General Bea, with 4,000 regular Piedmontese
troops and 7,000 volunteers, has attacked a large body
of Austrian troops in the vicinity of Montechiaro, and
forced them to surrender. This confirms the news
above given.
The Cow-ore/in of Turin, of the 31st ult., mentions
a rumour that the Viceroy of Lombardy had been ar-
rested on the Tyrolese frontier, while making his
escape to Vienna. The whole of Friuli is free. Dal-
matia is said to have proclaimed Italian unity. A
poetseript contains the positive news of the arrest of
the viceroy and family at the 'Liza, on the lake of
Garda. Palmanoova is in the hands of the insurgents,
with General Zucchi at their head.
The deputation who presented the address from
the municipality of Turin to the Provisional Go-
vernment of Milan, met with a gracious and grateful
reception. The answer made by Colati to the mem-
bers of the deputation was so agreeable to the depu-
ties, that they considered it their duty to send it
immediately to King Charles Albert.
All the Piedmontese and Genoese who have ar-
rived at Milan are in continual festivities; and one
thought alone prevails, that of the fusion of halt,.
Padua has protested against the proclamation made
by Venice of the republic of St. Mark, and the Pro-
visional Government of Venice had declared that they
desired to see an Italian government established, and
acknowledge, above all, the necessity of unity. In
every other town of Italy the thought of unity pre-
! Tails.