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

ITALY.

ROMAN STATES.—The news of the mt....100t:
of the French troops from Civita is untrue. Up to
last evening the French government had reit iced no
intelligence of any onward march on the tart at,
General (Minot,

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The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, of the 30th
contains derails from Rome up to the 26th, at 7 p,gs. )
The permanent sitting of the assembly continued oaf
the 25th. The President announced that mete ,
had been taken by the commandant of the Lbtlonel '
guards to s cure the independence of the assembl
• rerwi
and the maintenence of order. A lett• r was ; •
from the side-de-camp of the commander • f dis -
army of Civita Vecchia, stating that the French,
government, animated by liberal ideas, ('-id net
intend to impose any sort of government ups"
the population of the Roman states, and welly
leave it to choose that form of government it may I
like best ; that the French troops intend a frie.),i;y
tenrention ; and that the President of Civitet Vecchia
would continue in the fall exercise of his fur ctioyg.
At 9 p.m., the representative Locatelli anbounced is
the assembly the land ng of the French troops at Civil
Vecchia, the erection of the tree of liberty with the
Italian and French colours combined, and the verbal
assurances of the sympathy of the French tor the
Italian cause.—The Triumvire, not beioK esset,
were immediately summoned to attend. The eerie).
splrdent of the torriere Mercantile writes as follow',
under the date of the 26th, at 5.p.m.
The assembly has decreed unammourly that It will o}`
pow force to the French invasion. Rome is in a irate
exultation. All are ready to defend the republic. The !OMR
classes already begin to cry, " Death to the French !" it qty
Roman republic for ever!" The rumour has, more. vet, egad
around that the French have brought over thn cholera,
The hall of the Assembly was yesterday crowded excess_
an unanimous cry of approbation was raised when ileema
in favour of resistance was read. A decree of the 'fries-
virste directs that all the horses of lime and the t•nrippe
be put in requisition for the use of the government—it: ghee, ,
the most active preparations are made to offer a mist deter-
mined resistance. It is believed, however, that the File*
republicans will not proceed to extremities, nor b nr.b rd re-
publican Rome. The bakers sell no more bread. e. re, cy.
body is making great provisions of victuals. The teriimfia
have already been begun outside the Civics. Veecria lace, sad
at this moment the Pont* Molle, a bridge, outside the Ports
del Popolo is being mined. All premise to resist ; • all are
taking to arms ; the Corso is frightfully crowded. C.c. cue.
chi() declares that all Trastivere is ready to repel thi Fru*
To-morrow we shall see the result. Meantime a carded,
of swords which were leaving the town has been moped,
To morrow, probably, the post will not lea, , so hew •.
no anxiety about me, for it will be a sign the, co haw
gained the day. Up to this hour (6 p.m.) nothing nee,
This evening, we expect Ga.ibsldi from Temen The
French have disarmed the battalion Mehra Wit had jou
been sent from here to repel them ; they have also thiermed
the garrison of Civita Vecchia. The 1,000 Lombard, under
the command of Arkin° have been detained in p rt of
Civita Vecchia. and prevented from landieg by tee French
republicans. All this intelligence is official. The mist
posing measures have been taken to prevent a rots' timely
movement here, but be wowed it will not even be at • !spud,
7 p m.—A courier ht* just arrived with the Intel' in,ne •ad
1 the French blue allowed the coition Mimes, p tel of
1.100 Lralbards, to land. The Minister of Foreign Main,
&moo', is expected to return Every moment. Me thtitaa, •
all is preparing for defence, and troops are setti, ir nut far
Ancona. The barricares are making great progress. The
immediate destruction of the viaduct leading from the Vitiate
to Castle fit. Angelo has been decreed, in order ta obtain
materials to strengthen the barricades and other 'a
defence. Rusconi has arrived in the greatest hut,.
The Speranza of Rome, of the 25th ult., g:ves an
account of the proceedings at Rome on receiving the
intelligence of the arrival at Civita Vecchia f the
French expedition. It appears that this heel: t,.ence
was received exactly at the same time as the roceed-
hip of the National Assembly of Paris, on tto 16th
ult., when the funds of the expedition were vu .d, and
that even the government had been up to that moment
profoundly ignorant of the fact. The Constituent
Assembly held on the 24th an extraordinary sitting,
in which the fact of the French having landed at
Civita Vet chin, and the imminent danger of a Neapo-
litan invasion were discussed. Theimmentu m ijonty
of the Assembly declared for resistance. The sitting
was declared permanent, and it was decreed th.tt any
deputy who abandoned his post should be el, dared a
traitor to the country. A protest addressed to Gen.
Oudinot was immediately drawn up and um- 'measly
voted, and a proclamation was addressed to the Romans
by the Trinmvire. The protest is as follows :
Citizens,—The Roman Assembly, moved by the tomes
of invasion of the territory of the republic, and c amine
that this invasion, not provoked by the conduct of the
republic towards foreign powers, not preceded by any one-
inunication on the pert of the French governm. nt, sad
calculated to excite anarchy in a country which repe% ew with
calm and order on the conscience of its rights and core. rd of
eittzens—violates the law of nations, obligations ei treaded
by France in her constitution, and bonds of fret, roity that
ought naturally to unite the two republic ; proteins in the
name of God and the people wine the unexpece- d inva-
sion, decisive its firm purpose of resisting, and di clone
France repairable for the consequences.
Rome, April 25.
Done in public sitting at one after midnight.
The President of the Assembly, A Relics:et.
Secretaries, FABIRSITI, COCCHI, PINNA CC in.
The proclamation to the Roman people is u
follows :
Romans !—A foreign intervention threatens the ti rritery
of the republic. A body of French soldiers has appeared at
Civita Vecchia. Whatever its intention, the salvation of the
principle which hes been freely consented to by the people,
the law of nations, the honour of the Roman name, com-
mand the republic to resist, and the republic will resist. The
people must prove to France. and to the world, that it is a
people not of chi Pren, but of men, and men who have die-
tated laws and given civilization to Rump.. N.. one shill
say that the Romans desired freedom, and knew not how to
obtain it. The French people shall, from our resister eis, oar
declarations, our attitude, learn our wish, our irrevneable de-
cision, not to submit any more to the abhorred government
which we have overthrown. The people shall prov this.
Whoever opposes this determination dishonours the people
and betrays the country. The Assembly sits in permanence.
The Triumvirate will acimmplish its mandate, whatever be
the consequences. Let there be order' calm solemnity, con-
centrated energy. The government watches inexorably
over whoever might attempt to throw the eountry into an-
archy, or to rise against the Republic. Citizens, assemble,
rally around us. God and the people, law and force, shall
triumph.
Given from the residence of the Triamvirate, April 25.
The Triumvirs : G. Mszzurs, C. As.xxxxieri, A. SLUG