The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-24 00:00:00

ITALY.

ROMAN STATES.—The Comtitutionnel publishes
the following letter Irons Rome, 12th inst.
•

A notifleatien from the committee of cardinals has just
appeared, ordering the calling in and reimbursement of the
bees metal coin and of the bonds of the republic below one
crown, and at the same time the substitution of pontifical
bonds for those of the republic, with a diminution of 35 per
cent. This notification, moreover, permits the purchase with
the abolished bills, at the tariff of the der, of the conso-
lidated stock of the appanage, and establishes a sinking
fund of 300,000 crowns a year. By these means the paper
money will disappear in a short time. A report has been
pat in circulation that the cholera had broken out at
Cieita Vecchia. This is an invention for the purpose of
causing discontent in the minds of the Roman people,
from the idea that the disease bad been brought
there by the French. Notwithstanding the absence of any
quarantine regulations, the cholera has not appeared in the
Roman States, although in some towns in Lombardy and
Tuscany, which were subjected to ssnitory regulations, it
has been very violent. Other malevolent reports have been
spread at Rome, which have also been contraakted by events.
The movement of the Spanish troops which occupy Velletrs,
furnished a pretext for one of thou ill-intentioned govdpines.
They were said to be advancing on Rime to drive out the
French. All this rumour ended in a splendid dinner, given
by General Rostolan to the Spanish General Cordova, who
has just arrived in Rome, and on the same evening the band
done of the French reins:lents performed a serenade under
the windows of the Spanish general's hotel. The movement
of the Spanish troops was merely moped by a wish to rid the
at ighboorhood of some bands of briganes which infested it.
Caidicals Lambruschini, Mai, and Orioli are expected here
in a few days, to take the directioa of the ealetriastical con-
gregations confided to them. According to well-founded
conjectures, the arrival of these cardinals announces the
speedy return of the Fops. It is very desirable that this
event should take pima as soon as possible, as it will be the
only saeans of putting au end to a state of things full of sol-
i barressatent sad danger. A corporal of a Roman regiment,
named Claudi, hu been condemned to a year's imprison.
ment by one of the French courts-martial, for attaching a
Fritsch soldier. lie had been previously condemned to death
by another court for a similar crime, but the sentence had
r been quashed through some informality. This 'rash decision
Is a proof of the strict impartiality of the French military
jurisdiction.

TUSCANY.—The Tuscan Monitore says that on
the 13th inst. the grand duke and hie family. arrived
at Siena to "Attires the opening of the principal sec-
tion of the Siena and Empoli Railroad. The popula-
tion received their beloved sovereign with enthn-
slam. Oa the 14th the grand duke and the royal
family assisted at the inauguration of the railroad,
notwithstanding the rain which poured in torrents.
A train compiled of 600 persons set out from the
tunnel of Montearioso at 40 minutes past 12, and at-
rived at Empoli at 40 minutes pest two. It then re-
turned in the same space of tame. The same paper
mentions a rumour current at Florence that the het-
lerophon had left Leghorn for the East.