The Express.
London, England, 1848-02-11 00:00:00

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of the same date, containing various statements of
circumstances which are alleged to have preceded the
decision of the king to yield to the pressure of public
opinion, are made public from day to day. According
to one of these the king was in the highest state of
entaspefation when he was informed of the complete
unanimity which prevailed among the people, who
were assembled in the Strada di Toledo. It was at
this moment a note was delivered to him from General
Roberti, the commander of the Fort of Saint-Elme, to
whom he had sent orders to bombard the town.
" BIM" most nobly replied Roberti, " I have not
the heart to bombard a city which has flourished for
so bray ages, over which your ancestors have long
reigned; liar to massacre an inoffensive and unarmed
population. In this cruel alternative I prefer offering
my Son to your majesty."
Ferdinand war reeding this letter, worthy of being
registered in the history, when Statella, military go-
vernor of Naples, presents himself; A Sicilian by
birth, this general also refuses to command the fire
against a population alike without arms and hostile
intentions. The fury of Ferdinand then exceeds all
bounds. With clenched fist, with eyes sparkling
with rage, he thrusts his minister out of the door,
vociferating, at the same time, "You are all traitors!
I dismiss you all!"
On the next day the king yielded. If the facts
have taken place in this manner, what must we augur
from his promises ?

Letters from Italy, quoted by the Union Monar-I
chique, say that the Sicilians had agreed to accept the
constitution as proposed by the king but on two con-
ditions, the first of which was, that the constitution
should be guaranteed by England; and the second,
that a prince of the blood royal obi:mid reside at Pa-
lermo as governor.
The same letters add that, immediately after the
publication of the new cmititution at Naples, the
representatives of the three northern courts addressed
to King Ferdinand a protest against the measure,
as inconsistent with the conditions of secret treaties,
which bed been formerly signed isetweeek Naples and
their courts respectively. These conditions deprived
the king, it is said, of the power of granting liberal
institutions to his states.
The Patric has the following from Milan, dated the
4th :—" The scenes at Milan have been repeated at
Brescia. The soldiers, coming out of their barracks in
a state of intoxication, paraded through the town, in-
sulting the citizens. Sure of being supported by their
commanding officer, they carried their ivaolence so far
as to assault the citizens as they passed along, till the
latter lost allipatience,and,rushing upon their assailants,
a conflict ensued. There were losses on both sides; bet
that on the part of the soldiers is said to have been
the greatest. In fact, it is asserted that when the
mail left five Hungarian soldiers were dead of their
wounds.—The Archbishop of Milan has just received
a letter from the Pope, reproaching him with his
coldness in the good cause. It says that, at the mo-
ment of the massacres of Jan. 3, he should have gone
into the streets, in his pontifical robes, surrounded by
his clergy, to protect the people."
Letters from Vienna say that nothing mit exceed
the vigour and activity with which Austria is pur-
suing its military preparations. Large orders for the
fabrication of arms have been transmitted to the
Prussian manufactories, and especially to that of Solin-
gen, where 7,000 cayslry sabres are ordered to be
delivered by the let of March.

FURTHER EXPRESS FROM PARIS.
One Paris letter of last night confirms the anticipa-
tions in the letter of our correspondent of the morn-
in. The funds have declined considerably un
theg influence of the debate on the reform questiondin
er
the Chamber. The Threes fell at the close of business
on the Bourse to 74, and a further decline was ex-
pected in the Conlisse. Railway shares fell 10f.
It is said that government have determined to put
down the reform meetings by force.
The greatest exasperation prevails on both sides,
and the most frantic menaces are ntterred.
The funeral oration of O'Connell was delivered in
Notre Dame yesterday. The chur..h was crowded in
every part with an assembly in which the lowest
classes so largely predominated that it was difficult
,to discover the presence of any other.
Prince Czartoriski gave a grand dinner yesterday
at the Hotel Lambert, at which the members of the
O'Connell family now in Paris, Count Montalembert,
and the partisans of the Polish cause wore present
The party were expected to go to the Jardin d'Hiver,
in the Champs Elysee,in the evening, where a demon-
stration would take place.
At the time our correspondent closed his despatches,
the debate on the reform question in the chamber had
not been concluded, and was not likely to be concluded.
M. Gnizot had not yet spoken, and would probably
speak before the division. An adjournment to this
day was, therefore, certain. Much agitation still pre-
vailed in the chamber.
The Herahlo publishes a letter from Paris, in which
it is stated that the King of the French has consented
that the Duchess de Montpensier shall visit Madrid
in May next, in compliance with the repeatedly ex-
pressed wishes of the queen. The Duke de Montpen-
sier is to accompany her. Constant correspondence
is, it is said, kept up between the two royal sisters.
We learn from Cologne that General Radowitz and
the Count de Colloredo passed through that city on
the 4th, on their return from Paris. They were to
proceed together to Berlin, from whence the Aus-
trian envoy-extraordinary would proceed to Vienna.
Prince Czartoriski has written to the Vbats to
state that he considers the rumours which have been
spread of the King of Sardinia having applied to the
Polish emigrants, and among others to his son, to take
service in the Sardinian army, to be unfounded. His
eon, he says, has gone to Italy, but it was for family
reasons, and not on an invitation " by which," says
the prince," he would without doubt have been greatly
honoured, and which be would have accepted with

gratitude."
The Maritime Prefect of Cherbourg has received
orders to keep the frigate Perrone and the steam-
corvette Chaptal ready to start for the Mediterranean.
Pasta Fro. 10. New Lean, —; Throe per Cents., 71 ID ;
Fines, 116 75 ; Yam-and-Half, —; Pours, 99 50. Belgian Fives,
1540, 99; do. 1912, —; Ds. Four-and-a-IIZG 911. Naples Rent.,
—. Roman limn, 05. Treasury Bonds, q. Bank Shares, 3193.
Exchange on London, sight, 23 35.
ltorirsva—Parts and Orleans, 1,176 ; Parte and Rouen, 666 2and 5 ;
Rouen and Havre, —; AVI4DOII and Marseilles, 330 ; Strasbourg
Bee, 137 59 ;CentreVierson,—; Bordeaux, 475 ; Wirth, 534 73.
From Madrid we have news to the 4th. Espar-
tero's conduct hal been censured by some liberals, as
calculated to compromise his influence. Ilia neglect
of the Queen Mother is deemed impolitic. News has
been received of some savage outrages in Clatalonia.
RAPP, Fp. 4.—Three per Cents., vca
i sh, at 30 days.
Four per Cents, 161 paper. Five per Cents., 17 at 30 clays, 16 13-16
cash. l'avalvea, 31 paper. j {ash. Guurans, 12 paper. Bank of St.
Ferdinand, 1201 cash. Exchange on London, 47 90-190 Pah.