The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-14 00:00:00

ITALY.

[Front private correspondence of the firefie, a conserve
five paper.]

Letters from Italy of the Bth instant contain news
of some importance. The journals have spoken of
the discovery at Venice and Verona of a vast eon-
spiracy to assassinate the Emperor and to massacre
ull the Austrian offivers. This is nut quite correct.
A plot indeed does exist, and one not confined to
Milan, but extending throughout Italy: Some
papers seized on the person of a " Vetturtnn " who
journeyed habitually between Rosie and Bologna
atiinsk:d the first indication of the designs of the com-
as tors, and searches since made at Milan and
pea
mice have led to the complete discovery of their
projects. It appears, according to their general plan,
that the first democratic rising in Italy, if a rising
there is to be, will originate in Sicily ; this explains
the great preparations now making fur the defence of
the island, which is armed and fortified in a formid-
able manner. One of our correspondents, usually
well informed, has no doubt that, on the least
symptom of an insurrection, the Austrian garrison
of Ancona will cross the frontier of the Homan states
and march towards the Abruzzi. At Milan the
authorities are fully prepared. The garrison have
received their orders, and the state of siege is
sign-
rously enforced. A man on whom were found some
certificates of Mazzincs loan, was immediately shot.

ROME, Ara. 5.
M. Cesari, one of the keepers of the archives of
the Palace SLllviati, has been wounded by au assassin,
but not dangerously.

THE PENINSULAR MAIL.

The Oriental Company's steam-packet Iberia, Cap-
tain Charles F. Burney, arrived at Southampton
yesterday, and landed her mails, under the charge of
lieut. James Inglis, RN., Admiralty agent. Her
dates are :—Gibraltar, August 4th ; Cadiz, sth; Lis-
bon. 9th ; Vigo, 10th.
The Portuguese news is no later than that pub-
lished yesterday. At Gibraltar there were above
409 natives of Oran performing quarantine (in small
vessels) in the hay. They had fled from that pluec
in consequence of the cholera being again in posses-
sion of the town and neighbourhood.
The Iberia was unable to communicate with
Oporto homeward bound in consequence of a dense
fog, after waiting close off the bar for three hours.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Jett' 15.
The Turkish question has not been neglected in
the conferences of Olmiitz, and in consequence of
instructions issued from thence, Russian and Aus-
trian diplomacy began their campaign in Servia;
fix this is Cie point to which the Russo-Austrian
alliance has directed its activity, as it is the key-
stone of the integrity of the Ottoman empire. The
aim is to disturb Servia, and to put her in opposition
to the sovereign government. I can gives you
some details of the action of Russia in these parts.
It is not loug since the semi-official paper of
Belgrade published a violent article against the
Ottoman government, to the great astonishment of
the authorities. The Pasha of Belgrade grew angry,
and had made by the competent authorities an in;
quiry into the origin of that article. The editor of
the paper was summoned, and he avowed that the
article was sent to him from the Russian consulate,
accompanied by a handsome amount of money.
Shortly before that one of the officers of Rudnik had
been convicted of an attempt to excite a revolt in
&ilia in the name of the Emperor of Russia. Ito
was senteoced to imprisonment for twelve years, and
escaped from prison to Wbldin just when the Rua- I
sian consul at Adrianople was in that town, and •
won the protection of the pasha for the culprit.
who, in consequence, was not delivered up to the
Servian authorities. The Russian embassy at Con-
stantinople took up the afftir, and whilst th'e Servian,
Kayo Bahia, requests only that the dangerous con-
spirator should be removed from the frontier, the
Russians desire a complete amnesty for him. Of
course they feel great sympathy with the man, as it
was in the name of the Russian Emperor that he
hoisted the colours of revolt. At the end of June
Russian intrigues created an unpleasant scene in
the meeting of a literary society. Mr. Muni
Bell, a government official, made there a lout; speech,
inciting the Servians to throw off the shadow of
Turkish sovereignty, and to call the other Sclavo-
nitn people of the empire to arms and independence.
He was of course dismissed front office, but the repe-
tition of such scenes disturbs the principality. Soon
after this had happened, the Russian consul of Bel-
grade, aceompanied by the renowned Wuehieh, pro-
ets.sled to Meliadia in Hungary, to meet there the
Ex-Prince Michael Obrcnovich, the Russian consul of
Adrianople, and the Austrian one of Widdin. These
conferences are held on the frontiers of Turkey. not
only fir the purpose of influencing Servia, but like-
wise Bosnia and Buhtaria.

COLONIAL.

AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.
NEW SOrTII WALES.

We are in receipt of files of Sydney papers from
the 29th of March to the sth of April inclusive.
The Legislative Council met on the 2stlt of March.
At the opening of the session the governor in a short
speech intimated that he had called the conned
together to consider and enact measures for giving
effect to the Australian Colonies Government Act of
the Imperial legislature. Copies of the net and of a
despatch from Earl Grey explaining the objects
the government had in view in passing it, had been,
his excellency stated. laid on the council table. Ile
announced that he would tbrthwith transmit to the
emoted the bills he deemed necessary to give effect
to the act. Ile informed them that he availed him-
self of the presence of the late superintendent at
Port Philip, now Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria,
to obtain suggestions respecting the proper division
of that colony. The address of the council in reply
merely contained general protestations of loyalty; a
declaration that they abstained at the moment from
expressing any opinion Ott the provisions of the
government act, and a promise to give the subjects
mentioned by his excellency their must serious con-
side' ation.

The council did not meet again till the 'lth of
April. when an electoral bill was presented, read a
first time, and ordered to be read a second time that
day week. Mr. IVentworth gave notice that he
would, on the ttth of April, move for a select com-
mittee to ercparo a remonstrance against the Austra-
lian Colonies Government Act. Mr. Donaldson gave
notice of a motion to address the governor on the
subject of land and emigration. An address to the
g wernor was voted unanimously, praying him to
place on the supplementary estimates a vote of 2,000/.
fur an expedition in search of Dr. Iwiehltardt.
Great elliwts were being made out of doors to get
up an opposition to the Electoral Bill, and more par-
ticularly to its provisions for the division of the co
luny into electoral districts. The opposition air
pcared to come principally from the democratic
party in Sydney, and to arise from an apprehension
that the division proposed was too favourable to the
stockholding interest.

The delegates front Victoria nod Tasmania, to in-
vite the inhabitants of New South Wales to join the
Anti-Transportation League, had arrived in Sydney.
A grand banquet was given to them on the 3rd of
April, nod on the 7th a great public nulling wad
held. It was unanimously resolved that the Austra-

lion Anti-Convict Associaiiun of Svdney should be
dissolved, and that all its membissa should enrol
themselves in the league. The sense of the meeting
was unequivocally expressed in tin-our of agitating
for an entire abailition of convict transportation to
every part of Australasia. Mr. Lamb (a member of
the legislative council), who moved the first resolu-

tion, and Mr. Josephson, who seconded, each pro•
raised a subscription of 11)0 guineas towards the ex-
penses of the league. The secretary also unaounccd
sunseriptions of 100 guineas each from another gen-
tleman and from two mercantile firms.