The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-10 00:00:00

TAX MIAMI 0.? WAS.

Boma account of the provinces which are destined
to aiford the principal fielded battle in theopening campaign
will be acceptable to oar radars at the present moment. The
StEele says—. Lombardo-Venethi is in feet the tree theatre
of a war harms for It. aim the deliverance of Italy. Anent*
' knows this well • and it is on that territory that she has
accumulated her defensive panning." After some further pre-
fatory remarks, the writer continues thus—" The military
frontier of Piedmont commences, properly uesithg, et the
diets on the north of the Po, and at the &riots, on the south,
with the advanced defences of the Gogna on the one part,
and the Stith= on the other. But the numerical innings
of the Piedesonteee having compelled them to fall back on
pennon, more central, for awaiting the junction with the
French army, and the enemy having concentrated his chief
forces on the left bank of the Po, the defences of this beak
have feign from the Ticino to the Dora Bakes* exclusively.
It le there that dispositions have been made for an energetic
resistance to the Au.trials. The defensive front of the
allied armies forms, therefore, a broken line stretching from
Ines, where it reels on the connterforts of the Savoy Alpe,
to Genoa, following the course of the Dora Beltea and
that of the Po from Verna to the vicinity of Camber), then
the &Avg and the Apennines from Gaol to Genoa.
The strength of this line a very irregular one, as may be
seen by treeing it out on the map, consists especially in the
angle braid at its centre by the Po and the Team, from
Conk to Akelandris, entn Values for an intennediery
point. This angle comprises a apace of nearly forty kilo-
metres, whe:e the enemy euconnters the obstacles of two
rivers and of three strongholds. Casale la the that of those,
and neat is Valenta, which in itself is of no gnat strate•
Steal importance, but acquires it by resent of he proxi-
mity to Aleseandria, the key of all the petitions.
Alessandria, a very strong city, situated on the right bank of
the Tenures poresw an entrenched camp and a van citadel
so the left Mak. It commands the entire district com-
prised between the northern slope of the Apennine, the Ta-
lmo, the Bormide, and the Upper Po. We may conceive
the oifficulties there would be II foreleg en army if concen-
trated and supported et thus three places. If the point of
Tamesr on account of the bend of the Po at this spot, offers
the senulant certain facilities for intercepting the oommuzi-
sedans between Alessandria and Casale, it offers quite as
many to the allied army for debonching amid the Austrian
reolurene, manceaming by the left bank of the river. The
position we have been describing IA excellent, therefore,
for purposes of defence. On the other hand, we ouch; to
remember that the Sardinian General of Engineers, Mena-
bra, has covered with entrenchments the lower course of the
Dora Belles, end It would he highly rash on the part of the
enemy to advance in front against this obstacle by the left
bank of the Po, leaving on hie fent end rear the French and
Italian army collected near Almeandria, and command-
ing the roads from Casale and Valenta. Hence the
enemy appears to have renounced so hareedoue a
mamenvre. The last part of oar front of dehisce com-
prises the Serbia sad the Apennines as far as Genoa.
This part of our lines acquires considerable importance under
the circumstances that render Genoa one of the chief bases of
the allied army. In fact it may be said, that If Turin is the
Piedroontese basis, Genoa be the point through which the
oomtounicationa with France are most speedy and certain.
From this there arises the necessity of keeping perfectly free
the road leading from this city through Gael to Alemendria.
Tbis route is tolerably well defended by the Scrivia, but its
true etestagetical point is Noel, lying on a plateau that com-
mends the outlet of the mountains and of the plain. The
occupstion of this point by the enemy, detaching Genoa
from Alsegatdris, would intercept the reinforcements arriving
by ens; This will show of what importance the position is
for w. '
The foregoing survey would he incompletewithout a glance
at Tuscany, which, through its revolution may be said to
have entered the militery line of the Italians. The same
article horn which we have quoted, proceeds as follows
We have only to give a glenoe at the map to see that this
country is separated from the Austrian forces occupying the
legations sat the duchies by the breadth of the Apennines.
This mountain cline, c innectiag Tneesey with the Franor
Sardinian army, protects it in the pretest state of deities
against every attempt on the part of Austria. Mrs
explains why Perms, situated in the plain, at
the outlet from Minnie and Piacenza, hes bees
unable to maintan its national ineurrection, whilst Hama
and Florence, protected by the Apennines, have not only
maintained theirs, but been able to organise their oontine
gents and provide for the safety of the country on the side of
Bologna, by sending a corps of obeetvation to the outlet of
the mountairm. Besides., the Awnless are already too much
occupied at other points to detach a corps of observation
against Tummy, and ehould they try I', a French division,
that may be lauded in forty-eight hours at Leghorn, waned
frustrate the attempt."
The following is from the Atbsts :—The valley of the Po,
r ill divided at the prseent day gal old betw. en the two king-
doms of Piedmont and Lombardy, is nevertheless ow of times
countries that seem to here been most intended by nature to
ham • pohtte.l and social unity. The Alps ea the Apr
ahem, that surround it on every side except on the east,
whirs It is bounded by the Adriatic, tram out frontiers for
ft that are mere scourst•ly defined than any other region et
Europe ; end the outlets it possesses on two seas, outlets
that are pessoted on the west b' the mountain* of Laguna.
and on the east by the humus in which the mouths of the
Pe, Adige, end Brenta are absorbed—would to all appearance
were for It both safety and easy external oommmications.—
admirable conditions for wealth and prosperity. The phi-
ioroptier and the [o momist, when the din of arms does
not distract them in their seecalattow, when they can
devuts themselves in pima' to their theories of production
and cf happineu for the human rose, would hardly find on
earth spots more capable of mettles their imagination than
this vest and be lutifol berm, so well defended by the gigantic)
summits of the Alpe against the winds sad hosts of the
north, eo well too by the Apennines against the hods of the
'math and the withering breath of the sirocco. Tame, upon1
a length hoot cast to west of nearly 600 kilometres, sad with
en average breadth from north to south of about 160 kiie-
metre., an area is formed of more than 1,000 snows :eyrie-
metres, that enjoys a delicious climate, that le qatekessit by
the great artery of :he Po. together with its tributaries, and
by a system of unequalled irrigation, that is covered too,
through the benign Magna of tune and the worked townie
falling from the mountains around, with ea 'Envied Zee;
fertile se to yield sight crops a year ; so bountiful has
easealaglv &sired to be to this privileged lead, the true
-Us of Europe."

• There Is =ether dyer called Dorsi/Ike mho fills int.
the Po, newer Turin, aid which swat sot b confounded
with tae Dora Thaw.

THE PROVISION Tit= AND TUE WAIL—Wo
(Time) understand that the French government have
traded kw the immediate delivery, at Mannino Rad Toulon,
of 20,100 mil of beef and post, and a vessel Is now loading
la Georges dock, Liner fool, with 3,000 rade, remolding
el the ordrrs being distributed wow the petecipll purls of
the kiaidom. The sudden dards which have thus been
masks upon the provision market Dave mooed considerable
excitnenear, the supply being street. Notvidistandfrg table
bean demada however, tbe prices of both beef and pork
we mew 20 re cent. lower thus after the outbreak of the
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