The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-23 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.

" The general commend of the two armies," says
the .11 ord," is admirably organised. General orders,
clear and precise, evidently supervised by the Em-
peror Napoleon, keep the chiefs of the corps
d'armee informed of all that puns, and of the move-
ments that are to be executed. King Victor
Emmanuel bu placed himself and his army under
the Emperor's orders, as a simple commander of •
corps d'artnee. The orders from the head-quarters
bear this formula, full of military simplicity, and
showing the intimacy of the relations between the
two sovereigns, the two armies, and the two nations:
—" The King and the corps trarrate will conform to
the following regulations.'

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The Tuscan Moniterst believes that the Austrian
general, Benedek, who was wounded at Casale on
May 8, has since died at Piacenza, after an amputa-
tion.

A Turin letter in the Debuts, from M. Amedee
Achard, states that the wife of a well•koown Pied-
moatese deputy, a young woman who was in the
fourth month of her pregnancy, fell a victim to the
brutality of a band of Uhlans, and has died from the
consequences of the outrage.
. . . . .

A letter from Toulon states the following to be
the strength of the Freuch fleet in the harbour :
"jn commission—the Bretagne, 140 guns; the Ville
de Paris, 120 guns; the Algesims, 100 guna; the
Redoubtable, 100 guns; the Napoleon, 90 guns
the Fontenay, 90 guns ; the Donawerth, 80 guns;
and the Saffron, gunnery ship. The re-
serve is composed of the Montebello, 120
gnus; the Friedland, 120 guns; the Souvrain,
120 guns; the Fleuru•, 100 guns; the Navarin,
100 guns; the Prince Jerome, 100 guns; the Jena,
90 guns; the Charlemagne, 90 guns; and the Da-
perre, 82. I use the term ' reserve,' although the
authorities declare the ships to be laid up in or-
dinary; for they are moored stem on to the quay on
which are their guns, arranged in order and ticketed
ready for shipment. The stores are all stowed away
,ready at band, and the crews are in Toulon ready
to be marched on board. The Napoleon and Eylsu,
accompanied by two steam frigates, have sailed for
the Adriatic, under Admiral Jurien de Lagravidre."
In consequence of the news received from the seat
of war, the S wise Federal Council, in an extraordinary
sitting, has decreed the sending of one battalion and
two companies of carabineers from Geneva to the
Canton Tessin, under the command of the Staff-
Major of the Seventh Division.

A telegram from Vienna lays : " Garibaldi
arrived on the 21st at Mona with 4,000 men.
The Swiss Federal Council has despatched
two companies of sharpshooters, one company of
Chasse urs, and a battalion of infantry to the Canton
Tessin. The general staff of the ith corps d'armee from
Geneva will follow. Novara is still ocoapied by the
Austrians. Garibaldi is to operate from Mona
against Laveno. The Austrians have retired in per-
fect order to Pavia and Piacenza."

SARDINIA.

(FROM 001 OWN

OCCIMIA.NO, ON THE ROAD PROM CANALS
TO ALESSANDNIA (PIZIOIONTEIi Hi&D•
QUANTUM), MAT 19.

The first rewards have been distributed. King
Victor Emmanuel, who since Tuesday last has had
his head-quarters in this place, has hoed an order
of the day in which he gnats the silver medal of
military valour to 14 officers and soldiers, and the
honourable mention (meisione onorecole) to 30
others. These brave men have distinguished them-
selves in the actions and reconnaissances of

Frusinetto, Valerzr, Vercelli, Casale, Casein Stria,
aid San Germano. The prodigious activity of the
King and General I.a Marmora can easily be inn-
glued when I tell you that before daybreak they
are both oa horseback inspecting our lines and
giving orders as circumstances require. His
Majesty (who yesterday received a visit from
the Emperor Napoleon in this place) is deeply
affected by the reports of Austrian cruelties which
every day reach us from the invaded country.
The positions of the allied armies have scarcely
changed since my last letter. There is, of coarse, a
constant marching of French and Piedmonteee divi-
sions towards the centre of the Austrian lines, but the
movements are so rapid, and are kept so secret, that
it is almost impossible to follow them even on the
map. Since the day before yesterday, Marshal Ban-
gutty d'Hilliers' head-quarters have been removed to
Tortoni. His excellency has taken up his quarters in
the palace of Marquis del Garofolo,who was fortunate
enough to present the old warrior with the very
map on which the first Napoleon traced the
movements of his army before the battle of Marengo.
You have not forgotten that on that memorable day
the headquarters of the First Consul were esta-
blished at Torre del Garofolo, a sort of country-
house, which belonged and still belongs to that
noble family. In the joy of the victory the histo-
rical map had been forgotten, and, as may
be easily conceived, it became a treasure with
the family. The arm-chair on which Des-
nix expired is equally preserved by the
Garofolos. The outposts of the marshal's corps
d'armee are now placed at Centime. and Cuteggio.
This is to be regarded as the extreme position of oar
right wing. Our centre is still formed by the dif-
ferent corps which strongly occupy those
positions, which from Tortona lengthen them-
selves towards Alessandria, Valenzr, Occimiamo,
Mortars, down to Casale. The extreme left of the
allied armies reaches as far as Biella, where Gari-
baldi is posted with his daring Caociatori dells
Alpi. The well-known General Cialdini is still at
Casale, bat his division is inspecting the country
around, and is always to be found where there is
dauger.

A powerful corps d'armBe will pass through Turin
either to-day or to-morrow. It comes from Suss,
and will be directed either on the Po or on Vercelli.
The allies are thza swelling their number every
day. The enlistment of Italian volunteers is not
discontinued, and I have been told that Colonel
Antossi, a Swim' officer, and General Zsmbecari, a
Bolognese nobleman, have been entrusted by
Count Cavour with the organisation of two
new regiments, which will be called the
Cacciatori Italiaai. A Piedmontese officer of the
general staff told me this morning that the number
lof volunteers is already 30,000. Money is collected
for dressing and equipping them. The :Marchioness
Pallvicjno Trivolgio is at the head of a committee of
ladies who collect funds for the purpose. Mar-
chioness Teresa Doria does the same work at
Genoa. Count Ala Ponzoae, a rich nobleman from
Cremona, has sent from Paris a battery of
eight guns, three horses, and 8,000 francs, to be
given es a patriotic present to the corps of Gari-
baldi. This brave general is still the idol of
Italians and the terror of Croats. He has a good
number of French, Swiss, and even English volun-
teers amongst the men under his command. He
leads his battalions to the attack and is always to be
found in the thick of the fire. Your readers will
remember the accounts of him when he
was at Rome. He was then clad in a
most picturesque though eccentric costume—
half Spanish and half Italian of the middle ages.
The mantis has been got rid of, and the Garibaldi of
the present day has assumed the elegant uniform of
a Piedmontese general. His men are dressed with
• green tunic with white trimming over the
shoulder., the officers' of silver. The corps
of Guides wear a grey jacket with black
trimming, on the hussar fashion, large trouserl
of the same colour, • sabre, and a Coles revolver.
They are always ahead on their good chargers,
and are much feared by Austrian sharpshooters and
Croat marauders. The spirit of our army could
not bs better—it is panting for the day of action.
P.S.—As I am closing my letter I hear that the
Austrians have left Vercelli after destroying the
fete de pent they had erected. They have also
retired from Straddle, carrying with them as
hostages the two Counts Pisan!, and ten other
&sting rushed citizens of that town.

DEATH OF THE KING OF

NAPLES.

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(0101 001 OWN C01101TOND1NT.)
ROME, SCNDAY EVENING.
The Vng of Naples died at half-past one o'clock
this afternoon.