The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-22 00:00:00

geld of action will esennence with as adventage. Horsily
speaks& of eons% the picture le maned.
In fowler times there would he little more to say about
this aids bat to await the lone of the inevitable invasive.
But the idegrepla has altersd all things. The mime wires
which have told us of the &mead whir& General Malay has
made by direelks of his Imperial neater here ►y this time
swig to the court of Vienna the strangest protest of Eng.
lend against this hasty and haughty menace. The Emperor
of the French is non► Is possemion of those sigma:eat words
which were spoken by Lord Derby at the termination of his
speech. Napoieca 111. has, moreover, heard of the move-
ments that are being made in Germany ; and he can-
not but suspect that, when Freesia puts her troops ha
motion, it Is not without tome knowledge of the part which
Russia is prepared to play in the gnat drams. He can look
around, therefore, sad see that hie chosen antagonist
is likely to be able to devote the whole resources of her
empire to the coaled which he Ilse challenged. He must by
this time have have meditated on the fact that Ramis, Gee.
away, sad England have warned an attitude already pas-
sively hostile, and are tending towards a state of even active
coercion, if fortune should give him victory in the war,
end If his ambition should carry him beyond ceetain
very narrow limits of aggression. We may discern
a spark of hope, tberefoce, that Louis Napoleon
m■y not make a hasty rush to take up the glove that is
now so rashly thrown down; sad that time may yet enable
Eoglsnd to prevail upon Aueltia to retract it. There is still
a faint chance that we may induce Austria not to precipitate
a war just at the time when matters have taken such a torn
that there was some real hope of an accommodation. It
would sot be right, however, to hang much weight upon
this slenakr thread. It is not a very promising prospect to
hops to dump the purpose of a stubborn power, exulting in
her military superiority, by diplorastieing her through the
talegvaph•

(Pion the Rut.)

Austria has virtually declared war. The cabinet of Vienna I
refuses to mgettate, and has directed the c =mender of its
armies In Lombardy to emaroon &alai* to disarm, and to
disband bee volunteer corp. withM three days. This vit./rue
sad madden brutality lad a piece with the general conduct
of Austria in Italy ; but we think the people of England will
receive with not a little surprise the news that Austria bas
treated with the most utter contempt our proposition', at the
very moment when they seemed about to moored
in esraldishing pacific marediations. What is to be
done la sow the question. We answer, and we its confident
the whole Inglieh nation will answer—since Austria has

jacked we, let her fight it out with Italy and France. Be
it ours he anon the strictest neutrality, and to tee our
unmet smirevonro to prevail os the whole of Europe to
purees the erne line. We may at least now prevent the
wee from 'greedier. The matter In dispute originally
en the Arnim inhume to Central Italy, and the
miagenenment of the Innen Stater The rotation
sow urns bow proportkee. By viz trestles ale
Armonk eat Arida will now light for the deetnetion of
Pleimmt end tin oreinklition of her empire la Italy;
while fames, lad the liberal piny of Italy will
eadonon to expel the Anierlins from the swim panned&
la this eldest do gown el Ragland, outraged by the tyrew
nee el Austria, sapped by her infamous earession, will
brandy join is sondment. But " neutrally" should be our
try, viervieg M oinsines to ma the great measure of Eng-
land el they've" tier. The war should be one for the free-
dom et hay, end this inestry would moot undoubtedly dis-
reunionism and resist say attempt, If any ever were oon-
templated, to substitute Frain for Austrian run
(Foxe the Hirai.)

There can be no doubt that is has precipitating a crisis
Austria has committed • gram and terrible mistake. Her
raters have risked a conflict at the nemneut that hopes of an
accommodatica began to strive. They have destroyed at
we
Wow that sympathy felt for their mum se long m they
were cultist to act purely upon the defensive sad to re-
strict themselves to the preparations that a power menaced
with attack had a legitimate right to adopt. It would be
vain for on to attempt to creosol the grave error of which,
by its fatal precipitancy, the Austrlaa government has been
guilty. For various meow this state had grown us-
popular with the public in massy parts of Europe, and
its conduct during the Crimean struggle rendered the
greatest Gentles mammy. For twit a state deliberately
to ma the risk of pillaging Europe into war is an unpardon-
able offence. A short delay would have put the sincerity of
the other litigants to the test, and Atuteis, as wallas Europe,
might have beer ambled to discriminate between friends and
tom. trader these circumstance, to reject the amicable and
reasmiable proposition of England, sad to resist an ultima-
tum, with cagy three days for oeselderstion„ wed a premi-
um that must tend to bring the Amides yeeernasest late
diecredit. We have name to believe that, had Mie sageds-
goes ormtiessd, an amicable ninths of the while question
would have been speedily loomed; sad vs egeel that Austria
should have broken them and sasawares that
will incur the censure of all Mame lovers ef peace. So
long as Austria displayed a cadency to set with impartiality
and moderation she found friends; bet Now that she has
drawn the sward and thrown away the ecabbard, her rulers
seed not be surprised to And a very Abreast feeling anima-
ting the rule. a and the people of this end other countries.
The Warier of mace are well understood and appreciated
and any erasion wank on its in•emity is sum to meet with
general ocadmination. Austria has bees the first to provoke
the writs, and her rulers must not be surprised if their crime
involves a fistful retribution.

CITE OF LONDON ELECTION.

The following reply has been returned by Load
Stanley to the conservative nonionic° :

" 23, at. lisases-mciArt, April 20, 1859.

ean,—The importance of the eminenl which you made
tr me en Monday, in the name ot the gentlemen who at-
meepenied yea, end ef Mese who signed the requirition
bo Mr. Nebe mad muff, must be my racism for
havieg deemed my reply to that proposal until to
• I need not hire repeat that which I stated verbally
on themeseion of our beterview, that to repayment the city of
Landes wee in my judgment an honour of which the most
imperial:ad and dlatingthhed rah& servant might be prowl,
end OM to have bees thought worthy of each an honour by
more tina 2,000 of the electors of London was a compliment
for midi I email never meet* feel grateful to Mashy whom
it wee paid. Various *commentate, hewer, have Lewd on
me the .envious that I ought not to mme forward es a ceadi-
date for the representation of the City, eves were swore m-
oor* and were it certain that I shoald be able to Waits, on
• Mews osmium, the support of all by whom I might be
supported now. The claims of se vast and important a eon-
&dismay must teceeserily Interfere with the due perform-
sane el Wise edicial fasetions for which even at permit
tbe unmet whereas that I can pat forth barely wales.
It would be neither eansiastery to myself nor jest to the
electors that I should swept the adios of their representative
on the implied condition of leaving sahltilled sway of the
dudes which that eflice Imposes; nee could I reamosahly ex-
pect that such • condition weld be aseestel to by theme
whets lairweate it sinned. It wield not be possible for me,
septa se I no, to seder upon • ammo or to eland asst.
lap teethe de inee; mod I easel Mat beware that teenage
la • ceded without those preliminaries mead be "many
to isemese the risk el Saila. Oa ail the peso& I het
cowpond to dean, smiting wed' of the wry flatbniag
offer which you have made me. It is with einem regret
mad with • feeling of gratitude to which these few and arty
lime will do but scanty junkie—l emesia, Yr, year obliged
and obedient servaat, aTANlAT.—Calieldge J. Kinnard,
Zan."

The oonairrative committee in giving publicity to the letter
express tbe'r bAkt that it lastilice them in estectablog the
cosedent seammace that Lord atesdep mold, If elented, un-
hesitatingly aer•pt the rep etentatlen at the city in parlia-
ment; and they are, therseem, ten, Weaved to matinee
their •Crte to place him at the head ad the pall at the_ sow-
tag election.

Exrants or CONTI/TING Cotrwrits.—Oat of
11l amokr and dtakker a/ anneks la lk• UAW Kingdom,
47 erne mesas& s 4 the seem& died= whisk tech place
moo 17 bee yews ego. ml ewe retard by
podium& et the expenses 1 the wirier eserliester, 17
el these °seal orestateseehe kY to She my roly to
the requieltire, and the.. mere wade truperkki returns.
Tes rem/eft 27 were re rased es fralsve :—Ayrebirs,
malt ; ardaW% 2,4041 ; Berwhishire. ; Cue- I
haileiehire,ll,lloBl.(cersaty), 6,31.1.; Camborland,
Wert 4.1M111. ; Derbyshire, Boots, 10;234/4 Desoerhire,
Nerd. 13.7221. • Derertabire. 12,1 W.; Dahlia (meaty),
7.00N.' Masi: Ihretb, 14,4701. ; Poem 84w1a, 4,3101;
Dlrestritlll/1.; Galway (society) 1,1141 ; Olaworgor..
Atm • Heat., North, 1,9117 i. ; lisatised,ll4l/(1,
4.4411.; keadbright, 1,1181.; Lesseirkirr, UW4 Lew
hod feetenly MTG. ; Loath (cowry), 4,0901.; Niddk sex,
stria; , Boo* 11,47 W. ; et4fordeltho,
eel, 9,2604 ; 83sti, 11,6721.;
reatiligarvartli 1111.6. 9.77 W.: kW, 171.9491. The
ages= veldt are &embed se leareed ke the convey-
ors el velem is the pelt he 36 of the.. eueleelel mate
&mks, eesecete r 1111.7111., whit, the moue dm pelt
eleellemeleg gloats ezetenete in 24 mot, eautieratiee to
emu/. This does sot bade& the eaboilieele erase eve
ohm Ito. paid *sanatory, and aseseigna, bsis elisit we
Amid probetkly bare the mown eweord eimelierebly alarm
100,0001. kr 28 rnealtaaacks.