The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-25 00:00:00

ITALY.

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TURIN, Aram 20.

It seems to se likely Art you may wish to receive
woos tatorrnatioa vial respect to the Congress, in so
at least SS it concern, l'icdmonteie diplomacy.
Dot so hams traasaction has *Ter ISSUIDtd SO *nig- I
araingl so aspect. Orly one thing is certain, which
in t►at it by the time my letter reaches yea Austria
oliould not h..ce accepted the last proposition of
Yranee in i p•rc:se terms, there will no lasyr be
the s►adow of a doubt that was laden:eel at Vienna ;

is that, it seem more than probable, when we con-
sider the peepierations made by the Austrians. 'there
was a kiadol arm felt bereyesterday , some Lombards
lawn/ spread the report that a body of Croats was
enacting ou Magenta. The government took its
premsoiione, and ordered all the garrison to hold
Real is readitiees tor marching towards the frontier.
It wan a groundless flillbOar ; but that the Austrian
1210,0 have sat Mixed from the frontiers, but, on
the tindery, tut they are Jamming to number', is
quite tree; and some appritheesion has been felt at
the .vseeentrales gobs ea at Aare,/ and other
paces not tit from the Lego Maggiore. It would
wise' that their beige is to mask with a large force
the preemies of Alemaedria and CAW', whilst they
moss with huht troops the undefended plain of Val
di non sad of the Lower Novara district with a
view to surpris Turin. The government is care:lA
fortifying in that direction some heights that
the passage of the Dora. It mast not, however, be
begotten that if Austria intends war, it would be
more advantauvons for her to begin it to-day than
to-morrow. &.he is prepared at all point*, which
Preen is no'.
Of the sic powers involved in the present diplo-
matic Wove. three are acting with loyalty and
frankness, soil therm are Sardinia, Rare* and
Prussia; the other three are mysterious sad neintallt.
`able, I mean France, Amtria, and England. IPranla
so her deepatchev, and by the mouth other diploma.
tiara has alwbjs held the same language towards
Piedmont. they have said to us—" Let (hearsay
le second from danger, and we IPruseians shall see
with satisfaction the complete emancipation of the
Peninsula." Russia I. constantly declaring that she
desires to be on friendly terms with Fresco, that she
mtehes Piedmont well, but has no intends. he anew
in • war that may become European. It Inlcastliat
her generals desire it on account of their Worn
hatred of Austria; but people think mareorMm
differently at the court of St. Petersburg. Bat
what can be said of your diplomacy' Lord Madmen.
bury praises and approves theoretically Count'
Cavalier, memorandum ; his pricciple, he says (I am
landing to t.ie lordship) is Italy for Italy;" he
proposes a confederation of the Italian states and
ascludse Austria; he proposes that persons of autho-
rity shall be su m tamed to thecongreasfrom the several
provinces of the Peninsula, sou to throw light on the
real disorders of this country, and to suggest the
remedies; and a few days ego he declared to the
Count Marliani di Bologna that he ardently desired
the freedom of Italy. But then again he either does
not know how, or does not care, to stay Austria's
land ; he hicks 211 her demands and pretensions,
and complain* of Russia, whom he accuses of having
interrupted Lord Cowley's good offices, although it
WWI known to all Europe that Austria had rejected
or eluded every one of that noble lord's propositiose.
The conduct of France is still more singular.
She proposes • disarmament to precede even
the convocation of a ;congress, though she
well knows that it ii impossible for Pied-
mont to accept such terms. How lean Piedmont
amid back to their homes 15,000 volunteers and
upwards? The wont part of it it, that France does
intellect her object, which is that of being thought
matte in her wish for harmony and peace. It is
worthy of note, that Lord blelniesbury and Mr.
Disraeli have cot said a word about the fast proposal
made by France, as stated in the Moniteur on the
19th instant, though it was, even previously to that
data, well known to the two British ministers.
They think it perhaps unsubstantial, and really It
Earthen and the other States are to sit merely
in the Congress ad eassulnid6ino, lake your
judge. in the Ileum of Lords, why of
court.") Sardinia canerot accept such • proposal.
Should the latter be called upon to bit without the
other Italian States, bat with a deliberative voice
and vote, then Austria would not consent; and,
should all the Italian State* assemble in that
Congreseoruh an authority equal to that of the five
Powers, we should the. have either a great majority
of votes ineariably in Aostria's favour, or experience
the utter impuesibility of being unanitraous. Hence
it is not to be wondered at that many persons should
persist in believing that France with three repeated
proposal. of hers i.e merely seeking to gain time, it
being well knowo that she has not more than 20,000
men on the Italian frontier folly equipped and or-
ganised f w taking the field. Nor can we divine
how she con hasten and complete her armaments
Ireton ohs is protesting every day that ate is net
arming, and therefore cannot disarm. The above is
all that I know shoat the Congress. There are hat
two things I look upon as well secertained. Ome
°ethos le, that about a week ago Austria sent to
the Tuileries a kind of ultimatum respecting a
genesaldisermimeot, and that within tight days
the couneatiort of a Coors's should go forth or
war be declared; and the other is, that Sardinia is
weary of h.r own docility end single-mindednese.
Within the hat few days her faith has been severely
tried. Victor Emmanuel feels that the satire Italian
nums has thrown itself into his arms with • gene-
tom troolidence unparalleled in history, and he is
lesobred to march straight on in the path which
destiny has traced out for him.

A talegrapbte despatch from Turin states fiat
tLt Sardinian government has decided, in cam of an
foramen, :Is Lot offering any resistaacekoct the ?routine
of the ►iaddow, but to maintain its atratortioal
lines ease league. :award. 'll3. following better
lii/11 publishes sore dotach of interest
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