The Express.
London, England, 1859-07-28 00:00:00

THE DUCHIES.

On the 23rd the headquarters of the staff of the
Tuscan divieion was moved to Modena. The govern-
ment of that town has passed a decree summoning
the National Ounrd to famish immediately detach-
ments for the defence of the provinces of the State,
and authorising the formation of volunteer Corp..
By a decree of the government of Tuscany the
electoral lists were to be posted up on the 23rd, and
to remain so till the day of election. Copies of these

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lista were to be egg dialog the two days that they
remained poked up to the municipal officers of the
different towns.

Letters from Florence announce it as probable that
Butincompagni, the Sardinian Commissioner Extra-
ordinary, would quit that town at the time of the
elections, that there might be no shadow of suspi-
cion that the Bardinisn government wished to exer-
cise the slightest influence on the popular will of
the country. The following proclamation to the
Tuscan army was published at Florence by the pro-
visional government on the 22nd inst. :
Soldiers of the Tuscan Army—The government joyfully
welcomes the day of your entombing return. If eaten
has &Ma to your velour the perils of the strife end the re-
ward' of victory, she will open to your discipline another and
not lass hosourable field in Tuscany.
Mire your °sentry awaits your arrival to give additional
majesty to the solemn cosulleatetion of its wishes. Your
arms will aot have to subdue interest seemies. The °m-
ooed of the tilde.', which, flunks to your own, his never
been distal:4d, will be named more secure, sow that, fa
order to make the peace lasting, it Is desired to cookie ear
lot to a sceptre which shall not be Amelia& bra mamma.
Whoever should dare to offend the =pity of the
which is providing in freedom for the anselloraticailt
future, whoever should threaten our hastier@ would be re-
pulsed by you se the greatest of our enemies. Bsymtfeg
from you this great service with catildestoe and esctloa, the
whole country honours you greatly, bemuse it recogebes fn
you the intrepid guardians of its solemn calmness and its
wise liberty.
Soldiers, the government meads' to yea, as well es b the
National Guard, the protection of Tomenes most mond
right, that of pronouncing freely as a soversipty, national,
constitutional, and of a nature to presrve to her her ancient
civiliestion, sad to secure for her 6es6 independence.
(Signed) C. BIJONCOMPAONI, Co-'ltandODlr
Estracedlnary of Victor Emmanuel
during the wee of indepmdmos.
Ittoesetz, and others, Mmisters.
It is stated that the Grand Duke of Tommy has
expressed his intention to renounce the throw in
favour of his eon, the hereditary Archdale. The
dread Duke intends, it is said, to reside in Bohemia,
when he bee great estates.
A Paris letter in the Nord says :
It is not °onset, as certain journals have Mated, that say
of the Preach troops an to amen the duchies. Those only
who me at Some will remain, the !present, wheel
In
are. Nowhere alas will there,
be any military interveation
'Steeper letter in the same journal says
I have already spoken to you of a eemUtsm which
wsald give Tammy so the Deohess of Panne la mss that
should be celled for by the people. TM drama,
primers
refuses, it is said, to accept that 1)0111plelladlle, an-
lass there be a voluntary remodel= me the part el the
Cof Austria and Lorraine. Bat the Grand Doke
old 11., in abdioatiag, has transmilied his rights to his
sou, so that the plan falls to the grand. The latter patios.
it Is mid, has engaged to give a censtitettos *Tunny, sad
' the Duke of Modena and the Dubose of Parma mks the
some promise,. By mesas of these cenessions some hopes
are entertained that the people in abs decades will In she end
Molds on receiving them.- In the plan of a confederation fur
Italy. all the states will have the Italia Sag.