The Express.
London, England, 1859-07-19 00:00:00

ITALY.

SARDLNIA.

Waal ors owi

TURIN, Jots 14.

It is impossible foe me, or for wipes, I bellows,
however skilful his pea may be, to desezika the ries-
found grief that ham befallen this city almost distill-
tamosely with the am of pesos. It is grief sad
stupor combined-4 gloomy silence only broksa

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cries and imputations. It does not woe inbe I
the mind el a single Piedunatese that he has gained
loubudy t all 'slain, "Italy's bondage remains;
the wretched bat rums Verestiase are betrayed ;
this its • semi treaty of Quips Fannie r Oar in.
telligence from the Tautness, arriving as it doss
every hoar, anomie's the same Iniversal feeling
and opinion. All are alike amazed, afflicted, pen-
etrated. The hells( at Milan is one of unutterable
wee, everyone the,. hada rejoiced at his liberation
from the Aestrian yoke; bet now the young and
old bewail amidst compassion and rage the fate of
%mike. the 'upended emancipation of Italy in de-
fiance of such explicit promisee, so solemnly given
and repeated by the mouth of power, and such as no
monarch before had ever uttered. The only preen
for whom, in this new misfortase of Italy, the Tens-
ratios, love, and *atheism of the people increase,
is Victor Risaaarasl. Yesterday evening, at three-
queues past seven, be =tend Milan, amid shoats
as raptwoue as use Prime rensieed ham hie people-
There had bun a 11100 if that he wished to abdi-
cate, hut as that act would sot in the least improve
the state of things, I consider that either the rumour
was false, or that the King doss not mean to per-
sist in his resolution. The excitement of the Sar-
dinians, and, indeed, of every Italian, would
be too great for the preservation of free
institutions in this kingdom, were it not
tempered by the entire faith reposed by all in
the tried and exemplary loyalty of Victor Emma-
nuel, who is every inch a gentleman. Doubtless,
Austria will leave no stone unturned to impede the
freedom of the prow and the tribune; she will con-
tend that without censorship and restraint pesos
will be impossible, and that the Piedmonts"' and
Lombards will recommence the moral war earried
on so successfully from 1848 to 1839. We all hope
here that England, on this point at least, will not
fail to help Piedmont energetically. A person who
has read with his own eyes the preliminaries of peace
signed on the 12th instant informs me that Pee-
ehiera and Mantua, although
,both of them are in
the Lombard territory, will remain in the hands
of Austria. If you will cast a glance at the
map of Italy you will see that by this
concession the Subalpine Kingdom has no foe-

tified frontier, and that Austria, whenever so
diaposed, by quitting her formidable quadrilateral,
can assault Lombardy without danger to herself
and occupy Milan almost without striking a blow
In the preliminaries no allasion is made to the ford-
fitations belonging to the Duchy of Parma ; it would
seem that Austria, displeased at the show of inde-
pendence on the part of the sovereign of this petty

Mate, abandons her to her fate. But the Duke of
Modena and the Grand Duke of Tuscany are 'peel-
ally named, both of whom are to remount their
throne. lareaose both repaired to the Austrian camp
and displayed great real for the triumph of Itlly'.
lasting and ancompromisiag enemies.
You hare not failed to remark, I am sure, that the
proposition of an Halite Confederation, of which
the Pope and Austria an to be members, is a sort
of insult to common sense and the sacred principles
of both liberty and nationality. In the propceed Federal
diet Austria would always hereon her side the votes
of Modena, Tuscany, the Pope, and I am sorry to say
of Naples also, where the new king, as won as this
peace shall have been concluded, will feel no longer
any hesitation about reviving the policy of his late
father. Poor Sardinia, then, will always be isolated,
always kept at arm's length, and her state will be
worse than when the private treaties between Aus-
tria and the Italian princes obtained.
The moment Count Cavar learnt the true nature
of the preliminaries for peace, be considered the
cause of Italy betrayed, and placed his resignation
in the bands of the King. Its left the same evening,
by special train, for Turin, where he convoked the
council of ministers, all of whom followed their pre-
sident's (*ample and resigned se he had done. The
task of forming a new ministry had been coo-
tided to Count Ares', of Milan, a senator of the
kingdom, and as I formerly told you, a particular
friend of Napoleon. Haring received the commis-
siyo, Count Areee, then at Genoa, repaired mart-
dia!ely to the camp. It is eery doubtful whether he
will take office Of an upright character and a
strong will, his talents are not adapted fur the ma-
nagement of political affairs, mere eepseially in these
daticult time.. His friendship with the Emperor
may he useful, but may, on the other hand, be hurt-
ful, and his teudeneiee are rather oedema' than cow
stew:seal. He hate* Austria more tl.an he love.
freedom. Public rumour gives to the Count for •
co.le ague M. Vigliani, the governor of Lon-
hardy, why, daring the short time of his
administration, has contrived to render it popular
in that province. He, too, resigned as soon as he
heard !hat the ministers had done so, nor does it
seem probable !hat he will accept • portfolio.
Respecting t►e anus of • peace so unexpected,
and to Italy so calamitous', I hardly know what to
say. You moat perm better means of solving
the mystery. Tradities has it that when he had
finished hi, Moss, Michael Angelo tapped the im-
mortal statue on its head with his hammer, exclaim-
itig.“ Wand up and speak." Well, NapAeon stood
op to perform a masterpiece of political art, but has
struck so hard with his hammer that be has knocked
off the bead. Byron called Italy the Niobe of
nations, as it with a foreboding that her grief and
th.sfor%oes would be eternal. Certain it is that for
the list :tree centuries the passage of Pilitaaja is too
truly appli,able :

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The repor: goes, that Napoleon, on returning to
France, pu.s tnrough Milan and Tarim. What
will be hie rectr.on Perhaps a respeetfal silence,
bat nothing won. Yeatetday the portraits of this
limns:eh disappeared in an instant from all the
print-shop,.

TURIN, Juir 14.

This is the second letter which I post to you this
day, haring received some additional fresh and
authentic inteli,geom. Perhaps the telegrams will
convey it sooner, but they might possibly be silent
as it deals h particulars. Having my doubts
about it, 1 prefer running the risk et
feeding you a repetition. It is certain that
Parma and Piacenza will remain to Piedmont;
la which ewe the compliments bestowed upon
the Dasher. Dowager by the semi-official French
journals were Bowers scattered on the tomb. As
for to. Derby of Modena, it is averted that it will
tartest to Piedmont whenever the direct line of the
present di:cm family gall become extinct. Now us
the present teed of the hones hag DO male issue the
some. .0 of the duchy to this kingdom may not be a
very remote erect.