The Express.
London, England, 1858-11-24 00:00:00

ITALY.

SARDINIA.

(11011 001 OWN

TURIN, Nov. IL
Although some journals have announced the open-
ing of our Chambers for the 3rd of next month, mi-
nisters cave not yet oonanned the intelligence.
Count Carour hu been staying for the last few days
at Genoa ; Commendatore Lanza, the Minister of
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Finance. is to join him today ; and the MAW of
Public Works bleeds out for the seulkplees.
They have Noe* limb= to settle there alma a
dock, which has lees pissed a long time, bat the
execution of whisk has, hit various reasons, been
continually postponed. The municipal authoritise
and the ministers are stew to deliberate OR
the best mode of eertain taxes, that
have given rise to great diesieteet end oppodtlea
among the irritated inhabitant' efaserly the whets
city. Count Cavonr is also °abducting a strict in-
quiry concerning all the charitable institutions, whisk
in Genoa are numerous, ancient, and splendid, bet
very badly administered. The Premier is also de-
sirous of introducing better regulations into the
resew navigation service on the Meditereeesen, sad
also of preventing the sale by auction of Ave
aiileent steamers belonging to the lruasatleathe
Company, which has become involved, through se
deficency of freights and pmengete, but simply is
consequence of sheer sissiestriessent. The Me-
chants of Genoa are now regindieg with to,s
two railway projects—one big for a line aka,
the coast, the other the Luck-Emir. It appears to
have been resolved that the lathe shall be a mixed
system of rail and ordinary high reads. Mr. Bele-
•ey has placed himself at the head of the undertak-
ing, and is endeavosuing to gain over to the sum
the chief shareholder of the S Wile Central Reilwke.
Cafortunately for him, however, Rothschild and Feed
ere both of them extensively mixed up with the
Swim line, and their interest lies in another dire,-
tion, so that they favour the French route between
Morelli/1 and Paris.

M. Baatide promised to defend the policy of the
French Republic towards Italy, In answer to the
Demure pronounced by the Count of Cavonr in his
speech of April 16. This defence has now appeared,
leader the title of "La Rkpublique Francon et
l'ltalie en 1848." The book belongs to the public,
and this will judge it. But the im 'on it has
generally produced here is 3! in unison
with the opinion expressed by our foreign minister.
Throughout Bastide's entire performance one idea
peedominates, and this is the admission that the
government of which he, the author, was a member
was opposed to the creation of a strong Italian ldw
dem at the foot of the Alps ; that it did sot wish
the Jeanne of Lombard y with Piedmont, nor that
of the two duchies ; and that It particularly desired
to see Italy divided into small republican states,
The contact between the frontiers of Piedmont
and of the Duchy of Modena is a constant sown of
disturbances and merlon misunderstandings betimes
the two governments, se I have frevently had new
sin to mention to you. Some tune ago a Bar-
dinian carter got into a wrangle at Suzan'
with some Modenese, and, in the heat of argu-
ment, used some expression injurious to the
person of the Duke. When be reached Maas he
wee attacked in consequence by certain partisans of
the Dake, and so severely handled that his life was
endangered. Whilst is this state the govern, of
Mama had him conveyed to prison, and ordend him
to be put upon his triaL Our government has net
thought it right in this nee to use any courteous and
'ensue procedure towards that of the Deka, for his
nialevolmat disposition with respect to Piedaint is
einem every day in a variety of ways. He is at this
moment on his way home from a tour in the south of
Italy, a tour undertaken for the epode pumas of
getting up alliances hostile to the Sardinian king-
&m and the freedom it enjoys. Accordingly, a
sharp note has been sent to CoeatForni, the Minister
of Foreign Affairs at Modena, demanding the Imme-
diate release of the carter,with a suitable indemnity
for the injuries and losses the man has netaised. II
believe I can venture to Mate with
that our government did net seam instil to
demonstration alone, but prepared to fellow it up by
one of fame. Last Wednesday, however, the tele-
graph announced that the Piedmonts., subject had
Wm set at liberty. It remiss yet to be seen whe-
ther the indemnity will be paid or not' The affair,
so you see, is in itself of small moment, bat derives
importance frees the angular state of the times, and
the excitement it has cared. We most not for
also, that behind Modena stands Austria, behind
Piedmont, France. Numbers here persist in believ-
ing, that war becoming more and more probable
every day. We hear quotations from lettere written
in Paris. in which there are broad hints that the
Imperial government is making, as quietly and
secretly as possible, strong military preparations.
We in Piedmont hear that something of the same
kind is going on here. Extraordinary supplies
of shoes and horses for the army are spoken of ; and
notwithstanding this, there are many persons who
lay no great weight on these and other seeming
preparations, such as the nearly completed fortifica-
tions at Casale, and the new batteries at Genoa
and 1 confess that lam one of the number. These
last deplore the excessive faith some people wish to
place in the friendship of France and in her pro-
misee, whether genuine or only believed to be such.
These desire, and rightly I think, an exclusively
Italian policy, based on the union of all the Italian
Mane, Austria not included of course, and to this it
is affirmed by our party the only opposition is
to be found in the tyrannical government
of King Ferdinand at Naples. This party is
of enniniin, that it would be for England's interest
to procure by every means in her power the abdica-
tion of that Sovereign, who has rendered conciliation
impo.iible. Were the Neapolitan government re-
formed, it would then behove Piedmont to procure
its friendship at any price. Were these two pro-
vinces of the Peninsula allied, the Italian nano*
would ipso facto exist, since at least 16,000,000
Italians would be enabled to come to an understand-
ing, and foster the great common cause. There
would then be no need of French help, no need of
cattier in two with the sword the treaties
of Vienna. Time, mutual good - w ill, in-
creasing concord, and moral, even if tacit,
cooperation would do the net. To those who
entertain these ideas the cue appears so glorious and
so evident that they cannot comprehend how it is
that British diplomacy, rather than assist it with
might and ability, should by its inertness expose
itself to the risk of seeing all Italy in her despera-
tion open tier arise to France, and hail every oppor-
tunity of commsvciag a terrible European war.
The _tree:r of Nun says it has been informed that
the Bing of Prussia, Frederick William IV., will
shortly arrive in that city, and take up his abode is
the royal palace. It adds that the Intendant-Ge-
neral, the Count La Marmara, brother of the
minister, was summoned to Turin to receive suitable
instructions. Your correspondent of that place will
be shortly in a position, I think, to confirm or refute
this intelligeace.

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