The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-17 00:00:00

ITALY.

SARDINIA.

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TURIN, M 12.

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In my yesterday's letter I told you that I would
make some inquiries about the atrocities perpetrated
by the Austevas at Tortona, Novara, and Vercelli. I
am now in a position to state that both officers and
soldiers behaved woolly towards the people of the
towns and %Vlore they have invaded. I am assured,
on very good authority, that at Tortoni', after haring
ordered 60,000 rations, ,they began to plunder the
shops and houses. The shop of a milliner, Teresa
Scotti, sad that of a Signor (lallarati, were the
fire, and others followed. A band of drunken
Croats went to the farm house of a Signor Stsallias,
and eatameneed plundering everything, insulting
in a shameful 'manner women and children. At Or-

telnuovo-Serivia, Vtgatuolo, and Poetscuroas, they
committed the same excesses, without being checked
by the general: officals who were there. The bow
tinsdo wee administered, by order of General Oyand,
to the mayor of a small village near Noma The
only mason of this barbarous act was that the newer
could] not get in proper time the requisitions week
had been ordered. I cannot pollute the columns of
your paper by relating all the acts of shammies
cruelty perpetrated by than Selavooic and GAY
barbarians. The pen has its self-revert, and these
are atrocities which decency will not permit me
to relate. Thus behave those Austrian generals
for whom my Lords Derby, M►lmesbary, end Claren-
don show so much tenderness. The people It lingind
will judge if ouch praises ought to have been uttered
to the Palace of Westminster. For myself I ea
horrified to see how Austria is acting, and is likely
to act, in this war. Fancy how happy will be your
commissioner to the Austrian camp. If Captain
kfildesay has not • stone when other men'. hearts
are placed, he wilt, I have no doubt, decline ►t ones
the bowies of joining Gyulai' headquarters.
Colonel Cedes.* has already arrived, and I saw him
two hears ago riding about t►e streets el thin laws.
A Serdiaisa ollser asked me, immisally, this merit-
ing, whether he km been intrusted la comminute
with his coilearm of the Austrian eta& " I hope not,"
said I, " but you may depend epos it that the people
of England will •ot approve the praetor* of as
English Miser la the AuNtrian camp." "I know
answered the Sardinian " bat why, thee, do year
sountrystea allow the /Esteems to order him there r
Tel have answered this natation would have been

The ally am bees& by oar inforseuits to-day
is, Wig the Austrians say concentrating theomelves
between Mortara. Robb* and Palmer.. They have
removed the two bridges they hi-d erected on the
essia, else the last-seeed village. A body of 3,000
Croats oreseed the Po yesterday, at a place celled
Hells, osier the very eyes of Gomel Gyulai, who
ocald be diatioctly seen on the opposite teak of
the rime, giving instructioas to his 111•1111111.
A siege treio, escorted by • regiment of
Bohemians, has gone beck to Lombardy, takieg
the road of Greveilooe, and hes IMee directed
an Camel Pusterlimgo, a barosgh situated on Ule
male read from Milan to Mutes. Yeseseday mem
leg 4.000 Austrians marched hem Cuba ion
Giovanni. near Pierces., to Bargeamems. AU these
ep sad dews movement. look se if Gyulai has list
his head, and dose not know what to do.

The French army is still increasing, and altheegitl
committed an exaggeration in stating yesterday that
it war already 200,000 strong, I am positively assured
that the fear Preach corps cronssie, together wit► the
Imperial Gaud, amount to 160,000 ms. The tarsi
trader the orders of King Vista' Entmeasal seal
General IA Manners, that is to say the six
divisions, commanded by Generals Cialdini, Fend.
Cucehiari, Giamatti, Durand*, and Bow, together
with the six battalions of eacciatori deli' Alpi, male
the orders of Garibaldi, are not less than 71,000
good fighting men. On the whole, were Austria te
strain every nerve, I should think it extremely ire-
probable that she could have the power to withstand
the 235,000 combatants that her eissmies are reedy
to bring into the field. The day of the great struggle
is near at band ; for, while lam writing, the tisk.
graph &sootiness that the Emperor and his cousin
have arrived at Genoa, where Counts Cavell?,
/trey, and Nigra are gone to receive him.
I am assured, on very good authority, that Coot
Caronr has addressed a conciliatory note to the
Germanic Confederation in order to refute the ergs.
ments of the cabinet of Vienna, which, as you are
aware, essayed to prove that by the federal act of
1820 the German Confederation is bound to side with
Austria is the present war. In the meanwhile the
Pope is proclaiming the neutrality of his dominions.
as if a territory occupied by an enemy could not be
violated by either of the belligerent powers. This
is a mere strategical question, aad I hope that Lord
Malmesbary will not be unwise enough to back this
ridiculous pretension of his Holiness, and break a
Laos in defence of the Austro-Roman concordat,
supporting the disgraceful system which has gives
to England nod Europe the spectacle of kidnapping
children front the bosom of their families.