The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-20 00:00:00

NEW POSTAL REGULATIONS.

The following are now the latest times for poeting
letter isc., in St. Martin's-le-Grand, for the provincial,
colonial, and foreign mails. For the provincial morning
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Sass, without fee, 7.45 am. ' • or if bearing an extra penny
stamp, 8.0 a.m. Newspapersand book packets, without fee,
6.45 a.m. ; or on payment with each of one farthing, 7.15
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sin. ; or en payment with each of one farthing,
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book packets, without fee, 7.45 am. ; or on payment with
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0110 penny, 9.0 a.m. For the provincial morning malls by
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9.46 am. Newspaper. and book packets, without fee, 9.30
a.m. Fur the loosed despatch to Birmingham and Wolver-
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on,i without fee, 2.46 p.m. Newspapers and book
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wittlle, 3.45 p.m. Newspapers and book peckn
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one farthing, 7.0 p.m. • one halfpenny, 7.15 p.m.; one
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and for the evening marls till 0.30 p.m. Care should be
taken to deposit the letters, ka., in the right box.

CIVIL SZAVICE RIIILZ BRIOADE. —The Pod-
olia emariaies of this corps, under the command of Cap.
tains Harrington and Taylor, bad their 6M full-dren
=ea Friday, in the court at the Charter House,
it of which haa been ' granted by Archdeacon
Hale. The companies mus about TO mm, and m-
ended • ereditabL appearance, sad proved that the rade.
nes of the civil servile have shown peat taste in the 'elec.
toziesakeir uniform, which is thoroughlyeoklierlike, though
ref neat and quiet. A few simp.G mancouvres were
very steadily, and ho • simmer giving promise el
We andantand that the ranks of the =
Poet-
are op= to all mornbers of the civil setviee, and
I is y of consideration whether thief., not a ?avowable
fur those cambers of genonsment offing la the
▪ to csepa towhoJoinamin oat
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I leg wekenteer movement.

SARDINIA_

(FLOM OUR OWII

TURIN, lissom 16.
The die is cast ; the annexation is proclaimed.
Central Italy has done its duty with • good sense
and dignity that no one can dispute ; Piedmont
will do hers as she has constantly done, in the face
of the greatest sacrifices and dangers. They say
Piedmont is a gainer. Ido not know whether her
gain is in proportion to her sacrifices, but it is cer-
tain that she obtains Lombardy freed from a foreign
yoke, and Central Ita no longer subjected to petty
tyrants or to clerical despotism. All Europe will be
a gainer, too, if it should sanction this new kingdom,
which will deprive both France and Austria of
every pretext for future wars in this country, wars
so injurious to commerce and civilisation, and so
barren in results. The Nord, in order to justify
the demand of France to poems not only Savoy
but also the whole county of Nice, says it is, not
the Emperor's fault if Italy has changed his pro-
gramme ; that he had proposed a confederation,
i
that Italy would not have one. Now, if the
Emperor had fulfilled his programme, and
liberated Italy "from the Alps to the Adria-
tic," then a confederation of Italian states
might have been formed, bat since he did not
carry out that pprogramme, leaving Austria as he
did in her quadrilateral, the confederation would
have been completely uhder Austria's thhmb and
-hay esuld-not isiserit iLeithesill-
renouncing her autonomy and every ehance of reno-
vation. It was not Italy that changed the condi-
tion of things, but the inexplicable peace of
Villa-
franca--a peace so contrary to the imperial
e es proclaimed two or three mani-
festoes.griin
All that Italy has since done his been to
try and correct the deplorable effects of that peace,
to give the Emperor himself an opportunity of
remedying his mistake.
Before the end of the month some regiments are
coining
i from Central Italy to Piedmont, to be per-
fected n military discipline. The Piacenza husean
are short of properly -trained officers and non-com-
missioned officers. They have a few Hungarians
at their head, but these do not speak Italian, and
cannot make themselves intelligible to the men.
It is necessary therefore to bring them here, where
the example of our cavalry and a larger number of
qualified instructors will in ♦ short time make them
worthy of our army.
Our little navy has been for many years in a very
unpretending state, but Count Cavour ie about to
devote his attention to it, in order that it may bora-
pidly increased, and rendered equal to its vocation.
Count Persano is to take the command of our ships ;
he is a gallant seamani and has many friends in the
English navy, the discipline of which lie understands
well, and so much admires that he has been accused
of Anglomania—an ammeation, by the by, that was
brought against Cavour.
Count Cavour has given in his own palace a
sumptuous banquet to the foreign ministers resi-
dent here.

Almost all the regiments of our army are on the
move and exchanging stations. General La Mar-
iners, who was at the theatre the other even-
ing with the hereditary prince, has, from
motivee, personal but highly honourable, not
accepted the command of the army corps
that is going to Central Italy, his place being taken
by Generals Cialdini and Durando, but he will
command an observation corps on the Mind°, his
head-quarters being at Brescia. Speaking of
Brew* a deputation of the municipality from that
city was presented to the King yesterday. They
came to offer pecuniary aid, in case of war, to the
amount of one million; and Milan offers three. A
deputation from Cremona had the same honour
yesterday. The King received them, as is his
wont, with great courtesy, and spoke to them in his
usual ,manly way as follows : 'I have hitherto
tried to do my daty as an Italian prince, and I am
glad to see that my people second me ; that they
are ready also to do theirs, and are prepared fur
every sacrifice. Since the Villafranca business we
have bad vexations and perils, but things are now
going on a little better. From information I have
received, I have reason to believe that Austria is
not at present disposed to make war. I should
like • good war that would secure for,
us at the end a long and safe peace. But we
must be prepared, seeing that the meet just
and noble causes do not triumph without great
difficulties and obstinate struggles. Attempts have
been made to isolate us, to take away from us the
friendship of the Emperor of the French and of our
other allies, but we have now baled those intrigues.
We are friends and all will go on well."
A grand reception is being prepared here for the
Governors of Central Italy, who will bring to the
King the vote from those provinces in favour of
annexation.