The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-17 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE,

ITALY.

PIEDMONT.

On the 13th instant M. Rattail easamed the pre-
sidency of the Piedmontese Chamber, and returned
thanks to the deputies for the honour they had paid
him. Under other circumstances, he said, he should
have declined the offlos ; but is the present state of
things he should believe himself bighly blameable
by refusing. The honourable president then
dwelt upon the increased necessity of harmony and
anion. He rid:

The runt situation le mriout •' it erns for the utmost
saidoes on our part. The first and g.iatut of all le that
which the county requires from n.—the sacrifice of ill
pommel susceptibilities ; the noisier of en party spirit; in
order that we may unite In one eommon thought
and purpose. Petty dividons seressary and fitting in
See steels In thee of *wait', or. !Mal In monmata when
we love to mud a ammo danger. The ezporienta of the
pest is far es a trying mdtool. Let as not repeat past errors ;
is ye not seas move allow history to stigmallse no as haps.
teat, totems we are divided. (Applause.) All Italy now
torns his eyes towards our parlirnumt. She places the
Tenet malldsnes in us • she does not even let us hem her
greens; the gives us god Brice; she tells us to be usitid
and pendent. - - - - -

The above reme•ka produced a profound impels-
non upon the Chamber, and were rcoeived with
prolonged applause. The cheers were redoubled
when, at the close of his brief speech, M. Rattail
paid a warm eulogy to his Majesty King Victor
Emmanuel.

At the same sitting the Minister of the Interior
presented bills relative to municipal reform and the
reform of the National Guard. Both commix-Act-
tione were received /I ith marks of approval.

TURIN, SUNDAY EVENING.

Prince Napoleon arrived here at 3 p.m. ; he wu
received at the terminus by Prince Carignan. The
concourse assembled to await his arrival greeted him
with shouts of " Viva Napoleone," " Viva ii Re,"
" Viva Francia," and "Viva Italia."

The Prince drove direct to the Royal Palace, and
was received at the foot of the grand staircase by the
King and his ministers.
This evening a grand representation will take
place in the Theatre Royal in honour of his Imperial
Highness.

(mom oca own

TURIN, JAN. 12.

A regiment of hussars is stationed at Maggenta, a
place not more thee a mile and a half from
the Sardinian frontier. The Austrians give out that
them human, are to prevent desertion on the part of
the new oonsoripte, but that part of the country is
quite a woodland, which cavalry is incapable of
guarding. It is true that the conscripts have not as
yet presented themselves at quarters, end some s;xty
or so have crossed the borders. Milan is full of
troops, and rumoo• says that they number twenty
thosimed men. The reinforcements have all come

from Lower Austria. At Cremona they are
Kill busily engaged in constructing an entrenched
eamp, which is to be more than a mile
round. It abuts on a place called Montioelli, which
is situate in the Duchy of Parma, and it will put the

troops of the camp in communication with the for-
tress of Piacenza. General Giulay has gone to
Venice, where he will wait for the departure of the
Archduke Maximilian, and then swum. the sole
command of Lomb-do-Venetia. I mentioned to
you in my last that he was • very ambitions man;
and I now leant that he is extremely wealthy. The
trust reposed in him at Vienna would be extrava-
gant under ordinary circumits noes ; bat he is •
Hungarian, cordially detested by his fellow-oonntry-
men ; and u he knows this—he has sold himself,
body and soul, to the imperial government. His
temper is haughty, and he is capable of
any violent act. He has often declared
that at the very first symptom of a movement
by the Milanese of an armed insurrectionary nature,
he would put them to the sword, and make the
canal run with blood. His military abilities, oo the
other hand,are not above mediocrity, so that in ease
of war he could not be placed at the head of the
army. It is General Hesse who is destined for that
command, and who it is said will very probably come
to Italy before long.
We are informed by many letters that Hungary
is beginning to awake. In that country also smoking
has been discontinued. There is great discontent at
Vienna itself.

The presence of a regiment of hussars so near to the
frontier caused this city to be a little agitated yesterday,
notwithstanding the great confidence reposed in the
government, and in the active foresight of General
La Marmon. Persons said that greater and more
vigorous armaments were required. Be this as it
may, they are working indefatigably day and night
at the war-ministry ; and the troops are disposed
in such a manner, that 60,000 men can be concen-
trated on the frontier within two days.
English diplomacy indulges in the belief that our
differences with Austria can be adjusted in a pacific
manner. Some semi-official journals at Berlin give
utterance to the same hope. I, however, have good
and serious grounds for believing that this is all
a vain illusion. The language addressed to Baron
Hubner was the unmasking of the first battery; the
second point is the threatening no's sent to Austria,
and to which I alluded in my last; the third has
been the approval bestowed on the speech of the
King Victor EmmanueL There will bs no doubt
feigned retreats and armistices, but war has been
decreed in high places. Should Mere be no tear—
and pray note well these words—.amts ewe would
signally break his plighted faith and compacts
already sealed. Whether the pesos will be broken
io two months, or later still, I do not know. Do
not be surprised even at hearing a Congress spoken
of. The getting up of the drama for representation
may be long and laborious, but it will eventually be
played out, and be no less sanguinary than terrible.
At this moment, whilst I am writing, serious
news has just arrived from Milan. Three hundred
arrests were made last night in that city, and a great
many also in Pavia. The garrison in this last place
is being strengthened every day, and it now amounts
to about 8,000 men. The College of Ohisilieri and
other public edifices have been converted into bar-
racks. All this coincides with a rumour that has
been current foe some time past, to the effect that
the Austrians were in expectation of large reinforce-
ments, with which they might be enabled to change
their tactics and commence the work of suppression
vi et amis. A.