The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-01 00:00:00

ITALY.

SARDINIA.

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TURIN, Ann. r.
The government has lately got offfinal informa-
tion, from Sicilyclearly establishing the fact that the
insurrection is not yet crushed. The principal towns
are certainly in the hands .f the Neapolitan troops,
thirteen of the leaders of the insurrection at
Pah•raiti have been shot, the flower of the aristocracy
is imprisoned, but at Corkage, in the mountains, a
provisional government has unfurled the flag of
revolt, proclaiming the unity of Italy under King
Victor Emmanuel. In Messina the cannons et the
citadel frown still upon a town deserted by the in-
habitants, but Trapani is in the hands of
the insurgents, and Baron Nicuters, the
micoud in anuniand in the unfortunate
PiN/CIUSeII torn), who was immured in a sub-
terranean' dungeon on an island close to the court,
ha, been liberated hr the patriots, and once more
wags war evilest the oppressors of his country.
The Generals tialzatio at Palermo, and Emma at
Mixdna, insist upon further reinfortamiente from
Naples, though the government has already sent
25,00 n 'nen acmes the Faro, and cannot spare any
more soldiers at home.iguerilla warfare is or-
ganisisl all over the island, and the government
troop. are unable to do more than hold the chief
towns against the insurgents. Under such circum-
stances Count Cavour found it advisable to despatch
three war steamers from Genoa to the coast of
Sicily, for the protection of the subjects of King
Victor Emmanuel : their Italian Hag will give hope
to the struggling patriots. The Court of Naples
is in the greatest consternation ; the letter
of the Count of Syracuse could not fail
to make the deepest impression ; still the Austrian
counsels of the dowager Queen continue to prevail
with the weak, inexperienced King.
At Rums General Lainoricii•re displays the
greatent activity, and has lately found out that not
lees than 2,5 r 'vilifier; and 913 "non-viitehatalita
have been entered on the rolls by fraud ; they weld
sot be found, being either deal or having deserted
long ago, whilst their pay was pocketed by officials
to the extent of 72,W0 dollar. a year.

1,11011 OUR SIWIAL COI

FLORENCE, Ann. 24.
A., your reader. are probably tired of clescrip-
tiol,.. of poruilar festivals, which are all very much
alike, I shall not revert to them; but to-day I shall
write you a few line.' about the great ceremony of
the restoring of the chains, which took place at Pisa
on Sunday lent. From the documents I send, you
will see what wan the meaning of this popular
festival.

The Genoese deputation WAR received with sin-
thustastic applause, which was ' and again
Is
renewed on the reading of the addreuer
evening they are invited to • banquet Ix:
tel:
municipio of the city. The following is the
ti the deputat . .

Ittigeori, -- There was a time when our fathers, diapatiny
the empire of the sea, wved fierce wars on each other. It
was a time of prows. and glory. But, unfortunately, the
Manua of those days forgot that they were children of the
same mother - that they were all brethren ; and instead of
uniting their powerful forces to found a common country,
end to &feel at from the foreignaggressor, they fought
like lions among themselves, to destroy and conquer each
ether. Delia:Arable strife, which prepared for Italy the long
term of slavery from which at this day we have just begun
to free et:retiree! A trophy of these wretched wars ha.
been hitherto preowned by us—the chains of the harbour
of eiss, which have been ever since suspended in our
I:belt:bee and public buildings. These records of our an-
cient feuds have grievously afflicted us ; and as far back as
lists, when the Italians, for the recovery if their liberties,
joined their bands in fellowship, one voice was raised in our
awn MUD council,
then listened
us to remove the eve. This
you was not then listeoed to, because the times
were not yet ripe. It was the will of Providence
that Italy should yet pan through many years ..f
probatiue as the MAIM and Genoese should be able to
form pan of re family, and join their hands and embrace
as brethren. Int this day, so long sighed for, has at length
arrived • and so sooner was the incorporation voted with
such admirable harmony by the people of Tuscany, sc.
espied_ Ir the noble Vittorio Emanut e, our King and OM-
nos firer, than the repreninatives of the muuicipality of
Ow, wining to give the Piens an indubitable proof of
sad goad fellowship, and to rivet more strongly
the maw bonds of friendship sad brotherhood which the
hely lore of tier country has woven, assembled in a special
Nlfietiag, and resolved to restore to Pisa the chains of her
menet port.
Tb mina been committed the grateful and ho noureble
bet of bringing them here.
=theta, therefore, people of Piss, as a pledge of
Zees ; le the testimony of the feeling that urges
the Cleetelne SO morel for ever the memorial of ancient
bade ; r a taken of that community of sentiment, of
iatorsot, of glary, of hopes. that ought to exist amongst all
to fisher • rea ansurance of that concur' which must
sae de *l6 then to the goal of their great ariretioas—
Ma the liberty. and the unity of hal .
Merchant artrA ti• I 1.,' Dovlcai P.sL.tVICINO,
INLembosa 010Rolo DoRIA, (Iv. A ev. CAPIILLA,
Arr. STIPA PO C 4TA(aNOLA, Ave. AICDRZA Bono,
CARLO PIOOLI, ENRICO WWI), Conniglierillaßiciptli.
The Oontaloniere of Pre replied
Per the generous act of your city Pisa thanks you, and
with that of Pint the gratitude of all Italy is due to you—
of that Italy which cannot but rejoice in every step which
is made towards the umon of her soma so lung and fatally
separated.
That an imperishable memorial of this ever to be remerm
bored act may remain in history to be an *sample to our
desceudimti, thin municipis has decreed that the chains
which you today restore shall be deposited in this vent..
rated enclosure, the sublime witness of the faith of our
forefathers, the uiarvel of Italian art, where repine the
ashes of those who have rendered their country illustrious
be their v.rtues, their works, or the sacrifices they have
made for tier.

The muuicipio of l'isa could not hare better shown their
gratitude to the city of Genoa than by resolving tocelebrate
this event at a time the moat propitioue for our city, viz.,
that iu which for the time our King honours it with
he. august prverenoe.
The following re*.lotion war carried by the
Common Council ..f Pia :

That most heartfelt tha.:kt he given to the city of Genoa
for having enterteureJ the generous thought of restoring to
Pisa the chains of her ancient ►arbour.

That the (bees! &palatine, which is shout to arrive at
Pisa, hearses el the mid chains, shall he received by the
innuicipio with the peat Loaner that is due to these who,
in the earns of so reatiwned a city, come to fulll an act
which OCClalal such joy to ours.
That the !hair carried to our celebrated Campo Sante
topttier with the car cm which they ere bares, he
placed ma: thews which in ties yaw letiti were motored by
the city o Florence, and uer.a the monument sacred to those
who us the AWN year said their blood on t►e plains of
Lombardy, fighting sot for Pisa, but for Italy, thus in•
asupirating the onennienc,l,.ent of our national redemption.
That an normala he eagraved ou a marble slab, snit
feed on the wall of this mend enclosure. to pnserse to
oar remoteit desosndaute Cie remembrance id this memo-
nit& event

Lolly. that to 050 t/i this act the magas, powilde
aolewuute that our felloiv...itiaese an desire, sad at the
rune tines he oast gratifyiag to the vity of Germ, the
erniwooy of receiving the chaise shall take plan at the
row time that Pha 4..11 he for the lust time osoed by
th. presence .4 the hr.v" sail loyal Ku( whom God hoe
'peen 1.. Its! , that else nl.sy cease mice for all to be a prey
to intostras t or to ambitions foreign usurpers.
Gonlikaiiire, F. Resort.
Caaralliens alinistro del Cerro, S. Biee.iium
laacription placed in the Campo Santo of : These
ramming. of 1.11 cholas which twee ckwed the ancient harbour
el Piss, u.,fortuwate roontimosto of rictorios to
flab, whey two powerful repulthee were Is arstaal
stmdructees, gewerowe Genoa, ia the year I the lint of
Italmtn iodepeadesee, her Own wooed motored to flea.
as a .''.me pledge of fraternal love, of wocont, sad of
asees—Prof ti. FAlrr .i.

Nohow closing any letter I must mention a cir-
lllll stance which occurred yesterday whilst the
ICimi .1.4 looking ~u at the arcworka. The enthu-
siastic eheerings d ttie crowd hail just ceased, when
a voice was heard c!osie to the royal stand, slaying
• Sim grant pardou to our unhappy citizens who
arts still kept in prisms for political offences." This
appeal to the royal merey was intendel in behalf of
thug., cii,zons d Leghorn and Fl-rence who were
colifeinned last October by a special commission ap-
pointed by Baron Ri,:asoli, who, I do not know on
what ground, thought proper to enforce i.e that is-
elision a nitwit arbitrary law of the ancient riyine.
-shy has
is coin-
atlemen
months,
ibunals
strongly
time it

In virtue Of that law, t.. which L. n 1 Normanhy haa
often &nadir' an his speeche., mid which ia Nan-
P 1
a...i11y mile! ji,,ierski tetrourrnit,, twenty gentlemen
w
n. contleminned
regular
action o
to azitn ir
theriis commoniunientwf months,
without
tribunals
.4 the Country You may rnm,mber that I strongly
anansatlvertini on this arbitrary act at the time it
oesurred.
Tim VOTING IN SAVOY.—Yesterday's Mimi/ewe
rivet the following in the Anal resalt of the rutin in
Savoy i—laserthed es the lista, 17A,4111 ; weed. map ;
far anowantiss, 131.1.611; against, 236 ; caneelled, 71;
alinatined from Teta& OM