The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-02 00:00:00

carried on by the means of light trio's'. Great havoc
could have^vn done by the Austrians had they been I
able to come across the country on the open roads by
a sudden and secret start, find the Piedmontese en. !
prepated, and carry either Novi or &reseals
by a rossprie-inans. But the Piedmont'se have long !
been on their guard, and the mere difficulties of the ;
pound, such as may be raised against the invader,
at every step, will retard the march of heavy
masses or troops at least for the best part of a wash..
It is not unlikely, however, that the Austrians will
persevere, and by dint of great labour and
pities°, coma up with the Piedmontese either at
Novi or Setravalle, with the overwhelming force I
have Darned. On their own hand the Piedmouties
will muster three or four divisions strong, at any of
the mentced points. They will, in all probability,
fake envie snow of resistance at Tortoni ; and were
they driven from that place, they could still give •
pitched battle on the banks of the Scrivis, the tor-
rent which comes dowu from the Genoese Apennine,
parallel to the railway. The immense advantage of
the Piedmontese, fully counterbalancing the noon-
rkal superiority of the Austrians, lies precisely in
the railway communication of their troops on the
whole line, and this is perhaps the first time in which
the use of railways in actual warfare will be fairly
tried. 'I he railway is virtually part of the Piedmon-
toss encampment. The Anstrans must proceed very
nearly by single file, all the way from Pavia to Toe-
toes or Novi, and their long advancing line will be
exposed to attack ere it has time to form and unfold
its mighty mutes on the battle field. The Pied-
limiter* can not only hasten to Novi from Aleseandria,
Casale. and the whole of that line, but they can even
bring round their forme posted at Chiavasso for the
prevection of the capital (if, as it seems very evident,
Turin runs no immediate risk),inismooh asChiavasso is
conneced with Novi, both by the railway which goes
through Turin and Alemandria, and by the one
which goes round to the same central fortress of
Alessandria by Vercelli and Casale. Arai fee.. ae
Piedmont can muster on the field will all be present
at the battle, if any is to be fought. Even by this
condensation Piedmont could not be said to be
vitae, roe! /resins aqui', but there is every reason
to be certain that it will have sufficient and timely
support from France to bear the onset of the
Austrians and repulse it.
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THE NEW PARLIAMENT.

MEMBERS RETURNED.

INOLAND.

A proof of that insanity which is said to precede
destruction has been given by the Austrians at
Milan. They have secured Si heap" several in-
offensive persons in that tows guilty of no other
offence than being amongst the noblest and
wealthiest of their fellow.citizens. These arrests
have spread consternation throughout Lombardy,
and all who have an to lose make their best
WIT canes the Lake Maggiore to Piedmont, to
Switzerland, to any part of the world that can save
them from their rulers. The Austrians fill thus the
m. 'sure of that execration which their overbearing
conduct throughout the Italian States has called
down upon them. By their political arrogance they I
have already (ea their friend Lord Malnesebnry was
obliged to assert) been pat to the ban of civilisation;
by their military outragesthey will become an object
of horror to humanity. I hear now that they have
ostentatiously pressed a gang of tinkers at Pavia to
whet their sabres and bayonets. Let them do their
utmost with those instruments of destruction for if
such be found unavailing, it is certainly not the re-
spect or sympathy of any European people that can,
hallow their cause or even soothe their downfall.

Nothing in the meanwhile can equal the dignity
and composure of the Piedmontese at the prospect
of a ►truggle which may inflict such grievous stiffer-
Inge on their country, and which they have to some
extent called down upon themselves merely out of
sympathy for the sufferings of others. The Pied-
montese are the very reveres of noisy or demonstra-
tive, but their feelings gain in depth what they lose
in surface. The government was driven to the •e-
-esmity of pressing horses for the army, and applied
to the wealthiest citizens for their superfluous studs,
offering fair prices. The money has been in all in-
'mem refused, and the horses freely given; some
have accepted the money with one band, only to pay
it into the fund for the contingents with the other.
The town has called upon the citizens to prepare
lodgings for the French officers ; more than a hen- I
deed of the principal houses have thrown open their
hest apartments for their reception. A sum of money
has been lodged with the editor of the 01/Zietiti dsl
Popolo for the reward of the first I'iedmo•ts..
soldier who shall distinguish himself by a braes
deed in the war; other sums have been immediately
subscribed for the second and the third author of
such heroic deed,. The people here are in a mood
for every sacritioe, and are out of humour with the
28 deputies .1 the minority who have voted against
the law for granting full powers to the King Bunn;
the war, i.e. temporarily putting down their mush-
tutional franchises. The Piedmoateee are only ton
anxious to sacrifice even their freedom, if such •
sacrifice may be conducive to the ►access of that war
which is to secure the independence of their brethren
throughout Italy no less than their own.
Some of the very wont subjects of Austris,
the riff-rat of Milan (harabbas as they are
called). had crept by stealth into the and
proviuce town of Novara; they had Croatian
uniforms secreted in their luggage, and it in
justly supposed that their intent was to per-
sona•. an Austrian marauding party, and avail-
ing themselves of the order given by the Piedmon-
tees government to offer no resistance in those pro-
vinese, to plunder the people at their full leisure and
with perfect impunity. It seems they acted on their
own hook, and it was • perfectly private specials-
lion. A score of them have been arrested, and will
be summarily dealt with. Au Austrian spy, dis-
guised as a Lombard volunteer, was shot a few days
ago at San Pia d'Arena, near Genoa.

o'clock.—The French have not yet opine
to Tarim. They are no longer expected to-day. They
will assemble two divisions at Sala, and hence pro-
ceed on the high road, by Plane:Ea, to the place of
destination on the line, without touching Turin, or
even using the railway, unless driven by very urgent
reasons. They wish to march united, together with
their horse, cannon, and materiel ; and as the railway
could save them little more than one day's march, 1
they prefer avoiding it. The French are certain!at Genoa; they arrived yesterday morning, la
and immediately proceeded—some of them—to Fer:

Second P.S. Six o'clock.—There is no end to
news to-day. It is stated that General Goyon, the
French commanding officer at Romr, and the French
Ambassador have intimated to Cardinal Antonelli—
fleet, that he should bid the Austrians, in the Pope'.
name, to evacuate Abcona ; secondly, that no bin-
dnince should be made to the Roman volunteers
• XiOlia to proceed to Piedmont; thirdly, that the
political prisoners should at once be released.
The report of disturbances at Palermo reaches us
from Pans, so you must have it as early as oar-
@slum

I hero translate the King's proclamation to his
troops. this mamma published :
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Hers, sod threatens to lavoles oar lerritarire. Because hoodoos
veva& hers with otdor—bsesses the oats is rand sot by
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aid s.mwe,gs —bemuse the outcry of tho sorrows of Itily
hays foetid on echo siessist sr, Austria d.res bid es, armed
as es are saris self-dshmeo, to lay does our arms sod put
owselves it everey.
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foes. selatm. M ens! I_ .

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dead en racraity we* their You can eareaber with
arid. tbe esiagorsals of Orr, Pestreire, Sam Leda,
Pones Csisprar sal era of Custom, whim say few
risers strugghd aro days apart dr diorites.
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the brunt of butte; sad I, as Wide_ lop high'
soaled father, hid freqw at r oftin par
v.loor. sad to be pried of it.
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pealed, in largo web.,..
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your baser—:hot reran h with its throe colors, mad
with the choke youth aselieriag ezdar It (roue all pore of
Italy, al's yaw that your rah le the ladspeaderve of Indy.
Let toujost se I holy eatrprisc to your **:-cry.
Ter, April 27

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1859.

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