The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-23 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1859.

eloquent NlMietw, se the stray sentence of an in.
spired journalist, resale as to the fact that in
reality we are heeteelng into this very war, mid
taking up a position of active horrihr, to the Wily
State which we profess or desire to define'. We pro.
Met once more, in the name of our tosedeimen, tint;
ea we do not fight for Sardinia aM$ freedom now, we
will not be betrayed into tightinwilir'elmolutism In
Lombardy and Venice six months hence. If Austria
had not lost her treaty rights in those countries by the
lagrant violations of public law which we exposed,
yesterday, sbe has at all events committed them now
to the chances of war. By three charms she mast
abide. If the Italians, aided by France, can expel
the Austrians from the country, by all means lei
them do so. We profess to be neutral—we must be
honestly neutraL This is a matter which electors
eassuld look to next week, and mention to the mem-
ben they send to Parliament.

Tres Diesolution has taken place, and next
week the constituencies will be summoned to dis-
charge the most important duty the Constitution
commits to their bands, that of returning " fit and
" proper" representatives to the sew Parliament.
The moment at which they are called to exercise
this highest right of free citizens is one of peselisr
gravity, and the responsibility of the electors is pro-
portionably great. In no election since the time of
the last Reform Bill have such weighty national inte-
rests been involved as in the present. It is a crisis of
almost unparalleled sodomises, both in our home sad
foreign affairs. Austria turning a deaf ear to conneele
of peace, and throwing to the winds all considerations
of justice and humanity, of international law and
public right. has resolved to wake the sleeping sword
of war, and crimson the fruitful pilaw of Lombardy
with noble blood. The great battle of individual
freedom, national independence, and human programs
fr vain to be fought in the centre of the civilised
world. A conflict involving, however remotely, such
paramount lanes must excite the most intense and
even painful interest. Bat if leas imposing to the
imagination, the state of affairs at home is equally
serious, and in relation to our immediate duty ea eiti-
mos far more important. The electors of this country
have now to choose between reaction and program, be-
tween securing a strong and independent Government
and perpetuating a weak sad servile one. And tie
question on which they are called to make this impor-
tant decision is the argent one of Reform. This practi-
cally involves every other question, home and foreign,
as it will determine the character of the Govern-
meat for years to come. The great want of the
country at this moment is a strong and sincerely
liberal Government, as this alone would fairly re-
present the natioo. But the condition of such a
Government is a powerful and united party. The
last Parliaments have been too much split up into
sections to supply this essential condition of real per
The Qcxzi herself now appeals to the
people to pet an end to this state of things, and re-
tarn a Parliamentary majority that shall fairly
represent the predominant feeling of the nation.
The constituencies most themselves destroy the
legislative dead-lock arising from vexatious pasty
sub-divisions The present is in many respects as
opportune one for performing this essential national
service. The issue on which the electors have to de-
aide ia a plain and definite one—Reform or no Re-
form. It is an important one, for it immediately
affect, sal classes and interests in the country.
Finally, it is an urgent one. Parliament is dissolved
to settle it, and effective legislative action °sang he
any longer delayed. This immensely simplifies the
responsible work which the constituencies have to
do. Their one duty is to choose between the repre-
sentatives of reaction sad of progress—between Re-
formers and anti-Reformers.

LORD STARLET has declined to come forward es •
eandidate for the representation of the Qty. Net
because he is insensible of the hooour of the Gasp&
ant just paid to him, but Weenie he feel. that be
scald not accept the membership on the only terms
which his official engagements render possible. Lie
declares that he could not do justice to the electors,
nee satisfy himself, in the position of representative
Of the City of London, and therefore he positively
declines to stand. Lem than this was not to be ex-
pected of a nobleman of Lord STANLEY'S honour
and delicacy. After the noble lord's very explicit
declaration, which we publish in another column,
the gentlemen who have seized upon Ms name and
Ammeter to give eclat. to their electioneering tastice
met we that they have no farther right to trifle
with hi. reputation. At any rate, Ma Lordship'.
ewe protest condemns the further prosecution.: their
attempt, abeolvesthose who, in the expectation of a
different reply to the requisition, bad offered him
their votes, and reduces the whole business to the
speculative enterprise of a handful of local politi-
cians.

gbe Court.

WINDSOR, Aram V.
Th. Woo MI6 Ceburg algid with her Kajaty
Tostedlik altigbY Imasson de Noyes% le Capitintien
Raster, awl PIM& C.B.
Lady Ceram Baningesn aad Si Jesus Clark had Rs
honour el Ws( %clads&
Tb. Quills sal Prince Consort, with Princess Alice and
the Duke d &us Coburg, attended divile service this
monde'. sad nesiesd the holy sacrament. . _

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

WAR movEmENTB,

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Yr. Beebe has received the following tiling's=
PARIS, SATURDAY' APSIR 23.
The lassitear of to-day contains the following :
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" The Austrian government has invited Berlin%
to reduce her army to • peace footing, and to dis-
band the army of volunteers. This communication
was transmitted to Turin by the aide-de-csunp of
General Gyulai. That officer appears to have been
instructed to declare that he would wait three days
for an answer, and that any evasive reply would be
regarded u a refusal. England and Russia have
not hesitated to protest against the conduct which
Austria has adopted under the present circum-
stances.

44 The Emperor hu allotted the command of his
troops in the following manner :—Marshal Magnan
remains Commander of the Army of Parisi the
Duke of Malakoff becomes Commander-in-Chief of

the Army of Observation, the head-quarters of
which is to be at Nancy ; General Castellano is
Contraander-in-Chief of the Army of Lyons;
Marshal Baragnay le appointed Com-
mander of the First Corps d'Arstle of the Alpe;
General Maehlahon, of the Fooond ; General Can-
robart, of the Third ; and General Niel, of the
Fourth. Prince Napoleon will command the Corps
of Pioneers. General Bandon is appointed Major-
General of the Army of the Alps. The Corps
Leirislatif has been convoked for Monday next, in
order to receive a communication of the govern-
ment."

VIENNA, SATURDAY, APRIL 23.
The official TVoiner Zlotys'', of today, says that
Austria insists upon the previous disarmament of
Piedmont, and desires that the congress be composed
only of the great power,.

TURIN, Aran. 22.
The Chambers hare been °lnvoked for to-morrow
for a commmanication of great urgency. AN the
military measures are taken.

VIRONA, Aram 21.
All trains on the Lombards-Vsnetian Railway
have been slopped for some days.

ATHENS, APRIL 16.
The French squadron stationed at the Piraeus has
been ordered to Marseilles.

VIENNA, FRIDAY lloamso.
The following official statement has been published
to-day :

" Piedmont, which has for some years past en-
dangered Austria's rights, has been summoned mast
urgently by Austria to disarm. Besides this
demand, especially addressed to Piedmont, Austria
adheres firmly to the proposal of a general disarma-
ment, althoagb she cannot make that proposal
subordinate to the summons she bad addressed to
Sardinia."

TURIN, THVBIDAT.

Threatening movements of the Austrian army on
the Croatian of Piedmont have taken plan. The
Austrian authorities have directed the managers of
the Lombard railway to suspend the usual trains
te-eircrow, the 22nd inst. All the locomotives have
been ordered back, for the transport of soldiers,
Treece are expected on the road from Milan to the
Ticino. This evening a Council of Ministers was
held, under the presidency of the King.

PARIS, FRIDAY.

The Paris of this evening contains the following:
" The delay granted by Austria to Piedmont for
disarming will, u it appears, expire on Sunday
evening next. Till now nothing has confirmed the
report hem circulated that an engagement has been
fought on the Ticino. It is rumoured that 001161111
Bandon will be appointed Major-Osueral of the
army to be concentrated on the frontiers of Pied-
mont, and that Marshal Smarmy d'Hilliers will
talcs his departure to join the army of the Alpe.
General Canrobert ham arrived in Paris from Nancy.
The report is current that the Austrians have entered
the Dickies of Tuscany, Parma, and Modena. It is
spa asserted that the French soldiers on renewable
furlough are to be called in."

The Nerd, of this day, says :
"The intelligence which we have received to-day
is of the utmost gravity. Europe overcome:the de-
termined obstinacy and pride of the court of Vienna;
war appeal imminent. Austria has thrown *side
the mask, suddenly rejecting all the conoemions
which she had successively demanded, and ob-
tained. She replies to the last propositions trans-
mitted by England, and wonted to by the other
powers, by seeking across the Ticino a pre-
text for a conflict which would raise im-
mensely by comparison the moderation and for-
bearance of France and the mediating power". The
ander-tom defiance which Austria has thrown down
to &S lumps is not only a blow struck at the canoe
of general peace—it is an indirect affront offered to
the peat sonde whose disinterested efforts tended to
avert the calamities of a terrible war. The responsi-
bility of that war will be entirely owing to the blind
obstinacy of the court of Vienna, which seems to
have completely forgotten its traditionary skill and
prudence."

In the lowish! des Dobai, of this morning there
are the following remarks :
" The unexpected resolution which Austria has
taken, renders doubtful, if it doss not entirely
destroy, all the hopes which have been founded on
the last efforts of diplomacy, and on the near assem-
bling of a congress. It is impossible for us to com-
prehend, or even to guess, the motives which have
led the cabinet of Vienna to refuse an arrangement
which was accepted by all the other powers,
and which seemed to um to offer an equitable
solution amid all the opposing pretensions and in-
terests. We really believe that Austria, in forming
so lamentable a resolution, has not less mistaken her
own interests than the general interests of Europe,
and has incurred a heavy responsibility."
The Constitutionnel of this day (April 23) con-
tains the following semi-official article, signed by
M. Am. Renee:

kettria disdainfully repulses all the proposals of Europe,
rates the last hops of peacw, and openly asys that she le for
war. What le it, thee, that Austria hes aged for and what
km Mee rimed her? After bowleg in the Hat Mamie*
demanded, to the altontehamet of ell Europe, the
srmament of Sardinia, while she herself wee to
mask armed, ohs ultimately rowed • geared
sad siroultemoses disarotameat. Europe isseepted this mi-

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grace. Austria bad demanded the emineion of Piedmont
from the campene. The lommor's govwumentj after har-
ing loyalty repeeenled Ism Outage it was to rdttas a right
of voting to a pun wide* wu called upon to lay down bra
ear, attindied, for the lake of puce, to ask tbis last ma-
gnolia ism bat ally. The print:4lu of the Weal el
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11411•01le—ristelplee iseoied iy Austria let were
adepted wiMt reserve. flardhVe, se wen se the other
IMAM Ado were to be .liteited" merely to sit with the
repteeentedwee el the five great powers, "abeoltasfy la the
acme wear as at the eseepeee. of Laybeett ia 11121." Oa*
bee art Nee, ea the Journal dee !Wets Judy
ebservie, what objtesice the cabinet of Vier*
mid Wee le each an amusgesnent. In point of feet no new
*WOW= Len been nee. Tired out by the leagesissity
of Frame, sod mad to Ad herself tehen st Lae word,
ataltriepikles as tam scooted of the *rant of Europe

illtrel ALT. jilethel ' erred—resolve, to go elseight as
L &diet. Die be. now direetly called Len Piedmont
*Weird her volgmbeers, end to lay down her arms within
Abrams! ma Austria resent She well Lew*
that if—widek is these troops were to b Ills
-
heeded be is her with the insarreetion, by means
of them &pug Limber, would speed all over Italy.
The rifled= of a Arnie nation Naar be provoked with
impunity. The AMPS of Vienna by ite 'gratin's, its
' hauteur, and its threats, ham stirred up pestrom
which are at coos legitimate and domproas. These
vohmteere collected together under a flag are • tone. Dis-
persed they would bosoms a peril. Bat this peril does not
stay Austria; or, rather, it eaten Into her calculations, for
she sees is it a pretest for three armed intervestiona which
she Lows how to turn to such good secount. But Pied,
moat will not yield to this intineklatien. Bo much thebetter,
says Austria again. The state of her ihmaces, she publiely
admits the fact, will not allow her to welt say longer
nothing but war con supply a diweiseseet of mew sort or
LW is bur ficumedel embarrassments. Like the ruined hair,

Amnia stakes her ell upon • de& card, and looks
to the chasms of war for a proegweity which
she hoe felled to find in peace. She fancies
moreover that she has prepared chasms of mono for her
schemes. She hes bog been making reedy la wet for an
explosion in Italy, which her own confined rendered Nevi-
' table, wooer or War. Whoa on January 1 the Idepeof
let tell ea StrOffiall of sedum sad regret, the mama wee
that he had Wald this parry of Amnia step by Map.
Those °Wiwi erseemeata, that perpetual tuterferenos in
the sake of all Italy, thee 'yahoos* opposition, In many
ways, to the germ, views of Pew% revealed t 3 him the
more or lame remained &maws of the situation. Since that
period the pod min at Zwops have combined with a
Aid of averting the ad*, and have participated In
aar staris. Austria, lading herself surprised and
thwarted, has thrown off the mask ; she has
proceeded from a breach of filth to rage, sod from
rage to violence. This viobace is too mach. The
cabinet of View mistakes the age in which we live. Not-
withanading her proverbial ability, she forgets thee, la oar
day, force WU bends to public opinion; and, in presence of
mat • judge, Austria steads condemeed before bets( con-
quered. _ _