The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-24 00:00:00

TILE PENINSULAR MAILS.

(111" ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

(FROM OVII OWN COURTSPONDENT.)

SOUTHAMPTON, TCE+DAT:

The steam-ship Alhambra has arrived with the
Peninsular mails, thirty-nine passengers, 6,8001. in
specie, and full cargo of wine, elephants' teeth, sad
fruits. Her dates are:—Gibraltar, March 14;
Cadiz, 16 ; Lisbon, 19 ; Vigo, 20.
Reports from the Spanish coast announce boister•
ous weather and many shipwrecks. Exchange on
London at Gibraltar, 51 1-16th; Paris, Mr. 33e.

UNITED STATES.

THE HILITARY FORCES OF ITALY.

(►aor OVZ

TURIN, Yams 12.
In my letter of March 3 I gave an outline of the
present foros of the Sardinian army, exclusive of
artillery and engineers, and I now proceed to that of
Naples, the naval and military establishments of
winch kingdom do not appear to be sufficiently
known. Much attention, however, has been devoted
in the kingdom of the Two Sicilies to military affairs.
The present position of that country makes it very
difficult to give an exact state of those establishment',
are every day made; but the account'
:hictr !Isere give are talon from documents which
am supposed to be trustworthy. It will be seen that
there is a nucleus around which a large military
farce may be organised. In, the capital there
is a military school, and also one at Gaeta;
• college for candidates for the navy, and
another for young sailors, a school for
midshipmen, a school for naval and military me-
chanics, a topographical school, a military arsenal,
and naval arsenals. At Naples and esstellamare,
six foundries for cannon, an arms factory, four
armouries, of which two at Naples can contain
360,000 muskets, man-of-war building-yards at Cu-
tellamare, an Hate! des Itiesaides, an asylum for the
widows of officers, six military libraries containing
60,000 volumes and 0,000 maps, fourteen establiali-
ments for artillery, and nine for engineers. The
kingdom is divided into two military governments,
that of Naples having seven military divisions, while
Sicily has only three. The troops are raised by
conscription, the levy each year being about 13,000
men; Sicily is not subject to the conscription. The
length of service is from Ave to eight years, after
which the soldiers enter the reserve. The
general staff of the army is composed of Lieutenant-
" Generals, Major-Generals, and Brigadier-General..
----•-osoister-Geneval's asppiassitl is taken

from smog g zegimental officers, who still remain on
the strength of their regiments. The Garde. de
Corps (cal airy) consist of gentlemen having officers'
rank. The foot guards are composed of non-com-
missioned officers of high character, who hive served
in the army fur twelve years. The officers com-
manding these guards arc general officers, and the
remaining officers either belong to the staff or have
the rank of captain. The only privilege the
have is that of doing duty
.near the royal 18
family,
and they receive a very slight
it, is corn of one
increase of The
aaval staff, if I may so call
viee-admiral, re cont admirals, n brigadiers,
eight poet captains, 26 ensigns. There are 16 sail-
ing men of war, carrying 598 guns, and 29 war
steamers with 114 guns ; and besides these, 60
smaller craft.

The royal guard is composed of grenadiers,
light infantry, rides, artillery, and manner. The
numerical strength of the army is as follows :

INFANTRY.

1 Ildlalsa gni. --
- - - • 1,248
Ardiaty sibilsl
4 14414releelf Ma I nfanuy 6,628
18_Basben 1148 mo tlo g Nimprlitam 17,2U
14
1 d Ms
44144•45 it Swim 4.IMS
1 Plialsa et Dirks Light Infaa
1g 1414414.4 of Ilaapolltan Lighttrlithatry
MI Ploolooki Ouspoapo
1 aoshant of Vototoos 1,872
1 Ompow of Olin Volum,
1 Dart of lamellas
51 Ccoopooko of Foot Oarliems
1 Company dPawpaws l6O

To which add Bowe

66,247