The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-28 00:00:00

ITALY.

On the 24th inst. the city of Turin offered to the
King a crown, the produce of a subscription to
which nearly all the inhabitants had contributed.
At the same time a deputation presented to his
Majesty the following address, composed by the
senator Cibrario :

Sire,—Although your Majesty. from natural inclination,
as well as through the great mission You have received from
Divine Provi.lcooe, is a citizen of Italy, the inhabitants of
Turin, nevertheless, cannot forget that this city was the
cradle where love for our great Italian native eountry
came to maturity in your generous soul, and where the vast
projects were planned that were destined to accomplish the
independence of the glorious Peninsula.
Therefore the inhabitants of this city, jealous of its
glories. have thought that as soon as this difficult mission
should be accomplished, it belonged to them to offer to your
Majesty, upon your return from the beautiful provinces re-
cently united to the monarchy, a crown that shall be the
emblernof the union of those warlike virtues that are the in.
heritance of the twiner s of Savoy with those civic virtues
neces.ry to the accomplishment of the great work—ltalian
Unification. . . . . . .

M e lay, sire, at the feet of your Majesty this humble
homage, praying you to take into consideration tho modest
nature of the gift, regarding rather the gratitude and
devotedness of those who make this offering, and rather
still its deep significancy.
Long live the King of Italy.

The crown consists of two branches of laurel and
oak interlaced, and of a diamond star. On the
gold baud uniting the two branches is the follow-
ing inscription, composed also by the Senator
cibrario, who has a reputation for matters of this
kind ;—" Victorio Ewanueli 11., Italici Imperil
Restitutori, Cives Taurini, 1860."
The last census of the several provinces gives the
following results for the kingdom of Italy :—Pied-
moat, 3,815.637 inhabitants ; Sardinia, 573,115 ;
Lombardy, 2,771,647 ; Modena, 609,138 ; Parma,
508,784 ; Tuscany, 1,770,338 ; ex-States of the
Church, 1,960,360 ; Naples, 6,843,35 ; Sicily,
2,231,020 ; total, 21,092,020 mbabitants.
General Cialdini has just written to the Gazetta
del Pupolo, which had opened a subscription to pre-
sent bun with a wreath of laurel in gold with the
word "Gaeta" in tri-coloured precious stones, that
he cannot accept the gift, but requests the sub-
scribers to devote the money to the relief of the
families of the soldiers who had fallen during the
siege.
When most of the Swiss regiments in the Neapo-
litan service revolted in 1859, there was a Swiss
regiment of veterans which remained faithful to the
royal cause. This regiment accompanied the King
to Gaeta, and at the capitulation of that fortress
became prisoners of war. It has now been decided
that these men, 600 in number, shall be sent back to
their own country.

AMERICA AND CANADA.

DISCHARGE OF THE FIIGITME SLAVE
ANDERSON.

LONDONDERRY, Wznumnsv Emma.
The Canadian screw steamer Anglo-Saxon, Cap.
taiu BaUantine, from Portland (Maine), on the
16th inst., has arrived here, and landed all mails,
except thoee for Liverpool.
The New York, City of Baltimore, and North
American had arrived out.

Mr. Lincoln touched at Pittsburg and Ohio ou
the 15th inst., and made shes at both places.
The committee of the warth pftciugton peace confe-
rence had reported a plan of pacification understood
to be compounded from the Crittenden, Guthrie's,
and Border States plan.:
It was reported that assurances bad been received
that Forte Sumter and Pickens would not be
attacked.

Mr. Davis, President of the Southern Confedera.
tion, would, as soon as inaugurated, send a minister
to Washington to negotiate for the surrender of
these forts.

The inauguration of Mr. Davia was to take place
on the 18th inst.

Private advices from Montgomery stated that
arrangements had been made for a loan of
14,000,000 dollars by the let of March.
According to a telegram from Toronto, dated
the 10th inst., the Anderson case was decided on
that day. The prisoner was discharged on tech-
nical grounds, the writ of habeas corpus being de-
finitive, and not expressly charging lam with the
crime of murder. The result was received with satis-
faction.
Advices from San Francisco are to the 13th of
January. The markets were extremely dull. For
export produce prices remained unchanged.