The Express. — 1860-04-18 (London, England)

CORIESPONDINT. TURIN, Area 14. In a few days a work of considerable interest is to appear here. Hitherto the accounts of the last Italian war have been either French or German. No narrative, official or otherwise, by an Italian has yet been published. Now a Modenese officer, who has been for twelve years in the Piedmontese army, and who served in the 14th during the late war, and also as staff officer of the third division commanded by General Molinari, has supplied this desideratum. The title is, " History of the Third Division of the Sardinian Army in the War of 1859, by Cesare Rovighi." In this work is a particular description of the battles of Vinzaglio and San Martino, which formed a leading part of the great battle which has taken the name of Solferino, the central point of the French operations. As you are aware, the Sardinian and French armies fought that battle in a long unbroken line, but each had, so to veal, its own separate battle, uninterfered with by the other. If one find lost, the other would have been conquered too, and the inactivity of Canrubert very nearly rendered useless the expenditure of all this blood and valour. The work contains four plans, the first of which indicates the position of the armies, and the others the three different phases of the battle of San Martino. In a few days, probably, will also appear an account of the services rendered in this war by the little division commanded by General Garibaldi, written by Francesco Carrano, a Neapolitan, one of Garibaldi's staff, and now a deputy to the national parliament. Camino was in the army of the King of Naples which was seut into Lombardy under General Pope. When the King of Naples betrayed the Italian cause, by suddenly recalling the army, Carrauo was one of those who refused to obey. The valiant LA Halle committed suicide, distracted by his duties as a citizen and as a soldier. Carrano, however, followed General Pepe to Venetia, took part in its glorious defence, and has since told the story in a book, which in by far the best history of the military events of that memorable year. I have now a work of more than military interest to speak of. Thu letters of the Pope and the King of Sardinia on the subject of the annexation are about to see the light. I have already sent you an authentic copy of one of the letters, and hope to send you the others before they are published. You know this much by the unanimous vote of the parliament in favour of the annexation, that the excommunication has not frightened any one. Since the year 1447 the House of • Savoy has been accustomed to despise these theatrical thunders. Yon remember that Pope Nicholas then released the subjects of the House of •Savoy from their obedience, and made a present of the state to the King of France ; but that King laughed at the gift, and the subjects of the House of Savoy did not accept the immoral release from their duty of obedience. They remained faithful then, and for four centuries have remained faithful as their princes have remained heroic. It may be added that the Popes, too, have kept their old character, and have been ambitious, avaricious, more zealous in temporal than in spiritual matters, and constant fomenters of war and discord in Ital)•. France in welcome to the honour of furnishing the Pope with one of her African generals, and of upholding the barbsriam of a theocratical government. It may be true, as we have heard, that the Duke du Grammout has protested against the mission of the pious Lanionciere ' • but either the protest was insincere or the Pope laughs at the protest of France. Neither supposition is very creditable to the great nation.