The Express.
London, England, 1848-12-04 00:00:00

these dignitaries is agreed upon,—the .11/0»a Sacer,
whither they retire, being over the Neap°litaa
frontier, on the summit of Monte Casino. Here stande
the noblest conventual structure in Europe, not ea.
cepting Mahn or Molk: it is the old cradle of the
Benedictine order, and was the favourite haunt of
Pope Hildebrand. Marc Antony was the origieg
proprietor, and had a villa on the spot, where he is.
mil to write a pamphlet in reply to the Philippic,
" The Pontiff is calm and resigned to the new order
of things. What may be the nature of Count Roe.
mini's mission to Paris is the subject of conjecture
and comment. The idea of French intervention is
generally Hied( d.
" There is some talk of a recognition, by one new
ministry, of the separate independence of Sicily. The
Neapolitan embassy at Florence has been shut up,and
Griffeo has got his passport. At Leghorn the cot.
sul tor Naples has declared his functions at an end, in
presence of the three-legged ensign of Sicily, hung
out next door.

"The three deputies for Bologna have reeigned, gad
gone home to hceount to their constituents for their
conduct. The ' master of the sacred palace' (a
functionary who falls under the censure of Milton ht
his plea for freedom of the press) has resigned sad
gone home to Vit. rbo. Thus vanishes the last rag of
censorship, and obstot—Buttaoni
be read no more on the fly-leaf of books printed it
Rome." _ _ _

The Journal des Mimes of Paris, on the authority
of a correspondent writing from Rome on the 21st,
gives some interesting details, from which we extract
the following :
Already several essuainations have taken place in Ito.
mania; amongst t,thers that of a Roman priest, who has
fallen a vizoim to hi: sincere patriotism. All the Lily run
bles a camp in disorder. The shops and the shutters
houses are all shut; the women mope with .heir children.
in their arms, and the men—the men fly. During this 10th
of August in miniature, whilst the cannon called St. Peter
was levelled at the place of Monte-Cavallo, the Holy Father,
his mac fix in his hand, was walking in hie garden, bested:
ing the Almighty to dine* him in his conduct.
The Alba of klorence of the 25th says, on the
authority of a letter from Rome of the 22na, that the
mission of the Abbe Itosmini at Paris was to demand
from the French government assistance to put down
the revolution at Rome, and that with the entire
acquiescence of the diplomatic body.
The Gazette of Genoa of the 21st states that some
persons who had arrived from Lower Romania say
General Zucetii had had an en'agcment with the
Legionaries of Garibaldi, sear Ravenna. The cause
of the collision was not known.
NAPLES. We have received the following
despatch from our Naples correspondent of the 22nd
ult. We find in it a deplorable picture of the
condition of Naples. The extraordinary tr ilitary pre-
parations mentioned in the despatches lost received
were continued, and even augmented. The Fire
per Cents., on the 17th, were 84 ; on the 18th, 82i;
on the 20th, 801 ; and on the 21st, 80'4.
NAPLES. Nov. 22.
Several families are frightened lest our fleet should
bombard the town or not. Some are leaving their houses in
St. Lucia, which faces the sea—so strong is their convic-
tion of the approac a of something terrible. Whet is the
reason of this ?—First, that there is evidently some under-
hand attempt to await, n alum, and get up an arti-Eaglidt
feeling ; and next, that preparations for dcrence are being
made with the greatest vigour in every part of the city,
Advantage is taken of the apprehension of a foreign foe to
strengthen one's self against the domestic. Ca,tel Ovo, cal-
culated to receive about 300 men, is now s ppiied for 1.500.
The walls are considerab'y raised, and besides having holm
for musquetzy are now pierced for cannon, which c =mead
the whole of St. Lucia end Chiatamone. The King's
palace is lull o. troops and, unusual circumstance, soldiers
are visible even in the ante chambers of the royal apartments.
On the descent, too, from the palace to the arsenal, mta
have been at work the last two dap, prep +ring the.grnades
Gtr the passage of cavalry. From good authority as it appals,
I hear that the ordtr at the palace is, that in case of as
6neute, three cannons are to be fired trim the palace as a
signal for the forts to five on the city. In Castello Num, it
is said that there are 150 cannon mounted. The army is, it
is said, to be increased to 120,000 at least, and indeed kb
only no ceseary to open one's ryes to be assured of the fact, es
raw recruits are continually being met with in every part of
the city, and so has it been for the last six months. That
preparations on so .ready` ale s awaken fear is nate.
rid, and as I hav told you, this fear is moat lades-
triously directed towards the Englith, but it is more that
probable that government is aware of a widespread dieffee.
tion and p reaps of something more. The family of Prime
Cirelli, who was compromised in the affair of May 1.5, Me
been banished to Rome. 01 the b'oody deed which was
committed there two days since, you will have heard, of
coutse, directly from Rome. here it has cached a great
ate...anon.
Considerable fear is entertained of something untowud
happening on the occasion of the opening of the chamber'.
Instead of six, I ought to have said that only three deputies
had teen returned for Naples; the others did not Mina m
absolute majority. The result of the elections for the re-
maining three deputies foe Naples has been made knows
this morning ; they ere Turco, Saliceti, one of the propcssd
ministry at Rome, and Gen. Pete, now in Veciee.
You heard of the blow aimed by a soldier at the coachman
of an English g,nilemen, which very nearly struck a lady
wno was s,.side ; since that, Capt. was coming mama
with another gentleman, with a couple of guns in the bottom
of the boat, intended for sporting. Oa landing, the sentinel
took possession of the guns. The admiral and Lord Napier
both presented a note on the subject, but as far as I cm
ascertain, not the slightest notice has been taken of the
complaint in this or in the former instance, nor have the pre
been restored. Whether it is true or not that the men who
were condemned to the 'Alleys for the murder of use
Nichol are at large again I know not, but it is asserted posi-
tively that they had been seen, and, on the matter
' being represented to Lord Napi.r, his lordship sent
a note to the proper authorities, demanding if it were tree Or
not. Ido not know it any answer has been returned. Is
Calabria the troops are very active in hunting down**
' britauds ; and the papers report the catrure or the death of
many in Calabria Citeriore.
Fresh troops have been sent to Messina to make up**
complements of regiments stationed there, as ales 500 gren-
ades. It is amusing to find some of your contemporaria
speaking of the tranquillity and order which reign at Mes-
sina, and of cow cerce resuming its activity. Private lettus,
on which I can depend, give a contrary statement. These„
is the utmost misery exit, ing. tut will become of um,"
mays one letter, "if this state of things continues ? " Sack
descriptions as those I allude to remind me of the descrietin
of a painful scene of devastation in former times: "whoa
they make a desert they call it peace." The loan of a mil
lion and a half of ounces required by the Sicilian gnaw
meat, has been supplied by the house of Blanqui, at Paris,
and was neaotiated for by Baron Freddas.i, Sacdsn the*
d'affelres. The ratification of the Sicilian Parliament neon
of the coediting.. The Peer Merletta spoke strongly MUSS
the loan, as imposing an enduring weight on the country.
The loan is payable in Marseilles, Paris, ant London.
On Friday night, Nov. 17, we had what is for these lati-
tudes a remarkable phenomenon. Abut half-past 10 o'clock,
and from that to midnight, the heavens were lighted up
with the most splendid aurora borealis, radiating from the
north, and extending tar up into the heaven.. The colour
was of the deepest crimson, and such was the sensation it
excited that the cavalry were ordered out under the impels-
lion that there was an extensive fire. The star., as nu
through the purple mass, shone with astonishing
Oa the minds of the lower orders, as was natural, such in
unusual appearance created a palatal impression at the
P.S. From the north we have received nothing foe
anprent indicatingmomenbtle, oicltshb:dinang
Mures& have been distributed at Rome. The Neapolitan
thsamebeusiddayos,rmatsintheee thTueLesnassusoo.
and war.
as a "mat atmp,,,,,,
us
ittlt'onhuot
neeßoFieviea, nob:est:or:ll7
which is said to have acknowledged the independence of
All lu
mAftainwisi, pletbassitor hfoproceeded with in the utmost baste. The men were work-
aeassr
tiefinestetrie.d.
ing I observed all Sunday. Capt. —'s gun had not been
given up, nor any notice taken of the remonstrance. Every
fresh arrival confirms the intelligence of the terrible disor
ganisation of the Calabria'.
them,l siirePrbedldmg*

GERMANY.
THE PROGRAMME OF THE AUSTRIAN
M I.
AUSTRIA.—The following is the programme d
the new Austrian ministry as set forth by the president
of the council during the sitting of the Diet at &ea-
sier on the 27th of November :
Gentlemen,—ln accordance with his Majesty's call, the
constituent Diet has asa. Wiled here in order to continue its
deliberations respecting the constitution. When se wars
summoned, by tke conhdeoce of the Emperor, to the Duna
of the crows, we did lot conceal from ourselves the (ideally
of our mission and the greatness of nur responsibility to
the *sone, as well as the people. The wounds of the poi
are to be healed ; the embarrassments of the present moment
to be removed, and a new order of things is to be shortly el•
tablished. The consciousness of an honest intention to week
for the welfare of the state and of the people, as well as is
support of freedom, and the confidence that yea
will cooperate vri.h us in the great work, induced
us to sacrifice personal views to love of counts,.
and to obey the call of the monarch. We undertake count
administration of the power of government which his blejerdi
has handed to us, and at the same tine with the respOX•
bility for our firm resolution to keep aloof from all uncoastir
lotions' influence, whilst we shall not allow any encroach-
ments upon the :untie° authority. United in principles,
the words and proceedings of each of us will be the elver
lion of the policy of the entire ministry. We siocenly sad
without any reservation desire a constitutional m,narchy;
and that form of state, the existence and sure duration, of
which we discern in the joint exercise of the legislative
power, by the untarch and the representative bodies of
Austria, we with to see based upon the possession of equal
rights, b, an the unshackled development of all nin-
alitiee
uy wellu as upon the equality of all citizens of the