The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-22 00:00:00

ITALY.

LOMBARI)Y.—We have given the decree of Man
shal liadttski, imposing heavy contributions on all
members of the late provisional government and cons.
mittees. A correspondent of the Censtitotitoinel
states that the famil'es of Visconti, Borromeo, Litta,
and Pio, have been taxed to the amount of a million
of franca op?, 40,0001.), whilst the family of Clad
will be deprived of ore half of its wealth by this
iniquitous tax. The same correspondent adds :—" The
Sardinian ministry is abut to propose a law denlariat
null and void aoy sale of property of haiyrit whirS
may take place by order of Radetthi. No buyers
will be found to take the land ctfered for tale ; bat
the Austrians will pull up the last tree, break and
b%rn everything, rather than be fiustrated."
In the sitting of the 16th instant of the Chant,
bet of Deputies of Turin, M. Manzi addressed
question to ministers concerning the decree of Its.
detakni, imposing a contribution upon the city d
Milan. The Chamber resolved unanimously :—Thst
it was struck with indignation et the horrors corn.
mitted by Radetaki at Milan ; and to recommend to
the Cabinet to employ more efficacious msans in
future to prevent the recurrence of such spoliatiun and
atrocities.

Advice' have been received from Naples to the 13th,
and from Palermo to the 11th. Tranquillity colt.
firmed to prevail ; but much impatience was mini.
feeted for the return of the British minister, since all
proceedings in the Anglo-French mediation were ne.
eessarilv suspended until his arrival.
The king of Naples was expected to be willing to
make large concessions, thus he would grant thecon-
stitution of 1812, and an independent government
under one of his sons as sovereign, but a serious diffi.
culty remained to be surmounted. Sicily has no
organised army, and without one order cannot bs
maintained. The Neapolitan army is so detested by
the Sicilians that its presence would be utterly incom.
patible with the tranquillity of the island. What, under
such circumstances, is to be done does not appear.
It was reported that the King had applied to the
Emperor of Russia to take a part in the proposed me.
diation, and that the latter had responded unexpectedly
by a recommendation to the King to make huge unexpectedly
liberal concessions.

The English squadron, consisting of five ships of
the lir.e and two steam-frigates, were still moored be.
fore Naples.

SWITZERLAND.

A letter from the canton of Vaud says The
celebration of catholic worship was interdicted on the
12th at Nyon."
The following is the new Swiss federal govern.
meet :—Furrer, of Zurich, president; llney, c
Vaud, vice-president ; Ochsenbein, of Berns;
Munziger, of Soleure; Frey }lsms, of Argau•
Franzini, of Tessin ; Naeff, of St. Gall ; &hies,
chancellor of the federal government. The two
chambers (the Council of State and National
Council) met for the first time on the lath instto
proceed to the above.mentioned elections. The gen.
tlemen elected thanked the assembly, reserving the
option to resign until it shall be decided which town
of the federation will be the seat of government.
It is supposed that in case the united chambeea
agree for Berne M. Furrer will resign.
The Gazette de Tessin of the 16th says, the deputise
at the conference at Fribourg have decided, it is said,
on the subject of the bishop of that city-1. That he
shall discontinue his functions at Lausanne and
Geneva. 2. That he shall be interdicted from residing
in any of the cantons dependent on that diocese. 3.
That the council of state shall take necessary measures
for the administration of the bishopric.