The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-02 00:00:00

1816.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE. '
SWITZERLAND AND SAVOY.
PARIS, WEDNESDAY.
The Moniteur of this morning publishes a note of
M. Thouvenel, of the 7th April, relative to the
neutralisation of Savoy. In this note M. Thou-
vend contests the pretensions of Switzerland, and
declares that France fully accepts the execution of
article 92 of the final act of Vienna.
I The Monitenr also announces the publication,
to-morrow, of another note of a later date than that
above mentioned.

HANOVER.

HANOVER, WZDNIADAT, MAT 2.

In yesterday's sitting of the Hanoverian Diet the
military committee moved that the plan proposed
by government for the fortification of the coast
should be rejected and the necessary supplies
refused.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, WEDNESDAY, MAT 2.

The Wiener Zeitung, of to-day, contains an auto-
graph letter of the Emperor, dated the 26th ult.,
decreeing that the ecclesiastical affairs of the evan-
gelical portion of the army shall be under the ma-
nagement of military chaplains of both the
Augsburg and Helvetic confessions. In each
of the military stations of Vienna, Verona,
Ofen, Lemberg, Prague, and Hermannstadt, two
military chaplains, one of the Angsl:nug and one of
the Helvetic confession, are to be appointed, who
will occasionally inspect the surrounding districts.
In time of war two evangelical military chaplains
are to be added to the clerical establishment in the
hospitals of the operating armies.

VIENNA. Mar I.
The Wieser Zeittang publishes an imperial de-
cree, dated the 22nd ult., in execution of para-
graph 4 of the Imperial Patent for the settlement
of Hungarian protestant affairs. This decree orders
that the branch of the Ministry of Public Worship,
which is to consist of evangelical 00-religionista,
shall be established immediately. All questions
relating to protestant religions and scholastic
matters in other provinces are also to be referred to
this branch of the Ministry, which will provisionally
consist of three coup ors, who are already
appointed.

THE INSURRECTION IN SICILY.
GENOA, MAY 1.
Advicee have been received from Naples to the
28th ult., which state that theElettrioo had arrived
at Naples from Palermo, bringing families of the
military.
The insurgents were meditating an attempt on
Palermo. A column which left Messina on the
20th April was engaged in serious combats with the
insurgeuts on the 21st and 22nd at Galati, which
town was destroyed. The royal troops fell back
upon Messina.
Another column, under the command of General
Leticia, had left Palermo in order to subdue Tra-
pani It was supported by two frigates.

MARSEILLES, WAY 1.
Letters from Na lee to the 24th ult. state that
110WR of a peaceful character had been received from
Sicily, contradicting that which had arrived by way
of Turin.

MABBEILLEM, Aram 30.
Letters from Naples to the 28th inst. confirm
the statement that Carini had been taken by assault
after three days' fighting. The town had suffered
greatly.
The government states that only a few hundred
insurgents remain to he pursued. Letters affirm,
however, that the supplies of provisions to the
towns had been often intercepted. The recent
struggles had caused great excitement.
The details are still oontrsdictory.