The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-07 00:00:00

ITALY.

In the sitting of the 2d of the Chamber of De-
puties at Turin, Count Cavour, Minister of Finance
and President of the Council, made his financial
statement, which was listened to with uninterupted
attention. After showing that the financial condi-
tion of Piedmont was fast recovering from its pro-
stration, owing to the Preceding measures, he an-
nounced that new loans were only to be had recourse
to for extraordinary expenses, and in case there were
no other means of meeting them ;
that considerable
reductions would be made in the public expen-
diture, but that nevertheless some increase of
taxation would be necessary. This is to be
distributed upon the entrance duties now under
discussion, the personal tax, the stamp duties,
the commercial tax, &c., and a new tax is to be
laid upon carriages. The amount pf this increase
is laid at 14 millions of francs, which will suffice
to equalise the receipts with the expenditure. The
Minister then presented four bins two for
, viz.,
the sanction of the budgets of expenses and receipts
for 1853, one to authorise the Government to levy
taxes until the end of March, 1853, and one for
the alienation of two millions of francs of Rente.
The .Risorginiento of Turin, of the 3d, states,
from Florence, that arrests continue to be made in
several towns of Tuscany, the police having dis-
covered, it is said, immense
docu-
ments relating to a widely quantities of
organized conspiracy.

SWITZERLAND.
According to letters from Genoa tnd Berne, an.
Anglo-Swiss company has applied to the Govern-
ment for permission to construct tha entire web of
railways projected in Switzerland. The expense
of these railways will amount to several hundred
million francs, owing to the great difficulties of
execution. The railway considered the most im-
portant is one which, passing throtgh Mont St.
Bernard, will go from Lausanne to the valley of
Aosto by Vevey, and join the Sardinian line which
goes to Turin. The same railway will be united
to the French lines, so that Paris and London will
be within easy reach of Turin and Genoa. The
Swiss authorities have applied to the Sardinian
Government for its co-operation in the execution of
the works in the Mont St. Bernard, and that Go-
vernment has promised it. The
proposed line from
Lausanne to Turin will be 200 kilometres in
length ; whereas that projected by Lyons, Geneva,
Chambery, and Mont Cenis wouldlbe about 310
kilometres.

GERMANY.
The Government of Hesse-Darmstadt has con-
cluded with the house of VIM. de Rothschild a
loan of 1,200,0001 florins, at per cent. interest
for the construction of a /Inroad. The loan is
taken at the rate of 100 florins 46i kreutzers for
100 florins of capital.
A letter from Frankfort gates that some Eng-
lishmen who have arrived there have made an offer
to purchase in one lot all thas remains of the Ger-
man fleet. The offer has Wen submitted to the
Diet.
A subscription was opened on the 3d at Frank-
fort, at the office of MM. Rothschild, and at Man-
heim at the office of MM. Ltdenberg and Son, for
the construction of a railwas from Neustadt to the
Hardt, by Landau to the Franco-Bavarian frontier
at Wissemberg. The amount is 4,400,000 florins,
divided into 8,800 shares of 500 florins each. The
Bavarian Government guarantees 4 per cent. for
25 years. The concession is for 99 years.
The Saxon Government has followed the example
of that of Prussia, and ordered all the workmen of
that country to quit Switzerland before the end of
this month.
A letter from Vienna of the 29th ultimo., in the
Journal de Francfort, says Independently of
the seven Archdukes, the
the Order of following persons „ere
to-day decorated with
Fleece : Count de Fiquelmont, Count Wratislay,
Prince Frantma,unsdorf, Count Lankoronsky,
Prince Bathyani, the Landgrave Egon, and Baron
Wimpfen."
A decision of the Emperor of Austria applies the
decree concerning the liberty of the press to the
army. In consequence, uo military man can be