The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-11 00:00:00

ATTACK ON ROME.

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ROMAN STATES.—The French attacked Ronal
at 3 o'clock on the mornitg of the 3rd.
The following official despatch, which appeared in
Paris on Saturday evening, gives all the details re-
lating to this affair, and fur the history of the Deg
elation* which had taken place op to the departure ofo-
M. Lesseps, we refer to another part of oar paper :

MITIDITIONAMT coars or Till MIDLTIRSAMRAIS. THI
01111111ALIN•CIIIST TO Tin MINISTER 01 was.
Head-marters, Villa Peen, Jose 4, 5 A.M.
Housierar le Hiaistre,—The diplomatic negotiations sow
memed by N. Lessem ban, as you know, somewhat stopped
the active premme of dos ezpoditiosary seeps slam the 17th
M Hay. Honorer, the works have sever ben completely
haterrapted. The migneiss and artillery, emitted by work-
men ham the ialestry, base bees employed in making
photos and Mende. • Irides thrown over opposite the
smilemego elan Peels bee easbled us to take up a pinkies
An the beam of shot mat, which, whilst it enables us to
- mem ' with the Albano read, allows us to
forestal Wn the advises of any foreign force.
Oar position there is eo much the swatter, us our
loirlim have built at the brad of the bridge a building
amble of rewiring a battalion. The iaosesaat devotions to
their work, of this oaken. lubalteras, and soldiers of arise,
her eaWet us to provide samessively for the victualling
magazines, sad the great park of artillery, the hest pieces
of which arrived as Me Ist of Jaen
• Oar troops bad °sampled Moot* Mario, or the Sacred
• Smut, which overlooks the High Tiber, the Yellows, the
Net of It. Rogan, and the Assess and Firerenee reads.
The enemy, whim bad worked there with meat earwig
_far
several weeks, abandoned itesuldealy, mid was esingied a
few hours after by the 13th Light and Lilt Innatry
eat • blow.
Oa 31st May M. Limps: had osecladeCwith the Roam
antheritins a ',savanna, whisk be wished-me to sign. But
Military homer and my inetrostioss hand me to refuse
_ ega as act which would prevent our sassy MN Rome.
Is a former despatch I had the hewer of iallaming yen,
that on tot ter of June I had forwarded a Miss to the
Wannest*, to Wane them that the neutral trade coomated
to by IL Lessens wee so imager to be is viper after 24
brown I advised ail the emery's winmesil poste of this. Os
the demead of ewe Chemslior a Isrepalea, JL Be Gonad°,
I emmalml to sister the attack se the pima until needay,
the 4th, el had. This dipiceastie spat wee Wormed that
sr anagram who wished to Maw Rolm would Bad a
risuLlom
try pyre
Ben Poole. Ilothe asset arenas in-
Noilend iimoiisfssq athemesy
&Mak* of MM int operation alas treneamo. The Geasral
of Shin* Voilhat, matessadissi the embeserei Maid not
eard
at to imalgiceemeesese operations us Wig es Me enemy should
be moray him by the pereedea Ike Vale
Paseall, Ohm* of Ban Pemerm&, sad the Villas Cor.
ski sad Valondel. By ukiag ow of time the ether two
must eamearily M emceed aeo--med so tt was Mom Two
alum, the Bret onameaded by Gunnel Misiliire, sad the
Wen by Gomm' Jean lAgailleat, neoieed melees to attack
at three in the mania, as the 3rd ; the Int alerting from
the via. Hanoi, sad the second from the Villa
lima Carlo. At their pout of Jimmies, General
meal: de St. Jean d Aagely was to take the emousand ;of
bath and centralise their sodas. Governors &stoke and
Galliwilier bad orders to meoestrate and support the
MOTMOSEE
Though the villa !small M asnounded by • wall four
yards high, mad early 60 osatimease thick, sad though she
eemay had formed banhadas is *nerd plasm. mei Meet* it
we deetidel by attest 20,000 masae it was wieldy Whim
Non than 200 piasters, of whom ten wen Assn, hod
been take, at 6 am. Three Inge and 200,1100 cutridom
were ales t war hands.
" TM thankla of Bea Peassorks, - lee park of So
elk Pundit, sliandikesemb ads; sad we weeelbsolifly MOM
bibbed there at 7 o'clock. Doris' title time, two esoopeales
•Shiodged tho enemy- Law is eon Milks, chaste throe
•erol yards ilia the Vomit • tern; mid 000 rsr# heat tie
with of Roma:
The smagatien of the Chords of Bea Name& Md no
t• el the Cheatem whisk is a blew
males hodiliwksmastneded with Lego feesnear, and
Two NBC thew swereselsed is &very
Illowimiase, sod lees than the aunty
_sad elevemese of
•Orm here midi an hen stand to &ledge limn. The
sunk we eltaised at about tea o'clock.
Memel simaltme July the Villa ValeatiaL sad • Was
.thesa whisk Mirage to it, and is at the maw Wight, was also
'owned.
However the Bas, Mown, all Use impethaase of these
rinses. mid am glow 'us to mean pmosable maw
Elsa. hem aawnalei until seven ia tin streaky mimeo to
Wank megoresd by the Ire of the ramparts, aside ellons to
mem aad rearm these Ouse buildlnp. Shells bedewed
ORM set Sea to tiseas, whisk obliged os sesnothene to loam
them. But they wive retaken by us isamediately. Tha
sounilv Of 0117
of
ia thee grave drawnstaams was the
mon worthy of admire/lea. ae—faithfal to our raoiatisaNt