The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-16 00:00:00

ITALY.

NAPLES.—Letters from Naples of the 3rd ins*.
announce that the Neapolitan troops, which wire on
the Roman territory, have received orders to retire
into the kingdom of Naples.

Saffi, one of the ex-Homan
triumvira, has arrived at Turin.

TUNIS.—We learn by letters from Tanis that Sir
Thomas Heade, our consul-general there, died on tho
let day of Aogust, at his residence of La Maya. Ilia
obsequies took place with gnat pomp, all the high
funcuonaries of the Bey and a great number of trovs
being present t.) do honour to the deceased. The
Seiwiphure of Marseilles thus mentions this affiiii :
. . . .

Sir Thomas Reade, consul-general of England at Tunis
for twenty-eight p ars, has just died, after a long and painful
malady, in his country house at the Maya. Iles funeral has
been celebrated with a aolemni'y and pomp unexampled at
Tunis. the Bey having determined that the greatest honours
annuld he paid to the deceased as representative of Great
Britain. The holy was removed into the town in a curiae')
of the Bey, which was covered with mourning, drawn
by six mules with funeral ornaments, and escorted by
a detachment of WO cavalry. The next day the funeral took
place : two regiments, with arms reversed, walked on each
side of the procession, and the cottin was surrounded by the
clergy of the Greek church, who officiated in the absence of
a protestant mihister. The two Christian ministers of the
hey, MM. Reifo and Bogs, all the generals and principal
officers of the regency, all the consular corps and a crowd
of Europeans, at:ended the ceremony. It was en unusual
thing to ace the great dignitaries of the country, who ro
seldom go out on foot, walking slowly under a burning sun,
especially in the fast of the Ramadan ; but the limy never
ceases to give such proofs of his tolermt principles and
of his progress in international relations.—The Vautour
steamer and the Gennero, which contain the unfortu-
nate Sicilians who were concerned in the late inaurrec-
Ilion, have returned to Tunis, hospitality having been refused
them at Bona and Algiers, as Abed previously been at Malta
and at this elec.. The Bey intends to send, them back to
Malta, and it is to he hoped, for the sake of humanity, that
the English gsvernment will put an end to their misery,
either by securing fer them a aa e return to their own court-
' try. or by indicating a place for them to go to. Their position
on board the vessels is truly dreadful, reminding one of the
misery which was suffered on the raft of the Meduse. They
are 2.50 in number, with wives and children, and many of
them are wounded or ill. It is said that M. Raffo, who has
jest been nominated /trick and Minister of Foreign Affair'',
is about to leave for Paris as Ambassador-Extraordinary of
the Bey, to congratulate the President of the Republic on
his election.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRER.—This morning, about two
o'clock, the inhabitants of Three Colt-street. Limehouse,
were aroused from their beds by the cry of " Fire." The
catastrophe originated in the house of Mr. Watley, the Three
Colt chop-house, Colt . Before the engines arrived,
the limes spread to two other houses adjoining, that of Mr.
Atwell, butcher, a hair dresser's of the name of Jones, and
the house of Mr. Hind, grocer and tea•dealer, which wtre
almost destroyed, together with stock and every other valu-
ablc.—A second fire occurred at three o'clock, on the pre•

mites of Mr. Mort in, 8, Francis-street. Tottinham-co-urt-
road. The business carried on was that of a writer on glass
and medical outfitter. It originated in warehouses at the
back of the house, a building about 40 feet by 20 feet, and
although ten of the brigade and West of Begl•nd engine,
rendered every irtaistance, the warehouse and stock were
cempl•tely destroyed.
MURDEROUS STRUGGLE WITH CONVICTS.—On
Thursday evening, as six convicted felons were being re
moved from Dumfries prison to Aberdeen prison, by the
mail-coach from Montrose to Abeidern, they became out.
rageou.ly violent at Bervie, and leaped from the coach, when
it was discovered that they were armed with deadly weapons.
One of them had a vizor blade, sharpened at the point, and
mounted on a strong handle, with which he made thrusts in
every direction ; three others, had strong pieces of wood,
about 14 inches long, and loaded with lumps of lead, from
llb to 21b. in weight,'atrongly and carefully fastened on with
screw nails, and another bad a hatchet. They were of
course handcuffed together; but the outside hands being
free, and the whole of them acting in concert, there was at
one time every appearance that they would succeed in
making their escape, as the superintendent and the three
policemen who had them in charge appeared unable to cope
with them. At this crisis, Mr. Leys, the coachman,
came to the assistance of the constables, and being
a strong, powerfully-built man, he speedily felled several
of the villains to the pound, and, after a fearful struggle,
they were again all secured, and replaced on the top
of the coach. when the superintendent took up his position
in front of them, with a loaded and cocked pistol in each
band, which he warned them woald be fired into the bodies
of any of them who might attempt to move. An inside pas-
senger, who, we believe, had a large sum of money in his
possession, had also two pistols which were loade?, and
capped, and one presented from each window, after a caution
to the convicts similar to that given by the supirtintendesit,
and which was replied to by ready and eneerkig oaths. Is
this style the coach rode on, and the priumers were safely
lodged in the West Prison, Aberdeen.—Aberdeen Herold.
RATING OP THE PRESTON AND WTRE
question of how the Preston and Wyre section of the Len,
cubit. and Yorkshire Bagley is to he assessed will be
again tilbtl.nal for consideration,
havingthecombrosightricyoro ajn
given
ulid7lee
appeal to the next quar-
ter sessions against the decision 0, the magistrates at petty
minions, on the 28th ult.—Prese4„ chronicle.
-This line is quietly but gra-
yvneitcretsdarnng
down to Flordon, which village was made alive on Monday
dui:4ll indeed, it is now laid
by a party of tenet:o4n from Norwich and the neighbour.
hood, who, with !.dr. Mitchell, the engineer of the works,
Mr. Patrick Oddvie, and about 100 workmen, took a trip
tau Ykdoo to Diss and took.—Bory Herald.