The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-26 00:00:00

NATIONAL ASSENIBLY.-TIIURSDAY.

The sees on opened at halt-put one.
It was announced that the report of the commttee cn the
relation between the Executive Government and the Assem-
bly would to- presented tomorrow.
The project of a decree for an inquiry into the situation of
the working classes was voted without discussion.
The Mtxtsvzs of Justice. brought forward the project of
law relative to the organisation of juries, which calls to the
jury al citizens, with the exception of those under 30 years
' of age who cannot read or write, &c.
This was referred to a committee.
The Minister said the revolution has extended political
rights to all citizens, it should be the same with all colter
rights, and on this principle has this project of his been
prepared.
M. DKOVYN DZ L'llcvs brought up the report of the com-
mittee on the address to the Unitest States, which was
adopted unanimously.

TERRIBLE MASSACRE AT
NAPLES BY THE TROOPS
AND TIIE LAZZARONI.

(By
_Me L7ertrie Telegraph of the South' Eastern Haaltray.

The following appeared exclusively in the Daily
I News of this morning :
A despatch received from our Paris correspondent,
dated Thursday (yesterday) noon, puts us in posses.
sion of important intelligence from Naples. We learn
that on the 15th inst. a difference between the King
and the chamber led to a breach of the peace, in con-
sequence of which the troops were called out. The
ncional guard immediately raised barricades in the
streets, and a combat ensued. After Wtime the fighting
became general, musketry and grape-shot being dis-
charged.
Our accounts state that the King granted a pillage
to the I.azzarnni, upon which a scene of almost inde-
scribable horror must have followed, for it seems that
a general massacre ensued. Houses were broken into
by the Lazzaroni, and soldiers, with men, women, and
children murdered, and the;r bodies thrown from the
windows into the streets below. But ordinary
murders do not appear to have been the worst phew
of the affair. In many cases the most horrible tortures
were inflicted, the victims being pricked in the face
with bayonets to compel them to cry " Viva el Hey!"
The massacre lasted eight hours, and terminated in
the King's favour—the surviving national guards I
being disarmed.

Since the above was in type we have received oar
ordinary despatches, from which we give the
following more detailed intelligence from Naples.
On Saturday, the 131 h, in the morning, the depu-
ties were assembled in the Salle de Monte Olivetto,
in preparatory session, to modify the form of the oath
to be taken at the opening of parliament. This oatk
was in these terms : " I swear fidelity to the King
and the constitutim of 29th January. The deputies
were opposed to this form, because it was not in con-
sonance with the concessions of 3rd April. Saturday
and Sunday passed in negotiations. In the evening,
at eleven o'clock it was announced that the King
would not modify the form.
The deputies, to the number of 80, met, declared
themselves in permanence, and sent a deputation to
the King to treat as to a modification. The King re-
fused. The national guard went in great numbers to
Monte Olivetto to persuade the deputies to persevere.
About midnight another deputation was sent to the
palace, when the King demanded time. A modifica-
tion of the oath was then proposed, in which a reser-
vation of the rights conferred by the decree of the 3rd
of April should be made.
The King pretended to accept this, but the chamber
learned that the troops had, meanwhile, been ordered
out, and, force being thus resorted to. all conciliation
became impossible. Soon after midnight the national
guard commenced constricting barricades. At half-
past one the generale was beaten, and at two the
troops—infantry, cavalry, and artillery—issued from
their barracks and occupied the spaces around the
palace, the castle, and the market.
The King, being informed of the construction of the
barricades, ordered the soldiers to withdraw, and con-
sented to the parliament being opened without any