The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-09 00:00:00

RELIGIOUS FEELING IN ITALY.

The correspondent of the Debate, at Naples,
writes as follows:—" I have spoken of the troubles at
Barletta and the organisation in Naples of • catholic-
conservative association for the defence of religion
and justice. The connexion between these two
facts is now discovered. A vast conspiracy was
to have broken out in Naples on St. Joseph's-day,
which is the anniversary of Garibaldi and Rossini. The
clerical party, who expected that a great demonstration
wouldbe made on that day by the radicals, desired to wake
use of it for their own purposes, but the expected demon-
stration not having taken place the execution of the con-
spiracy was postponed t s the 31st March—Holy Saturday.
As it appears from the papers which have fallen into the
hands of the authorities, the design was to fall on
the English and German protestants when they
were leaving their churches. Two priests wero the most
active agents in the plot. Several arrests were wade.
Five of the prisoners obtained permission to go to
Rome. Why they were not kept in Naples to be tried
with the others nobody can tell. One of them was con-
demned to forced labour in 1862 fora political offence
but was subsequently pardoned. The clericals have been
greatly annoyed because, for the first time, carriages were
allowed to circulate this year on the days of Holy Thurs-
day, Friday, and Saturday. This was an old Spanish cus-
tom. tinder the two last Bourbon Kings, the trains on
the Caserta Railway, which belongs to the government,
were not allowed to run on these days."
The Diritto reports that the people of Pisa ordered a
medal to be struck in commemoration of the massacre at
Barletta. One side contains the name of victims,
the other an iscripton to the following effect :—" To
the victims of religious fanaticism fomented and led
by Roman catholic apostolic priests who on the 19th of
March, 1866, covered with infamy the innocent people of
Barletta, and brought mourning and misery upon whole
families ; and the popular °militia of Pisa, in a meeting
held on the Ist of April in the same year, have decreed
this medal to be struck as • perpetu►l memorial of the
dead." A copy of the medal would be sent to the fami-
lies of the slain. At the same meeting it was resolved to
request Garibaldi and Massini to inaugurate a collection
on their behalf.

Tan IRISH CHURCH. —One of the first questions
with which the House of Commons has to deal on its re-
assembling is that of the church establishment in Ireland.
Sir John Gray's motion, which was postponed in conse-
quence of the debate on the Reform Bill, being down for
to-morrow night. Since the notice was first given its terms
have been altered, and it now stands as follows :—" That
the position of the established church in Ireland is a just
mass of dissatisfaction to the people of that country, and

urgently demands the consideration of parliament."
Of the ministerial appointments rumoured by
some of our contemporaries s week or two IMO u likely
to take place, that of Mr. Knatehbull-Hagemen to the
ruder-Secretaryship for the Home Department is (says

the Seedily Graiette; the only one which i;olliodelly settled.
In anticipation of a dissolution of parliament
Yr. Bernal Osborne lac lamed his addrome to the @looters
of Waterford county. -

Viscount Milton, M.P., whose meant accident
is tbs lusalleg field has horn already notioed in our
solumns,arrived in town oa Thane*. gran Wentworth
House, nazi Fitswillianes seat in Yorkshire. The noble
•issonnt left town on Saturday for Brighton

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