The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-20 00:00:00

THE PAPAL STATES.

(Yzom OUR OWN

ROME, JILT 13.
The funeral obsequies of the late Roman minister
of war, General Farina, took place with the usual
solemnities yesterday morning, at the church of
Santa Maria del Popolo, the piazza being occupied
by the troops drawn up to fire volleys in honour of
the defunct. On the preceding evening all Rome
was on foot to behold the funeral cortlye, from the
late minister's residence to the church, which was

followed by the French general and his numerous
staff walking immediately after the hearse, the Ro-
man staff and regimental officers of various corps,
ministerial equipages, two battalions of Roman ehas-
sours and the line, and one of Swiss infantry, with
detachments of artillery, dragoons, and Fendannerie,
representing the component parts of the papal forces,
minus the actual me:Oriel of the artillery, to the
parade of which the French general is said to have
objected. The French troops were consigned to
their barracks for the evening.
A tremendous uproar took place during the pro-
gress of the procession down the Corso, in conse-
quence of some hissing which was inopportunely
heard, and considered as a sinister signal by the
mass of spectators. An ineffectual attempt to take
flight followed, and an insane convulsion agitated
the crowd, to the great detriment of the shop win-
dows and the destruction of all funeral decorum.
The Swiss battalion, marching with arms reversed,
heard with surprise shouting and shrieking around
them, and many of the soldiers, thinking it the com-
mencement of a revolt, shouldered their muskets, to
be more ready for the fray; but, fortunately, the
Roman dragoons, who brought up the rear, under-
stood the real state of affairs, and their band striking
up a cheerful tune, restored a little composure both
to the spectators and performers of the procession,
which, however, reached the piazza in rather dis-
orderly arra7. Several persons were very much in-
jured by being trampled under foot in the melie.
On the evening of the 10th instant the Pope
arrived at Ferrara, having left Bologna the same
afternoon. On Saturday, the 11th, his Holiness
occupied himself in visiting the various public insti-
tutions and religious establishments of the city, and
yesterday held his pontifical chapel in the
Cathedral, in honour of the Madonna dells Grazie,
with the assistance of Cardinals Falconieri and
Baluffi and six bishops convened from neighbouring
sees, as well as the delegates of Padua and Rovigo,
and many distinguished individuals from the Lom-
bardo-Venetian provinces.
Before leaving Bologna, Pio Nono visited some of
tie principal manufactories, especially the spinning
mills at Canonica, as also the tobacco manufactory
and the mint, where the director, Signor Mazio, bad
the honour of presenting his Holiness some magnifi-
cent medals in gold, silver, and copper, expressly
coined to perpetuate the memory of the Sovereign
Pontiff's visit to Bologna. The recollection of that
event would perhaps have been more lively in the
hearts of the Bolognese had they obtained some of
the concessions so earnestly requested by them. The
Pope's visit to the penitentiary establishment di-
rected by the nuns of the Buon Pastore was marked
by another liberal pecuniary contribution to that
meritorious establishment. Ilia Holiness accepted

with pleasure the offering of a pair of papal slippers
enriched with gold and precious stones, forwarded
from the head establishment at Angers, in France, in
the name of the superior directress of the order.
The police has been most actively employed here
in endeavouring to discover whether any ramifica-
tions of the recent movement existed in the Roman
states; but it appears that nothing has transpired to
confirm such a suspicion. Meanwhile reinforce-
ments have been sent to the Mediterranean coast-
guard stations. It is rumoured that several Roman
political refugees, amongst whom arc mentioned
Signors 1)e Andrei' and l'ianciani, fell victims to
their rashness in the ill-advised expedition to the
Gulf of Policastro. _

Ezchango on London, 4ilt Roman Consols, 88i