The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-18 00:00:00

ITALY.

THE TWO SICILIES.
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NAPLES, Barr. 9.

The following facts have lately been reported to
me, which, though somewhat lengthy, I C001111TUli•
ate, es being strikingly illusttatth of the state of
Naples. Signor Handl Parisi, a Neapolitan officer,
served is 1826 under Generel Pepe, received the
cream of military merit, and was afterwards degraded
for liberal opinions. By various speculations he
acquired a large property. In 1848, together with
many other officers, he was restored to
his rank, received a part of his pay, and
was decorated with the cross of St. George,
He wee afterwards elected mayor of Miaow, a vil.
lege near the capital,wleere he built • magnificent
viila, and acquired much popularity by his charity,
A son of Parisi lived on the road called Concordia,
in the parish of S. Matted. The priest of that pa,
rieh—who, as I have already said, is a fanatic
worthy of the middle ages—regarded Parisi with
hatred, alleging that be was an usurer. On the same
ground., on Easter last, he refused to give the usual
benediction to the house, and farther threatened that
in the event of the death of Parisi his body should be
deprived of the rites of sepulture. In fact, on the
18th of August Parisi died suddenly in the house of
his son, and the parish priest went immediately to
the spot, closed the room where the death took plies,
and wrote immediately to the police requesting their
assistance to prevent the performance of the cere-
monies of the church. After the body had been
examined it was placed in spirits of wine, and the
family,
.in great distress, applied to the King for
rm peission to have the body buried with ectlesias.
tical honours, urging that he was an officer in
the army, a cavaliers, and a municipal authority,
It was all, however, to no purpose; the King re•
plied that they must depend on the priests, and the
body was carried by the " becelim, accompanied
by a strong body of police, to a place where
the "Impenitenti" are buried. The family how-
ever, at last, through great influence and
the expenditure of much money, obtained from
the parish priest of Miacco a certificate to the effect
that Parisi was not only the best catholic in the
world, but a great philanthropist, and the funeral
seu allowed to proceed. On the 22nd August,
the coffin was taken to the church of S. Maria
Portosalvo, situated near the Custom-house, and
thence the procession moved, passing by the Largo
del Castello, S. Ferdinando, the Toledo, close to the
parish of S. Matted. Before it marched a body of
the Swiss troops, playing funereal music.

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

MALTA, BIPT. 11.

tier Majesty's ship Vigilant arrived from the fleet
thin morning, end the fleet itself is expected about the 14th.
A very fine Turkish two-decker passed through Malls, on
route to England for her engines and machinery.
We have had several eases of refugees from the Two
Sicilia., landing clandestinely at Malta. They are, whenever
found, taken before the polioe and lined 51. for not having
passports,. Poor fellows, they are glad enough to get out of
the clutches of King Bombs on any hems.

LETTER FROM MIRZAPORE.

The Leeds Mercury of yesterday publishes the
following letter:
. _

Mintapore, August 3, 1357.

I send you by thin mail the Friend of Indio. Our position
in this country has materially altered for the worse since
the publication of the hired, or any other paper you east
receive from India iy this mail. You would see that General
Havelock marched from A 114116.4 to relieve Cawnporea
and after that Lucknow, where our garrisons were besieged
by the mutineers. He arrived too late at Cawnpore ; the
garrison, all the ladies, and meet of the railway engineers
and contractors people, have been murdered. Havelock •
fought a battle there, and defeated Nana Sahib—at least the
is our version. After that he creased the Ganges to relieve
Lucknow. He fought Ws way to near that place, and trei
peeled to relieve it, but news has just come in that be has
been obliged to fall bock without accomplishing anything.
He had only about 1,500 men with him, many of whom
most have been killed or otherwise disabled. Nana Sahib
crossed the Ganges in the rear of Havelock, who is by
this movement placed between two fires. Most serious
fears are entertained for his safety, for all the north.
west depends upon the pumas of Havelock's expedition.
We have later news from Delhi than is possessed is
Calcutta. The real fact is, our forces are besieged there, In.
stead of besieging that place. Our forces (British) are be.
hewed to have been reduced to 2,200, and a it was intended
that Havelock should march to reinforce that army aftee
relieving Lucknow, great fears are entertains" for ire
safety. It is surrounded: by thousands of the enemy.
Of the Punish we can hear nothing, as the communion.
'ion is in the hands of the rebels. Yon will probably
get intelligence by the Bombay side. We are throw.
lag up entrenchments here, but have only 100 Eng.
liah troops. Entrenchments are also being thrown up at
Allahabad, outside the fort, and also at Bemires. We have
only about 500 men at Allahabad, and 400 at Bemires so if
Havelock fails at Lucknow, we shall have the Nena and the
Oude rebels, numbering emu 30,000, marching 'lntuits.
neously on ell these places. It is said the Dinapere mutineer,
are marching on this place, and have been joined by abed
7,000 men belonging to the Rajah of Datum, near Burst;
we are preparing for them. My object in writing to you is to
give you the true Mate of matter., of a much later de's thug
you will get from Calcutta deices."

DEATH OF TWO CHUMMY AT 3111701.41 e
GSBEN.—WANT AND BAD D11.12G102.

Last night two inquests were bald before Mr.
Baker, at the Dundee Arms Trims, Bethnal-green. Ths
first was on Alfred Roger., aged two years, whose parents
reside at 8, Peacock-place, Cambrdge•rod. The father
stated thet be was out of work, and bed to maintain a wile
sad aix children.

Mr. Moore, surgeon of the Union dietrict, stated, when ha
was called in to the child, he found it sinking from want of
the neceeseries of life. The parents told him that they
were allowed Is. and two loaves weekly by the
perish. Mr. Moore thought the child's death bad been
accelerated by the unwholesome Mate of the district. There
was a large open drain et the back of the house, and nations
nuisances doe. by. Mr. Moore aid there were two children
at present ill in the value house, who would die in a few
hours if not removed. The people in the adjoining houses
were also in danger.
The second inquest was on a child of four years, named
William Pinion, whose parents live at No. 20, Old Bethnal-
green-road.
The jury returned a verdict in sash ease " That the de-
mand died from natural causes, accelerated by the poisonous
condition of the houses in which their patents resided."
The coroner was requested to communicate with the board
of guardians of the union.

THE INDIAN RETOLT.—Nothing, indeed (says a
writer in to-day's Times) in the whole of this unnatu
contest is more remarkable than the counterpart spectacled
which the antagonist fortes exhibit, and which recall the des
ecriptions given by the Homan poet of those civil wars where
shinier standards. similar eagles, and similar bodies of spew•
men were arrayed on each side of the field. The very b
sounds of a British regiment see recognised and acted on/
an insurgent battalion, the word, of command on one •
are heard and understood on the other, and one piutimilar
occasion our enemies actually marched against us with Eng-
lish drums and Bugliah trumpets playing, " Cheer, boys,
The Lincoln Mercury um the gallant 10th Foot,
which followed the mutineers at Dinapora and shot deem WO
of them, is the old North Lincolnshire, stationed in Lincoln
fitly years eines. Lincoln then, and for yew. eatew[o,olo
on amount of its tine commons, woe • hvowite mildarg
station.
ANOTHER GUN ACCIDENT.—Mir. W. Wright.
fanner, of Ellerby, has just lost his life whilst out eh
at Aldborough, Holdeeness. Mr. Wright had shot II
and whilst Mr. Richardson, grocer, of Hull, was in the
of picking it up, Mr. Wright commenced re-loading the did;
charged barrel—his gun being a doable-barrelled one, .111
the other barrel loaded. Whilst in the act of rammiM dog
the powder, the loaded barrel discharged, estwsd
Wright in the loft breast, his coat, waistcoat, shirt, and dens
ribs and
tbhrne it.thgrocugaeh the s
ath was hotphatt teinsunred three of
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Ressiferi Nenwry.