The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-26 00:00:00

HUNGARY.

PESTH, Fm. 25.

Last night a patrol of military police, being
insulted by some boys, made use of fire-arms. One
person, a waiter, was wounded.

PESTA, Fro. 25, EVEMO.

The riotous disturbances in this city yesterday
took place on the occasion of the Jewish Purim
festival.

Two of the patrol and several civilians were
wounded.

The comitat of Agram has resolved upon break-
ing off all official connexion with the comitat of
Perth, on account of the resolution adopted by the
municipality of Perth in reference to the state of
siege at Fiume.

DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT
NA PLEB. -A THEATRE BURNT DOWN.

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NAPLES, Fn. 21.

A page of disasters ! On Tuesday afternoon one
of those fearful accidents with which Englishmen
are, alas, too familiar, occurred on the Caserta Rail-
way, not far from Maddaloni. Repairs have
been for some time going on in order to raise the
rails, which have been put out of order by the extra-
ordinary traffic which has taken place since last
August. On the approach of a train, about half-
past 2 o'clock on Tuesday, the signals not having
been properly given or understood, it ran on a
portion of the rail which had no support beneath
it and broke it in two. The consequence was a
fearful shook, by which two carriages were thrown
one upon the other, and nine persona killed
and forty-one wounded. With one exception,
this is the only accident which I remember
to have taken place on a Neapolitan line ; but I
am much surprised that many other and worse
accidents have not taken place, especially on the
Castellamare line, which is badly constructed, and
is in a wretched state of repair.
On the same night the old and spacious Teatre
Nuoro was burnt down. The flames burst out at
about midnight, when succour was leas likely to
obtained, and at 2 o'clock the roof fell in. The
Teatre Nuovo was devoted principally to the
opera buffs, and is one of the oldest in Naples.
Yesterday a very important fact took place here.
England and its dependency Corfu were placed in
direct communication with each other. The King's
speech was telegraphed to the Governor, and sixty-
one telegrams were received from the island during
the morning, and despatched to London. The
authorities here have given every facility to those
connected with this great enterprise, and placed s
steamer at the disposal of the emplayge who left
to assist in the operation of laying down the cable.
The William Cory, which brought out the cable, had
the misfortune to ground not far from Otranto,
but was soon got off by the assistance of two
steamers, which bad been sent by Admiral Martin.
Great rejoicings had taken place in Corfu ; the
Governor gave a grand ball, and the Italians were
invited and received with great cordiality.

By a decree of the present government of Naples
the two concordats are solemnly annulled and declared void.
An pompon of whatever creed are declared equal before
the law, and ecclesiastics have no longer any peculiar ex-
emption. All monastic order, for either sex cease to be
recognised by the government. The same fate has fallen on
bezieficesof all kinds without cure of souls, and on all chap.
ten of collegiate churches. The property of this, religious
houses is taken into the hands of the government, and is
to be charged, first with popular education, next with the aug-
mentation of the salaries of parish priests and with the relief
of the most needy members of the clerical body. The
fabrics are to be employed for school purposes, among which
infant and evening schools are not forgotten. But large
and sweeping as is the change the interests of the present
inmates of theme houses have bee. cared for. Those who
wish to continue a monastic life are to receive a pension',
which is to be augmented by one-sixth if they reside out of
the cloister. No more novices are to be admitted.

Gustavo Modena, a celebrated dramatic artist of
Italy, has just died at Milan. His body was conveyed on
the nod to Turin to be interred, and the funeral procession
was headed by several distinguished perms of the extreme
party, including General. Ovens, Mediei, Bizio, Tarr, M.
BretTeri°, and a vast number of students.

The celebrated soprano singer Ve'lntl, one of the
most successful interpreters of Routines mune, died a few
days linos. aged SO, at his villa in the environs of Padua,
where he has long resided. It was for him that Meyer-
beer composed his n Croriato, and Ramie his Aurelian
is Pnlmira. Velluti was formerly one of the singers in the
Sistine ch►peL
The Dresden Journal announces the death of the
well-known sculptor Rietechel, which event took place on
the eve of the day when he was to have exhibited his last
work—a car, with four bones, destined for Brunswick,
and the models of the statues of Luther and of Wickliffe,
for the monument of the Reformation ►t Worms.