The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-24 00:00:00

ITALY,

NAPLES, MARCH 11.
"On the evening of the 10th inst., at a quarter
to seven," says the Omnibus, '• died the magnani-
mous Prince of Salerno." Son, brother, and uncle of
kings, he has passed through 11l eventful years with-
out, however, leaving the slightest impress of his
character on the times in which he lived. Ile was
born on the 2nd July, 1790, of Ferdinand and
Maria of Austria. Lover of his ease, he has never
taken
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gentle disrsition of his mind. Thirty-six years
have passed away since, the first of his family, he
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the late revolution, he is said to have exerted him-
self to control the violence of party feeling and to
incline the victors to greater justice and humanity,
and he is said to have done so in many cases with suc-
cess. So much for his public life. In his own
family he is said to have been the pacifier whenever
occasion offered, and on the mind of his nephew,
the king. he exercised a not inconsiderable, and often
beneficial. influence—" Ile umrtnis nil nisi &mum,"
and judging by the universal voice, nothing but
good could be said of the prince. The palace has
been continually surrounded by rich and poor, at
• first making anxious inquiries for his health, and
latterly exclaiming, " Our father is dead." Ile cer-
tainly possessed many of those qualities which impose
upon the multitude, and which now cause them to
lament his death as a public calamity. Mere than
200 families who depended on his bounty will now
be thrown into comparative want, but the public
voice does not add how many families have been
pining in hopeless expectation, and will now be re-
duced to misery, through a lavish expenditure. Pro-
fuse,without charity or justice. the late prince merely
obeyed the dictates of an indolent good-nature when
he threw about him immense sums. Once have his
debts been paid by the present king, and a decree
was issued to the effevt that those who became his
creditors would do so at their own risk. The neces-
sities of the prince, however, and the craving of
the flattering and false multitude by whom he was
always surrounded, were to be satisfied. Money
must be had at any price, and the interest which was
paid for it in many cases would SOWIII enormous even
to a Jew. He Aka in debt to the amount of
120,04)0!., it is said,—an immense sum for this
country, and possibly the greater portion of this will
never lie paid. Whilst those, therefore', who feel on
his thoughtless and indiscriminate bounty lament the
prince's death, there are many who arc reduced by it
to unmerited and irremediable misery. Ibis majesty
allowed the prince a liberal sum for his maintenance,
which it is said will not be lifted from the shoulders
of the people, but will be transferred to the purse of
the hereditary prince. For several days the body
has been lying in state, and thousands have lien
Hocking to the palace to gratify their curiosity ;
though, after all, it is stated that it was not his body
which was exhibited, but merely an effigy in the dress
of the prince, the body having been for many hours
enclosed in a lead coffin, such was the urgent neces-
sity for it. The immediate cause of the prime's
death was an ulcer in his side; but it seems that in
1838 he wished to insure his life in England; the
medical certificates were of such a character as to
lead to a positive refusal. Such is the on-tit. The
funeral is to take place to-day at 2 o'clock on a scale
of great splendour; all the troops in garrison will be
on duty, and the church of Santa (Ulm will be full
of the great authorities, ambassadors, and nobility.
The Grand Duchess of Tuscany and the Duke
of Parma arrived here last Sunday by the Stromboli,
the former to be present ut the approaching aceouch-
ment of her daughter the Princess of Trapani. In
addition to other military news which I have sent
you lately, I may say that 14 companies of from two
to three hundred men are now turning—a company
in each capital of a province. They arc to be formed
principally of veterans, so that the regular army will
thus be more at liberty fir action out of theling-
dom, should such be the destination of it. as is the
general report amongst all classes. As the news of
the resignation of the Ituss•ll ministry excited a
great sensation, and great hope and joy here, so its
resumption of power has very much damped the rul-
ing party. The liberals are overjoyed.
Five per Cents., 901. Exchange on London, 362.