The Express.
London, England, 1859-03-22 00:00:00

ITALY.

THE TWO SICILIES.

(Pao% ova OWN CONAILIPONDNXT.)

NANA', )d r. It 14.

In spite of the severe illness which renders the
K 'mg uneVe to li aire his couch for a single moment,
he :..re MI6 . the Sib. His lsjeaty was con-
veyed to the frigate in • portantina completely
elated, the loyal family following on foot. On the
sth. at half past are. the vessel arrived opposite the
Palace of t' • Favorite, which is near Tone de-
Greco. The portantiea containing the King wee
inaedioite.y carried ashore and placed in a carriage
prepared mi rirpose 12e it, and then conveyed by
railway to 4'..,erta. The last day, the 10th, all the
royal princes visited the King, and the Count of
Syracuse. wlio saw his at Bari, asserts that he is
better I however, the some evening an opera-
floe was performed spas the royal patient, in
ttse presence el the Prehems de Itealgier. Trinchera,
and Coletel; the eurgees, t:ap,,no, was the ope-
rator, and be made a deep lemma in the King's
thigh, hat I". appears without producing the desired
effect, as it is said there will be a second operation.,
and the patient's setferisgs are said to be extreme.
O the minim of the 121 h the Hereditary Prince
pres.ded at :ha -Council of State, but the business
transacted was ushoportant and trilling. All grave
matters awe, to be Indefinitely adjourned ; every-
thing remslna is easpeusioo ; and Etre country las-
guietes in • state of semi-enstessee. The Beate bee
la len i• toads at present at 114 i. This fall
proves toe is. :isue nature of the Kingeeillness beyond
a aoubt ; it.deed, since his return from Bari, if there
were any do..Lts, they have all been dispelled, and
ele:usion on the point is sow impossible. It was
expected thee the Minister of Finance would waft
and even raise the ('ours, •nd the fall of the Rents
has had a very had effect
The Nespo.,tes police have been warned that eases
of explosive materials and felminatisg powder, em-
cee:ad ender layers of tobacco, have been sent from
Genoa, and are en rer‘te to Naples. A circular has
been sent fauns the heads of the Custom-house to
their agents. enjoining the roost strict attention and
examination of everything arriving from Genoa.
'Lie letter is in manweript, and strictly confidentiaL
On the the Count of Aquila and the Spanish
Prince Sebastian saw the King, and on the follow-
ing day the Coasts of Syracuse and Trapsai
and their wins were also to visit Caserta.
'lie 'rearm .1 (i,.rmele Olicio/r, lately quoted is
ri ,:,.men,. as •he tine source of information in the
I...ngdons of tha,Two Sicilies, says on the 7th that
Coe King ban "happily embarked, and that he hag
been affected soltly by rheumatism, which has given
Lim pains in tilf right leg.'"lhe caws of his sudden
ret urn, w bile suffering so acutely, is not known ; it
is supposed 'o be occasioned by reasons of state.
Since wri'ing the above I have been informed that
the necessity for an operation was the cause of his
return, and on the morning of the INth the
?anther& was summoned to Caserta, a seooed in-
cision being deemed necessary. On Thursday,
while • carriage-full of foreigners was pass-
ing under the arch erected for the illlithi-
na:inas near the Gate of Sen Giovanello, it fell,
and killed two men, wounding several others. The
Minister for Foreign Affairs received the following
Intelligence by telegram on the 11th : " A
hundred thousand Kllll4llOll are marching towards
the Petah ; 1.50,000 Russians are marching towards
the frontier of Hungary 75,000 Austrians are de-
scending into Lombardy, to reinforce the army is
; and the families of the Austrian officers in
Lombardy are advised to withdraw into the for-
themes of Vaasa and Members."