Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-24 00:00:00

NAPLES.

The Times has received the following telegram
from its Naples correspondent :
NAPLES, May 21.—The King of Naples is dying.
Last night he requested a last blessing from the
Pope. It is said that the neutrality of Naples has
been recognised by France.

DEATH OF THE KING OF
NAPLES.

The Times has received the following telegram :
" ROME, May 22nd, 9.40 p.m. The King of
Naples died at 1.30 p.m. Rome is tranquil. The
Xing of Naples was horn in 1810, and succeeded to
the throne in 1830. The Crown Prince is in his 24th
year. The eldest son, by the King's second marriage,
Will be 21 in August next."

The official Piedmontese Gazette of Monday con-
firms the death of this potentate.
The King of Naples, Ferdinand ll.,was born on the 22nd
of January, 1810, and was the son of Francis I. by his
second wife, Isabella Maria, the Infanta of Spain. In the
year 1830 he ascended the throne of the Two Sicilies, at a
time when that country was in a most disorganised state.
No actual rebellion, however, took place until 1848, although
from his accession to that time no single year had passed in
real tranquillity. The troops, at first, made scarcely any
-show of resistance. On the night of the 13th, shells and
round shot were fired on the city from the fort of Castel-
mare, but, at the intercession of several consuls, the fire was
suspended. After a delay of twenty-four hours, the strug-
gle re-commenced, but without result. On the 20th, a
steamer brought from Naples a decree reorgani-ing the
Council of State, opening up public offices to Sicilians, and
promisin,, to provincial councils a voice in local affairs. The
Sicilians demanded the Constitution of 1812, with a Parlia-
inent at Palermo. On the 28th January the King issued a
decree to the subjects of the entire realm, promising a consti-
tution. Hostilities meanwhile continued in Sicily, which
now began to insist upon a separate administration.
Messina joined the insurrection. A serious dispute
ensued, in which neither party would give way. On the
morning; of the 15th barricades were erected in the streets,
and the royal palace was garrisoned by troops, artillerymen
stood to their guns with lighted matches. The king there-
upon declared that he acceded to the wishes of the dputies,
and called upon the National Guards to withdraw from the
barricades and remove them. The latter replied that they
would do so as soon as the royal decree was signed and
issued, and not before. As invariably happens at such
crises, "a musket of a National Guard went off by accident."
_The other guards thought that the Swiss troops were
attacking them, and fired a volley. A bloody flight now
.ensued, which lasted for eight hours; the Lazzaroni
were let loose on the side of the king, and poignarded
and plundered in all directions. At length Admiral
Baudin, who was in the harbour, notified to the government
that if it were not ended he would land a force to restore
order. The troops now ceased firing, the King was once
more absolute, and the Chamber was dissolved Naples
was subdued, but Sicily remainel On August 29, a body
of 15,000 soldiers sailed to Messina, and joined the royal
troops in garrison. On the 20th of September an attack
was made on the part of the garrison, the fleet in the har-
bour, and a force which had landed on the shore. After a
bombardment of four days, during which the people fought
heroic courage, the city wastaken—a heap of rums.
On the 28th of March, hostilities against the Sicilians were
/main resumed, but. Catania was taken by General Filan-
reri, after a bombardment which laid a great part of the
city in ruins; Syracuse surrendered without resistance; and
on the 22nd of April Palermo opened its gates to the King's
forces. Since that time the kingdom has bean entirely in
Ferdinand's power.
The first revelations concerning the state of prisons
were made by Mr. Gladstone, and since then suc-
cessive applications have been made to the King by
the English and French governments, in the hope of
inducing him to moderate his conduct. This proving
useless, diplomatic relations with his government
were recently suspended, and have remained so up to
the present time.