The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-15 00:00:00

MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1849

ITALY.

The Alba, of Florence, states from Naples, 30th
ult., that the Sicilian army had retaken' Milazzo, after
a sanguinary engagement, and obtained a complete
victory in the environs of Messina. A rumour was
current on that day, that the Sicilians had pro-
claimed 1401.1i3 Murat King of Sicily. The same
paper announces the arrival at Naples of an En-
voy Extraordinary from the Russian Government.
This journal, which, however, is not a very good
authority, says that the Envoy is charged to inform
the King that the family of Bonaparte had deter-
mined to help Lucian Murat to the throne of Sicily,
should Louis Napoleon obtain the Presidency of the
French Republic ; that Russia consequently advises
the King of Naples to attack Sicily immediately,
while the Russian troops were to enter Hungary in
case France and England prevented the Neapolitan
expedition, and that Filangeri and the Russian Mi-
nister had gone to Gaeta, in consequence, together
with Sabatelli and Cariati.

The Conternporaneo, Roman journal, of the 3d inst.,
announces that General Zucchi arrived in the harbour
of Civita Vecchia in the French steamer Courier
Corse on the 31st ult. " His aid-de-camp," it
says, " came on his part to invite the dele-
gate to a conference with him on board the
steamer, the General being ill and unable to land.
The delegate having declined, the vessel weighed
anchor at two o'clock P.M., and proceeded in the di-
rection of Gaeta and Naples." In the evening of
the 2d a grand demonstration in favour of the Con-
stituent Assembly took place at Rome. The popu-
lation, the Civic Guard, and the troops of the garri-
son assembled on the square of Venice, and from
thence marched down the Corso to the Square of
the People, preceded by banners, torches, and mili-
tary bands. From this last square the cortege re-
paired to the Capitol, crying " Viva the Roman
Constituent, the Italian Constituent, and the Inde-
pendence of Italy." Then all the banners were placed
round the statue of Marcus Aurelius, and the Cava-
liere A. Rambaldi, having ascended the pedestal, read
the decree of the convocation of the Assembly, and
delivered the following address :
" People of Rome, you are about to accomplish a
great task; you may, it' you wish, infuse vital force into
our unhappy Italy, and unite our scattered members,
which the despots and the dark congregations of priests
are anxious to keep asunder. lam a priest of Christ,
and it is with the deepest conviction I call you from the
top of the Capitol to liberty and independence, because
the principle of your right eternally lives in the Gospel.
Viva the Roman Constituent, the initiative of the
Italian Constituent!"

Those words were received with enthusiastic ap-
plause, and the orator having recommended the peo-
ple to observe the calmness and dignity becoming a
truly civilized nation, the multitude instantly sepa-
rated in the greatest order.
The Concordia of the Bth inst. states that it was re-
ported at Turin that Marshal Radetsky had published
an order of the day, in which he announced the im-
minent resumption of hostilities.

BANK OF FRAN CE.
The following is a return of the situation of the Bank
of France on the 11th of January, Is49:

♦SSETS.