The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-10 00:00:00

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 21.—DESTRUCTION OF
PERA BY FIRE.—On the night of the 17th the
greater part of the Fraukstown was destroyed by
fire. Above 3,000 houses, many of which were of
stone, have been wholly destroyed. The cholera is
still raging and spreading at Constantinople.

ITALY.

NAPLES.
OPENING OF THE CHAMBERS.

The Duke of SERRA CAritioLA, by command of the
KING, opened the Neapolitan Chambers on the lit
instant, by reading the following royal speech :
"Signori,—While contemplating with joy the desired
day, on which I should be surrounded by the Legislative
Chambers of the kingdom, a fatal disaster, which I shall
never cease to deplore, unfortunately occurred to protract
the solemn opening of the session. My profound grief at
such unhappy delay is now assuaged by your presence,
since I feel the necessity of your loyal, enlightened, and
prudent assistance to revive with promptitude in this our
dear country that true prosperity which every civilized
people has a right to claim. The free institutions irrevo-
cably sanctioned and sworn to by me would be fruitless,
were not proper laws, resting upon similar bases, to con-
solidate them by their various systems of application. I
therefore invoke your particular attention to this pro.
mineut subject. In the various Bills which will be
presented to you, you will principally determine the tum-
uli rules to be established for the special administration
of the communes and provinces, which form the principal
basis of every political society; those which will defini-
tively re-organize the National Guard, whose mission it is
to watch over the maintenance of the internal tranquillity
of the State; and, lastly, those which are calculated to
spread, with the greatest efficacy, public instruction in all
classes, for the purpose of promoting the increase of civili-
zation, and preserving entire the glory which so many
noble talents had before procured us. The public finances
deserved, above all, your particular attention. Prompt
an f general provisions are necessary to remedy the
inevitable disorder under which they labour at present in
consequence of so many political vicissitudes. Nor do I
fear that in this rich country the balance between indispen•
sable necessities, and the best means to provide for them,
will be long failing. You will seek boldly to unmask the
reasons or pretexts for the fatal disturbances which, by con-
tinually agitating the realm, paralysed on the one hand
every sort of industry and commerce, and on the other
rose to the excess of attacking the property and
honour of private individuals ; and you will provide
by energetic means, against the continuation or re-
newal of so deplorable a state of things. This is a
necessity, the urgency and importance of which are
universally felt. Order, without which no civil pros-
perity is possible, can only proceed from wise laws.
and liberty rests exclusively upon order. .1 have in ge-
neral no reason to believe that our pacific relations with
the ether powers of Europe_ are at all changed. Pos-
sessing thus happily the means of turning all our at-
tention to the internal administration of the state, we
may conjointly contribute to make it quietly prosper in
its path. Inflexible in my intention of securing the
well-being and the enjoyment of rational liberty, this
noble object shall be the constant aim of my life; and
your powerful assistance is a complete warrant to me of
ultimate success. Having already called God to
witness as to the purity of my intentions, I can now
do no more than invoke your testimony and that of
history."

Nothing can be more deplorable than the condition
of Naples. On the 30th, the day before the opening
of Parliament, the inhabitants were in a consternation
lest another attempt at pillage should be attempted
by the Lazzaroni and soldiers, with the permission of
the Government. The shops were all closed, and the
gates and doors strengthened, the inhabitants coating
them inside and outside with iron. Extra guards
were placed in the direction of the Villa Reale and
Pozzuoli, having reference apparently to the recent
outbreak of the galley slaves at Procida.

On the Ist all circulation of carriages through
Naples was prohibited; the railways were also sus-
pended to prevent the arrival of disaffected from the
country ; guards were placed at all the gates of the
town, and the aspect of the city was one of complete
desolation; patrols of Swiss troops, headed by a
Commissary of Police, were seen to pass from time
to time. No procession was made to the Chamber.
The speech was listened to in the most chilling
silence. When the speech was concluded there was
not the slightest expression of any sentiment what-
ever from the Assembly, which separated in profound
silence. Several of the deputies afterwards declared
that the speech was unsatisfactory, vague, and mys'
terious. The number of deputies present was from
90 to 100.

The reports from Calabria are very contradictory.

LOMBARDY.

The Milan Gazette of the 2d states that Generals
SONNAZ and CHIODO would begin operations in a few
days. The head-quarters of the King of SARDINIA
are now at Roverbella, and the attack of Legnago is
considered imminent.