The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-16 00:00:00

ITALY.

Advices have been received from Naples to the 7th.
Prince Satriano (General Filangeri) is to succeed
Prince Cariati as President of the Council and Minis-
ter of Foreign Affairs. He is to be charged with
conducting the conference in the Sicilian affair with
Mr. Temple and M. Rayneval.
The Russian Minister at Rome, Mr. Boutenieff,
had arrived at Naples.
The Alba, Florence journal, of the Bth instant, an-
nounces the return to Rome, on the 6th, of the Mar-
quis Sachetti, who had been charged by the Govern-
ment with a mission to the Pope. The envoy, after
many difficulties, had obtained an audience of hie
Holiness, who told him that he had already appointed
a commission to govern the Roman dominions in his
absence. The Minister of War, M. Campello, had
published a circular, in which he denounced Baron
Charles Zucchi as naving illegally assumed the title
of Commissioner of the Pope, in an order of the day
to the troops.
" The Roman Ministry," it says, " fortified by the
sanction of the Chambers, declares that it cannot recog-
nise that title, as applied to Baron Zucchi, who, on the
27th of November, resigned his command of the Pon-
tifical troops into the hands of General Latour. An in-
junction is issued to all the civil and military authori-
ties not to obey his orders. The only orders they are
bound to obey are those forwarded by the Ministry, and
whoever shall violate this prescription shall be reputed
rebellious to the constitutional laws of the Pontifical
State, tried, and punished as such.—Rome, December
5, 1848."

An official contradiction has been given in the
Piedmontese Gazette to the rumour that CHARLES
ALBERT had concluded a league offensive and defen-
sive with the King of NAPLES.
The Milan Gazette of the 9th inst. contains the
following :
" Joseph Gasparoti, a native of Monza, 21 years of
age, a Roman Catholic and tavernkeeper ; Jacobo
Passoni, 33 years of age, a Roman Catholic, an unmar •
ried man, a villager, and former convict; Charles Villa,
a native of Monza, 24 years of age, a Roman Catholic
an unmarried man and a weaver ; Jacobo Magni
a native of Arcore, province of Milan, 19 years of age,
a Catholic, unmarried man, and a villager, already pro-
secuted for robbery—having been surprised by a patrol,
in a rather suspicious attitude, and armed with long
sharp knives, were tried by court-martial, sentenced to
death, and shot.
"Joseph Martignani, a native of Gravedina, in the
province of Como, 27 years of age, a Roman Catholic,
an unmarried man, and a proprietor, having had in his
possession a stiletto, a fowling•piece and some ammuni-
tion, was tried by court-martial, and sentenced to be
shot; but, in consideration of his hitherto irreproach-
able conduct, the penalty of death was commuted into
that of five years' hard labour, with irons.
" Milan, Dec. 9, 1848."

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the United Service Gazette of this day.)
MILITARY PAYMASTERS.—Paymaster Brough, of the
83d Regiment, is to retire on half-pay, in consequence
of ill health; and Lieutenant Belfield, of the 17th Foot,
is about to be appointed Paymaster of the Bith Con-
naught Rangers, vice Cahill, placed on half-pay.
MILITARY PENSIONERS FOR NEW ZEALAND AND TIIE
FALKLAND ISLANDS.—We understand that it is in con-
templation to form another company of the Out-Pen-
sioners for service and location at the former place, and
that the Government have an idea of forming compa-
nies, under similar regulations, for service at the latter
place.
GannisoN OF DUBLIN.—The new barracks in Great
Ship-street, when finished, will be capable of accommo-
dating two field officers, 17 officers, and 579 men.
Orders have been given for the purchase of three houses
in Great Ship-street, near Upper Stephen, for the pur-
pose of being converted into a military hospital.
ROYAL MARINES.—The standard for recruits is to be
s.feet 7i inches, between the ages of 18 and 25, until
further orders.

-TROOPS AT HONG-KONG.--It is undoubtedly, the first
duty of the State to rescue from pestilence and death
the gallant soldiers who, far from their native home,