Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-09-12
aREyoLuTIoN IN NAPLES.

" NAPLES, July 6.-On The nigh az
Sunday I'd July, small corps Of casarv
marched out Of Nola, accompanied byvme
officers. They displayed the tri-coiCa
cockade. Theirfirst movement was ilrs
Avelmo, where they were fred nponbs
a battalion Of the Tamnite regiment. Ii
the course of the day the insurgents were
reinforced by great Numbers Of the pea
antry and the tower was taken, the bat4
talon disarmed, aud the civil authorities
obliged 10 swear allegiance to the Consti
tuition. The Neapolitan government was
altogether unprepared for such events, and
being perhaps deficient Of The troops in
the garrison at Naples, they delayed
any attack upon the insurgents, until the
latter had collected an imposing force.
The royal troops at length made some
movements; one column took up posi-
ton on the Nola road; another Of those
marched TO Nocera, and the whole were
put under the command of Gen. Carascora.
These arrangements led to an expectation
that an attack would be made upon the
insurgents, but the spirit of the troops OPP
posed to them rendered retrograde move
ment necessary, and General Peppi set
off clandestiDely from Naples, and put
himself at the head of the disaffec.ed
troops, and decided the affair. Minchiuo.
a canon Of Nola, and a man Of considers
BILE ability. is leading character among
The insurgents.
PROCLAMATION OF THE KING.
The general wish Of the Kingdom Of
The two Sicilies for a constitutional gov
ernment having manifested itself, we con.
sent to this, Of our full and entire will,
and promise to publish the basis 10 the
space Of eight days.
Till the publication Of the Constitutios
the existing laws shall continue to be ia
|vigor.
Having thus satisfied the public wish,
we order the troops to return to their
corps, and every Individual TO bis ordi-
nary occupation.
(Signed) FERDINAND"
Naples, Jssiy 6.
On the same day, the King abdicated
the throne, to his son Frsncis, who the
next day issued the following proclama-
ton.
BY virtue OF the act dated yesterday,
BY which bis majesty, our august father,
has transmitted to us, with The unlimited
clause OF the Alter Ego, the exercise Of
all rights, prerogatives, pre-eminence aud
faculties, ia the same manner as they can
be exercised by his majesty.
liz consequence Of the decision Of bis
majesty to give new constitution to the
state.
Wishing to manifest our sentiments 10
all bis subjects, and 10 second at the same
time their unanimous wish.
6 We have resolved to decree, and do
decree as follows -
Art. /. The Constitution OF the king
dom Of the two Sicilies shall be the same
that was adopted for the kingdom Of Spain
10 1912, and sanctioned by his Catholic
Majesty 10 March 1920, saving the mod
lficatious which the national representa-
lion constitutionally convoked, shall con-
slider It suitable to propose, in order TO-
adapt II 10 the particular circumstances q
The States Of his Majesty.
!" We reserve to ourselves to adopt and
make known all the arrangements which
may De necessary to facilitate and accele-
rate the execution Of the present decree.
S.. All our Ministers and Secretaries
'f State are charged with the execution
81 the present decree.
NAPLES. 9Th July, 1920.
(Sisned) "FRANCIS, Lieut.. Gen."
GREAT FIRE AT PoRT-AU-rRINcE.
Extract of letter rsceivcd via Baltimore,