The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-03-18

REVOLUTION IN NAPLES AND SICILY.


the French charter. Yesterday the King APP
pointed new ministry, Of which the Duke i,
Serra-C.priola is President"
| The details of the events which led To th
grand result have since arrived. IL will be rec
objected that the accounts which We gave iaeel
brought the narrative Of events in Palermo Il
the 2lst, aud in Naples 10 the 24th. The in.
surgents were in possession Of the city or Paler
mo, while the forts commanding the town were
occupied by the royal troops, renewal of the
commandment OH the part of the latter being
hourly expected. AT Naples the greatest ea.
element and alarm prevailed, but no actual pop
uar movement, no overt act of insurrection
had Yet taken place.
When il became evident that all the regular
fu actions Of the Government at Palermo were
Suspended by the triumph Of the insurreciion
the necessity for some organization for the main
tenahce Of order, and the provision Of the i'm
mediate esigencies, led at once TO the appoint
ment Of Junta rs a provisional government.
This was resolved into two committees. one OF
public defence aud one of administration.
| On the 2lst IL became apparent TO the com
mand-rs of the royal forces that, with eatire
population against them, The means at their dis
posal were inadequate TO the reduction Of the
city. Negotiations were therefore attempted.
General de Saugei, therefore, sent Sician cap
iaia 10 the junta On the 2ed, with the follow wing
propositions:
| !. For u suspension Of hostilities.
2. For the supply OF provisions 10 the prisons
where criminals were confined, and which We're
still under the guard of the royal troops.
| ;. To send population of the lunta 10 Ma
Piles. 10 lay before the King the demands of the
people
4. To publish decree of general amnesty;
which decree was sent TO the lunta.
These propositions, excepting the second,
I al IL z. L..
cree Of amnesty which was sent, when deliv-
cred by the Iunta 10 the people, was publicly
barned.
| Owing TO the activity and foresight of the
junta, Palermo continued TO be SO well and reg
ulahy proyisiOnei, that prices did not sensibly
rise in the market even the days of the bonn
bariment. Crowds were continually pass ny
through the streets. The people in general
were without arms. Some were provided with
arms of the chase, and many had sabres, cut
lasses, or cane-swor la the streets not expo
sed 10 be- swept 10y grape from the forts. the
shops continued open. Along the Via Toledo,
the main street. which divides. in its whole
length, the city into two districts, the guns OF
the fort from Time To time sent discharges of
grape.
On the 22.l, the revolutionary Junia OF Pal
ermo caused journal 10 be established, called
IL CinadiaO, the professed object being to 'men-
lion the most important facts connected with
Sicilian regeneration, 10 maze known the de-
Examinations of the representatives, Of the peo-
pie, and TO treat on all political questions as 10
the system adapted 10 Sicily"
On the same day obstinate conflict took
place AT the Treasury between the troops ana
the people, and still more bloody one at the
convent of the NoyiZziate, which was occupied
by the troops. These positions were finally
carried By the insurgents on that evening, and
great number of the military taken prisoners.
The soldiers thus captured were treated with
the greatest Humanity, aud afterwards employed
by the insurgents 10 point their guns. The
Bank and the Pallazzo Reale also fell into the
power Of the insurgents. The Duke de Mao,
who commanded one division Of the royal
troops, fed for safety and gained the quarters Of
General de Sauget. General Vial escaped on
board vessel ia the harbor, aud went 10 Ma
pies. The insurgents seized amount OF
about E32O, 900 in the bank. The number of
soldiers taken prisoners had not been made
known; but it was certain il Was very consid-
cradle.
Nothing could exceed the munIfc.nce Of the
charity of private individuals Aid for the poor
and the wounded, poured in from all sides. The
Jesuits subscribed ESQ. and converted their col
lege into an hospital for the wounded.
At Naples, the news from Palermo, which
transpired in spite Of all the efforts Of the po-
lice TO intercept it, and the spectacle Of steamer
after steamer, disembarking on the quay the
woanded soldiers, produced a most profound
impression. The DEGREES granting reforms sim
liar to those of Rome and Piedmont, published
on the oath, were attended with no effect. The
people showed aspect Of silent and cold de-
cisiou, and il became speedily evident that dan
ger TO the monarchy was imminent. Clubs
were organized in defiance Of the police. Mean
while, the Government was parsiyZ,sl, aud the
King, at the eleventh hour, became conscious
of the peril into which his obsiinacy had bro't
his dynasty. That peru extorted from him an
order for the expulsion Of the two iniiy duals 10
whom hitherto he had been most closely attach
ed. and who, being known to he the most ardent
advisers Of his despotic policy, were most obi
Gus to the people. His contessor, VI. Cocle,
was sent from Naples 10 a convent la the prin-
cipality of Beneveuium; and Del Carretto, the
atrocious Minister of Police, was conducted un-
der an escort on board the steamer "Neptune,"
previously prepared for the purpose, and sent
TO Genoa, where he arrived, as has since appear
ed, ON the 29th. So rigorous were the measures
adopted towards this latter person, that he was
not allowed time TO see his family, or take leave
of them before his departure
Conferences took place Oh the 25lh between
the leaders of the moderate reform party, and
the popular chiefs, when 1t was agreed that all
proceedings should be suspended until the result
of certain petitions which had been presented
TO the King should be known. IL soon. howey-
er, became apparent that the movement of the
people could not he controlled even by their
own chiefs In the afternoon of the Doth. the
people, to the number of upwards Of $4,000,
collected in the Via Toledo, the great main street
Of Naples. Shouts in favor Of the constitution
we're everywhere heard 10 resound Meanwhile
the numbers augmented, and all the streets lead
| ing TO the Via Toledo presented dense masses.
The authorities now proceeded TO execute the
general orders given TO them for cases Of serious
emeufes. The red dag was hOisted on the Cas-
| tie Of ST Elmo, and the Castel deli uOvo. On
this signal the drums beat, and the troops Of the
garrison were all called out. They surrounded
the palace and attempted 10 clear the Via Tole-
do. That street, closely packed with a mass Of
thirty thousand people, was imPsnetrable. Cries
| for a constitution, meanwhile, were everywhere
heard. Every window was filled with ladies,
waving handkerchefs, and wearing ribbons of
the Italian tri-color. The cavalry attempted one
| charge, in which they were Immediately thrown
| from their horses and raised from the ground By
| the people, who offered no violence or insult to
them. The young nohlesse fraternzsd with
the citizens, and in the intoxication of the mo-
ment both embraced the Lazzaroni. General
| Strstella permitted to enter the crowd, in
the midst of which he called on the people 10
cry "Long live the King" They complied.
but added the usual cry for constitution, and
demanded Of the General To Join in the latter
cry, as they had joined in the former. The
General is reported TO have piled, in the trans
port of the moment, L'aprsie (you shall have
it,
Such was the state OF things on the evening
Of the 26th. The King still hesitated, reluctant
| 10 give IN the last hone of suppressinp the re-