ITALY.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 315, 5 August 1848, Page 3

ITALY.

A letter from Naples says :—": — " The question of Sicily appears solved. Scovazzo, who had retired so honourably from the ministry, is appointed Minister for Sicilian affairs at Naples. Ruggiero Settimo, president of the Provisional Government, has been named viceroy, and Scordio, Monte Arso, and Calvi, presidents of the different committees of the Provisional Government, have been named Ministers. The Parliament of Sicily is convoked for the 25th. The proclamation issued by the Sicilians for that convocation, and the electoral lav, have been recognized by the King. Every Sicilian is an elector ; and to be eligible to election it is necessary to possess a revenue of 18 ounces (about 230f.) As to the questions common to the two kingdoms, the two Parliaments will endeavour to place themselves in accord. In the event of their not agreeing, the difficulties are to be solved by Charles Albert and the Grand Duke of Tuscany; and if tbeir resolutions are not satisfactory, Pope Pius IX. will be referred to as the final arbitrator. Lord 'M'nto has left for Palermo in a line-of-baltle ship, in tow of a steam-frigate. He is the bearer of the abovementioned determinations to the Sicilians. The latter have thus obtained all they desired. A Milan letter of the 14th confirms a previous report that the Viceroy and all his family were on the point of leaving the capital for Verona, intendingto transfer the seat of government to that town. Naples, March 8. — The news of the proclamation of the Republic in France, which reached here on the 6th, has put our government into a state of great agitation. The Ministry, to the great disapprobation of the public, has been confirmed, with some slight exceptions.