SICILY.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 316, 9 August 1848, Page 4

SICILY.

A. letter from Messina, of the 29th ultimo, says, "We have been bombarded from the 22nd till the 27th ; but yesterday there was a suspension, which we hope will be continued to-day, v We have not bpen discouraged by this cruel bombardment, but on the contrary are prepared to see our magnificent city utterly annihilated, provided that our cause does but triumph. The fire set to the free port by a shell, on the 20th, is still burning, in spite of all efforts made by the to extinguish it. I shall not speak of the operations preparing for a general attack upon the citadel, from fear that my letter may fall into the hands of the enemy. Such is the state of Messina." In all other towns everything is quiet and go ng on with perfect order. The Parliament is convoked for March 25, at Palermo. The King will be requested to open the session in person. Advices from Naples, of the 6th instant, announce that the Sicilian Parliament was to meet at Palermo on the 25i1. instant. The ftllowing important nev/s is given in the Leg a Jtaliana, of the 1 lth instant: — " The King of Naples has consented to the constitution of Sicily as a separate state, having for Viceroy Admiral Ruggiero Lettimo, President of the Provisional Government."