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DEATH OF THE EX-KING OF  

NAPLES.

LONDON, DEC. 27.

Tho death is announced of Francis II, ex-King of Naples, aged 58.

The late Francis II was the son of Ferdinand

II, hotter known by his sobriquet of " Bomba "

He succeeded to tho throne of the Two Sicilies on tho death of his father in 1853 His first act was to liberate Poerio, Settembrini, and other Nea- politans who had been incarcerated for 10 years on account of thoir pohtical opinions. Hopes, at first entertained, that the young; king would endeavour to correct the abuses of his father's   government, were not fulfilled. In 1860 an in- surrection brolto out in Sicily, and Palermo and Messma wero bombardid An expedition, headed bv Garibaldi, lauded in Sicily, and defeated the Neapolitan army in every encountor Naples was   soon after occupied, and the king , with his queen and family, were compelled to tako refuge in tho fortress of Gaeta, which, aftor an obstinate siege of six months, capitulated to tho Sardinian troops, February 14, 1861. Frances II retired to Rome, where ho was engaged for some in organising fruitless expeditious against tho Government of the new kingdom of Italy He married, in 1858   Caroline, daughter of Maximilian-Joseph of   Bavaria, and sister to tho Empress of Austria The courage played by her at the siege of   Gaeta was the theme of general admiration in Europe.

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