The latest news from Italy, received in Paris yesterday, is
tantalizing from its imperfect and dubious state. The French telegraph says that the King of Na- ples announced by proclamation, on the 29th January, a constitution on the basis of the French Charter of 1821. Naples was tranquil; the people receiving the King's advances with acclamations. There is, however, some contradiction, and it remains uncertain whether the Charter of 1812 or that of 1821 is the one al- luded to. Piedmont was uneasy: rumours are current of hostile messages inter- changed between that state and Austria, on the subject of the military movements on either side of the frontier.
The King of Denmark has nominated as his successor to the throne, Prince Frederick Ferdinand, brother of the late King. The Prince is sixteen years older than the present King, and has no children.
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