The Uprising in Naples

In Palermo, a provincial government was established, and this provincial government declared that the 1812 constitution was reenacted. The throne of their constitutional monarchy was vacant, as they had yet to decide whether King Ferdinand would continue to be their king. Back in Naples, a frantic word of the uprising was met with a frantic response. To quell the insurrection, the king dispatched an expedition of 5,000 men to Sicily,. which had two results, both of them bad for the king.