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L SICILr. • NUMBER W. ' Governments are not instituted for the benefit of the rulers, but only for the benefit of the people. • In ail ages it has been admitted, that the nation whiCh furnishes the means of defence to a country is the po litical proprietor of that country. We are the poli tical proprietors of the island of Jamaica, because we defend it : are we not then entitled to consider our selves as the political proprietors of the island of Si sily ? It is alleged by the Neapolitan Cabinet, No : becausewe entered into an alliance by which we agreed In hold sacred the independance of the King. But we not allow the Neapolitan Cabinet to set aside the !Awful Government, and to assume its functions; far kat did we agree to recognize this Cabinet as that Government. The Sicilian Government with whom we entered into alliance has been superseded from within itself by the Neapolitan Cabinet ; and this Ca binet, usurping all powers, legislative and executive, sets at defiance the laws and rights of the Sicilian na tion, and proclaims itself not bound by the •treaties and engagements of the Government that it has push ed aside. Are we not therefore obliged by the duties of our political property in Sicily, a property accidentally - acquired by the suicidal abrogation of the Govern anent, to protect the Sicilians who have in consequence become indented with ourselves from the aggressions• of the jacobinical Cabinet of Naples, which has usurp. ed the rule of our ally ? Doer not our own honour demand from us also, a speedy indemnity for the in jury which our own interests have suffered from thAt usurping Cabinet ? Does not the character of the Bri. fish nation require atonement for the imprisonment of a British subject ; for 'the audacious suspension of the functions of the British Consul General ; and for the uncalled for and unprecedented effrontery of dar ing to tell the Consuls of other nations, that it was only by the clemency of the King of Sicily that the British Consul General was not punished ? But above all, does not the justice of the British nation require, that a government which publicly professes the jaco binical principle of being hound by no compacts, should itself be deprived of the power of doing far. ther mischief ? We are well aware that all the foregoing discussion is founded upon extreme views of the case. But though the indications from the premises may be re garded as overstrained, yet it will be found that the facts are at least as strong as the reasoning is exces sive. Neither the British nor the Sicilian public, are prepared to think that the delinquencies of the Nea politan Cabinet, have been so great as to merit its total annihilation, by abrogating the Government.— But when the character of the Neapolitan Cabinet is considered, it will not be'thought that the kind of rea soning assumed here is injudicious. The subtlety of mind, the dexterity of expedient,• and the equivoca tion of truth employed by that Cabinet in discussions even of imminent and vital interest, surpass the acuteness of metaphysical nicety, and affairs of even a vulgar and practical nature, are treated by it with a degree of mystery and shrewdness which they do not ' appear to deserve, and which certainly among us they never do obtain. In our next we shall consider the character of the Neapolitan Cabinet, in order to jus tify the style of reasoning which we have employed. FRENCH PAPERS. •••m•••••••• PARIS, SEPTEMBER is. Last Sunday his Majesty held a Council of Minis. tens at Compiegne, after mass. On Monday he pre sided at a Council of Commerce. We hear of the speedy formation of a corps of lan cers, consisting of twelve regiments. Every body re. members the terror and disorder which was spread through the English army by the Polish lancers at the battle of Albuera. What effects, therefore, may not be expected fri m the powerful organization given to that force? Si.veral Dragoons and Chasseurs will enter this new corps, and the command will be given to one of our Generals, famous for brilliant actions. SEPTEM BER y set off yesterday from Compiegtte to visit the co.tst of Holland. It i s sa id that het Majesty the Empress will set oe immediately for the Palace of Lacken. On the 17th, his Majesty condescended to sign, at the Palace 'Ol Compiegne, ;he marriage -cow l act of Briete de Mondetour, Auditor of the Co unci l o f State, with Madeinoiselk, the heiress of 13i utelle. All the fathers of the Council were yesterday pre sent at the solemn service, celebrated at Notre Dame by the Bishop of Feltre. His eminence Cardinal Fetch, President, filled the pontifical throne. M. x tv ,„ Bi ! thop of Brescia, officiated ; the clergy of the seminary pelf , nned the functions of deacon, sub-dea con, a colothists, and cross-bearers. Amidst the choir %vas raised a magnificent bier, surmounted with an elevated canopy, which produced a very fine effect. At the four corners of the bier were statues, re. presenting the focr Cardinal virtues, " Faith, Hope, Charity, and Prudence." Aft ,„ t h e gospels, M. Doadi Bishop of Padua, pronounded a tune' al citation. After mass the four Bishoo nominated for the 4- eolutim took post at the four c irners of the bier, s assisted at the set. Chapter of the metropolis glee—..they preceded the Fathers of the c ounc il, who entered the Church by the Archbishop's Palace, and reconducted them by the same passage to the H 44 of their sittings. His Excellency the Minister for Yu). lac W, rship was prekßt at the ceremony. See mums 21.—iOn two letters, which appeared • is a Lon ion waning . pispier of the °Lb ult, the tee o ut i ng . to be front the Count de Broisart. Gen era l CilYteiligno to Lin ic 4 .1 14 at Madtki, aid the %ha • I :~ . from Napoleon to Joseph, the iffonietur, After ing them, has the following remarks :] " Such are the miserable means resorted to in England ! There, men are familiarised with every thing that is forged and false—false passports, felon certificates of origin, false pretended American ac counts, false notes, false treaties, false intercepted letters—but all this promotes the main object, that of deceiving the people of London. In the first place there is no French Genera or the name of Broisart. " Secondly, no French division entered Spain about the period of the 23d of July. " Thirdly, the Emperor, on the 18th of July, was at Trianon, and not at Paris. 46 Fourthly, the Emperor never writes on any busi ness—it is his Ministers who do so. In regard to the movements of the army it is the Major-General who writes—and all letters treating of subjects of the least 'importance, which arc given as intercepted, are for geries : for, since the letter written from Madrid, which was intercepted by Sir John Moore, the Major- General has been in the habit of putting all his letters in a cypher. We are sorry for Lord 'Wellesley's edi- Itors ; they are not at all dexterous. " In short, what proves demonstratively the odious system of deceiving the English people, byfalsehoods, is, that in reality, at the end of July, four.divisions, amounting to more than 60 battalions, arrived at Pau : ten millions of people knew this fact. There are at Rochefort, upon the Charente, more than fif teen thousand men ; at Toulon, more than twenty thousand ; in Italy, more than one hundred thousand. It is not, therefore, the fear of stripping out northern ' frontier which prevents the sending of troopi to Spain. o But it is necessary to have recourse to all means, for the purpose of persuading the English people that I there is no longer a JOU in France; that there is no longer a man ; and that boys of sixteen are forced to march ; that there is no longer a single ship, &c.— ilt is a bad symptom in a Government, when it has perpetual recourse to falsehood and imposture," SEPT. 22.—HisMajesty the King of Rome returned yesterday (Tom Compiegne to the Castle of St. Cloud ; and the Empress set off from Compiegne for Brussels, His Excellency the Minister of Finance has set out for Holland. An English journal of the I lth.of Sept. announces that the French licences, of which it had spoken in one of its preceding numbers, were only two in num ber ; that one permitted the importation of SQ, and the other of 40 tons of coffee, on condition that it should be of the produce of Martinique and Goa daloupe. NOTE.—No licence whatever has been given out to bring coffee from England. The false assertion of the journalist is one of the means employed by she English Government to excite expectations, so often deceived, in owners of the immense quantities of co. llonial produce which encumber the warehouses off London. They wish to induce a belief that the Ern peror Napoleon is disposed towards a change of sys- tem, while new measures, more extensive and ener- 1 geiic in their nature, are developing every day, in order to secure the strict execution of the Continental blockade. • 017114 t. HELDER, SEPT. 7. Five sail of the line of the Terel sqoadron the Prince, Zourman, Brabant, Rotterdam, Jean de Witt, and the crsvette Venus, set sail on the sth, undeithe orders of Admiral de Winter, Commander in Chief of the Beet. This division, after having manatvred the whole day, and performed divers evolutions, an. chored at night on the Breswyd, between SculptGat and South Western Gat. COMPIEGNE, SEPT. IS. To-day, after mass, the following personages were presented to take the oaths to his Majesty The Duke de Cadoref Minister of State, named In tendant• General of the Crown ; Barondela Houssaye, General of Division ; Baron Michel, General of Bri gade ; Baron Boyeldieu, General of Brigade ; Baron Deriot, General of Brigade, head of the Etat-Major of the Guard. The enemy's cruisers, of six sail of the line, a fri fate, and two brigs, were in sight. As soon as they perceived the movements of the Imperial squadron, they set all sail towards the South Western Gat, and sent off a brig, which was lost sight of in the West. The next day, at day-break, we saw no more than three sail of the line, two frigates, and a brig—the French squadron set sail again, and passed the whole day in manoeuvring. BLACKENBERG, SEPT. S. On the 4th, three sail of the line, a frigate, and cor vette of the Scheldt squadron, one of which carried the flag of Vice Admiral Missiessy, beat to windward of the mouth of the river, to chase a frigate and some of the enemy's corvettes cruising. 'The enemy's division was separated from our's by a narrow sand-bank, and we saw all his vessels fire several broadsides at one of our ships of the line more advanced than the rest. The latter replied by a broad , side, which made them bear away right before the I wind. Admisral Missiessy having weathered all the said-banks, pursued the enemy till night. ANTWERP, SEPT. It Arrived this morning several detachments of gre. n.tdiers and Polish lancers of the Imperial Ouard ; one hundred horses of the Emperor's stud are also arrived. The e.,valiers of the guard are to set off to morrow for Holland, where preparations are making for the reception of their Majesties. BOULOGNE, SEPTEMBER 20. Our wishes are fulfilled; we have had again the happiness of enjoying the presence of eur august So. vet eign. His Imperial Majesty has arrived at Mon t tiettil.stir-Mer. Upon his arrival the Emperor im. 1 mediately repaired on board his flotilla, and caused 'it to manseuvre. An English frigate having thought tit to approach, in order to observe what was passing iu the goads, his Majesty immediately ordered out 1 a French frigate, which in full sail advanced against the enemy's vessel, but the latter sheered off and disappeared. Sur. 22.—This rnorning, at eight, Ma Majesty gave audience to the Civil A.udiorities. At nine, his lila:testy lett his palace, and repaired on horseback to the camp on the right, where Ile reviewed the whole army, commanded by Marshal the Duke of Elchin gen. This review was followed by eserciiie in firing, And some giand nienquores. At threeluerters past Aisle, his Majesty Mounted his carnage, us continue , bas rows by Calais and Dunkirk. Sil kata Ave licanastv , lder, that ii•lthe M,O . • • • I MO when the laiperce*was crossing the ford of the seirrankallasion taut lTP^lnted en Pr°Po.3 ,r.. '441. Ives , Canche, the water being up to his knees, the, dens, which are trader fl . consideration. There A , :: is Mejosty's arm, to assist him in mounting the bank. i, still maintain tbepre i sent commerc ial s ystem ; but the l 'wrier of a mill on the opposite side laid hold of his, truth , some per sons of in uence an . Russia who would about to be thrown down, as being-in the line of somei a belief that it will be changed. —He mentioned to the Emperor, that his mill was i inconveniensies of t are toe much fe t not to induce projected fortifications : upon which his Majesty, MAGDE3URG, SEPTEMBER e. turning round to the engineers, observed to them,— l The following notice has been published and post. e It is necessary that this honest fellow should be in. *d here : damnified for the loss he will sustain." 44 The merchants are informed, that the adjudica. DANTZIC, AUGUST te. . tien of the contract for conveying the merchandise M. Bonneville, Director of the French Customs, and colonial produce :low at lela;debuee, belonging has addressed the following Note to the Burgomaster, to his Majesty the Emperor of the French, will take dated the 16th instant : place between the 245th and 50th inst. All persons e I hasten to inform you, that the importation of . who wish to apply for the contrast, must wad in their colonial produce, on paying the duties fixed by the proposals, waled, before the 25th, to the Comnzissary tarty of the 2d of October, is contrary to the views of of his Majesty at Magdeburg. the Emperor ; and that his Majesty has formally de- " These goods are to be conveyed towards MO Glared, dared, that every kind of Colonial produce, iron points; part to Milan, told part to Frankfort." whatever place it may came, and of whatever ore- COPENHAGEN. SEPTEMBER 4. gin, mast be considered as coming from England, The enemy's convoy of 22 ships, captured Mine and confiscated. time ago by Captain Kruger, and carried into Chris- DUNKIRK, SEPTEMBER ie. tianund, will be publicly sold there, together with a PROCLAMATION. very considerable quantity of Baltic goods—asap as 14 Inhabitants of Dunkirk—His Majesty the Em- bars of iron, tallow, sail.ciotle hemp, lax, wax, tee.. peror is again about to traverse our coasts, and every thing leads us to presume, that, on the 21st or 2 VIENNA, SEPTEMBER 7. 2d • instant, you will have the happiness to enjoy his an- , According to accounts received from the frontie rs gust presence. of Turkey, some corps of the Grand Vizier' s army " Prepare the ornaments of your houses; let flags, ‘ i have passed the Danube. to make incur s i ons i nto Wallachia. The Grand Vizier is labourin g d a y aa d verdant boughs, and lowers, give to our city that night near R-utischeck. on the construction of a smiling aspect which will manifest to the Sovereign bridge of boats and flat busts to cross the Doman your love and your joy : let a spontaneous alumina- • don on the day of his arrival be a new testimony of with hie main arm y' aad eetdeavaae ea veeevav Ma ' davia and Wallachia. In order to be able to ester it I let the passage of his Majesty, above all, pre s ent them with a superior force, he is assembling all the the aspect of a fete: it will probably take place by corps which remained in hie rear, and has given the the street Royale, Napoleon-pl ac e, the stre e t an d Asiatic Bashaws the most pressing orders a) hasten place Imperiale, the streets de l'Eglise, du M .ulin, .their march' du Jeu de Paume, and d u Q un i. S econ d my efforts, Count Count Kurusow, the RIMMaI General in Chief, i s inhabitants of Dunkirk ; their only object is your taking measures on his side. to give his enterpridgg welfare, end the alleviation of the misfortunes which circumstances make you experience. adversary the most vigorous reception. All the Ista. 44 Given at the Mansion-house of Dunki r k this ciao division , s which were hitherto cantoned in M. 19th of September, 1811. davia, on account of the want of provisions and b. (signed) 4 , J. KgNNT, Mayor." rage, have been pun mt i otion ; sad have, ' already jnined the grand army, which is concert MONTREUI4SUReMER, SEPT. is. between Bucharest and Giurgewo. By all appetite The Emperor arrived here at five this evening.— ances, many military events will take place on t h e At the gates of the town he alighted from the car- Lower Danube in the months of September and Oc. riage ; and, accompanied by the Prince of Neufchat e l t o b er . and h is Aid-de-camp General Mouton, he inspected If we are to believe the latest accounts from Press the works of fortification which h d this year been burg, the Deputies of the States have already aped erected. The Staff of the place joined his Majesty that all the subjects of the Hungarian upon the ramparts, of which he made the tour; from without distinction, and all the churches, slat thence his Majesty repaired to the citadel, and then their plate to,thehtint to be employed for the hare visited the exterior works. An arm of the river de of the State, as was done last year in the Gomm Canche which washes the wall of the lower town, ar. pro v in c es o f the Austrian empire. Speaking foes a rested the progress of the Emperor ' • at the moment general calculation, this is likely t o p ro d uce a t WO when all his attendants were busy forming a bridge 80 millions of florins ; and those who chid; the sew with planks and fascines, his Majesty crossed the n- ; mention too high, will observe, that when Al Cie& ver with the water up to his knees. He continued ' man provinces and Galicia gave in their plate= his inspection of all the works, and returned to his 1 persons, to evade the order, found means to tr carriage, surrounded by a multitude of the inhabi- their's to Hungary. The Idicastry will thus be *We tants, who incessantly expressed their joy by repeated bled not only to put is von a prodigious qua** cries of Live the Emperor. His Majesty spoke with city of silver coin, but also to withdraw a great muss kindness to the Commandant of the place, to the En- her of notes. At present there are many Ralleell gineer charged with the direction of the works, and ducats in circulation, of the coinage of different Popes" to the War-Commissary, who accompanied him and particularly of Piva VI. throughout. A soldier, wounded at Ratisbon, having We have received from Lemberg the rotdanikell been presented to the Emperor, his Majesty made him news that the city of Pertyckuw, one of die richest a present, and ordered that his claims should be sent and most commercial in Russia. experienced, lam to him at Boulogne. , month, a dreadful fire, which burnt 662 houses, with BRUSSELS, SEPTEMBER SO. i many shop.. The damage sestaiued by commerce is The wishes of the inhabitants of Brussels are about • incalculable. Nearly 500,000 ducats in gold, and tnree millions and a half of rubles in silver, MCP, rival of her Imperial Majesty at the palace of L a ek en to be accomplished, and the hope of seeing the ar either plundered during the confusion, or melted by the excessive beat of the Limes. Twelve handred will soon be realised. Already a triumphal arch is erecting at the gate of Anderlecht, and all prepare- chests of sugar, each eib. weight, 14,000 boxes of raisins, 2000 chests of coffee, and pelisses and furs to dons are making for .the suitable reception of our august Sovereign. the ameunt of three millions of ruble:, were burnt.. HAMBUROH, SEPTEMBER is. i Venous merchandise, to the amount of eve Minims ot rubles, brandy and wine to the amount of two The Prince of Eckmuhl, Governor-General and milloo,is of rubles, have also been destroyed. if them Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Germany, has details are correct, this event will be marked as one just published an order to the following effect : of the most unlortunate in Russian history. a All persons who have given in declarations of PANSCOWA. AUGUST as. funds, capitals, goods, or merchandize, belonging to the enemy, must make a surrender of the same to The news of the arrival of 5000 Kassians at Bel , the office of registration and of domains. This sur- grade, and of the defeat of the Russi.n army, no , render must take place in Hamburgh from the 15th mains unconfirmed. It is only known with eorteratee to the 25th of September, and in the other towns from that General Sass maintained, near Calafat, * Will the 15th to the 50th inst. i Wallachia, on the road of Krajewa, an obstinattreotee •' To watch over and accelerate these surrenders, bat with Ismail Bey ; but that he remained mastor.of Commissions shall be formed to whom the parties the field of battle. However, Ismail Bey has sec. shall address themselves. These Commissions shall seeded in strengthening himself in Little Wallachia; be specially charged with the investigation of all and, besides Calafat, and some other places, be is is funds and other things ) belonging to the enemy's coin- possession of all the islands near Widdin. The report merce,of which declaration shall not have been made. of the death of Molls Aga, which was spread by tra. The Commissary-General of Police shall transmit to yellers, is equally false. He continues shut up an his them all the information to be found in his offices. fortress, winch he sun" no person to enter. The Prefects and Mayors shall send them lists of the SEMLIN, AUGUST ft declarations hitherto made. The Commissions shall The Russian army in Turkey coosista of aim divi. send reports of their proceedings every five days, to sions, (each composed of two twitisnanta) the Commissary-General of Police, at H am b urg h, 20 so 2c, ts regimen of Cossacks. three of ifil of from as, and who shall draw up a general view of the same, and IS ot dragoons; five divisions of - infantry and lee transmit i t, at the same petiods, to the Governer- regiments of cavalry are on the Dneitter i there en General." only four ma the Danube. In bervia the Roiliest DRESDEN, SEPTEMBER & . Prince Portisteweity hoe setbred at Dresden, and have three iegimente ot,isfantry s siva of dragooat. and one pf Cossacks. almost immediately repaired to the castle of Pillnitr, SARAGOSSA, AUGUST SO. where he was very graciously received by liis.Majesty. It is remarked, that he has had long conferences with Carbon, the former Commandant of htegssieenss. the King. On the 10th he is to set nut r n his return has been condemned to die by a military canines to Warsaw. Some people, however, thick that he lion, as a traitor to his country, and for having vice will remain at Dresden till the departure of his Ma. Wed his word of honaur. His Excellency the Mar. 4esty, which is irvevncably fixed for the 16th inst. It filial Governor, when Carbon surrendered at datu m said to be his Majesty's intention to pass three tuns, gave him his lite, and loaded him with favours 1 months at Warsaw. and he sepaid his tzurinocy's humanity with die The demolition of our ramparts continues with at. blackest ingratitude, bLtakiag op arms against 11 . 0 deity. and they are to be replaced by public walks. "Ts of ins Cathodic Majesty. —The work of demolition also goes on at Torgau, MADRID, SISTII4IISR 4. and will be continued duringehe winter, should the On the 31st ult. the B a ro n d e g o on, Minister Pile weather permit. nip A Convention relative to commer c e h as j ust been otentiery at this Court, from his Danish Majesty, quitted this City in voireer Isistis private leavo of absence, itor. e. which concluded between the Courts o f Be r li n an d S ison y. h e o bui net i on Goods manufactured in Prussia, and which were pro- hie secretary, se . to ha Ch o rpd d'Affaires in his absence. hibited in Saxony, may heccelorth be imported into antitank; auvr.lll. the Litter country,and also into the Duchy of %VA rs or. Hitherto there have not been great changes in the A Hell Oland boat was shi p wrecked at the ..sou th commercial system of Russia, althnugh we have re- 1 ,.... °1 the Weser , and end , th• asess i i " hsr have rr t e : a r t a°4l . . 1 1) : ceived at different periods leans from Petersbergh, ....,___--- aa ,_! — """_„____ eh. war' It a pp ears ' l- "" - --. Riga, and other places, that announce great *midi. 'emir wee underwent , that the greatest misery (cations in the prohibitory Vitas* relative to foreign P er j a ses she island of Hylisoland, where sugar and merchandise. .One of these l e tt ers pretend. that the "e f_ k wesa , hull Y sees piled uP in vast wa'ehne:e l 2_ first plan that was submitted to hi s M a j esty b y t h e and wu 'c' T erY Pile" noekencieenmi 11"ns- Th e mi aow . of Commerce was not adopts, and that a sanstateasurevirbichbaveruoinad kap:sable the isl- 1 -,