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• ALI PACIM. The celebrated Ali Pacha, according to the sub- joined letter, is stHl an object of terror to his enemies :1 " CORFU, Ocr. 21.—Ali Pacha has made a sortie, in which he committed great slaughter among the besiegers. Notwithstanding his advanced age and enionpoint. he marched at the head of his troops, and had almost taken prisoner the person who is 'destined by the Porte to be his successor. Ali's forces are only 800 own, whilst the Tui-ks have 20,000 but on the other hand, Ali has 200 pieces of cannon, with which he keeps up a strong fire upon the town of Jannina. The Turks have not yet erected any bat teries to play upon the fortress."—Courier Francais. THE MED/ T ERR ,4•N E AN. PIALTA, OCTOBER to. The Rochefort, 80, (Vice -Admiral Sir Graham Moore, K.C.8.) Captain C.M. Schoenberg, C.B. sails to-morrow morning for Palermo and Naples, in con sequence of another biota up at the former place, and in the expectation of something like it at Naples.— All the English at Palermo have embarked, and are daily expected here. The English Minister, and the other residents at Naples, have already sent away their wives and families. Should the Austrian army march on Naples, there will be a dreadful conflict. We have suffered greatly here from ex cessive heat this summer. • • GIBRALTAR, NOVEMBER 10. The Glasgow, Captain Hon. A. Maitland, arrived here in 28 days from Malta, intending to proceed to England, but orders were lying here, directing her to return to Naples, to join Sir Graham Moore. Sbe will sail on the 12th inst. This is the thirty-fifth day of westerly winds in this bay ; the homeward-bound packet has in consequence been detained 29 days, and the place is full of shipping of all nations, besides one hundred sail at the back of the rock. The fever continues in Spain ; people do not go more than 20 miles out, but this place is healthy. The British force in the Mediterranean consists of one ship of the line, fi ve frigates, and five sloops of war, viz.— Rochefort (flag-ship), Captain C. M. Schomben, C. 8.; Ac tive, Sir James Alexander Gordon, Liffey, Honourable Henry Duncan • R evo l ut ionnaire, Hun. Fleetwoo d Pellew; Glasgow Hon. A. Maitland; Cambrian , C a p tain G.W. Hamil ton, C.Ei s .; Racehorse, Hon. G. P. Campbell; Scotit, Captain Ramsden ; Spey, Captain lloswall; Larne, Captain R. Tait ; and Aid, Captain W. 11.. Smyth. The Glasgow and Spey are expected home. SOUTH AMERICA. Advices from Angostura have been received to the 19th September by way of Trinidad. Their con tents are important, not in events of a military cha racter, but inasmuch as they announce the peaceable and willing accession of several of the neighbouring towns and districts to the Columbian Republic. The following enu meration of three bloodless c on q uests is taken from the Corm del Orinoco of 2d September: " The General Commandant, with all the troops of the King's party in the Province of Barcelona, have united themselves with the liberators of Columbia. " Of the 300 men who dispossessed Colonel Arana, late Governor-General of Onoto, of his command in that Province, 200 have abandoned the King's cause. " The inhabitants of Tucupio, and of Valle-de-la- Pascua, with whom the deserters from Arana took refuge, have sworn fidelity to the Provisional Con stitution of Columbia. " The canton of Guaca, and the town of Canagua; l l in the Province of Varinas, have also abandoned the I oppressors, and united themselves with the defenders of their country. " The inhabitants of the Province of Carthagena hasten to enlist themselves among the defenders of Columbian independence. " It is said, and there are strong reasons for be. lieving, feat the canton of Guanape, in the Province of Ca raccas, which tarnishes a quota of three hun- 1 soldiers, has followed the example of its bre threnof Barcelona, Tucupio,Valle-de-Pascua,Guaca,' and Canagua." . Extract of a letter, dated Port of Spain (Trinidad) October 1M : " An agent from the United States has arrived at Margarita, on his way to the seat of the Columbian Government. General M , Gregor and his Lady have also arrived there, after so long vegetating in St. Domingo, and some of the other islands, subsequent to the Porto .Bello affair." NAPLES. The following article from Augsburg, dated the `23d ult. which appeared in the Moniteur of Thurs day, would lead so the impression that Naples will not be invaded by a hostile force, notwithstanding f;:e indications of a contrary description which have . been derived from other quarters: 4. We have just received intelligence that imme diately after the arrival of a courier from Troppau, the Count de Bellegarde, Minister of War and Pre sident of the Aulic Council, quitted Vienna the 15th inst. to proceed to the Emperor Francis, at Troppau. Private letters from the latter place, of a very recent dat.l-, ore of a nature to gratify the friends of peace, as they speak of a report which was in circulation, that conciliatory measures had been proposed, and that it was probable that the war with Naples would be avoided." Anothei letter from the same place, dated the 21th ult. in the Journal de Paris of Thursday, says: 4. We have received letters by the last courier front. Milan, which mention different orders Issued to the troops, and according to which it may be con cluded with some certainty, that the Austrian army will not be put in motion. It is even added, that the project of placing it on the war establishment has been postponed. Various motives are stated as having influenced the Cabinet of Vienna ice coming to this determination. However that may be, reports of a very pacific nature begin to circulate. It is as serted, that a great Power hopes to prevent any de claration of war against the Ding of the Two Sici. lies. It is regarded as certain that the Ministers of the great Powers which form the Congress at Trop piu, have addressed a Declaration to the present Goverameat at 'Naples. Respecting the contents of this Declaration there are a multitude of conjecture', but nothing is yet positively knownavonthesubjew.." The pacttic indications in the above articles receive a considerable degree of contradiction from the Vienna intelligence dated - the 18th ult. in the Gazette dt•FranotNof Thursday, which,. alluding to the de claration of the Allied Sovereigns mentioned from Augsburg as having been sent to Naples, asserts it to state, that The Allied Sovereigns cannot recognise the Constitution which has been imposed upon the King, but that it will be entirely free to his Majesty to give to his people such a Constitution as he may deem proper, provided that it be e,tahlished upon the same bases that have been adopted for the organization of the Austrian States in Italy. -It is added, that should this declaration not be sufficient to produce the de sired changes in Naples, a manifesto of the Sovereigns will be published at the moment of the entrance of the Austrian troops in the Neapolitan territory."—lf this version of the declaration of the Allies at Trop pau is to be relied upon, it can scarcely be anticipated that the Neapolitans will submit to a dictation so ty rannical, and war of course must be the result. The accounts from Naples direct of the 14th ult. afford no clue to the state of the foreign relations of the Neapolitan Government. The discussions in the Parliament were chiefly confined to general questions of policy ; all matters of immediate importance being referred to Secret Committees. An answer had been received from the Papal Government to the note of the Neapolitan Minister for Foreign Affairs, relative to the expected entrance of Austrian troops into the Roman States, expressing that the Pope was sensible of the kindness which had dictated the communica tion ; and stating, that his Holiness would employ every means in his power to prevent such an event from taking place. The new Expedition under Ge neral Coletta had arrived at Palermo, and General Florestan Pepe had returned from thence to Naples. Palermo, it is asserted, continued in a state of tran quillity. The Prince de Castelcicala, it appears, is no longer considered by the Government at Naples as the Neapolitan Ambassador at Paris. the Cortes, and the generous condescension of die Monarch, which united , pr omise the speedy consoli dation of the reign of liberty, of happiness so for tunately re-established. We should Ira properly finish this account, if we did not pay to the meritori ous garrison of Madrid, to the excellent National Militia, and to the heroic pOpulation of this capital, the tribute of respect due to their sublime patriotic virtue, and to their ardent zeal for the preservation of the charter of our rights, the august bulwarks of our liberties, and the sure guarantee of our glory and our repose. Couriers were dispatched to foreign countries last night with accounts of these transactions. MADRID, NOVEMBER 19. It is affirmed that his Majesty will return by this capital on the 22d cr 23d. To the mistrust and anxiety which prevailed for a few days, have suc ceeded since yesterday the most complete tranquillity and the pure-1 satisfaction, which we observe with pleasure among all classes of the inhabitants. A notice has been published, communicated to the Alcalde of Penaranda m the Political Chief of Avila, in which, referring to a letter from Ciudad Rodrigo of the 13th, he announces the-capture of :Morales and his companions, which took place at Alfayate, a place in the Kingdom of Portugal, two leag ues from the frontiers. The Spanish troops surrounded the place where the rebels were, and took them, except Mo rales and a Captain, who escaped, but were after wards taken by the Portuguese, and were conducted to Almeida, where they now are. The rest are sent with a strong escort to Placentia. The only acci• dent that occurred was, that our troops killed a Por tuguese, mistaking him for one of the rebels. The persons taken are 14 in number and 11 horses. VALENCIA, NOVEMBER 14. The Archbishop still remains confined in the Es cuela Pia. Some dispatcheei were received yesterday, supposed to relate to him, but their contents have not transpired. The citizens are very impatient to learn what will be the fate of the Prelate. CADIZ, NOVEMBER 9. The Board of Health has ordered the sanatory lists to cease, there being no reason, from the state of the public health, to continue them. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1820. THE FUNDS. PRICE OF „STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : 3 per Cent. Reduced 6878 69 3 per Cent. Cons. 69 5 /s % 4 per Cent. 86 5 / 3 -5 per Cent. Navy shut Long Annuities 17 13-16 78 Imperial 3 per Cent. 67 A India Bonds 255. pr. Old Annuities 68 3 / 4 —New Ditto 09 1 4 Exchequer Bills 2s. pre. par—Omnium par Cons. for Acct. 70 701 h. According to accounts received yesterday, the Allied Sovereigns at Troppau have unanimously de clared their desire that the former order of things may be re-established at Naples, and that they will consider as enemies of general tranquillity all who may contribute to prolong " the existing disorders." The same accounts state, that a courier has been sent to Naples with dispatches, announcing that the Allies will not acknowledge the Constitution imposed upon the Kum; but that his MAJESTY will be left at liberty to give to his people any Constitution which he may think proper, provided it be founded on the same basis as that adopted for the organization of the Aus trian States in Italy. If this declaration does not prove sufficient to produce the revolution required at Naples, a manifesto is to be published by the Allied Sovereigns, when the Austrian troops shall set foot on the Neapolitan territory. To say that the King of NAPLES shall be at liberty to give any Constitution which he may please to his people, and then to.add that it must be founded on I the same basis as that of the Austrian States in Italy, is to add mockery to injustice. If the threats of the Allied Sovereigns be carried into effect, in stead of vindicating, they will be the first to violate and degrade the independence and dignity of the Royal Power. The tone of the Neapolitan Press is, as it ought to be, bold and independent. It is estimated that an Austrian invading army would call forth an - op posing force of 150,000 men: such is the diffusion of the public spirit in the cause of liberty :—But the most important document which has reached us since our last, is the Official Note of the Neapolitan Mi nister for Foreign Affairs, transmitted in the name of his Majesty the KING of the Two SICILIES, to all the Courts of Europe. It is dated Naples, the Ist of October, 1820, and is to the following purport : The Minister states, that " when the KING resolved I on seconding the unanimous wishes of his people for the adoption of the Neapolitan Constitution, one of his first cares was to make known to the Cabinet of Vienna the circumstances which had given rise to this event, and to assure his Imperial MAJESTY that it could not produce any change in the relations of amity happily subsisting between the two Courts." The Prince de CARIATI was charged with this mission ; but all his efforts to fulfil it had been un successful, the Austrian Minister having refused, under various pretences, to come to any explanation on the events of Naples. A fatal prejudice had taken hold of his mind, and he declared himself agai,nst the political reform of Naples, before he had time to form a just opinion of it; nay, almost as soon as the news was received. Desirous of enlightening the Imperial Court of Vienna on the real state of affairs at Naples, the KING hastened to write himself to the Estrzaou, and the Puke Nrcoco DI SERRA CAPRIOLA was charged o deliver the letter, and to annotince at the same time to-the Austrian Minister the appointment of the Duke de GALLO to be Ambassador at Vienna, in plice of Princh Ramiro, who, by an inexcusable disobedience to the orders of Government, had lost the confidence of his Sovereign and of his country. Unfortunately the mission of the Duke NICOVO DI SERRA CAPRIOLA had no better success than that of Prince de CARIATI. He was not permitted t 4: the EMPEROR ; and he was told- thnt his !amnia - MAJESTY did not believe himself bound to answe: . c letter of the KING, which he had recei*ed on the !cr. position that its contents were altogether if a p: nature. At the same time, orders were dispaiee..a from the Austrian Chancellary to the frontiers ; :a prevent the Duke de GALLO continuing his jourrai to Vienna. This Ambassador, who was furnished with letters of credit from the KING, and other confidential 1..t -ters from his MAJESTY to the Rammer*, was obit: , in fact, to stop at Clagenfurth ; and having rernct grated with the Austrian Minister, against a treat ment as inconvenient as irregular, Prince METTER NICH replied by a Note of the 2d of September, that in consequence of a Revolution, which struck the so cial edifice to its foundations, and which menaced at once the security of Thrones, the security of recog nized Constitutions, and the repose of Nations, his IMPERIAL MAJESTY would act contrary to the prin ciples which have invariably regulated him, if he lis tened Vp the mission with which the Duke de GALLO was charged. It must be confessed, continues the Neapolitan Minister, that the more one reflects on these phrases the more incomprehensible they seem. The Km.; was free in his palace, in the midst of his Council when he came to the determination of satisfying the general wishes of his people by granting to them a form of Government more adapted to their want, mere conformable to the lights of the age, than that Iwhich before existed, and which he would have given them sooner had they not concealed from him their desires—after all this the Cabinet of Vienna believes the social edifice is struck to its foundations When the legitimate rights of the reigning family had been expressly proclaimed, guaranteed, and con firmed by the general wish of the nation,—when that nation displayed,' at the first moment of the political change, the most profound veneration and devotion to the KING and his family, they pretend that the security of Thrones is menaced! When all the world knows that the Neapolitans have shown the utmost respect for the rights, for the independence, and for the institutions of other nations, having refused to interfere, in any manner, with the affairs of Benevento and Ponto Corvo, although the inha bitants had addressed to the KING the most earnest supplications to be admitted into the kingdom of the Two Sicilies; and when fulfilling, literally, a burdensome stipulation, which extraordinary circum stances had imposed on Naples, it paid, With the greatest punctuality, to Prince BEAUIIARNOIS, the five millions of francs which it engaged to furnish him, it is at this moment that recognized institu tions and the repose of nations are pretended to be • In' danger I Happily these facts are too notorious to be denied, and the Cabinet of Vienna could not long dissemble to itself the force of• them. In fact, in the corai• dential explanation which Prince METTERNICH had with Prince Di CIMITILE, he had recourse to other weapons. According to his opinion, the Carbonari had been the sole authors of the events which had occurred at Naples; they had used violence to the will of the King and the Nation ; they had excited the army to revolt; and had proclaimed a defective Constitution, which offered no guarantee. The Note proceeds to refute these charges in a calm and dignified style. It states the Revolution to have been effected by the general concurrence of all ranks and classes of the people, and appeals to the election of Deputies to the Parliament as sufficient to prove that the Nation was animated with but one sentiment, that of the public good. Men, distir.- guishedfor their virtues, by their services and their talents, had been chosen from one end of the king dom to the other ; the best Citizens had everywhe:c obtained the preference. Could a more incontestab:e proof be desired, that it was not a mere sect which had produced the political reform of Naples? Asao the vices with which the Austrian Minister reproaches the Spanish Constitution, the Note ob serves, that no foreign Power has the right of :I.:- proving or blaming the sort of Government whin an independent Sovereign thinks it right to apply to his States. The Spanish Charter may eEftainly its defects ; but ,its principles have the stamp of son and of virtue, and the Neapolitan People hire too direct an interest in perfecting their institutions not to occupy themselves diligently in making such modifications and improvements as may be found necessary. The Note next adverts to a secret Article appended to the Treaty of Vienna, of the 12. h of dune, 1513, by which the KING of the Two Srctues, " ja le' suming the government of his kingdom, was boual not to introduce any change which should not bit ro coneileable with its ancient monarchical instirutiora , and with the principles adopted by his larreciAt, MAJESTY in the internal Government of his liali,l2 Province' " ." The Answer tO this objection is first ) -that literal/ imen iv 101 incre2 en “ But KIN Angdo rights, are tea' try, so( Th niards us; an receive that w perforr The arrivec king, ti , ged the ver nmen y change have al vn tha Naples i rchical ntrarY , 1 arantee d that I , by 1 ve adol e increa ustria ? swim' d catel ustria h ent—ar tendshii a little ity and igns ha Shook ingdon uch the ippositio ave chi aken no xample After &MEM , clisabw e the Ne.l these en But the KIN until tl . Kingdo DUTCH MAIL. A Dutch Mail anived yesterday with Papers to Wednesday last. The following are extracts : HAGUE, NOVEMBER 28. Accounts from Batavia confirm, in a great degree, the assurance of the American Captain, respecting the sailing of the squadron against the Sultan of Pa lembang, from Batavia Roads. On the 24th of July, the Nassau, the Wilhelmina, the Ajax, and the Swal low, with many other armed vessels, sailed for Banca. His Majesty's frigate the Vanderwerf, and the Anna Pawlowna corvette, sailed on the 24th, with troops for Macassar. The Tromp, with two schooners and several gun-boats, lay before Batavia the .sth August. In the year 1819, the changeableness of the wea ther, and the entire want of the usual dry season, was very injurious to several branches of agriculture and industry, and in particular, entirely prevented the making of salt along the north coast. The prospect this year is no better. According to accounts from all parts of the Island, incessant rains impeded the labour of the salt•makers, and this weather is at the same time very unfavourable to the coffee plantations, which are now in bloom. We lately received news that his Majesty's cor vette the Galatea, struck on the 29th of May on the, rock li'arang Hadje, near the Island of Ban ca, so that that new and handsome vessel was rendered wholly unserviceable, only the crew and part of the guns, tackling, &c. being saved. An inquiry is making into the causes of this misfortune, and into the con duct of Captain Hinxt. Accounts from Banda of the 25th July say, the eruption of the volcano, the Gcenang Api, still con tinued ; but it was hoped that the danger was over. Many plantations of nutmegs had suffered severely. SPAIN. We received yesterday Madrid Journals to the 20th alt. The following are extracts : MADRID, NOVEMBER Is. While we were writing last night accounts which had come to our knowledge , th e Permanent Deputa tion of the Cortes received a letter from the King, stating, that in appointing Don Jose Maria Carvajal to be Captain-General of Madrid, his Majesty never imagined that this nomination would give rise to the events that have taken place in the capital. His Ma jesty added, that his Ministers meriting his con fidence, he charged them to propose persons who may fill, to the satisfaction of his people, the vacant posts of Captain-General and Political Chief of Madrid, and of Inspector-General of Militia. This morning a day of peace and satisfaction rose on the capital. The reply of his Majesty to the last Address sent to him yesterday by the Permanent De putation of the Cortes, was known at an early hour. The King said in it, that he would have flown to his children in the capital of the State, if his health had permitted him ; that he will do so as soon as the Per manent Deputation of the Cortes assure him that the uneasiness and effervescence have subsided, since the acclamations of joy which his return to the capital would occasion, might perhaps be confounded with the cries of sedition; that he did not resolve without grief to remove from him his Confessor and Chief , Major-domo, the latter of whom had never inter fered in political affairs, and the other had never given him any counsels but conformably to the principles of piety and virtue, on which the felicity of States depends ; but that, if the removal of these two indi viduals was thought necessary to insure the tranquil lity of the people, his Majesty consented to this sacri fice, to which the two persons interested would teadily submit. As for the extraordinary convocation of the Cortes, the King stated that the Permanent Deputa tion might point out to him the object for which their convocation was necessary, and that doing it in this manner conformably to the provisions of the Consti tutional Law, his Majesty would take it into consi deration, his sole desire being the prosperity and tran quillity of his people. The letter contained also the most flattering expressions of the interest which his Majesty takes in those valuable objects. Scarcely were these sentiments, expressed with royal dignity and paternal affection, made known, when all the in habitants felt perfectly satisfied, blessing at the same time the ibtesight of the Permanent Deputation of the whi par C ee prc cri