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which exclusively - weighs on the farmer, and wrests from him more than 26 per cent. of his net product, i 4 not only unequal, but in the state of progress in which the new institutions, and the measures corres ponding to them, are about to place the nation, tithes will be an obstacle that will greatly retard the , improvement of agriculture; and this grievance will then weigh much less than it does at present on the people, and will increase in proportion to the encou ragement given to agriculture and the cultivation of tilw lands, more particularly when progressively this extends to ihe barren ones, and tillage is more gene rallied. Nevertheless, the Committee, fearful of act ing with too great precipitation,' for the present only proposes a reduction or modification in the tithes, which it wishes the Corte; to approte. The gi eater or lesser latitude that is to be given to this modifica tion is to be determined by them, when in the next Legislature the finance plan is to be proposed for their deliberation. With a certain modification in the tithes, the Committee has alzeliy approxima tively calculated, that after competently providing for the Clergy, and Parish Priests, and made the ne cessary increase in the direct contribution, there will he a saving to the classes, wall regard to v hat they now pay, of about two hundred millions of t ials. Another basis which the Committee pro poses for the distribution of the direct tax among the manufacturing and mercantile classe,, is the method of patents. The difficulty of ascertaining correctly the profits of these clas,ec, particolarly the mercan tile one, and the evils which would result to them from prying into their operations and examining their books, have determined the Committee to propose this basis as the best to obtain from industry and com merce the quota that corresponds to them. The in direct cony ibutions may then experience the suitable variations and improvements. The Committee, finally recapitulating all above stated, vi ill again observe to the Cortes, that its plan comprehends three parts, viz. "1. An examination of the expenditure, and a retrenchment open it of 12n millions of rials. " 2. That as the economical year is to commence in July of ti::s year, the ez6i•ing contributions are to be left standing till July, 1 sal, deducting, for the relief of the people, one half of the direct contribution, added to a considerabk improvement in the monopolies, and in order to cover the deficit, proposing a lo.:n of '.OO millions of rids, aftor having perfected the admi nistration, and reii.b.fed the tariffs uniform, in union and concert with the Committe-e of Commerce. " 3. A proposal of certain bases, which, being approved by the Cones, will lay the foundation fnr the labours of a general and complete plan of finance, in which, ac the same time that the whole expenses of the State are covered, no deficit may result, by adopting as a „Kinciple the modification of the tithes. " The Committee, after manifesting to the Cortes, the plan offered for their consideration, will not con clude without giving an assurance that it will imme diately proceed to the regulation of the public credit, as so intimately connected with the present plan, and in a matter so grave and important, it will adopt the principles of justice and convenience compatible with the state of the nation. It will propose means for the extinction of the immense debt that weighs upon us, but from this it will separate the Dutch debt, which, for the present, is not to be extinguished,' conformably to the wishes of the creditors, but the interest paid With all due punctuality. By which means the public credit being secured, and those errors destroyed which are daily heard on this sub ject, and the country cleared from the immense na tional debt by means as economical as they are politic, Spain will find, whenever she needs them, sufficient resources o comply with all her arrears and obliga tions. With this plain exposition, the Committee thinks the Cortes will be convinced that by the adop tion of its general plan, saving those improvements their wisdom may suggest, the expenses of the year will be covered, and the expenditure of the succeed ing ones will be provided fur ; further trusting, that if the measures are approved which are to be pro posed for the extinction of the Spanish debt, and the payment of the interest on the foreign one, the riches will be increa s ed by the division of property; the love of the new institutions will daily augment by the great number of those interested in their pre servation, and the happiness of Spain will be founded on solid and unalterable bases:' those events. The Authorities of the Province were alarmed. The Carbonari exulted with kit. The troops who were at Avel lino, and ;lie Militia of the environs, dactired in favour of Mo. real Altdepended on Colonel Concilii, who did not hesitate to declare for liberty, being convinced that the enterprise and wishes of Morelli were neither against his country nor the King. While these things were passing at Nola and Ave'lino, Naples was still a prey to the greatest anxiety. At ten o'clock in the morning intelligence was received of the defection of the Regi ment of Bout bon; the Ministry was in consequence agitated as if they had a presentiment of their destiny. A Journal called the troops of Morelli a holufful if deserters, and yet this handful of deserters caused the most powerful Ministers to tremble in I their seats. A great Ministerial Council was instantly assem bled—a Council of Inspectors-General was likewise convoked. They hesitated on the proper means to be takzn, and time passed away. De Concilii, Morelli, and Minichini, were acting at Mer cogliano, while Medici, Thommasi, and Nugent, deliberated at Naples. The day of the 2d passed over without any resolution being formed: it was decided only that General Carrascasa should set out on the following day with the forces and powt-rs necessary to act or to treat, as occasion might require. This General, wise in council, brave on the field of battle, a citizen among citizens, gave confidence to the throne, the army, and the nation. _ _ "'There was to be a party at Court on the evening of the 2d. The !loyal Family was present. The King and the Duke of Calabria appeared among their courtiers with a serene counter name ; the rest of the family shewed nothing different from common occasions. After the assembly the King and his sons' proceeded to the theatre. " Rut what was the state of the city of Naples? The Mita bitants of that immense capital foresaw the future fate of the' Government, and the history of Spain immediately presented itself to their minds. They were deceived. Other actions and .another glory was reserved to my country ! The report of the events of Nola spread with rapidity through all the provinces of the kingdom—patriotism awoke In the hearts of all the Neapo litans. The noble enterprise of Morelli, like an electric spark, inflamed the population charged with electricity. " The morning of the 3d arrived. The militia, invited by De Concilii, assembled at Avellino, and four companies pro ceeded immediately to meet Morelli. The idea of uniting with the Constitutionalists filled them with joy. The garrison of Avellino was composed of 3(X) men of the regiment of Sam nites. Ott the 2d they chewed their wishes in favour of Morelli : on the morning of the 3d they declared themselves ornly. De Concilii had no longer need to confide the success of his plan to the militia and the troops : the Gothic edifice was falling of its own accord—it became useless to sap any longer its foundations. [The pamphlet then goes on to detail the events that occurred between the 2d and the sth]. " On the 4th, 20,000 Carbonari and other citizens had al ready prepared themselves to.dcfend the constitutional cause." THE EVENING. STAR. - NEAPOLITAN REVOLUTIOA: A Pamphlet, written in Paris by the Neapolitan General COLETTA, gives the following particulars respecting this Revolution : a The Carbonari formed the nucleus of the discontented. In sensibly all those who thought differently from the Ministers became their partisans, and one may form a just idea of the progress of discontent by the great number of persons whose names were on the list of the Society. These amounted to 042,000 in the month of March last. • We were placed on a volcano, and still the Ministry slept. Awakened sometimes by partial tumults, or by the speeches of tie friends of their country, the Ministers employed the inter vals in committing new arbitrary acts, which soured the minds of die people, and increased the list of the Carbonari. This dis content seized upon all classes. The army, which had parti cular motives for being even more discontented than the Carbo nari, desired as much as their followers a salutary reform. In its organization, an ill-understood economy had rendered the Officers and soldiers wretched, whilst the mass of rewards was squandered blindly on -men accustomed not to blush at their acts or injustice. • Nothing'svas necessary but a single spark to set fire to the whole Hrgdom. That spark sprung from Nola on the 2d July. In no part of the kingdom had the police been so rigorous against the sects as at Nola; and in no part had the sectaries been so ardent as in that city. This ardour increased by dangers. The inhabitants of Nola were particularly persecuted from the instant that the Police, monstrously united to the Courts of Justice, en forced its system of rigour. The cavalry regiment of Bourbon Vero in garrison in that city; several men of that corps were Cat bonari. Lieutenant Morelli was one of an elevated rank. In tike morning of the 2d of July, that Officer resolved to proclaim the Constitutional Government. The priest, Minichini, a man of sagacity, but nevertheless inflamed with patriotism, promised to assist him.' From the resolve to the execution there was only an Instant. Morelli ran to the head-quarters of his regiment : lie invited the soldiers to follow him. Minichini assembled I some Carbonari, and all joined in the cry—" God, the King, and cotsstitutim." Thus, in less than half an hour, 150 men belong ing to the cavalry, and 20 Carbonari, became, *ithout having foreseen it, the propagators of the great cause. Among the 130 men, there svcre snout who had never been Carbonari ; but there was not on that account the less affection between them, nor the less desire of promoting an amelioration of the system of Govern ment. There was no time to give notice to the Carbonari in the neighbourhood of Nola, because the. movement was too sudden. " The sacred Standard of Liberty soon directed itself towards Avellino, following the high road. Lieutenant-Colonel de Con cilii, Chief of the Staff of the third Military Division, and a great friend of Morelli's, was at Avellino. That Officer, full of love for his country, was powerful by his credit in the Pro vince of the farther Principality. Morelli wrote to him, as soon as he had arrived at Monteforte, to announce his movement ; but as that news might be false, before answering the letter, De Coneilii sent a tonawnger to assure him of it. At the same time he communicated to the Commandant of the Province the gep_orth in circulation regarding the events at hiola. the 4 afterwards Coact ii acvdred certainty on LONDON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1820. ST. Martmew.—Holiday at the Bank. STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPTEMBER 21. In the course of yesterday forenoon the Funds seemed as if they were going to retrieve themselves from the sudden fall they had experienced. About one o'clock Consols were, for the Account, 6634 /8 buyers; but towards three o'clock a sudden depres sion took place, and they were done at 66 1 / 2 sellers. This unexpected turn of the Market was caused by various reports in circulation; such as private letters from St. Petersburgh, stating that the people in that Capital had manifested a great discontent against their Government; also, that a great Russian House had sold £200,000 Stock ; and the last report, that the Neapolitan and Austrian troops had had a skir mish. This day is a holiday at the Bank, but the Stock Exchange is open, and little business doing. Consols opeded this morning at 66 3 / 4 Ih. The Report on the Spanish Finances, given in another part of our Paper, is an interesting document. It presents a plain, and seemingly a sincere exposi tion of the financial concerns of that kingdom, and of the means which it possesses for their improve ment and the liquidation of its National Debt. The first mean of relief proposed is economy and re trenchinent, by abolishing useless pensions and sine cures: a modification is to take place in tithes and Crown monopolies; and the Custom-house tariffs are to be remodelled. For the current year the existing taxes are to remain—one-half of the direct taxes are, however, to be taken off, and to cover this deficit a loan of two hundred millions of rials (two millions sterling) is to be raised. A new finance plan will commence next year. The particulars respecting the Neapolitan Revolu tion will also be read with interest. Had not the people been prepared for a change, by their suffer ings, it would have been impossible for such seem ingly insignificant agents to have brought it about. The same remark applies with equal force to the Spanish Revolution, which was brought about by the exertions of a Colonel and a Lieutenant-Colonel. The Paris Papers of Sunday arrived last night, and those of Monday this forenoon. The domestic news they contain is of no interest. Some further d et ails respecting Spain, Portugal, and Naples, will be found under these respective heads. An article from. Berlin, of September .5, says—" The process of the QUEEN Of ENGLAND causes here, as through all Germany, great sensation. In all public places nothing else is talked of. The men admire the manly eloquence of her faithful and courageous de fender, Mr. BROUGHAM, and drink to his honour and to that of his august Client in the best wines of Ger many. As to our Ladies, this remarkable process reminds them of the famous poem of Schiller, the Merite des Femmes. They pity, in anticipation, the fate of the famous Non mi ricordo, who stammers, and is troubled when obliged to answer the pressing questions of BROUGHAM. " There are strong parties for and against the QUEEN. It is said, that at a moment when it will be least expected, the procedure will be stopped ; it is also said, that an Ally of the reigning House will in terpose its mediation for to effect a reconciliation be tween the two august Personage's ; and again it is said, that all reconciliation is imFoslible. " Since the commencement of the depositions of the witnesses before the House of Lords, people are more occupied here with this process than with the events of Naples and Sicily." The Emperor ALEXANDER arrived at Warsaw on the 27th of August. The Emperor and Empress of AUSTRIA set out for the Camp of Pesth on tl:e 3d of September, but the manoeuvres were not to begin till the 17th. _ _ French Five per Cents. Saturday, ex. div. 74 fr. 4.5 c. PORTUGAL r.tats, SEPTEMBER 17.. " A private letter from Madrid confirms the news already received, that the City of Lisbon has not ac ceded to the Revolution of Oporto, and that the pro mise made by the Junta, of convoking itself the Cortes of the Kingdom, maintains order and tran quillity. But another letter, dated Badajoz, .sth of September, states, that the whole part of Portugal adjacent to that place, had adopted the Revolution and that salutes of artillery, fired in sign of rejoicing, had been heard for three days along the whole of that frontier." 46 PROVIDENCE watches over Portugal. At the moment when the rebels of Oporto wished to esta blish a new Government, an aviso arrived from the Brazils, conveying to the Regency at Lisbon orders from the King to convoke the ancient Cortes of Por tugal, then the legitimate power will do what rebel lion wished to do."—Gazette de France. , g A letter from Lisbon, dated the 6th inst. was received at Bayonne on the 10th : at that period, the 6th, the capital remained entirely unconnected with the revolt at Oporto."—Journal des Debats. SPAIN. " MADRID, SEPTEMBER 7. " We have only to say one word on what passed on Sunday last at the Prince's Theatre. The people did not take any part in the scandalous affair, and they must not be confounded with a handful-of im prudent men, who would feign take the name of the people to give greater weight to their•foolish ideas. " ORDER OF TILE MINISTER OF WAR, ADDRESSED TO THE GOVERNOR OF MApRID. ' The King is informed of what passed last night at the Prince's Theatre, and of the reports which have been circulated within these few days, in order to excite all the solicitude of the Cones in the sitting of this morning. His Majesty commands you to watch with care, and to take all proper measures for maintaining order and constitutional principles among the troops, and to con sult with the Political Chief in all that relates tpgosorl enter and tranquillity among the citizens. • 46 The Aides-de-camp of General Riego have writ ten a letter to the Editor of the Miscellanea, stating, that they alone had sung at the Theatre the couplets which produced such troublesome scenes ; that their General had taken no part in them, and that the im prudence, if it was one, ought to be pardoned on ac count of the motive and the frankness with which they had made confession. « The Journal of the Patriotic Confederation of Malaga gives the following news, extracted from a Porto Rico letter of the 13th June : General Morillo was to have been poisoned at a splendid banquet, to'which the principal Authorities of the city of Valencia had invited him. Warned in time, he arrested the greater part of the guilty ; 23 have been hung, and others are sought after.' " General Riego departed yesterday, the 6th, as did also the Governor Vel4sco, and the other indivi duals exiled on the sth. This has occasioned much tumult ; since yesterday all the troops have been under arms, and several pieces of cannon are planted on all the public places." a PARIS, SEPT. 17. a We have received, by an extraordinary courier, news from Madrid to the 10th inst. All was very tranquil in that Capital. a On the Bth of September there was read to the Cortes, the Report of the Section of Legislation on the Spanish Refugees who are in foreign countries. Before making this Report, the Commission had se veral conferences with Ministers on the fate of these Spaniards, and their opinion is, that they should be restored to the possession of all their properties which had been sequestrated, and to all the rights of Spa nish citizens. The next day, the 9th, was fixed for the discussion of this Report. 4 , Count Torreno had been named, on the 9th, President of the Cortes. This is • the third renewal since their installation." " MADRID, " The tranquillity of this capital has not been seri ously interrupted. The Government is powerful in its means : it is supported by the unshaken will of the King, by public opinion, and by the calm and digni fied spirit which animates the Cortes. That assembly,' truly national, is composed of wise and moderate men, devoted to their King and country, and conse quently strangers to all the little passions which rally under the fatal denominations of party, of coteries, of casts, or of clubs. The Government reckons on the support of the Cortes, as the Cortes rely on the loy alty and firmness of the Government. The delibera tions of that National Senate chew the spirit with which it is animated. The garrison of Madrid wes only called out on the late occasion as a measure of precaution. These brave men justified, in the most noble manner, the confidence of the Government.— Their devotedness adds to the physical and moral force of the State. " It is true, that the scenes which took place on the evening of the 3d, at the Theatre del Principe, catised some alarm. The pit demanded the air " Traga la, perm." This song, oompctsed at Cadiz in ISI3, con . tams the most outrageous allusions to the Nobles in. terested in supporting the former order of things.-- On this account the demand of the pit was oppose.' by the Political Chiefs. But it was precisely on flis occasion that the General of Brigade, Don Jose Mt ria Tcrrejcs, Commandant of the Regiment of Fer dinand VII. in garrison'at Madrid, displayed a cha racter above all praise. This young man, scarcely twenty-eight years old, and who had groaned for the last three years in the dungeons of the Inquisition at Valencia, imposed silence on the multitude, whom he harangued, telling them they must pass over his body before they could reach the Political Chief who was the object of their resentment. General Riego is confined at Oviedo; he has no employment, and no destination. He is reproached not only with having written, but with having printed a letter to his comrades of the Isla, that he had dons his ohm' oat to treat with the Government. We shall not say what his sentiments are, but we must do justice to the conduct which he displayed when he was con vinced that that conduct was displeasing to Govern ment. Far from demanding a guard, as has been said, he hastened to obey, and proceeded on his des tination. Some of his companions were sent away with him. We are assured, that when the army of Andalusia is disbanded, General O'Donoju will be promoted to the War Department. cg The contagion which has broken out at Xeres de la Frontera will contribute to hasten the dissolu tion of that army, the existence of which is less useful in present circumstances. Nothing shews more the confidence inspired by Government than the number of persons who wish to participate in the new loan of two. hundred millions of rials. " The King has sanctioned the Decree relative to the extinction of t h e Jesuits, and the re-establishment of the Chapter of St. Isidor. " We hear from Corunna, that the funeral oration of General Porlier has 'been pronounced in the Ca thedral of that city, the Galicians listening with a lively . interest to the recital of the actions of the first martyr of. liberty." NAPLES. VIENNA, SEPTEMBER C. The Chancellary of Foreign Affairs continues to expedite a great number of couriers to Warsaw, Ber. lin, and Milan. There is a talk of a dispatch from London, of sua s ienportance, that it gave ti::e to the holding of a Cabinet Council extraordinary. It is still asserted, that the Russian Minister at our Court, Count Golophin, has refused to visa the pass , port of Prince Cimitae San Severino, who wished to proceed to Warsaw as Ambassador from the King of Naples - to the Emperor of Russia. According. to the last letters fsong Upper Italy, the Austrian troops were assembled, -part upon the Adige, and part between the .Adige and the Brent!, where they are placed in catitonnients. It is stated that Prince Jablonowsky, the Austrian Minister at Naples, has been recalled, and that he has quitted that city, with all the persons attached to his Lega tion. The Prince proceeds to Vienna, but his Lega tion remains provisionally at Rome. By the Ariel, arrived at Liverpool, accounts have been received from Jamaica of the Ist August. Thu Viceroy and Constituted Authorities of Carthagena, finding that it would be imprudent to continue in that place, from the small number of men which composed the garrison, abandoned it, and had reached Jamaica, leaving the fortress in the hands of only a few Spanish soldiers, who would aband.).. it on the approach of the Patriots, who were un derstood to have advanced within a few leagues est the place. It was reported at Kingston the latter end of July, that Porto Bello had surrendered to the forces of the Independents, but the rumour was net credited. The Irish Legion, which made a pad. pitate return from Rio de la Hache, had sailed from Jamaica for Halifax. We have received Bombay Papers to the middle of March. The Hon. MOUNTSTUART ELPHINWFONE, Governor of the Presidency, had proceeded to Guze rat, and appointed his Excellency Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir C. CoLviu.s to conduct the Adminis tration of the Presidency during his absence. The following are extracts I 14 BOMBAY, MARCII 11.—We are informed that the !accounts from Sir W. G. KEIJI'S force, dated the .sth of February, state that the objects of the expedition on the Arabian side of the Gulf have been fully at tained, by the entire demolition of the piratical ports, and the capture and destruction of the whole of their boats, excepting those employed in the fisheries, which are too small to be capable of being employed for any predatory purpose. The manner in which the destruction of the numerous works has been effected, is spoken of by the Commanding Officer in terms reflecting the highest credit on the engineers an 4 troops employed for that purpose. . 4 At the date of the last dispatch, the defences of the deserted town of El Hump' were standing, but it was the intention of Sir V. G. KEIR to demoli,h them, upon his return to that neighbourbooJ , and thus complete the destruction of every tower on the .coast from Rumps to Aboo Heyle, except ing those occupied by our troops in Basel Kliyula and its vicinity. Accounts from this latter place, ;we are happy to learn, mention the improving state of the garrison; and that the defences of the fort had been so far strengthened, that it was considered as in a state of perfect security. Captain Txtostrsos, the Arabic interpreter, was to be left in command." 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