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~. ~~ .~---::~ - -p•r ~. k . ,+ EltitlNG STAR. ' LONDON. MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1821. THE FUND& • PRICES OF,STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONIS O'CLOCK : S per Cent. Red. 71711/8-3 per Ct. Cons. 71 7 / 72 4 per Ct. 89 88 7 /1,-5 per Ct. Navy 107 1 / 2 Y 4 YA Long Anns. 18 Y 4 5-16 —India Stock 229 223'/ Wiz Bonds 4.65. 455. 465. pr. Consols for Account 72% %. • . - A great mass of intelligence has arrived from all parts of the Continent since our last ; but it presents only one fact of leading importance. An Austrian army has crossed the Piedmontese frontier; the Con stitutionalists have as vet offered no resistance to the progress of the invaders; and there seems every pro bability that ere now Austria is in military occupa tion of the whole of Italy, from the Alps to the Gulf. of Tazentunt. It was on the Bth inst. that the Aus trians passed the Tessino and raphily advanced on Novara, where they were joined by the King's troops under General LaToua- After this junction, the united Corps d'Armie proceeded on to Turin, and in their way were met* by a party of the Constitu tional troops, who, after some skirmishing, withdrew. The Austrians are stated to have entered Turin on the 10th, and when the express came away, it is added, the citadel was capitulating. There is an attempt making in some quarters to represent the Neapolitans as still keeping the field ! It commenced some days past with a paragraph in the Comeilutioand, in such positive contradiction to the known fact of the occupation of Naples, that nobody thought it worth while to contradict it; but to day the Morning Ckronide gives a letter from Genoa, of the Ist April (an awkward date), which affirms, cn the authority of letters from Naples of the 26th and '27th of March, being severa'. days subsequent to the entrance of the Austrians, that the Parliament is still in being at Salerno, that General PEPC'S army is still unconquered, and that them seems no escape to the ill-fated Austrians from all tl:e 1:c:-ors of an indiscriminate inas.acrel ! We subjoin, among other extracts, the letter itself, and must leave it to make its own impression on our Readers: PARIS, APRIL 13. • News has just arrived here, by express, and may be considered as perfectly authentic, that the Aus trians passed the Tessino on the Bth of April, and in front of Novara met the troops of Alessandria, who made no resistance. This fiat corps was dispersed. There was reason to believe that the citadel of Turin would in two hours be delivered up to the Royal Authorities, and - that everything would be settled in four days. Twenty-five thousand Austrians are in Piedmont. Five per Cents. April 12, 82 fr. 60 c. MILAN, APRIL 2. We are approaching to the winding up of the affairs of Piedmont. It is believed that the Aus trians will very soon attack that part of the Sardinian army which has declared for the new order of thing... We learn that the new Provisional Junta at Turin is exerting all its efforts to concentrate as many troops as possible, in order to attempt an invasion of Lom bardy, and by it to excite the Lombards to rise.— Strong detachments of troops have already taken up positions along the Tessino. As for the Aristrian army, which is on the opposite side of the river, it daily receives reinforcements both of men and horses. NAPLES. EIGHTH BULLETIN OF THE ARMY OF ITALY. " In the morning of the 24th Mardi, the Revolutionary Par liament was dissolved, and an intimation was given to the few Members who were present, that they might retire to their respective homes. The Provisional CovLrnment, nominated by the King, has entered into full activity, under the superin tendence of the Marquis of Circello. His first act was to issue a Decree, reinstating all the official persons employed by the King in the situations they occupied previous to the 6th July. " At the instant th.:t the Austrian at my began its march for the Capital, the Guveroor of Naples came to tree the General in -Chief with unsealed orders, signed by the Duke of Calabria, addressed to the Officers commanding at Gotta and Pescara, to deliver up those fortresses immediately. As General i:egani, notwithstanding the suspension of arms, had, in the evirirg of the 211.1, made a sortie with some gun-boats against tie Austrian troops posted at the mouth of the Garigliano, Captain Zuccery was sent to him, to state, that if, after the otikr aboviilen tioned, he did not immediately evacuate the fortress, he wuuld be treated as a rebel. " The fortress of Gaeta did, in effect, surrender on the 25th. CONVENTION TOR TIM MCI:PATIO:4 OF TILL CFPY OP NAPLES AND IT3 FORTREsSES TY THF. At: , IIIIAN TROOPS, AND FOR TIIX EVACCATION OF rue FORTRESSES OT GAETA AND ?EWA RA. " In consequence of the relations of friendship which now exist, and conformably to the orders given by his Royal High ness the Prince Regent to Lieutenant-General Peelrinelli, Go vernor of Naples, the Austrian Army will enter Naples at eight o'clock to-morrow morning, the 24th of March, and will occupy its fortresses, with the exceptionttf that of Ca.tle Novo, which is destined as barr.cks for the Royal Guard. 'llia Guard wi:l continue the same services in which it has been usually employed about the Palace, and the person of his - Majesty. 'With respect to the entry of the Austrian troops into Naples; inasmuch as it is impossible to provide quarters al.-o for the Neapolitan soldiers who still remain within the city, the latter will receive orders this day to quit it, and for their ulterior destination they shall be subjected to the orders of his Excellency Baron Frimont, General-in-Chief. The gendarmerie shall continue to perform their accustomed duty. The civic guard, to whose good con duct has been owing the maintenance of order during the late period of extreme agitation, shall preserve their organization, but without the power of taking up arms, or performing any service, without a previous requisition from the General-in-Chief of the Austrian army. " The Orders given by his Royal Highness the- Prince Regent far the surrender of the fortresses of Gaeta and Pescara, shall be delivered to-morrow morning, by Lieutenant-General Pedri . mai, to his Excellency the General-in-Chief, before . the entry of the Imperial army into Naples. The above-named fortresses, as well as the city of N a pl es , shall be occupied according to the stipulations of the Convention concluded the 20th of this month, before Capua. The garrieuns '. ifilesiaL 'ot the two tortresees shall be plated on the tune fontlng u the : other Neapolitan troops. " Concluded and signed by Lieutenant-General Pedrinelli, Governor of Naples, and Major-General Count Fiquelmout, in virtue of their full respective powers. (Signed) ." Count de FIQUELMONT, Major-General in the service of his Apostolic Majesty. " Lieut.-Gen. PEDRINELLI, Te the service of his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilles. " Aversa, 23d Mirch,lB2l. Copy of the speech delivered by the Deputy Poerio, in the Sitting of the 21st March : " The National Parliament, assembled in virtue of the poli tical statute adopted by the King, and opened in its first Session by his Majesty in person, and in the present Session by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, is necessarily and intuitively a legitimate Parliament. If incredible catastrophes have taken place in the army, the causes of which history will one day reveal,they have diminished our forces but not our rights. What is then our duty? It is to continue our meetings, and never to separate the cause of the nation from that of the King and his August son, the heir of the Crown. Besides, the Parliament cannot be constitutionally in activity without the concurrence of the Executive power. Let us, therefore, continue to proceed in the paths of legitimacy and honour. Let us be firm at our post ; let us await with confidence the result of our last Address to his Majesty; and if the presence of a foreign force shall put us under the necessity of separating, let us protest before GOD and men for the national independence, and the independence of the throne. Military disasters ought not to east down civil courage. Do we xvish to give a proof of our profound respect for the King ? Then let us not dishonour the People of which he is the head and the father." The speaker w•as supported by the President Arco vito, and the Deputies Nicolai, Dragonetti, Carlini, Melchiorre, de Lucca Antonio, and Morice. TURIN, APRIL 5. The following is an Address from the Army of Alessandria, to the Troops concentrated at Novara. From it yon may see the kind of spirit with which the Constitutional Army is animated : " SnLnrEas or NOVARA !-Will you then complete the ruin of your country by uniting yourselves with her cruellest enemies? Will you consent to mingle your banners with those which have for fifteen years fled at your very name, and which were fatal to you only when tbey had contaminated pities by becoming allied to them ? " The safety of those barbarians then depended on your dis union; and you, credulous, and unpractibed in their arts, will soon have to endure the insults of their arrogance and contempt. +h! no, brothers; let us embrace; we are not those rebels which our common enemies would persuade you we are. Pehold our standards, and you will see that they unfurl to the a intl.: the names of our country and our King : we swear to be faithful to them, and to fight till death in their defence. We appeal to Eu rope,' whether these are the sentiments of rebels, or the most sacred that a nation can boast ? " But, comrades, if, immoveable in your determination, you will not join yourselves to us, then Eire ye well: alone we will meet the enemy, and you will soon b.: roused from your repose by the noise of our victory. (ion will assist our sacs, d cause, and we will deliver from the hands of our enemies our Sove reign, whose own free wishes are concealed from every one.— , Yes, we will conquer : and if ever adverse fortune should coun- I teract our courage, you will have to shed a late and useless tear over the tombs of your brethren, whose deaths you will envy alter baying occasioned them. (Signed) " THE ARMY OF ALESSANDRIA." TURIN, APRIL 6. This being the King's Birth-day, the greater part of the inhabitants have illuminated their houses.— Everything has passed over irr the most tranquil manner. RPRIL is stated as a fact, that the old King would not permit the publication, at Nice, of his brother's Proclamation, declaring those rebels who embrace the Constitution. This he was likely to do as much from good sense as from the natural good ness of his character. It is thought that the King of Naples cannot re turn so soon to his capital as was expected, because there is still too much effervescence among the people's minds there. FLORENCE, APRIL 5. The King of Naples is still here. His younger son, who came from Naples after the entrance of the Aus trians, set out on his return on Monday:His Majesty on Monday had a splendid religious function per formed in the Church of Santissima Anunciata, to offer up thanks to ALMIGHTY Con for the victories gained by the Austrians over his people, and the temporary destruction of the forms of constitutional freedom in his kingdom. It began at twelve o'clock, and lasted till half-past one. The ceremony was splendid and imposing. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. " LEGHORN, APRIL;,. " An'affair has happened here within the last ten days, which has excited a great sensation, and created no inconsiderable alarm among the English residents in this port. On Saturday week, Mr. Peel (a nephew of Sir Robert Peel, and a cousin of the late Secretary for Ireland), who has been established as a Merchant here since 1814., received an order from the Police, signed by the Governor, to quit the town of Leghorn and the Tuscan territory within 21. hours. He told the Commissary that he was conscious of having done nothing to excite suspicion, far less to justify such severity, and begged respectfully to know the nature of the charge again .t him, and the evidence by which it was supported. He was merely told in vague and general terms that he was considered a bad subject, and that everything going on in his house was not light. Mr. Peel declares, and his friends vouch for the fact, that he has always been particularly cautious in speaking of political subjects. The Greek Merchants (of whom there are 30 or 40 houses, some of them worth half a million of piastres) have been thrown into considerable alarm by teparts of an insurrection of the Greeks in the Morea and other parts of Turkey, against the Grand Seignor. The object of the insurgents is said to be the esta blishment of a Constitution. Will the Holy Alliance support the Grand Turk ? The Sovereigns are still at Lay bach, ready to receive his representations. His Highness, it is supposed, if the Greeks in the Morea have rebelled, will make free with the property of the Greeks in Constantinople and Smyrna, and thus injure the Merchants at Leghorn." " GENOA, APRIL 1. A vessel from Naples, which place she left the evening of the 27th of March, has anchored in this port. The Austrians entered that city on the 24th, as I mentioned in my letter of Saturday. I have I just seen a letter to the most respectable English -- house here (Mr. Gibbs) from Naples, dated the 26th. It states 4 that the advance of the Austrians to that city was to the great surprise of its inhabitants, who were not deficient in either courage or means to defend themselves. A complete mystery hangs over the whole transaction. The indignation of the people is beginning to manifest itself in a manner which every humane mind must regret. Last night twenty Austrians were murdered. There is, lam sorry to', say, little doubt of the fact.' Another letter of the, date of the 27th states, that on the unexpected ad vance of the 30,000 Austrians, the Parliament retired to Salerno, as did the army under the comthand of Pepe. On the evening the vessel sailed, viz. the 27th, the work of .carnage was going on, and a promis cuous massacre was expected. Such are the Christian results of the Holy Alliance, if those letters convey' facts. An express arrived here last night from Novara, which states that the Prince de Carignan, being deserted by the few regiments stationed in that garrison, had withdrawn himself out of Piedmont and retired to Modena, whet e_ the Duke of Genoa also remained. " It is confidently asserted this morning, that the Rdssian Ambassador at Turin had offered the me diation of his Imperial Master to the Provisional Go vernment of this kingdom, and that it has been ac cepted. This offer, if true, is at least a sacrifice to the spirit that prevails throughout the whole of Italy, of those unjustifiable pretensioniwith which the Con gress of Laybach began its abominable aggressions on the rights of independent nations. The Piedmon tese I believe to be a reasonable, as well as a brave people. If Austria, Unchecked by the appearances which present themselves on every side, shall - drive them to the necessity of a sanguinary resistance, I think they are a people of that temperament who can screw their courage to the sticking place, and that the aggressor must prepare for a conflict similar to that which Napoleon experienced in Spain. Offi cers of the greatest experience they can have from France. The Provisional Government, I learn, are daily receiving tenders of service." We have, since inserting the preceding, received • the Paris Papers of Friday. The Gazelle de France states that an extraordinary courier had arrived in Paris with the news of the entrance of the Austrians into Alexandria and Turin. They took possession of these cities on the 9th, in the name and as the Allies of the King of SARDINIA. Agreeably to a Conven tion entered into, the Piedmontese troops are to divide service with the Austrians. These operations had been attended with little opposition. The Ex-King, VICTOR ExtmANuet, it is added, had left Nice to return to Turin. A Mail arrived from Holland this forenoon, with Papers to the 14th inst. We select some notices from them which, though they contain no new fact, afford strong confirmation of the imminent dangers by which the Ottoman Empire is at present surrounded: lIAMBURGIL APRIL 10. Accounts from Moldavia state, that the insurrec tion in that province is connected with a general and extensive plot among the whole(Greek) population in the Turkish Empire, for the purpose of throwing off' the Turkish yoke, and that it is promoted by secret societies. Three standards were consecrated at Jassy after Divine Service on the 11th. The new Greek cockade is black and red. ' AUGSRURG, APRIL 3. The Cabinet of Vienna pushes, with extraordinary activity, its new preparations for war in Upper Italy Reinforcements arrive every day to the Army of Ob servation, assembled on the Tessino. The Revolu tionary Government of Piedmont, on its side, is also taking measures of precaution. Alexandria, which, by its situation, is the bulwark of the continental dc minions of the King of Sardinia, has been provisioned. APRIL .5.—A column of Austrian troops, composed of regiments stationed in Bohemia, has commenced its march for Lombardy, passing through Tyrol. It is to conclude its march by the 15th of April. The latest accounts from Laybach state; that the two Emperors have determined to wait in that town for the result of the late events in Piedmont, and the restoration of order in Italy. FRANKFORT, APRIL 1. The accounts from Constantinople say that the news of the insurrection in Walachia and Moldavia has caused great alarm in the Government of the Porte. The Grand Vizier has received from the Sul tan the strictest orders to take immediately the most efficacious measures to quell the insurgents in s both provinces, and bring them back to their duty The Divan seem to be afraid that the sovereignty which the Porte possessed over those countries will be lost- On the other hand an alarming spirit begins to manifest itself in Bulgaria, which is one of the most important Provinces of the Ottoman Empire. Servia too causes some disquietude, notwithstanding the great concession made to the Servians by the Porte, through the medium of the Russian Minister at Constantinople. A secret discontent still prevails in that Province. It is feared that the Servians will not let slip the opportunity to follow the example of Walachia and Moldavia. The Porte will have need of large armies to keep in subjection that portion of its subjects who are disposed to shake off its despo- tic yoke. -- A Lisbon Mail has brought to-day Papers and Letters to the 31st of March. It will be seen from the extracts which we subjoin, that King JOHN is con sidered by the Portuguese to have given his assent to the Constitutional System ; but, at the same time, it seems confessed that they are not as yet in possession of any authentic and solemn act of his MAJESTY to that effect : LISBON, MARCH 26. It is to-day exactly two months that our augus Congress has been assembled, and on this day we . e _ ceive the gratifying information that our beloved King Don John VI. as was to be expected from hi s wisdom and from the paternal mildness of his Roy a l heart, has deigned to approve of the measure s ad opted in Portugal for the regeneration of the Portuguese Monarchy, glorious in all ages, especially in the p m , sent, when, the wish pt the Nation being unanimous, endeavours arc making, in the midst of the great er tranquillity, to introduce those reforms which the lapse of ages had rendered so necessary in the Admi. nistration of this magnanimous and most faidaf t d i Nation. The ship St. Gualter has just arrived, in forty-sit days from Pernambuco. Four days previous to it s sailing the Maria Zefirina schooner had arrived at that port, having on board the Chief of Divi:io; Joao Felix Pereira de Campos, with news that hi s . Majesty had acceded to the Constitutional System ci Portugal, the above Officer having come with a coat. mission to declare this at Pernambuco. - 11 1.~ LISBON, 111.1BCII 27. The following are the Articulars of the informa. tion brought by M. Estevao Jose Alves, commanding the Portuguese galley St. Gualter, from Pernambuco, which has been communicated to the Cortes, in t h e Sitting of this day, by the Mini-ter of Marine: " The Chief of Marine, Joao Felix Pereira de Cara pos, was dispatched by General Luiz do Rego,onth e 12th December, to Rio de Janeiro, to communicate to his Majesty the state of the public mind, and the opinions of the people of Pernambuco ; he returned to that city, having left Rio de Janeiro on theM January, and arrived on the 4th of February, lit bore the commission to assure that his Majesty fa. voured the cause of Portugal, and recognized the Government of these kingdoms. He assured, tha a brigantine had sailed from that port for this, and that a tout ier was ready to sail. He said alsc, that since the Count tie Palmella arrived at Rio, his Ma jesty had favoured the cause of Portugal, which had always been approved and defended by the Prince Royal, who was much pleased at this event. ,‘ Luiz do Rego desired him to say that he did not write to the Members of the Regency, because he had received no letter from them ; but he assured that his sentiments had already been those of a tree Portuguese. That the ship Don Joan VI. was hung with velvet and gilding, for the purpose, it was said, of bringing over his Highness the Prince Royal to Portugal. This information gave great satisfaction, as well at Pernambuco as in all the other ports d Brazil. K F...S I CE VA 0 JOSE ALES.' LISBON, MARCH W. OFFICIAL Artuct.E.--The Portuguese schooner Vigilante, entered this port to-day, coming from the Island of St. Miguel, with dispatches from the Go. vernment, stating that, on the Ist of March, it was unanimously resolved by the Inhabitants, the Charo. ber, Nobility, Troops, and Ecclesiastical Bodies,to proclaim the Constitution of Portugal, and to choose a Junta of five Members for the purpcse of electing Deputies to the Cortes. For the preservation of pub. lic order, it was thought necessary to suspend the authority of the Governor, because he refused to ads here to the unanimous wishes of the inhabitants. To-day also arrived the Portuguese galley Goad Lecor, in 65 days from Rio Janeiro. The Captain states, that at his departure the ship D.JOOO FL commanded by.the Conde de Vianna, was completely fitted up and ready; that it was said it would mar vey the Prince Royal to Portugal, though nor parations were made for immediate departure, be cause the delivery of the Princess Royal was waited for. That the People of Rio Janeiro were extremeli satisfied, as his Majesty shewed himself inclined to favour the cause of Portugal. That five days before his departure, the trading brigantine Espadarte had sailed for Lisbon ; and, lastly, that since the arrival of the Conde de Palmella at Rio, the appearance of political affairs, in regard to Portugal, had changed. Such is the acconr.t given by the Captain of .the General Lecor, which has brought no dispatches fa the Government.—Diario da Regencia, March 31. These Papers contain the official details of the Re. volution at Para ; also of the splendid ceremony of taking the oath to the Constitution in the Churchof St. Domingos. Jamaica Papers have been received in town di forenoon to the 28th of February, brought by Ils Nocton packet, arrived at Falmouth, but their rak tents have been almost wholly anticipated by ach o previously received by a private vessel, eight da!' later in date. We subjoin such extracts as appal' possess any novelty : KINGSTON, FEBRUARY 24. By a person lately arrived from St. Dotnisgaf e e learn, that Boyer had been to Cape Francois, wk re he was most favourably received, and was p r oclaimed President and Commander-in-Chief of the Notth sod South, thereby uniting both sides of the Island oder one Republic. Accounts from St. Jago de Cuba state, that hi s late arrival from Porto Cabello, it was ascertmo d that Maracaybo had declared in favour of the In pendents, and that General Urdaneta had been° vited to enter the town. We understand, by accounts from the Ilavaimd 4 that the Burn, port sloop, of 20 guns, was layinga . that port, waiting for a considerable quanntl RO till VO eli In 141 Ba 31 for Esc Ty wit Ste tov ma M, da , kti Co WI sow