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THE NEVENING STAR. , LONDON. TUESDAY, APRIL 21., 1821. Easiza Tuna...lr.—Holiday at the Bank. The Paris Papers of Saturday arrived this forenoon. An extract is given from the Milan Gazette, contain ing some farther particulars of the encounter which terminated the career of . the Piedinontese Revolu tionists. The King of England's squadron of Aus trian Hussars make a figure in the account. Among the prisoners taken, mention is made of Lieutenant- Colonel MoNzAm, one of the first instigators of the insurrection. Several articles of intelligence are given from Turin and Florence, but they have been all antici pated by the.private correspondence, from which we have given extracts in our last page. An article from Rome of the 7th of April, states, that according to very recent letters from Sicily, the news of the disbandment of the Neapolitan army,' and of the entry of the Austrians'into Naples, had been received with the liveliest demonstrations of joy, and that all the Communes have already mani- . fested, by Addresses, their sentiments of submis sion, of fidelity, and attachment to their Sovereign. That the Sicilians look without regret on the reverses of the Neapolitans, who, in respect of the Sicilians, - - - wade certainly a most wanton use of their momentary power, we can readily believe ; but we must refer our Readers to the article from Florence, given in our last page, for the true view which they are most likely to have of their future condition. It is there asserted, that they have declared themselves inde pendent, and determined to adhere to the Constitu tion adopted, under British auspices, in 1812. Will not Britain support them in the just attempt ? Must Sicily, too, partake of the blessings of Austrian occu pation ?—French Five per Cents. Friday, 82fr. We have received to-day Lisbon Papers to the 10th lust. from u hich we subjoin some interesting extracts: LISBON, APRIL 1. To-day a Royal salute was fired by the Castle of this city, to celebrate the happy union of the illus ti ious bland of St. Michael in our glorious regene ration. It is to be hoped that this example will in duce the other Islands of the Azores to embrace the general cause of the Portuguese Nation. The Regency of the Kingdom, in the name of the • King, Don John VI. announces, that the General, Extraordinary, and Constituent Cortes of the Portu guese Nation have decreed as follows: The general, &c. Cortes, desiring to manifest the spirit of good will which directs them in • everything compatible with justice and with the security of the public order now established, decree— 1. The Decree of the 9th of February, of this year, is ex tended, and declared to comprehend all those persons who, on account of their conduct and political opinions, up to the day of the installation of the Cortes, are under arrest and restricted to reside in a certain place. t. The persons included in the preceding Ankle, and in the Decree to which it refers, are re►tored to their liberty and the free exercise of their rights, and to the faculty of bring able to justify themselves in Court, but not to the exercise of the offices which they filled before the facts which caused their arrest. St rTING OF THE COUTES, MARCH 31. M. CASTELLO BRANCO proposed, dia to lessen the expenses of the Treasury, and the misery which many soldiers endured from the too great number of the troops, the Army be reduced to 20,000 men, in time of peace. M. FRCIRE read the Decree for the Aloolition of the Inquisition in the Kingdom of Portugal. A warm debate ensued upon the preamble, in which it was resolved to make some amendments. In the discussion of the Project of a Decree for appropriating the Estates (of the Church) to the pay ment of the Public Debt, a very long debate arose on the fourth Article . , which ordains that the reve nues of the offices, benefices, dignities, &c. of the pa triarchal Church, be applied to the payment of the Public Debt ; the'amount of which revenue ought to be reduced to the half of what it now is, provided such half do not amount to 300,000 rees. M. BoaGEs CARNEIRo made a long speech against this establishment, which cost annually above 20 0 millions of rtes, which Catholic nations, far more powerful than Portugal, have not introduced ; that Portugal had been going to decay ever since it was established: that the luxury of the Clergy in this city was scandalous, compared with the simplicity of the Apostles; that it was founded solely to provide for the second sons of the Nubility, who had no mind to work V that this Corporation formed a Court, the head of which was disposed to contradict.all the or ders of the Government, and opposed everything that was now doing for the good of the count; y ; that on the most solemn day on which the united nation had s Nord to the bases of the Constitution and thanked the ALMIGHTY for its just and wise reform, he (the Cardinal Patriarch) declared himself hostile to those bases; that when this high authority arrived to such an excess, that when he considered his vanity and the difficulty cf maintaining, under present circumstances, the pomp and expense of such an establishment, he thought the proposed reform extremely just. M. SARMENTO agreed with M. B. Carneiro, and drew a frightful picture of the misery in which the people were plunged, while tithes were extorted from them to come to Lisbon. 0 . From the institution of the Patriarchate," said the orator, awe may date the ruin and the decline of Portugal." The speech of M. Carneiro had inflamed the minds of some Members, and M. Moults called the atten tion of the Assembly to the conduct of a man who pretended to oppose the will of three millions ; that this opposition seemed contrary to the acknowledged Sovereignty of the Nation, and that it ought to be seen whether this were a crime or not, and that a Tribunal should be formed to try this man. The debate was continued to a great length, both in this Sitting and that of the 2d April, of which the following was the result : The PRESIDENT put these questions : Whether a Decree should be drawn up, declaring that every authority or individual refusing to swear to the bases of the Constitution, ceases to be a Portuguese Citi zen ?—Decidedin the affirmative, by 88 votes to one. Whether the individual who ceases to be a Citizen ought to leave the kingdom ?—Carried by eighty four votes to five. The Committee of the Constitution then went out to draw up the Decree, and returning with it, M. PEREIRADO CAIMo read it, as follows: " The General Extraordinary Constituent Cortes of the Por tuguese Nation, considering that he alond is member of a so ciety who is disposed to submit to the fundamental law of that society, declares, that every Portuguese who refuses to take the oath, simply, and without any restriction whatever, to the Con stitution, and to the Lases of ft, ceases to be a Citizen, and is im mediately to quit the Portuguese territory." The Decree was unanimously approved. In the sitting of the 31st of March, M. MoNTEIRO read the, 26th Article of the Treaty concluded be tween England and Portugal, in 1810, and propched that the Committee of Legislation should examine its real meaning, in order to restrict it to its full observ ance, and to see whether, without injury to the good understanding that exists, some just reclamations might not be made to the advantage of the nation. Sup ported by M. CArrELLo BRA no, and approved. New York Papers arrived this morning to the Ist of Apt il. A letter from an American Gentleman, who left Peru on the 10th December, states that the Mace donian frigate sailed from Callao on the 20th Novem ber, with a fleet of American merchantmen under her convoy—only one (the Rampart, of Baltimore) re maining : also, that a state of war existed between the Chilian squadron and the American ships, with this trifling difference only, that all the captures were made on one side. Nothing of a decisive nature against Peru had been effected by Lord Cochrane and General San Martin as late as the 11th Decem ber, three months and six days after their arrival in the vicinity of Lima. . The Macedonian frigate, after convoying the Ame• rican vessels in safety ficm the Port of Callao, pro ceeded to Payta, and sailed thence the I lth Decem ber for Valparaiso, whence she was bound to the United States, and would touch at the Brazils on the passage. Maracaybo, which by the Armistice of the 26th of November was left in common to both parties, joined the Patriot cause on the 27th of January, hoisted the flag, and proclaimed the Government of Colombia. This event is of great moment ; it gives command of all the channels of intercourse and trade with the Re public to the Independents. All the grand arteries are now held by the Patriots:—the Orinoco, which, with the Cassanare, opens the way from the Atlantic to Cundinamarca; the Lake of Maracaybo, a central key, which, with the Sulia, leads even to Cucuta ' (where the General Congress are now in Session); the Magdalena and Cauca, and, farther west, to the River Atrato, Which forms the Gulf of Dariela ; and on the side of the Pacific, the Rivers San Juan, Patia, Tumaco, and Guayaquil, which last di•embogues in the Gulf of the same name. All these, and hundreds of minor streams, will soon bear the rich freight of the richest country on the globe. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FRONI CARMAGENA, DATED JANUARY 5, 1821. " The Commissioners appointed by the Republican Congress and General Morino, to decide the line of division, &c. between the two parties for the ensuing six months, ate now here, and treating on the diffe rent subjects of their mission ; no doubt tranquillity will be restored, without again having recourse to arms. The Columbians will, I think, easily obtain their independence. The frigate Viva, from Spain, via Laguira, arrived here a few days since, and has brought out the Commissioner, appointed by the Spanish Cortes, to treat with the Patriots of Lima: he proceeds in a few days for Porta Bello.— From the general aspect of affairs in this quarter, we shall no doubt shortly enjoy our usual commerce, as produce is plenty in the country, and will arrive as soon as permission is given by both parties to pass and repass freely, which I hope will be done to-day or to-morrow." LATEST FROM HAYTI.—The brig Superb, arrived this morning (28th March) from Port-an-Prince, left the 9th March, informs, that four of the'chief ring leaders of the recent revolt at St. Mark's were shot; one was a General, one a Major, and two were Cap tains. President Boyer had quiet possession of St. Mark's. From Turkey we have no more recent intelligence than what our Readers are already in possession of v but the following remarks, extracted from a German Paper, are not unworthy of attentive perusaL— The cause of Grecian independence Certainly pro mise! well, but that its success does not necessarily carry the fate of the Turkish Empire along with it, I may, we think, be very readily conceded. It is not I to be forgotten that the Turks are numerically as , three to one to their Greek vassals, and, in point of energy, the difference is still greater. According to the best accounts, the Greek population does not amount to more than three millions; whereas the whole popula tion of Turkey in Europe is rated at 10 millions at least. ' We know the difficulties which the colossal power of Russia has met with in its war with the Turks, though the scene of them was in the provinces which are now the seat of are insurrection, and which profess a reli gion similar to that of the Russians. We also recol lect the reverses which the Austrian arms sustained, during the reign of the Emperor JOSEPH ; and at that period the dependencies, and not the immediate pos sessions of the Mussulmen, were attacked. The Turks appear to us to be in a deep slumber, rather than in a state of exhaustion. No Power has disturbed their repose, or invaded the Sacred Territory, ever since they established their sovereignty on the European side of the Bosphorus. It is impossible, therefore, to know how they would act, or the degree of energy they would display, were invasion to approach their homes, and particularly if an attempt were made to make them vassals, in a country where they have so long been masters ; CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCII Is. The following are details . of the insurrection in Moldavia, and of the consequences which it may be feared will ensue: " The first reports, relative to the communions in Walachia, scarcely appeared of sufficient conse quence to engage the attention of the Divan. Hopes were entertained that this revolt would end like most of those which but too frequently desolate our Provinces ; and that the example of about 50 vil lages annihilated by fire and massacre, and some hundred heads of the rebels exposed over the gates of the Seraglio, would have sufficed to put a term to the insurrection. " The news of the revolt in Moldavia has thrown the Porte into consternation. The instant that the dispatches were received, which announced that the sons of an ex-principal Dragoman, and a former Hospodar of Wallachia, and, finally, Prince Ypsilanti, were at the head of the insurrection, the Divan was extraordinarily convoked ; all the Dignitaries of the State were summoned to attend it, and frequent Councils were held during several successive days. In the first moment of alarm, such decisive measures were adopted as were in the power of a Government, not in the least prepared for such an event. Tartars were dispatched in all directions, with orders to the Pachas of Provinces in Europe and Asia to assemble and march, without delay, all the troops they could muster; the expresses, however, which every instant arrived from quarters bordering on the theatre of the rebellion, only gave rise to fresh alarm. Intel ligence soon succeeded, that the insurrection had gained Bulgaria ; that from thence it was extending with the rapidity of lightning to almost all thq Pro vinces beyond Mount Baleans, and as far as the % Me diterranean shores. Already, and even before the' most feeble means of defence could be concentrated, fear painted the armies of Prince Ypsilanti and Ali Pacha, descending simultaneously from the moun tains, and operating their junction in the centre of : in a word, such was the general dismay, that it would have been thought that the enemy had reached the gates of Constantinople. " From the topographical situation of the Pro vinces in which the insurgents are posted, and the forces which the Empire can bring against them, we are far from being reduced to extremities. Although it must be allowed that we are but ill-prepared to prosecute a war in the revolted territory, it is at least happy for us that we have, in the capital alone, suf ficient forces to resist any rash enterprize which might be directed against it. And if (which is not at all probable) the insurgents were to establish themselves at Adrianople, and their advanced-guard was posted half way from that town to our capital, there is a position which probably they would not he able to reduce. The angle which is formed from the height of the Seraglio, and whose base is the tongue of land which extends from Rodosto, on the Sea of Marmora, to the Black Sea, presents,a line which it would be difficult to break through. It may be compared to the celebrated lines of Torres Vedras before Lisbon, forming a natural barrier, which would baffle the best troops, if but tolerably defended. Lastly, should the Greeks become masters of Constantinople, place at once their standard in the Seven Towers, and the 'Cross in St. Sophia ; be assured, that without most powerful foreign aid they would be more easily placed than kept there ; be assured, that if the Ottomans could be for a moment forced back to Asia, they would soon re-appear in Europe, stronger, more united, endowed with more energy, arising from their very reverses. As for the present moment, it may, perhaps, be imagined that the calamities that menace the Empire, and the cruelties exercised on the Turks by the Greek insurgents, are the chief sources of alarm among the faithful servants of the Porte. Far from it, they are influenced by very different fears ; they tremble at the possibility of seeing their sump tuorrs residences on the Bosphorus occupied before autumn by new masters, at the idea that they may be prevented from going in the heat of the dog days to respire in their Kiosks, the refreshing zephyrs of:the Entine. Nothing less than such apprehensions were necessary to rouse our statesmen from their long and fatal apathy, and if they should happen, on this occa sion, to shew more energy, we shall be indebted for it entirely to their egotism, alarmed for their own inte rest, their safety, and their personal enjoyments. " But if we are not deceived, their danger and ours is not so great as we had at first treason to fear.— While all measures for defence and attack are making, we have received communications from abroad which have inspired great confidence. The assurance of the Emperor Alexander, that the rebels have no countenance whatever to expect from him, deprives the Greeks of half their strength, by taking away a support on which they placed great reliance. Yet if the Porte could not find means last year to reduce a single revolted province, and one Pacha who had only a few hundred men left, may it not be feared that an insurrection which threatens to involve the wilole Greek population of the erophe, will be the signal for an endless war, which, after many years of desolation and excesses, would leave victory un• ce r tain, and not bring the Greeks any nearer to thei r o bject, of founding an independent empire ? p er . haps this war would only have the poor result of rendering independent two or three provinces, and giving the sovereignty of them to some powerful families, such as that of Ypsilanti, which would still ' pay tribute as vassals, unless, what often happe ns i n civil cum motions, the authors of the revolution should not be called upon to reap the fruit, but some much more powerful hand than that of Yp s ilanti should, is the sequel appear, to seize the fragment of an empire, the destruction of which this rash youth, in the excess of his imprudence, would only have begun." Yesterday the KING gave a Ball at Brighton ; the Princess Auousra left town about twelve o'clock to be present at it. A letter from Brighton, dated April 22. says " His MAJESTY has not appeared in public since our former report, but has daily taken pedestrian airing s on the Palace Lawn." His MAJESTY'S birth-day was celebrated yesterday at Windsor by a grand pubic dinner given, in tk- ue Town-hall, at which J. ItAmsnoTrom, E sq . pre ,id ed. Yesterday was observed by his MAJ E;,TY% trades. men with the usual demonstrations of respect and gratitude. About sixty persons partook of the fat bucks, and other goo i cheer, at the Thatched Hom e Tavern. When the cloth was removed, Non , 0 1,4 Domino was sung. by lessrs. TAYLOR, PYRE, Then followed the usu I toasts, and the evening can. chided with hilarity and g humour.—The Italian Opera-House, the Theatres, the Royal Tradesmen, and the S.db,cription-rooms in St. James's street, were illuminated. MAIL COACHES.—The public curiosity was yester day much gratified by the Proces‘ion of the Mail Coaches, in honour of the KING'S Birth-day. 2 v,i the coaches were new painted, varnished, and oink. mented, having new hammer-cloths and harness, and the Drivers and Guards in splendid new liveries. At one o'clock, eighteen Mail Coaches assembled at the back of Mr: VIDLER'S, the coach. manufacturer, at Millbank. Mr. VIDLER gave his annual grand enter tainment, in his manufactory, to the different Post masters, who came there from a considerable dis tance. At five o'clock, the Drivers and Guards mus tered in the open air, and, uncovered, drank the KING'S health, with three cheers, in bumpers of port. The Procession then proceeded to Charing-cross, Pall-mall, St. James's -street, Arlington-street. Picca dilly, and returned through Piccadilly, down Re. gent-streetiWaterloo-place, halted opposite the King's Palace, in Pall-mall, to make their obeisances, and then proceeded through the Strand to the General Post-office.—The following was the order of the Pro- cession : Mail Ceachm Inns they go from. Two 1 lorserren. Waterhouse, Swan with Two Neck s 1' Bristol • • Laa-lane. A Horseman. 2. Bath . . . . Ditto 3. Exeter . . . Ditto linl Y bead ' b y Ditto Coventry . . 3 5 . ilveepo.3 . . Ditto . 6. Manchester . . Ditto 7. Norwich, by Ditto Ipswich .• . , ( Mr. Willan, Bull and 8. Worcester . . Mouth, Bull and A Horsears. Mouth-street. 9. Birmingham . Ditto . __ A }knew'. 10. Leeds . . . Ditto 11. Glasgow . . . Ditto i 2. Edinburgh by York. Ditto 13. Poole, by South- } . x . r. Fagg, Bell and Crown, llolbort ampton . . . 14. Dovtr . . Mr. Eames, Angel } A lime= . . St. Clement's, Strand 15. Portsmouth . . Ditto Mr. Home, Golden / A Homes. 16. Gloucester . . Cross Charing -cross-5 17. Norwich by Bury Ditto 18. Chester . . . Ditto Two Horsemen. Among the best and most admired were the bays in the Southampton Mail, which were decorated with light blue ribbons; the greys in the Dover; the clue nuts in the Portsmouth ; the bays in the Norwich, by Newmarket ; and the greys in the Worcester. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited the Duchess of CLARENCE and the Princess SOPHIA yesterday. The cards began to be issued yesterday to invite the company to the grand Ball to be given by the KING on Thursday se nnight, after the Drawing-roem. As soon as Parliament meets, a notice of maim will be given by a distinguished Opposition !Member of the House of Commons, of the first importance to the Liberty of the Press; and which, it is said, will have the support of several Members who air is the habit of voting with Ministers. A duel was fought on Saturday morning, 01 Wormwood Scrubs. The opponents were a Mr. CH—MY and Captain Fo—n—R. This arose froa a dispute relative to a sister of Mr. C.'s. Two shots each were exchanged, and in the second fire Captain F. was wounded in the ear, part of which the ball took away. Extract from a letter, dated Sierra Leone, 12th February, 1821 The rainy season has been most favourable than usual, but the months of December and January have been particularly unhealthy: three or four white residents have died ; the rest of the in habitants continue much debilitated, and numbers intend returning to England before the mains cop mence. The merchant vessels have suffered severely , 65 men having died out of 85, in two months, and many are left without a man. Our Chaplain, the Rev. Mr. GARNSEY, and family, Lieut. °usurers , of the 2d West Ildia Regiment, and Mr. Moon , .merchant, have been obliged to return to England. Our Governor, Lieutenant-Colonel Bum.; Rho at ' rived by the Tartar, on the Ist of February, being seized with fever the day after his arrival, was forced to resign on the third day, and with Ensign SPOCII of the 2d West India Regiment, Lieutenant Wei , of the Myrmidon, and Lieutenant SPRATT, acting is the Snapper, sail this day in the Wilding—all mud' affected by the climate. Mr. Josurx WRIGHT, 1 0 Admiralty Midshipman of the Tartar, and actio7 Lieutenant of the Myrmidon, died here on the sth a this month. The following Promotions and Appoin t ' ments have taken place here since the arrival of Coo' modore Sir G. R. COLLIER :—Mr. JAMES IO be Lieu' tenant of the Pheasant ; Mr. Evarrs, Acting Lieute' mint, and Mr. Cowzy, Master, to the Snapp . e! i ; Messrs. BINGHAM and Enwira, Lieutenants; ) 1 AYLEN, Master, and Mr. MITCHELL, SHige oo / to the M) nritio4." I