The National Register. — London, England, 1821-03-26 00:00:00

MANIFESTO OF THE XING OF THE TWO SICILIES. •••-aapa. The Constitutional Governmei t of the Two Emilie', saltiest which the Costes* at Layliach has ful 'mated its anathemas, a hile it prepares to repel the most unjust and and the most violent nacres. of Which history has ever made mention, desires also to appeal to the 01 • • of Europe, and (Jail civilized ontiotis I and that every one may equally judge 1/11 a hich side is reason utisl MI ashicts side is injustice, ha the aar a Inch, atter five sears of peace, is going to break slut in unhappy Pally, the Goveraimeat 'towel it to itself to make kiwis') all the particulars a hick base conducted at to the political situatioii in a huh it is al this moment placed. The giants of the people of the Two 9irilirs, the degree of civilization to which it tia• attained, hail called for mans years for a change in the internal sastein of the state. At the begl g ofJuls, 1890, the cmatatutioa of Spain was demanded by the utianitnints voice of the nation. The King adhered to it, saving the madificasions proposed by the representatives of the maims, aho ',sew saiiivoked principally I . lll' this pus pine, with the obliaatimi 110 11 . 1111 . C1 the bases of the new social comport. Ou the latii of the same month the King swore to observe it, he ore the pro. •isional junta ; and on the 19th his atajesty made an official eianinuniea.iou of it to all tie Nietou power., with whom be was on terms of friendship. Ever since these first n 11111 l ems, the spirit of moderation, and a scrupulous regard to the independence, the institutions, and the rights of other nations, have (maned the rule of the conduct Waite Neapolitan aovernmetit. It proclaimed these tastaints before the a hole amid, a licit it erfused w iiiterfere in the affairs of Ba al -yenta and Poole Curve, a his h had called for its interfeience. Europe cannot doubt of the sincere desire of our govern. • sent to live its pence and good understandiog a ith all others, it it esainines without partiality the conduct 0b .,: served towards Austria. Scarcely was the form of our political regime changed, wheat the first thought of the Court of Naples was to tonne the Cabinet of Vie JJJJJJ that such a chanee could not, in any stoner, impair the relations of friendship and alliance ex kiting between the two states. The fist oseriares having been rejei ted, the Kin 2, setting aside all reeentineut s repeated his assurances, sent ambassaiiiirs, and, in short, attempted all mi JJJJJ er of amicable e 11111 l 'muscat nun ; hut all was lu vain. So much harshness on the part of Austria was returned at Naples, by the _realest respect to the leintion, the commits, and all the subjects of Austria. Nevertheless, the Court of Vienna, constantly. alleging Osamu political reform •'sl k the foundations of the social edifier, that it prioclsimed anarchy as aka. that it menaced the safety of 'armies, anal that of recognised ill& il lations, and the tranquillity of nations," urged with preci pitation the mint extraordinary preparations of rear in the Italian states, increased the garrison of Ferrara, Plecenita. and Coutimachio, and solicited all the powers of Europe to declare against the Neapolitan government, not to receive its ministers, total 111 break tad all commisiesition wills .t. His Majesty then. ord. red the Duke dr Cainpo ClllBl'll, his secretary of state, minister for foreign nifairs. to demand of that cost. ia his amine, a CattliiiiiCal explenat . of these estrdordinaey armaments, and of the attitude which it as sisted towards us t hut this note—seat for that purpose to Prince Metternich the very day 14 beta the King. oat opening the first session of the natioaal parliament, rescued in the midst of it the oath to maintain the constitution—this noir, In which all the arcusiatian directed itgaiust our 1101111 CW reform wear refuted, received no answer. In the interval the Sovereign* of Asiatria, Ennis, and Prussia, met at Trappe°, with their plenipotentiaries, and those of France and England. The object of this meeting was to take into cuusideration the straits of Naples, anal is result to invite his Majesty the King to repair to I.aty- Ksh, to co operate with the Allied Sovereigns in the Means of conciliating the interests and the happiness of his people, with the duties which they were called upon to fulfil towards their own states and towards tlae world." His Majesty accepted a mission which was proposed to hint in the Waffle of a tutelary alliance, solely destined to guarantee the political independence of all stales. The parliament contented to the departure of the Sovereign and thus, relating the Cala 1111 l ies spread respecting the slate of constraint in which the King was supposed to be, it aboard the confidence whirls it placed in its august de fender. He delimited, in fact, attended by tlae prayers of the station; bait scat rely 11114 lie arrived at Lay burly when he is deprived of the minister whom he bad brought with him, and threatened with a disastrous war, to oblige him to adhere to the pi itieiples and to the viulent measures already resolved at tioppan. All the unreels which lie employs to ayes t this isisturaisteNrl 1411111111 , . It was then that Oar Allied Powers assembled at Lay. barb look against the kingdom of the Two Sicilies which, at the matelot, %%wild have beets ha posed alter a great number of xis 11111C1 , upon it vanquished end huualrled nation. The envoys of Russia and Prussia, and the chalk... saatiMires of A aistsi•, emnmwnicated them to his Royal Highness the Prince Regelit of the 9th of and dreamed to him 11141 till • Austrian army would advent e to Oct silty the Nempolitaii fel awry, tittles. the older of things established store the 6th of July he immediately a twitstied . and that, esen it this spoutancons submission took place, the aunty %wild still peiirlralr into the kinailum, to maintain the new order of things which it was thirsided .0 estaldish 11 was then that lass Royal Highness gave to the diplo mitlie a ...tali those noble illaslll . l6 I.llll'll, alter Lasing *r and msprct, peodureil to the 'Nippurt of enthwannsto %Inch has commit. the hearts of au the Neapolitans. Evers that the magitainininie Fiance %mild not .ing till lie had t onsoslyd the deputies 111 r V0111111111111 . .114 11 11.1. he lilt a 11 , 01411 as was tii,*l •1111:1- on in which the monarchy was 11111 10 ills oaiis, list protested Of the nation, [roust which 111' , it being then convoked, of the Lith, that 11 we e • 111/11 11 el/11 , 1 . ; that •ic as Doke al; t 4 I ) , I.lale y of the slate. tno•t• aster .r 1 Cl. the laud.- them. ~.1.1Nr41 uprw ale I MM.- ~~ tto • 01% -°- ,,it1 0%. t e4te x , $ . 4%0 1 ', dbC‘, Ci tyl t .S 40 e tue o‘a o" 1 , s ot a . so toe e te% ve cus cesw . 0 001° 1 . sow Ss"' ocilw' oco itt• 4to tO 1 . 1 4 ,5" c 09 .7 , 617,67,v,t0C... cpc 11' rt.t _. - - t. • .. V'' - s - PALissTaiNA. • RIETI. Austrian right. Austrian centre. AQUILA. • ASCOI.I. Neapolitan army. Austrian left. I f the reader inia 3 ;ine the Neapolitan frontier pro jecting, like the arc of a circle, from Aseoli to Itieti, with the other extremity of the how to the south of Palestrina, lie will have a tolerably accurate ilea of the relative situations of the armies. It is obvious, therefore, that if the Austrian army was scattered in the manner here represented, a successful attack on its centre would be attended with the most iin r.rtant consequences. The two wings, being dis j hued by the mate of the centre, and at so consi derable a distance from each other, in an imprac ticable country, would be exposed to alawst certain destruction. yll,ll,Kau eft • C47;sVi *61*.:‘,0‘"(0% %Vt. C,V4‘t TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER confided to him, as towards the King, his among father. whose interest eatinot he separated from that of his people. Meantime, hostile to the social compact whirls, by the hetielieence of our King, forms the pallatlimn of the nio starchy of the Two Stealer, the court of Vienna pretends to &oldish it. Because a nation regenerated to liberty and independence does not yield to its will, It has em ployed every means to make it helie•ed that the interest of its policy is that of b:mope, and has sworn titles ly to overturn all one internal orgailizat ion. Already its troops ate advancing for this portrite towards the Hat I fron tier; already the sword is stained with blood, and menaces Europe wills a war winds has ne parallel, directed against constitutional ideas, And the independence of scitions. It could not have been feared that *hog( same armies which were 'totted a short time ago, in the name 01 social order, to deliver Europe from oppression, would morel' against a nation which cannot be reproached with ally infraction of the law of nations. and which, without ex ' citing troubies g any of its neighbours—without offemling legitimacy, and even professing the must res pectful vetteration for its &Mel eigii and his august dy nasty, is perseveringly engaged ill the ameliorating its internal administration. The powers of the second rank moist see, in what happens to the kingdom of Naples, the imminent danger which ilireutenstliem. On the day when ottr rause shall be carried, the independence, the tibetty, ill Europe will share the Mlle fate Hut a cause protected by justice and public opinion— a cause which interosts all wise gayer 1111 l e Its and all na tions who feel their tin:pity—a cause which will be de fended by the whole 114111)11, whose wishes have expresses themselves on thin occie.ion with much imaminitv ; such a cause —he who defends the eountinitional la AS Mill indepen dence of the country, lie who combats the furl igner, who comes to rub him of the first, and In tread tue second under feet, is itot always the weakest. The Neapolitan goveniment, though it has provoked no note, though it lint' opposed the noble altitude of - iteration to the Multiplied outrages which have been la vished upon it by these who connpiird its ruin, is now attacked liy an Austrian army, who pretends to impose LOA , . upon it. But since neither Russian nor Prussian troops are matching toweros 0111 frontiers, it is only to the Austrian government, that w' are obliged to oppose the resistance which our own defence requires. However, his Royal Highness flatters himself that the august monarchs assembled at Lay bath, %realm the noble feeling which unites the inhabitants of the 'f‘to Steins,. and their unanionmin denomination to defend the liberties and the I of thennation, will reanimire their pre. jnilicro., and will leave at peace a rencroun people, who live only to enjoy the bent fits of its new political sptent z d ove ;t i me p e w ee : o f th e constitutional or legitimate a people which, do ing a period of seven mouths, has shown that noble attitude, and that respect to the Kong and to the royal family, which It iwe made Europe judge it to he worthy or liberty ; a people, in fine, which taking no share in the affairs of other nation+, has sorely a right to expect that co time should uttetfere in its Concerns. . _ . Hi. Royal II ighners also flatters hnns.•lr that all the other powers uf liwope nut concerned in the pr, beat roiliest aid contribute, by their pea suasion or good mikes, to put ill rut to the dtsa•ters in which the scourge of war, ready to fall upon our country, threatens to Involve humanity. If the fire is Imo kiudhd in the south of the I tala.th prnrosula, M ho IN there that must mit f e ar the caimequenceb/ anal alto can bay where its dreadful ravaiaes M all stop. If. unhappily, a war of extermination cannot he avoided, the Pt finer Urgent and his august brother will plater them selves at the head of the Neapolitan army, and will c hat with it to the hot extremity agoutis( the foe riga baba-mai, iiitukaitg the aid of the Supreme Arbiter of Empires, who protect, imincence and right, and puna.aws utabes of force, injustice, and oppre,..aaa. POSITIONS OF THE AUSTRIAN AND NEAPOLITAN ARMIES. The battle which is said to have taken place at Rieti on the 9th is very probable, judging from the accounts in the Frenchpapers of the previous posi tions of the two armies. On the 2d of March ac cording to some accounts, Rieti, Polite Mollo, and Palestrina, were occupied by the right wing of the Austrian artuy ; while Ascoli, Amatrice, and An tonio, were occupied by the left. According to other accounts, Gen. Friniont has his head-quartets at Rieti, with about 24,000 men. Palestruta and Ascoli are about eighty miles apart; Palestrina to the south or right, Ascoli to the north, or left of the Austrian army--flied is midway between these two extremities. The Neapolitans were said to have been retreating upon Aquiila, the first town in the Neapolitan territory over against Rieti, and nut twenty miles distant from the latter place. The retreat of the Neapolitans may have been for the purpose of concentration, and one day's or night's march would bring them to the Austrian force at Rieti. The following will give an idea of the rela tive positions of the places we have mentioned : THE IHMIFING-ROOM. The King held a drawing-room y erday, at his palace of Buckingham-house, and urrence so common to the inhabitants of metropolis would, perhaps, have excited little attention, but for a report whisk had been current that the Queen intended to honour it with her presence,- for the purpose of presenting a petition to her royal consort, praying. the restoration of her name to the Liturgy. Thi s . report acted as a stimulus to the public curio sity„ and, notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather, drew immense crowds to the Park. We know not what orders were given at the Palace' with respect to the reception of her Majesty in the event oilier coming, but it is evident that the Mar shal's men stationed at the gate at the top of Conbti tution-hill were enjoined to offier no obstruction to her Majesty's equipage in its passage to the Palace. The company visiting the drawing-room began to arrive directly after the gates were opened, and the carriages continued to set down without intermission until past three, after which there were very few arrivals. His Majesty, assisted by the Nincess Augusta, received the compan: in the Grand State Apart ment, surrounded by his ministers df state and officers of the household, and s great number of present.... tions took place. The drawing-room concluded about five o'clock. DA.% K OF ENGLAND. At Gen,r3l Court of Proprietors held at the R ittlt of England ou Thur3nay, fur the purpose oh con.itlerilig a t;i‘itlend . . . . . . . , Tne Chairman proposed, that a Resolution, ordering a dOidend of five per cent. for the current half-yearly thvidend be paid oil the 6.1 t of April. Ou he question that the Court do order this dividend, Mr. Gundy said, sue was a Proprietor of 5001. stock, and had written to the Court of Directors, requestiog their prodlicium at we flex: General Court of the ac counts of all the Batik profits. Were these accutnits now sit (7ourt ? •Fhe Chairman acknowledged having received Nlr. (;undy's leuet, but slid lie hall i i autilorny, without tile consent of the Court, to lay open the accounts of the concern ; tl tney or.lcri:gl it to be done, than coin tatmids snook' be nueved. Nlr. Goody caul, 1 - 1 r hail a ri k ht to the accounts as a matter nt course, for the Act of Queen Antic sail, that they should not mily be Mrtitcomitig at the call of any Proprietor in a General Court, but also male the sub ject , i 1 con.nleration at that Court, whether or no the profits should not he divided in the Dividend upon Kink Stock. Mr. Darley &flied this Inv, and said the case was decoded uoiii in the Can't of and in tile Court in Puiprietor,.:, when NI r. Gutidy thoti o ht his loi tiler Mr. Gaudy detsicd that he hid hied the question, and demanded the accounts a; a Ilia! ler ol right.. A warm cliAcip‘sion arose, and the polir was rulet.l against r. Giiiiily. PRLViNTION 07 FORGERIES. Mr J Ihn Smith desired to know, whether the COM ittib,iiiiiers had as yet socceeded in a plan of B ink limes which was Ilk ly to set at 1 , ...tt tile mutation by for- The Chairman read (loin a piper, which he held in his ilaud, a S.ateiii , !lit Of rite Pra i :JcSi of the (:0111iiiis smilers, front which it appeared, that they were still eagerly pursuing the attainment of their object to make such a mite as would invite ordinary forgeries absolutely uupu•s , tie. Misty difficulties had as yet delayed the but they hoped tihilitmely to succeed. Ile ex plained, that with a view of siii,prcs,iiig forgeries, the BAIA hail I iely applied to P.uliaulent for power to issue rsoverei.nts lot One Pound it tile , " pleased, on the Ist of May next, instead of the Ist May, 1t322_ This would, he hoped, suppress the forgery of One Pound Notes. Tue Chairman said that it was not meant to re-issue an of tile p,eseet out: pound notes when they should be exedang,ed fur Silveri:l;4llS. Tile dividend for tie tuilf•year ending the sth April was then tieVarel Its he 5 II r cent. and tin Court, atieitiled by all the bleat mooted men in Bit city, then twike up. ''CORREN rs or THE OerAN.—A document which was enclosed in a bottle and thrown into the sea just 12 months ago, was tacit up on the shores of Martinique on the 4th of February last. We give a copy of this interesting document, with the notice suljoined : .• The bottle which contains this card was thrown into the ma in latitude 5 deg.!? min. couch, longitude 24 deg. 40 Min. west, at noon, on the t•th day of Match, 1820, from the ship ()spray, of Glasgow, which sailed front Greenock on the tuth day of Feb. 1820, on a trading voyage round the world. .• Whoever finds this is requested to insert a notice of the tin • and place in some literary or plitical publication, with the view of establishiog facts relative to the currents ut the ocean. All well." • This bottle was found on the 4th of Feb. 1821, near the eastern Point of the Salines, quarter of St. Ann, island of Mar. Unique, in the best order, as will be seen by this paper, which it contained:— . St. Pierre, Martinique, Feb. 13, 1821, " T. llournant) printer, and director of ti e .• Genets, post (Mice of Martinico.” His Majesty on Wednesday night honoured tl.e Ancient Conceit, Hanover-square, with his pre sence, and was received by a numerous and fashion able ,mdioice with every rosible degree of respect. . . .1