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cxmaT UtLti.ol-tr4 ,- . 9 - ; ;lig liAltt Our ;ling, Contititution anti Ratul. No. 1,201.—V0t. XIII.] THE LIOLY ALLIANCE. LETTER OF PRINCE METTERNICH. PRIME MINISTER OF ♦IISTRIA. TO THE CHIEF HINiSTER OF EACH OF THE ur.usSAN Parrot:La. Your I . ...xcelleitcy has expressed the desire of his Royal Highness the Grand Duke to know in a general but pre cise manlier the ideas of the Imperial on the politic el state Or Germany. This titan:lnuit on the part of a l'rhice who gives the most laudable proofs it his firm inclination to protect its welfare, and his pro bittitil sense of the elements which eioupose it, honours ine as much as It IMposeS die duly of communi cating to your Excelleitcy, without reserve, the point of view under whien eve consider the actual state in things. Time adValleeli in the midst of storms; to endeavour to arrest its impel ttt st ty would be a vain attempt. Firmness, 'wider: • , prudence, and a onion of accurately ascer tained forces, arc shit lett in toe Dower of the protectors sod the friends of order. This at 'gratin constitutes the duty of all a wereigns, and of well-intentioned states- Men ; and he alone shall merit that title in the day of clanger, whh, after examining what is passible, and what is equitable, will not allow himself to be turned from the noble object to es hich his efforts should tend, either by ineffectual wishes, or by dijellion of spirit. Toe object is easily determined. In our days it is Homing more our less tll4ll 1.0 toaluta i ii that which exists ; to attain it is tile only means of preserving pre sent advantages, perhaps even the best calculated to re cover that which has been already last. To this end the tints and the measures of all who are inii . ed by a coin -1)14)11 principle and a co ttttttttt interest (hada to be di rected. ' file combusuble elements which had been long prepared were inflamed between the years 1817.114 d ISA). rue false course which tile french ministry pursued during that epoch—the toleratiou allowed in Germany to the most dangerous doctrines —di-the indulgence shown to audacious reforturrs--weaktiess in repressing the abuses of the press: finally, the precipitation win) which representative constitutions were given to the Southern States 0: Germany—all these eateies have impressed the st fatal direc; ttttt 1/0 parties wh • gears satisfy Nothitigg p •es licticr the impassibility of satisfying these patties than the tile:cry:atoll, that their moat iictive operations have taken place in the state where the great est indolgeoce was showia to their pretended views. The evil It d reached such a pitch befote the Congress of Carlsbad, that a trifling political comp ile:I lull would have been starlet an to overthrow entirely social order. The whirl of the system which the great Courts adopted has preserved them Irmo the dangers which will might be fatal. What, then, iit such a case might to he the march of an enlightened governillent t In proposing tins question) we pre-suppose the posaibility of salvation, and we think ourselves perfectly authorised intim:it a hope. eln examining the means by whicn we can 4UIIIII so elevated an end, we see ourselves boooglit back to the point whence we set out. To repair by little and little an edifice which threatens to fall, we :t have a sure Inundation. Thus, to secure a happier fu turity, we must tie aloe at least of the present. The manitimance of that which exists ought, thcfclUfe,lo the first, as well as the most important, of our cares.— By this we do tiiit understand only the ancient Miler oh Whigs which has been reaper:ten w s e eiminites, but likewise ail the ' , few iu-Minions legally created. The unpunauce of maiiita . • g them with fir ttttt CS! •alid coili.oancy way he seen by the attacks which nave been iiia. : e upon Mew with a tatty pet naps greatertliait a4aiiist ancietit institutions. iii the pre'se'nt 's, IfaliSitloll 40111 Wllal is atie•clit 10 what IS lu . %V If secompaided with as h danger as the return It whist i, lIVWto %Sisal has been abolished. limit may cupidity lead Ist an exploatim of the calamities mimeo ii is tau. titian to avoid at any price. Not to deviate in any of things, from wilaleVer of 1,;11111 ntay have aprotog ; lira to Atlanta ciimages Ottitign they should be thotittlit subsidy lICCCSSary, alLeept Wltil ells ire liberty, aWI dart a resolin toil maturely weighed, suchis the first duty of a guYefliiliClit which is inclined to resist the cells of the 42C. 1) lIIMICS3 such a resoltsinne, how. vier just or natural, seunJii excite obstinate opposition i but the Wl .Vaulayte 1/14Cil 11110:1 and know!. ti VII basis is evident, I Ceallife 1 . titis strung Would tie c icy to stop or to alincepaur in all tureelloils the lICI:CSSarIIy uucylialn 111011011 S the etieina• %1 . .. - regard the of jectiolis winch usay he Made. vault ly, that the coo:moutons hinter:co aorta to Gerittaisy, there are FOnIC witteit opus: (Si) 110 o‘l3lg / illlll 11.1%e Con acquently nu (kappa .is 11111Oullcleil 11 ' SIICII had bet' the case, the iitiiiiao).4eies, ;skeins toilet:nig ink, Moak' not nave failed 10 uudenulute its it I..lver unto. !totally es aliliaticil, coolants within itself tilt hlnnelpb ofa b etter S)s , C111,1311 1 V111 1 d II i- lull lilt, Durk Of all/1 7 fafS pawer, or oi frahtie blitailaiess, (like that generail:. of the Cortes, iu 1812.) It Indy inutcliCtsf he hal etlarlcr IS ilUl a COliStit Opt fly art callea; t. e I.IIICI is ritfltird by iiii.e„Jlid di:es:Oda altrayt wee the aittl ittehtinattit ill4ineltiii.t II) 1,115,.. co I.ic tleee.iiire. mem 01 the colistittitiotail teams ,. such a as 111 sly scititra c Inc goad Ott evil. cat tt tt itila •i• authority, :wit prom ;lied tle lia:+l..4rs •11 We Wass .4 ti.l 114t4Uli ilo.ll csel) '1%%11 i 3 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1820 great means of safety are secured now to every govern ment, which, with the feeling of its dignity alit its duty, has determined lint to destroy itself. ale of these Means resils Hit the satisfactory conviction that between site lancers there exists Ito sills , lerstancling, and that, accoulnig to the invariable priuciftle•s of sovereigns, Mille can be foreseen. This fact, which is placed hey I all doithi, confirms our posilinlis and ;411.11r:inlet S our strength. The other merits is Ille 111110.1 1 tttttt ell in the course of the last mite teitiiiiiis between the German states; an onion which, by the iittlisllitt of Cud, our 11 111 l 11eSs mid fidelity will render The cuuli•rences at Carlsbad, anti the decrees which issued from them, hate acted in a more linierfild and and salutary isiamier than perhaps sue dart• hush its our seises at a tune when we have still the teeling i , f those emtiariassiiientS Wiliell ag,it ite us, and wilco we Call out ly calculate superficially All the ads a,ita6es which we hase olitained. Measures so important as these, can only be appre .!imeil its their whole extent when we cats know the whole of their results. * rite epoch winch immediately follows • presttit theist all to us, but WC Call ap preciate the effects rialto:et' lay the iesolittions of the 20th of Seute • utber, by calculating the proitress the enemies of order would hate smote Wltll4oll chem.— The results of the cotiferences of Vienna, llisotigli of a more elevated order, will have an effect less brilliant, hot wore refound and desirable. The conmlidation of tile Germanic union tillers to each of ilie states which compose it an rifle:tennis guaraniee—an invaluable ad vantage in present ciic 1111 l stances, and (me which we could not have been certainly sawed, except by the course that has been followed. The good faith ' and leration with which this important work has been conducted may c•u the one hand have fixed us ill certain points, and prevelited us fr taking measures snore hid(' and energetic; but on the oilier, supposing such course possible, there would have been was tt itt to the work one of the first emulations, namely, the lice con viction and the sincere confidence of all the contracting parties. could bocee ttttt pensateil such a defects which must have been hi every atieisitit to put in executitin de terminations ovate under suu•h atisp.ces. In general the .11 InrCe of the cuufedrrrinn was a, necessary as its legislative (Ince; and the prowess winch the colivictiois of the Wilily and the of tills tumuli lids snide, 15,111 our 01,1111011, a 1150,1 littlitirtallt Mid Ulilst happy result, The rules which the German gm•ernments will hencelOrward have to obserse may be pointed uut m few words:— I. Conlideticei a the duration of Eurupeaa peace, and in the imaninuty of the I copies which direct the high au l allied powers. 2. A scrupulous attention to their own system of administration. _ . . 3. Perseverance in .the maii.teteatice of the legal basis Ilie existing vutistitotions. and A firm neterilllnalioll to defend them with force and prudence against every atiai k. 4. Tile anti - do - oration of essential faults in these con stitutions; tills tttt IwulK wade by Ginvni iiienis and ;mounded oil still:it:Ulu reasons. 5 In case or Insufficiency of [mans, an appeal no the assistance of the Cionleiferation•—an asiosia .ce wind' eoery member has the ,t sacred tight to exact ; and Which. a,c(orifilig to prism:tit supllla 1, C.lll less than ever lie relined. Scnh 1,, .ievortliog io Ilve otlly irtily ...dowry, legal, and saie ct.o.r,e. Oil blieli the political 'lswin of ,Ile limperor ; In hid interior, all sou', of I liirce dint phy,ie,.l ie,titiree,, wol hot only wake me til them Ito own pre,ereatioit, hot will always he wally to thspost . of mem tut the :oh 11161ge of her emileileraits when Jot' ultl wlltiolll de 111ahtl II cir t xeirisc. I have the honour to be, (Sigurd) FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, Advice and Gasettes from Palermo, to the 16th nit , were received yesterday, by way of Genoa.— The return of the deputies titan Naples sent to ne gotiate for the independence of Sicily, with a reftisal on the part of the Neapolitan Government, was the signal of the most vigorous t►►easures on the part of the provisitinal Junta at Palermo. A decree was immediately hented tot enrolling in the military ser vice of the country the naute of every inhabitant of eitpablt of bearing areas, without exception of rank ; and troops were diy►.:at•d in ail directions to atetek those plates which mild adhered to their de pendence on Naples. In the preceding advices Nles,igia and Trapcoti alone were mentioned as in that predicament, hut it is now toolerAood that ataatiis SYrilCii.4.• take tin- same st,te. An M.. tecta,ting account, nhiett We act;ret our has %%id PRICE 94(1. not allow us to insert, is published in the Palermo paper (the Pluraiz) of the 13th August, of the can. test betweeen the people and the moult:ilia} authori ties of Girgenti, previously to the accession of that place to the invitation of tote provisional Junta.— Nothing could exceed the ardour and enthusiasm that were manifested in the cause of independetum. The triumph of the popular party was complete, and letters were despatched to the Junta ut Palermo, apprizing them of their having gained the ascend ency, and r.:questing iothrinatitin in the mode of electing a deputy who should represent their inter ests at the new seat of government. At Caltarisetta a strenuous re: stance was made to the provisional Junta, and a division of the Army of National Independence, under the command of the Prince of St. Catalan, invested the place on the Bth of August. His efforts were directed in the first instance to negociatio.i fur a peaceful surrender, bat without effect, till a further reiofitreement arising on the 11 th, commauded by Col. D. Pietro Orlando: with Major D. Michele, and Capt. Rodrigo Palmeri Miceiche, which augmented his troops to near 8,000, and enabled him to occupy some important advanced posts, a more favourohle diposition was shown by the inhabitants. A messenger was sent out from the town with a flag of truce to treat for u capitula tion, who was received by the troops with shunts of joy, and embraced, as a brother. This offer proved, however, to cover an act of the blackest treachery. half an hour had scarcely elapsed front the arrival of the messenger when the advanced guard of the independynt army was suddenly attacked by a pow erful three, and many of them were killed. The troops, under the irritation produced by this breach offaith, entered the town pelt mull, and, carrying it by assault, a great number of the inhabitants lost their lives. The town finally acceded to the inde pendent cause. Trapani was in a state of blockade, but still held out. From Catania, which is an open town, little resistance was expected ; but Sy• racuse and Messina, Lein;; strongly tit/titled, threat ened a severe mutest. All communication between Palermo and Messina, and through the medium with the Continent, was cut off. No couriers were per mitted to pass. FRANKFORT, Auo. last accounts re ceived from Rome speak of nume outs arrests which have taken place in the States of the Pope, partial. lady in the marches and It:gat:on& These measures have been judged indispensable by the pontifical Government, to prevent revolutionary intrigued, and the fatal consequences which might attend them. It seems, that there is great impatience in the Roman States by the Austrian troops, who are to protect them " ETN• AND VESUVIUS.-.-A letter from Palermo says, ' 6 that the academy of that city bad sent sons. p e rsons to mount Etna; who affirm that, while they s tood on the crater of the volcano, they heard from the thunder of' the lute eruption of Wort Vont vitt', which gives room to conjecture that dame two volcanoes have some subterraucous communication with each other." _ _ A melancholy circumstance occurred lately at Brussels. A man was taken ill in the night, and his wife rose to procure him assistance, but belio•e she returned he had expired. 11 hen she perceived that she exch ' ed, " 0 Mother of GA ! grant that I niay not survive him;" and in an hour after she herself was n corpse. CONFLAGHATIoN IN TUE PYRENIttPL—A fright .ful cmillagration which Iw'gin to burn ma the morn ing of the 2Vd of July, and which was scarcely extinguished on the loth of August, lays waste at this moment the huge forests which crown the Ape nines, in the vicinity of Funcli. At the moment in which we are writing, the commime of Fond' is on all sides surrounded by dimes. The conflagration has even extended beyond this territory, and espc. cially into that of St. Anitre, along the consular road through the territory of Serraglione, and of Selsa. The sub int...milant of Fontli hail put in requisition all the inhabitants, for the purpose of putting an viol to this dreadful calamity. It is nue known whe:lir this has been the effect of chance or of malicious design, and whether it commenced in the Wiacan states or in the kingdom of Napies.— F.:ri,li is divided by tlic i,..io.dary of these two N * ( . P. 3fr