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t ;~ 4 corps will not be known till after lb, arrival of the Emperor. Accounts from Stockholm say that the Nor 'region Diet, uow sitting at Christiania, has not yet come to any final resolution respecting the Convention with Denmark, for the payment of the debt due from Noma, to that Power. The Omission was expected - bi *ski II ivory sitting; some vote for the psyment of the debt, but cannot agnate about the means; others offer to recognise tow debt, but say nothing about the time of pay. meat; a third party thinks that this debt of three ►aillions of dollars, Newburgh banco money, ought to be paid by Sweden, or by the King himself out of his own pocket, because Sweden derived such advantages from the Union, that it may well bear tt.is pecuniary sacrifice. This pretension is the more unfounded, as only 50,000 Norwegian viz dollars are paid from the revenue of Norway into the Swedish Treasury, half to the Foreign Deport ment, and half to the Naval Department. The King, it seems, is very determided to urge the Diet to the punctual execution of the Convention concluded with Denmark. FRANKFORT MAY 30. Last night died th. Prince of Hesse Rotben burg, formerly Lieutenant-General in the French service, in hie 70th par. 11. Alopaus, formerly Russian Ambassador to several Court , , died here on the 17th, at a very advanced age. CIRCULAR from COUNT NESSELRODE. FRANKFORT, MAY 22. We have good grounds for believing in the au thenticity of a circular dispatch addressed from Laybach to the Legations of his Majesty the Em peror of All the Russia. at Foreign Courts ; and we communicate, with confidence, this interesting document to our readers : •• Sta.—lt is now precisely a year since we found ourselves under the neces.ity of making known the principles which the Emperor had resolved to fol low with respect to States which, to the calamity of experiencing a criminal and violent revolution, should add that of sanctioning its fatal cootie uences. " Since that period, and from the date of the opening of the conferences at Troppau and Lay hack, our successive communications must hare demonstrated to all the Ministers and Agents of the Emperor at Foreign Courts, not only that the principles of his Imperial Majesty would not vary, but further, that our august Master would be al- Ways ready to concur, by all the means in his power, in the success of the measures which he had agreed upon with his Allies, iu the general interest for the repose of Europe. " By our Circular of the 47th of February (11th March), we informed you that, in consequence of the determinations entered into upon this point by his Imperial Majesty, lie had decided to prolong Its stay near his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, notwithstanding the close of the Congress •t Laybaels. " Our dispatches of the ails (510th) March, very soon sheaved to you that the foresight of the Em peror had been hut too completely justified, and that, faithful to his promises, Russia, at the re guest of Austria, and the legitimate Sovereign of the kingdom of Sardinid, had marched an army of 100,900 men, in order to avert the calamitous and too pi obable effects of the military revolt which had just broken out in Piedmont. " Auspicious events have succeeded those which the artificers of troubles and of discord provoked. Every thing authorises us to hope that order will be effectually re-ettablithed in the States of his Sardinian Majesty.. The Royal Government there has availed itself of 'the proximity of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom ; sod it is the temporary assistance of a corps of occupation, composed of Austrian troops, which it has required to restore to Piedmont the enjoyment of an internal, secure, and solid peace. " All our wishes seek this great and salutary re sult; but as tte measure of safety which it re quires, sod which the Sardinian Government itself has solicited, is about to become the object of a direct arrangement between Sardinia and Austria, under the guarantee of the Allied Courts ; and as the presence of our troops would be henceforth smelt.% the order to retrograde has already been dispatched to theta. On the other hand, the more the resolution to make thetas operative was energe tie, the more salutary and useful has been the Ml preasion produced solely by the intelligence that they were in movement, and the more essential is it in the eyes of the Emperor that all the Cabinets If Europe should know and uppreciste the serious first place, the moral support of her allies. The sincere friend of his Imperial, Royal, and Apostolic ' Majesty, and convinced. like that august Mo narch, of the evils which would awe niece inundate the world, if the disregard of ell duties should ob. tain the apology of • lasting triumph, the Emperor espoused, with sincerity, a cause which his con science told him was that of Europe, of laws, and of treaties. He did more. As an intimate union has been established, by solemn acts, between the European Powers, the Emperor offered to his allies the aid of his arms, is case new commotion. should excite the dread of new dangers. We have already seen how the anticipations of his Imperial Majesty have been verified. Sectarians acting in the dark ness which they so much needed to veil their guilty projects, excited in Piedmont an insurrection which might, by its consequences, retard the pro. gees. of good in the Two Sicilies, and. by compro. Inning the army, which was then advancing upon Na plea, encourage revolt throughout the whole Penin sula. Already alarming symptoms justified disquie tode for other countries; and from that moment the Russian troops were bound to march. They, in fact, did march—not to extend the power of Rus sia, or to make the slightest itafringement upon the bounds of territorial possesion, guaranteed to all the Governments of Europe by the Treaties conclud ed since 1814, but to succour the Allies of the Emperor; and ti►is, as we have said above, at the ewes. solicitations of his Imperial, Royal, ■nd Apostolic Majesty, and of his Royal Highness the Duke de Getievois. They marched, not to over throw institutions which have emanated from legi timate authority, but to ',resent insurrection from usurping a power which would be a universal scourge. Finally, they snatched, not to obstruct the developement of public prosperity in any State whatever, but to further the re-establishment of order in countries where the workings of evil men had ultimately rendered the assistance of a foreign force indispensable. " Such has been, each will always be, the sole intention of the Emperor, should he ever find him self again under the necessity of putting his armies in motion. No burden would have resulted from their march, or from their temporary presence. They would have traversed peaceably the immense space which separated them from Italy; and as soon as the object was attained, fur which two Monarchs solicited their aid, the Emperor would have issued his orders for them to return to their country. 41 We ars justified, therefore, in repeating and affirming, that never did the love of war, never the ambitious thought of exercising the exclusive in fluence in the councils of other Monarchs, or upon the destinies of people confided by Providence to their care, direct the policy of his Imperial Ma jesty. " Irrefragable facts now attest the sincerity of this language. 44 Malevolence ascribed to Russia hostile views with regard to the Porte. Disturbances manifested themselves in Wallachia and Moldavia ; and our conduct, as well as our declarations, have shewn that we are determined to observe the rights of nations and the faith of treaties in our relations with the Turkish Government. "They were pleased, afterwards, to insinuate, that we had abandoned our projects against Turkey, to invade the western territories of Europe. A signal contradiction has confounded the authors of these odious accusations ; and the march of our armies, supported and maintained by all the strength of the empire, has been stopped the moment we were certainly assured that the legiti mate Government had recovered the plenitude of its authority in the kingdotn of Sardinia. " Thus, Sir, it is with the confidence of having fulfilled the duties of • friend and of an ally—it is with the determination of always fulfilling those duties, and the consoling persuasion of having con tributed to the tranquillity of Italy •nd of Europe, that the Emperor is about to quit Laybech. " He will set otf on the Ist (13th) May, and will proceed to St. Petersburgll, by way of Warsaw, happy to lead his assistance to his allies if it should become necessary—more happy still to enjoy for a long future the spectacle or a pesce, the blessings of which Russia feels, and in the maintenance and consolidation of which she is interested as much as any other Power. " The political system of onr august Master not being destined to undergo any change, all his Minis ters and agents will continue to follow and to execute the general instructions which they have hitherto received. The present Circular will regulate their language with reppeet to the events of *lnch it treats, and the Emperor even authori,es you. Sir, to 'nuke known told deliver a ropy of it to the Governr 11 to which PRIV4TR CORRESPONDENCE. Extract from the letter of a Gentlemen who recently travelled through France and Spain to Madrid. MADRID, MAY 14, 1821. Upon my passing over the river Bidauoa, which forms the limits between France and Spain, I ex perienced, as I expected, every sort of attention, politeness', and urbanity, from the Spaniards, and the Parisians who accompanied me were treated in • manner which astonished them, by the unculti vated natives of the Ppenecs, who, in my contem plation, gave • lesson of true politeness and of hospitality to the va i n an d hypocritical Parisians. _ _ I found the province of Burgos in a state of in surrection, which has been wholly and altogether excited, fomented, and carried on by discontented friars, curates, canons, and by a bishop or two. This insurrection has been conducted by the Cura Merino, who is alto a canon of the cathedral of Valencia ; his party, consisting of upwards of two thousand men, including more than four hundred churchmen, all armed, has been destroyed, and I may say massacred by the „national t►oops. com manded by Don Juan Martin, alias el Empecinado, and by Alexander O'Donnell. At Cadiz, Cartha gene, Commis, and at other places, hundreds of people, disaffected to the Constitution, have been arrested and imprisoned at the instance and strong solicitations of the Patriots at said places, alleg ing that the Judiciary and Executive Governments were altogether omissive in the administration of justice, and extremely partial to the enemies of the Constitution ; thus the people have in a large degree taken into their own hands the administra tion of justice, which would certainly be an enor mous evil in any other country that I know except Spain; but in this extraordinary country it has produced no disorder svhatuever. In corroboration of this assertion, whirl► is literally true, one of his Majesty's Chaplains, named Don de Vinuma, framed a plan for destroying the Constitution, for re-establishing despotism on its ancient basis, fur decapitating, banishing, and punishing the Libe rale., and got this plan privately printed and com municated to his partisans throughout the king dom; but before he and those connected with him could execute this project, lie was arrested, impri soned, and all his schemes found in his own hand writing and in print ; set notwithstanding that the most positive and irrefragable proofs of the de linquency of said Witten existed and were ex hibited against him, the Judge only condemned him on the morning of the 3d instant to ten years confinement at Ceuta. This decree exas perated all the inhabitants of this city to such a degree, that on the same day, at o► about three o'clock in the afternoon, they•tumultuously forced the guard of the prison in which said culprit was lodged, broke open the doors thereof, and tore him to pieces. This set being effected, every thing was tranquil, no person was molested, and every thing remained quiet and peaceable as if nothing had happened ; but the King, who, according to the public opinion, was interested in saving the life of said Vinuesa, manifested the strongest symptoms of alarm, fear, and irritation, at the catastrophe, and or. dered cannon to be placed around his palace. But his apprehensions, whether real or pretended, were dis sipated on the fourth day of this month, the artillery was removed, and he appeared in the public walks, receiving the applause of the people ass Constitu tional King, and continues to do so. Thus these affairs, which may probably be paicted in other colours in your London Miniaterial Papers, hure terminated, the Insurgents have been quelled and eradicated in all parts of the kingdom, and the universal voice of the people seems to prevail every where. But, my dear friend, this is not the case in France, the voice of the people in that unhappy country is not attended to, they are all in the most abject state of slavery, and they candidly confess that they are so, which is a confession infi nitely more than could be possibly expected frost► the vanity and hauteur of Frenchmen. This country, iii my opinion. will sustain its own laws and Constitution, provided an other country interferes with it. and iu the event that and• country or couns tries shall, it will defend itself with dignity, en thusiasm, and bravery. lONIAN - ISLANDS. CORFU, APRIL ea. [EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LEIMR.] It WO, in consequence of one of those tusu ks which caused the revolt against the Tarquin. iu Rome, and that of Wit Tyler in London, that the insurrection broke out in the Island of Candia. The I Ar killed by the offended fr was to distribute amongst all the cities of the Peninsula a proclamation addressed to the Turks, in which it guaranteed to them the security of their persons and property, freedom of worship, and equality in the eye of the law. But the return the Munilinen made to this generous act was, a mas sacre of Christian old men, women, and children. The Greeks then retaliated. A part of the troops from Munia directed their march upon the Isthmus of Corinth, to get pos session that important point; but they found it already occupied by a Patriot Monk, named Gre gorius, who, traversing the country with the cross io his baud, had, by force of an appeal to religion and patriotism, united 6,000 men uuder his com mand. A most obstinate engagement took place before the city of Amyli, of which the Greeks have made themselves masters. They lost 800 and the Turks 5,000 men. An English Colonel, who happened to be present at tbe battle, says that the Greeks displayed much skill, and an acquaintance with military mantouvres, which there was little reason to expect. A reinforcement of Turks marched from Lepanto to Patras. The Greeks were for a moment sue. prised by their unexpected arrival ; bat when they came to an engagement, the Tooke were completely beaten, a few only evcaped and took refuge in the fortress. The insurrection has spread rapidly from the Mores to the neighbouring province,, and gains ground every day. The inhabitant, of Attica, de termined to conquer or die, have sent their women and old men to the islands of Salami, and Egine. The insurrection has diffused itself throughout Emile end Phocie. The Armatolis of Acarnania, of Agraphe, and Southern Thesesly, have met at Paradise, where they have bound themselves by the must soletun oaths not to lay down the sword for • moment till they have purged their country fron► the barbarians who pollute it. In consequence of this engage ment, they have distributed themselves in different posts; the largest body of them have taken posses sion of the defiles of Pinde. This important position gives greet support to Ali in reducing the Turkish army centoned in Epi rus; since, from the natural sterility of the soil in Epirus, and the failure of the crops last year, they can p►ocure provisions from Thessely alone, this army will be reduced to starvation in a short time, and be forced to surrender to those whom it me naced some weeks before. The Suliotes have al ready gained some advantages over the Turks. They every instant receive fresh reinforcements from the interior of Epirus, Acarnania, &c. The Turks are in still greeter embarrassment on that coast, as their fleet, which cruised along the shores of Epirus, has become altogether useless to them. The fear that the sailors would make them selves masters of the vessels, and deliver them up to the Gads, lies compelled them to take refuge in the port of Humnitza, opposite Corfu. How. ever it is by no menus in safety there, since the vessels from Hydra, Species, and i'sitra, have united and obstruct its passage. An engagement, it is said, lies token place near Larissa. The Greeks, under tile orders of Gazis, gained a decisive advantage. The Montenegrins are already engaged with the Paella of Scodra. By that means they keep all Uppe► Albania in check, and prevent him front obstructing the movements of Ali Pasha, who, with thirty-six guns, is to possession of an raillery superior to that of the Sultan. A woman from Spe,•ies, whose husband has been put to death under the Government of Constan tinople, has taken upon herself the whole expense of an armament of seven vessels. She embarked on board the fleet in man's attire; and taking her son by the hand, she exclaimed, " My son, let us die or avenge ►he death of your lother."—llea name is Robelina. MINORITY Who voted fora Redaction is the Barrack Depssinwall May `2S. .........—. Aswan, Hon. G. Grattan, J. Newel's'. N. W. Bennett, H. G. Griffith, J. W. Parnell, Sir H. Bright, H. Hams J. Portman, T. R. Parham, J. F. Heron, Sir R. Rice, S. Haughey, Sir J. Harbure. C. Smith, Hon. R. Calvert, N. Langston, J. H. Smith, John Crervey, T. Moore, P. Tierney, Rt. Hon.G. Colborne, R. hlallwrly. J. Williams. W. Denman. T. Martin. John TCLLER. Evvoia, W. Newport, Sir .1. Davies, T. H. Ferguson. Sir R. MINORITY Fora Redaction of 80,0001. i■ the Miscellaneous Fatima'''. May 28. Allen. J. I. H. Gordon, R. Powlei*, Hoe. W. A. 11.111, Hoo.G. Grafter', J. Pryor', Pryee Astell, Won. Grant, J. P. Portman, E. D. Harlem, J. F. Griffith, J. W. Plumber, J. Doughty, Sir J. F. Gurr Sir W Hobart- " 'I4IF, BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY ao, IV2I. The Paris Papers of Saturday last have brought us a copy of a Declaration pu'olished in the name of the Courts of Austria, Prussia, and liu.sia, un the close of the Congress at Layhach. 'Else De claration commences by ►eferring to the ivell-known resolution of the Allied Sovereigns to suppress the spirit of liberty ist every part of Europe where oil happily their influence could be felt. This design. in the more courtly language of the Declaration, tr represented as a resolution to suppcess enu•pira cies, and to terminate disorders which nlciLi , :rd tin• existence of general peace. It then proceeds to say, that at the very moment wino their ileneroup: objects were accomplished in the ktog;:otit of plea, a rebellion of a still muse odious character burst forth in Piedmont. It further tells us that. the plan of a general subversion was prepared; and that every where the !residence exhila:ted the same character; every where one uniform spirit tif rected these baneful revolutions. These representations now made by the Allied Courts confirm a statement which has already been given to the world, that in the opinion of the Si vereigns the seventh revolutions in Spain. Portio2,-8!. Naples, and Piedmont, were not the I ated acts of certain persons within the respective countries, but that they all proceeded from one grand conspiracy, comprehending the active partisans of revolution in the several countries, and governing the actions of the various parts of the system by a reference to the probability of general success. If the Sovereign, be really impressed with the truth of this represeo tenon, they have not acted consistently in suffering the conspirators to maintain their acquisitions iii Spain and Portugal, and to set at proud defiance the resolution taken by the Allied Sovereigns to suppress conspiracies. It would puzzle their Ma jesties to draw any valid distinction between the revolution in Spain and that in Naples, and it is quite evident from their own words that the recasts in Spain and Portugal are not absent from their minds while they speak of the disorders that menaced the general peace—of the plan that was formed for a general subversion—and of the uniform spirit that directed these baneful revolutions. Their Majesties, therefore, in out: tering the triumph of the Spaniards and Portu guese to pass unpunished, debar themselves of the right to boast of their success in suppressing conspiracies, or to speak about the uniformity of the principle which they represent as governing their general conduct. Their proceedings pore only one principle, which is the safe one, of tramp ling upon the weak and venerating the power ful, and to this principle they have adhered, even though it permitted in the cases of Spain and Portugal the triumphs of those generous sentiments of freedom which ere so utterly hostile to their notions of good government. Na man in the world can doubt that if Spain and Portugal were. as accessible to the troops of Austria and Russia es were Naples until Piedmont, or offered an equal promise of successful aggression, those countries should have experienced the same measure of vengeance as we have seen poured upon the less fortunate nations of Italy. The motives imputed to the revolutionists of the Spanish and Italian Peninsulas in this Decla ration are not %emoted by the occurrences or spirit of the revolutions. There is no pretence for saying, that in their eyes the salutary empire of the laws was a yoke which must be destroyed. The empire of the laws is acknowledged Spain and Portugal, nor was it denied during the short continuance of the Revolutionary Government of Naples. The royal power is recognised—a legislative authority is established—the laws that protect persons-and property are not abrogated— and. if unhappily in Spain violence against both has been perpetrated, the fault does not rest with the revolusiouists, but with an imbecile or a traitorous government. The Declaration informs us that the allied' troops iii Italy hove been placed in suitable posi. tions, solely for the purpose of protecting the free exercise of legitimate authority. and that the people of the several countries wherein they are stationed regard the employment of these troops as a support in favour of their liberty. This letter assertion draws somewhat too largely upon the credtilit:. the world ; we are ieguired to believe that t: Austrians eye hailed by the people of Italy as tlit not rt. , . . . Roughey, Sir J. F. Guise, Si r W. Hobart., A. guardian angels oral the preservers of their freedom ..... . • - and slower a copy or it to the Government to which I The criminal Aga was killed by the offended foe the Benet*, John Heron, Sir R Rubaits G. .. .• .. ' • , . . ed his Imperial Majesty The term " Austin:li" is uniformly used throughou you are accredited, &c. I titer, and that vengeance became Ilia signal! for Barran, S. M. Harbord, Hon. E. R•rwley, Sir W. • , Benyour, H. . . 1 ' ! feergikm! • rid in ti m ...(Signed) " NasSSI.RoDS. missacre a all Niusulmen. The Turks have been Hill, Lord A. Runabold, C. :inch, Jos. la Hume ! J. Itice,.T. S. all Italy as eynonimous with ', enemy," and i ,-/- i • lons vs ?r. e 5 1 -we • ialoiegliNhe ': 4 LaYbach, 2 gia MIIIIII (Mb of May), 1 8 21.” i driven from all quarters of the island, and the roughest., . Huichin.on, HOD. Bickford, W. constantly employed in strifes and brawls, to ex. 01 N . yrue •- . ... is asserted that Austria also expedited, on the Greeks are masters of all the strong holds. Bright, H. C. H. Smith, Hos. R. press in the strongest manner the frt hugs of !titre( 'ait.; • ''''!:':' . elf 011 Ages andl4bontriesowarass • a Circular of similar teuour to all its Bury, Vise. Johnson, Colonel Smith, J. and contempt ft the speaker. Dot the inconsis. .t. gents at foreign Courts. In the Morea the signal of insurrection has been ataloaer. It. Jervoise, G. P. Smith, W. b . us ' .•., aim eltwhiA form the inevilthlte les in given by the Maniotrs, reinforced, without the Carter, J. Lemuel, T. B. Smith, R. teney of the Declaration betrays ittt•lf. It is no .Ca co vendish, H. Lualtington, Dr. Taylor, M. A. 1 . 4 m %) • 7( 1 1-. . a'' r 'on. But last year, these , -.* ~• .." i 5- '''` . --. 5 knowledge of the Turkish Government. by a great probable that an army maiiitained in the counts iii•ierreite wereredniternniNl; Canis- On the in l3tl ,st. the neighbourhood of Chipping u, L. Lester, B. L. Tierney, Rt. Hs. G. estershire, was visited by violent number of Greeks from Bloke and other countaiee, Crompton, S. Moberly, J. Tremayar, J. H. solely for the purpose of protecting the free ex. I ' iiiialreii ilhch tither whir's, appalling ra- " bu n' thunder and glitning. At Gorton, Mr. JOHN who united their. fame at that point during the excevel, T. Macdonald, J. Tennyson, C. crcise of legitimate authority, should be regarde c ' ONW. a. • s 4olll l * - 41elitelidtlitA5 4 eirittl44l the clangs-Pr winter to the number of 25,000 man. The greater Wharton, John ' j , if . • - ' IN .- HEED had a iYig struck dead ; and ut Yoe, at • • - . .dxatepre.lx t ßeeofe;tterself, thetnea. Ptirtfter A t.o.wilex, a large ball of tire was seen to ' 4 /.... . , co callhorr. Hon. F. Mania, J. 'belt, P. Milbank, N. part of s the officers have served in the armies of Dec 4 "P'SPY-sirW• Milton, Lord o De e i n v in ie i s t: I, T. H. Moore, P. Whitbread, S. C Williams, w. by the people with feelings of sytupathy, or regard- ed as the protectors of their freedom. These oh- , t• r• ohic„.,"tidd thlll"earfre of the ectivitroT 101 l by *terra' persons ; it struck the bark itt pieces other European stations ; the principal are, Colo- Wood, Alderman . • .. . I ;on) several trees, slig - htly daMeged die wall of the T. Newman, R. W. Wilson, Sir R. jeers are in their nature incompatible; and who I P t 11 . 31110 t men ell Iftfjs with aletterel con- hostel broke the window of the dairy, which . p er .. cotrone, Chrysospathe, Audrutin, Ulysses, and Dancanson, Vise. Newport, Rt. Hon. Whitmore, W. W. that understands the signification of the free ex- * 55 , brlll ottil`A uellfr e rNeing alsortion-bf her [fro- • son he ' d but a few minutes before left,. then ex- Peron, Prince of Mania. Evans, W. Sir J. ercise of legitimate authority, as applied to dr- iliplD II immilint peril,"eleimed, in t h e Ow*. Ferguson, Slr R. C. Pal mer , C. F. TELLIfiI. ie>t e s e t 4 , 'as. The first Care of the Provisional Government. Fit sro y, L or d C. P arne l l , Sir H. &anew, Hu. H. G. spot i c governments in general, and to the govern. ioW ...4 4 ; . : 1c... • • • r- .t 51, m o s-. 4 - 7 , * , 4 1 •.' p" I '' - soo' .. ..,..x. .4. -, +- .