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Particular circumstances of our States. We confirm th.s act of our well-beloved son, and we promise to observe the Constitution on our faith and royal word, reserving to our selves to swear to it in a solemn manner, in the presence of the Provisional Junta, which, conformably to that established Spajn, shall he appointed by our well-beloved Son and Lieutenant -General, and afterwards in the presence of the General Parliament, as soon as it shall be lawfully assembled. " We ratify, also, by these {:resents, all the subsequent acts *Lich shall be done by our well-beloved Son, for the execu tion of the Constitution, and afterwards of the faculties and full powers which we have confided to him. We declare that a ll that s h a l l be thus done shall be regarded by us as if done h! ourself and of our own proper motion. " Naples, 7tli Julv, 1820. (Signed) FERDINAND." IItOCLAMATION of the DUKE of CALABRIA, of the 7th JULY. " FERDINAND, &C. &C. " We, Francis, Duke of Calabria, Lieutenant-General of the Kingdom, with the Alter Ego. " BY virtue (Jibe Act dated yesterday, by which his Majesty, our August Father, has transmitted to us, with the unlimited h tase of th e Alter Ego, the exercise of all rights, preroga tives, pre- em i nences and faculties, in the saute manner as t beY can be exercised by his Majesty. " In consequence of the decision of his Majesty to give a Constitution to the State, ",Wishing to manifest our sentiments to all his subjects, "ad to second at the same time their unanimous wish, " We have resolved to decree, and do decree as follows: si " A rt. I. The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Two ci lies shall h e the same that was adopted for the Kingdom of Pain iit I SI3, and sanct i one d b y hi s C a th o li c Majesty in Marvh I " 0 , saving the modifications which the national re- Pvilbeisentatioit constitutionally convoked, shall consider it suit e t o P r opose, in order to adapt it to the particular circum stances of the States of his Majesty. " t• We reserve to ourselves to adopt and make known all th e it rrangernents which may be necessary to facilitate and accelerate the execution of the present Decree. Aitlrs All our Mi nisters Secretaries of State are c h arge d the execution of the present Decree.—Naples, 7th July, Ist% (Signed) DECR EE FOR THE FORMATION 0 " FRANCIFS, THE Plt"1- Lieut.-Gen." SIO NAL JUNTAS. " FE RDINAN D, &c. &C. " We' FE4nvi, , Heredit a ry P r ince and Lieutenant-General tfi the V kingdom, in vi r t ue o f th e a uthority which h a s been g - ten to us by our august Father and Sovereign. fit " Haviniin our Act of the 6th instant proclaimed for our Igiq (uan\f'promi sed to swear to the Constitut i on formed i n r Sp a i n ; Wis hing solem n l y to i u lfi l our prom i se, an d to convo k e, 'with the shortest possible delay, the National Parliament of sbtk "r kingdom, according to the forms of the above cited Con- I W "hing that all the acts which should precede the con °ctha'i°4 of Parliament may emanate from persons honoured 1- th e Public confidence " W e have resolved to decree, and do decree asfollows of :- 15 Art , I. There shall be a Provisional Junta, composed ofour "`etubers, and before whom we, and all the Princes the 2 , 441i1 Y , shall take the oath to the new Constitution of Na 11;:narehY--an oath which shall be repeated before the ). - ""nal Parliament after its legitimate convocation. mill tlatil the installation of the National Parliament we e° Dstilt th e Provisional Junta respecting all the affairs of Go„,„ nieu t , and w e w i ll publish all the Acts agree d upon with that Jiinta. t ° order that the choice of those who are to compose tzuheatitJunta v f al l Parisi of thneltnal::: upon persons the most eligible by their nd _those and the 113 °st capable of fulfilling our wishes , we appoint the Lieut.-Gen. D. Giusefpi p. the Chevalier D. Melchios Delfico, the Lieut.-Gen. inarlt° Pepe the B aron D. D av id e Wi nspeare , a nd the shall W Martucci, who, assembled in Committee, V-oin Pres ent to Us a list of 20 other persons, from amongst huaiife shall % cho ose 10, who, joined to those above named, 8 -leated. ' °rut i t he Junt a c h arged w i th the f unct i ons a b ove n " 4' Our Minist er of Foreign Relations is charge d w i t h t h e eXeeution of t he present Decree..-Naples, July 9, 14 the .wrie Projet respecting 1820." French Chamber of Peers on Friday, the Treaty with Algiers as a greed to, arid x. 78 to 41. The Budget of Ways th inc, ' wte ails was also agreed to, 116 to 3. No b t. remained for the next day's sittings but a f 4t o e li Port fr o rn the Committee of Petitions.—The p ° wilag are furthe r extracts : *i th th a e l b s' t tiLl 22 . ---The King yesterday transacted business Ili a m a . u °e da Richelieu and the Minister of Finance. to the I ," t Y gave another audience on Wednesday evening r,s_ eapolita n Ambassad or . Hi s E xce ll enc y a l so p a id his i tje c (T is yeste rday to th e Ki ng and Royal Family. Pla te c , u clo s 'ng of the Session of the Chambers is to take `` It i s 4°"a l or Tuesday next. Poi nted said th at twenty-two new P re f ec t s ha ve b e en ar by th e Ki ng. th e el Barhier Dufay was interrogated yesterday by 4cti ve r°cre ur du R o l . He is charged with having taken an 41 Tl l : ar in the late disturbances in the capital. QU I in Stant lla n Ambass a d or passed t h roug h Mun i ch on t h e -.. FIVE PER CENTS. Priday Thars4ay* *******..... 78'f. 80 c. ****************** DEFERRED STOCK. ° f the 2 °4 M ar Thursday. Friday. ch 1 817 104 f. 65 c. 9 id March: 1820.... 92 f. 90 ~....92 1. 70 c. F.XC IIANGE ON LONDON. Otle Month ~ v,. Th r e eNI o the Y the Cortes to "lAD Rio, JULY 11.—A Committee has been appointed 1 04 18, .; examin e the deerees issued by his Majesty siti on ,_ilin order to confirm those which arc not in oppo to , to Constitutional priuciples,. and to pray the King rer*„., - those Which are. 4 It has tilli been determined to give validity to a d e cree, an _ ) n g th 5 1 „a t of th e Extraordinary Cortes of the 18th Marc, III:, tnacting the exclusion from the succession to the pii r : ile u f the I n f ant Don Francis Paul, and the Wan t"4 hiaria Louisa, Ex-Queen of Etruria." toston e -i-, ,iti„4 Jun ra pers arriv e d t hi s morning, to the : w (E xtract of a Letter from St. Thomas, June I I.) Dittc e le arn th e C apture of the Josefa, which took 01 1 the 31st of May, a few miles from St. Croix ; she had on board the valise of about 1,0,000 dollars in Coffee, Cotton, Specie, &c. — The prize was taken by the brig Lavita, bearing the Spanish Flag. Reports from Oronoco say, that the Patriot cause is in a flourishing state. BOLIVAR has had a reinforcement, and drives all before him. The Petition from the QUEEN, presented last night to the House of Lords by Lord ERSKINE, desiring a specification of the places where the adulterous acts imputed to her occurred, rests upon the same grounds as that in which her MA JESTY desired to be provided with a list of the names of the Witnesses against her. It is ob vious that this last Petition proceeds exactly upon the same principles, and bears the same tendency, as the former. The Petition was re jected last night by a Majority of 37 to 12 ; and the chief grounds of the rejection were the want of precedents applicable to the case, or rather that the object of the Petition was against all precedents. This argument was strong, because precedents must have been the result of expe rience and wisdom, and therefore to depart from them on particular occasions, would manifest a disregard of what was founded on the practice of the House, and Supported by the most en lightened authorities. But we are very much surprized that the Noble Lords, who so fully justified the rejection of the Petition, should have merely confined themselves to precedents, and the established rules of the llouse, and should have overlooked another, and more imme diate ground of objection, and which would come powerfully and essentially in aid of their other reasons for refusing to assent to the requi sition. If it was held proper to refuse to let HER MAJESTY know the names of the Wit nesses who are to be brought against her, it was proper, on the same principle, not to let her know from what places they were to be called, for when the places were known, there could be little difficulty, if any, in disco vering who the Persons are who reside in those places, and consequently who among them, for many reasons, were likely to be suspected or being summoned on the occasion. It is very strange that so obvious an objection did not occur to any of the Noble Lords who were adverse to the Petition ; but having examined the Parlia-. mentary Reports of the several Morning Papers, we cannot discover any such argument, nor does it seem to have struck the Conductors of those Journals that are styled Ministerial because they wish to support a Government founded on the wisest political system ever framed by human' sagacity. But, to advert to the consequences of affording information of the places where the im puted crimes are supposed to have occurred -would it not have afforded also the opportunity of tampering with the Persons likely to be sus pected of being brought as witnesses, of keeping them away by bribes, discrediting their testi mony by witnesses suborned for the purpose, or other expedients that may be more practicable in Italy than in any other part of the world ? We most heartily hope that her MAJESTY will be able to acquit herself of all the charges against her', and we are persuaded that she would never have sanctioned any of those measures to which we have alluded, or suffer the course of justice to be impeded in any way, because her vindica tion would be the less complete in proportion to the obstacles interposed to obstruct that course. But some of her officious agents abroad, if not here, might consider it as their duty, or at least as their interest, to remove, by any means, whatever might tend in any respect to be injurious to her. Who can doubt that such a man as BERGAMI is described to be, who has been so absurdly ambi tious as to draw the eyes of mankind upon himself, and to expose her MAJESTY to a situation so. much to be lamented, would' use every possible effort, either to corrupt the witnesses, or to wreak his vengeance on them, and by intimidation, or worse means, frustrate their testimony ? Upon the whole, it is evident, that there are substan tial reasons upon the grounds of precedent, po licy, and justice, for rejecting this Petition, and it is not a little strange, that the Noble Lord who presented it, and the Noble Lords who supported it, should have brought it for ward after the rejection of the other.— Before we conclude we cannot but advert to some silly reports which are still in circulation, implying that attempts have been made, within the last few days, to stop the inquiry altogether, and to settle this momentous matter by amicable negociation. How such improbable rumours could be invented, and how there can be people weak enough to give them the least credit, would be to us inconceivable, if we did not too well know that artifice is constantly at work to for ,a.rd o - qn .sordid eu is:, by preli'ag -van ph lic credulity, on a subject that cannot but excite universal interest among a people animated by a love of justice, tenderness for the High Per sonage accused, and a laudable zeal for the full vindication of her innocence, as well as by that mere curiosity, which is a quality so predominant in all mankind. The Old Times takes great credit to itself for having drawn the attention of the Public to a passage in " FLYNDEL'S Western Luminary," in which THE QUEEN is mentioned in terms of most reprehensible coarseness, and which is to be the subject of a motion in the House of Commons this day. We certainly shall not attempt to excuse or palliate the language in question, but it would have been fair in The Old Times, if, instead of selecting a part of the article in the Provin cial Paper, it had quoted the whole article, that it might be seen how far it was qualified by the context. But admitting the error of the Provincial Journalist, what must be always thought of The Old Times, which justified the out rageous attack of the savage mob upon the poor defenceless Foreigners at Dover, because they were squalid in their looks and mean in their at tire, and who could describe them in the most disgusting and offensive terms, such as " a load of nastiness," 46 miserable, filthy creatures," " wretches," " a cargo of human impurity," and that could infer their guilty designs from their "villainous appearance !"—What must be thought of those who, without knowing the character of the poor Foreigners, could thus attempt to invalidate their testimony ! But still more atrociously impudent, who could say of Minis ters that " they have consigned themselves to everlasting infamy, by organizing, directing, and managing the detestable Milan Commission." Can the Paper call for the punishment of others which has itself been guilty of this attempt at pre judication on the one hand, and of so daring a libel on the other, upon Ministers whose duty to their Sovereign, to their Country, and to Justice, compelled them to inquire into the truth of re ports, universally prevalent on the Continent, which so deeply involved the honour of the Throne, and the character of the Nation ! !! BANK NOTE BlLL.—This Bill, which passed into a Law last night, is understood to substitute transportation for death in cases of forgery, as the latter punishment has been thought impolitic as well as too severe. It has, therefore, been himanely suggested that this Law might pro perly have a retro-active operation in effect, by inducing Government to let those under Sentence of Death be allowed to profit by the lenieni pro visions of the new Act, and to have their sentences mitigated upon the same principle. The sug gestion seems to be just as well as humane, and we are persuaded that those who have the power of extending mercy on this occasion, will not be wanting in the application of it. The Evidence given before the Lords Com mittee on the Timber Duty Question attracts daily more attention ; and the people at the Out-ports are astonished at the nerves of those who say that British Ships can be built and na vigated cheaper than Foreign'. The gout in the KING'S hand, we are extreme ly sorry to say, continues very severe. Yesterday the Dukes of YORIC and CAmmIDGE visited the KING, at his Palace, Pall-mall. The Princess AUGUSTA rode in an open car riage yesterday to Kew Gardens, and returned to town in the evening. The COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF reviewed the Se cond or Coldstream Regiment of Guards yes terday morning, in Hyde Park. His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE took the command of the regiment as Colonel. The Duke of WELLINGTON, Lord CATIICART, and seve ral other Field Officers were present. The men went through their evolutions with the utmost precision. Yesterday, Mr. CANNING entertained the Duke of Wellington, Earl Bathurst, Lord Cas tlereagh, Viscount Granville, the Earl of West moreland, Mr. Planta, the Earl of Harrowby, Lord C. Somerset, Mr. Huskisson, and a large party of distinguished personages with a grand dinner at Gloucester Lodge. Mr. STUART WORTLEY declined presenting the 'Wakefield Address to the QUEEN, upon the following just grounds ?—" I cannot (said he) consistently with what I feel to be my duty, as one of that body who will have to decide upon the truth or falsehood of the charges against the (4 / T E EN, do any thing which may appear in any degree to concur in a public expression of an opinion upon those charges."—m r. i/EAUMONT declined presenting the Newcastle Address to the QUEEN upon the same becoming principle. Mr. WILSON is elected Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, in the room of the late Dr. TnomAs BROWN. A combination has taken place among the journeymen. hatters of London, to raise their wages ; the masters are determined to prose cute. several leaders have been arrested, and from letters in their possession, it has been dis covered that other trades supp l y money i n a id a their unlawful purpose. Sil:P NEWi. GREENLAISD FISHERY. MONTROSE, JULY 21.—Arrived the London, Cunningham, from Greenland, with 12 fish, 150 tons ; and the Monarch, Young, 3 fish, 40 tons ; they report the success of the following ships : .montrosc—Eliza. Swan, 5 fish—Spencer, 4-11 ern. 4. istberdeen—Der, June 90, 2 6-sh— Don, 2-1-icrcu!es, clear— Middleton, 2—St. Andrew, 8. nundce—Fairy, 5. • Peterhead—Alert, July, 4 fish—Eclipsr, I—Gleaner, 2 Hope, 2-Itesolution, 4—Superiur, 10—U4tion, to. Leith—Juno, 7. Grt, nork—John , 9 . Kirkwall—Elien, 2. _ _ Hull—May 3, lit;or, 4—Manclicatcr, 14 Whitby—July 1 4 Aimwell,l—Heurietta, 6—Harmony, 6-- Jame:, 3—Lively, 3—Mars, 6-I'limnix, I —Vuluutecr, 2 William and Ann, 9. Dovin, JULY Q4.—Arrived the Dolphin; Brown, from Sunderlam4 with damage in her sails, rigging, and hull, having been run foul of by the Arethusa, Hales, from Loudon for. Ja- maica. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 24.—Arrived his Maj,,s ty's ship Creole from Deptford. Sailed the Star ling cutter on a cruise. UOWES, JULY 24.—Arrived the Navigator, Loggan, from London, to take troops to Halifax. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, BETTING-ROOM, JULY 94, .1620. Two great Races commence this day, Chelmsford and Chel tenham; which divide the frequenters of the turf. greatest betting to-day was on the great Gloucester stalic at Cheltenhant;as follows a 4 to 1 agst Champignon 5 to I._ agst Shamrock 7 to 1 agst Fitz-Orville 7 to 1 agst Effy Deans. 7 to I ag t Sir Walter 7 to I agst Phenix 9 to ► agst Spectre. 9 to 1 agst Athenian 10 to 1 agst Woodbine 11 to 1 agst Arbut►is 11 to 1 agst Sir Mark ST. LEGER. 14 to I agst Lisette 15 to 1 agst Tramper 16 to 1 agst Lady of the Lake 18 to 1 agst Altisidora c. CO BOURG THEATR g.--A new grand sirlcou Opera was produced last night at this Theatre, entitled Juan ; or, The Libertine.—ln point of music, scenery, and the general performance, it is worthy of the very favourable reception which attended it.—A Mrs. CROWDER and a Mrs. Goo n made their first appearance on this occasion, and both of them promise to be very useful ac quisitions to the Theatre. On Wednesday -last the Wiltshire Agricultural Society held its Annual Meeting at Devizes. JOHN BENETT, Esq. M.P. took the Chair, and. was supported by -Mr. ASTLEY, the other Re presentative, and William .Salmon, - Esq. 11.. Hoare, Esq., &c. After the usual routine oe business was gone through, the first premium was adjudged .to Mr. Hayter, of Wilsford, being a silVer cup value 20 guineas, for the best cultivated farm. The Marquis of Bath, Pa tron of the Society, presented 50 guineas, to be, employed for the encouragement of Agricultu• e; in such a manner as the Society shall think fit. John Gale, Esq. also presented the Society with a-piece of plate, to be given to any member who shall prove to the Society the greatest merit in raising green crops. The greater part of the members afterwards partook of a dinner at the Bear Inn. The • usual constitutional and other .toasts being given, H: Hoare, Esq. rose, and in a very eloquent Speech, in which he passed a high eulogium on the worthy Chairman, proposed the health of John Benett, Esq. the President of the Society and Member for the county. Mr. Ast ley, in a very handsome manner, seconded Mr. Hoare, fully concurring in all the praise bestow ed on Mr. Benett, and trusting that whatever de gree of rancour might have existed during the heat of the contest for the county, that all party spirit was entirely forgotten, and like their two Representatives, they were again united and. Mr. Benett's health was then drank with reiterated applause, as was afterwards Mr. Astley's, Mr. Salmon's; Mr. Hoare's, &c. &c.— The greatest degree of conviviality existed uutit eight o'clock, when the company separated. The Hampshire Etori Meeting was holden on Thursday last, at the George Inn, Winchester ; Jour' FLEMING, Esq. M. P. in the Chair; the following Etonians were present :—The Dean. of Winchester; the Hon. Mr. Herbert; R. B. Coxe, Stephen Terry, J. G. Harris, and B. Win ter, Esq.; the Reverends G. doxe, J. Furey, Thomas Hart, 11. 'F. Dampier, E. R. Payne, J. Woodburn, C. Richards, &c. The Earl of Caer narvon, Sir Charles Hulse, Bart. Sir C. Ogle, Bart. and several other Etonians were unavoid ably prevented attending the meeting. On Friday last the return match at cricket,. between Petersfield and Emsworth, began; at the close of the day each party had an innings ; and, singular to remark, each got the exact nuru her of runs they gained the first innings at Ems worth", viz.—Petersfield, 57-- . Emsworth, 84. The match will be concluded this day. Miss HuGnEs the singer, -• late of the King's and Covent-garden Theatreg,- . ii now one of the Donnas of the Opera at Naples. HAnmEroot., JULY !,..‘2'.—The following are the arrivals at this favourite Watering-place this season : Miss Hopper, Mr. Woodifield, the three Misses Woodifield. Mr. Woodifield, jun., Miss Bowlby, Miss Coiling, Mr. and Mrs. Griffith, Mr. Thomas Griffith, the MiAses Griffith, Mr. Allgood. Mr. Gregson, Miss Wrightson, Mr. Lumley, Mr. Hubbock, flew. W. Middleton, Mrs. Middleton, Mr. and Mrs. Cooke, Mr. Thinning, Miss Hardcastle, Mrs. Itepple, Mrs. Burrell, Mrs. Witton, Mr. and Mrs. Rickertiy, Mrs. Dobinson, Right Rev. Dr. Gibson, Right Rev. Dr Smith, Thomas Wilkinson, Esq., Mrs. Wilkinson, Messrs. Thomas, George and Anthony Wilkinson, Miss Cookson, Miss Sewell , Mrs. Ellis, Mr. Mrs. and Miss Hoar. Mrs. Swinhoene, Sen., Miss Coates, Mrs. Roll, Miss Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. Smit I Miss Bacon, Miss Wasney, Rev. Astley, Mrs. Astley, Mrs. Astlev, seri , the Misses As'ley, Don Raymond Bontur, Mr. John Whiteside (from London), Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. W. Power, Mr. Edward Power, Master Spencer, Rev.Jos. Brown, Rev. Thomas Slater, George Morgan, Esq. Thom as Angus Constable Stanley, Esq., Rev—Edward Crane, Mr. Edinuel, Power, Mr. .John Ball, Alexander Worswick, Eg g . [l . O. Gordon, Mr. Crowe, and the Rev. George Best, D. D . The Directors of the East India Company have last year purchased one thousand five hundred and twenty seven toas of copper, at 103/. 10s. per ton. RA F vet Sol b A 331' fili' iCit ' the age Rio big tb° I} of OP Ilse 01• the it !jig' Ito ia ~°i tb i _:tbs ~ y ~ b' ;so' D oh t ~pfl itf ~~ • of `e Df AO root/ . 0 1 ' g c t" f 6°' cs" ' 411' ,