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LONDON,
TUMAY, Arial. 24, 1821.

We have received Paris Papers of Friday last.
They are principally remarkable for the intelligence
they contain of the proceedings in the Spanish
Crones upon learning the &oestrous events in the
south of Italy. In the fate of Naples the Cortes
and people 31.-43Tritin have evinced a lively and
generous-merest, and we entertain no doubt what.
MI that had the Neapolitans displayed sufficient
courage or putriotions to prolong the crudest against
Austria for some length of time, the Cortes of
Spain would have compelled the Government to in.
terfere heartily and effectually in favour of the
struggling Neapolitans, and to assist them with its
good offices not only in the way of itegociation and
remonstrance, but also should these Ire II lISUCCeSS•
fill, by direct supplies of arms, munitions,and men.
Before the Cortes were apprietal of the distressing
sod disgraceful termination of the campaign, if,
indeed, the much of the Austrians upon Naples de.
serves to lee so honourably designated, • Memorial
had beets presented to the Cortes by the Minister
for Foreign Affairs, exhibiting the state of the relit.
tions subsisting between Spain and other Powers,
with reference more immediately to the effect which
the proceedings of the military despots assembled
at Laybsch may be supposed to produce. A Special
Commission was appointed to examine this Memo-
rial, and with the opinion of this Committee the
Cortes concurred, " That the principle of the
Spanish Revolution was directly assailed by the
hostile proceedings of .Austria against Naples."
A resolution of this nature wanted but little of a
declaration of war upon principles purely defensive
against Austria, and such iu effect it would eliortly
-become when the minds of the Spanish people had
been sufficiently ',suited by the interesting spectacle
of a 'instructed conflict between the Neapolitans
and their aggressors. The further resolutions of

the Cones consequent upon thin breathed a warlike
for their purport was to require the Govern-
ment to expedite the manufacture of arms und the
prepuintiag of munitions of war throughuottire.
onsonslo. •Ast ,opprehension of actual inns by
the Allies cooW hardly be entertaimed with Mese.
rity by the Members of the Cortes. Spain pnarento
much too formidable a front to be lightly mil& the
object of any officiou4, isttenneddling, or hostile
aggression by foreign Princes ; the warlike spirit,
thevtfore; tint oppress tat these 'resoluttona, is to
he attributed. as we conceive, not so much in au
idea that such preparations should bi r. (paired in
the defence of the dominions of Spain, as to a hope
that they might be beneficially employed in ex-
tending to Italy the blessiogs of a free Coustitutiod.
It wus not until the Bth of this month that the
Cortes were officially apprised how little &seising
the Neapolitan. were of the generous sympathy of
the Sourish notion. Upon this occasion a very int-
portant communication was mad, to the Cortes,
acquainting the Members with the sentiments en-
tertained by the litho upon the subject of the
invasion of Naples. His llilarilerY luarriits the
occurrence, and remarking upon the miseries
of hostile invasionr, and the dangers resulting

to people arid Kings for not observing those
engagements to which the Royal word may
be pledged, lie offers the Cortes a solemn m-
eantime that •' he it firmly resolved to observe, and
come others to observe, the Constitution, with which
the safety of hit tbroue and person is identified."
The Cortes have generously offered an asylum,
with ►ubsistence, to such of the Neapolitan Delia-
ties and Generals es may find it necessary to 8y
from their country.
The sitting of the Cortes nn the 7th instant was
made remarkable by the second reading of a Bill
againet the Slave Trade. The notification made of
this immure, sio interesting to the cause of hums-
silty, is expressed with singular brevity.
Mtdriil is said to be perfectly tranquil, and the
roomer revolutionary band of the Priest MARINO
is said officialty to be stotaiglif is existence.
The accounts coutained in the Paris Papers re.
•pecting the progress of the insurrection in Molda-
via and Al'allechis are vague ■nd contradictory,
rod coming for the most part through private let-

ten written, or said to be written, from mercantile
honors in Otles.a, Warsaw, and Vienna, cannot be
received with much confidence. Reports are arid
to have prevailed in Constantinople that the
lectionary spirit had crossed the Danube, and ud.
valiced with the rapidity of lightning through Bul-
garia, Servia, and Albania, and that even ltuntelia
was nut free from it► influence. This report is not
more probable than that which would represent old
ALI Puciti us being at the head of • powerful
army, advancing far the purpose of forming a
junction with Prince Y►SILANTI, and marching
upon the capital. The force under the command
of the Prince is variously represented at from
4,000 to 30,000 Greeks of all arms. Should a w•t
commence between the Gres ks and Turks, it will
no doubt be attended with the most dreadful
ctueltir►, for a fierce and implacable hatred sub.
aims between the two people. We Wood to

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