The National Register.
London, England, 1821-03-25 00:00:00

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confided to him, as towards the King, his august father,
whose interest cannot he separated from that of his people.
Meantime, hostile to the social compact which, by the
beneficeece of one King, form. the palladium of the silo•
touchy of the Two Socliu.p, Ole court of Vienna pretends
to modish it. Hw•alise a nation regeneratiil to lilies ty
and independence does not yield to its will, it has em-
ployed every means to :mike it believed that the interest
of its policy is that of Europe, and lies sworn Intel ly to
overturn all our internal erganization. Already its troops
are advancing for this purpose towards site national fron-
tier; already the au oeil is stained with blood, and menaces
Europe with a war %Inch has eio parallel, directed
against constitutional ideas, and the independence of
nations.

It could not have been feared that those same armies
which were united a short nine ago, in the name of social
tinier, to deliT.4 Europe from oppression, woudd march
against a nation which cannot be reproatelied wills any
infraction of the low of nations, and which, without ex-
citing tronb:es tinning any of its neighbours—without
offending legitimacy, and even professing the most res-
pectful veneration for its Sive, elan and his august dy-
-11.1.1), is perseveringly engaged ih the ameliotating ins
internal sid iii iii nitration. The powers of the second rank
most see, its what happens to the kingdom of Naples, the
imminent danger nide,' threaleiistliem. On the day la hen
our cause shall be carried, the independence, the liberty,
• I Europe will share the saute fate.
But a cause protected by, justice and public opinion--
• cause which 'messes all wise gover iiiii e its and all na-
tions who feel their dignity—a cause which will he de-
fended by the whole nation, whose wishes have rs:sressed
themselves on this occasion wills much tmaiiimits ; such
a cause musttriumph—despair a ill combat against force
—lie who defends the ronstitntional laws mid indepen-
dence of the emasitry, he who combats the forriguer, who
comes to rub him of the livid, and to tread the second
nattier feet, is not always the weakest.
The Neapolitan goverstineot, though it has provoked
no one, though it has opposed the noble attitude of -
iteration to the multiplied outrages which have been la-
vished upon it by those who cotiltitt.il its ruin, is now
attacked by au Ata! tan artily, who pretends to imanse
laws upon it. But since neither Russian nor Prussian
troops are marching towards our frontiers, it is only to
the Ati‘irtiin gore' nissent, that we are ohiiged to oppose
the resistance which our own defence reimires.
Ho-sever, his Royal lii,fhtiess Ratters himself that the
august monarchs assembled at Lay bads. seeing; the noble
feeling which unites the inhabitants of the Tao Sicilies,
and their unanimous determination to defend the liberties
and the I :our of their nation, will ren 11111 l ee their pre-
judices, and will leave at peace a generous people, who
live only to enjoy the benefits of its new political system
under the protection of the constititt• lor legitimate
throne ; a people which, doting a period of seven lts,
has shown that noble attitude, and that respect to the
King and to the royal faintly, which have made Europe
judge it to lie worthy of liberty; a people, in title, which
taking no share in the affairs of other nations, lia- surely
a right to expect that no one should Mimicry of its
concerns.,
His Royal Highness also flatters himself flint all the other
powers of Europe not cancer led as the pri sent contest a
contribute, by their peisuusiun or good °dices, to put an end
to the disasters in which the scourge of war. ready to fall
upon our cousitry, threatens to involve hutilanity. If the
lire is now Lindh d iu the south of the Italian pCIIIIISUIR, a tin
is there shot must slut fear the CIIIIStqaeIICCS? find wlto cats
say win re its drr ,rdful raVile,CS a ill stop.
If, unhappily, a w:11* Of ll 11l atm° cannot be avoided,
the Pounce Urgent and his amitist brother vi ill plave thein-
selves at the head of the Neapolitan army, and will circuital
with it to the last extrema) itgaina the foretos invasion,
invoking the hid of the Mips etne Arbiter of Empire-, who
putter's innocence mid and pumstirs abu-es of force,
injustice, end oppression.

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, ltieti, Ponte Mullo, and
Palestrina, were occupied by the right wing of the
Austrian army ; while Ascoli, Amatrice, and Ara-
'nolo, were occupied by the left. According to
other accounts, Gen. Frimont has his head-quarters
at Rieti, with about 24,000 men. Palestrina and
Ascoli are about eighty miles apart; Palestrina to
the south or right, Ascoli to the north, or left of
the Austrian army—Rieti is midway between these
two extremities. The Neapolitans were said to have
been retreating upon Aquino', the first town in the
Neapolitan territory over against Rieti, and not
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 :
I PALESTHINA.

RIETI.

• I Anglian right. •
9. A ii,trian centre.
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I AQUILA.
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Neapolitan army.

ASCOLI.
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Austrian left.

THE DRAWING-ROOM.
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The King held a drawing-room yesterday, at
his Eralace of Buckingham-house, and an occurrence
so common to the inhabitants of the metropolis
would, perhaps, have excited little attention, but
for a report which 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.
This report acted ar 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 of her aiming, but it is evident that the Mar-
shal's men stationed at tile gate at the top of Consti-
tution-hill were enjointsl to offer no obstruction to
her Majesty's equipage in its pastage 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, atier which there were very few
arrivals.

His Majesty, assisted by the Pancess Augusta,
received the company in the Grand State Apart-
ment, surrounded by his ministers of state and officers
of the household, and a great number of presenta-
tions took place.
The drawing-room concluded about five o'clock.