The National Register.
London, England, 1821-02-12 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.
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VIENNA, J.N. 26.--The Austrian Obteruer has
again a long article under the head of" The King-
dom of the Two Sicilies," dated Nutile•, Jan. IS,
the general spirit of which may be seen by the fol-
lowing ihisseges;—
" Even belure the invitation of the Sovereigns to the
there was only one opinion oil the imptirszbility ot
maintain:fig the pit:hent order of things. tlOlOllll all who
had any oceans of yatliting of the situation and the Wants
of the comm.', whatever their elowc in other respects
might be. • * •* • When the parliament of the
of Decenther was to decide upon the 11,9111 message, not
211 titeintiers—perhaps not Io—would have voted for
ietaihilitt the Spanish constitution, loud they nut brew
terrified by ilia threats nf the Cu, boutiri awl of a small
number of desperate ilciii•tg tight ca. One Ihh.l have been
Ohe sun l 11,,‘e b. 1.41 to the
'went! 10 the lotnt any utlegiii.te idea in' the the
einiustra%marlit, the shame of all those en,
tome covinidit r, supported a to.;:a.ssir y Melo-
alb injurious, sud eve.' Ins. soale.
81111:r 0141114) the state ul aflaits 100 b, cffit,elllol.l
draperalo,,‘l.ll of talent, %%b.., rottitorr N4ll rever
rAii,•atlerable.ktv Item: reitteve.l t, ..ht public bustite•ti.
or bor vuliiistitilly withdrawn. and military
d'ina"`""li"" (if Vrii May speak of adnaini.Uauuu it,
Wen 1141 t. or 104 rfeet itineti)) 1,, in the l‘attd. ul Ilto most
in.eouipotoot men, who know not how it, lull) nienisehes
(tom flay to day, and do not enjoy the cutitiJetice
an.t.:,‘ then o.o*Matteis. fienvrat 1171.,‘, itaJ twee .

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other desperate Republicans who surround and direct
him, are masters of the country, end their poster is
founded on terror alone. 'lite iiittings of the parliament.
which feels its iinpoteuee and madmen 114,8 re inteedad
merely to hold up to the people the ►hadow of governs
uteut, whi, li, in tact no where reliefs: and to supply the
jun/foals from time to time with some patriotic asset,.
rationa, whirls the speakers utter mechanically, and the
sndie•uce hears with indifference; • • * • e •
" Di epondency bas leached its height, since the yol4'-
1'464/11 of she letter of the King of FrilllCP. urging 'be
King of Naples to accede to the invitation of the Suss.-
reit; ; fur, lie lei e this, is general hope seems to Isaac been
entertained thet Fsaure *amid nut act with the oils. r
Kissel., best rather oppose them.
" A greet deal is *puke'', written, decreed, and pro-
claimed, shunt measures of defence, bat in fact little or
nothing is done. A few (leys ago it was affirmed that
PI,OOO own should he assembled at several points of
Am-liars ; but, besides the garrisons of l'escara, Civitella.
amid sonic smell fortresses, there are not perhaps 2,000
Men cone: 44 any where. Great dependence is placed en
the militia and volunteers, but there ale neither arms nor
money to put them in motion; and the patriotic zeal is
much too lukewarm to mippiy their waists. Geo Pepe
hail reckoned on 30,0d0 men in Abram, but when he
arrived there he did not find 3,000. The Abnizzus de-
eler.il they did nut wish to expose their hires fur the
Spenisli constitution.
•• Even weir there means to raise an army, it would be
impossible, under present circoinmances, to restore order
and discipliiie. The best Generals—Caraticosa, Filen.
wet i, dec.—have retired most of the good officers have
followed their exemple, and Pepe is nut the man to create
su army 0551 of diseonteut, all paid, and disorganised
troops. 'Mistrust and siispicluil prevails among the
officers and soldiers, and even between the ufficei s,
'milker knowing what side the other would take in ease
of actual humilities ; and accounts of troops sontinying
against their officers were daily received.
may be imagined whist impression all this make► on
Sicily, amid how ardently the people beg to be delivered front
alsoureful a yoke."
•• Well-meaning people, but who ore not qualified to form
a t ight judgment of great even a, ass ' the Foreign Powers
bail better remain tranquil ; the it Iliac is ripe fur de-true.
lion without thein.' It is here that the present edifice mutt
shortly full iota runts, whether the Fmeign Powers interfere
or Hot ; but it is by no usearw naliderent how and under
what circumitance it falls. If Naples is left to itself, no-
thing is more certain than that, in some form or other, the
whole power will fail into the hands of a small number of
the most furious ilemago4ues. wbuwillcnowe their insi ru-
mentt not from the great body of toe Carbon:lm, hut (loin
the select body of the sect • • • ; the kingdom could,
theirfore, Ise fur a time under the d so a troop of
banditti. With such prospects, a Isis would in prefer, hoc.
ever hard and Ituinitialtne the rostuominit of order b) foreign
interference ini‘ht appeal to him, the small evil to one tae
calculably greater.

Notwithstanding the late arrests in Spain, and
that another apostolical junta had been formed, after
the suppression of the first, all is tranquil, and so
determined is the Constitutional Government to
fulfil its pecuniary engagements, that the promised
interest on the old debt of Holland and negotiated
here, has been punctually paid. This circumstance,
so honourable to the national character, has been
productive of the best possible effect on public credit,
and will no doubt greatly serve to consolidate the
new system. It is much to be deplored that there
should be so little cordiality between the two parties
of ministerialists and afrws :esudos. But we cannot
expect the politicians of Spain to be exempt from
the weakness of their contemporaries in the rest of
Europe.

The following is an extract of a letter fromOporto,
dated the 14th ult,—" The freshes were never
known to be so strung here before, as they are at
present. Seven vessels have gone over the hat- z one
of them is a brig front Dublin, bound to London,
with tour men on board. A great deal of damage
has been done. About 15 miles up the river, a
great number of houses, and a small village, have
been washed away, and 76 people drowned. At
the bottom of the river a great number of bodies
have been washed on shore, which came down with
Cie fle.si. It is stated in a newspaper published
hero, which I have just seen, that 15 miles up the
river the water has extended 140 feet, and that a
mountain has burst in two places, from one of which
an immense body of water has issued, and from the
other sand and smoke. The it jury dune along the
,river tuu.•t be very great."

The Southmulton address to the Queen was
signed in eight days by 971 men, all volunteers i
had it. been dela_yod, signatures would have been
more numerous. The Kinb os address tUr turning
out the ministers wils4tigneilby 979. The address
to the House of Commons was signed by 973 per-,
suns, all above Is ',ears of age.

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