The National Register.
London, England, 1822-01-13 00:00:00

DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAILS.

NAPLES, Dec. 22.—The King's health improves
daily.
Cardinal Ruff() has been nominated Minister of
France.

The Austrian army, which remains in this coun-
try, consists of five divisions, forming 3:),000 men.
The division of NValmoden is stationed in Sicily ;
the division of Mohr in tile Abruzzi ; the division
ot. Lederer on the frontiers ; the division of Hesse-
llombourgh at Naples ; and the division of Wied
in the province of Molise.
MADRID, DEC. SO —The provincial deputation,
the municipality, and the national militia of Cadiz,
have addressed the Cortes in a long statement, which
indicates no disposition, however, to return to obe-
dience on their part. It is signed by 1). M. Jail-
regny, Jose Sanchez, Xarier lsturitz, Pierre Zuluta,
and Joachim Abrea. The last three have been re-
cently named as Deputies to the Cortes fir the ap-
proaching session.
ricrnacT or A LETTER FRONI ,IA111111), DATED JAN. 3.
A courier arrived here last night from Madrid in
five days, bringing papers to the 3d inst. four days
later than any accounts previously received. At
the time when he left the Spanish capital, nothing
of any importance had occurred. No decided step
regarding Cadiz or Seville is announced as having
taken pace ; and nothing from these or any other
town of Andalusia, later than the news of the
Courier Francais of yesterday, is stated in the Ma-
drid papers. I have now before me the file of the
Universal, one of these fr.ini the 25th ult. to the
3d instant, inclusive, from which I shall send you a
few extracts. Since the conclusion of their deli-
berations on the state of Andalusia and the conduct
of the Ministry, the Cortes have been every day en-
gaged in discussing the details of the proposed new
division of the Spanish territory and the provision of
the new penal code. In these deliberations the
greatest order and the most perfect moderation
The capital enjoys the greatest tranquillity. There
is nothing stated respecting a change of Ministry, ,
though private letters mention that the only obstacle
to such a change is the tear, in his Majesty's mind,
that in making it at the present moment it might
be suspected to be forced upon him by threats of re-
bellion which ought to be resisted.
The only thing that appears disquieting in these
papers is the folfowing notice in the Universal of
the 3d instant, by nhit.it it would appear that there
had been a disturbance at Murcia, and that the ex-
isting authorities had been deposed.
On the 29th ult. there was in Murcia a great po-
pular commotion, the result of which was, that
Brigadier D. Gregoiro Piqueiro, Colonel of the In-
fantry of Male, was made ad interim Political Go-
vernor of that province. No accident occurred.—
The extraordinary c, wrier which arrived to-day from
that city with despatches fur the permanent deputa-
tion has been despatched on account of that event.
BARCELONA, DEC. 26.—During three days we
have had dreadful storms of wind and rain. On
the morning of the 24th, the limner caused such
damage in the port as is estimated at more than two
millions. A great number of vessels were wrecked,
and others much injured.
VENIcE, Dec. '23.—The sentence has just been
made public which was pronounced by the Special
Commission sitting in this city, against thirty-two
individuals of the Curbonari, accused of high trea-
son, and against two other individuals accused of
having aided and abetted the former.
Thirteen of the thirty-two are condemned to
death, and with respect to the remaining nineteen,
it is declared, that the proofs of high treason were
not complete, but all of them with the exception of
two, are pronounced guilty of grave and serious
offences against the laws, and are condemned to
different terms of imprisonment, varying from one
month to six, according to their culpability.
The Emperor, by two resolutions, dated October
29, and December I I, has commuted the penalty of
death, with regard to four of the condemned, for
twenty years of close confinement ; and with regard
to three others, fin tiiieen years, which they are to
undergo at Spielberg. The commutation fur the
rest is. as respects two others, ten years imprison-
ment, and the remaining four, six years, which they
are to undergo in the Castle of Laybach. At the
expiration of their confinement, those who are not
natives of the Lombardo Venetian territory, are to
be banished for ever.
The Commission is at present occupied with the
process against several other Italians, suspected of
Carbonarism, and who have been arrested at Milan
and other cities.
Courts, Di c. B.—ln the Islands of Zante and
Ithaca tranquillity is not yet rerured. In Cephalo-
nia and Cirigti the flame of insurrec.ion seems to be
checked. In general the system of the neutrality of
the lonian Islands is observed more strictly than
ever, even towards the Turks ; and the Greeks re-
mark, with the bitterness that distinguishes all their
judgments of the British Guverniuenti that this nett.

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