The National Register.
London, England, 1820-12-24 00:00:00

No 1,287.—V0L. XIII.]

FOREIGN INTELLIGECE,.

PARIS, DEC. 16.—Lord Stewart, the English
Ambassador, at Vienna, is replaced by Mr. Wellesley
Pole, the brother of the Duke of Wellington.
Letters from Genoa of the fith of December say
We kave received direct intelligence, by sea,
from Sicily. Several cantons of the island are in
such a statc of agitation as to cause apprehensions
for the future. The levy of imposts has produced
scenes of bloodshed at Cultanisetta: two companies
of Neapolitan infantry have been entirely destroyed
by a levy en masse of the whole canton. The Go-
vernment is going to send more fbrees ; but it is
feared that their presence will only serve to propa-
gate insnrrection.
" If credit is to be given to the Journal du Soir,
the sum of eight millions has been lent by certain
capitalists in Paris on the diamonds lately arri%ed
from Naples. That sum," says the same paper,
" has just been forwarded in money for that
era."
Correctional Tribunal was again occupied
y in the case of Sir James Crawfurd, charged
r wit having, in certain compositions, printed and
published, calumniated and detained the Duke dc
Cirammont and the the Duke de Guiche.
• The Baronet, having in his hand a large packet of
;papers, again urged his right to defend himself'. On
the remark (As the President, that M. Dupiu had
been assignesi at the preceding audience fhr the
defence, he. protested against the measure and
withdrew.
M. Dupla declared the defendant had not fur-
nished him with the necessary documenes and
instructionss in the cause; and for this reason he
could not take upon himself the arduous duty as-
signed to him at that moment.
MM. Berryer and Charrier advocates fir the noble
appellants, addressed the Court against the Cheva •
Tier's proposition.
The Tribunal, after hearing the King's Advo-
cate, relieved the accused from the exception which
be had taken against the judgment of coat:natation,
and ordered that he should withdraw his case, re-
serving to the parties the right of appealing against
the libels published and distributed since the pre-
ceding sentence.
Among the latter obnoxious publications is a
memoir, circulated to day in proilision in the saloon
of the Court, by Mr. Manuel, Sir James Crawfurd's
Secretary. The title of the libel is, " The Case of
Sir James Crawfurd, published as a preliminary to
the trial for bigamy, which he is about to institute
against the dui-disaul Lady Crawfurd, Anjou-street,
No. 21, St. Honore.
Sir James in stepping into his carriage, cried out
Vim la Chart'!
ROME, DEC. 3.—The Niles-, and Princess of
Denmark arrived here yesterday from Naples.
Letters from Upper Italy ',semi, at, that the Aus-
trian Goverment has sent a conaidsrable quantity
of necessaries into the fortresses. Among of her things,
a very large quantity of biscuit,. fer the use of the
army in camp, has been made.
The last news front Epirus contradicts the report
that Ali Pacha had escaped from his furtress. On
the contrary, lie is hemmed in more elostly flew
ever, and his capture or death is tuun
oxpet tett,
Mariam, Dec. 5 -Thu inunicipslity has caused
to be printed and promulgated an address which they
presented to the King on the 22d tilt., in which,
after expressing to his Majesty their satistSction ut
the measures which he has authorized to be en-
fitreed against all those who endanger by their exces-
ses the public peace, they add :—" All the troubles
which have taken place tend to prove, incontrovert-
ibly, that the inhabitants of this capital are firm in
their dauntless resolution to die rather than staler
any attack upon the social edifice, whose bases rest
uptai the sacred code which your Majesty has sworn
to maintain ; but the doubts which afflict and tor-
ment them, us to the true intentions of your Maiesty,
are the only real csuso of all these agitations."
After stating that agents are active in exciting
distrust and hostility towards the Constitutional
Government, by proclaiming that the King is secretly
avtrse from its measures ; and that to defy its
authority and obstruct its course is stadia-made to
the wishes of his Majesty, the address coutiatiea—