The Sun.
London, England, 1821-03-20 00:00:00

AFFAIRS OF NAPLES.

The follovving Documents have been published
at the Austrian Head Quarters - - •

44 FERDIICAND I. by the Grace of Gon,
,King of the Unite('
• , Kingdom of the Tno Sicilia, ecc.

" The fears.expressed in my ,Letter of the 28th of January
to our very dear son the fluke of CALAnRIA, and the corres-
ponding Declaration made at the same by the :Monarchs, our
Allies, must have manifested to our people the consequences to
which, our Kingdom would be exposed by the deplorable events
of the nionth of July last, And their progressive effects. •

"Our paternal, solicitude entertained the strongest hopes, that
our urgent exhortations would have led to prudent and, mode-
rate councils, 40 that, 41. . blind fanaticism would, nvt have
broughtypon our, kingdom the evils which it has been our
constant endeavour to avert:,

" Influenced by this eapectatioh alOne, we deemed it our duty
to prolong our residence in the place where.oar powerful Allies
were assembled, in order that we might, up to the last moment,
according to the determination resolved on at Naples, use our
utmost exertions to obtain the object we so ardently desire, as
conciliator and pacificator, the only consolation which, at our
advanced age; could compensate the ♦exation and fatigues of e
long and laborious journey in a rigorous season.

" But the men who now exercise the power in Naples, acting
under the influence of a_ small number, ha►e remained deaf to
my voice. To deceive the people they have circulated a report,
as erroneous as it-is injurious to the great Monarchs, that we
are here in a state of constraint.

,4 since, owing to these pernicious councils, our residence
among the Allied Sovereigns can no longer be attended with the
utility we hoped, we shall immediately take our departure to
return to our States.

" Under these critical circumstances, we consider it a duty to
ourselves and our people to make known to them our royal
and paternal sentiments.

" Our long experience during a reign of sixty years has
taught us to appreciate the character and real wants of our sub..
jects. We rely on the rectitude of our intentions, and we know,
with the assistance of God, how to supply their wants in a just
and peruta.neut manner.

" We, therefore, desire, that the Army which advances to.
wards our Kingdom may be regarded by our faithful subjects,
not as enemies, but as friends destined to protect them, by con-
tributing to consolidate the order necessary far the maintenance
of peace both abroad and at home.
" `:re order our forces by land and sea to consider and receive
the army of our august Allies, as a force acting solely to pro.
mote the true interests of our kingdom, and as not sent to inflict
on our people the scourge of an unne,:essary war, but as co-
operating in the preservation of tranquillity with those who are
the true lovers of peace and their country, and the faithful sub
jects of their King.

(Signed)

" FERDINAND.

" Laybach, Feb. 23, 1821."
The Proclamation of General Panto:4lT is
conceived in corresponding terms, from which
we give the two following extracts:—

6, Neapolitans . at the moment when the army placed under
my orders is about to set foot on the frontiers of the kingdom,
I think it right to declare to you frankly and' openly, the real
operations.
object of my

" A deplorable revolution has since the month of July last
disturbed your internal tranquillity arid dissoh ed the amicable
'relations with other nations, which can only subsist between
lidgfibouring States on the fundamental basis of reciprocal con-
fidence."

It then alludes to the Proclamation issued by
the King of NAPLES, and calls on the Neapoli-
tans to comply with the wishes of their Monarch,
and thereby avert all the disasters inevitable from
an ineffectual resistance. It is dated from
Foligno, on the 27th of last month.