The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-05 00:00:00

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rtICLAIIATION OF THE DUKE OP CALABRIA.

The paternal intentions of the King, my august father,
Ave been fully made known to me in his last communications,
Which were addressed to me from Florence, under the date of
o 19th current, and which were brought to me by Lieut.-
7tAral Fardella. I consider it not only for the glory of his
laiesty, but also useful in creating confidence to communicate
the Mme by a liberal transcript.
4 bear Son—l have received the letters you intrusted to iGe-
tiella Fardella, and I learn with great sorrow, by the contents
111(33e of the 13th, all that yoU have explained to me respect-
7'g the state in which my well-beloved subjects are placed. The
tteasaninzs into which you enter would seem to point at me as
the cause of the evils of the war which attlicits my kingdom.
It was precisely for the purpose of avoiding those evils that
ettployed my cares, and that I wrote to you from Laybach
the letter dated the Bth of January, to which unfortunately no
4tterltion was paid. Hostilities have been committed by our
t
I.°°Ps, without provocation, and even in contempt of my Pro-
Atlaen of the 23:1 of February. The troops Of my august-"uies arrived as friends ; the Sovereigns had declared it. I
:IPlieitlY announced their intentions and mine. To whom
Vpght the disasters to be attributed ? To -whem does blame
:attach ?

`` The Allied Powers and myself did -every thing in our
Wer to render evident the unfortun:qe.circumstanee to' which
le' People 'were exposed. We offered the means of avoiding
043 and made known that the welfare and advantage of my.
requires:, end that reason
,dictated, the immediate
;Ibi.antioranent of all the il'Anovations had been Made. But
£01X44, to my deep regret, that the magnanimous voice d the
Est C7ongrea's and my petet.nal wishes were not listened to,
~,"-hat a blind obstinacy has ca'fsed the must fruitless and
'l)st fatal resistance to every thing su.'gcsted for the safety and
true" it.:Test.s. of the State.
For once listen to the voice of an afr-,,'tionate father ; such
hart alwayS been, and such, my well-bei,-,vd subjects will
.41 Ways find me. Do not lose sight of my enlyJrt.:rtions, of the
4eiires and the wishes I have expressed to you. My lctter from
"IY'each and my proclamation contain every thing nectssnry as
arule_fer that conduct which the interests of the kingdom, the
Fishes of the good, and those which I constantly form foi t;:e
tranquillity of my State, require. I am confident, my very
.
qt'ar son, that you will on your part contribute to the accom-
Plisliment .of that object, which cannot be separated from your
• Prudent and, ardent desires. I embrace you tenderly : I bless
You. Your very affectionate father,
Florence, March 19. " FE RDINAND.

cc" NAPLES, _,lard 24.
royal oruinance, dated at Florence on
the 15th, his Majesty has named a provisional
g°vPrnment 10 who the of tingdom
shall be confided untiml a newcai-e, royalhe dikFposition
shall he made.
" The Provisional Government :Ilan he pre-
sided over by the M •artrus irt,e - • lie

composed of the 'Chevalier Raphael di•Ciorgio,
president of the Supreme'Conre of Justice,- to
who: will belong the direction of judicial
matters.

" General Fardella will have the direction of
the Ministry of War and the affairs of the church.
" The Chevalier Luchesi is charged with the
Ministry of the Marine ; The Marquis Andrea,
with the Finance Department; Jean Baptista
Vecchiani, with the Ministry of the Interior.
Hilaire Antoine de Blasiis has the direction of
the Police."

It is again rumoured that private accounts have
been received that Austria intends to attempt to
occupy Piedmont as well as Naples. That Russia
acquiesces in this arrangement, on an understand-
ing that Austria is to give every facility in her
power to the hostile Views of Russia on .Turlcey,
and that towards their accomplishment Russia
had, as we have before stated, assembled so large
a force as 120,000 men in Georgia, and had fitted
out a powerful fleet in the Black Sea. . The in-
timation that this fleet was intended to pass the
Dardanelles in aid of Austria is not, it is said,
credited in Italy. It•was a mere ruse,to cover
the real objects of Russia, 'as the present state.
of Turkey holds out a strong temptation to'her to,
attack the latter, unless the British Government.
should make more' effectual remonstrances With.
Russia than an' interchange 'of paper commitni
cations by ordinary cOuriers.' If she does not
immediately interpose, our
.natiiraf and faithful
Allies,. the Turks, will fall asacrifice to the ani-
bitiOn, of the Autocrat, .and enable the Court of
• Russia . to realiie its favourite object Of.carrying
the war, into the heart of Asia. , '.has always
been the ruling passion of that
.Power to obtain
possession of Constantinople; and 'at 'the present-
moment Russia. is in a better condition It) accom-
plish it than .at any former period; from the•
secret arrangement, which, it is understood; that-
she has made, with the Anstrian and Persian Go-•
verrimentt: The' Russian naval forte in" the
`Black Sea is represented to be. in' the highest state •
of equipment—their arsenals are all in the most
improved state and tonditiori, and they possess
the meahs of conducting. in a short time an
immense force within a few miles of the capital of
the Turkish -Empire. • We merely offer to our
readers these observations on the rumours now
•afloat on this subject.--,We trust that the British
Government have not e.dy the•means, but. the.in
to.protect and perpetuate the British in-
fluence in the -Mediterranean ; and that no no-
tions of
.a false economy or- retrenchment, will
induce •themoo withdraw, our Naval force from
that sea, but rather to increase it, under the pe-,
culiar situation in. which. Italy and Turkey are
.Placed by the unjustifiable conduct of Austria
and Russia. The former, evidently, intending to
possess herself, not only of the whole of the Pa-
pal dominions, but.ultimately of every other part
of' Italy ; and the latter toannihilate the:Turk-
ish influence and power in Europe and Asia. We
should always. recollect the conduct of Russia
towards Great Britain since 1792, and that she
posSesses not only.a.powerful naval force in the
Black Sea, but that under recent treaties With the
Kink Ofilre-NitheriatidS,,- it is,
,we believe, ad-
inittvd., that Site cam bring her fleets from the Bal-
. tic into the narrow, seas; and WINTER them iu the
Dutch. harbours.

OAK. TIMBER.—We are sorry to observe in
several. of the Country Newspapers of the last
week, such immense quantities of Oak Timber
advertised for sale.
WESTERN COASTING TRADE.--A General
Quarterly. Meeting of the Merchants and Traders
within the port of Portsmouth, interested in the
London Coasting Trade, was held on Monday
last in the Old Town Hall of that town.

TuEStissEx et:ca.—The next meeting of this
respectable Institution is faxed for Saturday next,
DAVIES GILBERT, Esq. in the Chair. • •

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.• W.ESTME4STER• SESSION!.—The Session for the
City. and I.iberty of
.Westminster commenced
this morning before FaANcis CONST, Esq. and .a
full Bench of Magistrates. The case of Mr.
FREDERICK ACCUM, against . whom a true Bill
had been fonfid 9pon a charge already well
'known..to the public, was expected to be heard,
and a great. crowd. attended in consequence,
among whom we understand were many Noble-
men and Gentlemen of, high rank and respect-
ability, ivhd,' it was said, were ready to come
forward on behalf of the Defendant. Mr. ALLEY,
Counsel for the'Prosecution„ stated to the Court
that he understood from the Defendant's Soli-
citor that Mr...A.c'dmi-was not in attendance, and
therefore moved the Court to fix the bail. - This
motion,' however, was rejected, on the ground
that the: Session Was hot Over, and therefore that
the:Defendatttcmight still be forthcoming. -
Sunday night Mr. Knoum, an extra Messen-
ger, arrived at the Foreign Office with dispatches
frpni Italy. . . ,

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Ire are extremely, happy to say\the Duchess of
GLOUCESTER is nearly recovered from her slight
cold. Her. Royal Highness received a visit yes..
terday_from the Princess AUGUSTA, &c.—The
Duchess of KENT., we are sorry to say, is con-
fitted with a slight, cold. which. prevented her
Royal Highness from being present at the grand
dinner given by' Prince LtopoLD to the Duke of
Yorai and an assemblage of distinguished cha-
racters; on Tuesday. Her Royal Highness re-
ceived . a . visit yesterday from the Duchess of
CLARENCE, &C.—The Duchess of CLARENCE
visited•the Princess AUGUSTA yesterday.—Yes-
terday the. Duke of YORK and a numerous
party dined with the Duke and Duchess of CLA-
RENM—Prince LEOPOLD had a dinner party
yesterday.
A Petition to the House of Commons from
Newcastle is preparing, praying that a reduction
from 225. to 10s. per Newcastle chaldron, may
take place in the duties on large coals to be ex-
ported, which would advance the revenue, in:
crease the Coal trade, and employ many indi-
viduals, dependent on that trade for their sub-
sistence.

Dollars to the amount of upwards of forty
thousand pounds have been sent out on board the
Sophia, by Government, to pay the troops sta-
tioned in the Isle of France.,