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London, England, 1821-04-10 00:00:00

PARLLUIENTARY: ISOCEI.-7DINGS.

110OSE OF COMMONS.
Lune, V' die ApriltS4 1821.
C"ORN AVERAGI:I second reading Pi; orr tilltillthe 4th May.
BILL. Petitions respecting---fromthe Owners and
• Occupiers. of Land Roxburghshire,
the .11.crehants and Corn Factors of Lon:.
tlon,'and of the Owners of Bonded Grain
in,Dundec.
AanicuLTunAt 1 Four Petitions 'complaining of, from Corn-
DISTRESS. wall.
EAU BRINK DRAINAGE} retitioll AGAI2IST from the Pro-
prietors of Fen Land in the Sotith

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Level. Counsel ordered.
WOOL TAX.—Petitibns against from Manufacturers and others
at Bradford, Tiverton,. Mclksham, Trow-
bridge; and Chipienhain, and from the Wool
-Merchants and o titers ofLondon and Liverpool.
COAL DUTlES.—Petitions against, from the Coal Owners and
Merchants on the liver Tyne, and the
Coal OwnerS and Ship Owners on the River
' Wear.
Tzstr it Dor= s.—Petition of Alexander Balfour of Firkaldy
respecting the.
NEWINGTON SE- Committee revived, and to sit on Wed-
LECTVESTRY BILL. nesday next.

- . TO. CORRESPONDENTS-
The COLONIES, and other Articles, To-rhorrow.

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THE SUN.

SOLE:11 QUIS DICERE FALSUM 'WI/$.4T:2

LONWN,
TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1821.

Paris Papers of Saturday reached u.s this
morning. It appears by the Ilioniteur, that, the
Junta of Alessaudria ha formally dissolved it-

self, being convinced of the necessity of vesting
the executive power in the sole 'and central Go-
vernment ; and that Signor Luzzi, one of its late
Members, has repaired to Turin, to form part of
the Central Junta established'lhere. The same
principle has been recognized by all the other
Juntas formed in the different Provinces at the
commencement. of the Piedmontese Revolution ;
but the Junta of Genoa has retained the power
of assisting the Military Governor in the exer-
cise of his functions. All the- acts of the Con.'
stitutional Government emanate from the Central
Junta in the Capital, and
.we subjoin. the fol-
lowing, which have been recently made public
at Turin ;
" TURIN, MAICu 29.
" ACTS OF THE GOVERNMENT.
" THE PROVISIONAL JUNTA

" linvirg undc't view the decree of the 18th curt.;
" Considering that the difficulty has now ceased which, from
the absence of the Prince Regent and other motives,'delayed
the dissolution of the Junta of A lessandria ;

" Considering that it is most urgent to,present only to the
nation one single, centre of authority, which important object is
attained by the said dissolution ;'

" Considering that at the period of the dissolution of the
Junta of Alessandria, it is just that a public testimony should
be given to it of the sentiments of the nation, for the establish.
ment of the constitutional system having commenced with it ;

" Considering also that it,is proper to specify the expcnSes to
be incurred by article 2 of the before-:mentioned decree ;

" DECREE.

" 1. The country acknowledges the services which the Junta
of Alcssandria has rendered to the cause of the Constitution,
and recognises the acts of its administration.
" 2. The expenses referred to in article 2cl of the decree of
the 18th, are those which relate to military supplies, military
payments, the fortifications, and all other objects of public
utility.
" 3. The advocate Luzzi, member of the Junta of Allessan-
dria, is called to the Provisional Junta.
." 4. The first Secretary of State for internal affairs is charged
with the execution of this decree. _

MARENTINI, President.
" DAL POZZO.
" Given at Turin, March 26,1821."
Several Decrees appointing political Chiefs for differnit Pro-
vinces follow.

THE. PROVISIONAL JUNTA,
" Having under view.their Decrees of the 23d, 26th, and
27th of the present month relative to the political Chiefs of
Provinces; _ _

" Considering it undeniable theta Constitutional Government
is appointed in Piedmont by the public voice decidedly
expressed ;
" That to give opportunity for the same, his Majesty Victor
Emmanuel abdicated the Throne, and nominated a Prince Re-
gent in his stew?, investing the said Prince with all his own
authority, notwithstanding that another was the immediate suc-
cessor to the Throne, bat under the essential circumstance that
the latter was absent-from the_State, and therefore unable to
judge of the true state of affairs, that is to say, of the wishes
and wants of the people ;
" That this circumstance still continues;
" That, on the other hand, the raw political order ef things,
according to the Constitution adopted and sworn to by the
Prince Regent, is established and consolidated by the appoint-
ment of a Provisional Junta, holding the place of a le.tional
Parliament, and by various administrative acts ;
" That this system was desired, and has been accepted, by all
the people of his Majesty's States, and was more particularly
called for by the Genoese ;
" That the capital and the fortresses of the State are in the
power of the Constitutional Government.
" That the most distinguished persona of the nation 'have
manifested their gratitude ; that, notwithstanding the hostile
proclamations which have been published, and in spite of the
unexpected departure of the Prince Regent, the junta has con-
tinued to exercise the autholity of government, and thus to
avert anarchy and civil war ;
" That the exercise of the said authority ought not to CMS;
except on the arrival of the King in the midst of his people,
and the expression of his free will in accordance with the wishes
of the nation;

. ,
" That the exercise of any other kind of authority is illegal,
conduciVe to anarchy, and ought to be repressed ;
" That two Governments, and •still less two centres of one
and ~tie same Government, differently modified, cannot co-exist
fm the same territory without subverting the basis of civil
society ; •
" 'flat upon some points of the kingdom irregularities of this
kind have appeared;
" That a small number of public Officers have co-operated
in the publication of Proclamations which did not proceed from
the Government, and in ether transaetiens, and that some other
Officers did not oppose the same as it was their duty to do ;
" That it is necessary to make provisions suitable to the
urgency of the case ; we, therefore,
" DECREE

" I. The political Chief of each Prorir.ce shall have under
his direction all the officers of the province in every thing con-
nected with its police—namely, the puhlication of laws, their

just and prompt execution, the National Guard, the levying
and calling out of soldiers, and other objects of public security
of a like nature, without altering however, except f'or the most
urgent reasons, the usual course of proceedings, and without
interfering on any pretence with the duties of the tribunals in
any thing relating to the administration of justice. .
" 2. In the, present extraordinary situation of affairs the po-
litical Uhief .of a Province may; howettr, if the nature-of the,
ease appear to require it, suspend from his functions any officer
of the Province, or residing therein, reporting hannediatdy the
suspensidn to the MiiiiStiy to whifh the superintendence of the
office belongs, with a specification of the cause for which such
suspension may have been ordered.

4: 3. When it may happen that an officer is suspended, he
shall be succeeded in his office by him who, according to the
regulations and last orders, should occupy the situation.
4 4. The pOlitiell chief may order and preside at the assem-
blies of the corninunal administrations.

" 5. The political Chief shall exercise on all other objects
besides thoss conteniPlatcil in -Article. 1, the most active vigi-
lance, and shr2l adopt whenever there may be occasion reguia-
dons and precautionary measures .as the public security and
the preservation of established order may seem to require.
" 6. The armed force shall, .whmever required; aid and as-
sist in carrying into effat the orders of the political Chief.
"7. The decrees of the 23d, 26th, and 27th of the present
month are abrogated as• far as respects -every thing that is con-
trary to the present decree.
" 8. The ministers are charged each in what regards his own
department with the execution of the present decree.
for the President,
• " DAL POZZO.,"
[The majority of these political chiefs are advocates, and
many have been members of the Legislative Corps in France.]
The folJowing are.,further:extracts iron), the
French Papers :-
- • • •

' " PARIS, APIIIL 7. • • •• •
" We are still without news from Naples. No Journal from
that City has yet reached u 5. " •
" A lettei from Geneva, dated April n, contains the follow-
ing particulars : • • . .
" The report of a d.stant cannonade has been heard within
these few days in the •Upp:7: Valais.. The Milan courier not
having arrived' to-day, we are Icit to 'conjecture as to the reality
or the cause.orthis apparent cannonade; which has occasioned
considerable alarm here.

" At the departure of the courier from Chambery; that town,
which was still subjeet.to the authority of the Senate and the
governor, Savirna, was only guarded by a corps of 30 men,
detached from the regiments which have gonb over td the Pied-
rnontese Junta: Two howitzers Were mounted at 'tile entrance
of the promenade of Vernet. By the Governor's order all com-
mercial communication and transport of merchandise are tempo-
rarily prohibited between Savoy and the neighbourk• countries.
The introduction of arms is prohibited under severe Penalties.
There is a daily expectation of the arrival of 'a politic..al ehief,
appointed by the Piedmontese Junta, with a military force suf.-
ficient to ma:wain his authority."' • -
" 01'..T Correspondent from Lausanne writes as follows, un,
der the date of the 31st of March :

..." Extraordinary, couiLrs have been passing and repassing
for several clays in all directions. It is said, that the.Feddrf.d
Government nas received important communications, in con-
sequence of which arrangements have been made winch will be
speedily notified to the Continental GoVernments.

" Ti've road of the Simplon is so constructed that it could be
rendered impracticable in the space of a few hours, and might
be defended by a handful cf troops. The Valais throughout
' its whole length presents a number of fine positions."
" The Prince of Cisterna, Member of the Junta of Turin,
is still at Geneva are also Counts Lodi and de Laval, for-
merly Ministers, of the King Victor Emmanuel.
TURIN, .MARcir 31.
" Every thing here is inconsternaticn. The Provisional Junta
take vigorous measures of defence, and exert themselves to en.
courage the public mind. The Austrian forces are slid to be
concentrating in ditrarent points, and every preparation leads us
to believe they will pass the Tesino about the -7th of April.—
ThN army is in communication 'with the fortress of Novara,
where the Prince de Carignan still continues,
"MILAN, '27lAnctt 28.• . .
Ordei of the Goverment all subjects belonging to the.
Provinces dependant on the Government of Milan, and who
are now. iii the dbminioua of his Sardinian Majesty without due
authority, 'permission, or passports, are recalled. Those who
persist in remaining :abroad in oppo7 "tion to this order, will be
proceeded agai2st with the utmost severity of the law. ,
" MADRID, Miiitcri 25.
" The Sittings of the Cortes on the 2fith, 27th, and 28th ult.
were oecupied with the discussion of the Seignipral rights, which
did not terminate till the 29th. On the 28th the Cortes adopted
the stiggestion recommended in the Report of the Ecclesiastical
Commission, and resolved on requesting the government to put
to the Papal Nuncio at Madrid several questions respecting
the secularization of the Moneks, some of them having pre-
sented petitions to the Cortes, complaining of the obstacles op-
posed to their secularization.

" The Government has published officially, in the Gazette,'
an account of the events in Piedmont up to the 14th ult.
" The new Minister of %Var, Senor Moreno Diaz, has taken'
the oaths and entered on office.

FRENCH FUNDS.
April 6, Five per Cents.
Bank Stock - 15251. c.
April 7, Five per Cents.
L for further Extracts; see a preceding Column.]

It is much to be regretted that careful and
well-disposed Journalists and well-meaning Cor-
respondents are so often betrayed into the adop-
tion of fallacious reports, particularly when they
affect high Personages, who are in reality held in
respect by those who unwarily give currency to
such reports. This has been our case in a letter
from Paris, referring to our Ambassador at that.
Court. We have every reason to believe that
our Correspondent has been imposed upon by
false and malignant rumours. We are persuaded,
from authority on which we perfectly rely, that
our Ambassador has conducted himself with► de-
licacy, prudence, and dignity, maintaining the
influence of the English Cabinet, as far as it could
be maintained in a country torn by contending
factions, and which, most probably, on the demise
of the present wise and virtuous Monarch, will
be involved in a new Revolution, to the general
disturbance of all Europe.

DREADFUL MASSACRE.—The following is an
•
Extract of a Letter from Manilla, dated Oct. 18
" On the 9th inst. at Benondo, in the suburbs
of this place, a massacre was commenced by the
native population ; first with the French, and ul-
timately with all strangers without distinction.—
Twenty-five Gentlemen, Captains and Super-
cargoes of foreign ships in the caveite, fell a sacri-
fice to these barbarianS, and on the following day
sixteen Chinese. Every thing which they could
find ill the houses of the unfortunate people who
had fallen victims, was either burnt or carried
off. The loss is estimated at 400,000 dollars,
and the different residences of those who bad
been so cruelly massacred present the most dreary
aspect of rapine, murder, and devastation, not to
be described, and never to be forgotten,"

There are several large sales of oak timber about to take
place in }lmps:lire arid Sussex.—We really regret that there
are so few buyers in the market, end as the Navy Board
will every year have less occasion to ruitctrasE Oak, there
is the greater necessity that vonEiGi.r substitutes should :lot
be introduced for it, whether from Sierra. Leone, Dalmatia,
or other places.—The Country Gentlemen must now look alto-
gether to the Private Ship-builders for customers ; but if Fo-
reign Ships are to be let into the trade of the country, and our
Native Shipping is to be depressed by the advocates of the New
School, this valuable product of our soil must he used for in-
ferior domestic purposes, and no inducement will be held cut to
cultivate it or any other wood in the country.