Star.
London, England, 1808-07-16 00:00:00

.DONAPARTES.

Every friend of • justice and liberty must rejoice at
the prospects held out by the following letter, respect.
lag the Neapolitan territories. In the Calabrias the
mass of the people are in full insurrection against the
invaders, and the same spirit is spreading itself over
the whole Neapolitan territories.
The pretence for JOSEPH BONAPARTE leaving the
seat of Government, to which he had been called,
not by the voice of the people, but by the mandate
of his brother, is the inzalitbrity of the air of Naples,
which renders it necessary for him to accompany his '
wife, who suffered from it, to Milan. Let it be ob.
served, that on publishing the proclamation alluded
to in the letter, he set out not only for Milan, but for
Bayonne, and that his real object was not the restora-
tion of the health of his wife, but their joint accession
to the Throne of Spain :

" PALERMO, MAY 31.
•4 You were informed in my last letter of the loss
of Scylla and Reggio. This however is of little con.
sequence, as the mass in Calabria have since that pe.
riod had continual' skirmishes with the French in
every quaker of both Calabrias.
A few days ago, intelligence was received that
the Calabrese mass had landed on the shore of Gijoa,
after taking possession of the little fort, and killing all
the garrison. They afterwards marched to the woods
of Rosanna, where the French artd Neapolitan force
attacked them. The action was bloody, and lased
for several hours, but terminated to the advantaged
the mass, many hundreds of the French and Neapo.
litans were killed, and many of them taken prisoners,
amongst whom, it is reported, is the Prince Strongoli
Pignatelli.

64 It is clearly ascertained; that the French have
conceatred themselves in Reggio, Scylla, and Monte.
leon, and are beaten by the mass in every encounter,
At Cosenza, both those who have been hitherto French
partizans, and the mass, .have. revolted. This cam.
pelled the French to-quit their I=cl quarters, and
barn the hospital with 200 wounded French. The
French partizans in general are believed, in cons..
quence of the cruelties and ill usage they have re.
ceived from the French, to have repented, and to be
disposed to make common cause with the royalists.
-Should this be the case, the kingdom of Naples, to.
gether with the capital, must revert to its legitimate
master.
“ The mass in the Abrnzao are very near Venasco,
which is not mum than 40 miles from Naples. Not a
month elapses, but they intercept the French mails
anti dispatches from and to Naples, which they bring
to Palermo. They lately intercepted a mail, and
killed four French dragoons who escorted it, together
with the courier.
64 It k seal oe'ly possible to express the fear with
which the French in both Calabrias are actuated at this
moment suffice it to say, that no one is allowed to
be out of his house after nine o'clock at night, under
pain of death. No one is allowed to go to church
except on Sunday. Only one mass is allowed to be
celebrated at a time, and then only in the presence of
a sentinel, for fear the inhabitants should converse
together. In the same manner they are prevented,
as far as possible, from conversing together at home.
The Cathedral alone is allowed to be opened on Sun.
day, the other churches are shut. It remains to be
seen, whether the Calabrese will suffer such a govear
meat to exist.
" From the news brought from Naples it is known
that great want and misery prevail there.. The pa
pulation are in despair, and are ready to revolt, but
they ire not yet quite ripe for it, because our King
does not wish them to carry it into practice at pre.
sent. The poor people, therefore, suffer, in the hope
that the King will at length send them succours, to
enable them to carry such a project into effect. I
doubt, however, whether the Neapolitans will any
longer bear their sufferings.
" Joseph Bonaparte has issued a Proclamation, sta•
ting, that he had been obliged to accompany his- •e
to Milan for the benefit of her health, the air aNs•
ples not agreeing with her, and therefore recommen.
(Ong to his faithful subjects the defence of his Stater
(such is the language of an infamous usurper). As
:the same time, however, the gendarmes who vnte
established by the French Government have beelidis-
asised. • ,
44 Every body is required, under the penalty et
• death, to provide themselves with a card of safety,
at'an eapence per month of ten carlinos (about Ss. 6d•
• sterling) for every housekeeper ; 75 granos (about
2s. Bd.) for every one of the family ; and 25 VOA
for every servant.
.4 You have here the deplorable state of the unto.
tunate kingdom of Naples, after two years and a half
of French Government. GOD preserve this poot
kingdom from the effects of the despair of the people.
,•'lnse_French themselves openly declare, that they are
perfectly aware they cat Mot-may, the inhabitants being
a set of brigands never to be tamed, even if thew's*
French force was to be collected there. Every day/
therefore, of their stay, seems to them a day too loop
I trust in Divine Mercy for compassion on the people,
and hope those who now govern us, will soon la
thoroughly convinced, that it would be much better
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' to be tranquil in their own country, than govern un•
der:, the influence of .10 =4 fool where they age s'
made hawd." •
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