The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-30 00:00:00

[Morning Post.]

The follurvince,' 1)-110' Extract of-a 'l,7etler from Naples is
ft'Oioll;r--Petvot-, one of, I h•rnost. Members-of
Senate. It is OP.:idore not nt Iy curious, as a de,
scrip' !ion of the new Neapoliran Parliament, but important
as a juilitival if:lc/vas : ,
Lai:I:ACC OF A REce:til I,F:TTER FROM NAPLES.

":Ihfe. crop of Constitutions multiply every where, and the
' Parliament of this• Kingdom is an interesting object. Igo
fregtMotly ta.its &hates, and see great display of talent nod
good,Set3SO it the principal debaters;, wore practical views
and fervour of 7itnac-ination, than I look ,u 1 for. in -the
• South of Italy ; clear and fluent language; no hyperholes'or
14,./se taste; fair rhetorical flourishes, arid an earnest desire.
ip Ito the !not thiOg'in the best way. A-,1 I he'new Ministers
hare doliveredo the Parliament full and detailed reports of
th 4 statiitif putilje atfairs.in their respective departments ;
Forei.mA4fairs Firtante, War, Judicatrite, Police, &c.; and
these are curious documents. There are some faults in thii
mole of proceeding, nod some unsettled points; very essen-
. iial.points in thecuotpletion of their Constitution, But the
Concress of Troftpati attracts all the Attention of politlcians
in these parts; its issue is 'hitherto unknown, and perhars,
becanse it has oat yet;any issue. fdo not know
ter, here, and perhaps you have none, until the recognition
, ta.f4his..Govertswetst is.declared by your Sovereign ; but that
delt;s, and all others' of the sane sort, will end in a short
space of•• tittle."

. .IVe have received Demerara Gazettes to a late date, which
give Jjetailed accounts the number and state of the Slaves
in • that part. 'of the West The report is given by
• dames Itob;:rtsop, Esq. the new SlaVe. i:egistrar of the United
Colony. It is a triennial statement of the Slave population,
and the I:ieliorter tualic's 'some judicious comparative remarks.
• It appears 'that there-has been it'lavge decrease of the number
liy oaths; bUt the Creoles have greatly increased as compared
wit h.foi mer ye A rS. lis,haVe been in the proportion of One
to forq-Six. The' report defends- the conduct of the West
India Plinuers, and observes that ." the state of the Wadi
seems to call for little or no amelioration; so
,grt_F,it, is, Or Wildness, the liberality, and indulgent care of
propriettM`.4'eli ild&Oltat theiromin interest' is a. perpetual
call upqn' t heir 111171144 ity, In the colony there are few crimes
coanmitted of abt illt,ilS'Of atrocious nature, and capital pu-
vlslimen` is almost never heard of. At the present moment
there•are .1;'.X89 male on the island, computing Afri-
cans : and there are 33,940 female slaves of the

E;tnie rltm ruination, nraiiiriz a .foal of 76,929.

The slice

popuhit.,,:o. in 1317; amounted in the whole to 77,667. 'I he
Purober Of births Which bii've occurred since that period is
4'.Bl7.aiddeilths concludes with spine
gratifying oh,ei rations upon the flourishing state of tile

[The Times.]
The communications troth-Naples become hourly more
im-
porfant. We this day present •two, highly interesting state
liam,r9..: one a letter froml he Emperor Francis to King Fer•-•
s.linand, dated Troppau, Nov. c.'O, wherein he desires that the
'King will repair to Laybach. This being the purpose of the
"is•txpressed with gailicient clearness,; while we Must
observe that the,motives assigned tier the summoris, and the
ad rant ages to he derived freer the intercourse which it recom-
mends, are enveloped ii; doubt and ambiguity. The imperial

, missive sets off with stating.,. that, " unhappy circumstances
have.prerented tbc.writer bon) receiving the letters addressed
to bitty by King FtY:llitiand diming a period of four months,"
Yet it.sulijoins ih flie• next passage, ,that the " probable",
stihject of tliese- letters has not ceased to occupy his serious
lOetlitatio,9 and thin, of his Mother Soverei4us at Troppau.•
In other °iThe situation of Naples is most Sellolls
- and alar.hiFi'g," •-mid occupies our whole anxiety : so dial-
inAi..et);. to be understood, and so formidable in its
aspect, tjnat, we are afraid to read one line of information
front the tCiiin of NapleS himself on -the affairs of his Own
kingdino,":opl.to. trui4 our ears wish a single explanatory
sentencg from. the lips of one of his A.libas,adors," Now,
with every disposition to' respect the rank and intentions of
Hie Pilo&riii. of Austria, we -really fear that he has on
this occasion exposed himself and the other Sovereigns,
VOW ate partakers of his pulley, •to many Unfavourable sur-

• .
!nisei. The "arg'trnent tee' in a sinAl Cornttsi4. the
Allied Sovereigns tleen desirous to hear and examine before
they resolved, thttrwould have heard the Neapolitan:Minis-
ters, and would not; on a premature or -es paste opinion,
bare-signed antrpronitilgated, through Prince 'Aleitertd,h,
a formal, official, and most severe condeuyration
.of the esta-
blisinuent of domestic liherty by the in`dependent people of
Naples. Againihaving once, a, is too Manifest, 'resolved so to
act, we could, wish that the toilitary potentates lead notin-
vited the King of. Naples to put himself irrevocably in their
power; because, considering the age tint talent Of the King,
it is plain that his presence at Lay Oach Can contribute nothing
towards elucidating any mysteries connected with _the Neapo-
litan Revolution, or towards tbccorrection of any: errors
into which the Allied -Sovereigns ',may have fatten ; as tittle
wolt(d•itlitove that mite Neapolitans h d acted wrongfully in
overturning heTild system of arbitsary guveromuni, that
KingFertlinand was t)t.r-ttersaaden: hi the subtle,heads anti
•wit whoci he might come in con-
. tin! Laybacli, itoo a notion that the new Constitution was
sonie,.hiii„; hail acid terrible—and S sat li.ilthhine foolishly,
and his triple wickedly; in-aiming or consenting to set tip
a free Community, lint. although to. Site, real merits ot
ykirstioh, whether the NZ,apolitans ought to he respected
sir punished, it signifies just nothing-what chimernifiray big
-put Ail' the head; :or: what, Irlirases. in ti.tkt
Ferdinand, it will.iinfortunattly serve a very inischievottS end
-the 'or the Ket),!;'s p,•1.4.1"611,11041• furni,4ll-theen
whose desi,ms are already matured,' and their resolionnis
formed, with a pretext earl ying them into execution. This,
we are comerntd to say, appears to it: let be time trot, c owe
of all the anSielv shown by certain 'Powers to have the
at a distance from. home, where I...,taiay be talked"
ovvr without. int eh-alnico/I—where he may be played upon
throng!) his pride, or fears, or prejtidices, to sign a rel meta- ,
tioli of *ll :Inv promises-:,10- accept absolution for his bridien
vov o proclaim his subje etc ebe:s—to command his
rips folay iloWn ihrii arms, and to require the
f)(Y)forei,:oers against the Cirlitiriari and their pans
sans, the destroyers ut. Throoes" and d,stuiln-rs,rf the.
race.of.Europe..• A captive Kent Teal, always the langiVige
of his het:pers. Rut; on the other hand, we have the ad-
dress of Ferdinand to his went, in consequence ,cf, arid
in reply to, the letter of the Emperor Francis, This-doeu.
meta is drawn up with care and spirit; and eolnitrt,i4oril by
Chiaro, the SeCietaty, for Foreign Atiairs : it
the King di:stioctly announces that he gg,t-s as " Mediator"
between the three Sovereign, and his own subjects;' that
the above Sovereig,s have, Ojected every either nieditiMfiir
treating, " were it evert one.of the Prin Royal
of his
Family" (a strinig proof, this, that more is meant than
meets the car ;) foul the King pincceds by stating, that
" lie owes it to hiniself and to his people to give' them a
ncw and , solemn guarantee,"- by enotirtiating once tno're
the .several bases of the free constnntion to which he has
already sw(irti, awl from which 'rip circumstance shall here-
after indocetiiiii to depart; lii this catalogue it nsrtst be eon.;
fessed that every principle essent,al JO the enjoythent of po-
litical and freedom is comprelmoded: but We neap
rernarl,., t hat such principles tuulirace t he total overthioW
of ttiose.systeins of Giveruitient, the pre,reatiou of irhieh
'is the sole ohfcct 61 the 'three armed Potentates ;non)*
whoui Ferdinand still have to maintain and enforce the merits:
and 'tendencieS freedinn. The King secnis anxious that a •
dePtJuitiun of four Nfenibers Of the, NVap.olitan
should accompany him, to be witnesses.of, and sharers in, the
trials to which he may be exposed. Ile: requests the legisla--!
ture to abstain, during his absence,' from proposing any nuts
rueasares, except such as are fiecesSary to the'potilic safety.,
He recommends all practicable cerinotny, and confirms the.
?rime Royal in his functions .as Vi,•ar-General. Such are.
the contents of this important paper. •

[lllor72ill, Herald.]
We have as yet no farther particulars of the voyage of
the,Ning of Naples to meet the Allies. It is einious„ that in
the intelligence of yestercray, there is nothing stated respect-
ing a must particular ciiceostance, vie.. by t hom the Sove-
reign is accompanied. The questioh upon this point reduces:
it,elf to a dilemma. If the King of Naples be accompialied:
by one or more of,his constitutional Ministers, it will innolint:
to an acknowledgment of the neW order of things in Naples.
If he be
.not, and must treat, and be treated with, in his sin-
gle person, nnadvised and unaided, it will he'it mockery of de-
liberation upon great international rights'and interests. The
age atrdinOreil,itynf King Ferdinand are both equally knoWn.
There are several reasons whit% indhcc us to think that 11.0
unfair use is intended to be made of the presence of the' King;
of Naples. Li the first place, we Will not suppose that they:
who have'socetwitently, and so justiy-reprolrated Itionaparte,
will imitate his cxaniple. They who deponmed as it violator of
the faith of nations. of Princes, and of men, the man who
inveigled into his power, the King of Spain, will not them-
illVeigle the King 0fti.,1.1,?c,. riot t tee example is ogee-,
ratter re.taitettient,'.noi '..errty,as rs aire'Afier of conscience, but
a matter of prudence. What rtil
,kluonaparte gain?—or,
rather,
.what did he not lose by his signal act of treachery ?
Did the andicatiOns, renunciations. or other pretended docti-
me4its# extorted from King Charles, or King Ferdinand,.
disarm a single Spaniard ? tau the contrary, the Spanish
people were inspired with additional 'courage; and patriotism
in the vindiCation of their rights. -'!'his false colour of the
Royal consent and will of King C'.arles, or King Ferdinand,
did not satisfy the Sovereigos of oth'er countries—if we ex-,
cept indeed the Emperor of Russia, who called the Spahlards.
" subjects in a state of rebellion against their•Sovercign"'—:
(Joseph Napoleon). In like mariner, any proclamations
:gained from the fears or the imbecility of • King-Fet dinand Of.
Naples, would but nerve the Neapolitans with new vigour, if
they are really able and determined to defend their liberties;
and make the Congress of Trot); au odiotis to all the world.

[The • Public Letker.]
Paper.; and letters were yesterday -received front Madrid to
the usth inst. Rodrigues, who had ,been ()lief of the Staff
to General Campana, and who is accused of being one of the
'principal actors in the horrid massacre at Cadiz on the 1011!
of March, has been delivcied up, by the Provisional Govern-
merit of Portugal. One of the Journalists points out some
serious inconveniencies Which' must•result from the-recent
probibitoryLCommercial:Decreei:of the (:cartes, so far as they
apply to certain articles of importation from this ceontry.
The interior of Galiea still Coeitioves`to' be infested with
ilittt.' The following is an extract of one of the latest pri;•
vale letters from the Spanish Capital :
" Every thing he ye is perfectly tranquil, although there
were some slight symptoms of agitation three weeks ago.
order of the Cortes for the disposal of religious property
is enfoiced with activity. Addresses to the permanent De 7
potation a the Cortes, congratulating them on,their deco-
'tion to the Constitution, come in front every province. The
Goremment have ordered large grants for the encourage-
ment if/ the' rrianufacfOrie,i ulf grips throughout the kingdom'.
A general conyocation of t beCortes Extraordinary is spoken
of as being at hand. The. Duke of Cauzarib, the Amhassador
of Naples, was presented to the King on theist instant, and
was most graciously received.: His Majesty was .heard, to ex-
claim, •.! wish them success.' M. y
,Baaxi is spoken of as
the new Ambassador to.the Court of Great Pritain, to replace
the Duke de Frias, who will be called !untie."