Star.
London, England, 1814-12-21 00:00:00

PALERMO, NOVEMBER In.

The Parini:tient continues its Sittings. It has
already discussed several important questions, and
passed, among others, the following Decree :
" The Parliament decrees, that it recognises as a
national debt the loan negociated with Great Britain
by the Ministers, the Princes of Castelnovo and Bo.'
nano, for the sum which shall be left, aftet sabstract•
ing the lawful compensations acknowledged by the
liquidation which shall take place between the Mini.
*ters of his Britannic Majesty and those of his Sicilian
Majesty, and the result of which will be communi.:
sated to Parliament. The Parliament does not mean
to authorise by this Decree the illegal conduct of the
Ministers, who,' by eft-meeting this debt without it;
censent, violated its constitutional prerogatives."
ST. PEIERSBURGH, NOVEMBER 18.
Our official Gazette publishes to-day the following
letter from Feld Marshal Barclay de Tay to Count
PlatofF, dated Bruchsal, July 6th :
" At the ever memorable period when the ;twin.
cible Russian Army delivered the country from the
presence of a formidable enemy who wished to sub.
jugate it, the corps of Cossacks of the Don, under
) cur Excellency's orders, distinguished ittielf by new
and innumerable proofs of attachment to oar august
Monarch, and of zeal for the public icr'vice. Besides
the regiments which gloriously combated the impos-
ing masses of the enemy from his first entrance on 11
our territory, the old warriors of the Don, who re.
posed in the bosom of their families under the shade
of the laurels which they had long before gathered,
as well as the young men scarcely strong enough to
bear the fatigues of war—all, at the first call of the
Monarch, flew to the defence of the prosperity and
glory of the Russian Empire.
" When they arrived on the plains of Taratia,
they formed a powerful reinforcement for the mint,
after the bloody battles which it had fought. Soon
afterwards, when the enemy of our repose, and of the
general tranquillity, after experiencing the 'orce and
constancy of the army and of the whole Russian peo-
pia, took to flight, the warriors of the Don, who threw
themselves on him to annihilate him, covered the
roads by which he was retiring with the trophies of
their victories, stripped them of the treasures they
were carrying off from Moscow, and uniting to mili-
tary glory the piety of Christians, dedicated them to
the Most High. These offerings, which (Ailment
the temple of the Deity, in the capital of the Empire,
will for ever be irrefragable proofs of their zeal for
the true religion.
" When at last the victorious troops of our mo-
narch, full of affection for us, and touched with COno
passion for the misfortunes of other nations, alter
driving the enemy from their own territory, were Cr:.
ployed to deliver foreign countries from his yoke;
the regiments of the Don shared in the valour and
glory of the defenders of Germany, the deliverers of
france, and the restorers of peace. Yes, dear Count,
at that memorable period, there was not an affair 13
which the heroes of the Don were not signalised by
their military exploits, not a battle'in which they
I not triumph, not an obstacle which they did ,ior
mount, not a danger which they did not vanquish.
" Now that, coveted with glory, they are returning
to their fine climate, and that from the banks n 1 tilt'
Seine to those of the Don, they carry with them we ice
and happiness, I cannot conceal my sincere grAtintoe
for their immortal exploits. Their glory, it is me,
does not stand in need of my acknowledgment, 01
order to be known to all the world ; but I coneider ;t

as stilfkit'iliM thil,,6.lr264tbit 'to PaltetitY the
recollection, that t lasret,haft * happiness Co be wit.
nests of theft glocicau setiatees.iiiiih.for their' concur)
and foreign nriii!mt in tottietterom ibe Y.Hur Es-
cellenev to 2ccrpti:tt*'sliteei* eteritt.ition 'of my semi
tneno tor the warriors *iir the I)kni, is o pledge Of th.
special esteem ot the whole,arsnY, of w.hiCh the Em
peror has condescended to entrust to me the com-
rhanO. May this letter atscitoiriiinee you of the dis-
tinguished consideratiOn with Which
.1 bare the honour
*0 be, &c."
We learn from Riga that the frost commenced on
the 2,1 of November, and that it had continued ever
since. The Duna was covered with ice. At Arch
angel, on the 23d of October they had already 13
degrees of cold, and the DWina and the Volga were
tr.:Len.