Star.
London, England, 1826-01-27 00:00:00

PRIVATE CORREEPONDRECR.

Want of interesting subjects, and an absence of some
length from the capital, have been the occasion of my
protracted silence. The numerous reforms, and other
measures, so confidently expected from this Govern-
ment, have not hitherto shewn themsolves; and, except
some unimportant decrees, and trifling retrenchments,
everything remains here much in the same state now
as a year ago, at the death of King Ferdinand. Fran-
cesco feels much straitened in his finances, .and is anxious
to diminish his expenditute,r The measures he has
taken to that effect are inefficient, and, in the eyes of his
subjects, very badly chosen. Tne Paggerie, an estab-
lishment for the education of twenty-four youths of
noble b:rth, who did service as pages, and at the age of
18, had commissions in the army allOtted to them, has
been just suppressed. The annualo'expense, did 'not
exceed 20,000 eucats, but it fitrnielsed a valuabla ie.
Source to distin wished families whose foittMes were
inadequate to tb rail.. Theliciaie which they occu—.
pied is to be gi to a certain. order of Monks. 07 .
a recent decree appears that all ranks of emplo..yig,
and persons T tying pensi:ms; :fio'srieeer smaTl,'are-
to corlitie )o be taxed 10 per cent, and alLpersons,
civlll rnilitary, r advanced 'to a higher tank, ate,
frAllßhecufirff six months isf their Lew app-intmeat, to
receiiirkly the pay of that horn which they have
bet*Promoted. A number of places are to be abolishedt,
TIAs would seeni.torbe. a judiiirMs measure, inr Ole host,:
of placemen, cclte armee de bureau, which the Frei:cli
created to strengt,en their party, retnans still undimi..
nishA ; but, Unfortunately, the Neapolitans argue, that .
~these restrictions *ill fall chiefly rn th--, weak and needy,
who, in tie rr, sent want of employment in the country,
will be sent to beg on the str er s, or rob in the high,. ay.
:Moreover, while all the 1 ndholders are ruined uy the
'beavy.fondiorio tax, and by t::e lownecs of the prices
of produce, a new tax is spoken of for 1827 ! In M ach,
the 6000 Austrians in Sicily will evacuate that isla. d.
The Co•nmander in Chief has already received the dis-
position for their removal. They are composed of two
Hungarian Foot Regiments, two Battalions of Jagers,
'l2O Light Horse, and artill, tymen for six pieces of
artillery. Of the Swiss troops who were to sw-ply the
plaice of the Austrians in Palermo, not above nive
hundred are yet arrived, xnd these, with very few ex-
ceptions, are raw recruits. There will remain in the•
continental dominions from 12 to 13,000 Au-ttians, and
these, should no changes in the determinations of the •
Courts of Vienna and Nai.les occur, will leave in Mach,
1827. The Neapolitan army presents a cadre of 24,000
men (suppose 20,000 effective), and exertions are being
made to have it still stronger by next year.
The Clmmancler of the new ship Vesuvius, the
Marchese di Blasi., is to be tried by Court Martial, for
having run that ship on a sand bank, off Carthagena,
wheie she was neatly lost. The case made out in the
ircusation is a very sti onone ; it states that the fault
was committed in opposition to the advicrof nearly
every officer on board, and the clearest evidence of the
charts. Don G. Warr°, the head of the Neapolitan .
navy, (Ca pitano Generale della Marina) died on Thurs-
day last, at the advanced age of 102 years. He came
to this country with Charles 111. father of Ferdinand ;
of the hitter, he was the friend and confident during
neatly all his lite, which was not a short one: he fol-
lowed him twice into Sicily; and received from him
very grateful returns, for his high rank in the navy was
unbonght by any naval service, so much so, indeed,
that it has been doubted whether the High Admiral
could command a cock-boat. Among the numerous
ecc?ntrieities of old Danero, was that of his always
sleeping in his 'clothes, his uniform, with his sword by
his side. On Sunday be was buried with grand 'inj-
ury honours, all the Neapolitan troops in the Garrison,
a portion of the Austrians, and the corps of Naval
Officers, following him.
The Chevalier Leonardo Tocco, of the family of the
Princes of Sicigano, a Gentleman well known for his
good principles and elegant manners to most foreigners
who have visited Naples, died suddenly on the 91st of
' December. He has left a considerable fortune to his
nephew, the• Duke of San Teodoro.
On the 3d instant, a Dutch frigate arrived here, con-
veying a Consul and his family. Since the overthrow
of the Constitution, wl en M. Boret, the Envoy from
the Low Countries, was temoved to London, and the
then Consul sent out of the kingdom by the Govern-
ment of Ferdinand, for having taken an undue part
with the Constitutionalists, that country has had no sort ,

of. Resident at Naples.
Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth, inher regard to the
Countess of Figuelmont, the beautiful Lady of the Aus-
trian Ambassador, promised to btand godmother to her
firbt child, of which the Countess was recently delivered.
On the sth inst. the Duchrs, della Salandra, who had
the honour t,f reputed:ins the Quern, repairea to the

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