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dependent on this, though closely connected with it, with alacrity in expeditions suggested by Russian
to raise the legal tender in silver coin from 40s. to £5. ambition, and covertly fomented by French, or at
This will, however, only be proposed as a temporary least by Bourbon, finesse.
measure, to facilitate the restoration of the general
currency of the country; and was received, when the
Right Hon. Gentleman gave his notice, with general
approbation, as affording the prospect of consider-
able accommodation and facility to the Public, with-
out the risk of producing any inconvenience.'

We are still without any intelligence of the en-
trance of the Austrian army into the Neapolitan ter-
ritory. •The delay is doubtless to be attributed to
the necessity felt by the General in Chief of concen- •
trating his forces previous to the attack, in order that
he may rush upon his intended victim with the more
overwhelming effect. But the very perception orthis
necessityproves that the Austrians calculate on a much
more vigorous resistance than they had previously
contemplated, and that they do not think it prudent
to commence the campaign without adopting every
precautionary measure which skill and experience can
dictate. The feeling that they are respected, if not
feared, by their enemies, must tend to increase the
confidence of the Neapolitans; while every hour of
delay adds to their means of resistance, and contri-
butes to exhaust the resources of their antagonists.

The Papers brought by the Amity, from New
York, which she left on the 10th of January, arrived
in. town this forenoon. Most of the Morning Papers
of to-day have copied, from an Evening Paper of
yesterday, some accounts which purported to be ex-
tracts from these Papers, announcing the fall of Lima.
These accounts are literally the same as those we
extracted, five weeks ago, from the Jamaica Papers,
but which subsequent advices proved to be erroneous;
nor, on looking over the New York Papers to the 10th
January, now before us, have we been able to meet
with anything which gives any countenance to the
original report.
The harbour of New York had, for some time,
been completely frozen up, but, on the 6th of Fe-
bruary, the ice began to break up, and fifty sail of
vessels, taking advantage of a favourable wind, got
under weigh and put to sea:
On the 24th of January there was a dreadful fire
in New York, which consumed no less than thirty-
seven houses. A ship lying at Crane Wharf was con-
siderably injured. The sloop of war Hornet had
also received some damage.
Orders had been received at the Navy Yard, Bos-
ton, to fit the Constitution for sea with all expedition.
Her destination was supposed to be the Pacific Ocean.
It is reported that the Crown of CHRISTOPIIE was
stolen by some of the persons about him at the time
of his death, and sold to an American Captain for
12,000 dollars. It has not yet been recovered.
Although the New York Papers do not confirm the
reported capture of Lima, there are letters in town
from Buenos Ayres, dated December 16, which affirm
that intelligence had been received there, overland,
from Peru, announcing the defeat of the Royalists
in a great engagement about one hundred miles
from Lima, and the subsequent fall of Lima itself.
The letters, which are not very explicit in their de-
tails, owing to the shot time which had elapsed, re-
present the engagement as one of the most bloody
conflicts that has yet attended the progress of the
Patriots. As Lima was the only place left in Peru
from which any effectual resistance was likely to
be made, it was expected that the remainder of that
part of South America against which Lord COCH•
!UNE was directing his force would immediately
surrender, and thus, by a judicious cessation of arms,
the direful consequences which might otherwise en-
sue would be prevented.

The Neapolitans are possessed of a fiery and im-
petuous character; and, though not in recent times
greatly distinguished for military achievement, here
have been epochs in their history which the proudest
nations might emulate. Need we advert to the re-
sistance which Naples made to the Romans, to the
exploits of ROGER, who conducted his victorious
11 troops to Constantinople, or to the army of Lours IX.
saved in Palestine by Neapolitan bravery ? Why,-
then, should we despair of seeing Neapolitans again
acting as heroic and successful a part as gave renown
to their ancestry ? They have to fight tor their homes
—for their liberties—for their independence! They
have no alternative between the most abject sub-
mission, and triumphing or dying as men : there is
in their case, in short, everything which can possibly
nerve the arm of Freedom with power to save. In
numbers, it is true, they are much inferior to their
invaders; but history is full of examples that where
the contest is betWeen.liberty and oppression, supe-
riority of numbers availeth little.
Let the Neapolitans keep in mind how the Sicilians
threw off the yoke of Anjou, how the Swiss recovered
their rights in a day, how the Venetians broke in
pieces the league of Cambray, how the Genoese hum-
bled the pride of Ma RIE•THFRESE, how the Batavians
founded their liberties in the midst of difficulties
which seemed above all human power to surmount!
—Let them, above all, remembeallhe example so
recently set by the Spaniards, whom not all the
means of BosamaTE—when in the zenith of his
power—of BONAPARTE, thrice the conqueror of the
present invader of Naples—could intimidate or sub-
due. Spain, it is true, was assisted in her hour of need
by Britain, and in that respect there is a difference
between her case and that of Naples, which, we fear,
future hi.tcrians will say redounded little to the ho-
nour of our country. But if Spain, assisted by Bri-
tain, was successful, how much prouder will be the
boast of the Neapolitans, should they, single-handed,
triumph over their invaders?
Success to Naples must, in its ultimate results, bring
reproach to Britain ; yet v.ish it we do, most sin-
cerely, because it will be a success consistent with
those general principles on which all love of country
ought to be founded, and apart from which there is
nothing in national pride in which a correct mind
can feel either honour or pleasure.
General FRIMONT is said, in the French Papers, to
have issued an Order, on the 6th of February, grant-

Messrs. BAILEY and SAUNDERS, of Mount-street,
the KlNo's cabinet-makers and upholsterers, are ap-
pointed undertakers for the management of the Fune-
ral of the Princess ELIZABETH, the daughter of the
Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE. On Wednesday
night, about half-past nine o'clock, the remains of the
Royal Infant were placed in the leaden coffin, having
been previously embaln:ed under the direction of
Mr. MASH. It has been finally arranged that the
funeral is to take place• to-morrow at Windsor, and
the body is expected to be removed from the resi-
dence of the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE, in the
king's Palace, St. James's, early in the morning, in
one of the Rcyal carriages and six, to be followed by
one mourning coach, in which the Duke's two prin-
cipal attendants are to follow as Chief Mourners ;
the body is to be escorted by a military guard of
Cavalry to the place of interment.
The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE remain as
well as can be expected under the circumstances of
their loss. Their Royal Highnesses received visits
yesterday from the Duchess of GLOUCESTER and the
Princess SOPHIA.

The Entertainments given to his Grace the Duke
of WELLINGTON, at Winchester, on Monday and
Tuesday, were of the most splendid description.--
Above 300 Noblemen and Gentlemen sat down to
dinner on Monday ; and the Ball, on Tuesday even-
ing, was attended by all the beauty, rank, and fashion
of the neighbourhood. Viscount PALMERSTON came
from town expressly to meet his Grace at dinner,
and returned the following morning. Colonel Sir
ROBERT STEELE, by his absence from the County,
could not attend the dinner, but travelled 100 miles
in a few hours to pay his respects to the Duke, at the
Ball given in Sir Itomax's native city. His Grace
entered the Ball-room with the Dowager Lady Mt Ln-
MAY, and retired with the Marquis of BUCKINGHAM,
at whose mansion, at Avington Park, he slept. The
only surviving Admiral of Trafalgar wore the ho-
nours of the Bath, and introduced his daughters
to the Duke.

ing the Austrian soldiers, from the day they shall pass
thefronticrs, the same advantages as were enjoyed by
the Corps of Occupation in France. The nature of
this bounty is, perhaps, not so well understood in
England as it unfortunately is in All the Provinces
of Italy. We will explain it. When Austrians oc-
cupy the territory of a hostile Power, or even of a
friendly one, to whom the paternal Government of
Vienna has vouchsafed to extend its unsolicited and
unenviable .protection, the soldier receives double
rations of food, and, generally, some additional
clothing. The reason is, indeed, obvious—paternal
Governments love to combine economy with muni-
ficence ; and, on such occasions, the conquered or
the protected country, not the Imperial Treasury,
furnishes provisions and pay. In the true spirit of
Germa2 generosity, the reward of the troops does not
cost the EMPEROR, or any Austrian, a single sixpence.
After the expulsion of MURAT, the Emperor of Aos-
TRIA rewarded his troops, in the kingdom of Naples,
with double rations of Neapolitan provisions and
Neapolitan clothing. When the fortresses of the
friendly Power of Piedmont were in the occupation
of the Austrians (who quitted them very reluctantly),
the Piedmontese were compelled to defray the ex-
pense of a similar indulgence to the troops; thus,
more than 60,000 Germans were fed and clothed at
the cost of Piedmontete and Neapolitans. The ad-
vantage of occupying territories not their own, is, no
doubt, very manifest both to the Government and
Army of Austria; it is the same as the cheat derives
from his fraud, and the robber from his audacity. It
•forrps, no doubt, one of those very many amiable,
social, and magnanimous motives, which induce the
Court of Vienna to make such extraordinary sacri-
fices for the tranquillity of Europe, and to engage

The Earl and Countess of Juin"' arrived yesterday at their
house in Berkeley.square, from the Duke of BEDFOSD'S seat,
Woburn Abbey.
The Earl and Countess of Amanisx and family arrived in
town on Wednesday, from their seat in Oxfordshire.
Lady Jane Alowszosmay, Miss MONTGOMERY, and the Earl
of Eourrvox, left the St. James's Hotel, Jemiya-street, yester-
day, fee Paris.
The Marquis and Marchioness of STAFFORD en-
tertained a select party yesterday, at their house in
Cleveland-square.
Mrs. T. HOPE'S grand assembly, on Tuesday night,
was very splendid and numerous. The extensive gal-
leries of painting, sculpture, and antiquities were
opened for the second time this season. During the
evening the distinguished visitorswere alternately sup-
plied with ices, confectionary, and other refreshments.
The Marquis of LANSDOWN entertained a select
party of friends, yesterday, at Lansdowts House, in
Berkeley-square. •

Yesterd4 the Earl of DERRY gave an elegant enter-
tainment to the Directors of Ancient Music, and se-
veral other distinguished persons, at his house in
Grosvenor-square.
FUNERAL OF MR. ScoTT.--This day, at ten o'clock,
the remains of the late JOHN SCOTT, Esq. who fell in
the Duel of Friday, the 16th ult. were removed in a
hearse from his lodgings in York-street, Covent-Gar-
den, to St. Martin's Church, and interred with great
solemnity. No less than fourteen tuoun►ing coaches,
and eight private carriages, formed the mournful
procession.