Star.
London, England, 1827-05-14 00:00:00

PROM TIM OWNIMTVTIN

PARIS, NIAT ID.
DISSANDisO GIRTHS NRAPOLTTAN NATIONAL GUARD.
—Till now, every one thought that the disbatiding of
the National Guard of P.sns was the result of an attack
of rage by Ministerial vengeance; perhaps we shall be ;
induced to believethat.this strange measure was not to
spontaneous us we might Imagine, when we learn that
on she Sdo( Aprils similar measure was adopted in the
kingdom of the Two Sieilies. This would certainly not
be the first time that our Ministers, called to the Ad-
ministration of a country where a Constitutional Charter
reigns,ball adopted the errors of an absolute Government.
Here 'follows 'be Decree directing that the National Guard
&mild be disbanded, end Its doles performed by the Gend►rmeriel.
This Decree had .been published. far twenty-six days,
when the Ordinance of the 29th April was framed at
Paris. M. Villele was likely to know of it. We know
that the ZeSinister of Police in the Kingdom of Naples,
who has abolished the civil Neapolitan Guard, is de.
voted to M. Metternich, and thus he has acted in this
affair according to the inspiration of the Chief of the
new European League. Would it be very unreasonable
to think that the President of the Council had yielded
to the same influence, if we remember that when he de.
manded or advised the dissolution of the National Guard
he had just arrived from Austria, since he had dined
that day with ? .Are got the old remains
of tfie Holy Alliance the only persons who applaud.the
Ordinance of M. Corbiere, since it is hissed by honest
men of all parties 2.
?ROM THE JOURNAL DES DEBATE OF FRIDAY,.
PARIS, May so.

The news we receive from Midrid, dated-the SOth
April, announce that the hostile position assumed by the
Spanish Army all along the frontier, has caused a Note
to he sent by Mr. Lamb, in which he requires some ex-
planation with respect to this proceeding, and that M.
Salmon answered that they only took place in conse-
quence of the proceedings of the English and Portu-
guese Armies.
Gen. Sarsfield was sending courier after courier, an-
nounc,ng that the desertion con,innally increased, for
want of money to pay the troops.
The Portuguese Insurgent General, Silveira, who was,
at Taro, was to leave that city for France at the begin-
ning of May.
PROM THE COURIER FRANCAIS OF FIIIDAIf.
PARIS, Mir 10.
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Our Madrid Correspondent states, that a serious con-
test has taken place between the Portuguese Refures
and the Constitutionals, in the quarter of Orensa. The
Spaniards interfered, and between 36 and 40 prisoners
were taken.

Letters from the Canaries announce an insurrection
in the 7th Regiment, called Albuera, which lately ar-
rived from Ceuta. Twice they refused to obey the or-
ders of their Lieutenant Colonel, Adjutant Pierson.—
The cause of their mutiny is unknown. The companies
have been removed from one another, ani placed under
the guard of the Militia of the country ; but before the
Government can be enabled to supply the place of this
regiment by other troops, a revolt may take place.

DUTCH AND GRRMAN PAPRRS.—(Rstelved last Night.)

BRUSSELS, BLit D.

Prince Frederick and his 'Consort will set out to-
morrow for Berlin. We learn the AI ming news, that
his Majesty's wound having closed spontaneously, the
Surgeons in attendance have unanimously &eldest, that
it is absolutely necessary to keep the wound open.
The Session of the States General was closed yester-
day by M. Roel, President of the First Chamber. His
Excellency, in a short speech, thanked the Camber in
the King's name for the zealous co-operation on the
measures proposed by the Government.

BERLIN, MAT S.

It is understood that the niArriage of his Royal High
ness Prince Charles with the Princess of W.iinar, will
take place on the 23d of this month.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Arm 11.
Vigorous armaments are carrying on to strike a blow
against Athens, and to restore the superiority of the
Turks in Western Greece, fifteen men of war art ready
to sail; the main body of the fleet will sail after the
Reliant, under the command of Ibrahim Pacha. A
corps of 10,000 men will be sent by land to the same
I destination, under the command of Osman Aga. This
corps will march in detachments of 1000 men each,
once every week; the Ist did set out on the 22d of
March, after being reviewed by the Sultan, who ex-
pressed his satisfaction with the discipline of the troops,
and exhorted them to do their duty. Oman Aga has
chosen the flower of the troops; all the subalterns
served under Schen. The cmilry is extremely well
mounted, and he his the first Officers of the corps of

He obtained the dignity of King in 1806. HI
ceeded by Prince Anthony Clement, nho i, 7
of age. It appears by accounts in the Venna
that on the 10. h of April, the half of the Turk
bad sailed to Galipoli, to take in provisions at
ammunition; the other half was shortly to folio
Pervusauncis, Aram B.—According it
just published by the Greek Brood, the member of deal
Capital last year was
.10,047 ; births, CM; excess c

1,763. It is.remaritable that this excess of rao7tality is cone
the male sex, the comparative statement being as follows M
deaths, 6,5.59; births, 4,267; excess of deaths, 2,296. Fern
births, 4,017 ; deaths, 5,484 ; excess of births, 659.
SILESIA, Aran. 18.
We bate already spoken of the highly ►mpe
event, which will sooner or later have considerabl

fluence en the whole of the Catholic population of this
province—namely, the changes which the inhabitants
of twelve villages in Silesia, with t e cooperation of
their Clergy, have proposed to make in their (Catholic)
form of worship. The Bishop of Bre.law has applied
to Berlin on this subject. Privy Councillor Schmedding,
a Catholic, who directs the affairs of the Catholic
Church in Berlin, is gone to Silesia to inquire into the
matter on the :pet. This, however, instead of setting
the business at rest, only made the inhabitants of the
villages in question more firm in their adherence to the
changes they had made, and applied directly to the
King, petitioning him.to sanction the changes they pro-
posed, which included the abolition of the celibacy of
the Clergy, permission to read the Bible, the singing of
German hymns, and the reading of the Mass in the
German language.
To this the King replied—" That as they did not
belong to the Protestant Chinch, but were Catholics,
he could not do this; the best they could do would Le
to apply to the Pope, and ask for his dispensation.—
Should this be refused them, they might give him notice
of it; and should they be then inclined, with their reli.
gious views, to join the Protestant Church, I.e would
support them in this design."
The Bishop of Breslaw, to whom they have ap.
plied with a Petition to the Pope, has been placed
in rather a perplexing situation. However, he has
sent the Petition to Rome, and the decision of his
Holiness is now anxiously expected, though it can-
not be doubted that the Petition will be positively
'closed; because, considering the enlightened views
that have spread among the German Catholics, espe.
cially those who live among Protestat.ts, it may be
confidently anticipated, that in a short time the Papal
See would be assailed with similar petitions from half
of Germany. The above twelve villages have a popu-
lation of 8,000 or 8,500 inhabitants, mo,t of them in
good circumstances, and who have long been distin-
guished by their industry and good morals.
At Anhalt the Protestant Church has lost a great
supporter by the death of the Princess Dowager of
Anhalt Zerbet (a Princess of Anhalt Bernberg). Though
already 82 years of age, this Pilot, ► (a sicer-in.law of
the great Empress Catherine) continued to act with the
energy of youth. She supported the schools, founded
charitable institutions, and especially towards the end
of her life, after the conversion of the Duke and Da•
chess of Ceethen to the Catholic Religion, sheaed her-
self the declared defender of the Protestants, so that the
was perpetually at vatiance with the Count f Coetheae
which did not hinder her from having pamphlet► and
sermons printed at her own expense, ►n which this de-
fection from the Protestant Religion W.lll openly al-
tacked both io its motives and its consequences.

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