Star.
London, England, 1821-03-29 00:00:00

PRIVATE LETTER.

" PARlS—Turstur Arrnmoos, Half-past Two o'Clock.
" I have just seen -, who has given me the
following extract of a letter from Milan. He does
not place implicit confidence in the report contained
in it, though he thinks it worth attention:

'4' 1111.41. N. MARcu 90.

"' It is reported that the Austrians have made themselves
masters of Naples, and that they entered in consequence of a
capitulation with the President of the Government. It is said
that the latter Is to grant a sort of Constitution favourable in
its nature to the Aristocracy, as that of Spain is of a contrary
character.' "

"On one report, however, my informant assures
me that I may rely: it is—that the Austrian and Rus-
sian Ministers were very anxious to leave Turin, but
that the new Sovereign prevailed upon them to stay,
saying that he was determined to take no part in the
war on either side.

" Tw•o couriers are just arrived from Rome, which
they left on the 13th. They have brought dispatches
both to the French and Austrian Governments, to
the effect, as I am assured, that the Austrians are
everywhere received with open arms ! that they ex-
Iperience no resistance either from the people or the
army, which latter not only makes no stand, but dis-
perses in all directions.
" The renter opened at 77 1. 50 c. They are now
77 f. 80c. This rise is attributed to the report of the
Austrian• Ambassador having received an express,
announcing the advance of the Austrian Army with-
out resistance.

" A friend of mine dined yesterday with a mer-
chant, who left the Neapolitan head-quarters on the
10th: he states, that up to that time not a musket

had been fired.
" THREE O'CLOCK.-.-- The rentes have reached 7S f.
The report continues, that the Austrians ate in full
advance on Naples (observe, they are not in Naples),
and that tic Neapolitans retire without firing a shot."

The Paris Papers of Monday, the contents of which
were partly anticipated by yesterday's express, ar-
rived this morning. In a preceding part we have
given a variety of extracts from them. The Duke
de GENEVOIS, it will be seen, has refused to take
upon him the abdicated Crown of Sardinia. The
young Prince de CARIONANO appears thus destined
to have the kingly dignity thrust upon him—a rare
case in times when people are supposed to have so
little to do with the appointment of those who shall rule
over them.

A Mail arrived this forenoon from Lisbon, with
letters and papers to the 16th instant. The Cortes
were still sitting; but nothing extraordinary had oc-
curred. The bases of the Constitution have been
published in a Decree which has the signature of all
the Members of the Cortes. They do not differ much
from those of the Spanish Constitution, and present
that worst feature of it, an excessive abridgement of
the Executive Power. The cause of independence
would everywhere work better had its friends the
prudence to ask and take less. The most ardent ad-
mirer of Constitutional systems will allow, we pre-
sume, that it is possible for the popular clement to
grasp at too much. The Liberty of the Press is to be
unfettered, except as to writings on religion, which
are to be under the censorship of the Bishops—a
woeful exception, which must yet be done away be-
fore the Portuguese can call themselves, in the full
sense of the term—a free People !

We have received to-day Spanish Papers to the
15th inst. A Cadiz Journal, of the 4th, contains an
extract from a letter of General SAN MARTIN, dated
Pisco, 14th Oct. 1820, in which, after mentioning
that the prospect of success is very promising, he says,
•, Within five days I shall re-embark the army to
commence its operations in the North. Arenales
has proceeded through the Sierra with one thou-
sand men of all arms; he is to advanie upon Juaja,
and communicate with me by the North. I shall
embark with the army in two or three days, to at-
tack the North of Lima, form a communication with
Arenales, and raise the provinces of Guaylas, Gua-
nuco, and Combuco, of the success of which I am
thoroughly convinced. My object is, by a general
insurrection of the Sierra, to reduce Lima by fa-
mine, and oblige Pezeula to a capitulation, without
neglecting, at the same time, the augmentation of the
army and the conquest of the Intendency of Truxillo
I can assure you this plan will have the most import-
ant results ; and if it is accomplished, as I hope, Lima
will be ours in dime months from this date."

Yesterday, the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE,
and Prince LEOPOLD, dined with the Duchess of
KENT, at the King's Mace, Kensington.