Star.
London, England, 1820-09-30 00:00:00

Seism of independence, there aretltret Ladies, the
Princesses S. Cateldo, Paterno, and Carmolo; the-
Barons Villa Franca, Patento, and Aceto. Cataldo
ebinmanded the expedition against Caltanisetta, and
the Baron Micichi, that of Trapani, which has failed
completely. The horrors which were committed on
this occasion, exceed all belief. The famous Capu-
chin Monticale, assisted in person at the assault of,
Caltanisetta, and the Jesuits of Agrigenti contributed'
to the re-union of that city with Palermo.
ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE.
We learn by letters of the 26th August from
Palermo, that the presence of the Neapolitan army,
commanded by General Pepe, had intimidated the
Palermitans, and that the negociations which bad
been commenced with the Junta were successful;
the City of Palermo agreeing to submit to the Con-
stitutional Government on receiving some privileges.
We wait with impatience the confirmation of this,
Important news.
PORTUGAL
The The Prince Ernest packet, which arrived at Fal-
mouth on Sunday, sailed from Lisbon on the 15th
instant. Lisbon was then perfectly tranquil, though
the Revolutionary troops were expected to enter that
city on the following day. The Regency had pub-
lished the following Address a few days before the
packet sailed :
REPRESENTATION OF THE REGENCY OF LISBON TO THE
PROVISIONAL JUNTA ESTABLISHED AT OPORTO.
°' The Governors of the Kingdom to the Junta which formed
itself in the City of Oporto, and which calls itself the Su-
preme Junta of the Kingdom.
" The Governors of the Kingdom, considering that the most
sacred right entrusted to them by our august Sovereign is that
of maintaining peace between the inhabitants of the kingdom,
and preserving untouched the unity of the Crown, together with
the independence of the Monarchy, have put in force the extra-
ordinary powers reposed in them by the King for urgent occa-
sion; and, acting as interpreters of his pateri•al sentiments,
have resolved in his royal name to convoke the Cortes, which
arc to assemble.
" This is the day in which letters are dispatched to all the
Corporations of the kingdom, inviting them to proceed to the
election of Representatives, conformably to the usages and cus-
toms of the nation. Let this, therefore, be the auspicious day
of concord for all who have the hearts of Portuguese. The Go.
vernors of the Kingdom comprehend in their sure desires, in
their well-founded hopes, the very Junta which has been esta-
blished in the city of Oporto, and do not hesitate to address to
it, as well as to all the other classes and individuals of the nation,
the words of reconciliation. Let our hearts bury in perpetual
oblivion eke memory of recriminations and errors which have
been conunitted either voluntarily or by inadvertence, and let
them begin a new era of harmony and mutual confidence, by
means of the ties that shall be formed between the Sovereign
and the Representatives of the Nation, legitimately assembled in
the royal name.
" Penetrated with these sentiments, the Governors of the
kingdom cannot cease to repeat the wish which they have so-
lemnly announced, declaring that the Portuguese of all classes,
' who listened to the voice of the Government of Oporto, and
joined it for a short time against the legitimate Government of
the kingdom, need dread neither hatred, nos vengeance, nor
punishment, on account of political events.
" On receiving the first intelligence of the events of the 24th
of August from the city of Oporto, the Governors of the King-
dom could not but characterize with severity the conduct of the
I Military, who burst the bands of discipline, and of a Junta, who,
'being self-elected, and without observing the appearance of legal
rights—without power emanating from the King, or any acknow-
ledged mission from the people—entitled itself the Supreme Go-
vernment, and arrogated the right of convoking the Cortes.—
But, at the same time that the Governors of the kingdom
censured as they deserved acts so illegal and imprudent, they
never ceased to aimit that the greater part, and perhaps even
the whole, of the individuals who so compromised themselves,
might be excited to such conduct by too great an exaltation of
[sentiments otherwise pure, or by insidious foreign intrigues, of
which they were ignorant. On this account the Government
formed the only resolution which could save the country from
the horrors of a civil war, and convoked the Cortes, which re-
ceive from the Representatives of the Sovereign a character of
legality which those Cones never could have which were an-
nounced by the Junta of Oporto.
" You are Portuguese; and this glorious thief which belongs
to you, is sufficient to assure us that neither falsehood nor dissi-
mulation have found a place in your breasts. Be therefore faith-
ful to your own declarations, and consistent with yourselves.--
You proclaimed your attachment to the holy Catholic Religion:
we all have it engraved on our.hearts. You proclaimed your
loyalty to the august Sovereign who reigns over us—and the
whole of the nation acknowledges his dynasty, and stands firm in
its obedience. As to the Cortes, they are already convoked in
the name of the Sovereign; as to the Constitution, the same
convocation secures one founded in the ancient laws of this Mo-
narchy—laws which governed our forefathers in the days of *girl
prosperity, in the epoch of their triumphs. If, then, what yes
have openly proclaimed be what you sincerely desired, your
wishes are-already accomplished; and nothing remains for yos
now, but that, divesting yourselves of an authority which rot
have hitherto exercised without any legal title, and which from I
this moment you must exercise without any reasonable pretext,
you should give to the world and to posterity a public proof'
that in your past conduct you have neither been actuated by
passion nor ambition, that your declarations have been sincere,
and that you do not desire to expose the kingdom to the danger
which must result from the prolongation of a contest between lea
provinces, nor to open the way fur foreign Poweri to attack out
independence in the midst of our divisions, which they have
always respected when they saw us united.
" Consider that there is no time to lose—we are on the brisk
of a precipice. Already citizens are armed against citizen,—
already the Commanders of the troops who are subject to you
threaten our cities and our towns with the loss of their rights
and privileges, for their opposition to their views : they menace
the officers and soldiers who refuse to join them with the trial
ond the punishment of traitors! One step farther, and we are
plunged into civil war—bathed in the blood of our brothers
and threatened with a series of Revolutions which can terminate
only in the dissolution of the Monarchy.
" To you, and to you alone, will be attributable such mighty
calamities; on your head will press to the most remote posterity
such an enormous responsibility, if you listen not now to the
voice which is addressed to you by the Governors of the King-
dom. They have no other ambition but that of saving the nation
and securing the public felicity; nor will they refusf to receive
any representations which may lead to such an important, such
a desirable object : and they hope that Paovearalca, seconding
their effort, will hasten the happy day—a day most earnestly
prayed for by them—in which they may be able to surrender
into the Royal hands of our Sovereign the sacred and important
deposit with which they are entrusted.
(Signed) " Cardinal PATRIARCH.
" Marquis di RORBA.
" Conde di PENICHE, &e.
" Lisbon, Palace of the Government, Sept. 9,1820."
now

Lord BEREiFORD'S Secretary and family came
borne passengers in the Prince Ernest packet, from
Lisbon, and were landed at Falmouth on Sunday.
The Dinner on Monday, in celebration of the
Triumph of Civil Liberty in Spain and Naples, will
be one of the most numerous and respectable that
has ever been held in this country : we perceive se-
veral names, in the list of Stewards, of country Gen-
tlemen, Who are eminently distinguished for their
public spirit in their respective counties, and also
many eminent Members of our Legislature. This
National Fete will be highly gratifying to the Spanish
Nation.