Star.
London, England, 1820-09-12 00:00:00

SICILIAN- INSURRECTION.

From Palermo there" are advices to the 16th of
August. M. Toitroeict, one of the Deputation to
Naples, had returned on the 9th ; arid immediately
after the Junta assembled. The Prince of VILLA
FRANCA, President, opened the Sitting by a speech,
in which he conjured the Members to recollect that
on their deliberations on the dispatches received from
Naples might depend the safety or the ruin of the
country; he proposed, therefore, to his colleagues,
that they should, at that time, merely hear the pro-
positions from the Government of Naples read, and
take till next day to consider of them. The dispatches
were accordingly read, and the Assembly broke up.
On the 10th there appeared a Notice from the Junta,
of which the following was the substance :

" The dispatches brought by M. Turtorici do not appear to
us to lead necessarily to an absolute rupture with Naples. The
Neapolitan Government appears disposed to opeu Negotiations
with l'alerzno, and even to grant us flattering privileges and
prerogatives. ILr Neapolitan Government would not oppose
itself to the independence of Sicily, were it not that this mea-
sure is contrary to the Treaty of Vienna, and may give birth to
differences with foreign Powers. The Junta bas replied so the
Neapolitan Government with proper firmness and dignity. In
the meantime every one ought to remain at his post."

The Official Journal of the Junta published, next
day, the.Answei• of ,the Junta to the Neapolitan Go-
vernment. It is very long and circumstantial. It
retraces tbe history of Sicily, as an independent con-
stitutional kingdom; the solemn promises made by
the Kings of Naples to respect that independence;
and the circumstances which led, by the common
consent of. the King and ancient Parliament, to the.
establishment of a new Constitution, which was to
ensure to Sicily, a Representation, composed of two
Chambers, under the guarantee of England, but
which Constitution was, in 1816, suppressed in an
illegal manner. In, short, this Answer, or Manifesto,
endeavours to demonstrate that the Palermitans, and
other Sicilians of their party, are acting in virtue
of their legitimate rights, and conformably to Con-
stitutions which have never been validly abolished.
It appeals to the friendly sentiments which the Prince
Vicar• General has expressed for the Sicilians, and
those which the people of Sicily have in return testi-
fied towards him during bis residence %mg tims,

and concludes with a hope that he will not yield to
Counsels which, by exciting a civil war, will disho-
nour the 11/4Teapolitan Revolution.
Two hundred communes are said to have united
themselves with Palermo. The towns of Messina and
Trapani still stand out
French 5 per Cents. Friday, 74.1 r. 30c.

New York Papers, to the 16th of August, arrived
this morning.

FROM TIME NATIONAL INtELLIGENCRIL

AMERICA AND FRANCE.—The most interesting
feature to us of the late news from Europe ,is the.
excitement produced in France by the passage of an
Act imposing new tonnage duties on French vessel!.
From the friendly feeling of this country towards
France, that Act was passed reluctantly, atld wia be
cheerfully suspended, according to the provisions k
contains, authorising that course when the Govern
ment of France shall think tit to reciprocate with us
the liberty of our commercial regulations. The
Measure seems to have produced there a great sen-
sation, but what else could they have looked for?
Our Minister to that country, had been long enough
expecting them to listen to reason, and long enotk h
put off by evasive answers. The subjoined extract
of a letter from them to the Secretary of state, com-
municated to Congress at the last Session, shcwsthe
ground on which our law was pressed. France will
not disdain to be as wise as England, and by a re-
laxation of her system, avail herself of the opilortu-
nity now offered to her :

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM MR. CALLA ris TO IRK

sECRIIT ARY OF STATE, DATRD PARIS, JAN. g.M:

" I have now the honour to enclose the cf,py of
Mr. PASQUIER'S long-promised Answer on the sub.
ject of our commercial relations, which was not row
ceived till after I had closed my last dispatch to yor.
I am confirmed in the opinion that nothing ►►ill be
done here uutil we shall have done justice to ourselves
by our own measures. The Ministry is, I think, well
disposed ; but they will not act in opposition to tie
remonstrances of the shipping interest a►nd of the
Chambers of Commerce, which have been consulter'.
That of Paris is adverse to our proposal: indeed,
Mr. PAscautot informed me,*.that that of Bourdeaux
alone has given an opinion favourable to them."

Late accounts from Havannah state, that a Buenos
Ayres ship of 54 guns and 500 men, commanded by
Commodore Jewell, had appeared off that port, ith,
no doubt, hostile intentions, that the Governor bad
ordered two ships, of 24 guns each, to be fittel out,
in order to bring her in, and that a hot press bad
taken place.

Yesterday, the Duke of YORK vi,ited the Princess
AUGUSTA, at her apartments in the late Queen's
Palace.

The Duke of CLARENCE dined with the Pri..lcess
AUGUSTA yesterday.
Tie Duke of SUSSEX has left Kensington Palcce,
for Tunbridge Wells.
The Marchioness of Sum leaves the Claren,ion
Hotel, Bond-street, this day, for her seat in helm'.
The Marquis of WORCESTER is so far rece-cmi
from tie effects of his late accident, that his Lord-
ship is now able to take carriage airings..
Sunday, the Marquis of BUCKINGHAM; accompa-
nied by a select party of his distinguished friends
embarked on board of his Lordship's yacht at Black-
wall, and proceeded down the River, and round the
coast to the Isle of Wight.
Yesterday the LORD CHANCELLOR transacted bu3i-
ness at the Secretary of State's Office for the Home
Department.
Yesterday forenoon, Lord CssmErizscrt arrived at
the Foreign-office, from his seat, North Cray. His.
Lordship continued to transact business until four
o'clock, when his Lordship returned to North Cray.
Yesterday, the Earl of HARROWBY, Earl BA-
THURST, Lord SIDMOUTH, and a select party of dis-
tinguished personages dined with the Earl and Coun-
tess of LIVERPOOL, at their seat, Combe-wood.

Yesterday, Viscount and Viscountess GitAxvlLLe
entertained a select party with a dinner, at their
house in Bruton-street, Berkeley-square. This day
they intend leaving town, for their seat in Sufrolk.
Viscount and Viscountess GRANVILLR, Lord and
Lady EBRINCTON, Lady G. FANS, r. EDWARD
MONTAGUE, and a select party dined with the Earl
and Countess of HARROWEY, on Sunday, a their
house in Grosvenor-square.

A letter was received in town yesterday, by the
lion. FREDERICK l'oxsoicny, from Captain SPENCER
himself, in which he states his surprise that a rumour
of his death should have been afloat at Buenos
Ayres ; no such event as a quarrel or duel having
taken place between him and his First Lieutenant.
The Dowager Marchioness of THOMOND died at
Baylis, near Windsor, in her 70th year. Her Lady-
ship was the niece of the late celebrated Sir Josnua
REYNOLDS.

Wednesday came 2n the election of the Verderer of
his MAJESTY'S Forest of Wychwood, in the room of
the late Lord CHARLES SPENCER, when JAmEs
114AUEIHTON LANOSTON, Esq. being nominated by
' Mr. PENYSTON, and seconded by Mr. FAKE, wa4:
elected without opposition.
At the late meeting of the Carnarvonshire Agricul-
tural Society, held at Carnarvon, three premiums cf.
ten guineas each were given for the improving cf
rough land for turnips, and for improving the brezd
of horses. The Rev. GRIFFITH vwx.N received a
premium of ten guineas, for building the greatest
length of stone wall, five feet under the lock stone,
and not less than 200 roods iu length, and finished
within the last year ; premiums were also adjudged
for improving the breed of mountain rams, and to
industrious and careful cottagers.
Report states, that Sir R. PEEI' : Bart. has signified
his intention of declining any further opposition to
the return of Lord CHARLES TOWNSHEKD, ou any
future occasions as a Member tOr fhe Boronsh of
Tamworth.