The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-10-05 00:00:00

COLON EI. BROWN.

Milan. Sept. IS.
Moat worthy eolonel,---I understood, with great
eaurrrn, that your name has been compromised in a
'object of conversation, which was supposed to have
taken place between you and me relative to my son
Joseph, at pre.rnt in London. I think it therefore a
duty to declare. as I now d •rlsre upon my honour,
that no conversation ever passed between you and me,
directly on this If the expressions contained
in a letter written by me to my 'on are s-imrwhat
strong, that must be ascribed to the affection which a
lively interest in him crested, and a conformity to the
advice I have always given him--advice tending to
manifest the necessity of adhering to the system
adopted by me, never to mix in affairs foreign to one's
own business. It grieves me exceedingly that an in-
terpretation has been given to my letter opposite to
my intentiossa---an interpretation which supplies ma-
terinlp to discussions irrelevant and ill-founded. My
displeasure in this case increases at seeing that a
similar interpretation has eaused douhts regarding
the good faith of an individual whose distinguished
and honourable character is known to me by long
experience.
I consider you, moreover, incapable of making use
of the threats which are attributed to you, as the
British llovernment is of executing them. In taking
this mode of stating to yon the sentiments with
which I are animated in the present emergency, I
experience the street satisfaction of felfilling a duty
which is incumbent upon me, and I take the oppor-
tunity of assuring you of my perfect esteem.

MO. 3.---LETTER PROM MR. ALRIIRTaNto TO COLONIIL
111:OWN.
Milan, Rept. 19.
M. COLONSI.,—Ii is with regret proportioned to the
respect which 1 bear yon that I learn that the sense'
of a letter written by M. Marietti to his son, has been 1
so ill understood as to have imputed to you the com-
munication of an intention on the part of the British
tiosernment to watch over the later, and to send him
out of England on account of his relations with Sac-
chini, a witness in the case of the Queen. 1 remember
that you said to me, one morning that 1 was present
with you on business, that yon bad received a letter
from England, stating the interference of Joseph Ma-
rietti in this affair, and that you could nut but regard
such conduct as a little unwise, and foreign to his oc-
cupation in London. I cannot at the same time for-
get that 1 regarded this communication as a simple
opinion emanating from yourself, and very far from
the expression of authority or of menace. As regards
what is said on the Alien Bill, of the provisions of
which 1 am ignorant, it is a duty I owe to your cha
racter, always frank and loyal in all ;espies, to say
that von never gave me the least reason to fear for the
personal security or the protection of the said Joseph
Marietti.

I can add that I thought it my duty to beg M. Ma-
rietti, the father, to c.-rite to his son to advise him not
to nix in an 'affair so foreign from his oernpations,
hut to restrict himself to the wise and moderate con.
duct which his always distinguished him; and if in
writing to him his father has made use of strong ex•
pressions, they onght in no wise to be ascribed to
you. Colonel Brown, but solely to the confidence and
paternal affection which dictated them.
For No. 4, which is a key to the whole correspond.
ence, see The Stetevean of yesterday.
The following is an extractor a letter, dated Naples,
Sept. 12 :—" The principal purport of our present is
to consul:inmate the intelligence, which rumour states
to have been this day received from Sicily, that. after
a sanguinary battle fought between the Royalists and
the Palernaltarts, the latter were csnipletely defeated,
with the tassel their force, and that Colonel Casts, at
the head et the army, entered Palermo on the 9th.—
This intelligence is said to have been received by tele-.
gr.apk and is generally uedited here: the battle took
place shoes alms miles from Palermo." Similar se-
I counts ate tilted In other letter:, sad the next ar-
ri‘ais fees t t gn,rtet ate expectml with the utmost
anxiety.