The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-11-09
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~ Ally. PALERMO, July 10.
Proclamation by the King of The tryo ST.
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Proclamation by the King of The rxyo ST.
ciiieS.
Ferdinand Nv. by the grace of Cod Kina
OF the two Sicilies. jerusalem, SC. Infant
OF Spain, Duke Of Parma, Piacenza. Cas-
tbs, &c. Grand Hereditary Prince of rus
cany, to our beloved and faithful people of ST.
oily.
The ferocious enemy who threatens To
invade this happy kingdom, and to bring a
mongst us dcsoi alton, shame, and death. ia
carrying on his preparations. His pride
supports him, notwithstanding the want of
confidence of the unfortunate victims of his
despotism, whom he in,ends to employ ON
this rash expedition. In vain does he try.
with unequailed impudencies. to pervert
and misrepresent facts for the purpose of
animating his soldiers and sailors thev ALI
know the losses he has sustained ; thew all
know that to flight alone they are indebted
tor their lives; and they all see that the bat
teries on the Calabran coast are heir only
ASYLUM and protection e - -
Slcilians experience clearly shews Won
what an unlimited confidence you should re
pose in the heroic valor OF our roya navy
and that of our august ally, the King of G.:
b. 20 this moment they have baffi d the
enemy.s attempts and with uninpaired
zeal and courage, thsy will CONTINUE e, avert
80 Sas- oua StAoi 60 evils With which
you are threatened. But what brilliant re
suits have youno right to expecf of che
rIshing in your own breasts the enthusiastic
love OF loyalty with which you are nobly an ,
mated and join your assistance exerrions
and means tn the forces which we and on,,
gallant ally oppose to the enemy. Then
VIII victory be Certain, and your trauauili
ty ensured. The preservation of our holv
religion, and of all the objects of vour re-
CARDS. and the sentiments of love and attach
ment which you have always disnlgped TO
wards our person, call Tor all your exerti
ons.
Hold, then. yourselves in readiness to,ioin.
AZ the voice OF your Sovereign and Father.
our troops and those OF our faithful ally, the
kIng OF q. Britain, for the purpose of resist
ing the threatened invasion, and thereby So
curing his throne and its independence. and
let your alacrity in obsying this call, affosd
the enemy an additional proof that, making
common cause with our allies, the English
you follow our example, & comply with our
VIII and that, therefore, he will find in all
the inhabitants of this island a general and
unanimous determination to shed to the la
drop OF their blood, and to die with arms in
their hands, rather than submit TO his alb
horred yoke. SIcilians remember yoor
former glory. and you shall be invincibie.
loiSueuJ
FERDINAND THOMAS DL SoExA,
July 81 His Majesty the king of the two
SiciheS, having been informed by his excel
lency Lieutenant General Donaro of the
zeal and activity with which his FxceI /,
lency Lieutenant General Sir J. Stuart II 40
provided for the security of the CITY of Mes
sina, and the defence Of this Country against
me common enemy, has charged Lieutenant
General Denaro. not only to express to Lieu
tenant General Stuart his Majesty's unquaI
med appreciation OF all the measures adop
ted for that purpose but also to make I,
known to the public at largl.
The prizes lately taken of Citraro bv an
English gun brig have already arrived: the
two ghn.brigs are of an excellent constrnc
ton one has an 10 FOUNDER mounted and
the other sc FOUNDER. A boat armed with
a brass FOUNDER, and manned with 19 rsen
deserted last Thursday morning from the
enemy, and joined the British squadron,
4" MEssIEA, July 81.
The Frenchreturned again last night with
all their boats to Pezzo Point, and embark
&c their troops, which had the usual effect
OF keeping all our troops under arms. We
unfortunately split one Of the mortars YES
terday, and damagedtwo others. TO max e
up Pr all this, they have made signal bv
telegraph, from the heights, for "a frigate, Q
brigs, and SO sail Of large boats, which must
|be all prizes.
We heard from CaIabrid, that SQUAD
ron Of ours had fallen in with a divisi5n of
100 OF their boats, so we suppose the rest are
destroyed.
PRIVATE LETTER.
HEL1GoLAND. Sep. I. I" Considerable
alarm prevails for the safety of the proper
W on this island according 70 all accounts
such active preparations are making by the
Dutch and Danes. that we cannot be with
OF, our suspicious, Persons arrived here