Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-07-08

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IMPORTANT STATE PAPER.
Copv of letter, addressed by the King
| of Naples to his Royal Highness the
| Prince Regent.
| SIR, My BRoTHER-IfIgo aside from
| the ordinary and established forms used
between sovereisns in addressing this
letter to your royal highness, | trust yon
will only see in my determination the no.
mage which I wish to pay to the noble
ness of your character. and the interest [
attach to the establishing direct and
personal intercourse with your royal high
ness, although at the same time they may
not perhaps have al! the solemnity which
they ought to possess. I also pray, sir,
my brother, to consider, that ] find my
self with respect to England, in situa-
ton quite extraordinary, and which may
require that should seek, by acts OF
nine equally extraordinary, explanations
and assurances necessary for the regula,
ton OF my political conduct.
am, by my inclination, BY my pril-
ciples, by my most evident interests, he
friend of England and on all occasias,
even in the midst Of the most terrible var,
every Englishman, who has had occsion
to know me, has found in me fried.
My kingdom can find, in the abance
| with Great Britain, nothing but dvan-
tages the most positive, the mostmme-
date, the most completely exempt from |
| inquietude; and it is manifestedhat my
alliance with the English government can
be equally useful.
Filled with these ideas and tese sem
timents, trusted without reseye to the
faith of the British ministers, al | took
in the last war part which we not with
out influence Gil the destiniesf Europe.
| have had under my orers English
troops ; they have fought ad conquered
with NY troops. But altough the war
has now been termiuatedhany months.
and general peace is esyblished in Eu-
rope, yet no authentic sbulation places
me in state of friendsEp with England.
have no accredited mister at London
there is no English mf ster at Naples
and although alreadyRe commerce be-
tween tie two states has assumed great
ACTIVITY, and thoughhly harbors and en- ;
trepots are filed VII English vessels and
English products, , convention has re-
quilted the coursefnd the reciprocal ad-
Vantages o. these important commercial .
relations. =,
The honorable engagements contracted -
with he by the Eslish government, have .
il! my mind, alcient guarantee but =
ttley do not fvil, with respect to Ed =
rope, to the Bglish, and the Neapoli- +
tans, the dip0matic acts, which alone =
can fix irreycably the I'M erests of the q
two states, nd the lntereSs OF the two =,
crowns. q
These cnaiderations determined me to " "
send to Ilrd Lasrlereagh, be 29th De- - =,
cember ast, note, which had for its -
s9;ec. tssolicit from your lyai highness "
tie Immediate conclusion ( a formal :.
treaty i peace and aIIiancei These con- =
slderatons determined me tladdress d. IT,
rectlyto your royal highnss the satae =. ~
demand, and to propose to Gen without :,
ie!ay a negotiation at Londh, between -
the minister whom [ have &redited to !"
this effect, and him whom your royal y
high1ess shall Judge proper tappoint. u
lAnow that it has beea sal!that every
thing which concerns Sicily Id Naples, !"
vii be re-. dated at the congs IS at Wen "
TIA; but It's congress, Wild progress u
IS shackled by difficulties Ych afford
but little hope of a speed y soIion, ought t.
not to occupy Itself otherwise han in H. =
IDENTITIES which may be dup the king II
Of Sicily for the promised rel Notation of |
Naples; of my remuneration Pmlsed for I!
Sicily; and for the indemnltNhich has III
been assured me by the samaeaty. III
All these questions are loren from a IN
nv relations of friendship wit England, IN
or rather suppose these relatps and l III
DO not think that there is, b respect, al
any improperly in anaendering OF o.
its stipulations of amity AZ alliance III
with me subordinate to the detninatiops m
of the congress Of Vienna on Use secon- W
Diary objects. "
| have treaty of alliancs With Aus SO
tria. This treaty, which haf zen forth st
with drawn up and signed, hthout the III
participation of the British alster, was
modified by the minister ofour royal M
L;nb,aCc and + odoptad tho M,ncad mn ldo