Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-09-26
[YOL. XVII.---NO. IA

"n>ttutu 10 the Spoi, Win several Gere-
RAJ Ofhcers, and soon restored order
The authors Of This aflray, when j.
wholly foreign 10 political feelings, have
been iall'n into custody, and will be tried
bya Council of War
LONDON July ga month or two
ago, bo0k was pu, into our hands, wlirli
no person could have pernsed viilinut
beng prepared Tor The events which have
lately taken place i'll Naples. The pres
sure OF parliamentary business ansl othrr
matters OF great domestic interest, pre-
vented Us from bestowing that attee,inn
ON II 81 the time 10 which it WAS entitled.
ne title oiii is" Mirror presented tn his
SiciiaD Majesty, Great Britain sud The
Allied vcreigns :" aud The publishers
are Brown ard II .kcr. 81. Sloane street.
Chelsea and Simpkim and Alarsliali, Sta.
tioners' court
From the Certificates inserted in this
work, II appears Iha, The author, Fancia
Romeo, gentleman of one of The most
distinguished families fpr rank aud for
tune III Calabria. was a captain in Gala
brian corp in the British service, and
was employed in the secret and con
t1deniial department Of the British army
IN Sicily IN the years 1911 and 1912.
where he rendered the most essential SER
vices 10 our interests in that island
ant General Sir Jas Campbell, Lieut.
General Sir Frederick Maitland and Lord
William BPniinck, who peak of Captain
Romeo in the highest terms
The object otthis work is 10 point OCT
10 his Slclian Majesty lie infamous chat.
acicr of most Of The Ministers hy whom
he uas surrounded, the wicked and foui-
ish coupsels they had given him, and 10
prove that If he did not abandon !hose
Ministers, and reirace his steps, what
had Insi taken place in Spain must lie
expected 10 take place soon in Naples f"
Alter the marrlagr of Napoleon wiih
The Arch Duchess of Austria, niece 10 the
late Queen at Naples, the Ceuneeliprs OF
The king OF Naples entertained hopes %
recovering that kingdom through The
French Emperor, aud Murat, on the
Other hand, began 10 be apprthensirc al
losing ms Kingdom the consequence OF
Thu vas, thai ihc CourI of Naples Was in
an understanding WITH The BRUSH aujhori-
Ties III Sicily. Murai, to deceive Bona.
| p"rte, after keeping his army for three
| whole months within yIew al the British
iorc~s ~ Sicily, busted ONLY in perform
| ing mere tarclcai mauG uvrcS, az last
landed 5000 NeapolIlca soldiers four
miles from Messina, tkc most of whom
were purpnse!y aI"wcd By the English
VICE Admiral 10 effect thrir treat.
In the interval, says Captain Romeo.
when II had become evident that the
| rnemys landing which was so auXiCusig
! anticipated, and for which such pyecau-
/ tons had been taken 10 render II suc-
! cessiul. was not forthcoming. your Males
! Tvs advisers and their WORTHY colleagues,
hose reIy men w&O nOw so grace youy throRa
! 'c'th tier presence, wishing TO remoye al
once all obstacles which they iancicli
! prevented murat from passing owe. into
Sicily, and quite impatient TO see the
Kingdom OF Naples restored as pro mised
10 your Majesty at a perfect loss how
to gel the English oui of your dnIainiois.
concerned and projected tie horriGie pdn IF
! 'aGsSacrciHg lie Choie Of MGm, ate asSas-
Sinafi"g their principal ieaders, md ihcn
OF admitting iuto The island the Frencii
troops in t!Ieir stead"
! II $ ems M Romeo vas person WHO
/ succeeded under The dileciiou Of The
British Generals. im maki,g himself ma
/ ter 0t the correspondence carried on
hctween Napoleon and i,s conf tcnrs in
SICILY, and having asCcsleired that the
J conspIFatorS had asked tbr.uoa 10
French general Mauhrs, in CaIabria, aud
expected from Napoleon a General az.
hcer tn he sent To them, to determine
finally with them upon The inng pre-
| IN dilaled scheme of destroying HE Brit.
ISL army, he found means TO get intro.
duced into their coEncils NJ Rocictnrille
Lieutenant i'll tie Anglo Maltese negi-
m NJ, as the expected French officer, WHO
obtained an exact list Of the chief con
splraiors. The conspiratots, tried lv y
| Court Martial, composed pafIIy of Siciiiau
and partly of British officers, and iuIIv
| convicted of the crimes laid TO lbcir
charge, declared the Queen of Naples tn
be al The head OF the conspiracy Lord
VIM. Is utluck contenied himself xiii,
convincing The King OF the D riidv Of Lis
'ouusellors, Tie intamy Of his favourites
aud tie folly of the measures into Which,
they had drawn him. The Queen was
| Obliged 10 qui, the island some Of fbe
advisers "a ere banished the kingdom Others
| dismissed from their employ menis. and
| all ihe ministers removed from Couri
the Government Oi the Kingdom was
made over 60 the eldest son, and ljbcral
constitution was granted to Sicily.
Scarcely, however, was the King replsc4
ed or The Throne nf Naples IN 1916, u6en
the ministers and Councillors, tohoSe inigififa
and pcyfdY had been so clearly defccfed IN ne
| gear 1911. and whose blood was moi she'd
on scalfold, from the humanity aIoue
of tie British Minister, were Z" recalled
| trOm their chains, dungeons, and eNiIes
| to I'll dnew the first situations IN tie kingdom, .
Those Worthless men on rcgNuino The
supreme authority, granted an amnesty
TO The ringlcader of the bandiifI bestow-
ed the chief ionoUrs of The state on ,he
most notorious rev0i,'iionisi opprcsspd
aud prosecuted all those who had shown
themselves friendly 10 the British arms
! IN Sicily, ordering some 20 be arrested
! banishing others, without allowing Them
| the Feast opportunity To tindica!e their
! iuuOrpucp frpuffnu ofitcrs a., ...........t :.