Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-05-23

Your very aff~ectlonate Iather.
FERDINAND.
Florence, March l9.
London, AprH4.
The English Catholic Board, at a re-
cent meeting, expressed their grateful
thanks to the members of the House of
Commons for passing the bill to relieve
them from the disabilities under which
they lie; and to MIR. Plumhett, in parti-
cular for his great exertions on the oc-
casion.
At a general meeting of the Roman
Catholic Prelates of the province of Le-
mister, and the clergy of the Archdioces
of Dublin, held on the Goth ult. the fol-
lowing among other resolutions, were u
unanimously passed.
The Most Reverend Doctor Troy in the
chair.
RESOLVED, That we have read with un-
mingled satisfaction a bill now in progress
through Parliament purporting to provide
for the removal of the disqualifcations
under which his Majesty's Roman Catho-
THO subjects o labor, and that we deem
it a duty to declare, that the oath of SUI
premacy, as therein modified, may be ia
ken by any Roman Catholic, without vi
olating in the slightest degree, the prin-
ciples of his religion.
Resolued, That our hearts are filled
with the most lively gratitude towards
the right hon. VIM. Conyngham Plunkett,
and those other distinguished statesmen,
who have lent the aid of their great ia
Tents towards obtaining the important
boon therein contemplated for the Roman
Catholic body.
The following is a quotation from a
private letter dated from Paris on Mon
day last, and containing some political
information of interest,"
Paris, Apru2
The interest taken in the affairs of Ma
Piles has of course much diminished with
in the last few days, in consequence of
the news from the southwark. Never
theless dispatches are brought daily to
the government here, and the last is said
to bring intelligence of the actual occu-
patton of Naples by the Austrians. Pri-
vate advices from Milan also add to the
same conclusion, though the accounts
differ as to the day when the allied forces
actually took possession of the city
There is, l apprehend, little doubt as to
the fact itself. If we may believe the re-
ports in circulation here, but which per-
haps originate in the information derived
from Austrian authorities, the troops ofthe
emperor have been received with much
enthusiasm, the people being rejoiced at
their deliverance from intestine war, and
from the tyranny of the temporary 60
vernment, which was most arbitrary in
its measure to raise forces to be sent to
the frontiers.
Gen. d'Ambrosio, who signed the con-
vention on the Goth inst. has, it is said, al
ways been a reluctant partizan of the new
state of things. 1t is expected that the
King will return to Naples almost imme- |
diateIy, and the probability is that he will
be we'll received.
By other letters from Paris of the same
date we learn, that dispatches were re-
ceived there by the Neapolitan Ambassa-
dor, with intelligence that Gen. Pope, af-
ter his defeat by the Austrians, embark
ed on the 2lst ofMarch, in a vessel which
had been prepared beforehand for his fight
and has taken with with him 200 1000 du-
cats in money, which had been raised for
the use of the state.
The advices from Piedmont, which have
reached London this morning, are in ge-
neral very satisfactory, as far as relates
to the prospects of continued tranquility
although the writer does not venture to
enter into particulars.
Ertract eta letter from Ldybach, Goth
March.
A Russian courier has arrived here who
brings the agreeable news that the people
and troops of Naples have declared for
the King, and that the Parliament, con
fiding in the generosity of the King had
surrendered their power into the hands of
tie Duke of Calabria, and dissolved them.
selves.
The Congress at Laybach is said to |
have deliberated on many questions of |
great extent and difficulty. The German
Confederation, and the state of public O. |
pinion and religion, were amongst the
most prominent topics. The discussions
terminated in the formation Of a closer
union than before existed, friendly as the
three powers were to each other. Report
says, that amongst other resolutions to
which they came were these:
!. To prohibit their subjects, under
pain of the loss Of title, rank and proper
ty, from engaging, as Adventures, in en-
ternrises ca Icnlatad To distnrh Tia .a~