Kentucky Gazette

By the Last Mail.

Baltimore, April 25.

The ship Isabella, arrived here yesterday, in a passage of 50 days from Liverpool, whence she sailed on the 6th March.

NAPLES.

LONDON, MARCH 1.

Letters from Naples, dated the 10th of February, have been received, enclosing copies of the following document, which had just been published in this city:

Letter transmitted from Laybach, by his Majesty the King, to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent.

"Dearest Son—The sentiments which animate me to promote the happiness of my people, and the motives by which I have been impelled, at an advanced age, and in a rigorous season, to undertake a long and painful journey, are well known to you. I perceived that our country was threatened with new misfortunes, and was convinced, therefore, that no consideration ought to prevent an act imposed on me as the most sacred of duties.

"After my first interview with the Sovereigns, and subsequently receiving the communications, which were made to me relative to the deliberations that had taken place on the part of the Congress assembled at Troppau, I no longer retained any doubt of the judgment formed by the allied powers of the events that have occurred at Naples, from the 1st of July to the present day.

"I found them irrevocably determined not to recognize the situation of affairs that has resulted, or that can by possibility result, from those events;—they regard our present system as incompatible, both with the tranquility of my kingdom, and the security of the neighbouring states; and resolve to attack us by force of arms, if force of persuasion does not produce an immediate cessation from that course of action.

"This is the declaration which the Sovereigns, as well as the respective Plenipotentiaries, has made to me, and from which nothing can induce them to depart.

"It is beyond my power, and I believe all human possibility, to obtain a different result. There remains, then, no uncertainty as to the alternative in which we are placed, nor of the only means which remain to save the kingdom from the scourge of war.

"Should the conditions on which the Sovereigns insist be accepted, the measures to which they will give rise will be conducted solely through my intervention. I ought to inform you, however, that the Monarchs exact certain guarantees, which they consider indispensably necessary to the security of the neighbouring states,

"In regard to the new system which is to succeed the present situation of affairs, the Sovereigns have communicated to me the general point of view under which they regard that question.

"They consider the measures that are to be adopted to give the stability to my government, which is necessarily, as a subject of the highest importance to the security and tranquility of the states bordering on my kingdom, and consequently to the whole of Europe; but without assuming the power to restrain my free choice in the selection of those measures, they desire that, surrounded by the wisest and most honorable men among my subjects, I may consult the true and permanent interests of my people, without losing sight of those involved in the maintenance of the general peace; and that there may result from my cares and my exertions a system of government calculated to guarantee forever the repose and prosperity of my kingdom, and at the same time to give security to the rest of Italy, taking into consideration all those motives for inquietude which the late events have caused them.

"It is my desire, dearest son, that you give to the present letter all the publicity it ought to have, to the end that no one may be deceived concerning the perilous situation in which we are placed. If this letter produces the effect which I feel permitted to hope, by the conscious rectitude of my paternal intentions, and my confidence both in your understanding and in the just judgment and loyalty of my people, it will be your task to maintain public order until I can convey to you, in a more explicit manner, my will concerning the re-organization of the administration. In the mean time I embrace you with all my heart.

FERDINAND.

"Laybach, Jan. 28."

NATIONAL PARLIAMENT EXTRAORDINARY.

Extract from "The Friend of the Constitution" of Feb. 19.

Presidency of M. Le Chevalier Galitz.

Sitting of February 13, 1821.

It is impossible to express the joy which the extraordinary meeting of the Parliament has excited among the people. The great street at Toledo was lined with detachments of the brave guard of safety, and of regular troops.

Salvoes of artillery announced the departure from the palace of his royal highness, our adored Prince royal, and of his august family. His appearance produced the most lively enthusiasm and cries of "long live the Prince," "the constitution forever," rung to the very skies.

On the arrival of the Prince in the hall of the National Parliament, where the galleries were crowded with respectable citizens, his Royal Highness pronounced the following discourse:

Gentlemen Representatives,—When I closed your late extraordinary Session, I announced to you that I might perhaps
Ever faithful to the principles which I have professed, ever resolute to stand constantly united with my countrymen, I took care to keep the Permanent Deputation regularly informed of whatever news we received, if of such a nature as to interest the public. I have also just commanded the Minister of Foreign Affairs to give you an exact and detailed report of his mission, both as to what regards the resolutions taken at the Congress of Laybach, of which you are already apprized, and as to what concerns our political condition, especially the relations in which we stand with different foreign powers.

I have in the same manner directed the other Ministers to afford you all the explanations you can desire, or which can convey to you the most precise knowledge of our position, as well in what relates to the war and marine departments, as to that of the public finances.

I am persuaded that wisdom and moderation will animate your discussions in a matter of this immense importance, which involves the honor and happiness of the whole people, objects no less dear to my heart than to that of every good citizen, since I have rivetted so closely my own interests to those of the nation itself.

The distinguished conduct which you have hitherto pursued in all the measures that have been adopted gives me a powerful guarantee that you will now more than ever acknowledge for your guides the national honor, respect for the throne, and for public order.

Parliament, I am sure, will be ready to grant me for their maintenance all those means which are at the disposal of the legislative power, and which may be best adapted to the exigency of those awful circumstances in which we are placed. Let us take prudent, vigorous, and considerate measures—and as for me, always faithful to my oaths, I shall congratulate myself on being in the midst of a nation which ceases not on every occasion to manifest towards me its affectionate sentiments."