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PIEDMONT. 
every artifice to fupprefs the intelligence ; and the Sub- 
alpine Centinel, the official journal of the Piedmontefe 
revolution, announced in terms of the deepeft defpair the 
entry of the Andrians into Capua and Naples on the 24-th 
of March. Meanwhile, the leaders of the infurreftion 
concentrated towards Aleflandria all the troops on which 
they could rely, and took a pofition with ftrong detach¬ 
ments on the Tefino ; while, on the oppofite fide of that 
river, the Auftrians received daily reinforcements. 
In this menacing attitude of the two parties, thejunta 
were fummoned, in a difpatch from prince Carignano, to 
refign the executive power to count de Latour, the go- 
vernor-generaPnamed by the king; and, on compliance, 
a general amnefty, and a charter like that of France, 
were promifed; but this meafure was difavowed by 
Charles Felix, who uniformly dilclaimed any terms with 
the infurgents. The minds of all were now agitated 
with uncertainty, and their eyes directed to the hoftile 
preparations in the two camps of Aleflandria and No¬ 
va rro. 
About this time the capital afiumed a new afpe< 5 t, and 
fymptomsof decided oppofition to the revolutionary au¬ 
thorities began to appear among the inhabitants. Yet they 
proceeded againftNovarro,and,having fummoned the place 
without receiving an anfwer, commenced a fire. Thefe 
operations determined the loyalifts to aft offenfively, and 
to effect a junction of the two armies of Auftria and 
of Piedmont. The advanced guard of the Auftrians ac¬ 
cordingly arrived near Novarro, at two in the morning of 
the 8th of April. A part of the royalifts troops defended 
the ramparts, the reft took a pofition on the right, and 
the Auftrians were ported on the left. The very light of 
the imperial troops was the fignal of retreat to the revo- 
lutionifts ; and in a few minutes they abandoned the 
field, without halting till they had arrived behind Agona, 
where they were with fome difficulty rallied. Purfued 
and attacked in front by the troops under Latour, and 
on the left wing by Bretchneider, their line fell intodif- 
order, and they were followed by the advanced guard of 
the Auftrians and Piedmontefe to Vercello. They loft 
two pieces of cannon, and 100 prifoners, among whom 
was colonel Morzani, one of the principal authors of the 
infurredlion : but the famous battalion of Minerva fled 
with fuch celerity, that it did not iofe a (ingle prifoner. 
The body of the army retreated towards Aleflandria, to 
protett themfelves under the fire of thegarrifon ; others 
went towards Turin ; and the reft threw down their arms 
and difperfed. The news of this defeat, and of the junc¬ 
tion' of the royalift and imperial armies, which arrived 
about the fame time, diffufed a general panic among the 
junta ; and the refult was, the giving up of the keys of 
the fortrefs to general Latour, who made his entry into 
Turin at the head of 6000 of the king’s troops. The 
public attention was now directed to the tranfaflions of 
Aleflandria ; where, at the firft fummons of the advanced 
guard of the Auftrians, the garrifon, confiding of 1000 
men, fitrrendered prifoners of war, and the city was en¬ 
tered by the Auffrian general in the name of the king of 
Sardinia. 
Thus ended the drama of the Piedmontefe revolution. 
And now the Holy Alliance of fovereigns, being in con- 
grefs at Laybach, thought fit to publifti, previous to their 
feparation, the following Declaration,dated May 12,1821. 
“Europe is acquainted with the motives of the refo- 
lution taken by the allied fovereigns to fupprefs confpira- 
cies, and to terminate diforders, which menaced the ex- 
iftence of that general peace, the.eflablifhment of which 
had coft fo many efforts and fo many facrifices. At th^ 
very moment when their generous objects were accom¬ 
plished in the kingdom of Naples, a rebellion of a (till 
more odious chara< 5 ler, if poflible, burft forth in Pied¬ 
mont. Neither the ties which had, for fo many genera¬ 
tions, united the reigning honfe of Savoy with the people, 
nor the benefits of an enlightened government, adrni- 
niftered by a wife prince, and under paternal laws,, nor 
the fad profpe£t of calamities to which the country was 
expofed, could reftrain the difaffeSled from their defigns. 
The plan of a general fubverfion was prepared. In this 
combination againft the repofe of nations, the confpira- 
tors of Piedmont had their part affigned them. They 
were eager to perform it. The throne and the ftate were 
betrayed ; oaths were violated ; military honour tar- 
niflied ; and the contempt of every duty foon produced 
the fcourge of every diforder. Every-where the pefti- 
lence exhibited the fame chara&er ; every-where one uni¬ 
form fpirit direcled thefe fatal revolutions. Not being 
able to affign plaufible motives in their juftification, nor 
to obtain national fupport to maintain them, it was in 
falfe doflrines that thefe contrivers of anarchy fought an 
apology: they founded, upon criminal afi'oeiations, a ftill 
more criminal hope. In their eyes, the falutary fupre- 
niacy of the laws was a yoke which mu ft be deftroyed. 
They renounced thofe fentiments which are infpired by 
a true love of one’s country; and, fubftituting for known 
duties arbitrary and undefined pretences for a univerfal 
change in the conflituent principles of fociety, they pre¬ 
pared endiefs difafters for the world. 
“ The allied fovereigns faw the dangers of this confpi- 
racy in all their full extent; but they had alfo difeovered 
the real weaknefs of the confpirators, in fpite of their 
veil of declamation and deceit. Experience has verified 
their anticipations. The refiftance which legitimate au¬ 
thority has encountered lias been ufelefs, and crime has 
difappeared at the fight of the (word of juftice. It is not 
to accidental caufes, it is not even to the conduft of 
men who behaved fo ill in the hour of battle, that this 
eafy fuccefs fnould be attributed. It has refulted from a 
more confolatory principle, from one more worthy of at¬ 
tention. Providence ftruck with terror the confciences 
of men fo guilty; and the cenfure of the public, vvhofe 
fate was comprotnifed by thefe artificers of mifehief, caufed 
the arms to fall from their hands. 
“ Solely employed to contend with and to put down re¬ 
bellion, the allied forces, far from purfuing any exclu- 
five interefts, have arrived to the aid of the people who 
were fubjugated ; and the people themfelves have regarded 
the employment of thofe troops as a fupport in favour of 
their liberty, not as an aggreftion upon their indepen¬ 
dence. From that moment the war ceafed ; from that 
moment the ftates which revolution had aflailed became 
the friendly ftates of thofe powers which never wifhed 
any thing but their tranquillity and their profperity. 
“ In the midft of thefe grave occurrences, and in a 
fituation thus delicate, the allied fovereigns, in concert 
with the king of the Two Sicilies, and the king of Sar¬ 
dinia, have judged it indifpenfable to adopt temporary 
meafures of precaution, indicated by prudence, and called 
for by the general good. The allied troops, whofe pre¬ 
fence was necefl'ary for the reftoration of order, have been 
placed in fuitable pofitions, folely for the purpofe of pro¬ 
tecting the free exercife of legitimate authority, and to 
affift it in preparing, under this aegis, thofe benefits 
which may efface every veftige of fuel) portentous mis¬ 
fortune. The juftice and difintereftednefs which have 
prevailed in the deliberations of the allied monarchs, will 
always continue to regulate their policy. In future, as 
during the part, they will ever preferibe to themfelves 
the prefervation of the independence and of the rights 
of each ftate, fuch as they are recognifed and defined by 
exifting treaties. The iflue, even of fuch an alarming 
crifls, will, under the aufpices of Providence, become the 
confolidarion of that peace which the enemies of the peo¬ 
ple attempted to deftroy, and the liability of an order of 
things which will iecure to nations their repofe and 
profperity. 
“ Filled with thefe fentiments, the allied fovereigns, in 
terminating the conferences at Laybach, have wifhed to 
announce to the world the principles by which they have 
been animated." They are determined never to abandon 
them j and all the friends of order will conftantly fee and' 
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