The National Register. — London, England, 1814-11-27 00:00:00

754 TA X—S FAT E 01' OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS. 0.. the Cietiteellar of the Exchequer's Motion, that the House should testilv•• itself into a Committee ot Supply, 111 r. ~`iiiiOßl'•AD rose. This bring the last Committee of Supp!y tie t a.en!it be nosed previously to the .r4ng adjournment that was con templated. to tontione possNy to the beginning of Fehruary, he thotodit it his duty again to rive Ministers an opportunity of satisfying the House on moor important sohjects, connected whit which he had already sa'imitted yiestioos. The adjournment, when it should come to be moved, would he opposed, lie appre broiled, by many Members, on the ground af its period being touch too extended, considering the im portant et isis at which the cottony had arrived. It the House was not to meet !!g fm till February, mod it it was intendesl In amend the Pro vos. Tax Act. although neither he nor the country would consider the emoionation of the whole or any pirt ot that tax any amendment ; what time uhl Parliament have to judge of the fitness of such proof T hen the Ay; wmdfl die a natio al death on the sth of April But the (7otiat iss.ontas, as it they were in the confidence of tsar Chancellor of the Exchequer, had circulated ell over the country notices tor the as sessment of the tax for 1 5 115 In. II this proceeding' was not conate ortoced 14y the Minist4 rs, a notilicatiun ought to he made, in order to set •.ie of the country :at rest, for as the law now stood, it was yr feeds maancrameble. lie had already repeatedly troubled the use on the subject ot our foreign engagements, particular la those en trcd Imo u•aler the express sanction of Ministers, with Naples. Pre. evottedy ti the passing of the rote fur Sicily, to enable its King to re eved his dominions from Joachim. the reigning King of Naples, he had eroleavoured to .hew the inconeruity of such a grata. far while Eng land was subsidlzing and supportina the King of Sicily in his endayours to rca a in hi , dommiotis, t:,e Ministers of this country, 111 in name, had Boar :weed to that very King of Nap!es his title and territories. In I ire *licence ot proof and confirmation of the fact from the mouths of Ali Lister., that Enaland had so guaranteed to King Joachim his title end ki n udum, he had foriilied his representation of the existence of the transaction l y all the evidence that it had been in iris power to procure. Ute a former flight lee had adduced a copy of Lord W. Bentincles let teL d red from Bologna, to the Minister of the King of Naples, Fu tilely approving of the tretey between that country and Angola, and in suppait ot the s , me fact, he had further and much fuller evidence. Among the many remarkable circumstances that characterised the con. ferences Chat ilium, between Napoleon and the Allies, was a demand mado by the Minister of Napoleon, that diffetent parts of Italy, the Rental; States and Naples, should be left to he disposed 01 by Volta part e The answer to this demand was, that Fleece could not interfere in the of of Italy, and that Naples had been guaranteed to Joa ehim, its legnior King. What made this proceeding the inure remark able was, that the Protocal Rent to Bonaparte was signed by the Mi nisters of Austria, England. Prussia, and Russia—(lfear.)—After this, a Proclamation, dated from Leghorn, was circulated throughout the Italian States, anneuncing that the army of Ferditeatid were going to recover the Neapolitan dominions from 01e usurpation of Joachim. Lord Castlereagh then wrote to Lord W. Iletainck, directing him to communicate to the Viceroy, who issued such proclamation, the dis pleasure girl the Allies at his conduct : to make known to hint the asto nishment of the British Government ; and requiring Lord W. B. after wards to inform him (Lord C.) what measures lie had cakes to dis avow those proceedines in the name of Great Britain. The communi cation added, that England would adhere to its recognition of the Aus trian-Treaty with Naples ; and that, should Sicily persevere in its cen duct, that Power mast be left to itself, as England had already pro p std to obtain for Sicily indemnity fOr the loss of Naples, and then (teat Britain would hold itself at full liberty to emiclude a treaty Joachim.—(Hear, hear, hear I)—Such was the official lan guage directed to be used by Lord 'William Bentinek, in the name of the Prince Regeat of England.—(Hear, hear !) Thus it appeared, that when the power of Buonaparte was not likely to he very soon ex tinguished, no price was too great to buy the Great Captain of the age, Joachim ; but the moment that Buonaparte's power was gone, it was wished to extinguish Joachim, also to. prevent him from becoming an eye-sore to the ancient sovereigns of Europe. He was no longer the Great Captain, whose weight would turn the scale of fortune ; any price to buy him appeared to be too great. The case was not very dissimilar from that of General Dumonrier. In one day that General was eulogizad to the skies. as rossesting the highest virtues with th e most splendid military talents, but the moment it was found that lie was unaccompanied by his army, a counter proclamation appeared, to that Mr. Fox was led to observe. " with his power he seemed to ha ve least all his virtue and all his skill." Just so was it with Joachim ; with the power to be useful lie had lost every claim upon the faith and ho nour of England. But would the Hause grant the money of En g la n d to pay Sicily to carry on the war against Joachim to recover the kine duns of Naplee l having previously guaranteed to that _Monarch, by NOV. 27. an engegemeot as solemn and b:oding as could he the most imolai treaty, his title and his kingdoms ? Bi •ecli eegaeemetes in what a monstrous situation teas Elielaed phiced ! if the ieformation which he had Oda night detaihal to the Hotoe were novel to the Blin-fers, they aod the Comary, if ever they would dest - rve the blame of the Meuse suff-red theloseli es to be placed in a like predicament arien, ly any colleague whatever ; and those who had chosen to place them in swch a predicant( itt ought to be called to aunt], With respect to the Congress, although it asseniblt d on the 15th or Scptember, it was stilted, accoidine to the most lucent h formation, :hat nothing &Atli tire had - he en done, Put hew Prince Peptiiii's Pr el:leo:tie:1, for the tra nsfer of Saranv, could have npvulvd, it nothing hr.'n door, be was at a loss to determine. lioa ever, such was the intelligence, and if it were true, much might yet he dine Err the weild by the armeral pacification Europe ; for if nettling had been dere, neither the late of Saxony nor that of Poland credit yet have keen fixed. It h-d been said at one time that all the Pee era asseliih:ed at Coeeress s' er e afia i ns t the re-establishment of Poland as an independant Lingeostn—a violent and flagitious determiniatien. that One day would have culled forth its y etweatlea in blood—hut the iefermatien leo» thet quarter now was, that the Emperor of Russia was in epposititin to all the other Poen (iodates, and paitieuhely in opposition to Lord eastlercaeh, the Ne gociator oii the part o! Eeeland. Could this information he true ? If it view true, in what light was En;Jacil placed toy her Representative at Vienna ? Was that tine which lie had deeiiied respecting the British engagements with Joachim. Klee of Naples. If if were, then would 1w arraign the Miaisters in that lieme e Bar of their Colliery for havi••g required roomer/ her Sicily to eeable her to deprive Joachim of that Crown rind title, and of those kiagdoms which had keen gtiaruil• teed to him by England and A neria, arid their Allies.— (Haiti !) The CnaNceLeon of the EXCHEQUER must say as he bad said before, on many of the point. ilinstuative of which informat too waa required, could he, or ought ht• to comply with the request of the Hon. Member—(hear, hear!). As to what was passing at Coulees, he neither could nor would open his lips—(hear, hear!) The time world come when the whole of these matters, veoeld he regularly laid befet . e Parliament ; anti NA, huilever that period should arrive, lie had no doubt that his Majesty's Ministers would be elected with a triumphant jestification. Eveinding Naples, assuming that the Hon. Member'a derements v.. re authentic, he thought that accord itre to his own showing it laid not been proved that any tlinig lie d been done, which emild convey the smallest I ellexion r,n the honour anti character of Great 113 itaie. inifillme previoaa engagtentaits with Sicily, how had this coenliar violated ally patetic arrange ment witit Naples ? England It id tiot joined Sicily in any hostile proceedings against King Jeachitn. On the other points, the adjournment during the recess, and the Pra.perty Tax, he had to observe, that the peblie lousiness would not receive the least check fi ont the adjottanneot which I.e should propose, and that after the recess there would be saff.cient iirne to con sider the matters that would be then presented to the consideration of the House. :Among the important sni.jects which weadd be sob. mitted to the Ilouse after the recess, one most certainly would be, the propriety of continuing the Property Tax (Hear ) As to the notices circulated by the Commissimiers, the Act would remove all ground of alarm or suspicion tla they were acting in concert SA int the Ministers, for the Act directed the assessments to be made every two years, which form includes 181 ; a00, Mr. PoNsoNnv 0 ought the reasoning of the ItiOtt Hencurable Gentleman respecting Naples, Was as <Attain dimity as it was un sa.tisfactory ; for where was the cot tectiles of the argnmeet in con tending; that Eoeland was not count( flaming any hostility towards Joachim, King of Nap!es, whose title to that kingdom we had recognised when we we: e at the saute time paving a subsidy to SICIiV, who was actually at war with Jearhim for the throne of Naples, guaranteed to him by England as well as by the great Con tinental Powers. After some flatlier remarks front Mr. Ti. Bathurst, Mr. Lambton, Mr. Hammersley, Mr. Horner. Mr. W. Pole, and Sir. J. Newport, the question was carried, and the House resolved itself into the Commit tee accordingly. The following resolutions were agreed to in the Committer : For the snfThrine Laity and Clergy of France, &c. - L,1a,010 Grant out of the Civil List 1.1 000 Tl» . eplave the Grant out of the Revereca - 6b 357 For grant out of the Exeliequel to the Civil I i't for stores 4,543 To the American Loyalists - . . - _ 15,w0 - Report on Monday. . ~ The Hae'.:nev Coach Art, AA...Ling thg ticket system, was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morro. , . —.V.I. jut:rued. THE NATIONAL REGISTER . .