The Sun. — London, England, 1815-04-28 00:00:00

a distla ct 4111' e rtior c :o ' 6 l. wiy, 0 , roni tile Ca of m ber A it— :o pt c e l d li ct a°l to( the sohjec I vecti;gl t Con e a se iec r i , o ld t JO t fio °(' of e no , ' ' c ° til to one- .d. 611 e " 4 )lity 0 . 40 ti6 1 weat . 1 4 it %%. :,. t y ,)loP l i r ,„y t ce• . CC e'S MQr' doe': g yp;, s " a lter' „ ,; 0 0 of t he 'O f •, e 1 tra ° S Ce "- nti ,ord' hi Y s hl toe the b eir lt ur the t Cu 013 atio' 'der 010 0 4 4 9 , lasi foU 21P ~trf Ole n its c a i 4 . 6, r , IS sit roues) be s fib) elate - , of Genoa before the: war ? The Nobl e Lord Had t ake(' of disentatigling the consideration of enoa from that of Italy, but the latter coolpre rl'ended the former. Ile admitted the exception of "I'hartly, because that was an Austrian State be fore the tea r ; and his very.adinission tipon this , Principle imported a contest that Genoa. shot'!" bow become a Republic He next adverted to the proclamation Of the 27th April (this very day. as Year), for the proviiional government, and asked whether .it was possible to contend that that Plnal government was to exist till the pi6'lstire of the Congress should be known ? Fre then entered upon the subject Of Lord W. Be"- it.iaeks. force ; he-had thade enquiries of high aui narY authorities, and learned that the enterprise ‘l.4s considered as frantic foanded on a certain- knowledge of the amicable unless it was entirely dispoition of people. Lord IV. Bentinck's P'ef° 4C consisted of 8000 men, 3000 Onlycif Whon . t 1-111 "glish, the rest beitig composer) of Sici ,.l.a'', Italians, .Germans, and Geeeks, inexpe 'l"ced troops who had never seen the face of an t,,tierhY; and there was a body of six thousand "eftet'alt rench troops in the city and environs to- ;Iv t. ,__' l ° l ; and vet they were compelled I .' t l . -own their arms. It was calculated that -611.°41d have taken 25,000 men to conquer 1 f el-4 ' and on this datum he entered into a cairn_ f iilethe of the ritio„,-joeal valne of the friendship o Genoese. Lord Wellesley's instruction s to le e°ltitkanders of the British army.in Italy not t o ~.. were wait for - toeeipitate insurrections, but to the favourable moment of throwing off the French frel:te. -Resides the Genoese garrison of 6000 men, -te 'e -was at Alexandria an . army of 50.0 r 60,000 eb. within' a march of the Genoese territory. e 4nels; that great bodies of the Genoese pea 3aritry t ro se, and that Lord IV. B. received iinpor -4.1t communications front agents in Genoa, as cs!".l4l4 him of this friendly disposition' of the "°e se ; and on the very morning of the in esti/lent, there was a revolt among the People, il4llo destroyed' the statu e ot Buonapa rt e tinder the „ e t, l)r g'llls of the French. And so much for the 4,oewarintiess of the tieltOese! Ile appealed to file liouse whether this ' was not an impor ;t•ht °Cditary co•operation,•- and whether sue could have been obtained without t..-- 6 1 !' neXt question' waS, whether be was sot eletitly aroborised to issue these proclamations ; tell to prove that he was, he referred to Lord nurse'diesieyS order s of 1811, recommending asst lee t° the people of Italy it, all their insurrec -4/- against the 'Prench ; and under these in_ etinos Lord W. B, was sufficiently authorised ()t Prociaina the itidependence of Genoa ; for that . lol t j .e was in the same situatioo its the Spring of 44_ t•icitaiosnisov,t,ehree Autumn Of-1811, when those in- gii,en. There were also Lord Ba— Tilliiiist's instructions of December 1813, authoriz t.l!'.,the eon Sent to the annexation of Genoa to th e' if with the Unanimotts co 12 of 12 . i n of the former. IVas not this a di- Ity.ction to take the opinio n .1) f the people ? These ,Ile,tse direct instructions : but there were other F'tltrect ones, which su ffi ciently justified Lord W. .leie;•istLeitgl uarsiathe irtehfouusatlato recognise the Repub attilinient of 'her the Decla ancient 11 1 1 ) s i e ti d t if i e ti( f :s, the- re-esta -IV -111 of Frankfort, and the Treaty of Chaumont. }s,,igici (I I t have been hecomingin Lord ll'. B. to lie i t , this fledge of faith was made with a pronti, . ' l toe mouth, and as a fraud on all people —a , st comm.. •,:, from an assembly (woold to God lit • - " ' I l ',s)? !) as unparalleled in their honour as I:tilthen splendour ; and was there any object ich Lord W• B. could think equivalent to ,a et'trnioatioit not to throw a doubt and suspicion 1 , q t , 11 all the Powers of Europe, and all tht ,faith of t.Te thristitin world ? As to Lord W. B's nega lve ()Niels, he lia:I searched, but found that no in stt, .. .Alt) ettoo had been giyeu publicly to disavow the tiOne h e then comp-wilted upon the letters of o e ar eit 30, April 3, and .May ; and said, that tpe tlti(ilaration its these coutl of these Caine too Jate, the t hat if Great Britain wished to escape from 04.iPreVions-act of her agent, it was incumbent it, i , e i r to have taken the earliest moment Of mak -1,(7e that intention as ptiblic as the agent's act had tlo.4tbatle. The Noble Lord said, that we had 4ti'll.e,inotbing since to deceive Genoa ; but it was that h is to have undeceived. But it appeared qtio'.'s Lordship did use at, argument to deceive the c i a o rt Mr. Pareto, when he said to him, that " of Genoa might be allowed, like to ti . thjet?, Towns, to retain her indepeudency, pro titorl, she would consent to given , tip her ter- It ~31) ;that is, to 'be doomed to beggary-- olea.' 'the:B'4 t his Way that the Noble Lord con titait t,l this under the loss of their an -4,41 fe ti ti e"ti ''oPte)ttttilieenizi icyl:)ht.epti,:te,',;si'll,:tell he a:vl.ll?..)llsteo6bt, ,eteh.ne. Ps luto l'oliy .thent and s of the King of Sardinia.-1 ills 110(1 o f have had some meanin g at the pe- Ittri tut! Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, but consi ., o t tile c.. 1,d40,,i, _ G o a tact er and resources of the present. Iltiate,l,4" ernment, it was note rather aim , ; b4itTi,i,s'e MicY, therefore, was at least doubt iileti, i ”' Would contend, test nothiog short of '''i(ii)t"thi)e,..cessity cool(' jostify an act whi6ll l'•:l4tie„'"%i.aitls and honour of this country '''llt . ' kt att . 1 or e empted to be jus.i t • fieti on the into v iti h,ett c°llottest, was it for thiS that all Europe 4.441itt0n ailed to arms ? Was it for this that the f' ; ', l 114,1 t'745 formed which interested the hearts 1,,,;..1'11t0ti..."?.. Prayers and good wishes of every . t, which Viherties of the world? Thereat means .'llel ' fire e6nill'onvy . Ith of Europe was main itt 1 In tie .t ' e 4 • - 01 , ' prier it n:llatice 'which so happily ex it or 4, , I t ; lio ls , vi . the pailition of Poland, was by the 4 I t 3 ;in IICII Cal People, however small, had 44(1fronsetTlt l aws, its babita, its institutions, I,ba gel) It recollections which were transmitted ti,)4.ers ,::r.iti°ll to generation. The greater t:t,ttltell:i I t e the guardians of this system) anti qh. 14,tte. ();ll:ers were the indications of ..its per -11,1)Ii fire lite Noble Lord and his colleagues 4 '141 ) ' - Pilla'rh Oil which the throne of the ~ . o rts rel 1.54 , 14 t hem k by compelling the Ft ench "to tb.iti at, 414: authority of no weight its the af v,,,„,4 ic''',!.°Pe, mild to contrast the Buill'h°rls tli;'.t'ti thl,,(-;' ` `' ll. n.. - it he oppressed .thein at home, hii liitcl.es.ll:ihroad. . 11 4 ,„[ e ver,, Louis XVIII.. tlitttitigtlithiitnsivoitisl te, theoe, sia ~ , , monarch to sa t eng IL , tie n i (o rni 4 1(1 vvell the power to obtain pardon 4ltieti,ll ell,utual Icing of Saxonr. Ile desired (lid ' 1110, though they die not go so far °. Yet Still tlioniolt that sonic sti.till had been inflicted on the honour of their beloved Country, to consider that we were now possibly on the eve of a new war; the . result of which . might be, that vast Masses of territory might be again to be disposed of. \Vas it, then, unfit for that House to convey to the Allies, by their vote of thil night, the sense of all considerate men'in Europe ? What body more fit for such a purpose than that HonSe; which was now itrthe 7th cen tury of its existence, and which had afforded the best practical proof that liberty •an exist• in a great empire ? It WaS an assembly that might speak with authority; and to implore them, as they valued the blessing of l i t'ovidenee on those new efforts which they might lie called upon, to make, to banish for ever the counsels of spolia tion. The Hon. Member concluded with propos-, lug a _string of resolutions, stating the nature `of the proceedings, as they appeared- to him, with regard to Genoa, and as in his View calling for the censure of the House. Mr. CHARLES GRANT said he had. heard with great pleasure those sentiments of regard for an cient institutions which had been expressed by his Hon. Friend ; and he had heard them with the more pleasure, as in their conduct Of . late, such sentiments hail not been babitual with Gentlemen on the other -side of the house— . -(1-Lear, hear, front the Opposition Bench'es).—So much at least be was led to presume, from their wish to speak favourably, and to make peace with that man who had trod under foot all ancient institutions, and destroyed, as far as lay in his power, the old land-marks of nations. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to argue that the faith Of the , country had been in no respect pledged to the restoration of Genoa, either by the instructions given to Lord W. Bentinck, or by the conduct of that Officer. He argued that even if Lord Ben tinck's proclamation promised the restimition of its ancient constitution, the people of Genoa ;lid not perform theft part of the contract byco-opera tion. When a proposition was made during Air. .Fox's administration for the surrender - of Sicily to Naples, and for the (r g- ivin an equivalent - in Albani a or D a l mat i a . e' Mr.'Fox, who- was not likely to destroy the independence of nati ons , said it was not a question of cession, hut of compen sation. It appeared in the genet id system of - Eu ropean affairs, that Fr ance - an d A ustr i a vere most likely t o be brought into contact in Italy, and thereby means had been devisetrtOr the strenthen log of the barriers of Europe against the aggres sions of France. Such was the case respecting the situation of Belgium and Piedmont, 'which are the. barriers of thd north and south. Ile then entered into a variety of arguinents in favour of the arrangements of Congress. Mr. P. GRANT observed, that there were two points to be particularly noticed—one as to the time ending in 1813, and the other its to the time since. If Lord W. B. lipid exceeded his instruc tions, why was -it not so . stated ? He contended at considerable length that Lord W. Bentinck's proceedings were - useful, - and that they were in the first instance sanctioned by the orders of Govern ment. It was promised to Genoa to restore her to her ancient republican splendour ; but she was diSappointed in all the hopes she 'entertained from Lord W. Bentinck's proclamation. The honour and character of the country were deeply concerned in the transactions respecting Genoa; Mr. WARD observed, that an Ancient had - said, that a little good sense was worth more than a great deal of declamation, and that there were no grounds laid for accusing 11Intisters. No. argu inent or fact had been adduced to support the opinions of Honourable Gentlemen on the other side. Mr. W. SMITit supported the merion, contend ing that Lord Wm. Bentinrk,.. by his proclama tion, had promised to the Genoese the - entire re establishment of their ancient form of government. Mr. WARD explained. / Mr. W. BATHL/R3T defended the conduct of Ministers. He maintained, that Lord Win. Ben thick had no right to restore the ancient constitti . tion, and that the British Government itself could not establish the independence of Genoa, without the consent of the Allies. Lord A. HAMILTON shortly supported the re-. solutions. Lord CASTLEREAGH began by observing, that after . the length and ability of the discussion, he should not have thought it necessary to trouble the House with any observations, were it not for the reflection, that it might be - considered a duty irf his situation not to suffer a 'question of this nature to be passed with a silent vote. The sub ject had been properly divided into two branches, the first of 'which respected the general policy of the arrangement entered into with regard to Ge noa ; and the second of which involved the far more important question, whether or hot a breach of faith had been committed by the British Go vernment. The Hon. end Learned Mover's argil nicht, however eloquently supported, amounted to ' this,- that Congress had no- right to interfere with, or alter the. frame and constitution .of the European Commonwealth. If such a principle bad always been acted on, it was impossible that the system -Of -European policy could have ad vanced in a course of progressive improvement, the Treaty of Westphalia could never have been carried into effect, and the very end and being of a General Congress of different States would be utterly nugatory and unnecessary. The Congress at Vienna was not assembled for the discussion of moral principles, but for great practical purposes, to carry into effect the Treaty of Parisi and esta blish effectual provision s for the general security. The Powers there assembled felt that they had to pet form high political duties—duties 'for the dis charge of which they were responsible at the tri bunal of public opiaion, have been beneficially discharged,.llad they'divest ed themselves of the right attd full discretion of protecting the true separate interests of every State, by securing, upon an adequate basis of arrange ment, the general interests (Vale whole. One exeat object was i to provide agamst the remains of that mi litary'system which had existed in France, and that military spirit that belonged to th e F rench charac ter. What claim had Genoa, then, upon any particular gratitude or consideration, which had for a long series of years been intimately con nected with, and subservient to, the views of France, at certain periods, even'ineorporated with the strengths and resources ethe French Empire, fnrinii,g a point of Weakness to the King of Sat.; and rendering Piedihont an itieffeetnal •bar ,tier between Austria and France ? When Genoa capitulated to Lord William' Bentitick, it was not from a desire 9f British alliance, but from a dread <lt British .conquest, and a knowledge that the dignity of Buffliaparte was about to be at an end.--(Liear, hear !) Could any state be thus allowed to shelter itself against all the conse quenCes of legitiniate hostility, to escape from the : iaw of concpteit, and derive f ro m the enemy against whom they,had acted the very means of their own defence and safety ? lie could "appeal to great authorties in confirmation of the princi.. pies he had laid down to the proposed arrangement of partition in 1799, sanctioned. by_Mr. Pitt and Lord GreOville, and, t ) the conduct of Mr. Pox himself ;nlBO5, with respect to Sicily. He pro posed to read to the house a paper drawn up and -written by Mr. Pitt himself in which, in the year 1805, that great statesman had expressed his ap approbation of the principle of annexing Genoa to Piedmont, and had .framed a plan of settle ment, of which the CongresS at Vienna had only been the servile copyists. Sir J. NEWPORT spoke to order,.and objected to the Noble Lord's availing himself of his official situation to read partial documents which *ere not accessible to the other side. Lord CASTLEREAGI; resumed, and observed, that there could be no objection to his stating the substance of a document, which, - if moved for, would be kid on the table. The charge brought by the Hon. and Learne'd Gentleman was a charge, in fact, ag,tinst my Lord W. Bentinck, and im plied nothing less- than that be had practised a system of deception upon the Genoese, and now resided in Genoa in the command of a British arniy, without having tendered his resignation. Ile conceived, upon the whole, that the present. question was nothing but a very lahorious effort of the Hon. Gentleman to redeem a sort.of.pledge that he' bad improvidently and indiscreetly given. Pi•ociamation of the 14th of March could not is:acd with such an intention as was attributed to it, because Lord W.'l3entinck was then acting in conjunction' with an Austrian General ; neither could the Proclamation published at Genoa hear the constrAction put upon it, inasmuch- as Lord Ilentinelc had at that time his positive instruc• (lons in -his pocket. If. Lord W. amtinck had snpposcd that the Genoese h a d been d ece i ve d, could it be 3upposed that his feelings would have permitted him still to retain the command in that same city, of Genoa, Sir .IA3 - II':S MACKINTOSH replied at very considerable length. _ 4fter some explanations betwCen Lord Binning and Sir J. Mackintosh, the latter Gentleman disclaimed having bad the idea of imjinting any improper intention to the expressions in General adrymple'l letter. The House then divided. For the Motion - of Sir J. Mackintosh Against it _ Majority -111 Adjourned at PAST TWO O'CLOCK. COMMON HALL Yesterday there was a Comthon Hall; to take into consideration certain Resolutions respecting this country being pledged to a war with France. Mr. WArrittamq came forward to move the Re solutiOns. It Was now about, 20 years since he bad firstcome forward in public ) to condemn the prin ciple of a war, which'then appeared to be-carried on for the purpose for which a new war was now threatened—to interfere in the internal affairs of a neighbouring country. Such interference he conceived to be at all times unjustifiable. It was with shame and indignation he saw the name of a British Minister signed to the infamous Declara tion whi c h th e Allie s l a tely published at Vienna. He considered the principle.of the war that teas now threatened as absolutely indefensible ; and as to the probable consepieuces of it, when he con sit*red the ehornyths expence which the last.war of 20 years had brought upon this country, he de precated the re-commenetnent of war on a simi lar principle. He considered that the charac ter of Buonaparte was no . reason for our go ing to war with him. Men were, in general, the creatures of circumstances. There was something in the nature of power, that, let it IA wherever it would, it was usually abused. Considering, how ever, the present altered circumstances of France, and its diminished power,. he thought it not impro ba.ble that the concha, of the Government would. in future be altered by,those circumstances, and that Ouse sentiments of. equity .antt moderation which taey now professed might be, adhered to. As to the idea of declaring any Sovereign, or any human being, out of the pale of the law,.that ap peared to hint to be- most shocking. He really was astonished to find some Alen of good sense and conscientious feeling sapportsoinfamoos and impiou s a principle--(Llissing prevented a further ; . bearin g .) The LORD MAYOR then came forward, and re, minded the Livery, that as they were met for the Iturp ci n of considering and discussing the subject to be proposed to them., it was their duty to hear patiently every body who addressed them , wile' 'diet..the sentiments expressed by them were quite palatable to their own feelings or not. If they would not allow persons to be heard, but won'd drown their voice in clamour, he should feel ft his duty -to put an end to•the present Meeting.— (Loud applause). Mr, IVAlTo.7.sime was then suffered to proceed. He did not think that this Country had any thing to fear from France. When France had all the -Powers of Europe allied with her, this Country was able to stand . against them all. He then dwelt for spine time ou'lthe little attention that was paid to the petitions of the people upon the atinl subject edvheexca o ut f liioc t u l e Corn isitalet:id Bill. ti().prl:.)et oppressions n ir so alsoftim time income atTa x ; on several Resolutions.. Mr.,lt'vEt.i. seconded the timsoltttions. PERUING COnlel not comprehend the Re solutions which had been proposed, and which, instead of appearing in the simple form that. Re solution •nsuidly clad, presented au in inns: of'ilbStraet reaso;tings.l s to. the purpose for v i meeting. was convened, he so far agre e d ;I h i i t e s h ot i i (i ' s cr , that be thought that this country ohght not to be pledged to war, though it might be very necessary to be in a state of preparatioo. It was not that he doubted the right we bad to go to war with 13139naphrte. tic coincided en, . . tirely in the observation of anlost profound States- - ; man and eloquent speaker (Alr: Philiett) el that if tear Was expedient ; Buonaparte had gi . vvit ficient provocation to make it justifiable." He doubted very touch whether the dements of the coalition had not been touch weakened since the last year. HUNT (of Bristol) then Caine forWar4, hnd.acidressed the Livery. .at conshtel able length in . suppott of the Resolutions. He thought that the Government of Fratiec had shown every wish to kelp peace with this country, and that, there fore, our Government ought to have met theist With a corresponding spirit. The people of France had a 'right to choose iv hat Sovereign they thought proper. Our aticestorS•had claimed the right of choosing and dethroning Kings, and in, one st:ance. dispensing with their heads. He thought that by the principles of -our revolution, it was decided that the power of , choOsing • Sovereigns remained with the people. Why•should we, then, endeavour to force upon France a Government which all the French nation detested and hared ?-! . .--(A mixed tumult of hisses and• , applanse interrupted Mr. H. for a considerable. time). If the, Government now plunged the country into war, it %you'd be a war of the most unjust oppres+ sion—(AnOther tumult of hisses and applause). Mr. Hunt continued speaking for a considerable time in the, same strain-. Mr. Thom estsN spoke at some length on the stir , e side. Mr. S. DIXON said, that all the arguments-that be had heard went on' the mistaken supposition that this Government wished to interfc:re in the internal affairs:Of France. This was what our Government never . bad done, and what, it •now most- expressly and- . solemnly disclaimed. They • might naturally hesitate to making a Treaty with a man who'had violated every Treaty he had ever made, and every oath that he had ever taken. He would ask any Man present, whetherin his private' •transactions he would give credit -to a man wbo. .had often before deceived him ? He was sure that there was not a man who had. a grain of cf)inmotx sense that would do so. Was there any body who. would give security for Buonaparte's v,ood 4ba viour future ? IVould the Gentlenvin who brought forward the present Resolutions do.so He begged that the Livery %You'd consider the con sequences of what they were now about. What an important document would they furnish to Buona parte, it they should pass the Resolutions now pro posed to them? He would doubtless have it priutsd in the French papers, and show his nation that the Liverymen of London so far sanctioned his pro ceedings as to deprecate a• war with France.— (The remainder of Mr. Dixon's speech was ren dered almost inaudible by the-continued hissings of the supporters of' the resolutions. The Lord. Mayor came forward to endeavour to procure hint a hearing, but the 'latter part of -his speech was heard very imperfectly.) . Mr. B. FLOwEa replied to Mr. DtxoN, and supported the resolutions in-a speech of great length. ; • The resolutions were then put, and Carried by a small ma • jority of 'very filthy hands. A Petition' to' the House of Commons grounded on those resolutions, was•also agreed to. Thanks were voted to the Lord Mayor, who returned his acl n uwledgments. Thanks were also voted to Mr, Waithmaa and Mr; Farad. • LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, APRIL. 27. THE SMALL PDX. Sophia Vantandillo was brought up to receive the judgment of 'the Court, upon an indictment which chai - g - ed her with exposing and publicly going in the streets of Paddington, with her in.- tant son JOhti Vantandillo, he then being in the ~tnail-Pox, and infectious to the great danger and common nuisance.of all his Majesty's subjects. The Counsel said they could be only considet.ed as eases of examples, but any infectious- diseaSe fell within the . same principle. The.affidavits were then put in and read, by which it appeared that the prisoner had bad the child innuculated for the small-pox, - add whtii under the "influence of the disease, she carried it about the court in which she dwelt at Paddington,. denying to the neigh bours thlt it was the. small-pox, but saying . the disease was a 'tooth rash. Near her house was a children's school, and eleven persons caught the disease, of 'whom eight. died—seven children and one.girl of eighteen. Mr. for the prosecution, stated, that a vindictive judgment was not required against the prisoner, but the great object of the prosecutor was that the law might be promulgated. The Court sentenced her to three months'• im. prisownent in the King's Bench.: JUDGM ENTS. THE KING V. THOMAS BURROWS. The . defendant was brought up for judgment, having been foinid guilty on two informations tried before Lord ELLENBOROUGH, the' first for forging the certificate of Captain Malcolm, and ,making a false affidavit that the: sl o p- r O om o f the frigate of which he was 'a 'purser had been broken open, 'and a quantity of slops of the value of 60/. had been stolen therefrom, with intent to defraud the 'Navy Board ; and the secOnd for forging the Captain's-certificate,' of having fur tiished to General Mina provisions for ,the supply of 1000 Spanish Guerilla forces for 30 days, on the northern coast of Spain', -with intent to de fraud the Victualling 'Board, with aNicw of diS charging himself in his account of upwards of .700/. in all. The Court sentenced him to one year's imprisonment in Newgate, audit° stand. in the pillory opposite the Admiralty for the first offence, and to be imprisoned another year for the second, I i THE KING V. TIVYNTIAId. . This defendant 'was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the King's Bench Prison, having been convicted of violating a contract for supply hug the F renc h pr i sons, in the county ot Hants, with bread, by providing au article inferior in quality, than required by the terms of his contract. THE KING V. COCK. V e as SeiltenCed to be This defendant, who was convicted at the last Assizes for Cornwall, under the 4 7th Geo. HI. s. 2. c. 66. giving signals on thencoouasset t o o t. c pe o i l s r :: concerned in smuggling. H imprisoned two moptla iGt e l l V atm at Exeter.