The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-21 00:00:00

HETTESBURT, and BROUGHAM are but a trio of old
women, mumbling between their toothless jaws the
cad of forty years ago.
We never witnessed a MOM pitiable exhibition
thin the appearance of Lord BROUGHAM last night,
as the advocate of the BOURBON aid HAPSBURG dy-
nasties. It was not the cause of moderate freedom or
even of moderate repression against anarchy' re-
publicanism that he pleaded. His doctrine was, that
a constitution had been grown in England by a lucky
thence, bat that not a offset of it could be Usua-
-1 planted elsewhere. And vehement were his
Wdahip's denunciations of tho Sicilians for
making such attempt, and of Lord PeLmnarrox
for believing. in its success. Lord Baououss was
es unhappy in his simile, as false and ignorant in his
asertien. For Sicily had grown a constitution, a
esestitalkst old as our own, a constitution that
flourished under Sicilian Kings. It is this constitu-
tion which Lord W. BENTINCK revived, that Lord
BROUGHAM and Lord HETTESBURY ignore, and that
the Bonaßoxs of Naples wonld crush, in order to sub-
stitute French centralise lice law, and a nominee
senate for local rights, ancient law and privilege, and
an hereditary aristocracy.
Nor is the CUB oonfined to Naples. Almost all
Europe was originally constitutional. France had
the germs of it; so had Spain •• so had every Tentage
land. It is these constitutions 'that have been train
under foot by the great military monarchies, which it
is the effort of the -liberals of Europe to restore. And
it is to the interest not only of all people, but of
monarchies and dynasties, that they should be
restored.
One of the great accusations of Lord BROUGHAM
against the liberals of the day is, their aversion to
Austria. But it is not to Austria, as a country,, as a
land, or as a population, that liberals bear aversion—
it is to Austria, represented by ahlErrearnen, led by
• WINDISCHGRATZ, or put in tutelage by
a NICHOLAS. To Austria free, even inch as
STADION tried to make it, what liberal need
bear enmity P We may deem Austria stronger, by
being deprived of the necessity of coercing Italy.
We may deem Austria's strength wasted and mu-
directed, by the endeavour to dominate and despotism
Germany. But to the Austrians, re-constituted, libe-
ralised, and consisting of something else than soldiers
and jailors, hostility there can be none.
The resolutions proposed by Lord Bisonnwas were
simply, that we should snub France and quarrel with
her, and that we should give our predilection and sop-1
port to Austria. We really cannot see the necessity
of rushing into the embrace of either. France has
been most foolish, most impolitic, and most criminal
lin sacrificing the Romans to her vanity. Austria has
been more foolish, impolitic, and criminal, in
vim up herself to Russia in preference to
making concessions to the Hungarians. English
sympathies can be with neither. Our sympathies
mum be guided by justice, not policy—by hopes for
nations, not personal interest or advocacy for dynas-
ties. Lard ABERDEEN max think it very convenient
that England should now ingratiate itself with the
aleolutiat powers, and should make one of them as in
1816. But this country will have nothing to de
with such bees motives. We will no more
Holy Alliances. We will have no chopping
sad changing, because lords are alarmed
at popular progress, or because the diplomatists of
the aristocratic clique think it mascots foss to ally
with a republic. We shall not allow hot liberals to
pees& a mama& for their doctrines, noble as they
may be. But neither will we allow an aristocracy to
set sod on a crusade in behalf of dynasty and &bo-
leti% and pretend to lead the English nation behind
them
If the ultra lords deem their cause bound up with
the triumph of Austria, let them subscribe from their
own pockets, resource', and sympathies. We promise
they shall get no aid in contributions of any of bthera
kinds from the generous and liberal English com-
menalty.