The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-18 00:00:00

AFFAIRS OF NAPLES,

will take...tine!pportunity of making

as inquiry el the noble lard with rearinee to isoreeW
which were laid on the table of the house early in the .
The papers I refer to were those connected with our reneni
ideation. with the court of the Two Saddler. They win of
a very meagre character, and an hon. gentleman MOM d
the noble torsi whether they contained all the ecenneeken
that had taken tame between her Majesty's_ poem.
meta and the government of the Two Ole
the questions at ins between than ; and the sable
hid replied the they did not contain the whole, bet
that the ether correspondence referred to proposition' that
hiallsrminated is no result, and therefore that It woo not no-
emery to place it on the table. Now, I And, from the
ikeJomnale, that foreigners and people out of doors ere
nese known *bon the Home of Commons, for the come-
spenders milted or cancroid by the government ap•
peers to be is their possession. And with respect to one
sedated best part of the correspondence I
.titirasearees a mesas to the noble lord. It is stated
that her Majesty's giernment men an offer to a foreign
power to moderate est, Y ale limy attempt to coublado
republican institutions la the teeth of Italy, they would
prevent it—if nix-emery, by three of arm. I wish to know
if there is any authority for Iles statement, and if it be true
that a communication of that character and in that spirit was
made to a foreign power by her Majesty'. government I
hope the noble lord will give a frank and explicit answer to
this inquiry.
Vimmuit PALMERSTON—The statement which I made
on a former oecasion was not precisely that which the right
hon. gentleman represents it to have been. What I stated
MAN that the paper. laid on the table of thalamic contained
everything that bore on the manse of policy which her Ma-
jesty's government had adopted; that there had been
name instructions given to our agents at Naples, to direct
them in the mune they were to pursue under contingencies
that had not happened; and therefore, is those mutat
had not happeed„ those instructions fell to the grounra.:l
those communications were not included. Those were not
communications to the Neapolitan government, but to our
agents at Ripka. I rather think they were on matters
totally unimportant, end which had no reference to the nat-
ion et issue. If I understand the right hon. gentleman he
wiliest° know whether the 'British government made any
suggestion to any foreign government that if there was an
attempt made to midi& republican institutions, in Italy,
this government would °ppm@ be force of arms such a move-
meat. Am I correct in understanding that?
Mr. DISRAELI—I wish to know from the noble lord
whether in the mares of the communications which took
phes la Tehran* to the make of Sicily, her Majesty's go-
memmet bed mit as elk Is a fomien power that if any
attempt were mile to establia republican institution in
anthem Italy, they wend be prepued to interfere -if ne-
cessary by force of some—atc psweent it.
Viscount PALMERSTON—NO such offer was made by
her Majesty's goverment. (Hear, hen.)
Mr. HENLEY nil the rawer gina by the noble lord
to Mr. Disraeli's menet lel ref on We Lad the impres-
sion that the eeremeekethee made te sews Bettie agents
did mann the refferei On IPIM ISt ON the
Lonepun ledrent went be gimlet thete. oppenann et earnating that
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to 11111dikk -semis vs% as to the serhit dry silweld
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contingency of republican institution' being eitabliaibed.
They merely mid, "If the Neapolitan government should
offer to do ear-and-al, you are to set so-and-so ;" but no such
offer having been made, the contingency to which
the instructions applied did not rime. It had nothing to do
with the establiihment of republican institution,. I em
quite ours that the hoe. gentleman will feel that the British
government never would think of resorting to force of arms
for the purpose of suppressing republican inititutiams In
Italy. (Flair, hear.) That is a condition of things in which
we 'Mould not think ourselves at all entitled to interfere at
the point of the bayonet. (hose, bear.)
Mr. DISRAELI—Arn I to understand lkom the noble
lord that no otimmuniration took place between b& Majesty's

gevemment and a fledge power, in which the contliimiey
of republican institutions being established in Italy was con-
templated, and the curie which her Mejcsty's government.
under that contingency, was prepared to take, was &rimed ?
Viscount PALMERSTON—That is quite a different
question. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleinan asked
me whether any offer was made by the British government
to ewoperate with any foreign power.
Mr. ])ISRAELI—'Not to co-operate. Whether an offer
was made to a foreign power?
Viscount PALMERSTON—WeII, an offer to a foreign,
power must have bean an offer to do something. The right
hon. gentleman asked if en offer Wad made to a foreign power
that we would, by force of PROS, if necessary, prevent the
establishment of republican institutions. I said that no
such offer had been made. (Hear.)
The house adjourned at twenty-five minutes before six
o'clock.