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'll-i/fine, which fie contended called for the ceprilostioe'even
of 01;e flon.dind latirued Mover of the present qtooniun.
IllotebilelisiVed with hi'ming that the Houle would feel that
the eigro:hert whirls Meniett•rs had pursued in Ilti• case, was
'Ors best Hint lout.? hire been adopted by this coontrt under
ail t!OF eirermlt•lice., and that it world therefore reject the
motion. of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman.
act d(IRERT supported the motion, amid said
iliat,lbe Noble ford had forgot the soobject of ecotourny when
Le atewied hie Hon. and Learned Friend with the wish to
lovelies the notion is a war; fin what his Hun. Friend had
road was, Thai. if kis Majesty's.: Ministers bad interfeied,
Viers would 'Lye beets Orl war egotist the liberties
. lef the Neapolitan.; but by the tacit conduct of his
11/Taiv&We Minister', he was afraid that we would be
'Nerhalier involved in a. war with the very Sormeigns
whose conduct they now gave • tame conntesialire to;
fori•itilie condor, of this Government was correct and purr,
they. would net bone introduced into their Circular that
• iskeg PoliSfril might adopt \shit measures they thought
ware towards Naolts, although this Government was
. an :hold out a different language. lie would
ask,. whaet)sei tide was nut giving support to the Huly
,Was the Noble Lord ignorant that every species
*Aloe was proveilnal at Naples before the revolution,
and, that it' d on the formation of the new Govern.
• of ? .Ths; Constitution given by this country to Sicily
he had trusted, was fur the amelioration of the people, hot
• Oriole appeared it was giveu as the hest •eapou to fight the
•
* 'faults's of Foothold with. The King of Naples gave a
:Cotiteitittiou to his lohjecte, but unforitsnately Jour it sun
isiseieis be did net do it b. foe -the Holy Alliance was
froreiettl• wan runodsred that' egent of this Govesu.
• . •
• erne wiry li' die death of Murat-
-. Laid CATLEREAGH said, that was the fort time be
• fiJiejOf it. •
Tier mu 'Member rontiuurd and said, he did not state it
•is a' Biel, but as a rumour. lie understood 11141 toe very
on etc, of the Carbonari gave some persons a alliveritig fit ;
hex.weie male.l to he foo,noo, and he howil they would iu-
Nokoe to len throes that number. He would ask, obi, weoe
.Ithe Sovereigns th..t were cuing to vassalate Naples NOS-
_ pia, was 'one, the govo•reigoof which was raised by military
lister politico ; toil nit that Occasion was lOC a Coto:rest of
Nobeleigo csllid, or did this Govornment scud bark his
Airarboidoi ? fur we reeogoiseil the Monarchy raised
. •111 i. • Military, tool supported the Monarchs It was
• pot 'Of the jossirt of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, to
• overann Sicily oedipal she assistance of France or Eng-
land; all Yd " Jerked war, that the Ntapi.l.tans oho slit
• fre-isf she culteding army, and if they did, 11,, y cep.
of tfie support of the brave sod liberal of every cowl.
' try.-(!/ens, hear.)—He would nut anticipate the result,
Let lie hosted it would end, as hauled down by Provideoce,
os die liberty had welfare of matikind.
Mr:WILIBERFORCF. said, that the state paper laid on
Ilse sable. was dividsd into two parts, mid the Gist part ail
had made the most impression uu his sniud, whorls was,
that it slated that the resolution of Ilse Cooties* of Soy...
retool' was contrary to Alia Constitution of ;los coodry,
rued was • principle that Otis Government could nut
adopt. It pas saying, if the Cuilstitution rf it,,. count, y
111l4USred it, they would agne to the justice of it : this
etas language that be could not approve of. They had
right to expect that the Puwera of ['sirup, would be
• lasted with tru..ble fur some time to come, and she ate...jests
of the Moutoths asserting their omelet right to liberty, was
t‘o be moor:led; hut if obis country Mice entered issiu mat,
toi re Ib4s nu saying when she would gel out of it He
wished to gUard agaiust what had (Oho from his Noble
Yoe. rid, sisal the Surer, ,gels, iu their iovasiou of Naples, had
5.,, aggraudistmessi ill view; but they all knew that melt
Sorereign,would take a part of the conotry after they
bad subdued it. lie was of upiniou that liberty or religion
rntiW awl flourish if a whole nation was allowed to be so
subdued. If any person .4,h-ramified a differeut opinion, he
be permitted to dissent from it He contended it was
she cloy of the Goverument, instead of encouraging wars,
its look to the 'eduction lathe topcoats of the State.
. Lod CASTLEREAgH explained.
. file. S. WORTLEY said, be signed
.if the doeemcal
loded to by the Hon. and Learned Member, was of the 04-
tare Ise rf presented, that not only the Monarchs subscribing
to it were nor safe in their seals or government, but that
the British Constitution was old wore, lie would admit
tlr-re might be a case whose Austria might tool feel herself
secure from a sudden change in the goverhment of Italy, but
when a self e.ealed Congress of Sovereigns based a mandate
for the •ppeasance of a Sovereign before them, who had
complied with the wishes of his people, by giving them a
Conatilution•whith strengthened his seat on the throne, to
ouswer for lola conduct, it deserved every kind of repoubar.
two that language could be hound to give to
Colonel DAVIES supported the 1111.14410, and defended
the conduct of the Carboiari.
Mr. TIERNEY said, that it appeared lo him that the
:Noble Lord opposite lead either mil too muds or too little,
but by the document being laid on the table it was impus.
sibk thatabere should out be • division. He took the paper
so be.. t most important one 'hat had been mov.d for.
Vrtimothe speech of the Noble Lord they were to believe •
that liserposseasiou of Naples by the army of Austria world
wol he attended will any ill coosccpienees, but in his
sreppositiose be had forgotten justice; then what did the
whelk &gement of the Noble Lord amount to? Thal he bad
said to the Sovereigns " I, as the English Minister, eau do
soothing, lot cause there is a cheek which prevents me • but
yoei hale nob dal (beck to 'lrmo!, proceed." He could not
help expressing 001 lie was pleased with the 'trill-
Melds which bad failed from two Honourable Mem-
Iserti on the subjt.ri, who were not is the Imhof of voting
with torn, blot whose seutieneola perfectly accorded with his
must be- la the rosollertioo of every perwm, after
the Treaty of Vienna, that two Soveriegns told the other
Powers the, must meet in Commie .on iniporiarit business,
yahoo' intro using them of the nature of the bolos,. The
representatives of England and Fraser did attend without
hooesag for why. What was the cans, 'pence? Frasier aid
-East/pie stood iu ibe Gallery, and when a division of the
tirivertivis took place, they rehired at the worth', r Sirange.s
must withdraw."—(LendkotgAferd--Me were placid in . a
moot eUrloiri. wt.ition : three of our Allies declare they will
Xo to. war, sod we •have made oo remonstrance seminal

LON DON,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1821.

The Marquis of UNWORN last night brought forward
his promismd motion fur the reappointment of the Corn-
suttee which sat last Session to inquire into the must effec-
tual means of promoting the foreign trade of the empire.
The mourn was nut opposed, but it afforded to Lord LIVER-
POOL an °importunity of repeating his Comer extraordinary
asse.tion, that the ;ricotta distresses of the country are to be
attributed, nut as some persons foolishly imagine, to an over.
bearing public debt, which broods like an immenbus over the
energies of the country; our to an execs& of taxation, which
absorbs the capital that ought to be 'beveled to the employ.
as emit of industry; our even to the favuonite Holism of
a transition from • state of war to a stale of peace,
which, perhaps, time Ministers think might cow be laid
aside, as no longer plausible, in the sixth year of peace,
but all our distresses are t• be ascribed, solely and exclu-
sively, to excess of prorleclion ! Prodigious! as Demi:sic
Sampson would say. What sow bm comes of the theory
of those who speak of the oecessai y enlargement of
the human species, until population shall exceed the
means of support, and mark the line olorre netionsl
miseiy is to commence' Here we are in the midst not
merely of ahundanee bill of excess—our productive.
powers am.e far greater than our means of consumption, yet
with extraordinary ise ity, so it happens that one half
of our population is iu absolute distress, and upwards of
three millions would starve were they not supported by pa-
rochial relief. Orr condition realises the fable of King
Midas, who amidst excess of wealth was doomed, even
by his • -of alio gold, tm.. starve. We !ahoy

DRURY-LANE THEATRt.

A new tragedy. hearing the title of Coateia►ce,
or Ihe Bridal Night, was 14st night ptoduceil at
this theatre. The principal characters were thus

cast
Lorenzo . • Mr. Vt'sr.t.sex.
Arsenio .. Mr. Crsetft.
Jolla ..
Itoderpho
efillero (Anlostio) . Mr. Plowam..
Jilesira .. Ms.. W. %% ear.
The plot is shortly told :
Lorena*, a young Vesietion of high family and fortune,
had had the misfortune of being placed by his tither'. will
beneath the guardianship of • ruffian n..traell Boothlo, by
whose headier, and devices he is successively stripped of'
all his property, arid is drfiauded of all the hopes he hail
entertained of being united ii, marriage with Elmira, the
ilsuglitt r of Arsinio, who is Rinaldo's brother. Rinaldo
dies suddenly, and Arsinio as his next heir becomes sins.
dot all hi. wealth. I.otenri still cherishes his love for
Elmira, by whom he is in turn beloved, but her father eli-
te-it g implacable hatred towards the youth, strives
him from his presence, and commands his &nester to
her affections upon a wealthier suitor. The slisubq (firmer of
dati-zhters under such circumstances his long been the
thane of poetry. and Elmira is out more distil's., than thoss•
sands have berm before her. By the cutstrivanee of Ho.
• doloho, a stolen interview is effected between the lovers,
which is followed by a secret marriage. Elmira seeks the
forgiveness of her father, but repulsed with curses, the
seeks her hoisbasisl, mid retires wills him to • place of refuge
provided by the •ffectiou of his friend Julio. The party, lo
their progress through • wood, are asirpl aped Ire robber., and
Elmira bustle to a cavern, whither she i• followed by her
husband and his friend, who resolve to in her or perish.
A deadly conflict ss 'bum to commence, when the Captain
of the robbers suddenly recognises luirenso, and
Isis party to &Sestets, from 'faience, while in a mrleri .... •
manner he claims him as an acquaintatiee. Lorenz., dis.
play. criasitleiable agitation at this discovery. The rublreis
•re su.prised by a body of soldiers, situ all resign their
swords,• A Merry, in a sulemo and threatening Mewl, r, re,
iporins Lorenzo to preset re their lies-a. Julio, for his
friend's sake, uutlertakei to intercede fur them with the Sr
stale, but he is refused ear:simmer to the Senate House, soil
Alfieri) is about to be led to execution, when lie announces
that he is possessed of an important as esti, and prays per-
mission to lit to Arsinio. To bins Ise rehles in private
that Lorenzo had poisiond Rinaldo. Are , exulting In
the thossglits of vengeance, would imusediat ly wreak it•
fullest force upon I.OreNZI, best is restrained by anxiety for
his duoghter, and see Its an intes•icw with Lorenz., in the
hope of inducing him to iensoinee her and Italy for ever.
Lorenz.) settee's:l its conspellta.; Arsinio Dad Aleeru by
threat or instant &sib to commit themselves to a aeer-t
cavern, where he shuts them up, but is hints.lf isnineeliately
liken before the Senate In section' for their sudden disap-
pearance. His explanation nut proving satisfactory to the
Steele, lie is sentenced to undergo the torture. This he
despise., but he is informed that his wife Elmira is accused
of conspiring with him to destroy her father's life, and 10
preserve her (Air fame he commands his friend Julio to give
lots accusers liberty. Alt attempt on the pert of Lorenzo to
obta:a the silence and forgiveness of Arsinio is unsuccessful,
but the entreaties of Elmira in ibe following scene prove
m ow fortunate ; she vows that she will not survive tor bus.
hand, and her tether at length relents. Lorenzo is brought
its, but the intelligence of his arcu•er's mercy ironies too
late. TIM wretched mass hasalrearly drank poisou—bit wife
• mks broken-hearted—and Uncut.) dies beside her.
Such are the materials upon which the author
has relied for controlling the feelings and 'martens
vitt& audience, and his exertions were.crowned with
the most brilliant success. The tragedy is emi-
nently distinguished by those finer qualities which
give to poetry its sweetest fascinations. The story
being purely domestic, the play et depend for
it, interest mid success, not on the representation of
those lit Muni event* which history has sauctilitd
in our memories, but upon the distils), of incidents
which more immediately come home to our pain
bosoms, and upon the expression of sentioviciits
bearing the stamp of intrinsic worth. The incidents
in the present play are in general finely conceived,
and happily displayed, and the sentiments breathing
the genuine spirit of poetry, heating with them the
freshness and raciness of talent, are clothed in
gunge no lass distinguished by its chaste beauty
than by its vigour aid spirit. The interest of the
play never ceases, its action is continuous, and
every see. e stud inc:deat are necessary to the dere-
. lopeineitt of the main event. The audience gave
their sympathy to the author throughout the per-
formance, mud marked their sense of the various
beauties of the composition by the loudest applause.
When the curtain fell, shouts of •• Bravo! bravo!"
resuomlril through the house, accusinpaisied by
waving of huts and clapping of hands, which con-
titiued for melt minutes; out a dissentient voice
was his d, and the tragedy was given out for repe-
tit on oti to-utotrow evening amidst tumults of
applause.
It would he unfair that we 'brush] close our no.
lice of the tragedy without liming a well-deserted
complimunt to the melds of the performers who
atoisted the author in the achievement of his
ttiumph. To the exertions of Mr. W LLACIE and
of Mrs. W. NEST he at feel deeply iiidetned.
We never saw Mr. WALLACK to such advantage
ON
Ile appeared. in the part of Lorenzo; and Mrs.
W gyve poured forth the sorrows of the gentle and