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of the charge it would sincerely rejoice him; if atot.
he would have the satisfaction of having acquitted
himself of any patticipatio sin principles which he
detested from the bottom of Ilk heart. His Lord- I
ship concluded by tooting that on humble Ad:freest
be presented-to his Majesty, humbly !Preying that
he would be graciously plessed -to order copies, or
extracts of all communications which may have
taken place hetweeit Great Britain and the Allied
Power* iu Naples, and between Naples and Great I
Britain, respecting the llevolutiott in Naples.
The Earl of Liveneoot a•oured tae Noble ,
Earl that though he must oppose the inotiiiii, vet t
army doubts existed in the minds of the Noble
Earl or of any other persoa tor to the (..o1 ..c, ~r
his Majesty's Government in respect to the affairs
of Naples, or in re-peen to the propriety of the
paper oti the table, he sejoicecl in the opportunity
of explaining more fully than could havo been done
-by any other means than a debate in Parham...tit,
the motives and conduct of lite filmjesty's
tens throughout the whole of those proceeding.,
The übji.s.ttuit taken to the paper on the table I
must apply to any caller paper which would have
been published by Mittisters on the occasion. Ile 1
was tarepored to contend that the paper contained a I
clear and dutitict view of the conduct allowed and
pursued by Government towards the Allies, as re- I
gaoled their connexion with Great Brit sin, and
as it respected the interference of the Allies wrier
Naples. He conteitded, moreover, that the paper I
was borne out in its allegation' by facts, mid that it
proved liberality to have been the pAliey of the
Government in every uric of its tosits.v.oio is with
*foreign States. Ile would ,not rinctitio the too-
donut of state payees unless they were to bee .
used for practical purposes ; and he contented
himself with tint" simple argument, ea to that ,
which might be termed the teelini.:ul view of the
nisestio.i. The Noble Lord hail stated what hail
pissed upati the affair in question at the roinateoce-
meta of the Session. 'I lie tetitleitcy of the
Earl's argument was this, that the paper published
on the I9th of January wua inteoiled for pane
hanielitury purposes, umd that the cleclarooots of
ion-interference ought to have been 'nide nt au
either period, and that G3Vertifll,,ltt deserved re-
proicic,itiii for not iaterferiug before the period of
Jas's try 19. Now the Austrian Cireslar was first
known to the British Government in November last
year, mud it wets *oll)l,l,sed to lure commuted the mere
project of the Allied Powers with respect to Naples.
The iosittuetion of negligence oil the part of Minis.
tees was incorrect. As mom as they discovered
that the piper represeuted the projects of other
Governments with respect to Naples, it was
titictly 'stated that the paper regime,' its immediate
Hastier to be returned on the part 01 the British
Government ; but lie was perfectly ready to admit
that the publication [tithe A ustellis porter reordered
the necessity for the austere so ninth the more
urgent. At the same time he would refer to what
had ',atria to a hen they were slttiUh
no another occasion. and he eras apiestioned by a I
Noble Baron opposite 'limit the aff.irs of Naples,
to s'iew that the ilopostiiim of the British G..-
vers. moot mast hay, been kaa,vii he fore the
publication .of the 19th of January. Nut one
senietice of u general character could be found
in the paper on the table which hid not been
•viswril over and liver swot' by the apvertiment
the course only of lite lest year. Worn questioseed
by the Noble BArno opposite (111 a Curtner .'erasion,
as to the ca.s. of Spain, he had stated ilia: Govern-
ment hurl expl itstilf to foreign rowels upon
the question of mini femme with the internal regu-
lations of Spain, sod iliat it had fires' declared
that the Allies could receive do assistaeast its smelt
a project from Great Brasil,. The piper did not
state the geiieral principle contented in it as
a new doctrine, but as a prineiple, which, from
the hegitatono, had to flueneod the proci-esliogs of !
the Botts') Government. That pia of it winch
applied to Naples was tint caidi.ted to the se-
serer ul the Austrian note of the 19th of November,
but ha I lweii anseitell at the Treaty of Puris, and on
every subeequota occasion whereto Goyernmeut hurl
been placed Hilda. the nett saity mf iiroclitiniiiiK or
expressing its views on that paiticular sultject.
Their opinions were before the 19th of Janu-
ary known to the Allies and to Europe.--
There was Ili difficulty in saying that there
might he good reasons for their not pub-
lishing those opinions 13efure the appearance of the
Austrian Circular. Circumstances had not ren-
dered it necessary. He expressed his surprise that
the Noble Earl should have mixed up the conside-
ration of the Holy Alliance with the question. No
peat objection could Ile taken spina the Holy
Alliance on the tame of expenence ; but whatever
it was in itself, Great Britain was no party to it,
nor bud she tugaigenteura binding on Tier in con-
sequence of its existence ; she had no rug:tie-men%
in short, which had not brew already proclaimed
before Parliament. Ile came next in the argu-
ments of the Noble Earl, as to the pnr.ciple and
the exception air qualitiatrtion coutainied iu the
paper. Ile did not letstund the Noble Earl
to doff-r from himself upon either ; certainly not
upon the principle, and he behe'ed they differed
nothing upon the point. that as it was necessity to
Wake out a strong case of necessity to justify
foreign interference in the iitternal regulations of
Governments, so when that strong mod specific case
of necessity had been matlernat,they had no difference
of opinion -as to applying the excep'ionable part of
the generul rule ; a departure from a general rule
woe Jostifiable, otherwise what right could notions
have for going to war upon oily °cession ? Their
own secarity would form the strongest ground for
such a proceeding. The utmost refinement upon
the principle of balancing power could lead to no
other issue. He admit tell that the principle of in-
terfrresice was trot to be defended rot the ground of
example. His Lordship went through with the
examination of' the general principle, and then op-
plied himself to the practieil objection of the Noble
Earl opposite, to to the disapproval of tine ern-
sine cast on the mode and initemer of carrying the
revolution of Naples into • tr,irt ; he chyme,'
hits full share in that sentiment. As to the
grounds of that opinion which had bees' re-
quired
by the other side, lie admitted that if a
State managed its affairs absurdly, it was no ground
for interference. Militiry mutiny might break out,
end atoll there won't; be no gtouoils for interference.
lils to standing armies, to all great convulsions
they would take one side or the other, sod he
agreed with the Noble Earl, that the effect would
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hare [min ilreailful if the army of James 11. hid
tukett part apjnst the people. But he held it to
be a different thing for • revolution, canard by the
refund of .reilres.,4rf civil grievances, toktd for by
the Chief Civil Authorities, to be aameteiliiiiil ulti-
mately carried into. effect by thoontlitary, mid for e
revolution to be' originated ind carried into com-
plete effect by the military alone setting the pro-
ject on foot. He could not conceiver writer dlr.
ferenee than that of a Military mutiny originating
a revolution, and a revolution originating secretly in
a military ninthly being fomented and carried fide
complete rffect by the military; Willititit concur-
rence or consultation with any of the civil brooch's..
of the COvertintent. There are other rounds of
distinction in the castdof !Cantons. which made the
conduit of the revolution pectiluoly objectionable.
Looking at all the great couvol•ions unt of 'skid'
the English constitution hail grown, the 'period
of Magna Chart*. Home of 1640, and 1688, he tier-
ceived the previous violation if some ancient
rights 'which were tbeti recovered,. sad an amid
tap etch instance to existing. principle, d an mbi-
bhahell'Conotitsitien. 'But in the awe of Naples,.
barmaid perceive in she Cmietitaden which they
bed so rashly adopted, nothing which could be
'comirierSd applicable'to thriritahlts or knowledge.
Thr Constitution of Spain bad been voted
without any previous knowledge of its contents.
It had hrern mid (he did not affirm it for
truth) that the Senate were 'eyelid days •be-
fere they could procure a copy' of it. He
had said shut there were justifiable grouttile for
interference, but in what he was about to state he

hod no in•rution of upplyiu,r himself to that argu-
ment of all. Ile woo not thee; to defend the cowl tset

of the Allies, air was the Osnvetntt!►tttt any porty in
the case. But the groan& of his disappioval of the
Neapolitan twvolation were chiefly these, which he
defied any one to exceed in the history of &Nitric-
and rebellion ; a greater sad more revolu-
tio wry wattage could nut be conceived than had
been of red to the King of S cal), by the revolt'.
'wintry government of Naples. Every one was
awe Ml:►t Sicily and Naples were united under
woe Soverei4n, but that they hail sepanite and
distinct laws, !privileges. limitation., and right..
The Stcdisus were htratlyand peaceably ,dispipsed.

The Government of Naples had actually dispatch.
ed • sallintry fort* to ovetawe the Swann Goreru-
Anent, rod comptl submission to the Imo Capin-
tiation, as well at to establish it in Sicily. The
troops found themselves incapable of effecting
their object. cud were besides obliged to our-
rrnder. 'lle terms of capitulation were reason-

able and equitable, reqrsirilig obedierice to the
same Sovereign, 'but reserving to the Sicilian,' the
right of adhering to their own laws and constitution.
Thes sa sealed, but the Revolutiousry Goveniment
refuse to confirms it. Now if the people of Naples
had the right (aid he was not disputing that they
had), surely the people of-Si.oly had also a right to
choose Tor thetnselves„ But all this the Noble Lord
p.nia.-d over ; he says every thing wss to be allowed
to despots, but he never remembered to have heard
the Noble Lord rxelsitti in that manner against the
measures of usurpers—no censure of the cost war
dirtied against stew ilvniudies. lie would mairdom,
howevvr, that if the down nent of this country,

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interim( (toucan, Of that country. There were
here two great question.; First, the moral question,
whether we were celled upon to act, and, if
upou. whether it were piolitieally justifiable. lie
slid not hesitate to say, that, with respect to
Sicily, every mass must be desirous that this
country should have taken a part. The King
of Naples came kilo possession of his kingdom by
Abe tad awn Austrian army, and it was a stipule-
tiro) by treaty that the Austrians were to garrison
Naples, awl, to the. credit of that calumniated
Government, he must observe, they withdrew the
force bet ire the time stipulated. With respect to
dips inierfereisee of &reign Governaresta, the gut-
rpue4 of. the Stockholder of. Holland • was ap-
proved of by three different Adruitratrations. The
rpteatina arm before the "louse was, whether the
couduct of the • King's Government was such as
to call for the Interference of Parliament, for aver/t-
-in to the motion would imply that the Adroini.t a_
tioii were blameable. But if the House wars of
opinion that the conduct ci his Majery's Guerra_
meat was such as was required by a fair ueutrality,
and, that the circumstances were quite d fferent
hold those of Spain, that the Government were
not called upon to take a pert in it, sad they had
not Ulm a part, they would thee negative the
motion.
Lorit HOLLAND said that if his opinion were that
his Majesty's Ministers were justifiable in all their
contact, lie should still he in favour of the mall%
now before. thew. It was a motion fur information;
awl in his opinion it Was quite necessary, for that
Which they hid before them was imperfect sill in-

c3mplele. The Noble Earl had said that by voting,
fur mote infermatitra, • irerlirrtnvirrary investigariuu

was implied, en i a prima facie cam implied al.o
against .the Government. Perhips he might 'have
allowed that argument to he uue, if the pres.nt
were the tint Motion which had hten made on the
subj.k. The part of the paper in which there aril
the least iliffeuence of opinion, that part its which
the langaa4e %ue the. most distinct, wait that in
which it i.o.clnius-d any provpective league or inn.
ject of aggreavion against Nuplev. But as far as
the citerrorivt 4 nee. appeared on their ILO( &hi pt.
tatile, the Foreign Coups have the Witter of the
argument. They say, you have sigma. Treaties by

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which yea are &mood to eo.operaee with us; we
ve,iti No. sad refer •to ',open, conversations, sot
documents out before the House ; and to make n
chit-, lie twist soy the Alinisters were bound to pro-
duce those lloto wait.. Front coati Jevons the pipci
0,1 the table, frees listening ta the Noble • Ear.',
speech..aud comp-ring tits two with the proecvl-
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lugs, he thought, there ware grist grounds fur-sits.
pfttteg partiality, if not eonnivauce opiate Naples.
:fhe Noble tart great stress on the date
of the writing;. he kuew that the dam of the writ-
tug was the saute •es the ptibliestion, Dud the time
of that was ground for suspicion. It was published
on the litth Jatiouly, just before the abetting of
l'arlisinent, end 'was -ati 'answer to a public paper
of, Russia. Prose*, nod. Austria ; bot she senti-
ments of these three. Powys were nut Oleo for the
h•st time published and acted upon. It win to
be sure somewhat ►trange, that we should have
been twelve tataiths ex4olsiuing Treaties ao whieh
we are parties, mud so late as the 19th Jimuanr.

with the case of Sicily before them, had not it should have been found necessary to make a
pressed their theapproloition, they would' hove I declaration of our sentiments ; but that declaration
grossly abandoned their duty. He knew that coulee at a time when the opittiou of England could/
three wiss at the preset t ferment throughout no Mager have weight, or be of service to the
Sicily a -spirit of disswiisfaction, and an abuse "sinker party. Oil a former i:cation he had ven-
tute refuted on their part to send any deputire to .tared to imagine (somewhat irreverently, he wuu!d
the Poilitionret. With eeepeet fis the Carbourni, -acknowledge) a dialogue between our Ministers and
he was ready to ochnit. that, if they were • arct or thime of Austria, oaken front the mock heroic poem
Neapolitans. sod Neapolitaise only, that were R. of Tom Thumb, and the Ministers had actuslly
ground for the interference of foreign governeetetts. adopted the conduct recorded iu a piece of the saute
•Biat seas that the cam, west they Italians only?- kind; for, after all the preparation and aggressions
Was it nut matter of notoriety that it was a gene- which hail taken piece, we now came openly, like
ml wet, extending Over all Italy, Swilzeehod. mid Sir Christopher Hatton, in The Critic, to put a
even Germany ; and that they all proceed ow the question, tin his own words—" There is yet a quiet.
priuciple of confraternity. with the Italia of toys- twin to ask, a question never asked before. What
teniatically destroying all ancient iiistitutiono, in mean these ptepant,ionr, shear, mighty arum-
the same meaner as the French revolutionists pro- meets?" A stander-hy aka, How comes it that
erected? if, then, it appeared that the revolution Sir Christopher Halloos never did tusk the gaeotion
was began and carried oil by a sett which spread before ?"—The answer given was, " You would
into other countries, the questiou was no loupe a not have hi is ask before the play begins ; but,
Neapolitan oar, bet weut for beyond it. He was Lord bless you, be knows it all, bet the audience
not weltered to say, neither had the King's Ge- do not." Now the citron!' seis drawn up, and Par-
veniiiieut given any opinion, that the Cerbuisan did figment and the public were interested ; the play was
jostify the Interference of foreign .govereinsenta; begun. But there was another suspicious ciecturs-
but circumstances • might occur from that which stance sbout the Papers : there is a passage which says,
might resider it •an indispensable duty of foreign " %%retake the rerliest opportunity of expressing tin-
governments so insider,. The Noble Lord had approbation of the mode and circumstances iu whirls
milked as to the interruption of the diplomatic rels- the Revolution took place at Naples." The Noble
lions; bet, in fees, these relations had not been at all Earl said. he was at liberty to express the grounds
suspended: Sit Williain A'Conrt was still at Naples, of that disapprobatioie but us a lover of prate and
and the Steur Rudolf was here, pith whom several neutrality, to whom ought he to communicate it
count 11111 l 'cations had taken place. The Noble Lord but to the people themselves whom it concerned!
had oleo inquired if the British Government were The Noble Lord did cominuilicatc the dissatisfac-
no party to the removal of the King of Naples; to lion which was felt at the Spaeish Constitution to
which he could answer that they were no party what- Spaniards, aitd asked deem towtodify it ; bat in
ever. but in a way which he should have felt shame case of Naples. he goes to those who were likely
if they had not been. %Viten by the advice of to make it • ground and pretext of aggression against
those who were about him, the /Clog of Z•cuplea had her—whilst hi Naples lie ways, " There see wane
resolved to go to the Congress, he was errtainly modes and circumstances which I cassitot approve,
afforded all the accommodation and persenal protre- there tiresome difficulties."...." Well," *layette New-
tion which so ancient an ally deserved. The case of Politikus, " sae Il send a person to esplaiii."—i• Ne."
the Spanierds had been referred so by the Noble say the Ministers, *I there are difficultiawtothst oleo,
Lord but how different was that from the Nespos and as :we'll shot the door to all explauetion
hums? They had been moron by a Foreign foe, Whoever, but we'll go to that "righting, who
and had risen and drivels their oppressors from their oill be most likely to lot offended artist, sod let hint
capital. They were necessarily obliged to form a know what are out aentimeuts,atol that we c ,c•to
government fur themselves, which every one allow- dlsappruvc of what you have done." %Vino •• • Ines-
eil was very defective; and Lord Wellesley, when greetconstables,these keeper, of the pescet "Why,
Ambassador from this country, had snide repre- there is, it seems. a little person, who is somewhat
eentations to the authorities, which wire sttenclipts • "'mid who Its!* vest and litigious neighbour: the
to, and alterations and modifications wen. malt, brit tittle him out ... in n *.y 16 i•'esse
unfurtuustely without effect. But whether that con- himself, and I.go to my great lied hearty tii-nd and
stitution were good or bad, it was the result of the tell him no matt disapproves, this alteenum more
effects of the whole Spanish (wino, and, with the iid then 1, sod then lgo to as, porter and .!erect his
of a British army, led by less Noble Friend behind nut to let the little matt MOa explain his rootlike
hint. ultimately gave deliverance to Europe. and I myself pass his deer *items; coning. IC. ' '
‘l' hen Ferdinand returned to Spine lie was ad- fluid my neighbour ha. got him at his f
viatel to accept the csonstinition ; but he was in- his cudgel is to Ms haml, lmy still 1 ateti't rite:•
duced to adopt smother course, such "hen lie dt fore, I won't prejudge the cost. led I task--
dared his itstentiod of calling the Cortes. i'he .stisech, dwelling un his air, end rietise
circumstances of the Spaniard+ hot entlrtl) ,liffrred it in il,fferetst points of >4 The Noble
in this material point. Wee there tiny thing in it' I t.nrd wort, he wooed tuA,.terw toter into the quo-
which was not national ? Had their any poet which imp of the torht it' .siniirtenee. The )mile
extended into foreion coutoties ? (he del not mean Earl (Liverendl)' tad lately raid (for he was
to say that the die fleeted of one country dill nut . always fair is argument), that there were cilium-
in all cases almost correspond with the ths.frecte4 stances whirl) night lend hi discussion. nut Ails.
of annther)—but there the cause and isamier of trim hates unnecessary diecusamit: she hoe+ grind
conducting it was essentially national, mull writers and learned Dieu, sod the :leper un the table
should not have thought there des any grouud seemed tlrten.up with as utter disregard of every
whatever for foreign rimers ieterNvint with the t thing like thistle, of style ter beauty Jr comm.-