The National Register.
London, England, 1814-11-27 00:00:00

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TA X—S FAT E 01' OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.
0.. the Cietiteellar of the Exchequer's Motion, that the House
should testilv•• itself into a Committee ot Supply,
111 r. ~`iiiiOßl'•AD rose. This bring the last Committee of Supp!y
tie t a.en!it be nosed previously to the
.r4ng adjournment that was con-
templated. to tontione possNy to the beginning of Fehruary, he
thotodit it his duty again to rive Ministers an opportunity of satisfying
the House on moor important sohjects, connected whit which he had
already sa'imitted yiestioos. The adjournment, when it should come to
be moved, would he opposed, lie appre broiled, by many Members, on
the ground af its period being touch too extended, considering the im-
portant et isis at which the cottony had arrived. It the House was not
to meet !!g fm till February, mod it it was intendesl In amend the Pro-
vos. Tax Act. although neither he nor the country would consider the
emoionation of the whole or any pirt ot that tax any amendment ; what
time uhl Parliament have to judge of the fitness of such proof
T hen the Ay; wmdfl die a natio al death on the sth of April But the
(7otiat iss.ontas, as it they were in the confidence of tsar Chancellor of
the Exchequer, had circulated ell over the country notices tor the as-
sessment of the tax for 15115 In. II this proceeding' was not conate-
ortoced 14y the Minist4 rs, a notilicatiun ought to he made, in order to
set •.ie of the country :at rest, for as the law now stood, it was
yr feeds maancrameble. lie had already repeatedly troubled the
use on the subject ot our foreign engagements, particular la those en-
trcd Imo u•aler the express sanction of Ministers, with Naples. Pre.
evottedy ti the passing of the rote fur Sicily, to enable its King to re-
eved his dominions from Joachim. the reigning King of Naples, he had
eroleavoured to .hew the inconeruity of such a grata. far while Eng-
land was subsidlzing and supportina the King of Sicily in his endayours
to rcaain hi, dommiotis, t:,e Ministers of this country, 111 in name, had
Boar :weed to that very King of Nap!es his title and territories. In I ire
*licence ot proof and confirmation of the fact from the mouths of Ali
Lister., that Enaland had so guaranteed to King Joachim his title end
kinudum, he had foriilied his representation of the existence of the
transaction l y all the evidence that it had been in iris power to procure.
Ute a former flight lee had adduced a copy of Lord W. Bentincles let-
teL d red from Bologna, to the Minister of the King of Naples, Fu-
tilely approving of the tretey between that country and Angola, and in
suppait ot the s,me fact, he had further and much fuller evidence.
Among the many remarkable circumstances that characterised the con.
ferences Chat ilium, between Napoleon and the Allies, was a demand
mado by the Minister of Napoleon, that diffetent parts of Italy, the
Rental; States and Naples, should be left to he disposed 01 by Volta-
part e The answer to this demand was, that Fleece could not interfere
in the of of Italy, and that Naples had been guaranteed to Joa-
ehim, its legnior King. What made this proceeding the inure remark-
able was, that the Protocal Rent to Bonaparte was signed by the Mi-
nisters of Austria, England. Prussia, and Russia—(lfear.)—After
this, a Proclamation, dated from Leghorn, was circulated throughout
the Italian States, anneuncing that the army of Ferditeatid were going
to recover the Neapolitan dominions from 01e usurpation of Joachim.
Lord Castlereagh then wrote to Lord W. Iletainck, directing him to
communicate to the Viceroy, who issued such proclamation, the dis-
pleasure girl the Allies at his conduct : to make known to hint the asto-
nishment of the British Government ; and requiring Lord W. B. after-
wards to inform him (Lord C.) what measures lie had cakes to dis-
avow those proceedines in the name of Great Britain. The communi-
cation added, that England would adhere to its recognition of the Aus-
trian-Treaty with Naples ; and that, should Sicily persevere in its cen-
duct, that Power mast be left to itself, as England had already pro-
p std to obtain for Sicily indemnity fOr the loss of Naples, and then
(teat Britain would hold itself at full liberty to emiclude a treaty
Joachim.—(Hear, hear, hear I)—Such was the official lan-
guage directed to be used by Lord 'William Bentinek, in the name
of the Prince Regeat of England.—(Hear, hear !) Thus it appeared,
that when the power of Buonaparte was not likely to he very soon ex-
tinguished, no price was too great to buy the Great Captain of the age,
Joachim ; but the moment that Buonaparte's power was gone, it was
wished to extinguish Joachim, also to. prevent him from becoming an
eye-sore to the ancient sovereigns of Europe. He was no longer the
Great Captain, whose weight would turn the scale of fortune ; any
price to buy him appeared to be too great. The case was not very
dissimilar from that of General Dumonrier. In one day that General
was eulogizad to the skies. as rossesting the highest virtues with the
most splendid military talents, but the moment it was found that lie
was unaccompanied by his army, a counter proclamation appeared, to
that Mr. Fox was led to observe. " with his power he seemed to have
least all his virtue and all his skill." Just so was it with Joachim ; with
the power to be useful lie had lost every claim upon the faith and ho-
nour of England. But would the Hause grant the money of England
to pay Sicily to carry on the war against Joachim to recover the kine-
duns of Napleel having previously guaranteed to that _Monarch, by

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an engegemeot as solemn and b:oding as could he the most imolai
treaty, his title and his kingdoms ? Bi •ecli eegaeemetes in what a
monstrous situation teas Elielaed phiced ! if the ieformation which he
had Oda night detaihal to the Hotoe were novel to the Blin-fers, they
aod the Comary, if ever they
would dest-rve the blame of the Meuse
suff-red theloseli es to be placed in a like predicament arien, ly any
colleague whatever ; and those who had chosen to place them in swch
a predicant( itt ought to be called to aunt], With respect to the
Congress, although it asseniblt d on the 15th or Scptember, it was
stilted, accoidine to the most lucent h formation, :hat nothing &Atli-
tire had- he en done, Put hew Prince Peptiiii's Pr el:leo:tie:1, for the
transfer of Saranv, could have npvulvd, it nothing hr.'n door, be
was at a loss to determine. lioa ever, such was the intelligence, and
if it were true, much might yet he dine Err the weild by the armeral
pacification Europe ; for if nettling had been dere, neither the late
of Saxony nor that of Poland credit yet have keen fixed. It h-d been
said at one time that all the Pee era asseliih:ed at Coeeress s' ere afiainst
the re-establishment of Poland as an independant Lingeostn—a violent
and flagitious determiniatien. that One day would have culled forth its
yetweatlea in blood—hut the iefermatien leo» thet quarter now was,
that the Emperor of Russia was in epposititin to all the other Poen-
(iodates, and paitieuhely in opposition to Lord eastlercaeh, the Ne-
gociator oii the part o! Eeeland. Could this information he true ? If
it view true, in what light was En;Jacil placed toy her Representative
at Vienna ? Was that tine which lie had deeiiied respecting the British
engagements with Joachim. Klee of Naples. If if were, then would
1w arraign the Miaisters in that lieme e Bar of their Colliery for
havi••g required roomer/ her Sicily to eeable her to deprive Joachim of
that Crown rind title, and of those kiagdoms which had keen gtiaruil•
teed to him by England and A neria, arid their Allies.— (Haiti !)
The CnaNceLeon of the EXCHEQUER must say as he bad said
before, on many of the point. ilinstuative of which informat too waa
required, could he, or ought ht• to comply with the request of the
Hon. Member—(hear, hear!). As to what was passing at Coulees,
he neither could nor would open his lips—(hear, hear!) The time
world come when the whole of these matters, veoeld he regularly
laid befet.e Parliament ; anti NA, huilever that period should arrive, lie
had no doubt that his Majesty's Ministers would be elected with a
triumphant jestification. Eveinding Naples, assuming that the
Hon. Member'a derements v.. re authentic, he thought that accord-
itre to his own showing it laid not been proved that any tlinig lie d
been done, which emild convey the smallest I ellexion r,n the honour
anti character of Great 113 itaie. inifillme previoaa engagtentaits
with Sicily, how had this coenliar violated ally patetic arrange-
ment witit Naples ? England It id tiot joined Sicily in any hostile
proceedings against King Jeachitn. On the other points, the
adjournment during the recess, and the Pra.perty Tax, he had
to observe, that the peblie lousiness would not receive the
least check fi ont the adjottanneot which I.e should propose,
and that after the recess there would be saff.cient iirne to con-
sider the matters that would be then presented to the consideration
of the House. :Among the important sni.jects which weadd be sob.
mitted to the Ilouse after the recess, one most certainly would be,
the propriety of continuing the Property Tax (Hear ) As to the
notices circulated by the Commissimiers, the Act would remove all
ground of alarm or suspicion tla they were acting in concert SA int
the Ministers, for the Act directed the assessments to be made every
two years, which form includes 181;a00,
Mr. PoNsoNnv 0 ought the reasoning of the ItiOtt Hencurable
Gentleman respecting Naples, Was as <Attain dimity as it was un-
sa.tisfactory ; for where was the cot tectiles of the argnmeet in con-
tending; that Eoeland was not count( flaming any hostility towards
Joachim, King of Nap!es, whose title to that kingdom we had
recognised when we we: e at the saute time paving a subsidy to
SICIiV, who was actually at war with Jearhim for the throne of
Naples, guaranteed to him by England as well as by the great Con-
tinental Powers.
After some flatlier remarks front Mr. Ti. Bathurst, Mr. Lambton,
Mr. Hammersley, Mr. Horner. Mr. W. Pole, and Sir. J. Newport,
the question was carried, and the House resolved itself into the
Commit tee accordingly.
The following resolutions were agreed to in the Committer :
For the snfThrine Laity and Clergy of France, &c. - L,1a,010
Grant out of the Civil List 1.1 000
Tl».eplave the Grant out of the Revereca - 6b 357

For grant out of the Exeliequel to the Civil I i't for stores 4,543
To the American Loyalists - . . - _ 15,w0
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Report on Monday. .
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The Hae'.:nev Coach Art, AA...Ling thg ticket system, was
read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morro.,. —.V.I.
jut:rued.