The National Register.
London, England, 1821-03-25 00:00:00

IN

"MANIFES7'O
ON THE KING ON THE TWO SICILIES.

The Constitutional Government of the Two Sicilies,
against which the Congress at letylnerh has ful aivated it-
astatheabui, %%bile it prepares to repel the most utijoist and
and the most violent aggress. of a hich history has ever
made mem ion, desires clot to appeal tit opt ~ i, n of
Europe, ant! of .111 cisilizr.l ;bilious; and that every sine
-may equally judge to %hid, side is reasail and eel whir,
side is injustice, in the oar which, after five scuts of peace,
is going to break out in unhappy Italy, the Goverioneut
oafs it to itself to make key wn all the particulars which
have conducted it to the political situstion in a huh it is sit
this moment placed.
The wants ,if the people of the Two Sieilies. the degree
of eivilisa to which it ha- attained, had called fur nialiv
jeers fora Change in the internal sjstesii it the state. At
the heglnnine of Juts, ISiO, the coostilublitt of Spain was
demanded by the uturnin 1111 l voice of the nation. The
King adhered to it, saving the modifications 'lmposed by
the represeotalives of the nation, who were convoked
piincipnlls fur this purpose, wills the obligation to respect
the hoses of the tiers social compact. Chi the 15th of the
aline month the King swore to oaserse it, hedire the pro-
visional junta; mid on the 19th his Nlajesty ustide an official
communication of it to all the foicign power-, with whom
he was on terms of friendship.
Ever store these first moments, the spirit of moderation,
and a scrupulous regard to the independence, the nut hint iilll4,
mid the rights of other nutioto, hive formed the rule of the
'conduct of the Neapolitan government. It proclaimed these
maxims before the whole world, when it refused to interfere
in the alTioes of Benevento and Poole Corm, which had
called for its interfrienee.
Europe cannot doubt of the sincere desire of our govern-
ment to live in peace and good understanding with all
others, if it examines without partiality the conduct ob-
server; towards Austria.
Scarcely was the form of our political regime changed,
when the first thought of the Court of Naples was to motile
the Cabinet of Vienna that sun Is a cliuni:e could not, in any
mangier, impair She relations of friend-hip and alliance ew
listing beta ern the two states. The hist overtures having
been rejertid, the Kin,, setting aside all resentment.
repealed Isis insurances, sent ambassadors, nod, in shoe t,
attempted all manner of amicable ci 11111 l einication ; but till
was is sale. So much harshuesa on the part of Austria was
returned at Naples. by the greatest respect to she legation,
the councils, alai all the subjects of Austria.
Nevertheless. the Corti of Vienna, constantly. alleging
that our political refinin " shook the fiend: ions of the
sociakeilidee, that it proclaimed anarchy as a 14A, that it
menaced the safety of thrones, and that of recognised ins
*miens, aiid the tranquillity of nations," urged with preci-
pitatio' the must eatraorditutry preparations of war in the
Italian states, increased the garrison of Ferrara, Placentia,
and Commachio, and solicited all the powers of Europe to
declare a‘riiiist the Neapolitan government, not to receive
its ministers, mod to break off all rominniention ait .t.
His Majesty then ordered the Duke de Campo Chiaro, h's
secretary irf state, minister for foreian affairs, to demand of
that coon, in his mime, a categorical explanation of thew
ratraurdinaus allllllllli its, and of the attitude which it as-
sented lust:oils us ; hut this note—scut for that purpose to
Prince Metternich the very day when the King, on opening
the first session of the national parliament, renewed in the
midst of it the 'math to maintain the constitution—this note,
In which all the accusation directed again.' our political
reform were refuted, received on answer.
In the interval the Sovereigns of Austria, Russia, and
Prussia, met at Troppen, with their plenipotentiaries, and
those of France and Etiglaud. The object of this meeting
was to take into consideration the affairs of Naples, and
is result to invite his Majesty the King to repair to Lay-
bairli, to co-operate with the Allied Sovereigns " in the
means of conciliating the inteiests and the happiness of
his people, with the duties which they were called upon
to I oilfil towards their own states and towards the world."
His Majesty accepted a mission which was proposed to
Lira in the name of a tutelary alliance, solely destined to
guarantee the political independence of all states. 'Fite
parliament consented to the deo:Wine of the Sovereign
mad thus, refitting the calumnies spread respecting the
state of constraint in which the King was supposed to he,
it showed the confidence which it placed in its august de-
tender. He departed, in fact, attended by the prayers of-
the illation t but seercely has be arrived at Lay birch, when
Le is deprised of the niiiiister whom he had brought with
him, and threatened aitlt a disastrous war, to oblige him
to adhrte to the principles and to the violent measures
already resolved at Tropeau. All the means which be
employs to avesl this misters time are fruitless.
It was then that the Allied Powers assembled at Lay-
barb funk •It most the kingeloni of the Two Skates
resolttious, which, at the utmost, would have been int
posed alter a great uumther of vi. hake neon a vanquished
end humbled mition. The envojh of Russia sod Prussia,
and the charge d'etfaires of Asistria, • d them
to his Hoyal Higruess the Pieller Regent Of the Utli of
Fehrtialy, and di chord to I • that au Austrian -army
would advent e to occupy the Neapolitan territory, unless
the older of things esiabiish. ti since the Gilt of July be
ilottlethaitly abolished; and Mao, es en if this spontaneous
submission took 'dace, the runty would still pewit ale into
the kingdom, to maintains the new older of thitigs *loch
it was intended to establish throe.
It was then that hit Royal Highness gave to I'.•• diplo-
-71141iC agents those noble ins% ris %%loco, alter having
eseited their admit:moo and respect, produced in the
parliament a transpuit of enthusiasm which has coin 1111 l •
pleated use's. to itie Malts tit all lime Neepolitatis. Every
boils now knows ttlat the magtia 11111 l ons Prince would not
deter on any thing lull he had eumsolled the deputies
of the nation to w 11111 l he c -ated these pi uposals,
Met they might take such a resolution as was t suita-
ble in the difficult situation in which the monarchy was
placed ; as to himself, 14111110 i to its oaths, he promoted
that lie would share the tats of the nation, limn which he
never could have separated himself.
The Estraordmary Paiii•suctil teeing then convoked.
drclaied in the iarmulalde ratio% of the Lithe Mai it its,
Out able to consent to rev 01 lite pi opusa is ; tint it con.i-
dered his Majesty as undet testi mint ; that diii ,ugh a
state of things, his Itojai /11111111,••• the Mike of Cei•Lo ia
should euelimie to exercise the Regency ; and heady, tftat
all measures should he taken fur air safety of the slate.
Public opinion had .111.4.1 y autiryuated those deter-
rnination 4. The PI Mei, Reeelit, hound by a sailed tooth
to maietain the Loostthithol, which is nu* the funda-
mental law of the ultimo ch) , leas Artletioiteti them. Ur
Ihoeghl lie should ;ups best 111161 the duns s imposed upon
Lim, as flinch ton at (Is the I/411011 whose tit:slimes are

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If the reader imagine the Neapolitan frontier pro-
jecting, like the arc of a circle, from Aseoli to Rieti,
with the other extremity of the bow to the south of
Palestrina, he will have a tolerably accurate idea of
the relative situations of the armies. It is obvious,
theretime, that it' the Austrian army was scattered
in the manner here represented, a successful attack
un its cesim would be attended with the most im-
portant consequences. The two wings, being dis-
joined by the mute of the centre, and at so consi-
derable a distance from each other, in an imprac-
ticable country, would be exposed to almost certain
destruction.