The Sun.
London, England, 1821-02-22 00:00:00

*Mao time in explaining its views to the partiel,
Ituti„.more especially, it felt an examinationneces-
vary to the Court of Austria, because that country
was the one moSt. likely to be affected by the
changes which had taken plaCe. - We did declare
. .at the same tithe, that whateVer effect they Might
lawse upon her; they could have no operation dan-
,gerous to our interests ; and upon that ground all
intention of interference was disclailned. Every
precaution had been taken to separate the ques-
. ten as it stood between ,Naples and the Austrian
' aropire, from any identity with the. British em-
pire ;• and upon that ground we had avoided giv-
ing aanction to Naples with:nit a full knowledge
of the situ:ation.of all parties. Whether Austria
(aroaid enter—into a war, even if she had just
' Oasuse, was by no :nears a matter of certainty ;
- because,: after the- establishment of sufficient
aseatiud, then came the. question or eapediency.
`a,s.nel.he fully agreed with what had -been said of
ttAdifficultv which' must attend 'the occupation
of "he Neapolitan territories by an - Austrian
- •foroe. •This being his view of that part of the
• • question, the House could not believe that. any
i;:isli inister, undeasuch impressions, could be
as-ats'a of the folly of entering into so- coniplicat-
-; eat a loaestion, without the existence of some ab-
solatenecessity. Suppdsina, for the sake of at-
aausnent,,, that Austria .ha.:l9 just and - legitimate
cause for declaring war ; even then the
.. difficulties ;which the prospect of 'that war
e,::Fainited,., would be more than enough .to
p; event a -third party from rushing in to advise
.it, at , the risk of beiag" afterwards burthened
with a share of the obloquy of . its disasters:—
ifihateier reasoning he was offering to the House
-;seen thii question, he wished it to'be distinctly
tastier:stood that he was not considering himself as
a.party, in the slighttst degree, to any of the
•probable occurrences upon which he meant to
• animadvert. The conduct of Austria might be
' wrong, and if it was so, he had. no share in it.
11,ehowever, be felt with the llonourable and
-. Learned Member, that by the late changes in the
C-‘dvernment of Naples no real and solid danger
• • was created towards that of Austria, he should
• 'be ashamed not to declare his opinion openly in '
his place. But as 'he did not so feel, it did
' nast follow that he was prepared to entertain the
• • reverse of that •propositiott ; and even though
entertaining it lie was not called upon to ex-
press it. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman
wished to create an idea that there was something
- so horrid and depraved in the late Government of
' 2i-aples, as to justify any danger to which its ter-
• mination might give rise. - As far as he (Lord
- Castlereagh) had an opportunity:of judging, he
believed that such a charge was most unfounded,
unjust, and cruel. Without the least wish or in-
tention of saying one word which' could wound
tae feelings, of any Sovereign or Governments in
Europe, he must say that the state of Spain, an-
tecedent to the last Revolution in that country,
veal one iii which such complainis might justly
Alas's! been made. A,, general and well-grounded
.feeling of dissatisfaction, existed amongst its
people, which extended to the army, by whose
1... d the Revolution Was. effected. Even that
army had cause of discontent, for it was neither
well paid notated, but felt the common want of a
Ilona and constitutional Government, But at-
enough in this instance there had been cause for
eaange, and, in fact, absolute necessity for it, yet
be's:lust protest against the doctrine-which would
raise the people of every nation in the world
against its Rulease-e-which :excited -to rebellion
the subjects, most particularly of those-States not
rale; under a Representative 'form of Govern.-
' merit. He thought this mode of forcing the lia
to ties Of .mankind, was the last mode likely to
contribute to the benefit of those liberties. It
• 1,7;,f 4 a little too much to lay down as a principle,
' -even morally speaking, that where there was
at
,31:-ience of the representative system, there.
could be neither liberty nor happiness. • The
Isle Lord then -referred to the state of the
• 1.--1.:alom of Naples immediately befdre the Ite-
v-r;!-:-.1on, and—shelied that the Government Under
t:se King was ofthe.mildest, and most paternal
natuse: He read two fetters frorra that city, one
of which was written on the 31st March previous
to the ri:!volution, and after speaking- of the con-
' fide:ice-and, increasing prosperity of -the country,
it went On to 'slate, that " the degree of liberty
•whicla individuals now enjoys is greater than has
4aer- WO 'known in this country." It also an-
nounced, " the total abolition of the Feudal
Sratent,a and all its concomitant abuses," and
" the Ondering all men eqtral in the eye of the
Visa"- The 'other letter, which was dated July
,the fstlV-'''lloree day's after the revolution had
larbkon oat, stat'ed; that during the :whole pro,
o'Coedings at that important period, not a shadow-
'of Bltrne • had •been thrown upon the existing
Governm-ent. Jt•inclosed a Proclamation issued
liar General-Pepe, -which- ditt not make the least
complaint ; and if he:lead ground for•any, was.
:it , katlloa-betosnHoneed • that would have told-
*the ptplx2. that alley Fad been•-goaded' inlay the
rae tige); ,hadaasdaPted ?-:S-ca mild and so affec-'
tioaatai 'll4 bees% tbe.::reigirlaf the King towards

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hig:rteopie, Ittrib .p dining the pefictd.Of ti-i 6 re-
!,* vriluti6tyAvavitc!.most; twpulatjip. a 'great mass of

; _ why accomplished the
Gro,tirstot):Atite.:•Gove.rament, had ur.douhtedlv
.' • b4;3.1:0?•tni..-d...fta:r-:thf.: purpose of sapping the foun-
,,l: d44iton.oDthelonver 'some-. years ago had
-11/pen ,ustvcitli.slknl by the. French, but. they bad
ncethunawre-deeply tbah was intended'.
• '• 2 ifi4.,l4vrthqh:pvtiOxt,-alludkid: to the• uniform good
cli,sW•ved. ?by' the. King •:)f 'Naples towards
the petp.lo . Sicily -...after .4 Alva 'evacuation
• • •of 41t&C iqland- =by, • the :f•British, troops• •hr
' •• I -'O-reat magnanhuity 'hid been displayed
• ,• by his'•Majesty in the transaction connected-with:
that Nihjett..l From that period down to the•pre-
- t'; "raompuWile. .would declare that not one
.* •••ts;ngte'retfiresdntatiob had been made to• him, of
•:- boaf.:•cotiiplainfs .Iniug made; that the treties
ii protection, entered intthat that !line,' had
• 44t• eliteei:fulfill-ed to the letter. He 14ould

: • mi;,,ltl►ers,:.sVas this a Government to-he denounced-
abone slaiich mired for suppression as a nuisinrce
tcll,thbl‘ronn rry ,? Spdaking candidly,'•he. coUld 1
f't vet ,nafira dnother. Government in Europe :ivliose
—• agairs *ere' going. on more calmly, more-tranquil-
• ly; ,or liberally than the Governiuent .of
• ifatiles. • lie: would next take a view of the Au.