The Sun.
London, England, 1821-03-03 00:00:00

the revolution, which was at!complished without
blood, was not likely to terminate to peaceably.
At Paris, it had' driven that party which were
occasionally called the Likreaux, or tare Jaco-
bins, almost into an extremity of excitement. It
was not yet too late for Eno-land to interfere, in
former times it used to be accounted the fosterer
of every spark of political liberty on the Conti-
nent. The greatest eulogium which Lord Bacon
passed on (Queen Elizabeth was that she as-
sisted the struggles of tlic Hollanders feu' theif-11-
belly. The steps taken in the 'Low Countries
that. time; were, similar , to those lately' taken
in Naples.;•. the Hevolution .was brought about
by a Sect', assisted,by,a military force, We
should not digit*
.too severe eritics7--let us only
consider that: the Neapolitans are engaged
in .defence of
,the most gloriOuS cause un-
der .Heaven—thp proeervationof their liberties.
He might, on,the,question before their Lordships-,
apply a quotation, once quoted by an 'illustrious
Statesman, Lord Chatiam,at .an early stage of
that unfortunate contes( which-separated for ever
thC American colonies,from England :--,--

.'• : "Be to thtir faults a little blind,
. Be to their virtues very lsind,
And clap the padlock on her • • •
That passage, might be.very, properly applied" by
England at the present moment, if she ii-otild.sum-
mpu up virtue .enough to remonstrate against the
conduct of the Allied Poiirei-L--irshe-would
countenance„ in a manner worthy of her character,
those maxims of Ulla ersal despotism which those
Powers professed in the tace of an indignant
world. It might be ,Said that-4 Was now'too. late
for England toE) interfere he.didnot-think so. If
he were satisfied, that the struggle wai'o'ver; that
the. liberties; .of Naples :bad been cloven `down,
and, cveyy foot. 9t. h 0 soil occupied b German
soldiers., still would he say. that was not too
late for this country at least to vindicate' her own
character=to disclaim principles of the Holy
Alliance. but when he " looked at the conse-
quences which those principles were likely to
, .
upon Europe, when he saw before him the
mighty, events which were '44 to-grow out' of
that contest, which perbapS° had already cOm--
nienced,, he thou 4. it .was right and Wise
for England,
.at the very CO:tnineticement. of 'that
contest, solemnly, to protesCigainsttlie principles
professed at the COngress at TrUppan and at Lor.
bach ; , to Tecora,her,disapprobatiMi of' thoseprinciples,, and thus to :preserve that character
which hitherto bcen, the sonrce of her real
glory and her solid pOWer: With that. • bnpres-
tion ,upon :his -mind, he begged to read to the
House the propoition.whichlt Was .his intention
to submit to the consideration of. their Lordships—
" To thank his Majesty for having been graciously pleased
today before this tionse. a', Copy of the.Dispatcli to his Ma-
-1 jest y s Missions at Foreign Courts, on the circular communi-
catioh addressed by the Courts of Austria, Prussia 'and Rus-
sia, to their several Uissions, relating. to the recent transac-
tions in the Kindom of Naples.; to express the satisfaction
whiCh we feel that his Majesty has declined hecomii.,g a party
to the measures in question, considering' heat to be no less
repngtiant to the fundamental principles of the Consti-
tution, than• destructive of the estabiished law of Nations; and
to express an earnest hope that his,Majesty will exert all his
• influence with the Allied Powers, if not too late, to prevent or
to'repaie the consequences of measures which may eventually
disturb the general trampfillit y of Europe ; and which, espe-
cially when considered, in combination with the doctrines
that have been advanced in their justification, are of most
dangerous example to tile independence of Sovereigns, and
the security, of Nations.!'

Earl BATHURST said, that the part which Eng-
landhad: taken in the recent transactions of the
Continent was that of perfect -lieutraliiy. The
Government of England declined to give any
opinion upon the subject ; but the proposition .of
the Noble-Marquess went to this,: that we shotild
abandon the point of . neutrality—that the Go-.
vernment 'of the. Country should abandon the
system which it had always professed an inten-
tion to follow, -and should express an opinion
hostile to the conduct of the Allied Powers. lie
would beg of the Noble Marquess to look at the
Address—tO weigh. its language, and to ask him-
self what system it was which England should.
• follow if she should once abandon the. system of
neutrality ? Was-the Noble Marquess prepared
to say, that England should adopt means to pre-
vent the interference of Austria ? 'Were they or
were -they not to abandon the system of netttra-
lay 'which they-had declared their intention to
abide by ? lie confessed he. had not heard from
the Noble• Marquess any thing to convince him
that England was, bound to abandon that system ;
and if she. did, he had yet.to learn what system.
it was that, in that case, she ought to pursue. If
England-should say to Austria=" We see no dan-
ger in the revolution of Naples—we do not see
upon what ground you attempt to interfere, and
therefore we forbid you from proceeding farther"—
Austria might answer—" If you do not see danger
in that event, we do—and if we choose to see
danger, we have.a right, on the principle of self-
defence,
to interfere, and we have a right to call
for your assistance.'? He (Lord B.) did not well
knew how England should then act: With re-
spect to•the revolution, he would not give an opi-
nion upon it; he would not say whether it was right
Or wrong, beeause he had not the means of deciding;
but it was not too much to say , from all' that had.
transpired, that it was a Revolution effected by
military force, and carried, perhaps, against the
King, and many of the people. Never was there a -
Monarch that -less merited the hostility of his peo-
ple than the old King of Naples. Ouhis return to
his -Throne, he placed in stations of trust and con-
- fidence, men who had before opposed him ; he
did so in the fond hope-of attaching them to his
Government, but they overturned his authority.
The-King-was universally beloved-.—no discontent
had manifested itself on- the eve- of the ReVolu-
tion—no ebullition of popular feeling disturbed
the Metropolis when a sudden explosion took
place--the Monarch's authority disregarded—and
a Constitution demanded from him in the course
of eight -days—a period scarcely large enough
for an ordinary to furnish a dinner. Under such
circumstances. Sicily declared against the new
order of things ; on which the new Government
of Naples sent -a military force to that country,
and by fraud and violence finally obliged it •to
submit. At that -time the Prince Cimitilli was
sent to England, as Ambassador from Naples.—
He was not received•-at Court,. because 'to receive
-him would-be to declare the Sicilians as rebels—
The Noble Lord next proceeded to observe on
the Manifesto of the Allied Powers. The State
Paper asserted, that the Revolution had been