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London, England, 1821-03-03 00:00:00

render the friendship of this country an ob-
ject to Austria. In- -the Revolution of Sicily
we pledged the honour of Abe 'nation not to allow
that country to be placed in a worse situation
than that in,,, which . it. was then—vet st4f King
had, in 1816 or 1817, annulled that ConstMkign,
By a pledge ofeur own Galernmentavo were called
upon to declare that the Sicilians should have no
other Constitution imposed upon them than their
ancient one, and which has been since violated by
the -King and Government of Naples. Ile knew
the attachment and devotion of the people of
Sicily to this •country.- We -thi2lit be therefore
certain of the support of the Sicilian people in
any,negoCiation with Austria ; thus at once sub-
duing the Carbonari, of whom so•much had 'been
said,• and: all other -parties. Our interference;
war called for•by .former pledges. lie did
not understand -the Address: in the same sense as
the Noble .Lord opposite did—for, we would be
only giving our -colicurrenCe to principles by
which it' was - impossible' his Majesty's Ministers.
should 'not be. actnated. The House 'would show,
by agreeing- to the Address" proposed by the
Noble Marquess,, that it was determined to sup-
port Ministers in their efforts- to tranquillize Eu-
rope ; thus doing great'benefit to our own soim-
try, credit to ourselves, and contributing to gene-
ral libeify,Od general happineSs. ' •
The -Eirl'of WEstmbiii.D said, the Noble
Lord had not contended so much that their Lord-
shiP.s should interfere, by arming against-Austria,
as against the existing, Government of Naples,
calling on you to' defend Sicily against that coun-
try.. On a late occasion, the' Noble. Lord had
attributed all 'the' distresses of 'the country to
continental wars in- which this country had no
interest. Whether we make' war: or peace, the
opposition was -stire to .be the same. ' If we in-
terfered now ire should deserve -to be charged
even With insanity itself; for -the' Noble Lord
contended we ought to array 'ourselves against
all. the Powers- of Europe. Whatever our acci-
dental distress, he trusted'that the country would
alwa3's have- Strength'enough to-vindicate its ho-
nor and interestS; and this' strength. would be
best preserved by. observing -in the present in-
stance the strictest neutrality. On,the Declara-
tion' of the. -Allied Powers, it 'appeared 'to him
the answer of his Majesty's' Government was suf.
fident.. Looking- at the Neapilitan'Revolution,
brought about. as it was., by secret' associations
and military, he saw nothing that claimed our
sympathy, for military Revolutions were not re-
markable for being.favourable. to freedom. Our
interference would be,, in fact, dictating to Na-
ples:a form of G overnment, and therefore a de-
parture from the -neutrality profeSsed in our De-
claration.

The Earl of DARN LEY contended, that stand-
ing as this country does, it was bound to inter-
fere, to, protect from military .occupation and
despotism a country whose only offence _was a
love of liberty:: In an animated tone, the "Noble
Lord called upon Noble Lords whose ancestors
had defended those principles which the Holy
Alliance was about to, subvert, to interpose be-
tween the people of Naples and the Allied Mo-
narchs. His Noble Friend had taken a fair vieW
of the consequences of this march of -the .Austrian-
armies. He would ask, by what means wds
Austria enabled to do this ?—by the money of
this cuuntry(Hear, hear !)—for Austria owes
to Great Britain no less a sum than eighteen nail-
lions—(Hear, hear !)—the principal and interest
of a debt due for twenty years. The Austrian
Government was
.therefore bound to pay respect
to the interference of this country.—(Loud
cheers.)—He understood his Noble Friend only
recommended moral interference, and in that
point of view, would support the motion of hi.S
Noble Friend.

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Lord CA LTHORPE said, that we owed it to
:Austria, by the.ties of 'ancient friendship which
subsisted between the two countries, to advise, her
not to proceed in the measures she had adopted;
to exert that moral influence which this country
possessed over .her,: and to. warn her against the
danger,. even of success, and of the still. more
disastrous sconsequences',of -failure.. She. .might
return from Naples; and.have to meet .the de-
mands of her own country, for perhaps a still
less Monarchical Government' than that. they
were attempting to. crush.. She. would thekhave
.to meet such demands, perhaps with a defeated,
certainly with a diminished army, and an ex-
hausted treasury.
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The Earl of ABERDEEN said,. that the NOble
Lord, without any further information as. to the
grounds of the invasion of Naples, called upon
the House. to depart from-that line. of neutrality,
of which it had, by its vote,' so recently approved.
liegged to be understood to. express no ap-
probation of the principles of the Holy Alliance,
or its assumed right to interfere in the internal
regulations of other nations. Austria, as a mem-
ber of that Alliance had; no doubt, called upon
•the others to support her,- and.therefore he enter,
tained no doubt that they would support her.—
Whether Austria 'can or- cannot be justified in in-
terference with Naples; or: any-other country,
was not- in the present instance the question.—.
Although there was something captivating in the
name of liberty, still that world not be a suffi-
cient ground for our interference, -merely.-.on that
account ; although there -was, al ways something
magnrimous in- supporting the weaker. party,
stilkit- was
.not a necessary consequence that the
-weaker party was always in the right he-should
therefore oppose the motion. -
'Lord Hot.LAND,:said, that it was not only the
conduct of Austria, • but, the language which it
had used in its manifestoi' upon which his Noble
Friend and Relation had called upon the House
to vindicate its own character and honour. Aus-
tria had • declared directly that Great Britain
not only 'agreed in the general principles upon
which it acted, but it also declared that Great
Britain' concurred in its general views; The
Noble 'Lord then read the' passage ;to :which he
alluded, and asked if Noble Lords opposite
would stand up in their places and say- that this
Government held any uniformity, with tite
views and principles set • forth in that mom-
strong' and 7 disgusting. • paper ?--Thai paper'
went' on to. stater that although.
.this uni-•
formity 'of principles was entertained, yet that
certain particular and weighty reasons pre-