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dominions to some neighbouring Power. The Al-
lies, as High Constabks of the Continent, under-
took to preserve the public peace ; and calculating
on the 'Sanction of the Court of London; they 'ex-
pected the English to declare against the prin-
ciples of liberty, to taint the:memory- of their
ancestors, end to declare. themselveS• but a
gang of revolted slaves. He she wed the princi-
ples to which the sanction- of this 'country had
been required -to be hostile to those which had
gained -Magna Charta from King John, and the
Petition of Rights from King Charles. lie ani-
madverted on the Holy Alliance; cormnemorated
the glorious opposition made in other times by
this country and its Allies to the persecuting
spirit of bigotry and tyranny, and put it to the
House what would now have been the condition
of England, had a coalition like that at present
formed against Naples opposed itself to the Re-
volution of 1688. The Minister of that day
might have started many specious arguments
against it. He (Sir J. Mackintosh) could sug-
gest objections quite full-as good as those to the
ReYolution in Naples, urged by the Noble Lord
to encourage the despots of Europe to proceed in
their work. The Revolution of 1688, might have
been said to be accomplished by an ungrateful
Nobility—a treacherous Ministry--a rebellious
daughter-----a thankless son-in-law—a discontented
population--a mutinoos•army, and a clergy faith-
less to their own principle of pa isiVe obedience,
and what, he inquired, would have been the con-
sequence to our liberties, had these and other
arguments which he shewed might have been op-
pOsed to. that revolution, produced a -Con-
tinental coalition like that which at present
threatened Naples.' In conclusion, he hoped
to say, that whatever might be the result of that
.night's debate, whatever the numbers that might
oppose-the motion, he felt more on this than on
any -other question ; whatever 'the " technical"
decision (to borrow an expression applied by the
Noble Lord to another occasion) might be,' the
sense of the people of. England on the question
would beonade known to the Continent, and the
Uuited Despots would lern that their-conduct
was viewed in this country,. he might almost say
with unanimous abhorrence and execration, the
expression of which was repressed by the most
moderate, rather,from feelings of Prudence, than
from any disposition to view it with approbatiort
Ile concluded by moving for " Copies of all Cor-
respondence between his MajestY's Government
and. the British Ministers abroad, relative to' the
late proceedings at Naples.'?
Lord CiSTL ERE I Gl', in rising to follow the
Hon. and Learned Gentleman through the prin-
cipal topics of his speech, did not propose to in-
dulge; in lengthened comments on niany of his
positions. With respect to all the general pane-
.gy ries of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman on the
liberties and constitution of this country, and
his expression of -anxiety for the preservation of
the rights of other nations, he had nothing to
say ; and he was certain, that if he were to open
his mouth against those principles of which the
Hon. and Learned:Gentleman was the advocate,
his voice would be little attended to in that
House. He. would endeavour to turn aside the
attention of the House from the examination of
those historical matters, which" had been, per-
haps, somewhat unnecessarily introduced, and
call upon
.then to confine their attention in the
first instance,to the vote which they were called
upon to give this night; and in the next, to the
grounds on which they were called upon to give
that vote. With respect to the vote, he was very
much relieved from the task which he expected
would devolve upon him by the course which the
arguments of =the lion. and Learned -Gentleman
had taken. He apprehended the House would
not concur in calling for information at this par-
ticular time, unless something should appear to
them to grow out of the late transactions on
the Continent, and more especially with respect
to Naples of a character that seemed to call
for the interference of this country. It might
hereafter be a very fair consideration to be
brought before Parliament, whether the engage-
ments entered into between this Country and time
Allied 'Powers, had been made with sufficient
precision. He did not say that a moment might
not come when looking at what had. passed on
the Continent, the House would not be disposed
to inquire more closely as to what had been the
conduct of Ministers in the negociations to which
they were a party, than he apprehended would
be thought necessary at ,present. For his own
part, he did not see that as yet a case had
been made out that 'called for the interference
of Parliament, separated as this Country was
known to he front the policy of its Allies
with regard to Naples. The Honourable and
-Learned Gentleman seemed delighted when
speaking of the Bill -of [impeachment which
he described to have been preferred, to show
that the articles of .that impeachment were col-
lected from the document which had been cir-
culated by this Government. It was plain that
this. Country had distinctly separated itself from
its Allies on the question respecting Naples.
No person could doubt that this country was
neither a party to the, principles put forth by the
great Continental powers at Troppau, nor at all
implicated in the proceedings against Naples.
But in a case where the interests of this country
were immediately concerned, it had never been
the practice of Parliament to call on the Govern-
rnent.to disclose all they knew with respect to
ne,c;ociatious pending, so that if we had been
principals in the proceedings now going forward,
iostead of being, as he had already stated, com-
pletely separated from them, they ought not to
have been.called upon to afford all the informa-
tion that was now required. Ile would put it to
the _House if. England had been a principal in the
affair, would they be prepared at that moment to
go into a discussion on the general merits of the
question;and to call for information which, with-
out a breach of faith towards their Allies, could
not, be at-this time disclosed ? Stating the case.
thus, he really- endeavoured to bring the question
to its true braving, and, to lay down the prin-
ciple on which alone the, House ought to ground
their decision. He was not a little surprised at
the whimsical satiation in which he found him-
self on this occasion. FOr sa moment he would
take the lion. and -Learned Gentleman's view

been Said by an !lon, Member, for whom be in-
tertained a great respect, that the. Revolutionists
might have petitioned the fo'r the Aboiiehe-
rrent des Rois, to remove the evils of which they
had to complain. How would a petition to an
absolute Monarch bereceived that run thus—
", We, the undersigned PetitionerS, your IWas
jesty's humble subjects, would represent that the
power exercised by your Majesty's ancestors
through several centuries, has reduced the coun-
try to poverty and ruin, and therefore pray
your
Majesty to impose restraints
.on yourSelfennd to
abrogate a great part of your prerogative, so
that your Majesty's Ministers may every day
be harassed by a wicked and designing Oppo-
sition about the ,Constitution, and about such
trifles as the affairs of Naples, .Genoa, Lucca,
Ragusa, and Parga, &c. ?"—What prospect was
there that such a petition would be attended
to. In the circular it was suggested, that some
of the Allied Powers might he justified in inter-
fering with the internal affairs of Naples. This
had never been put forth as the ground of inter-
ference by the Allies themselves. They express-.
ed nn apprehension on that score. What, for
instance, could the Revolution in Naples ,have
to do with Siberia ? Russia could feel no more
apprehension of disturbance from the Neapolitan
,Revolution, than she could feet dread of the
eruption of Vesuvius. The idea being started in
our circular,- gave him the idea that the lan-
guage held in private to the Allies must have
'been to this effect—" The principles you avow
may do very well, for you, but they will not do
'Tu'Eogland. .We should not. like the Cossacks
ill England, the Ladies would perhaps object to
ride through them in Hyde Park. You may do
in one way, but %we will suggest another. In
times like these, when we have so slender a share
°f Popularity, you may give us credit for libera-
lity, which will be of great use to
.us, while you
can have the full benefit of the high principles
You have avowed, all the same." The Allies
for themselves had disdained to assign reasons
like those which had been suggested, and
what they did had been done on the ground
of their being now, . and having been lone,
possession of the Lordship Paramount
of Europe. The conduct pursued towards
Naples now was worse than that of the Allies
- toward France in 1792. He could not approve
of the course then taken, b'ut he would observe
, . that the war against France was then in some
measure justified by an overt act on the part
of France, the Decree of November 19, 1792,
which went to encourage tire subjects.of every
Country to rebel 'against their Governments.
The principles then acted upon by the
French- Assembly, those of power run mad,
of despotism drunk, had as it appeared to
been recently acted upon at Trpppau
and Laybach.. The French Decree promised to
assist any subjects- Who rebelled against
their Sovereign ; the Hamburgh Declaration en-
gaged to 'prevent any reform being effected in
the Government of the, Continent. To him the
Declaration appeared to be an edict against
- all the laws of nations ; and it might be con-
sidered a just ground of war by every free
country..`" Justum bellum quibus. necessarium
et pia arma quibus nalla visi aemis
. Ittitar- spes." It had been remarked on some.
the ancient historical tables, that 'the
acts of the Tyrants and 'Triumvirates were in-
troduced by preambles so moral and virtuous in
their language, that it might be supposed from,
theta that iarius was a teacher of ethics, and
?Yila a model of humanity. The Ilon. and
'Learned Gentleman proceeded at some length to
describe the part formerly acted by Catherine of
Russia and the King of Prussia towards Poland,
the result of which was, that, under pretence of
Maintaining the ancient liberties of Poland,
• 00,000 Russian haeenms .compelled the Metn-
f)e'il;iii* the Diet to do that for which they (the
'Dieet) deserved eternal execration—vote away
• th existence of their country, and for which
• those who compelled them to do this had merited
a fate which he %would not attempt to describe or
invoke. The present attack on Naples was
likely to terminate in that territory being swal-
we
lod up by Austria. It was in vain to talk of
securities. Not ail the paper and parchment in
the world could guard against that which lie had-
ventured to anticipate. For this breach of the
great system of Europe, the Emperor of Russia
'night be expected to call for indemnity on the
Side of Gallicia and Lodomire ; and Prussia, to
sjndernnify herself for this, would seize on Ma-
"wee, as she had done twice before; and thus,
• the present King had been made the first of
• ije Brunswick race to sanction principles like
the
now avowed by the Allies, he might be
i;lo first finally to lose his ancient patrimonial in,
ete,titance, to which, if he were not personally
Vhkhed, he must he more or less than man.
ey.were not left in donht as-to the motives of
Arlin ustria. She had stipulated on the 15th of
te, 1815, 'that the King of Naples should not
tr
d
h °uce intohis dominions any principles op-
' 1-"! ed to those under which the subjects of Aus-
: wore- governed. It was thus clear that the
movements of that Power were directed,
3r~a•gainst the Carhonari—not against the Spa-
,4l Constitution—not against the wild schemes
t').` bernocracy—but against the smallest relaxa-
Mof the system of a stern military despotism.
he might invert the sentiment expressed by
ae Of our moral poets, which ran thus e
License they mean when they cry liberty.
Por means that muct first be wise and gond."
f rWould say, oppose those who first cry anarchy,
'Or they must be found the reverse of evil and
1°(1• The hostility of Austria was, in point of
t?-ct, now directed, as appeared from the stipule-
,°a to which he had referred, against the prin-
elPies of the British Constitution. lie then no-
ticed the articles which had appeared in The
l!'histrian Observer, in which it was set forth that
tt• Allied Powers would not treat with the King
(111.1 l he was in a condition 'to act for himself with-
out compulsion. This was not the principle on
hich they acted-by some of their Royal Col-
. Point of
A cession-of territory, obtained at the
and tit of the bayonet, was held to be, to all intents
PorPoes, as valid as if obtained in the new
and eetraordinary way
,
in suggested—by the spon-
We° • •
- us wish of a Sovereign to give a part of his

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of the subject... tie would asSurne itlrat tide case
'of Naples was exactly that which he bad charged
ittishe.. He' Would suppose that- itothing in its:
internal state could lustily the iliterference
Foreign Powers, and he would take it fergrant-
ed that the tlilies had been .gdilty of all the le-
justice that had been imputed td them. Do:rte,-!
this for the moMent, they would 'arrive. more-ra-
pidly at the point now at issue—tit the question.
of policy on which they were at 'stiriance ; and do
in; this, he could not but say that be now stood in I
a siSuatiou in whii.ll he bad little expected to see an
English Minister plaeed by the present Opposi-
tion. He had little expected a charge like that.
brought forward that 'night would be preferred,
and that they would he accused, not because they'
had not separated themselvej from the policy of
the continental nations, but because they had
not embarked themselves in a quarrel not their
own agaiHt all the g-reat military Powers of
Europe. AsSumiug all the lion. and Learned'
Gentleman had asSimed, be should never have
expected that the course taken by Minister
would have heel subjected to criticism like .that
which on this occasion it had to encounter. At
the commeOcenentof the former war,' what was
the conduct'of • the Gentlenien opposite ? Then,
when the bits r...sts of England were directly af-
fected—though a great Power was seen 'over-
running the neighbouring nations and assailing all
the bulwarks of the independence of Europe,
systematically labouring to subvert the Govern-
ments of all other countries, even then the cry of
the 'Gentlemen opposite was that England ought
to rest on her oars—that it was her duty not to
stir a step. This was the language they had
thought it their duty to hold at the commence-
ment of the last war. Put what was their ad-
vice at a subsequent date. Their advice at a
late period of the contest was still hostile
to British interference in Continental affairs.—
The language then held was, " Why :not
make peace and save the.country ?—Do that.—
If you cannot do that,' why take so active a part
in the contest?—why not husband your re-
sources ?" This was the language held to Mi-
nisters, when actually engaged in war, and in the
' midst of danger. Under such circumstances they
were called upon to husband the resources of the
country ; while now. when no imaginable danger
could be apprehended; they were called upon by
the same party unnecessarily to expose their re-
sources-by opposition to the great military Powers
hear, Irear!)—This. was too
of Europe.—(Bear,
much. it was not to be endured, that, after
the lectures they had formerly received on the
subject to which he- had adverted, that they
should now be told, because they refused to com-
mit the country unnecessarily, that it was re-
duced to a situation of such humiliation, that it
now wanted the means of vindicating...its dignity.
Such assertions were unfounded, for confident he
was, that whenever the day might arrive that the
dignity of the country should be offended, it
Would then be seen that we were possessed of
abundant resources at the proper time to vindicate
and maintain our honour, and make a stand against
aggression where it ought to be made.—(llear,
hear t was too much that Ministers should
be charged with having reduced the country to a
state of insignificance by the glorious peace which
had been acquired—that thou should be accused
of this at a time when the seethstrtion of the army
as far as the internal state of the country would
admit, was incessantly called for—it was too
much, that under such circumstances, they shotild
be to blame for not preparing to send a military
force to the Continent, to read moral lectures on
the rights of nations to our Allies. To him it ap-
peared most singular, that those who had so
strenuously insisted on the propriety of forbear-
ance on the part of this country on the former
occasion, should now call upon Ministers to com-
mit it in a quarrel with its Allies, in a case whore
there was no pretence that British interests .were
in danger of sustaining any attack. He admitted,
in the fullest extent, the right of members, in
either House of Parliament, to express fairly and
boldly their sentiments, on the conduct and poli-
cy of foreign Governments, but their ears ought
not to be disgusted by attacks on the
persons -and Governments of all the Sove-
reigns who were the Allies of this country.
If any 'Monarchs that ever sat on the throne,
deserved to be-exempted front such strictures, it
was the two Illustrious Sovereigns, wlto had been
made the objects of attack. lie would defy any
man, whatever his objectious night he to the
form of Government .established in their donn•
nions, to name any Sovereigns who had exerted
themselves so much to benefit their subjects and
mankind in general, as those illustrious parson-
ages. If the lion. and Learned Gentleman,
thought he (Lord Castlereagh) had given a se-
vere lesson to those whom he (Sir J. Mackintosh)
had been pleased to call his colleagues abroad,
he (Lord Castlereagh) thought, in taking the
course he pursued,, he Hon. and Learned Gen-
tleman had imposed, if they undertook the
defence of it, a severer task on his Colleagues
at ho ne. Having said thus much, though he,
(Lord Castlereagh). with the other Mem-
bers of the Government, differed from the
Allies with respect to the doctrine which they
had, lately laid &own; this would not prevent him
from vindicating the Alliance from the aspersions
which had been thrown on it. It did not sur-
prise him that the political friends-of the. Ifian.and

Learned Gentleman should be a little aliefialed
from that Alliance.
.Perhaps it was a 'little more
than human 'lattice could bear Withpatiefice and
fortitude after all the di:;,nal prophecies they had
ventured of defeat and failureof disaster and
national 'ruin ; after all they had done to damp_
the hopes entertained of success, 'and after the
very fair chance which their speeches had afford-
ed of producing a falling „off. in the union or in
the courage of the alliance—it was perhaps tog
much for htiman natuf..e to forgiVe those Wlnihad so
triumphant!) defeated their PredletiOnsitfdown
their arguments, and. disappointed". their forebOd,
ings. It was not.
:to beexpeeted that tho,e coold'bet
easily forgiven WhoSe hUccess and continued union.
was a living.monument.olthe folly of the party
to whom he alluded. Though .he and .his Col-
leagues could not agree with 'the Allies in nue
point; he must still defend- the general poli-cy of.
the alliance, which .he trusted in God would

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,lorivetiniiinie. tsi;ttf,ch oVer the intercatit ond ' a ernmeht a want of cxplicaneas at of p-ood faitti:
s 1 o
preserve Vie peace nf knropft.: -He 4.ss.tatistied.rf his he hoped won/if 41ppee.r most Clear to dr=
_that 07e -cduatry whh.ll i-e.,6,,1 t,iel:v.fl ►ore- arLh.•of ) 1!,-.6111e;, and th..rvro,l, I.', if.roitti,"d the ta On. and
a tt a iliate- . wttict,i, ,i,,1,., a.C(;.:iplili'!.:-,,', '.4iat: tlth i Leetit-ci (;e!li.emilti,:.!o-litl'iilt,elitfliiiV-EMAi.i
(i‘..liti,ll::•ri Gppo s i.l iilare;l:gidolny -,4,-,,,,.?0r al; I call stiflltiS Moment:toli tlit'itifdrtilliftbn ItieU'l,•-•:
fitila' .11ao pi•enoueceo: to tiehOlOisible.; wOuld if of
.1..(1. Conte ndeci it waB'tir6pf!r shdtild Li& ifitito, - I.
now thitt'A flio principles of that lit.isiete otiglit to ' Ile cerlailtly -had Ittid dbwit- ttiPp4,-o,iolV'lf-raat,
i.,.
!beshaker! lii' a 4i.irCrenc: on oftepartol::;=-cotes- i interfering- With tlii...affail•s- of ' Foriegif-.F!osteto•
tioo, or that the' peace of .Earlope . aed th,,,. lii,er-li 1-':.eftliting getterally-: rillie--If'onbdrablhlild iite're-
tie(lll rta,aniii.Od it gettera 1 . (for oit. a ill:iiCe Liras i i.,..1 Ciltiehit.iti then said`, wili'ilid'snot thP'l'hible,
ae
not . less favourahle to tie tatter objte t, th to ' Lord .....toP there?: 'Why did- h'O:iirOteed ttPftke
the former) ought 'no'W.'to be',Oktiaget•ed,,BA •exreptiOns tOthe•unifoim-OP4alletti of the"' i-"o'in-
cauae E:igland 'did not agree hi ,tho vie iv 1:4/ 11 iCh • ..qpie. He' would ansvvCr;• tbatit-Vtas intposs;de
1
the Allies took of •the quntiort raised as to the fin a British aovertirrnott:tTfay dd','Nii that ;..o-ito-
course peOper to be pursued toss yds NaoleS:---: ciple as it was 'ritaintained in ' the • circalaf 'clive-ea
The Hoisourable and L 'carat d G eittlree'an had pat chi ' without' the aecorn Patty i it; f-,6CCe.p.tfol.
suggi ted that this-country ought telove4S to look The HOttourable -and Learned Gentleman did
With jetilwasy, he would not arty with tios.tility;to. not quarrel with the principle of -tliat dispatch
the rieotions Of atty foreign Power, front the r but' weot so far as to 'say, thaf it` it were dissected
tent of its
:putting an army in Motion. ' :Ile of .w,hat it; :called its d:pithtiatii piit'aSceiogii 11,..
conceived that the real. object of AOstria, in at 'should be: inclined to tidopt it • 'as his 'own. • And
Yancing agaitist Naples, was- to-establish itself in , ins.rehe (Lord -Castlereagh) would-just -reinatli,
the South.of -Italy, and .ag-grandize itSelf by- ac- that lie Was. not afraid of arty Unpleasant -cony •••;
quinine trees territory, and this led him-to enter .fptenCes front the 'manner in which the Ildfloot-
tato a Speculation on the wild demands that able and
.Learned: Member had habotired 'to di -
might' be made front vario-as quarters for 1...41.. tart)thatpdblic, as well as: personal degree of
denmities, • for thiS anticipated acquisition on the good feeling and confidence- which itibSiSted be-
part of Anstria, in. other parts of the •Continent, tween himself and certain public 'cliaractexs con-
Ile (Lord•CaStlereagli) could only say, that frinn iterted aviili other G.overnments abroad. He had
the signing -of the Peace' io 1-S1 ,I, down to -the witnessed the strenuous endeavotirS which had
preskt nnenent, so far as he had any communiCa::' been made that night to hold him up'to Forolgo
tion with the Allied ,Powers, and 'so far as his Courts as the public accuSef'of Prince Metter-
knowledge of their intentions extended;
.he had nich,and other indiyideaals whose good opiniOtt
not traced in any one- of those Courts the slight- and esteem he valued, and hoped alwayS to pos.
est Wish for territorialagrandizernontrer.theleaat _sesa„ Time lion, and Learned Member had, he
disposition to depart from those. principleS which "'WAS afraid, even gone so'-far- `as to s'acrifice the
had been originally avowed and addpted as 'opportunity -of Objectin4 to the circular, in order
the' basis of - the Alliance.—(Boar, hear, hear' l) that he might take it -for the purpose of making
—With respect to that -Power now principal• out his Bill, of indictment.—(hear' hear, and a
, ly
.concerned in the affairs of Naples, -it was latigh.)The' ()ally 'real difference,' howeVer,
not likely. that it would now depart. from which seemed to exist between himself and the
the'.principles so Long acted upon, with a view lion. and Learned Member, was in the 'applica-
of aggrandizing itself in Italy. lie-believed that tion of ' the exception. Having, as hi. coticeived,
,power as: sincere in professing to desire nothing -now Stripped the question-of some of its more
.of the kind -in Italy, as it cool(1 be in disclaiming general principles, he should now come more di -
any wish for territorial acquisitions in any other' rectly to its particular bearing upon Naples. I
part. lint fortunately this was no` a -question of could not be skilled that all States had the nigh':
mere personal-confidence. One feature of the, of eXpressing their opinion upon' any passin :• '
alliance was, that it guarded against such an evil event which occurred to alter the situation (a'
without making the interference of England (at any particular Government. But they ought -t )
all times ditlic;lt on the 'Continent) at An necesa take a'Very- broad and important- distinction- be
sans. It was hardly possible for arty one power tween a mere expression of opinioti and a forrhao
to entertain a scheme of a2;granjizernent, which remonstrance bet Ween State and State. - Ile did
Would not necessarily 'meet - with an adetfoate net go along with time Hon. and Learned 'Member
check in the very working- of the .>,lliance,'Sufli•-• in thinking that the latter mode should have beeo
cient :to counteract its impurities. This ovodld adopted in the present case. - And he must ex- -
be seen' whim they looked at the situation and, press his surprise at having heard such tenet:
the interests •of the four Allied Power.S.
come from such a school. -He did not know what
Ile would put it to the House
:to say, -what this Country could do to alter the intentions of
territorial oagression on the part-of one of the- other Powers -without remonstrating ; for he 'was
Allies would, be likely. to meet the-views of all not aware of the authority-, by virtue of which
the -other Powers. With respect to Italy, any it was to step forward npon-the present -occa-
Man who, was at all acquainted 'with the first
.sion like a 'divinity to Unloose the Gordian knot.
rudiments of the balance of power in that part of lie did not kitow bow our moral: lectures were '
the Continent, would know that 'it was imOossi, to have that talisnianiC or magic •effect which
ble for _Austria to seek kgrandizeinentthere, or the Honourable and Learned Member was dis-
even to take the part she was now taking, were posed to expect froM them. His opinion- waS -.•
there nor a common feeling among the other great that if they wished to preserve' the general peace - -
Powers that she -had no such object in view. No- and tranquillity of the world, there was nothing
thing could induce Austria to expose herself, as more Obvious than that this country was bound
she 'must do, by the ino:,,emeots site bad- now di- to •think -twice before she- Made any remonstrative
.rested, but the conviction that all the other Mein- which would lead to donSfeluences of the" most
bera of tha. „Illiance.bad a couinnou feeling with critical and momentous nature. for he held a
iit
:rg.
her, and Were coinidetely satisfied, that she had different policy to that 'whiCh Gentlemen- op-
- re: and atrlilot ttohit the te
s o nature
,nieao ofy
no object in view but that Which site bad aVoWetio pocsie a po6eed ili entertained wlike"
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She could not attempt to aggrandize heisell u
without being controlled, '()digit by Russia, of the resources aid spirit of the country, •as.. to
but by Fiance. The other. Members of the Al- I believe that if it were once- driVen-to the neces-
bailee approved of her proCeedings, andiit wassity of. making any representation whatever to a
therefore absurd to suppose that territorial -ag-Foreign Power, it. would- forget --that a' sacred.
grrlndizementseould be her object. It had, how-- duty was then imposed upon it. ' And 'he hoped
,ever, been represented,to be her object to pursue he should never live to see the time whenthat
a cOurse-sirnilar to that taken when the partition duty was so wretchedly and per-
of Poland was decided upon, which country, he formed, as to be reAted Upon the effect of aornera
might remark, had perhapS suffered not less from scroll of paper.----(year, hear,: hear!)—He would
the false or injudicious friends of her indepen- .protestitt'limincagainst time doctrine of 'the lion.
dence, than from those who had avowed them- and Learned Gent., who seenwd disposed to lend
selves lieruneinies. iiiii,in thepresent c*e,nothing his powerful eloquenee to the holding Up of
of the kind could be apprehended, and the,tilarnts this country, -as the itinerant preacher of the
expressed were wholly void of foundation. With Continent. Nothing was more. calculated to }e:
respect to the paper circulated by thi country, it sett the high character -Which this nation had
was to be' remembered that the -opinion-therein acquired in the estitnatitin. of the 'world. But
expressed was not pronounced on the final deci- the Hon. and Learned Member well knew,'triat ' '
slot' of the Allies, but merely on principles Which all he could preach in this 'country, would no.
they had advanced in the course of, the late trans- succeed eventually in- loW,ering -the dignity' of our . •
actions. The inantier in whiCh the late proceedings station 'Upon the Continent. 'lt-Wa-s riot (Mon?, h .
were concluded at Tropical], to which 'both the for him to show that juStrce wai 'on. the side 'oC
French and. English :Ministers. were adinitted, Naples;, and that Austria Wal-coiiiinltting an act
proved that the motives of the Allies were those, .ofthe grossest injustice. Beci.risethe country wa3
and those only, which they, had avowed. Though not in a state, whena rernonstraticeor State Paper • -
the principles advanced at Troppau had been could, with cOn.venienr.e, be 'folloWed"up or en-
disavnwed by this Government, greatlitju.stice, forced, in case of its dernands'-not.being 'cols-
would be done to. the Allies, if on this alone -it plied with. .13ut• there was:nneccaSlOnfor con-
should be assumed that-these formed • the code. cealing any sentiments whiCh migttel4 felt a'far
Which they had deliberately and ti:iiilly adapted, as regarded a' declaration'in 'that Molise. The •
and by which their future conduct could be' 're, Same sentiments which 'w. ere expres.sed in: the
gulate4l. With respect to the - course taken' on Circular to the COurt of 'AlisCria,'lnid been in-
the part Dr this country, he would say, that in timatedto the Governtnent' of N.;APIes: iiii.:ned: , ''..
his judgment Islinisters would have •abandoned ately after
.0.-e:Weysiii4tioni as 'the views pm,
their (lots if they had not spoken their'sentnnents tertained hy.that..Of .Gteat Bri,6iin. 'For'hi:mset
explicitly on die _question the. moment it came he
,could ' state also, 1114 1-iiie''the Prince c
before them. It•was said that Government was mitelli was reftisedoi public re-cePtlnn at - this
umider an accusation. Really •he did not see Court en his .pufiliCcapacitY as the Reprosenta
-
that it was so. lie did- not see •thatthe.'Al . lies live :of *the new:-Gnve.rtunent, he had in his per.,
had Preferred any accusation against this Govern- sonarinteicoUrse With Mei disc-fosed these view,
merit, from the communications which they had and stated, :withei,at disguiseo thm..t this goVern-
submitted -to the consideration of England and mkt wi4hed .to know more of the 'circumstances
and its consequences before it after the answer which 'bad been. of the
.revolutiOn.
'' 0 but formed '- ' '
•• . they were to come back and Say, • , . any ,closer :pnibn..or intimacy. lint if •
given , • ..,.
France. If.
you had -pledged yelf.to such a course? " then the li.on. On La r
'- e d tt efi .oentleman- 'Sup-Posed
.that
it wo-ahl apiJear.ilia Oturstberestnight be SOtoe:groUnd this line of conduct had' created Umbrage
~bfef-
or the assertiOn, llnd it might hecotoe Parlitimeot twixt • the .twoC-OveriteCnts he•helleve-ti; that
to incptire how. far
.the •Coyertunent• hid ' corn 'he was ;yhol•Iy •rn:sta ken. `Nat hot that it strong
witted the Country to any particular litieOf po- yish..had existed 'fo'r the reee.ption of the new .
!icv. But when it w.as seen from the :Ctrca lar yfinister,on:account of the apparent SanctiCM `.4' hiill
wiiCh'ltad been, issued, that the , eonrse new wpuid by that act have heen4iyea to the new -.-
taken was founded on-principles avowed
.in the order,or things. .it-w4s this estentatiouS`dis .1. P aY •. e
• . 0.. • •
•iolgociationg -- at -Paris—:-subsequentay ,maintain-, of 'encotaragement. towards ,Napks ' v‘'-hicli'tho .
ed at irkix-iUI-Chapelle and JksSeited:as(dfactes( Hon auei .focatO,ed C.iintfP.lntk s'e6-ned -So Much - .. .
tilidii co lately as • last year,.-be did .I.,(it think to wish for. ,We Ive're-fo-Ye'calle,l tiFin to set '' : -
;the iiduse 'Wotild be (lisposed 7to .adopt
.04e, our ea.ls at once ii on itl'Covcrnr:icnt, without .-.
•,1-16-nourtable ' unlit - I:-,earned. Gten;p'eaii aiita. -Vt'esv, :considering what led** it be its fetere conduct' :'
of the slthject! Notwithstanding the diffhr- oar. kritentiops. ..711-, UO:';'Zinrable and Leain-ed ,;.'-.-..' •
i'ike'e Hof'-opinion li..tio-a-ts AO exit, the Allie 4 Member ehad '.iticleed.vOlUAteered all his Wis.-
POwerS might, and. he doghted . not would 1 - (-- 9 . d 071,: 4tld: t-I,l4soastly, ' an'd 'elogettatite in sup.:-'
eYet-S• j:ttice to- the principles by :..whieh tfte, port of ,i,ltis,.reyolutioo, FIB ' hp, ha(l of all rove- e '
- cbtnicils
.of this eotintrY'-'were ahitnated, Artd ,it lutiona. Twhiah:preieifel
..
it: -Our 4-iiroy. eilifiierit,
.. . was ifupossible that theG
-y,cdold impute to die o, however, 444 „pet. thought proper to do so. I't' .. .