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London, England, 1815-04-26 00:00:00

VE DYES DAY, APR L 2n, 1815.

.PARLIAMENTARr PROCEEDIAVS.

HOUSE OF LORD 4, APRIL 25.

Lord CatENVll.l.li presented a Polito!' from the Corpora-
tion of Weavers in Birmingham, praying for a Repeal of the
Corn BBL

Scotch Records Bill was brought up frum the Commons,
and read V.A. first Pilau

The i4euich by Jury Bill was re:omM from the Com-
mous,•with the additional Amendmentl made therein by their
Lorti.h:p4.—Agreed to.
Earl GREY was desirous to be informed by the.
Noble Earl, respecting a transaction no less extraor-
dinary than important, so extraordinary indeed, that
it Was not without hesitation that he could bring
himself to give it credence. A loan, it was slid, had
been tiegociated in Holland by Russia for ten mil-
lions sterling, bar of which sum it mistimed that
Russia was only to pay one-ltalf, while Holland WAS
to answer for mie-lourth of the remainder, whip three
millions and a half were to be p tid by Great Btitain.
Such, he.underst-od, had been ihe engagement en-
tered into at Vienna, by the British Secretary for
E. reign Affairs. without any coranionication what-
ever having peen made to Parliament upon the sub-
ject. He would ask Mtnisws whether such had been
the fact, and if so, wlicher it was to be considured
as a reniunerAion for hair services rendered by Russia
or to provide for fresh etertions?
The Etta of LIVERPOOL observed, that when-
ever an application should be made to Parlianient tt.r
money, the purposes for which it was requited would,
tit course, be communicated.

Earl GREY was perfectly aware ( f the truth cf
that general statement of tlii! Noble Earl, but he'
wished to learn whether the Noble B,2cretary of State
had actually, of his own authority, made such an en-
gagement as that to which he referred ?

• 'The Earl of LIVERPOOL replied, that no pl:dge
bad been given but what was subject to the contruul
01 arliainent.

Ell 1 GREY was still desirous to be informed by
the Noble Earl, wlwther the particular engagement
oi which he had spoken, was really made by Lord
Cis! lereau li?
The Earl of DARNLEY wished to be informed
,by the Noble Earl, .whether it was the intention of
his Majesty's Ministers to engage the country in a
war ? for if such was their .determinatitm, he thought
it was high time that an explicit declaration to that
effect should be communicated to Parliament.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL replied, that no en-
gagements had vet bern trained by his Majesty's Go.
vernment beyond the limits of precaution and prepa-
ration. It would be in their LordArips' recollection,
that he had on a former occasion distinctly stated,
fiat there was no disposition on the pat t of his Ma.
iesty's Governmt•nt, to urge the-Allies to any mea-
sures, but to leave them to considi.: and resolve evil
the course which it .should seem most proper ior Aral
to pursue. As to the Treaty of the Viith Match, it
could not be considered as absolute on the part of the
Allies to the eaclu.ion of all future events.

GI :VOA.

The Marquis of BUC KING lIIM rose, according
to notice, to make his motien relative to Genoe.—
Wheit he had on a former day addressed the Noble
Lerl on the subject of Genoa, he was told that the
tkriud had not arrived for entering on those matter.,
diet they could not yet be discussed, consistently with
the general safety of EuroFe. 'That objection no
lenger existed, the moment had at length arrived
when it W 35 no longer dangerous to touch on those
transactions. Some of the Papers were then on the
•Pager, and part of the communications required sup-
plied by Ministers, while every charge, every suspi-
cion, and every fact which he had urged had, by
those'ver y documents, been confirmed ; and foul and
dishonest as he had thought them, their real foulness
and dishonesty Surpassed his utmost apprehensions ;
and he had the melancholy satisfaction of thanking
Ministers for having thus furnished the proofs which
confirmed those charges and suspicions of his from
which they be,fore had shrunk. They had, indeed,
not only made out his case completely, but gratui-
tously given evidence of their own imbecility. The
palpable contradictions of his Majesty's Ministers,'
however, would he but a poor coasolation to the peo.
ple of Genoa. Tae crisis was ithportant beyond ex-
ample, and it became absolutely necessary, whether
the result should be peace or war, th:4ot the coun-
try should he infoTened fully of the real state of
things. Beiaire the country could have a title to call,
on Europe. generally in the name of justice, to punish
a breach of treaties, we should well consider the
!winner in which we had preserved faith with Genoa,
and if we did not, we should put weapons into the
hetids of the enemy which unght to be properly our
own. It would readily be caught up in reproach of
the Allies, that they who bail sacrificed Poland
and Saxony, would have little scruple in betraying
Genoa. It was remarkable that his Majesty's Se.
eretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and the War
Mini ter, were at variance with respect to Genoa.
The Marquis Wellesley in 1811, when in office,
had given orders which had afterwards ley the
Noble Earl epposite, been followed up, urging the
people of Genoa, and of Italy, to assert their iade-
pendence, and a Proclamation to that effect had
been issued by Lord William Bentinck. But shordy
:titer an order was sent by Lord Castlereagh to the
Commander who succeeded Lord Wm. Bentinck, to
transfer, without ceremony, the Government of
, Genoa to Sardinia; and thus at once were dissipated
all the dreams of freedom and independence with
which the .Genoese had been amused, and tot %licit
the feitle and. honour of the British Government and
the character of a British General had heed pledged.
But the whole had been a disgracefill and unprinci-
pled juggle to accesnmodate jetting interests at the
expense to every honourable motive. France was to
be accommodeted by the spoliation of Sardinia, and
Sardinia was to receive a recompence in the sacrifice
of Genoa. The people of Genoa had been called
upon by the voice of a British General to assert their
judeprenelancee as the Portuguese and Spaniards had

done. A Provisional C. uacil hid 11-eit lOrmed for
the purpose of assisting in the re•cstabl;shnieot Ow
ancient independence of the G..noese, 'ugh 1.••:
Castlereagh would give it a d;tlerei.t oirt-e,
ent to the vi ws °lithe Congress at Vienna. Toe
Noble Earl, in his instruction: to the 11r:tisli C..us-
nrinder, had said Dc not p :5!;e.,5 youriell or.:;eno.t
without the consent of the pe0p1..." Lord C. htle
reagli, on the contraty, say,;- .4. Never tni:hl the
rople, and conform only tor the views of eh! Con-
gress." He could by no means conceive by vvlr tt
constitutional right the; r.•.rd had hirn•
sell the Wallin Dipositqfty blase rwillority. of Me Crown.
In 110 Sitnition whatever :lid the C• institution warrant
such proceedings. Genoa was taken possession of
tinder false pretences, and no time should be lost in
making trite strictest inquiry into it. It was a trans-
action of such a nature, that in any case of humble
life would subject .the offender to the• sentence of
transp-ctation. Conquest often set up rights; btu
we bad noright by any conquest to dispose of N.ples.
But Murat was to be removed front the Throne of
Naples, which Lord Castlereagh had guaranteed to
him r and the faith of Eng' Ind was pleiged, titled
with, and violated on all hands. But the Genoese
were not only betrayed but insulted. They were told
by Lord Castlereagh of the lively interest which the
Prince Regent took in their bzhalf, and of the great
pleasure which Lord Castlereagh felt in being instru-
mental to their 11...piAn,..r5. The Nob!e Marquis cc.n-
clulp 4 with ritoViag a s• i:,!s of 1t...5•1ti:•,11.; founded
en the charges wine!' had been set tit th in CIL: c )a;
of his speeA. •

Earl BATHURST observed, that about two
months had passed since he had stated that a time
would conic when the whole of the question relative
to the affeirs of Genoa would be reeelarly and pro-
perly lettere the Hoarse, and ashen he should
enter into a justeieetion of every pert which 11:: Ma-
jesty's Government lied taken in those transections.
Thet period irie not yet arrived ; end it se:mil be on-
faieto discuss detee!ied parts wite,out .1 lull staid corn-
' plete view of the subjeet. Government had been
j chart;e4 with a direct breach of faith. There never
w.ts a charge more unfounded ; there was. no bre icit
of hit!), direct or indirect. As to the instiuctions
which had been sent nut in 1811 by the M itquis
Wellesley, they had hen misunder,toed : they eon.
teined tin encouregenieet or incitement for the
to rise, except fir exp:Piqg the Fren:A. Parties thee:
were in Genre' who led proposes! to the Ateeliee
G. eierement t' incite all I- ; but Ate.trie te't
attend to their suggt eions, bet riely pts'SSC:l tut
earnest desire that thoy should reti-ance Fiance.—
Neither was it ever the wish of the people of Celina
' to return to their former state, of which they always
• expressed a strong distaste; but to set up en indepen-
j tient noire el their own. LIT re the Whir Lord en-
tered into a raittute account ot the military proceed-
ing'. of Lord W. Bentinck, Marshals Bellegarde and
Murat.] As to the proclamation which had been
issued by herd W. B winck,
that officer had received
tko instructions from been for tocititig the Genoese te
rise. He had only urged, that if they should tie.,
against the French, their efforts should receive British
aid. That was the principle upon which we had
acted in Holland and in Spain. The instructions
were plain, and could hardly be mistaken by any per-
son. There must be an insurrection already eeteited
before any assistance was promised or offered by his
Majesty's Government. The fast Resolution then ot
the Noble Marquis, which supposed incitement on the
part of Great Britein, was not founded in fact. No
instructions had been given to cause a rising of the
people, and the people did not rise ; they were not
prepared for such a to etsure as returning to their
ancient state, which they were tar from desiring to
see restored, and not a men rose, and no I:ISirLICLI./AS
had been given to Lord W. Bentinck to cause an in-
suriectien. There was no disturbance at the time of
the attack on Genoa ; there was no invitation on the
part of the people ; and he proceeded to attack it, as
lie would have attacked any other place. When his
Lordship was on the point of bombarding Genoa,
however, a Deputation or the inhabitants and the
trailitary then prayed him not to attack it ; but still
under the idea that Gcaoa would remain with.
France. He did not mean to say that the people of
Genoa were not gled to get rid of the Freneti ; but
their co-operation was merely a a negative nature,
and we took possession of Genoa in the lull tight of
conquest. 'new was one objection to this right, in-
asmuch as we never recognized the annexation et
Genoa to France; yet it was acknowledged by all
the other Powers, and we took it by right of con-
quest. He came next to the Proclamation, which
was supposed to establish the ancient government of
Genoa. Now nothing was mote clear than that no
officer had the poWer to issue such a proclamation;
and he would next assert, that my Lord W. Bentinck,
in particular, had no power to isetie it. We were not
in possession of Genoa, but we took possession of it.
But supposing the case to exist, his Lordship bad no
authority to re-establish the Republic of Genoa. My
Lord Cestlereegh's instructions went to direct Lord
W. Bentinck not to pledge the faith of the country
in this case. He hoped he had thus proved to their
Lordships, that there was not the shadow of excuse
for promising the form of republicanism to tire Ge-
noese. In truth, the people of Genoa did nut un-
derstand the Proclamation in this way. While the
Provisional Government was adopted, Lord W. Ben-
thick was directed to explain it as not to be perma-
nent ; and there was not the smallest doubt that his
Lordship had so explained it to the people of Genoa.
There was nothing in this Arir that at all tended to
establish a breach of faith on olif part. Anothei.
proof of this was, the sending of an Ambassador
tram Genoa to Congress, in order to treat of the
wanner in which tlier were to be annexed to Pied-
mom. This was decline of their not-considering it ,
as a permanent arrangement.
Earl STANHOPE said, that the Noble Earl, to
dually himself and his colleagues in a breach of faith,
1 bad perverted thri Itioguaii of the Pruclimation..