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London, England, 1821-02-12 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

Tag MINORITY
ON tfl. Cliarint'S MOTION IN TIM tempuras OT srertr, TM 9.
Althorpl Viscount Fitzgerald, Rt. Hon. Maxwell, John
Allen, J. H. M. Newman,. R. W.
Barham, J. F. jun. Gordon, Robert Nugent, Lord
Barrett, S. M. . Glenotchy, Lord Palmer, C. Fysthe
Bernal, R. Giese, Sir W. B. Parnell, Sir Henry
Bright, Henry Hamilton Lord A. Ramsden J. C.
Chaloner, Robert lialdiman '
d, W. Ricardo, David
Caulfield, Hon. H. Ilarbord, Hon. Ed. Rice, T. G.
De Crespigny, Sir W. Hobhnuse, J. G. Robarts, George
Davies, T. H. Honywood, W. P. Sykes, Dan.
Dundas, Hon. T. Hume, Joseph Smith, Hon. Robert
Denison, W. J. Jervoise, G. P. {Whitbread, S. C.
Duncannon,Viscoemt Lloyd, J. M. Wood, Alderman
Ellice, Edward Lockhart, J. J. Western, C. C.
Ebrington, Viscount Martin, John Wyvill, M.
Farrand, Robert Moore, Peter TTLI.NII.
Ferguson, Sir IL C. Mona, T. B. Creevey, T.

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Mr. WILLIAM Lericr, whose name appeared in the Majority
upon the Marquis of 'ravines:es motion, and who was °Ned,
in consequence of indisposition, to leave the House before tiv'elve
o'clock, did not vote upon that occasion.
The name of Sir JOHN Maitaoatnaisis appears in the List of
the :Minority erroneously. It ought to have been SrawaltT MAII-
JORIBANKS, Es 4. •
We find that Mr. Berrytwoitru was not in the Douse of
Commons on Wednesday morning last, at the Division on the
Marquis of Tavnivoces Motion, and therefore could not vote
upon that occasion.
Osstuitcla.— in our Report of the Debate on the Birmingham
Petition, on Thursday evening, we omitted, by accident, to
mention an expression used by Mr. Ltrrt.irruit in his explanation.
Ile stated that he had not proposed a Property Tax, but had
suggested the justice that some equal share of the public burdens
should be laid on that monster Vowssustptivat—the Fundholder.

I'H E EVENING STAR..

LONDON.

MONDAY, FET3IOMI4 12, 1821.

Our Readers will see, from the particnlars respect-
ing Naples, given in another column, that the Holy
Allies have dote: mined to dragoon the Neapolitans
into a compliance with their mandates, the Austrian
Army having broken up its quarters on the right
bank of the Po on the 29th ultimo, with orders to
march on Naples. A Manifesto, published on the
occasion, announces the act to be not that of Austria
alone, but of the Holy Allies.
Thus are the flames of war to .be again spread
abroad over Europe, and Goo alone knows when they
shall be extinguished, or what will be the result. The
prospect is most dreadful,—and to none more than
to the Governments which have thus interfered with
the internal affairs of other nations, though they
themselves calculate far otherwise; for this is neither
more nor less than a war of the Governments of Eu-
rope against the People of Europe, and whatever
may be the vicissitudes.with which it may be accom-
panied, the issue cannot be deemed doubtful to any
whose experience and general information entitle
them to form an opinion on the subject.
The shaPe too which is given to this most wicked
assault on an unoffending People, is fraught with
evil prospects to Great Britain. We were willing to
put the best possible construction on the Circular of
our heaven-born brood of MinAters, sent to their
agents at the different Courts. The act, it must
be particularly observed, is not that of Austria,
but of the Holy Alliance, and of those who concur
in the views of the Allied Monarchs. Were the
attack to be made by Austria alone, it might have
been argued that this was a case of interference
arising out of inevitable dangers caused by the cir-
cumstance of proximity ; but the case is otherwise
—the attack is the act of a body of confederates
acting upon system ; and, though not subscribing
parties to the compact, our Ministers, it is to be
feared, are virtually parties ; for the reason assigned
for our Km (then Prince Regent) not signing the
Treaty, was, that the forms of our Constitution
presented a barrier to such an act of concurrence,
but the Holy Allies were informed that this coun
try approved of the object and aim of their, compact.
Now let the Circular and his Masesry's declaration
on meeting his Parliament be compared with the fact
stated, and we think it will be seen that there is not
a single breathing in either calculated to hold out the
most distant hope, that were the Holy Allies to per-
form any—the mast wanton and wicked—act of ag-
gression against any European state, our Government
would feel it a duty to interfere in favour of the
opp? e%sed.

The view we take of our aim condition, at the pre-
sent moment, is this—that our Ministers concur in
the measures pursued against Naples, but avoid
making promises of money or aid, because an open
avowal of such an intention might increase the pre-
sent discontents; and this opinion we entertain, be-
cause they have most cautiously avoided everything
that could be construed into any assertion of their
determination not to be passive spectators, should
anything unjust be practised against Naples or any
other State by the Holy Allies,

Observe the conduct of the Holy Alliance. They
invite the King of NAPLES to meet them at Laybach,
for the purpose of averting by some arrangement, the
necessity of a war : and the first public act that fol-
lows, is this public outrage on the liberty and inde-
pence of nis kingdom ! Was this possible event uncoil-
templated by our Ministers,when they announced their
determination to remain neuter ? They will probably
be called upon in Parliament to answer this question.
How came these Allies not to interfere with Spain
or with Portugal? These kingdoms were not quite
so accessible as the Neapolitan ; and by " a great and
a terrible lesson" ft is meant to assail the former
through the moral medium of fear and terror.--,
Mind Potentates! If fears operate—and operate
they will.r7jt will be to keep the war as long as pos.

Bible far from the territories of those against whom!
a blow is aimed through the sides of the Neapoli-1
tans. The Spaniards and Portuguese must make
common cause with the Neapolitans. How then
will the case stand in the approaching conflict ?
Briefly thus :—For the Holy Allies, the Governments,
and a large portion of the Aristocracy of Austria,
Russia, Prussia, and the Rulers of such other States
as they have power to command, or with whom they
have any secret understanding:—for the Neapolitans,
the Neapolitan Government and People ; the Spanish
Government and People; the Portuguese Govern-
ment and People ; and the People of all Europe! not
excepting any but the People of Russia and Turkey.
The approaching conflict is not one between Naples
and her enemies only : it will prove eventually a war
of tyranny, injustice, and oppression, against liberty,
justice, and the natural social rights of mankind. In
such a conflict fraud and chicanery may for a time
obtain some fleeting advantages, but eventually the
physical and moral powers, on whichever side they
may be found (and that we think is not doubtful)
must beat down every opponent.

The NI is Papers of Thursday arrived this fore-
noon.—The Chamber of Deputies had public sit.
ting on Wednesday, which was remarkable only for,
a stormy brawl about the use of the words " the
glorious tricolour cockade."
One Sieur CftErrics, a retired Lieutenant, had pre-
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'sented a Petition on behalf of himself and other Of-
ficer's who had served-in the Royal Guard of JOSEPH
BONAPAHTF., during his usurpation of the Spankh
Throne, complaining that the Minister of War had
refused to allow the:n some arrears of pay due to
them on account of that service.

The Reporter from the Committee of Petitions
stated, that these arrears had never been considered
as a charge on the French Government, and therefore
recommended that the Chamber should get rid of
the Petition by the order of the day.
General FOY, on the other hand, contended, that
as these Officers had been transferred from the French
army to the service of Joseph Bonaparte, by the ab- •
solute command of the then existing Government id
France, to which it was impossible for them to re-
fuse obedienvt, it was incumbent on the present Go-
vernmentorither to discharge their claim, or to pro-
cure payment of it for them from Spain. The Ge-
neral, therefore, moved, that the Petition should be
referred to the President of the Council cf Ministers.
In the course of the discussion which ensued, Ge-
neral For, in speaking in explanation, alluded to the
laurels which the Petitioner and his comrades had
gained under " the glorious tricolour cockade." The
expression produced an instant burst of horror from
the tight side of the Chamber. The General empha-
tically repeated, " Yes, the glorious tricolour!" Cties
of " Circler, order," resounded through the Hall, and
M. DUDoN rose to shew how he thought the General
had transgressed: he had characterized, he said, as
glorious, a sign which the lass- had formally prohi-
bited from being hoisted, under pain of its being con-
sidered as " a provocation to insurrection."—" We
know nothing," added M. MARCELLUS, " but the
white flag !—Long live the white flag!" In this ex-
clamation he was joined by the great body of the
Chamber. General TARAYRE on this rushed to the
Tribune, and made an animated extemporary ha-
rangue, in vindication of the favourite revolutionary
emblem. It was a monument, he said, which would
be eternal, which would attest to future ages what
his brave compatriots and himself had done for
France ! It had, indeed, been changed for another
emblem, but it was inseparably connected with what
could never be changed—the remembrance of the
glory which France had enjoyed for more than a
quarter of a century. The altercation was prolonged
' by vai ions speakers, with a degree of violence which
the President found it difficult to controul, till it at
last subsided into a vote on the Petition, when the
Chamber passed to the Order of the Dan by a large
majority.
The accounts in these Papers respecting Naples do
not come' down to so late a date as the passage of ti e
Potoy the Austrian Army. They represent it, how-
ever, as only waiting orders to that effect. A Vienna
article, of the 27th )anuary, states, that according to
letters from Laybach, the first object with which the
Congress had been occupied had been terminated.—
The Allied Sovereigns had come to a final determi-
nation on the Subject of Naples, and in this determi•
nation the King of NAPLES had concurred. The Duke
de GALLO was to set out on the 28th for Naples, to
make known the decisions of the King and of the
Allied Sovereigns.
The passage of the Austrian Army through the
Roman States will not, it is said, experience any dif.
ficulty, everything respecting it having been arranged
by a private Treaty negociated at Rome between
Baron LEtrzaurzati on the part of Austria, and Car-
dinal GONZALVf on the part of the Pont. - It is
added that, tvhile the Austrian 'Army are settling
matters with the King of NAPLES' subjects, his MA-
JESTY is to take up his residence at Rome.
In the meanwhile, it appears from the latest ac-
counts from Naples, that the determination of the
Neapolitans to resist this wanton and wicked aggres-
sion upon their rights as a nation had suffered no
abatement. The Pitisca REGENT had been inspect-
ing the important fortress of Gaeta, and in a Report
which lie directed to be made to Parliament, it
is described as in the best possible state of defence.
A letter from Lieutenant-General G. PETE, of the
12th January, states, that he wants words to describe
the enthusiasm and patriotism with which all the
Abruzzians are animated. The troops arc perfectly
armed and equipped, and anxious for the field. The
General concludes his letter in these words:—" No
one Austrian army of an hundre' thousand men will
ever cross the Volturno."