The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-02-01 00:00:00

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D'tr de Campoehiaro and Prince Cariate, 15,000
Et c!ish muskets to arm the Neapolitan troops.
3. That Lord Castlereagh had declared to these
two Ministers at Chaumont and at Dijon, that as
they.• existed a Treaty between England and the King
of Sicily, the former Power could not conclude a
Treaty with the King of Naples before obtaining an
iadentnity for King Ferdinand IV. ; but that the
King of Naples might depend upon the honour of
Eiyeland, who, having co-operated in the engage-
no:ets concluded "between Austria and Naples, de-
layed only, out of delicacy the conclusion of a
'walk of peace with him ; that in case King Ferdi-
nayd did not rsmounce.his eight,to Naples, and would
toot accept an indemnity, England would not make
war foe him; and lastly, that the English Govern-
ment would act as mediator between the Courts of
N•iples and Sicily.
Lord Ilentinck received orders to repeat the same
assorauces to the Cabinet of Naples, and delivered
to the Doc de Gallo, April 1, 1814, upon this sub-
ject, an official note of the following contents :
" That the English Government wholly approved
llKTroaty of Janoary 11, 1814, between Austria
and Naples, and it cousented to the augmentation of
terfitory promiied to the King in the Roman States ;
that it the English Government refused to conclude
a Treaty in limbic, it was solely from a motive of
delicacy, which obliged it to make this negociation
en on at the some time with that for an indemnity to
King Fardinand."
4. On the 3d of April Lord Castlereagh wrote to
Lod 13entinek, that it depended upon the King of
Sicily whether he would renounce the kingdom of
Naples or not, but that it was impossible for his
Britaiiiiiek Majesty to support his rights by his as-
sis:ance in opposition to the plan of the Allies and to
their disadvantage, or to enforce his pretensions to
recover the Neapolitan dominions. Lord Castle-
r••agh added, that it was the design of the British
Government to proceed at the same time in its treaty
olds the King of Naples, and in an arrangement for
the indemnification of King Ferdinand ; that if the
Sicilian Government were resolved to actin opposi-
tion to the designs of that of England, the latter
would consider herself as released from all obligation
to interfere, having founded its armistice on the prin-
ciples of the treaty concluded between Austria and
the-Ring of Naples, and that it would even think
itself obtiged immediately to conclude a treaty with
King Joachim.
5. The proses verbal of the coof.rences at Cha-
tilron, whereon a proposal of the Duke of Vicenza,
cot cereln.; Italy and Naples In particular, the Ple-
nipotentiaries declared c4at it was not for Fiance to
interfere iu the affairs of Italy, bemuse the &Med
Powers had already determined its fate, and that as
for Naples, they had contracted engagements which
guaranteed the possession of that kingdom to the
reigning dynasty.
I' is known that among the various Committees
enemed at Vienna, there is one for the Affairs of
Italy. It is composed of Messrs. Wegrenberg, for
Austria; Coent Nesselrode, for Russia ; Count
Alesavi.ter Nnailles, fur France ; Lord Castlereagh,
Co- England; and the Count de Late +dor, for Spain.
The decisions open the Papal Legations, upon the•
Indemnities for the Queen of Etruria and the Em-
press Maria Louisa, are iu the province of this Com-
mittee. But many persons pretend that it cannot
dismiss the question relative to Naples and Sicily,
and maintain that the Congress is assembled to tlis-
pase of the possession of those countries only which
are considered as conquered from France, and as yet
without any Sovereign. In this case Naples would!
be obliged to make all its efforts to resist its enemies,l
and to obtain against them the assistance of its ancient i'
and new allies.