The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-03-21 00:00:00

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In this situation Capt. Romeo atiptiod to the *Whisk
Minister, Sir Wm. A'Court, foi protect's'. mist the
agreement made that the British Goverment, 'mkt

insure bias against any danger that he might he in
front the hostflity of the Neapolitan thsseranettet on
arconst of his pattisansisip with tits Britith. This
application he (11r. Ilene) thought the British Minis-
ter bound to attend to, but so far froth his having
dons so he joined in the acts of the Ministry
sthat

were persecuting. this individaal--the sane Ministry
whose conduct had been the insaediate cease of the
late revolution, and with whom hi should have Sc-

parted the Representative of the British Golotoosoot
would he the last to act ia uoispo. MA respect to
this Ministry, who had dolfi oil in ilia pow to

oversews aM those institutions fousdail by the Bag-
fish. Mr D. Campbell. in a letter to Capt. Romeo.
stated, that he could speak without Itesitatioo to the
tact of all those who, like Capt. Romeo. bad assisted.
the British tioverument, having become the violas of
the persecution of the Neapolitan Uovernonmet en se-

count of the good they had done. He (Mr. H.) tHought
he had great sense, as a British subject, to complain of

Sir W. A'Uourt, who had lent Itittu.af to such acliosts is

vonld not fail to render the character of the English.
Bovernment and people odious. lie wow cause to the
particular complaint of the Petitioner. as hi Vie map-
ucr in which be had been treated by the British Go-
imminent at home. lie came to England in !SU', at
which time he made an application to Government, for
remnneration on the ground of his past services. and
twripencition for the loss of property he had sw...
rained in the British service. 'lo this applicatioa no

Answer wa. retnrnetl fur nine months. At last, from

the intr. feretefe of his Ito,al Ilighness the fluke of
I"..rk, to whow• honour atta credit he 'poke it, ht• oh-
tattle i i pension of fifty pounds per annum, as the

nie.ll).l lof I,is inone,liate support. The cum 401.
‘s.:s riuirnlon., as a etryTen.atioll to t.iptaitt
.u. inttn• ?.ititatiott in oiilPll I•e His

tes alone auiountell to I 3.0110 dollgrs hut hr W s

litse.l ail retutmeratiou for them.

Tier Fore; ,:ti

Office was applied to for a pl.:Nowt t•otn tisk tioreru-
o►ent, and Captain Romeo received a consideration ,if
3410/. in lieu of this annual paltry pen•ion of :►tt'.
with a vi••n• uf returning to his country. lint ta•hat
%could the 11►wse say, n•hen tlr•r heard that at.er sell-
ing his pension, he wit• retmo•:l a item-port ? The pe-

Witmer had calk i upun this 6ot...rntalent tib
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what cri:la • he .•t IPA ft, viitilio. 16411 I•'

their disappruhation, 11111 141 eu purpose. Er
limo the order ior his deportation, which stated thst
he was deported by order of the British Covert'Mead.
tv.ss hoe tlsst lie was suffered s Foeorla passpert ;
I.llt he refilst•.l 111.11, as it %%tllliti nit la.,:ve had the tie-
sired effect of atforeing hint that protection which Ise
su watch needed. These erre the facts of the east`,
and his rsquest now, that the Hoene-weal& hike into
consislet .itiusa the pr tyer of the petition, w•:ieis wai.
to grant a. remuneration for the losses of the petitioner
sustained in the British service; and also that he
might be furnished with an English passport to return
to his 011 a regenerated country. lie had only I
state ill onclusion, that lie believed every word
Ilse petition to be true. lie moved that the petition
be br •ught up.
Lord C.ISTI.I,EItr..II:H said, It *as not his inten-
tion to fainause the brio:riot; np of the petition. It
prayed lite general results, rather than for money, ail
he h•lieved it smith? etonsistently with the forms of the
Hons.:, he received. Ile (Lorol Castlereagh) did not pon-
toose cooing into any minute detail of the rase, but as
the flon.Geostliona•s bad stated generally the particu-
lars of it, he tint :F.ld himself justified in taking up
the time of the iitoose, by giving a genera! view of
the natnre of his (Lori Castlerragh't) answer to that
case. This was the ease it-11;A he Issil on a former
oreas'on adverted to, in statine that the relations h,•-
twist the Nea,:oiitans and British Cabinets hal sully
been interrupted by a single ease on which this :-
veto:went had thought it their doty to Interfere. flu
must, houveaer, inform the Huns., that this ear iii I
•t proi•erly helong to his depart.ssent, which was oni
tar ch twirl of communication with the Neapolit.aa
Gov •: nment oil t.e stabj:•et. The claisus of the int:-
rigl:!.,l, if be had env, was pnrely of a inilitsry nature,
which he adtioitteti we. e harked by very high testin...-
niale. If they were to be raga:ed in the details
this affair his answer 1%1.111 etnee usdre properly ate:-
wards, : sit Ise shosnitl briefly state the heads of t:.:1
tr.:tisielion as far as this liuverionent was concerned.
In 1.117. (*sr. l(,oneo etmie to this country, and i:.:-
rne.l.stel; preferred his Haim to Lord liathurt's offi: r,
ro•:slstitt.s; of certain outlays for the Ileitis!, Boyer:t-
-u...4 to no less an aveunt than I his Ftl!”,
is was t o he rensemb-reol, was claimed as having he • t
disbursed for services to the British government, by a
Captain in a t al:the:on corps. It was rasat•L r
uE stirrise to tl.ose before whom this demand ess..lll
its Lori! Bothiirst's Ottice, that a Caotain in tt.e
army should have been con's•••,t to lay so long out of
his money, slisbnr-ed iO ht'7. and
isidy its I eizlat years after the alleged sereict.s
...ere performed. Ile was :AN! why he had not before
oreferred this claim and hoer it cumc that it Iva
a •
Itt,tt biro iiryni,iate.l isv the r.titer ellliceecharzed
the examination end disposal of similar accounts 4%
liar time at which it moss mitt ae•ed? Xes sstisfacto.f
losp-xer heinz received to this by Lord Bathurst'
°thee, the cisiin was dismissed. If celled upon to n o
into thi Tiestioso in detail be mist rut the Manse
possrssims of all the int trinalion he had rezeived s'
the yea:wet, witie:o toe .11•1 not think would he fon-ut
writable to I :q.t. It .mite.,. the sane time !.te
Wigiseti it to be min I `rigtiliii 'la it h., Majesty's Minis-
ter* were not there to answer toll the charges brotteit
axainst them nit areutotas uf the conduct of 4? her
veromeo,ts, over whirls they had no equate-cll. Their
could only answer fur Ilse cosminet of the Servants of
Vermin ai.restl, and if ea.lesi spots, he should certot
ly nut hesitate to pnt the Itener in possession of Sir
Allottres rep.ort with respect to that Cent'e•-
man. Ile nunst however remark, that it was I ithe•
sinetsl.or that this demand shosaid have hero ole-
laye I in. ilearly oho: years. Uu: of the items n•usal..l