The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-02-22 00:00:00

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• !Castlereagh had la.-,u so angry with his Colleagues : papers; but he might alio say, the mischief was at.
for their manner of answering questions, that he had ; ready done,—that the Emperor Alexander had
sent them positise instructions not to expose them- ; 500,000 men in Poland ; that Austria had Italy in
selves in that way for the future; and that in coma). ! thraldrom ; and that, in short, the matter could not
queriee of thisiiistructiou, they now preserved the most Ibe mended,—it was in vain to protest. Such might
profound silence—[losid laughter from the Mipiste- I be the sort of defence set up, when it was too late :
rial-Benches]. If this shouldbethe case, Minisrs would but he would call upon the House to bring those to
be exercising that virtue they so recommended,— justice who had disgraced the country by assenting
patience upon compulsion. They really appear to ,to so gross and infamous en act. The Chancellor of
have carried their patience to the utmost length, and I the Exchequer had last night mentioned an exhorta-
to have stood rather too long in the white sheet. In I lion of Mr. Burke while cor,templating the probe.
the early part of the Session they answered all man- ; ble duration of the late war, durate et rosmetre-
ner of questions upon their responsibility. Their ' bus senate secundis ;" but had that great man been
responsibility had now changed its nature, and as now alive, he would have reprobated this transaction
bows is derived aeon lucendo, so their responsibility with a strength of language which no other man
at present is to prevent them from answering any i could employ, as a complication at once of folly and
questions. The Right Honourable Gentleman had, I profligacy.
however, perhaps without being aware of it, Mr. B. BATHURST contended, that the time
spoken words this night which were of great import. had not arrived when the papers necessary to elu-
ance. He had pledged both himself and his col.lcidate the whole of the case could be produced. The
leagues, that, at some time or another, every paper ! statements of the Hon. Gentleman opposite were with-
would be furnished which could be desired, both ; out foundation. He seemed to say, that the business
ebont Genoa, Saxony, Poland, and the proceedings lof the House should be to interrupt the proceedings,
of the Congress at Vienna. That was a pledge for lof the Congress. But if instead of peace, this inter.
which tie should hold him responsible. Although.it !roption should produce war, which would not . been.
was not the Chancellor of the Exchequer who had : likely, how would the country be benefited by
made this promise, yet another of his Majesty's Mi- I following the Hon. Gentleman's advice? His Hon.
misters, the Master of the Mint, had pledged him- 1 Friend (Mr. W. Pole) had indeed mentioned the
self that the llousn chnuld have on those papers.—; production of papers relative to Genoa, but he had
Notwithstanding the avidity of Ministers for their I never spoken a word about Poland or Saxony-
- * 'trial, yet when it was proposed to obtain evidence , [Loud and repeated shouts of Hear, hear! froth the
ter the purpose, they refused it. They said that : 9pposition.]—at least nothing of that subject had
they were as auzious for the trial as their accusers . caught his ear. Every kind of intelligence would be
could be: the only difference was, that their at- ; laid before the llouse ; it was impossible to say how
toseerwished to go to the trial, but they would not. ; long it would be necessary to wait, but he hoped
• The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in answer to the that the time would be short.
Ilan. Mover, had made a reasonable moderate speech, Mr. W. POLE explained.
ifter his manner, in which he called for some delay. *Mr. HORNER, after comparing the conduct of
The Right Hon. Gentleman who followed him said, the Allied Sovereigns, who belied their professions,
that It was the grossest injustice to arraign men with thtt of the French Republicans, , who ravaged
who could give an explanation if they thought it the world with the sacred name of philanthropy on
proper. For his part, be should be much more their lips, drew a picture of the effect Which Lord
pleased to have it in his power to praise Ministers W. Bentinck's Proclamation, inviting the Italians to
for delivering Europe (as they said.they had done), assert their own independence, had produced on the
than to be obliged to condemn them as parties in one Genoese. It was that, and not the bayonet which
of the foulest acts which ever disgraced the page of had opened the gates of Genoa to his army, and
history. He considered that, in those cases, policy caused the French garrison to retire. He expatiated
end justice were inseparable; and in the same pro- on the importauce of the possession of that city, which
poi-lion that he condemned the injustice and immo. commanded the North of Lombardy :on the pro. I
rality of this transaction, in exactly the same pro..! vett which we had offered its citizens of being freed '
portion did he conceive it one of the greatest acts of ;of foreign tyrants and soldiers, and on the hopes
• political folly that ever was committed. The Right ! which they must have formed of becoming the head I
lion. Gentleman had not ventured to deny the Pro. ! of that confederacy, which sooner or later would re-;
elamation of the Ring of Sardinia any more than ' deem the independence of Italy. He hoped the
that of (surd William Bentinck. When his Sac- • struggle should come to drive away the Austrian
dinian Majesty, however, chose to publish that I tyrants who desolated that, fine country. But how had
he took possession of the Genoese States, he the prospect of being aided in the struggle by England
was happy to say that lie had been mistaken, faded away? 'To the latest day of their servitude,
and never had been able to take possession of them. I the Genoese could not forget that the perfidy of
lie trusted that he never would he able to take pos-1 England was the cause of' their bondage.
session of them, but that lie and the other Sovereigns ;This might throw them into the hands of France, who,
would find themselves arrested in their unjust career las the strongest part of Italy had been transferred to
by the public feeling all over Europe. He hoped,the weakest Power in Europe, might obtain the sur-
that the discussions in I that House, and the senti- render of Genoa, whenever they pleased, from the
melds there delivered, would have a powerful effect King of Sardinia, who would sign its transfer in or-
in arresting those proceedings. Supposing that Lord der to preserve his Crown. We had promised the
Castlereagh was returned, did Ministers expect that : Genoese liberty and the Constitution to which they
any papers could be found in his portfolio which ; had been so long attached ; and as we were well ac-
s mild justify the violence offered to Genoa ? Wheniquainted wtth the value of those blessings ourselves,
Lord NV. Bantitick was sent out to Italy by the Mar-' our guilt was still greater in disappointing thwismaes
quis Wellesley., he understood that he had express I which we had excited. As to the effect which it had
instructions to give every encouragement to the r'b- ' been said the speeches of Members of Parliament had
jet 4 effecting a revolution there. Italian pri_ I produced, he cared little. It was their duty to ex-
sonere were enrolled in our army, with the express press their real sentiments without regarding effect,
promise that they would have to contend for the in- which must proceed, not from the speaker, but from
dependence of Italy. All manner of secret so- the intrinsic weight and justice of his arguments.
cieties, Freemasons and others, were encouraged to Mr. STEPHENS said the principle on which he
co-operite in effecting a revolution to secure the in.
hoped to form one of the majority this evening, was
dependence of Italy. Even the particular man was that the question ought not to be pre judged before
slanted, who was to be placed at the head of Italy, it was possible to produce the documents necessary
as an independent nation. After those instructions, for its illustration. Did any one Believe that the
be had a right to address the Proclamation he had
• Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the other Mem-
done to them, and the Genoese could have no doubt
bars of Government, would have get up, and stated
of this language being the sincere disposition of our distinctly that no breach of national faith and honour
Govertusieo. Ile should have much rather been in a had been committed—weer; hear, hear!]—had it
situation to cantle:se the praises which, in the early not been in their power to prove their assertion ?
past of last year lie had bestowed on the magnanimity There was nothing in their conduct which wonld
of our Allies, than be now obliged to accuse them for • .
and
when he
osh their eing pre-juageu as guilty,
descending from their high eminence as liberators of foundit stated that in the recesses of the Alps the high
Eater*, amid trickling about territories to which they honour and public spirit of the country were extolled,
had sin title. The Hon. Member proceeded to state, he considered that the men at the head of affairs
that Lord W. Bentinck, in his proclamation remind- were those who had -raised her to that pinnacle of
jug the Genoese of the ancient glories of their Dories, fame. There was nothing before the House on which
promised them the restoration of their ancient consti- it could come to a decision whether a breach of ho.,
tution : but before the Ist of Jemmy their hopes 'mar had been committed,. and to attempt it would
were disappointed, and th- protocol of their annexe-
be an injustice.
Lion to Piedmont al rived from Vienna. That di cu. Mr. I'ONSONBY thought, that unless Minister,
meld stated what was not true, namely, that the deed should represent the Proclamations which formed the
was assented to by the Genoese Envoy at the Coo.
subject of the motion, as forgeries, a course which
gress; whereaslhe fact was, that he protested against he aid not think they would adopt, they cook] have
r..• it in the strongest terms. There had also appeared
was placed, and regretting that such should hare
been the result. There appeared, therefore, somet
truth in the remark, that republics were not its h
no defence. From the tenour of their argumentrbe
in the public prints a letter from Lord Castlereagh
thought they meant to allow their authenticity, tat
en the subject, lamenting the difficulties in which he
to insinuate, that the Officers from whom they pro-
ceeded had exceeded their powers in issuing- them.
Would this be the ground of their defence? If so,
e hoped some Relative or Friend of that Noble Lord
fashion with the Sovereigns assembled in Congress.
would let him know the charge against him. But be
Then came Victor Emanuel with his proclamation to
who was acquainted with him declared that it was
the Genoese, iii which he tells them be would make j impossible he should sign such a proclamation, with-
them all very happy wider his government f but so out the authority ,
very different were the feelings of the Genoese, of Government to perform the pro-
mises he had made. He maintained that unless Mini-
that to that hour his Sardinian Majesty had
stern should deny the authenticity of the proclama.
sent no troops to take possession of his newly ac- tion sof Lord W. Bentinck and Gen. Dalrymple, and
quired city, from the fear of their being assassinated.
theorotestof the Senate of Genoa, at being obliged
So strong were the hostile sentiments of the inliabi-
to give up the government to the Piedmontese, every
tants, that not one soldier had been admitted into this necessary document was before the House, and there
place that was to prove the ark of Sardinian safety ; was no cause for delay. Should Ministers pretend
and he hoped to God that Sardinian troops never that they had been reluctantly compelled to give up
would get possession of it. Thus this miserable, un- this
happy Court of Sardinia, while exposed to the wan-s point, to secure some advantage for
England,
he would consider them guilty of having
toil injustice and rapacity of the House of Austria, entered into the basest compact.
which endeavoured to lay hold of the very citadel of Mr. JL 1 A IiToN, in reply, stated that to see
M
Turin, was compelled to receive that as a boon, whether there remained a spark of ancient English
which, instead of contributing to its strength, would spirit in the breasts of the Representatives of the
prove a vital source of weakness. All this had been nation, he should call fur a division. A division
done ; and yet we were intreated to wait till all the then took place—
transactions of Congress were finished. He would
rather say; if this be a sample of them, what would For the previous question
Against it •
the full harvest be ? He should judge of the H Majority in favour of er. .
Ministers .
cules by his foot ; and it was not yet perhaps too lit ISII FREEHOLDERS.
late for a public expression of opinion to have some Mr. BROWN moved for Returns of the number
beneficial effect on the Continent, where none could of registered Freeholders, rated at the value of 40s,
speak of this transaction, if they dared speak at all, in each county of Ireland, distinguishing Baronies,
without indignation and abhorrence. True, the from Feb. 8, 1807, to the same date, 1815. His
Noble 'Viscount on his arrival would produce his object was to find the amount of Freeholders, in or.

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der to judge of the number of days necessary for
pulling.—Ordered.
Mr. TREEMAYNE.obtained leave to bring in a
Bill to amend the Act concerning Lunatic Paupers. t
After some conversation on the Report of the
Ways and Means, it was agreed that the War and
Assessed Taxes should be postponed till Monday,
and that the Resolutions respecting the new Taxes on
Licences under the Excise on Tobacco, and on
Newspapers, should be read to-night. They were
read accordingly, the others postponed, and the Re-
port was ordered to be taken into further considera-
lion to-morrow.
ROBINSON-morro
w brought op the Malta and Co-
lonial
Trade Bill, which was read a first time, and
the House adjourned.

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THE STATESMAN.

WNDON:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1815.

Two days French Papers (of the 18th and 19th),
and Brussels and Frankfort Journals to the same
dates, were received this forenoon. The most in-
teresting article thus received is one which will
be perused with the most poignant anguish by
all who respect the rights of humanity, and take de-
light iu seeing the energies of the human mind
rescuing nature from the most dreadful of thraldom.
We hope the statement is untrue—for the partitions
and transfers of which we have yet heard as the work
of " the most just and humane Congress" that ever
sat down to fit men's destinies, would be nothing to
it. It is contained in the Journal de la Belgique, is
dated Brussels the 17th, and is as follows :

" News,.arritting from a good source, affirm that,
at the Congrest of Vienna, all the Powers have co•
venanted that the possession of St. Domingo should
be guaranteed by a solemn act to Loutsi VIII.; that
in consequence, England itself, and the other mari•
time Powers, if necessary, would contribute to Me ar.
moment and the expedition. In this manner the
conquest of ►bat vast colony, %Lich is of such inesti-
mable value to France, would be easily effected, and
the occupation of it would leave no room for future
fears."

It would appear that the Court of Naples has
formed some last projects, and that Jo %cum has
formally taken possession of the Marches. His
Excellency Baron CARASCO!A has published in his
name a Proclamation to the Italians inhabiting the
Marches of Ancona and the Legations, calling upon
them to rally round the 66 invincible Captain, whose
arm was so powerfully exerted in the late war to
protect these provinces;" and, in short, quite in
the style of Prince Coxseawytnes Address to the
Poles. The inhabitants of the Marches do not know
what to make of it; and his Holiness is talk-
ing of holding a Consistory, for the purpose of
46 opening the eyes of the people" and the 66 door
of repentance," sans doubt, to every body but him-
self. Accounts from Rome, of the Ist inst. say,
44 we are still afflicted by the presence of the Nea-
politan troops, who are dispersed over the country,
and commit great ravages."
The French Papers have advices from Vienna to
the 7th, but they communicate nothing of interest as
to the deliberations of the Congress. Au article
from Madrid, of the 6th inst. says—
" Our expedition at Cadiz has returned to port—
it is understood now to be counter-ordered--some
persons state that the English. squadron off this har-
bour would not allow it to proceed ; others say, that
the men mutinied ; a third set declare that the patriots
have so completely conquered - America, that there
was no possible good to be expected from it."

The Debates in both Houses of Parliament last
night were again extremely interesting. In the
Lords, the Earl of DARNLEY, in moving for Papers
connected with the conduct of-the Naval Administra-
tion in the prosecution of the American war, took oc-
casion to notice the leading points in which the incom-
petency of Ministers was apparent ; and Lord G avg.
vutz, in moving for an Account of the Effective Force
employed in different parts of Europe, and of the
Staff Establishments at home and abroad, brought
the subject of oar continuing to maintain an immense
army on the Continent in a time of peace, and in
the present difficult situation of the country, under
discussion. The speeches of both the Noble Movers,
as well as that of the Marquis of LA xsnowst, we
need scarcely say, were able and eloquent. They
were replied to by the Official Lords, in the best
way they could ; but words make but a poor defence
•
against such serious charges. The motions were ac-
' ceded to, and the questions which they embrace will
come come again under consideration.
In the Commons, the flagrant and palpably esta-
blished.
violation of our pledges to the people of
Genoa was, in a most able manner, called into re-
view by Mr. LAsts-rox, Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH, Mr.
WurrantAn, Mr. P6NSONRY, &c. Mr. LANIB cos
moved for copies of Lord W. BENTINCK'S PrOCiallla•
lions, calling on the Genoese to support their inde-
pendence, and promising them freedom and the re-
storation of their ancient Constitution ; also for
other documents regarding the transfer of Genoa to
the King of SARDINIA. But though these papers
have already been publicly circulated throughout Eu-
rope, Ministers resisted their production upon the
old evasive plea, as tending to prejudge a measure
connected with the general proceedings of Congress.
Never were Ministers more at a loss to justify them-
' selves than in this particular, which, whether the