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

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to consult with respect to the servieha of Capt. Reim.
thin the distinguished Reitisia Comsat:delta in Sicily.
His Noble Friend had given them tato importanf
points of information. He had told them, in the
Grit place, that Captain Romeo hail deserved well of
the English Government a and shoo that the Neapo-
litan Government entertained strong comity towards
all those who had been connected with the English.
The Neapolitan Government therefore was the lost
quarter to apyly to for Captain Romeo's character.
After that individual stated that he had been ruined
in the service, he thought it would not be creditable
to the character of the country, if the moat ample
attention were not paid to his claim. They were told
that one singular item was 1,400/. for the mistress
of the French General. He should like to see the
account, fits order to form any judgment upon this.
It might then appear to have been extortion, or the
singularity 'of the statement might arise from the
imperfect knowledge which he knew Captain Romeo
ball of the English and French lanotagrs. But he
mast repress his astoodahment at the conduct of the
Noble Lord, who selird upon a mistranslation, pro.
bablr, of hia statement, to raise a laugh against
this unfortunate: individual, who, it appeared, had
been ruined in this service . Ile did too: know for
what Juliet this Romeo had made the advance in
question, hat the matter was not to be treated in the
light war the Noble Lord seemed inclined to do. As the
Noble Lord hail done every tfiing-in his rower to
insinuate awav the case of this individual. be should
not hare done his sleety towarda.public justice, or to
this enfortanate gentleman, if hr lead not said what
he had in support of the Petition.—(Bear.)
Lord CAS FLEREAGH regretted the necessity he
was under of troubling the house so often ; hut he
really felt himself called npon to put the lion. and
Learned Gentleman right, who had mianneleratood
him in so aSttilliShing a manner. lie represented him
(Lord Castlereagh) as having applied 4 to the Neapoli-
tan liovet mnent to know what r pensation iw ought
to give Capt. Romeo. He never hail said any such
thing. He said that he had applied through the
British Minister at that Court to know upon what
grounds Capt. Romeo was exiled—to ascertain whe-
ther it was fontoled on any resentment excited on
account of that rrson's connection with the British
formerly. With respect to the Hon. anii Learned Gen-
tlemen's remark, on the subject of the Secret Treaty,
he well knew that the Treaty be :abided to, Was Sign-
ed in June, 11115: and it appeared to him very a lear,
that Austria having cominered Murat, is as entitled to
make a treaty with the. King of Naples to whom she
gave the Crown. This treaty could have no connec-
tion with the C./ingress of Vienna, because it was not
executed till one month after that Congress broke up.
Lord W. BENTINCK asked whether the Petitioner
had been banished from Naples ?
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, be understood that
the Petitioner lead been in confinement, and had
escaped from prison.
Lord W. BENTINCK said, that as the Noble Lord
seemed to doubt the existence of a di/11111101i io which
he had before alluded, he would read a copy of it to
the House. It was dated Dec. ISI9, and was to the
following effect :—That Isis Majesty, feeling himself
bound to ratify the .tots of the Congress of Views*,
he reignited the kingdom of Sicily with the kingdom
of Naples, whirls were in future to form one th/s ens.
ment.--(Hear, hear.)
Lord CASTLER EACH said, that he nevei saw that
document. He had lately heard of a Proclamation
said to have been from the King—that Proclamation
was a rank forgery. Ile was inclined to think that
the document just read was of the same deseription.
Lord A. HAMILTON said, that justice. and what
was sine to the national character, called npon the
!louse to attend to the case of the Petitioner ; lee had
been most unfairly dealt with, and most severely. lie
had been imprisoned for live months. nail was fed on
bread and water during that time: he had suffered for
his veal and for his set vices to England. lii' contlnct
was approved of : Ilia merits attested by the most eli•-
tingnished officers of the British army. It was the
duty of that lions'. to see 01'0 hail suf-
fered in their service, should not be allowed to gro
from their liar without redress.
Mr. A BERCIO 01111 E said, that if be nnolerstooel
the Noble faun, lie dill not attempt to contradirt his
Hon. and Learned Friend (Sir J. 31ackintosh) ; on the
contrary, his answer went to confirm the statement 14
his Hon. and Learned Friend. His lion. an/I Learned
Friend did not say that the Neapolitan Government
acted under the order,' of the Csow:ress of Vienna,
lint in consetvence sit the Secret Treaty entered into
between Austria and Naples, which contronled the
power of the latter, and placed its Laws and Consti-
tution at the disposal of a foreign power. It was ion_
noeiliately after the shaman, treaty that the Procla-
mation of the King of Naples was issued,
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that there was no-
thing in the Treaty of Vienna whirls went to hind np
the bands of Austria, so as to prevent her from enter-
ing into a separate Treaty with any partienlar power.
All he meant to sac was, that such Trertv had no con-
nexion with Ilse Treaty of Vienna.
Mr. HUME, in rrp!v, stated, that the Noble Lord
opposite had mis-stated the fact saloon Ise said, that
Capt. Romeo escaped front prison, as Io sou that
°erasion be lead been transported by an order from
the King of \Aides, roontorsigned liv the
Consul, Mr. Lee, its a Swedish vessel to rrvpt. With
regard to the it had been paid es a bribe to the
mistress of the French General, to proenre his escape.
With respect too the lenztli of tint" of his claim, how
could it be otherwise, when he was two veal< and a
half in getting to England, and was then ten months
before he could get au answer.
The Petition having been brought np,
Lord CASTLEREAGH observed, that the services
of Capt. Ronteo were perfumed in Ist/Ps and I sin,.
The British army temained in occupation till 1515,
during the whole of wl:iels period these claims might
have been presented for investigation.—The Petition
was then read, and ordered to be printed.
NAPLES. _

Sir It. WILSON brletl.vstatrd the object of the mo-
tion he had given notice of fur this day. In a letter
which he had good reason to know passed lwtween
Sir Wm. Al'ourt and the Neapolitan Minister fur
Foreign Affairs, relative to the instruction+ given to
the t ominander of a sqnailron in the Neapolitan seas,
be coneei• ed that principles were laid down incompa-
tible with the law of nations, and he therefore thought
it his duty to bring it under the attention of that

MAN.

11041 k The paragraph in Sir Wm. A'Court's letter
to which he particularly wished to direct the attention
of *e Reuse was, where, after stating the intention of
the British Government to maintain a strict neutrality
he went on to say, '6 it will interfere in no way with
the affairs of ibis country, except in such way as in-
terference may be rendered necessary by personal in-
sults tar injury being offered to the King or the Royal
Family." The letter ailded—`. the undersigned flat-
! tees himself that nothing will occur to interrupt the
peaceful dispositions of the two countries." This re-
servation the Nouse would remark came very well.
whilst we haft a squadwa to gnard the sea line, whilst
the Austrians attacked the land line, that being the
eery tissue when the Royal Family would be most
likely to meet with insult, if they did not conduct
themselves properly. A convention having ensued
between two of the personages assisting at the
late conferences at Trappau, one of whom was the
first Minister of one of the leading persecuting
powers, in which the possibility of a change of
Ministry taking place in this country was discussed,
one of the parties said, that should any thing of the
kind take place, it was resolved by the Allied Powers
to treat Enema in the same way as Naples. Upon
its being remarked that that would be found difficult,
since Napoleon had in vain attempted it, it was re-
plied that the course would be to treat it as a pesti-
ferous nation, by restraining the intercourse of all
other nations with her. The Noble Lord opposite
seemed to think this impossible, but many things had
happened in these days which were Go:ight impossi-
ble. Leaving this topic, be must observe that this
kind of menacing neutrality was more calculated to ex-
asperate the nation against the Ro)al Family than
otherwise, as they appeared to he the property of a
foreign nation rather than belonging to their own
country. The conduct of Mr. Pitt, in 1792, an autho-
rity fur which the noble Lord might be supposed to
have some respect, was widely lilferent towards the
French nation from that pursued by the present 6o-
' vent:swot towards the people of Naples. He, while
anxious to interfere in behalf of the King. was careful
I to avoid every thing that might give offence to the
French Government, and anxious to the last to leave
an opening for communicating with the French Con-
! vention. Row, indeed, could he art otherwise? he
who was the representative of a people, who, before a
regular tribunal, hail adjudged one Soveredgn to die
(he believed few now denied the justice of 'lint sentence
if they lamented that the execution bat taken place,)
I anal expelled another Monarch from the throne, In con-
sequence of which the house of Brunswick had teigned
in England ! lie did not see that the people of Naples
ought to be viewed as hostile to the. King. For belseuld
not believe the Allied Monarchs, when they represented
hint to have declared against the Constitution at Lay-
barb, which he had sworn to support while at Naples.
The documents called for ought to be produced, that it
might be known what was the real character of our neu-
trality. This country ought to have expressed strong
abhorrence at the prinziples laid down by the Allies.
This became more necessary, when it was remembered
what was the whole charge against the people of Naples.
When it was objected to them that they had adopted the
Spanish Constitution, he would ask the Noble Lord if
the King of Naples hail not previously subscribed to the
Spanish Constitution, in order to secure the succession
to the Crown of Spain. lie begged to ask what was the
course of the Spanish Constitution ? Had it not been
working in Spain for eighteen months without producing
any consequences dangerous to other States, anal lied it
produced any evil effects since it had been in operation in
Naples? lie vindicated the priceiples of the Carbonart at
considerable length, and though far front defending the
assassinations that hail taken place, he could not view them
but as thenatural rest:lmola despotic system. I tecosumented
un the ambition of Austria,and maintained that permanent
military occupation of Naples as a fete tic bout was her
object, and hall beets so for years, anal he was confident
that she would not easily relinquish the hop? of obtain-
ing au establishment in the Southern part of Italy.
lie described Austria to have extorted the sum of five
millions yearly Prow Naples, and declared it to be his
opinion that the Noble Lord ought to hate interfered as
soon as he hail read the Austrian Declaration, and de-
clared that nothing should induce hint to suffer the nil-
litany occupation of Naples to take place. lie exulted
in the situation In which the Austrian army was placed
by the advance of the Piedinontese trop; s. and calcula-
ting on its probable destruction, considered the knell of
despotism tea have sounded. For this coontry, though
hr felt for ire embarrassments, yet he should be ashamed
of his countrymen it he felt not avowed that they would
submit to male any sacrifice in such a reuse, to miti•
gate the misfortune% of others who were stiffering in the
cause of liberty. lie eulogised the conduct of the
Prince Regent of Naples, and linialted by moving an
Address to his Majesty, raying that he svoithi he gr.*.
citmaly pleased to givc directions that there shottill be
laird before the lionise a copy of a Letter, 'latest Feb. ll.'
P+2l. from Sir W. A'Court to the Neapolitan Minister
for Foreign Affair.; together with a copy of any Itt-
411111e1 Mita sent out by Government, on whirls the same
was founded.
Lord CASTLERFAGII, in rising to answer thin
call of the Gallant General, disclaimed all intention of
following him through the various subjects which his
speech embraced, hut said he would confine himself,
in the first place, to the comments which were made
up the circular letter—the object of tile Gallant Ge-
neral's motion. lie would not toilets upon the ques-
tion, tit' whether the liallant lieneral's information was
or was not correct upon those interesting priv:tte con-
versations which seemed to have such a Oman for hint.
Neither was he a follower of Isis &whines of alarm ;
his faith Wa% rather weak in those prophetic visions
which the Gallant General opened with so lintels satis-
faction to himself. but which he (Lord C.). like cer-
tain other prophecies, did not take for (love' truth.—
As to the production of the letter front Sir W. A'Cittirt
to the Duke of Hallo, the tiallaiit General might to
have stated some practical reasons for producing it.—
For if the only object was to discuss the truce itself,
that might have ben alone with great ease, without
motion at all ; as hr (Lord Castlereagh) was ready to
admit that the letter which appeared some weeks ago
in the newsp•ipers was a correct copy of it. lir was
bound to assume, then, dial the object was not to ob-
tain information it hich might be hail Sal easily else-
where ; and what then was the object of this motion ":
The gallant General could not, nor retold any one,
subset to the humane principle of protecting a helpless
Royal Family from insult and injury.—(ilear.)—He
(Lord C.) however, protested most strongly against
the construetion put on these words, that they had
reference to any political changes porde in the Consti•
ttstion of Naples, which slid not endanger tite safety
of the ltuyal Family, but tendril to lessen their
This was nut the sense in which this letter was
written. it was dictated by a mere spirit of lonnanity
towards the weak or oppressed. With tepid to the

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too extensive iliseretUnotnieutivnernotntr.llsainnitswtei l Minister at,
be vrondereti any gt
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stittition di.l nut know there were ti.: sia,ees
which it was necessary to give M 41
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siderable discretion. in t
could that discretion be entruste.,lo,erk_swilill
.truer
than those of Sir W. ATourt, andGraham
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who was at the bead of the naval department ;—.(d.
—With regard to the question of general iw;
he complained that the gallant General had eerleas,";
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siterl,gni nerti.:l7:tooxibi,pY, who
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1792; but they doubted whetlimiorrdsuiewhisti,attatterfffek,,ir
would be beneficial to the object ..whielt it eas -
to serve. The case of Naples, however, was dii..._11e44
The circular of Slr W. ATonrt, derlared nretrirwi
the broadest terms. In 1792,
posed that a Alorrilie messenger should de fed two.
Court of France, to express our opinions Go bt
strictions on the King's person ; but fur the r
tsaaw
lalestailv stated, this proposition was not aduptet yr
again denied that the document was directed
u any new ch toges in the Government of Naplec i.. •
Noble Lord then censured in strong terms tittle*
cation which the gallant General cute red 41,4.
the ptineiples of the Carhonari.—(ilear. duo
It was not in this stage of the lousiness fie Hew
should think it necessary, by its iahrfereere,
relieve his Majesty's Government form all mows
bility as to the consequences of the tome tarli2
sued. If calamitous circumstances shook pr.
Government was answerable for such eir
but hr could not think that was the time to rsti
the note, nith a view to examine into the limitable
in the instructions to Sir %V. A'Conrt. If
any people on the face of the earth more
than another in guarding agtinst any stain
character from any offensive conduct ir
Royal Family, the Neapolitans were that
the people of Naples were not dissatistied
colmisunication made by the British
They thanked Sir William A'Court far
proved of the neutrality which this
it would maintain. But if the Gallant
that that measure resulted from any
power with the Congress of Troppan, tl
firer was greatly deceived, for before the
that Congress those orders were issued
of the strictest neutrality, and Sir W.
authority 14, make them public. Sir W,
not conceal his instructions, but commte
freely, and received no re tttttt istrance from
litan Government. At the issue of the hi
the Allied Sovereigns, it was necessary
Hain A'Court should furnish the Duke .
a note corresponding with his instructions,
that the latter might inform his Government
termination of the British Government.
tion 11":13 issued to the British Minister
with any knowledge of the Allied Powers,
before they met at Troppau. He
no licaitatioo in informing the House, the
A'Court and Sir Graham Moore had
remove the Royal Family if any breach
In that case, Sir Graham Moore was
protect them from every species of instil
but those orders were properly guarded
tv's Ministers. Whatever results miel.
Ike differences between Naples *nil the
reigns, they could not throw any _
Majesty's Ministers, u ho were 00 parties
lions of the Congress at Troppau or of
what had been done, Ministers were aril
fur themselves without any concert wit
whatever grew out of the measures t
part of the Allied Powers, this culotte:
responsible. This country dill not hrc
their polities. With respect to the ilk
the Gallant and Hon. Gentleman hail
wade
of Austria being for the nltintate occupat.
he seemed to forget that Austria had possession sat
plus at a former period, and yet did nit attempt too
propriate and annex it to tier own dominions
that great and memorable war which hail been rarns
on for the preservation of the rights and lihertios
all Europe, Austria had conquered the kityleste
Naples, au.l instead of laving claim to it 1!
right of conquest, which might be ileend
good titre, she left it and sent away
•
half of her army, and kept the tart hill
only for the preservation of Naples, while at the'
time she allowed the army of Murat to
At that time Austria did not even think of
herself of Naples. Us (laird Castlereaeh)i.
a part of the Emperor of Austria's lets 'r to the
of Naples. in which lie said that his army nasio
session of Naples, for his (the King of N!
terest ; and as soon as he could trust to his
his (the Emperor's) General had orders to
from Naples in ten days after. The gallant
as an aarieirs caride, has told the house of the
ciples of the Carbonari, and took pains to
their system, which was calculated to bring
on every country. But he (Lord Castlereagh)
secret sects and conspiracies of every kind
and destructive of libertv.---(lleart hear.)
standing the commendation of the gallant G.
Constitution and laws of this country authorise'
to denounce and condemn all such secret
It was in the origin and nudism of all such .
to destroy all the governments in Italy, and M.
different states of it into one solid mats. He
participate in the enthusiasm of the Gallot
arid he would again repeat that he cum hl nut..
designs of the Allied Powers stay ititeotion uf
ing their territories. The Noble Lord co .ed..oo;'
derlairing that it was his opinion, that tilt
Powers did not mean t.• violate any of the fu
witich they had entered with this country.
Mr. A'CIn:ILT observed that the Dote of hi'
titre, Sir Win. A'Court, was rereited hy the I
.artit of Naples each noutingled approkitiout
the people had received Sir William himself wt
grea•est enthusiasm.
Mr. C.
SON supporte.l the motion.
'I he lion. Air. WARD trusted that on mitt
Ministers would adhere to the resolo:iou t.eul
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avowed of maintaining a strict neutrality. "
have been better had Englaud takea an ,aut
and assmaral a louder and more drettlei
condole. could be OMIT objectionable than that
tism.—lfrt
the Neapolitans were denied tiler
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