The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-11-27 00:00:00

kirgdnal, will n ‘t Any 4 hanzes irreconcile-
able either with anciet.t monarchial inFtitutions, or
nth the principles adopted by his Imprrial and Apos-
tolc Majesty, for the interior covernment of his Italian
prorin,:es.

" The vague and ambiguous phrases of this article
r quire an explanation. It is well known that in •
diplomacy the literal sense of treaties is the only one
that is relied on. The King, having conformed to
the understanding of the said article at the time of the
restoration of the liovernment of Naples, has fnlfilled
Ms promise. And it is worth remarkin; here, that
the question rested on a mere understanding, and
not on a condition or any obligatory engagement fur
an indefinite time.
4• rpon what foundation, therefore, can Austria
impt:te it as wrong to the King his h (sing yielded to
th • unanimous wish of his people, who demanded the
I,anish constitution ? However, admitting it even
as an hypothesis, that the above-cited article was ob-
ligatory for ever, it must be proved, in order to reclaim
aAainst its infraction, that the change operated in the
fwai of our government is in opposition with mo-
n srchical Institution. We might. on the cmitrary,
maintain that institutions consolidate thrones, since
they render the persons of sovereigns inviolable, and
guarantee the legitimacy of their rights: but the
question does not here turn on the discussion of
theories. The point to he proved is—and we think
w have sufficiently proved it—that Austria cannot
r•asonahly take advantage of a stipulation which re-
lated to different epochs and different circumstances,
in order to justify an opposition to our political re-

To what, then, can we attribute the attitude that
Asia 1-as taken, and still daily assumes, against us ?
What ran be the motive fur the augmentation, execs-
slye as well as pre:ipitate, of the Austrian troops in
It sly ? As long as the King imagined that, in taking
this step, the cabinet of Vienna had in view only the
maintenance of the good order and the interior tran-
qullity of his Italian States, his Majesty respected the
right which every power has of doing in its own
country whatever may appear advisable. But when
th, Court of Vienna obstinately refuses to enter into
; ny explanation with that of the Two Sicilies, and to
receive the representatives and Rents of the King—
when the Emperor refuses to reply to the conliden
ti.ll letters of his Majesty—when the Austrian
Cal.inet circulates notes among the Allied Powers,
Cle Germanic Confederation, and the Italian Govern•
•:trots, against the new order of things established in
Naples—when, in short, the newspapers of Vienna and
Milan officially promulgate sentiments hostile to us,
which a self-respecting government should never au-
C:orixe, the King would be wanting the sentiment of
his own dignity—to what he owes to the brave and
generuas nation whose destinies have been confided to
Ern by Providence—if he :bower, himself indifferent
tar so inconteivable a conduct on the part of a friendly
and allied (lin-ern:tient.
" In conseenence, his Majesty loas ordered the
undersigned to address himself to his nighties, Prince
bletternich, to require a positive and categorical ex-
planation respecting the intention of these extraor-
dinary armaments, and respecting the attitude that
Austria has assumed towards the Neapolitan govern-
ment; an attitude as contrary to the bonds and len-
tiarents of friendship existing between the two Courts
as it is at variance with the principles of fraternity and
disinterestedness which the Allied Sovereigns have
proclaimed in presence of the whole world.
" The King, who has received so many proofs of
cordiality and attachment from his Majesty the Em-
peror, his August nephew and son-in-law, doubts not
Lot that the explanatory information contained in this
note, by dissipating the sinister impressions which
nialevolence or the individual passions of some enemy
to the repose of Europe may be inspired in him, will
cause him to renounce every hostile project against a
nation which has closely admired his great virtues:
for, certainly, if any circnmstance could tarnish the
splendor of those virtues, it would be the aggression
which Anode might meditate against the kingdom of
the Two Sicilies. Posterity would scarcely give cre-
dit to such an injustice—an outrage so hostile to the
rights of nations, and the more odious as the unit
power Which would render itself guilty of such a cr me
never opposed the smallest states of Germany in fram-
ing constitutions to themselves, and took no step, at
least no public one, towards Spain, whose example we
followed.
"'l'o other motives, therefore, must be attributed
the war that Austria would undertake against a pacific
nation, solely occupied with its own welfare, and am.
xions to maintain the best understanding with every
foreign power, and to cement the particular relations
existing between the Courts of Naples and Vienna.
" The high opinion which his Majesty the King
has of the individual qualities of his Majesty the Em-
peror of Austria is to him a guarantee of the justice
and misJom that will preside at his deliheretionsi
and be l elieves that he is not mistaken in thinking
that, at no distant period, the Austrian government
will shake off its prejudices against us, and that they
bonds of friendship which formerly united the two
states will be again cemented for the reciprocal ad-
vantage of both nations. Lin if, uoforiunntely, this
hope should not be realised, time King and the whole
nation heing determined to defend, to the last extre-
mity, the independence of the King and Constitution,
which is the pollarlimer of-our rights, and the firmest
support of legitimate monarchy—arc ready to bury]
themselves under •the ruins of their country, swim
than submit to a foreign yoke. The example of the
. heroic resistance of the Spaniards to the despotism of
Napoleon would encourage us; and if the reports
which the Cabinet of Vienna receives from Naples are
footnoted on truth, it will not suppose what we here
advance to be exaggerated.
" The undersigned, therefore, begs of Iris Highness
Prince Metternich to lay this note before his Imperial
and Roman Apostolic Majesty, and to give it an early
and precise answer, in order that we may know how
to appreciate the intentions of the Court of Vienna.
(Signed)
" The Secretary of Stetsellteister for Foreign Affairs,
" The Detest CAMPO CHIARO."

At the adjourned inquest upon the body of Ann
Smiting, a verdict of
." wilful murder" was returned.
limit/ail of " tiled from natural causes ;" and the Cero-
er issued his warrant against Captain Disney,