Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-06-20

time made strong represen alfonso
tain the remuneration from king r. -
nand Of Sicily of his pretsnsionns t = q
kingdom of Naples; but tn { if he :. " The
not renounce. or accepta omrens.e 9id
his Neagolitan majesty need appre at''N,
nothing ON that account from EJsld
because it was sufficient for that sEd, ,
that it had done its utmost enJeav F.Se
procure compensation to TIE COWS "@ 70
Sicily. Finally, his eycelIency cc S9,'d
ed, that the king of Naples must h o
vinced that if the British goyernmanS,y, con.
not consented to recognize tie dsn onad
actually reigning in Naples, i y n
have opposed the engagements or sSad
into by Austria with the king. o. ~
least it would have protested.:snssa.a
them; but that, On the coutrarv, f3
been asked by the allies Il it con ca,lo99
IN the alliance with his NeapotaO ata
jesty, the Answer of the English sm %" ra'
ment had been in the affirmative 0'''A'
To give more force and autherto;.u
these verbal declarations, and that a. "
King of Naples might not be left N;th VIC
a formal guarantee of the dispositiors ~
the Britanni, Government with resr,. W
to him, his Excellency Lord Cashier
transmitted, through Lord William Pag
timex, to the Minister for Foreign As. tu'
of His Neapolitan Majesty, an oMc,I
note, of date the 1st of Apil, 1874, 5r
which he declared, that the ErgIisb 6?
yernment assured to the King Of Nsnlp,
its adherence to the Treaty stiI ulatedhs.
tween him and Austria, that il consented
to the augmentation of territory which
was promised to him under title of in.
demnity; and that if the British govern.
ment did not ia,mediately sign particp.
lar Treaty with his Neapolitan Maiesty,
that proceeded solely from sentiments #
delicacy. which obliged it to couple such
negotiation with that of an indemnity for
King Ferdinand of Sicily.
His excellency Lord Castereash sd.
dressed further despatch to Lord W
Bentinck, dated from Dion. the Cd April.
by which, in charging that minister to
disavow in the name of the British 90.
vernment, proclamation of tie court Of
Sicily, circulated by the SiciIian troors,
disembarked at eghern, aud tending to
proclaim his pretensions to the kingdom
of Naples, he declared at the sane time
that the intention VT the English Govern.
ment was to couple its Treaty with tie
King of Ma Piles, with an ARRANGEMENT Of
indemnity for King Ferdinand of Sicily;
but that if the Siciian Government wish.
ed to thwart its views, the British Go.
vernment, having admitted for its arms.
tice the principles of theTreaty concluded
between the Courts of Naples ard Wen.
ma, would deem itself relieved from every
condescension towards the Court Of
Sicily. & even deem itself forced to form
Immediately the treaty with the king Of
Naples.
This intimation. however. did rot pro.
luce the effect which the British govern.
ment ought tn have expected from it, as
the Court Of sicily has necessarily sheVn
tie strongest opposition to these views
protesting even formally against egeT
proposition of indemnity. so that the case
stated in the desf atch of Lord Castlerea:h
has. in fact. been realized.
His Majesty the King of Naples had
also to consider as proof of the adbeI'
eace of England to his treaty OF tie lin
January. with Austria, the invitation
which vas made to him by the or@aas o.
the cabinet of Vienna to accede to tie a.
lance concluded on the lst March Al
Chaumont, between the four prnclla
Allied Powers.
Besides the 18th article of that ac'
declaring that the treaties conclude'IIi
tween the four contracting Powers s'Guu
not prejudice the engagement vhlch a.t :.
might have entered into with the DINER
States, nor prevent them from iolm'f
them with other powers. with the we" !: J:
attaining the same beneticent result !, ~ y
| very evident that the treaty OF ire l',f
January, existing between the c0u'H u, d
Naples and Vienna, which was @J'
known at the period of tie lst Mart. ,
having been stipulated with the CONSTR aoi
of the three other Allied Powers G IA
especially with England, Is cornPreo sI,;es
in the guarantee contained in ''e @'"S'
above mentioned. ,,sr
In fact. the Allied Powers lave ns's Pew.
questioned the validity OF tie eas'SI 4.
ments entered into by Austria VII" 4,t
King of Naples, and it is we'll kno w r,s.
when the French PlenipotentllaifltsII ,d +
! sented IN the conferences at SNa''nrD, 80