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Sardinia ! And this was done by a British proclamation., issued by a 

 British officer. The people of Genoa were coolly informed, that the 

 government appointed by Lord William Bentinck had been super- 

 seded by General Dalrymple, who surrendered it, by command of 

 the Prince Regent, to the King of Sardinia. The foulness of this 

 transaction has never been exceeded in the political history of this, 

 or, perhaps, of any other country ; and it remains, and must con- 

 tinue for ever to remain, a blot upon the character of the English 

 nation. 



Widow'd Genoa, wan 



By moonlight spells ancestral epitaphs, 



Murmuring, " Where is Doria?" 



and the English people of the present day, are called upon to 

 reinstate a party which has shown itself, at all times, too zealous 

 in the cause of despotism, to regard the obligation of the most 

 solemn contracts, not to speak of the character of the nation, which, 

 we believe, has been hitherto of very trivial importance in the eyes 

 of a Tory ministry. 



In 1818, Lord Castlereagh, a reference to whom is, of itself, 

 sufficient to recal 



" Orcus, and Hades, and the dreaded name 

 " Of Demogorgon," 



this popular Minister this Conservative Statesman, moved for 

 leave to bring in a Bill for the continuation of the "Alien Act," 

 at a period of profound peace. Well might Lord Durham, then 

 Mr. Lambton, designate this Bill " as a system, which, violated 

 at one blow the spirit of ancient regal enactments, which protected 

 the liberty of all residing within the realms which was in direct 

 contradiction to an express provision of "Magna Charta," and, 

 which went to destroy every thing that distinguished the constitution 

 of this Country from the arbitary governments hitherto held up to 

 the scorn and execration of all Europe." 



We have selected these few specimens, for the purpose of shewing 

 the faithful discharge, by Conservative Ministers, of the obligations 

 they, by their tenure of place, entailed upon themselves, to preserve 

 our national honour abroad; and we shall take the liberty of 

 inquiring, whether, down to the moment of their leaving office 

 in 1830, they, upon any one occasion, have evinced a desire to 



