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French, but they did nothing for 
the allies, As to the offer of free- 
dom, it- was well known that a 
British general could make no 
political arrangement without an 
Instruction, and he had no such 
instruction. The original instruc- 
tions contemplated a case of in« 
surrection, which did not exist, 
and the case not existing, the in= 
structions had no force. In the 
meantime came lord Castlereagh’s 
instructions, which positively di- 
rected that no definitive arrange- 
ment should be entered into, but 
for ‘Tuscany, and the king of Sar- 
dinia’s territory, which were the 
only states to be restored to their 
old governments. A proof that 
the Genoese did not consider 
the arrangement as final was, 
that they prayed a confirmation 
of it from Jord Castlereagh. His 
Jordship, in his instructions to 
Jord W. Bentinck, expressly de- 
sired him, if it had been under- 
stood by the Genoese that his 
proclamation pledged this go- 
vernment to the re-establishment 
of their republic, to explain our 
real intentions to them; and re= 
quested him to avoid alluding to 
the ancient form of their govern- 
ment in terms which might cause 
their disappointment should the 
future arrangement be different 
from that form. The Genoese 
themselves did not consider the 
provisional government as per- 
manent, for they sent a repre- 
sentative to the Congress, not 
merely with a view of remon- 
strating against an annexation to 
Piedmont, but to know on what 
condition they were to be an- 
nexed. Such were the principal 
arguments by which this minister 
endsavoured to do away the im- 
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pression which the preceding ree 
solutions might have made. 
The Earlof Harrowby,inhisad> 
ditional vindication of the trans 
fer of Genoa, said, that in 1797 
the Genoese placed themselves 
under the protection of France, 
and that in 1805 they sent a 
formal deputation petitioning that 
their country might become a part 
of the French territory: there 
could not, therefore, be a case 
in which all the prerogatives of 
the jus dominii were more strictly 
applicable. He also quoted Mr. 
Pitt’s ‘opinion, that it was de- 
sirable that Genoa should be an- 
nexed to Piedmont, as consti« 
tuting by their union the best 
bulwark that ‘could be establish- 
ed for the defence of the Italian 
frontier. 
The Earl of Liverpool brought 
to the assistance of his colleagues .. 
one argument, which was un- 
doubtedly founded on the real fact. 
He said, that all thatlord W. Ben- 
tinck could do was to establish 
a provisional government, and 
Great Britain could do no more, 
since there was a combined cons 
cert between her and her allies, 
and we could not make conquests 
except in their name. The allies 
alone could decide the fate of 
Genoa, 
Several lords on the other side 
spoke in favour of the resolutions, 
but it was difficult to add any 
thing to their force. On a dix 
vision there appeared for the mo- 
tion 39; against it 111. ; 
The same subject was brought 
before the House of Commons on 
‘April 27th in a motion for simi- 
dar resolutions, introduced by Sir 
James Mackintosh, whith was ne- 
gatived by 171 votes to 60. 
