- It is Russia and Austria that appear to keep
up the most steady progress in their course of action : we still are watching, like " sister Anne," for the fleet which is to appear in the Bay of Naples ; still listening to any tale respecting the naval- move- ments in the Black Sea ; while we learn that Austria has marched her troops into Galatz, displaced the local Government, and possi- bly taken military possession of the Principalities. The one thing certain is;that the manifesto of Moscow and Vienna—the circu- lar of Prince Gortohakoff and the quasi-official article of the Aus- trian Gazette---itave been followed up by an elaborate argument in the Journal of Frankfort, to show that the Western Powers have no locus standi in their pretension to coerce Naples, where- as Austria possesses inherent and statutable rights to interfere on behalf of Naples and to control its Government. Of course the argument can only be put forth in Frankfort, at the present day, for the purpose of assisting Austria. Lord Castlereagh is quoted. as the grand authority against intervention, because Lord Castle- reagh had protested. against the combination attempted by Aus- tria, Russia, and Prussia, at Troppan—that family compact to maintain certain princes and their households on particular thrones, whatever they might do, and whatever might be the interest or action of their people. Because Lord Castlereagh refused to ac- knowledge that doctrine, he is now put forward. as the authority against intervention with foreign states ! The only claim to in- tervention, says the Journal of Frankfort, is that the action of the foreign state menaces the frontier or the internal tranquil- lity of a neighbour. That is a valid ground ; and it was stated. by Prince Metternich, in a circular despatch of 'July 1820, when he represented the near relationship of the Austrian Emperor with the princely houses of Italy, and the geographical position of his own states, as his titles to interfere in Naples. But the journal also brings forward a secret article of a treaty concluded be- tween Naples and Austria in 1815, by which the King restricts himself against introducing " any changes which are not in keep- ing either with the ancient monarchical institutions or with the principles adopted by his Imperial and Royal Majesty in the in- ternal system of his Italian provinces." The Journal of Frank- fort, therefore, following up the circulars from Moscow and Vienna, represents that Austria de facto dictates the principles of the Neapolitan Government ; that she has an inherent as well as a treaty right, since her own Italian provinces require that defen- sive position in every part of Italy ; and that the Western Powers have no right to interfere either by treaty or any other title.
