The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-09 00:00:00

already -stEiStecli--4nd it is from quite alicither
quater. - -,The. Manchester imeu . are most_ unques-
tionably wise. in their generation. Bat England
must-base her greatness and prosperity,aftef
upon something infinitely higher and Better than
a Manchester pioltopoly, if she is to maintain her
position among the countries oftlinrope, and of
•
the world. • •

The Times otyesteiciay frankly conf,:sses, with
reference to the French Emiiiiror's recent move-
ments in behalf of Ttaly, that "after nil, the sting
of the affair is that Englishmen feel they have
been cajoled. They thought this a war et-Italian
independence. They sest lltaly again ot Austria,
and cared not how'irinalthe--T4inbi glained from
the lattier., It novi appears that the Emperor of
the French had, no :idea Zir serving without
reward." This, we say_. Lis a frank acknowledg-
ment of the truth. And iffit be se—if itibertrie
that " Englishmen,feel they have been cajoled'
and there can be no doubt of it; 4Vfl
what has rec'efitly- occurred—.surely it ought td
operate as a warning to us, that, in our future
-transactions-with-the imperial beguiler;-we may
not be cajoled again, and much More diaaStie4Ty
than b4nre.f..We,.quite as fully agree witlitur
contemporary, when he .ackls,iiiat althoughlkiie
may be 7reXtd to feel we have been the victims of
hypocritical professions, thatjiSiiAt of isetisuffi-
cient ground for interrnptiriPhe peace of all
Europe." Still it ought to be sufficient ground
:for being on purl-guard, and. taking care, yefo
not c9Fanait.purselvesby.drawing tqociosely
ties of friendship',', with one -whose policy is so
paealiarly, disinterested.. •

There seems to••be a-strong' feeling arising in
Germany against the ambitious designs of Louis
Napoleon, and an anxious hope that England will
yet
,opPOse them. A published letter from Paris,
referring to this, remarks,—" We cannot think
that the Germans are far wrong in supposing that
England will not consent to be dragged at the
6at-tails of the distUrber Of the peace of Europe,
or will consent to bind herself to a policy that
revives. all the worst traditionS of Ttle 4ro
Em-
pire, without having any of its ex.cuses.", Let Os
trust that our German friends will not be disap-
pointed.

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THE • amendment on Mr„ KINGLAKE'S matieni;
respecting the annexation of Savoy and Nice to
France, which is to be brought forward by Mr.
MONdKTON MILNES, was to .be looked upon, of
course, -as a movement in favonr of.the' French
Emperor„coming from the qUitter it did. It may
be renienibered that ,Sir. ROBERT :PEEL, in the
course !ot.:tlie discussion a few nigh 6 since, in the
House of Commons, stated that the Emperor of
the French: had complained, that " after all the
sacrifices he had made to England; both politically
and commercially, he had gained nothing what!
ever except the support of his friend, Monsiein
MtLNES."';And, such being the case, one naturally
supposed that " Monsieur MILNEs."' meant. Still
to support his 'friend the Emperor, in bringing
forward the amendment 'in question. But
very much cbubt if his Imperial Majesty will
act much store by such support. We rather think
he will be inclined to exclaim, as some quite as
great men. lave had to AO. before, " Save
nie fr6m 'my friends!" Thatnancp,dtnerit; it Will
have been seen, is to the effect that the Hoppe
of Commons should express to Her. Majesty
" their-deep regret at the agitation of a question
affecting the frontier of a great State settled by
treaty; and. humbly assurer Her Majestythatthi
HenSe Will: earnestly support Tier Majesty's
advisers --in conducting. their negotiations upon
this question in a manner compatible. with the
great interests of. France, SWitzerland, Italy,
England, and Sardinia; and with a faithful-
observance of treaties, and a due regard to the
peace of Europe." Now, if anything could cast
a slur upon the character of the French Emperor,
surely this-must do so. The regret it. expresses
at the very agitation of the question, implies;
course, that the question is an evil one; and when
it proceeds to speak of the negotiations upon it,
as being conducted" in a manner compatible \vat;
the faithful 'observance of treaties, and a dud

regard to the peace of Europe," it Makes_ a
reflection upOn the French Emperor, with whom
the agitation of the queAion has originated,
and who has already shown . a. disposition ,to
pursue, not a faithful but a Aithless 'observance
of treaties, and to have little regard to the 'peace
of Europe, where his own ambition was to be
gratifletl,—it thus furnishes, we say, a sirqillg
argument why the Emperorxhould not only not
be supported in these his designs, but- should be
opposed in them with ail. the, force and effect
which '.the Parliainent of England;. and the
Government of England, can poesibly put fort:

Not that we mean to insinuate, that such a
question as this should be made by our Parlia-
ment a castes MU. Important though it bo,;it
were not worthy a war ; and it would be madneSe
on our part to do anything to hazard such a
catastrophe. A great deal may be -done, in such
a case, apart from actual warfare ; and when we
read, as we do, ,in some of the: latest telegriviis
from the 'Continent, that the , great PoWerS
Prussia, Russia, and Austria are understood
look with hope to England's opposing : the
Emperor NAPOLEONS annexation, we 'do' riot for
a moment suppose, that they contemplate it.s being
done.,by any such means as those of war. There
are other and more rational means .which a Govern-
ment like that of England may well employ, on
such an occasion. At any rate,,it were "not a time
to talk of drawing closei .the ties Of friendship
with one who
,is thus contemplating a defiance of
treaties, and a setting at nought of the public
opinion of Europe. r It is on this account that it
has been found expedient to diseuss this question
of the proposed annexation of SaVoY and Nice to
France in connection with a Treaty-Leven a Treaty
of Commerce—the preamble 'of' which.,SetS forth,
that it was deOgned as, a, means of draieinkeloser
the-ties of. aendship With sucli-4157Grterttatp.i
It was understood, it would seem, a few days
since in Paris, that the language of Count CAVOLTR,
in his despatch to the French Minister, and
the proceedings of the British. House of Commons
of Friday arid Monday nights, with reference. to
Savoy,and the Treaty, had already caused some
irritation in high quart.:rs in, that capital. And
if this were the case a few days since, such irritsT.
tion will scarcely have been subdued by }ghat hi°
since -trariSpired., But the Emperor;, appears to
be proceeding in his object notwithstanding•
has sent a Plenipotentiary to Turin for the elPl:esa
purpose of obtaining the cession of Savoy, and
• rit '
Nice to France.' It is true, the adeei.'•
•
" that when the principles of the e •
of
e 5
been settled by France and'Slo ! 111 •
t la
which the advent' seems .yet rr
confer-
ence of the Great PO3.veis übe _
ain
the discussion Of the subject.,' Bat the. very
determination
with,-,ybieli. the E, Mpeior is pursu-
ing his object, s!eFP-to intheate that if the Great
Powers be „leer e e
conoked for
yon.teolt. deterred And
willthus
from -- •
effect may
a
cerrying
our Imperial Ally, with whom we are
to draw the ties of friendship so much Closer than
s: . n
before, expose himself not only to the distrust
but to the hostility of those Powers, and place tie
thereby in a position, certainly not calculated to
improve our own. relations with them.
The appre-
hension of such distrust
and
hostility ofFrane
by the great Powers of Europe is alreidy actPlg,
unfavourably upon the Money Markets both in
London and on the Continent,' where Iwe ea
attention is being already directed to. the compli-
cations of Europe. They are distracted and de-
pressed by that general distrust of the Emperor
NAPOLEON'S political • •
projects, even. at a flute
when, as is well observed, , " everything Nv.o4lll'
seem most to counsel a policy- that
~should'assist
the developmentnf confidence 4.44 commerce."
1 ":..ii., ,Thafi I.