The Express.
London, England, 1860-02-29 00:00:00

SAVOY AND NICE.

Mr. KINGLA li E tnllel attentionv
to the rumours of a
proposal to annex Savoy and Nice to the empire of France,
la ceder, he said. to old tie an expression of the opinion of
the bees upon tk.t propml, and which, he believed, would
be ananiteoue. He read • c itumunication which he had
received from Paris Let autumn, and extracts front French
papers suggesting ground. for the tratafer —grounds
which, he remarked, would have an extensive and dan-
gerous application. By the treatise of 1815 the
northern portion of Bevoy (Chat:gala and Feucigny)
was dicier/1 to particiote in the neutrality of
Switzerland ; but if It became • part of Frazee,
what, he raked. would biome of this guarantee, and of the
integrity of Seitearlatol, which would be jets:mad is between
two departments of Francs? This annexation would have
an eintarrasaing elect upon our own freedom of action, and
would nnettle the political relations of Europe. He referred
to the repeated declaration, on the part of the government of
Prince, prior to the recent war in Italy. that the Emperor
was actuated by no motive of penonal ambition or desire of
conquest. At the same time be had, he raid, received in Ja.
eeary, 1869, • ommunicaucie (which he hart imparted to the
Udell govern,..eni) eating that • secret arrangement
(called • port- de jemilie) had bass entered into between
Frame end Serdinia for the re.slon of Savoy to Frew,
although Count Walew.ki had aesurwl Lord Cawley that no
• treaty** whatever existed with that view. Apperently, he
observed, the meter sto)d thua —He had no teat that an
mrearesest had beat Mine to under which, in sick age for
Laattarey, the Emperir of the Irene] should pampa Savoy
and Nice; hit, art all Lombardy had not been cuequaree, the ,
gestingesey had failed. He protelowlstrosgly against the an.
stemma of the two proem:am which, if canted iato effect,
would, in his opinion, be an open violation of treaties. He
esseleded by moving en address f. r copes of the correeprad
ease between her Majesty's government and the governmects
.1 the Emperor of the French sad the Klee of Santini. is
meet to the proposal.
134, K PEEL, in seconding the motion, observed that this
matter aff et e the whole !relies queetioe, and wee of such
Meal impuetance that It &evolved the interests of all Europe ;
the promos! is tramelos being the tine attempt to alter the
bads re the territorial arnmeemot. of 181% the inroad must
be checked with • vigorous band. There wee a stern
emldeleneised resolution on the part of the &mope& to
resit their treater to Freer", the natimal (reline being, he •
know, atheletely aategoct.hc to the connexion ; it wield be
is diesel esstremattes of the Art of Congrees of the 20 h of
November, 11115, sad swath elect at once the neutrality of
illetasrlesd sed ef gamy. Awl whit, he asked,
would he the thaw_ of the Italians when they
fumed that they bed the
rei liteeny by the
seentke of the freedom of other countries? They
would he ilhelleeps ef the I apes' regret and grieL Tb.
time Irell 411•11 when they Amid endeavour to check these
seenessive seediseles of Fraser, awl, if p eathle, maintain
the inanimation' of Savoy as guaranteed by the
treaties of ISIS. He booed that the brass would rain
it. voice eviler* my attempt to take away these preithesse,
which fairly helmeted to Sall2llll. lie admitted that his
voice wee but west and inefliraist, but be had been ailed to
glee mmeselos to the wishes of the Seim people-Ow,
heary-oad le the ablate* of • mete powerful demote be
had dem so. (Load cheers.) He had twirled he semi
yeas Is that omntry, through the kiaderes of the sehth lead
the stimeiver for Tiverton. and had had opportnettles of
lasowfag the eentimesta of its leading maracas', from one
of wham he had received • Liter dated on the day the Big-
' mama of the treaty was promulgated, and from fiat letter
hi wad, with the permission of the hoer, era/ ome µera-
Cit Hie friend said :—" We have learned that • treaty
e= lettottited for the annexation of Seer., to France,
mad that la it no exceptional mention has been made of the
laiStral provisoes which joie Switzerland, Minter,
If we are well informed. there are tool reasons
for apprehending that Franca intends mediating
the neutrality of them provinces, which was secured
by the treaty of 1815, end all previous betties with the
Heise of Savoy. These treaties went even further than
'merest. elm the neutrality of the provinces, for Serdiela
▪ at, er to detach them provinces ex-ept for the purpose
of making them over to Swirarlead, and we hoped that yeah