The Express.
London, England, 1860-02-08 00:00:00

ANNEXATION OP SAVOY TO PRANCE.

1b 14rgole of NOBI[dNBY, who wemy la-
distinctly 'mud, moved that an humble ad-
dress be prorated to bar Majesty, to represent to her
Majesty that this hums had been faharmal
that her Majatre government had male knows to
the government of France the objections entertained by her
td:Lastegovernment to the annotation of &coy and ies,
been reported to be In oont.mplatlon, and to theta
her Majesty for having conveyed that opinion to the govern-
ment of ?ream, sod to pray that her Majesty would be
graciously Owed to direct bey government to use their beet
sabayonre to evert the transfer of the sbove•named Wri-
t/else to France.

ORVILLE rid that, with regard to the inform-
the which Is meld sew oder to their lordships, he believed
they were an aware it had appeared In the printed despatches
that thegoveramest bed received sorsa la telllgenoe with regard
to the treaties between Frame sad Sardinia. The noble earl
opposite having read to the house what had been stated la
the House of Commons by Lord John Russell, it would tot
be asemey for him to go ever that portion of the euloyeet
=LWith regard to the mminnaisitions going on beers=
write' and the governmat of France, what bad been
stated by the imperial goverment wee this—that then wee
se question before it at present for the annexation of Savoy ;
that the annexation of Savoy, under certain restriction,, was
the subject of conversation, along with • great many dif-
fered poise, previous to the late war, bat that that non in-
peaty bad not seem, and, consequently, at the present mo-
ment, there was no question of astmegatlce. He might then-
See arm their lordship@ that ao engagement whatever
redeted between France and Sardinia oa the subject of the
thaszatioa of Sevoy. It was not the intention of the King
at Sardinia to yield, sell, or exchange Savoy. (Hear, beer.)
If the &Toyed@ had cages for complaint they bad a °De-
"etude's) right given them by their parliameas to petition.
Thom pentium would be duly considered, sad U euillaleat
°sae apposed, leglidative measuree fouled upon
then would be pawed and sanctiosed by the crown.
The duty of thia country,thd all foreign conatries,wes to leak
on all this se • traoticelly open matter, bat nevertheless
ens In width all were deeply interested. With regard to
the relative positions of Piedmont, France, and England, In
Menace to Italian policy, there were special reams at
this moment, In the prospect of extending the commer-
cial illiarooolse between this country and Franco, under the
mete liberal commercial policy now being Mange-
rated by the Emperor of the French, why we should make
friendly representation@ to the puttee on the sub-
Jed ; and what made the opponneity for sabering
Into such communications more easy was that

Sigrid, so kr r she woo dirsoily ormosrsed,
bad no freest fa the soar of the raertioo, soling that
It mode but little different' to Engird whether it was carried
out or not, But indirrelly she had. with all the other pswess,
an interact in the question, and what was of pi:Ararat In-
terest to England was the herr of Europe as a wham
(Cheers.) it was her interest In that mass to do aryl/Jag
Is her power to promote peace and orator the balance of
power, and to prevent any step on the part of aoyother power
ocloulstad to excite alarm. (Hear.) Therefor be said It
you'd be a most unfriendly set in the port of the Bestir
government If they bed sat Mabel to the Fria goveromest
all the objections that arms in their rads, in so European
sense, to any such aggrandierial ogre territory of !trot
as was involved is the supposed 'Meow There wee
so doubt that for France, shatstariflert
position and with her gallant population, whichgeatria•
massUy and so reeently shown is so oommiosous tiaarr
how able the was to defend hemelf, to be jealous of *IMO"
like Priodtoont, roc when sigmadised by en somas of
territory and subjects such is she had racially redid. Oa
the other her, there could be no grottos that BYO tiallarts
of the frostier of Frame to the Alps would very musk abler
the arrangemesta for the prebendal= of the Were of
European power. If she rat to the Alpe now, trot woo
Co rowan why she should sot it mom faro thee go to the
Rhine. (Load sheen frost the oppeoltem) The oryteemee
of the noble marquis wore periraly croletest upon this
point, and no doubt therefore soy each attempt would excite
In the mind of Ivor goemelly deep interest, and well
mounded elem. Tim amides al the Emperor of the
Presch MEMtt tbe etemelmosommt of the late wir eadrovoluod
to mho 'ppm that be bad undortilmet that war from
motives al .prosaal embltha ead leorterdel oggeredleemmit ;
but he had se doubt Moir lordships tormbend the nob',
wards la ableh the Liperer dlssYrrd that i!apsestios. sd

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