The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-13 00:00:00

ITALY.

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Lord J. RUSSELL, in laying on the table certain
papers relating to the affairs of Italy, took that opportunity
of correcting somo misapprehension that prevailed, and re-
plying to some accusations made against Government in
reference to the part they had taken in r2tpect to the
affairs of Italy. (Hear.) His conduct had been condemned
because he had not furnished a larger amount of informa-
tion relative to Italy on former occasions. He had now no
objections to enter into an ample statement on that subject.
Having referred to despatches which had taken place during
the time Lord Malmesbury was in office, the noble
lord continued Her Majesty's Government pursued
a policy favourable to the annexation of Tuscany and
Romagna to Sardinia. They had adopted that course on
a misapprehension as to the state of feeling in Italy among
the States generally. Their policy was based on a desire
to secure for the Italian people the power of managing
their own affairs without any foreign intervention. (Hear,
hear.) A proposition was then made to the Provisional
Government of Tuscany, in order to effect the arrange-
ment relative to the grandson of the Grand Duke,
which, as the house was aware, was also ineffectual, for the
people of Italy refused to receive him as a sovereign. An-
other combination of the States of Italy was suggested, but
it was impossible for him (Lord J. Russel]) to recommend
any proposition to which the people of Italy themselves
did' not assent. (Hear, hear.) It was understood that
the people would not agree to the formation of a
central kingdom of Italy. They had the assurance of the
Emperor of the French that no attempt would be made to
effect the annexation of Savoy and Nice, and that they had
the expressed opinion of the people of Italy with reference
to the formation of a central kingdom, and therefore the
course which Government had adopted was the only
consistent one in accordance with the policy they had
determined to pursue in regard to Italy. Again, he had
been accused that for a long time he had been acquainted
with the intentions of the Emperor of the French, namely,
that if Northern Italy were strengthened, he should ask for
the annexation of Savoy and Nico to France, and that he
withheld , that information from the house unnecessarily.
Here the noble lord read several despatches to and from the
British Ambassador at Paris, to show from the dates that
the accusation in question was unfounded, In. January
the question had assumed another shape, and then the Go-
vernment repeated to Lord Cowley their objections to the
proposed annexation. He repeated that the Government
had been consistent throughout in their policy, which was
not to interfere in the affairs of Italy, but tosallow the people
of that country to earry out their own views. That
people had endured servitude for three centuries, but he
believed the time had arrived when they would attain their
proper position in the scale of European nations, and enjoy
that political liberty to which they were entitled. (Hear.)
Mr. WHITESIDE criticised the foreign policy of the
Government in reference to the question of the annexation,
and was

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