East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-03-29
FOREIGN NEWS.

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PORTLAND, March q. 81
The steamship Bohsmicalelt Liverpool I
simultaneously with the city Of Washing
ton for New York, at noon Of the ! 18th
inst, touched at Queenstown on the 10Th,
and arrived at Portland at 3 this morn
ing, bringing 81 passengers and full
cargo.
On the 18th, in the House of Com
mons, Lord John Russell laid upon the
table further correspondence relative to
the affairs of Italy, and explained the at
titude of the government both as regards
Italy and Savoy. He asserted that hos
tilty al along had been shown to the
contemplated annexation of Savoy to
France, and that, as regards Italy, the
policy of the government was dictated by
the sole desire of securing the permanent
peace Of that country. Several opposi-
ton members, including Mr.. D'Israeli, de-
nounccd the conduct of the government,
and asserted that the policy pursued had
promoted the views of France with re-
gard to Savoy. Lord Palmerston de-
Tended the government, and stated his
conviction that, if the great Powers OBJ
jected, France would not persist in the
annexation. After further debate, the
correspondence was ordered to be laid on
the table.
ITALY.-The Military Gazette, Of TIT
rim, states that the whole army Of Sar-
DINA is ordered to be on war footing by
the first of April.
The Central Italian States had voted
almost unanimously for annexation to
| Piedmont.
The municipalities of Milan had cx-
pressed confidence in the national policy
/ Of Victor. Emanuel, and offered him three
millions of francs.
' NJ Thouvcnel's dispatch to Count Ca
t your points out that, if the King accepts
/ the annexation of Tuscany, he would not
c be able to reckon upon the support of
@ France
LATEST VIA Queenstown. = LONDON,
It Thursday dispatch from Turin says
t that Sardinia has consented to cede Savoy
and Nice to France by special treaty.
e FRANcE.-The Paris Steele had received
}. a warning for an alleged outrage against
g religion. Itpraised and endorsed a work
10 in which certain dogmas Of the Catholic
r and Jewish crccds were set down as
- shams.
ne The reply Of the Holy Sec to the last
d, proposal of France had reached Paris
n The Pope declines the proposition to con-
m fine within an exclusively political com.
Oh pass question which, as it concerns the
no integrity of the Patrimony of st. Peter
| is intimately bound up with the indie
i'll pendence of the Church. Although de
in cidedly rejecting the proposition to create
D. q Vicrate of the Romagna in favor of 9
ed foreign sovereign, his Holiness shows
is himself disposed to enter into the path o
the States of the Church is guaranteed
,ro A Paris correspondent asserts that tn
40 foreign relations Of France were silently
= undergoing a great change, and that Aus
- tran influences were in the ascendant.
- The SAVOY QUESTION Proclamation
80 by the Governor of Savoy were posted u
~, -, in all the parishes of that country, mott
H. flying that the inhabitants will soon b
- called upon to vote upon the question o
,ho she maintenance of the union with San
- DINA, or annexation to Sardinia accord
~, ing to the form prescribed by Piedmont
~ The London Telegraph positively affirm
that an oral, confidential request ha
been made to England to join with Prus
sa and Russia in protesting against tn
alienation of Savoy from Sardinia.
1t was stated that England support
'"' the demand of Sardinia to ascertain til
to- wishes of the people of Savoy and Mic
to by universal suffrage.
zen IrALY.-M. Thouvenels reply to Ca
cts YOURS dispatches of the 1st and 81 {
March had reached Turin. Thouven'
I'M points out the essential difference whic
'on exists between the question of the anne,
ich alton of Tuscany to Piedmont and tina
,o+ of Savoy to France, and says that tn
;. principal difficulty which opposes the frs
III is to obtain its recognition by Europ,
ibe which has guaranteed the possession {
bell Tuscany to the dynasty of Lorraine. !
u the latter case the difficulty disappear
in the presence of the arrangements b.
'oHi tween France and Sardinia relative to I'll
me- spontaneous cession of Srvoy; cons
- qucntly the Emperor requests the regul
o,d ton of the question of Savoy by simp
cession, to be settled by mutual consen
= and without having recourse to univers
as suffrage. M. Thouvcnal thinks that,
the become acquainted with the wish of Il
= country, it would suffice to consult Il
n municipalities Of Savoy. AS regards Il
ited annexation of Tuscany, M. Thouven
ton repeats that France could not folio
tho Piedmont in such perilous course, al
= that, if Victor Emanuel accepted the a
"oh ncxation of Tuscany, he would neccss
this rily remain exposed to the risks of su
a policy, without being able to reckon
the support of France.
rdov The Paris correspondent of the Lo
!, or don Times gives report that the bills
s;zo cxcommunication against Victor Ema
eoJ ucl were ready to be launched from RoI
rooi the moment the election in the Cent
noon italian States was decided.
hoon The latest voting on the question
,Ln. annexation to Sardinia took place on I
amJ 18th and 18th in the various States.
w Immense numbers of people assembled
cav all the towns, and much enthusiasm a