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The savoy Questlon. !

The savoy Question.
The Paris Monaem. of April publishes the fol-
| lowing aceoHnt of the reception by the Emperor
of the depusation of the provincial councillors of
the principal towns charged to present to his Ma
jesty the addresses of their feow-citizeRs on the
subject of the annexation of Savoy.
The Empress and the Prince Imperial were pres
4 ent at the reception.
The President Of the ieputaton, Count Gress de
Belecombe, read the following address to hs Ma
jesty;
Address 20 THE EMPEROR.
| Sire-In approaching your Majesty, q first ssnti-
ment dominates us all; # is that of our profound
admiration for the sovereign who, after herring
| been elected by the whole of France, has known
how TO increase still more her glory and her pros
perty.
| Sire, SO many natural bonds, SO many glorious
| "reminiscences unite Savoy to France, that she
trembed with happiness when the august word Of
| your Majesty gave the hope to our country that
| she was abont to be called to make part of the
| great French family with the assent of its leg;t
mate sovereign.
One single anxiety has alone hitherto impeded
| the impulse-the fear Of seeing dismembered in
| favor of Switzerland o nationality compact by
| affection and by so many links of every descrip-
ton.
The provincial coa1lsellors who represent Savoy
have charged u.s. Sire, to place at the feet Of your
Majesty the earnest prayer TO shield our country
from such misfortune, and the municipal council-
Tors of the principal towns have wished to- join
their deputations to ours.
Sire-Your Majesty will appreciate the reserve
imposed upon constituted bodies, upon men who
have always been thfusnbects of their King, as
they will be of your Majesty But after the acts of
the Government Of the King, we may. doubtless,
be allowed to address to yeur Majesty the expires.
sion of the sentiments we entertain Tor France,
near which Savoy will find not only grandeur and
glory, but also the sympathy and safeguard of all
her moral and material interests
From the shores OF Lake Leman to tbs valleys
Of Mont Gems those who have been honored with
nj ftaIEf hat,
your Majesty to, express the joy that Savoy will
feel when she shall be fully reunited (feasase) to
France, and when she may alwa have with that
great and noble nation but one cry-that eft Pire
tEnpeTe'u' fN>" Vfte 10 France ~
NAPoLEoN's REILLY. s.
Gentlemea-f thank you for the sentiments you
have just expressed towards me- and receive you
with pleasure. The King of Sardinia having agreed
to the principle of the reunion Of Savoy and Of the
county Of Nice to France may, without derelic-
tion OF any international duty, express to you my
sympathy, and welcome the expression Of your
Wishes The circumstances under which this recti-
cation of frontiers takes place are SO exceptional
that the same time that they respond to legiti.
mate interests they do not jar upon any principle,
aud consequently do not establish any dangerous
precedent.
In fact it is neither by conquest nor by insurreo-
ton that Savoy and Nice will BE- reunited to France
but by free consent of the legitimate sovereign,
snppo ted by the popular adhesion. Thus every.
thing which In Europe does not eede to spirit Of
junction of territory natural and just. The re-
ception given to the communications addressed by
Government to the Powers represented at the Con
gress of Vienna, authorizes for the majority OF
them the founded hope of favorable examina-
ton.
Ny friendship for Switzerland made me look upon
it possible to detaah In favor of the CoDfedera-
ton portions of the territory of Savoy; but,
idea of seeing country dismembered which has
known how to create for itself through centuries
glorious individuality, and thus give itself a ma
tional history, 1t is natural to declare that will
| not eonstrain the wishes of the population TO
the profit of others. As regards the political and
commercial interests which unite certain portions Of
/ Savoy to Switzerland, 1t will be easy think, to
| satisfy them by special arrangements.
| Hope, then. gentlemen, that may soon consider
/ you members Of the great French family. Ishal
make it point of honor to realize all yourwishes
4 and the annexation of a country connected with
! France BY SO many bonds will become for II new
4 cause Of prosperity and of progress.
When you return TO yonr fellow citizens tell then
/ how much have been touched by the manifesto
i tan of which you have been the honorable organs
/ There are among youso many descendants of those
families who have contributed to the illustration
France in the career of science, as well as of arms
that everything concurs in EXPLAINING and ustfyins
the work of union under preparation.
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS TO The EMPRESS AND TIL
| PRINCE IMPERIAL
i Madame--Will your Majesty allow those whit
will soon be your new subjects to express to yol
on this day, so momentous for them, all the senti
I ments that animate them?
i Savoy is an affectienate land, Madame 1t love-
its princes. How could it fail not dearly to low
You, endowed with so much grace and virtue!
Savoy hopes that you will also love it, and tina
4 You will soon give precious proof thereof b.
showing yourself among u.s..
81 And you, Monseigneur, who are destined to con
tinuc SO much greatness, our children will be a
devoted to You as we are to the Emperor you
glorious father. As soon as we return to our noun
tains we will make them ring with the shout o
:. Fire Emperear Yiuele Prince Imperial y
Il ADDRESS TO THE EMPEROR.
! The deputaton then handed TO the Empero
| various addresses, with numerous signatures
among which was the following document:
| In the initist of the general anxiety for the II
! tnre welfare Of our country, whatever may 5e III
determination of the King under the grave circuu
stances which may induce him to separate himse
| frnm the cradle of his family, Savoy has in tn
aolemn moment, duties and sentiments whc
. ! mn,t unite all her children in one common line
action.
Those sentiments and ddties consist in reminf
, cenees, love Of country, respect for the federi
i bonds which unite lii u secular community .
i glory and suffering the members of the old savo,
I | ard family.
i Can that nozzle family be disunted? Can hi
. nationality be sacrificed without motive al
. without right to the strange pretensions Of IL
i Helvctj3 Confederation? What crime has Save
committed against her King and against France
4 deserve such an INSULT
Il In presence Of the danger which appears