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The British Government of 1867 761
II. - Lord Stanley to Lord Bloomfield, private, 7 August 1866, Bloom-field Papera, F. 0. 356/33.
I hope... that the Italioti ivar will not be renewed on account t>j so small a matter as the district oj Trent. It is not the business oj England to interfere officially unless called on by bolli parties; and even then tee ought to do so with caution : but ij tinte were allowedjor the angry jeelings caused by the ivur to sub' side, I cannot but think that a pecuniary arrangement might be come to, Italy cannot daini as a right tohat she has not won; Austria has no motivo in wishing stili to hold a piece oj land oj no great value in itself, and which by geographical position belongs rather to Italy than to her.
HI. Lord Stanley to Odo Russell, special British representative at the Vatican, no. 1, 12 November 1866, F. O. 43/96 B.
The withdrawal ofthe French troops from Rome will ofnecessity lead to a re-opening oj tohat is known as the Roman questioni and probably to material changes in the relations now existing between the Pope and the Government oj Italy.
It is not the wish oj Her Majesty's Government to take part in the contro-versies which are likely to arise in consequence of this altered state oj affaire, These controversies while they deeply concerà the interests oj Italy and oj the Roman Catholic Church ajject England no further than as they may tend to di-sturb the general tranquiUity oj Europe,
You will carefully watch and Tepori upon passing occurrences, and in the event ofany overture being made to you, or ofany attempi to elicityour opinion, you will, asjar as possible, avoid discussion, and at once report to me what has passed, with any observations you may have to moke.
You need not, however, concedi either jrom the Papal Government or from any Party that Her Majesty's Government sincerely desire to see an amicable settlement of the pending questiona arrived at, though they do not think that this result would be promoted by active interference on their part,
XV. Lord Stanley to Sii Angustile Paget, British Mxnister in Florence, no. 17, 22 October 1867, F. O. 45/103.
The Italian Minìster [Emanuele d'Azeglio] called upon me this morning. I did not conceal jrom him that the pressureput upon his Govt. by that of France appeared to me unjair, and I expressed my conviction that the almost unanimous sympathy of England, and, as I believed, that of Europe would be favourable to the Italian cause. At the some Urne expressing only my personal views I could not but think that the King xous acting wisely inpreferring toyield to the demanda made upon him, even though ihose demands might be urged in a tono hardly sui" table to the position of an independent and friendly state, rather than incup­irne the risk of actual hostilities,
Sympathy did not necessarily imply material support; and it did not appear to me probable under ali the circumstances of the case that such support would be given by any other Power.
In that case the disparity of material force was very great: and it was ifm possible io doubt that the cause of Italian Unity and of the Monarchy itself,