744 LIFE OF OOBDEN. [omAP

1860. acted towards the English Government and its ambassador
Kr. 56. With the openness which had characterized all their previo
intercourse ; that it was less the question of the annexation
of Savoy than the way in which it was effected, which
caused the present coolness and alienation between the 50
Governments. . . . ,
““ March 28.—Called on M. Fould, the Minister of States
and had half an hour’s conversation with him. Speaking of
the misunderstanding which had arisen between the French
and English Governments since I last saw him, just before
my departure for Cannes, he complained of Lord John
Russell, our Foreign Minister, and observed that he had
been always in their way ; that he was opposed to the Treaty
of Villafranca, and afterwards was the chief cause why the
terms of that Treaty were not carried out and the Grand
Dukes restored to their govereignties. I remarked that it
was utterly out of the question that force should have been
resorted to for the restoration of the Dukes. He replied
that force would not have been necessary if England had
given her moral support to the principle, but that Lord
John Russell encouraged the Italian people to resist the
wishes of the French Emperor, and thus rendered the
fulfilment of the Treaty of Villafranca impossible ; that ib
was in consequence of this that the change in the Emperor's
plans became necessary, and that the annexation of Savoy
was afterwards resorted to; that if the terms of the Peace
of Villafranca could have been carried out, France would not
have thought of any extension of her frontier, In the
course of conversation, he said that the English Court were
much opposed to the French Government, and that Prince
Albert was very Austrian in his sympathies.
“March 29.~—Dined with Prince Napoleon and the
Princess Clotilde, and met a large party. The company
were less than an hour at the table. The present Emperor