Record

Document Reference	Bu 8/18
Title	Letter from C. Spring-Rice, Foreign Office, London, to A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain; 13 Jan 1859.
Date	13 January 1859
Extent	3 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports that the question of [Spanish] payment for arms interests Lord Malmesbury and would therefore be a good issue to resolve; it would also help public opinion; the Italian situation is causing excitement; mentions the alliance of France and Sardinia, the Emperor's unfortunate speech to Hübner and the King of Sardinia's speech; hopes to renew diplomatic relations with Naples, the cessation of which he considered a mistake.
Term	trade, arms
	unification, Italy
	military campaigns, Austrian War with France and Piedmont 1859

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6098	Harris; James H. (1807-1889); 3rd Earl of Malmesbury	1807-1889
NA1901	Napoléon III (1808-1873); Emperor of the French; president of 2nd French Republic 1850-52 emperor 1852-70	1808-1873
NA6280	Vittorio Emanuele II (1820-1878); King of Italy; ( King of Sardinia from 1849 King of Italy from 1861)	1820-1878
NA6281	Hübner; Josef A. (1811-1892); Baron	1811-1892
NA6229	Rice; Charles W.T. Spring- (1819-1870); Mr	1819-1870
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882