The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-11 00:00:00

rbiO IStrttion.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

HARROW RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

STEEPLECHASE.

Nom de Guerre
Gaylad
Maeonso

Ten ran.
SELLING STEEPLECHASE.

Janus ............
Widow Machree
Unknown

Four ran.
STEWARDS' PLATE.

Cotton Lady
Prevarication

Four ran.
Betting - -6 to 1 on Prevarication, 20 to 1 agst Cotton
Lady.

NEWTON RACES.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
ARRlVALS.—llyacinth, Jacob, Telegraph, fby St,
Leon, Jupiter, Game Tommy, Bright May, Lightstone,
Check, f by Pantasa, Cimicina, My Mary, Yewtick,
Royal George, Andromache, Spring, Titterstone, Cole-
raine, Crabbs, Labyrinth, Nancy Martinson, Wire,
Tempest.
The ground is in good condition.
CHESTER CUP.
10 to 1 agst Marc Antony (offered).

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENING.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at 5 o'clock.

Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the
Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, and from the Scotch
Trade Protection Society, complaining of the 12th
clause of the Bills of Exchange Bill, which they errone-
ously supposed would make them amenable to the Eng-
lish courts ; also a petition from Carnarvon, in favour of
an alteration in the system of fees in County Courts.
THE WAR.

Lord BEAUMONT wished to know whether the
Government could lay on the table any documents which
would explain the actual state of our relations with the
German Powers. He put this question, because it ap-
peared that a new protocol had recently been signed
between the four Powers at Vienna. It appeared that
these relations were not on a very satisfactory footing.
The noble earl also put a series of other questions with
regard to rumours lately circulated, which will be found
referred to in the answer of the Secretary for :Foreign
Affairs.

The Earl of CLARENDON said the protocol .in ques-
tion was only signed the day before yesterday at Vienna,
and as yet he had only seen the draft of it, which..arrived
yesterday. He thought it was of a satisfactory .charac-
ter. It was not precisely that which the English Go-
vernment desired, and which the Austrian Government
originally agreed should form the groundwork of a co nven-
tion, but it had assumed the shape of a protocol to meet
the wishes of the Prussian Government, and he (the
Earl of Clarendon) must say that it substantially con-
tained all the terms of the former convention. As .he
had already said, it had not arrived in a complete sha.ve
in this country, otherwise there would have been no
difficulty in laying it on the table. As soon, however,
as the document itself was received, it should be pre-
sented to their lordships. As to the rumour of Prussia
having gone altogether over to Russia, there was not
the slightest foundation for it, nor the slightest ground
for entertaining any apprehension of such an event. He.
could certainly have wished that the temper and tone of
the second Prussian Chamber had been rather different to
what they were, but it was sufficiently manifest both by
the discussions in that assembly, and the writings in the
press of Prussia, that such a thing as Prussia going over
to Russia was quite impossible. As to the rumour of
the recal of Chevalier Bunsen, he had certainly read
the same report which the noble earl mentioned, but as
yet the Government had no official knowledge of the fact.
The only thing of which he had any information was, that
it was likely there would be another special mission from
Prussia similar to that which was sent three weeks ago,
and which would probably be attended by the same re-
sults. With respect to the new convention signed be-
tween Prussia and Austria, he was not able to give any
particulars, as it had not been communicated to
the Government. All they had learnt was, that it pro-
ceeded from Austria to Prussia, and that it was concluded
not exactly in the terms which Austria proposed. He
believed, moreover, that it was a convention of an of-
fensive and defensive nature. According to the last
information from the Black Sea, the whole of the com-
bined fleets was at Kavarna, and it was there before the
news was received of the passage of the Danube by the
Russian army, as it was expected that that passage
would be attempted, and the fleet were moved to Ka-
varna. Since then, viz., to-day, information had been
received by the Government that the news of th e
passage of the river had reached the admirals,
and that they had sent some steamers in the direction of
Kustendje, in order to communicate with the Com-
mander of the Turidtah army, and give them the assist-
ance they required. He had not received any official
information of the Austrians having entered Servia,
but he believed it was their intention to take some
severe step for the preservation of the status quo.
[LEFT SITTING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(THIS EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at. four o 'clock.
THIRD READINGS.
_ _ _

The following bills were read a third time and passed :
—Accrington Gas and Waterworks, Manchester Corpora-
tion Waterworks, and Manchester Improvement.
The following bills were considered and ordered to be
read a third time :—Atergavenny Improvement, Bucking-
ham and Towcester Road, Caterham Railway, Guild of
Literature and Art, Islington Cattle Market, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway, and South Staffordshire
Railway.