The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-27 00:00:00

NEWMARKET RACES.--(THIS DAY.)

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]

MATCHES.
Twang beat Golden Rule.
Harry Bluff beat Schoolfellow.
COLUMN STAKES.

Chapelier
Aneurin
2
£5O PLATE FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS.

Emily
Rattlebone
2
Thirteen ran.
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOUS.

Oria.nda
1
Lord Berkley
Four ran.

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.

THE WAR QUESTION.

(Opinions of the French _Press.) . . ..,--
ThA` CoMtitutionnel continues to denounce the
conduct of Austria

" The present position has at least the merit of being
clear and well defined. But the light arrived 'so-Suddenly
for certain partisans of Austnlt, for those who had viiunted
, her pacific dispositions, that they no longer knot' how to
I explain passing events. The journals representing the
English. Cabinet, for instance, cannot believe la, such
a ' crime' on the part of Austria. There an
error' they' said. ' The Cabinet of Vienna did not
yet Lbw of the adhesion of Piedm'ont to the prin-
ciple of • a • general distlrmament when it summoned
-that- State to disarm.' But this hypothesis 'is no
longer to be admitted. It is now clearly proved. that Aus-
tria had received official notice of the adhesion of Sardinia
at the moment she had. addressed her urtimaturn. This
ultimatum vvas already resolved on, its terms were:'-'drawu
up, while thO'Cabinet of Vienna accepted the proposal of a
Congress. The day when -the Tory Ministry spoke so
loftily of Austria's honour, Archduke Albert presented this
document of duplicity and violence at Berlin, and 'proposed
to the Prince Regent that he should be an accomplice to it.
The reply of the Regent was such as might have been ex-
pected; it does honour to Prussia and to the real Geimany
which she now represents. Not only has the Cabinet of Ber-
lin rejected the proposal of Austria but it hasprotested against
it in common with all Europe.. This great act, which
condemns the last step of Austria, condemns for the same
reason all her proceedings since the mission of Lord Cowley. It is now a matter of history that the Vienna Cabinet has,
in the present crisis, never been sincere towards'Etirope.
It was not sincere :when it accepted the prineiplo of a
European Congress, nor when it. demanded a genera dia-
-1 armament before the Congress. Austria has disakowed
engagementi and promises. That her interest and ambition
should push her to war may be understood by her delenders,
but that' she should have descended to hypocritiCal denials,
in order to arrive at a violent settlement, cannot be par-
doned even by them. Austria tempted Europe with a last
hope of peace at the very moment iyhen she fixed the day
warm within
for opening the war. On Good Fidday. issued from Milan
tthherei:ldtizast;umit wishitehhusgumth arAumsitariato
cciebt7ttts
her
Easter Week,"
" diplomatic isotnance "
- The Pays describes •as a ,
summoned Sardinia
the statement which represents Austria at thiPtimo
she_sent in her-ultimatum as having been ignorant,
of the acceptance by Sardinia of tbe principle of
disarmament . -

"Tbere hasbeertno mistake, and -the Austrian Citivern-
went has taken its decision with every ciroutustancelefore
its eyes, • Moreover, -it is lositive that the, summons.to dis-
arm was 'draWn up by Count Buol, And that the Ern-
peror did not act without consulting. ' 4in,istera.
FittallY *hat proves that AuStria was aware ofd pro-
posal of a general disarmament, ' and nei'erthelesa
persisted. in her desire . to humiliate ,Piedthorit, is the
official declaration in, the
•Vienna • Gazette tthat,.alo was
prePared to pursue her negotiations with the. Powell, but
that in no case would she renounce the right of acting sepa-
rately and individually in regard to Piedmont. Shell areso-
lotion is evidently incompatible with any ulterier arTiange-
meat, and if it be true that England and Prussia have taken
new steps at Vienna, we believe that to hope in their mimosa
would bo a great illusion. Austria has decided on pushing
matters to- the last extremity. " It is to be presumed that
imperious considerations must have pushed the Court of
Vienna into this fatal path, since she consents to brave the
public opinion of Europe, and to give an wen denial to her
own, words.", , . • .7-

The Gazette de France says :
. "Should Austria persist in sending troops, in spitetf the
rulers of the Small States of Italy, to,points which she may
consider essential forher personal defence, she woul&plece
herself in the falsest position possible. It appears that the
Grand Duke of Tuscany has not alone protested-against this
pretension of Austria. ' The Duchess of Parma, who has
always displayed the greatest strength of character intvery
difficult position, has, it would appear, also refused to allow
the Austrians to invade her States. Should Austria persist
in her pretensions, she will really prove that also eonfiders
the territory of
.her allies as a portion of the Austrian
Empire," • ". ,
The ' Petrie. contains the following remark; on
the Prussian- military' preparations :--- -
" The • Prussian Government has hastened ,>t, protest
against the suppositinn that its late military measoes are
.coutiebtedlii theAletift with th&- prey nee -of Arclid ' - Al-
bert in Berlin. These measures, it declares, hate-ii rely
,dofen*veielinraieter; they were. ;12anieral• rreeessar y. the
11
generak, situation : f of, , . Europe, - and were - •ptepared
long bforehand. The partisans of . Ankstr,i3,,rsought
to . attribute these. 'measures, to tha nuesl of
lireltrdnire Albert: •"f-he Prtißmitrnsgazilte,-in.giVing: for-
oil
Ma/ Giant to such an interpretation; wilt dbubtlesl; -c tri-
bute te•convinie the Vienna cabinet of it§ isolatitiii- in the
aggrescive: policy whieh, it has just-inaugurated•solandly."
The Presse briefly observes:— , ,„ - ~, a ,-,..i..±

„ .., ~_ .....,....__
” Exe-ats- are
.preparing rapidly:, -' It is too lets e that
last wora, in, declsive crises, appears fo be tliat. of,tlwpres,mt
moment. -It is already pronounced ha Italy, *fiere2thiauee-
frotris already ,considered settled." - ".- ' '

RED' SEA AND INDiA_._PE.LkOR4I;II

COMPANY.

The following correspondence on the gnestien of
the,Red- Sea and India Telegraph Commixly has
been forwarded for publication. It is tatisfactory
that the Treasuryauthorities do noV bcliesA there
is any danger of the Legislature- repudiating the
obligation of the guarantee
(cory.)
" Red Sea and India Telegraph company, 62,Moor-
gate-street, E.C., London, April 21,1859.
" Sir.—l am instructed by the directors Of the Rai Sea
and India Telegraph Company to inform Tou that serious
apprehensions have been raised in the minds of the shltre-
holders in consequence of the late proceedings in the ll'ouso
of Lords on the motion for the third reading of the &nu-
pany's bill.
.

- "-The directors thcrualvco entertain no doubt. wh&trver
' of the good faith of the Government, or of their in •
.: n to
abide by the terms of the contract into which they eve
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entered, but, at the same time, after whathas oceurik hey
deem it iMperative to request that steps may be -Wok to
satisfy the natural anxiety of the shareholders, and to justify
the confidence they:have hitherto felt in tile inFiolahlez na-
ture of the agreement underwhich they are acting.
" In briefly recalling the circumstances under which the
guarantee was granted I am directed to remind you that in
the month of August last, when application was made by
this company to the Treasury, the speedy establishment of
telegraphic communication with India was, perhaps, of pore
vital importance to I,lle Government than it happily is at
the present moment. It was then distinctly and repeatedly
stated by the directors and others that the undertakingter-
took far more of a public than•of a private character; that
if the Government should decide upon adopting the- dna-
chinery of a private company such terms must be granted as
should virtually ensure the risk of the experiment being
borne by the Governiment ; and that any arrangement to be
entered into with the company must be entirely inden-
dent of the commercial success or failure of the undertaking.
"The urgency of the necessity, and the impossibilitiy of
raising the capital required upon other terms was so strongly
felt that the offers of the company were accepted upon the
express condition that the whole capital should be lub-
scribed at once ; and that theconstruction and layingtfown
of the line should be commenced forthwith, whilst entire
control was secured to the Government by the appointment
of two ex-officio directors whose sanction was required to
every proceeding of the company.
" As it was clearly impossible to
.obtain the immediate
assent of Parliament to these arrangements, which were
completed during the recess, the company was required to
apply for'an act in the next session.
" Upon the faith of the agreement thus concluded:the
capital was subscribed, and a contract entered into with
Messrs. Newall and Co., which received the sanction of the
Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, for the
completion of the line to India within 12 months, involving
thereby a large and immediate outlay ; to meet which
£400,000 was actually called up before the meeting of Par-
lia,m, I
jenntdeernathbiletslcothnetraert pla,Bnoyotmo fieroscoefedeitwbilteh
hthaveire
already
been dispatched to the Red Sea, by which it is hoped to
establish a communication between Alexandria and Aden in
the month of May, whilst the manufacture of the remain-
ing section is rapidly proceeding at home.
" Under these circumstances it is with no small surprise
that the shareholders have learnt that a question has been
raised in Parliament as to the expediency of sanctioning the
Government contract, and that the company's bill has been
postponed without any protest on the part of her Majesty's
Government against the impossibility of repud ating so
solemn an obligation.
".From the representations made to them from •varions
quarters, the directors deem it indispensably necessary that
the shareholders should receive an official assurance that
the Government is determined to give full effect to- the
agreement, and-that the directors are authorised to proceed
in the work which they are endeavouring faithfully to-per-
form,.but which they do not hesitate to say will be most
materially impeded if the slightest doubt shall be allowed
to rest for a moment upon the validity of their engagevent
with her Majesty's Government.—l have the honour to be,
sir, your obedient servant, I
" (Sikited) "C. lA. PEEL, Secretary.
u The Secretary of the Treasury,Conv London."
(

"Treasiary Chambers, Apyi1.25,385.9.
"Sir —I have laid before the Lords Commissioners,of her
Majesty's' Treasury your letter of 21st instant,. ant) I ant
directed to state that although their lordships have seen
with regret that an unexpected a steel° was premited in
the House of Lords to the passing of the Red Sea and fidia
Telegraph Company's Bill, under circtunstances unfavour-
able to a —full discussion of the measure, they entertain no
doubt of. being able. to. satisfy the next Parliament or its
expediency and importance, and that they feel confident
that there cannot under any circumstances be Mienglgest
danger of the Legislature repudiating the oblig which
has been solemnly entered into by the Crown, anddi7L the
faith of which the company has already exPee ed such
largo sums.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
(Signed) «`V. H. STEPHENBOIg.
Company" " The. Secretary Sea India Telegraph

EvnnsihAaNtHbyßaoOrelt
- - c' ePn tA Corder"T of 6 f.
IJopoakekßeatkeantsdtonomla,stetafporert:ema_ybe
POSTING LAi--"-'"---TE.L.Nk;rlovsst
—Tt is a fact not generally
rk-
noAr:ce after the box in the hall
even-
ing . the country, and also newspapers, may be
Grand is closed t-6
pthosetPderosiatt-ottchftlhece,tur,oamutehrio:
at St. Martin s-le- a p.m. The rfgula-
Bouk
tions are as felhrevi(....)
till 7.30. ' •
ritie.ms
posted aftertS O , clock ~ on payment of one farthing"
until 7 P.m• ; dr on payment of one halfpenny till, 7.15
p.m. ; or on the' payment of one penny
Notice has. men issued from the enem G I'Post-
duce that ship mails will be made up for St. Vincent (Cape
de Verds), Rio de Janeiro, and Val p • artuso, to be forwarded
by the steamer Lima, which is appointed to leave Liverpool
on the 14th proximo. , ,
THE El LOYAL` FAMILY OF .l*
- V HANCE.— ester-
day was the fete day of the'el=Queen'Marie Amelie,'who
com_pleted her 78th year. On this occasion the Dnk and
Duchess D'AUrnale , gave a dtjettittr at Orleans:house,
Twickenham, to a large family circle. His Royal High-
ness the Duke of Saxe Coburg, attended by Col. Frencis
Seymour, arrived shortly after 12 o'clock from Windsor
Castle. The Duke d'Oporto also joined the circle. • The
Queen Marie Amelie, accompanied by the Duke de Neniours
and his youthful family, the Prince and Princess de Join-
\Tulle and children, thoADuchess Augusta of Saxe Cohurg,
the Count de Paris, &c., came from Claremont. Covers
were laid for upwards of 40.. The Duke of Sale Coburg
and the Duke d'Oporto left at three o'cleck. 'll44llus-
tlious'party separated shortly before four o'clock: ~ !:1 „.
Threeof the vessels required by the itoyailf.l.ll
Steam Navigation Company are about to be corrintelaned.P:
Ales.srs. Palmer Brothers and C0.,-. of Jarrow: 1.1-i,t-ki
~T;
exception of the Great Eastern, they will, when P,,lt'
the larzest paddle steamers in existence.
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