The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-19 00:00:00

THE CONGRESS.

The following telegrams have been received at
31r. Reuter's office :
,PARIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 19.
The Moniteur of to-day contains an article on
'the present state, of affairs :
" The different European Powers have expressed
themselves on the following four points as the basis

of the deliberation of the Congress :
"1. To concert means for the maintenance of
:peace between Austria and Sardinia.
" 2; The manner in which the evacuation of the
Roman States by the French and Austrian troops
may best be effected.
" 3. Whether it is desirable to effect reforms in
the internal administration of the Roman States
and the other States of Italy whose administration
may be faulty to such an extent as to a create a
permanent and dangerous state of trouble and dis-
content, and what these reforms shall be.
" 4. To substitute for the treaties between Austria
and the Duchies a confederation of the Italian
States for their mutual protection, both internally
and externally.
" Austria has since demanded the disarming of
Sardinia, and then subsequently proposed a general
disarmament. England modified Austria's proposal
in the sense that it should only be necessary to
admit the principle of a general disarmament, re-
serving the manner of regulating its execution until
after the assembling of the Congress. France
believes that Piedmont could not be invited to dis-
arm if she is not to be represented at the Congress.
" The English Government having, however, in-
sisted upon it, France, willing to prove her con-
ciliatory disposition, has promised to request Pied-
mont to disarm, on the condition that Piedmont
and the other Italian States be invited to take part
in the Congress.
The article goes oh to cite historical precedents,
and hopes that this proposal will meet with the
unanimous consent of the Powers. France has
even added that she is disposed to assent to a
general disarmament previously to the Congress."
Everything, therefore, justifies the belief that,
even if all difficulties are not yet removed, a
definitive understanding will ere long be established,
and that no further obstacle will oppose the assem-
bling of the Congress.
MARSEILLES, MONDAY, APRIL 18.
Advices have been received from Rome to the
16th inst. The departure of volunteers, which had
hitherto been inconsiderable, now begins to in-
crease rapidly. 250 young men have left Perouse
for Piedmont. A seditious riot took place the day
before yesterday among the students of Bologna,
and the troops were obliged to fire upon them. It
is stated that several persons were wounded.
Austria is increasing the garrison of Ferrara.
Advices have also been received from Naples to
the 16th inst.
After a terrible attack of his malady, the King
received the sacrament and afterwards blessed and
bade farewell to his family.
Signor Filangieri has been summoned to Caserta.
TURIN, MONDAY.
The Piedmontese Gazette of to-day publishes the
answer of the Sardinian Government to the London
Cabinet with reference to the request of the latter
that Sardinia should consent to the principle of a
general and simultaneous disarmament before the
assembling of the Congress, This answer was
'orwarded by telegraph, and the following is its
text :

" If Sardinia had been admitted to the Congress
on the same footing as the other great Powers,
she would, like France, have accepted the prin-
ciple of a general disarmament in the hope
that her assent would not produce consequences
detrimental to Italy. Her exclusion from
the Congress does not permit her to make
any such engagement, and still less the
engagement which England requires. However,
to conciliate the efforts of England in behalf of the
safety of Piedmont, and in order to maintain tran-
quillity in Italy, Sardinia is willing, if Austria will
cease sending fresh troops into Lombardy, to

undertake :
" 1. Not to place her reserve under arms, as had
been resolved on since the Austrian reserves had
been called in.
" 2. Not to mobilise her army, which is not on a

war footing.
" 3. Not to move her troops from the purely de-
fensive position which they have occupied for three

months."

The news received favour the expectation of an
early assembling of the Congress.
TRIESTE, APRIL 18.
The shipchandlers of this town have received
orders from London to be prepared for the arrival
of English men-of•war.
The Austrian Government has hired six Austrian
Lloyd steamers.

PIEDMONT.
The /Void of yesterday publishes the following
telegram :

" GENOA, SATURDAY.

" Six hundred Tuscan volunteers have arrived,
and a second detachment of the same strength is
hourly expected.

"Letters from Milan state that the Archduke
Maximilian has left for Vienna."

FRANCE.
PARIS, MONDAY•

BOURSE, April 18.—The market opened very
steadily, and with an upward tendency, as it was
reported that the Powers had agreed on the pre-
liminary conditions for the meeting of the Congress.
Threes began at 67f. 60c., improved to 67f. 90c., and
are now at 67f. 70c. Mobilier have been done at
667 f. 50c. to 685 f. ; Austrian, from 518 f. 75c. to
520 f. ; Orleans, 1,262 f. 50c. to 1,265 f. ; Lyons, 825 f.
to 827 f. 50e. ; Northern, 902 f. 50e, to 905 f. The
market continued firm till towards the close, when
in consequence of numerous offers there was a slight
decline. The following were the last quotations :-
41 per Cents. 95 Credit Fonder 645
Do. end month —lBelgian 41- 9B 38
3 per Cent 5....... 67 55 Piedmonteso (5)
Do. end month.... 67 60 Roman
Bank Shares 2760 --Austrian
Criklit Mobilier .. 682 50 Spanish Threes
Do. Account ..... 677 50 Home Debt