The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-20 00:00:00

THE CONGRESS.

The Moniteur publishes the following article, a
telegraphic summary of which appeared in The
Sun of yesterday :

"After having adhered to the proposition of the
Court of Russia to refer the settlement of the
Italian question to a Congress, the five Powers
thought it advisable to come to an understanding
upon the bases of the future deliberations, and they
agreed upon the four following points, proposed by
the Government of her Britannic Majesty:—

" 1. To state precisely the means by which peace
may be maintained between Austria and Sardinia.
" 2. To establish how the evacuation of the Roman
States by the French and Austrian troops can be
best effected.

" 3. To examine whether it is advisable to intro-
duce reforms into the internal administration of
those States, and of the other States of Italy the
administration of which may show defects of a
nature evidently calculated to create a permanent
and dangerous state of discontent, and what such
reforms should be.

"4. To substitute for the treaties between Aus-
tria arid the Duchies a confederation of the States of
Italy between themselves for their mutual protection
at home as well as abroad.

" Subsequently, the Vienna Cabinet demanded
the previous disarming of Sardinia, declaring that
that measure was an absolute condition for its join-
ing the Congress. This condition having given
rise to objections on the part of all the other Powers,
the Austrian Government substituted instead one
for a general disarming before the meeting of the
Congress.
" The Government of her Britannic Majesty is of
opinion that it would suffice to admit at once the
principle of a general disarming, reserving to re-
gulate its being carried out until the opening of the
deliberations.by the Plenipotentiaries.
" The Government of the Emperor, guided by the
same sentiments of conciliation which determined
it to adhere to the meeting of a Congress and to the
bases of the negotiation, has not hesitated to give
its assent to this combination.

" A difference has nevertheless since manifested
itself upon the question as to whether the official
adhesion of Sardinia to the principle thus admitted
was or was not previously indispensable.
" The Government of the Emperor thought that

it was impossible, logically and equitably, to invite
Piedmont to adhere to this principle, if at the same
time the Powers did not ask it to be represented at
the Congress.

" The English Cabinet having laid great stress
upon France consenting to induce the Turin Cabi-
net to acquiesce, as a preliminary step, in the prin-
ciple of a general disarming, the Government of the
Emperor has not refused to give a new proof of his
conciliatory views, and he has promised compliance
with this request, provided it shall be agreed that
Sardinia and all the other Italian States shall be
invited to send a representative to the Congress.

"In a perfectly analogous circumstance, at the
conferences of Troppau, in 1820, the Court of Aus-
tria itself took the initiative in a similar proposal.
Its first representative, Prince Metternich, declared
that it was just, as well as.useful, to invite the
different Italian States to send Plenipotentiaries to

the Congress which it had been decided to hold at
Lay bath to take the affairs of Italy into considera-
tion, and that advice was shared by all the Powers.
" We find in this. precedent a reason to hope that

the condition we have just indicated, so conformable
moreover, to the principle of equity and to the in-
terests of all the Courts of the peninsula, will re-

ceive a unanimous assent.

" Moreover, as regards disarming, the Government
of the Emperor having admitted the principle, it
could not raise an objection as to what might be
thought the most opportune moment to carry it
into execution, and if the Powers were of the opinion
to proceed thereto even before the meeting of the
Congress, it would, on its part, see no reason for
not conforming to that wish.

" Everything, therefore, leads to the presumption
that if all the difficulties are not yet smoothed down,
the definitive agreement will not fail to be esta-
blished, and nothing more will be opposed to the
meeting of the Congress."

....--.—. ,
States is for me an object of special interest and
surveillance ; but I hope you will pardon my old
experience if, oat of the great interest which I bear
to you, I tell you frankl3 r that the best way to dis-
concert revolutionary att, empts is to attach subjects
to the Government, for it is certain • that if they
succeed in so doing all su ch attempts will cease to
be dangerous ; and those 'who make them will socn
tire when they lose the ho pe of gaining will
s
of the masses. What nati ens dread above all things
is arbitrary government; aL ad what they particularly
desire is tlwt it should be rei aacedby Berle eiga of law,
and that ti2ey may be p 1 vtected y gal order
rity. This is the
against the irfegular vexati ions of agents of autho.
only great change which I
like to see you effeCt by you r own will. The task
is doubtless difficult, but
.it i a a splendid and I
should
ous one ; and, therefore,. an 1 doubly anxious to see
glori-
it accomplished by you.''

CAPTAIN CARNEGIE
PAKINv2 'ON.
AND SIR JOH:

The following letter has
:or publication : een forwarded to us

London, April 19.
" Sir, —I have read with feeli
is that you levelled
indignation the ungenerous tarn ngs of surprise and
fleague when the
at an absent man and former co.
ought before the
question of my resignation was br
House of Commons.
"Of the circumstances that induc
min Hall to make his inquiry I ha,
knowledge, nor had I any communism
on this or any other subject, until, wh,
by the papers of the wording of his ques
him a telegram from Ireland, which he r.
House of Commons.

'ed Sir Benj a_
I no previous
`ion with ,him
informed
turn, I sent
ead in the

d resig-

" The facts attending my appointment an
nation were as follow : 't was
" When you offered me the appointment A
it to
with the understanding that I should endeavor
obtain a seat in Parliament as early as possible. at
expressed ' my readiness to start• for any place th
offered me a fair and reasonable prospect of success,
and I make this written acknowledgment of my
obligation, which you seem to regret not to have
received before.

" Such were the conditions under which I ac-
cepted your offer to join the Board of Admiralty,
and from that moment I have not lost a single op-
portunity of endeavouring to fulfil my portion of
our unwritten understanding.
"Now, let me state the facts—facts of which you
were cognisant, although, for your own defence,
and for my condemnation, you thought proper to
ignore them in the House ®f Commons.
"No sooner had I entered office than the possi-
bility of a vacancy in the representation of Ports-
mouth was anticipated. I expressed my readiness
to you personally to undertake the responsibility
of the contest, if necessary ; the vacancy did not
occur, and the matter ended. When Portsmouth
was thus disposed of I placed myself in communica-
tion with Dartmouth, whence I received such infor-
mation as led me to believe that my hope of success
in that quarter was well founded if a previously
favoured representative in the interest of Govern-
ment did not present himself. Other places were
under my consideration, as I have evidence to prove,
and in an interview I had with you I mentioned
one of them.

" When a dissolution was announced you spoke
to me upon the subject, and mentioned Dover.
Devonport was also alluded to, but by some one else.
In replying to the latter suggestion, I stated my
opinion that it would be impossible for any Govern-
ment candidate to contest Devonport with any hope
of success, as I could not suppose that the dock-
yard labourers, to be disqualified by the Reform
Bill, would support a nominee sent down by a Go-
vernment that had determined to deprive them of
their franchise. Now, with regard to Dover,
which you pressed upon me, I had previously
been requested to allow myself to be put
in nomination for this borough, but the information
that I received from numerous quarters made me
doubt the propriety of such a course, and this
opinion I freely expressed whenever the subject
was mentioned to me by those who recommended it.
" On the morninc, of Wednesday, the 6th of
April, I announced to you, through the ordinary
means of communication between a chief and his
subordinate, that Dover was a place which I could
hardly expect to contest with success, but I added
that I had hopes elsewhere, and that an interval of
24 hours would enable me to ascertain whether the
reports from another place were sufficiently favour-
able to warrant me in standing for it.
" To this remark of mine you answered by
stating, that in your opinion I had no ' option,' and
you left the room to attend (I believe) a Cabinet.,
while I left it for the purpose of tendering my
resignation of an office which I could no longer
wish to hold under such an imputation.
" That offer of resignation must have been com-
municated to you on your return the same day, for
you then sent for me, and, after alluding to it, and
expressing your regret for having made use of hasty
words, you still strongly urged me to stand for
Dover, and stated that Lord Derby coincided with
your opinion.
" I then informed you of the political difficulties
which attended the representation of Dover, and
mentioned the awkward circumstances in which

should be placed if J went to Dover with the Go-
vernment Reform Bill tied like a millstone round

my neck.
" But these political objections were not the only
ones I foresaw I should have to encounter ; it was
very soon made clear to me that there was only one
possible method by which either of the sitting
members for Dover could be deprived of their seats,
and this was a course I could not condescend to
adopt.
" I have only now to complete my case by quot-
ing an extract from a letter, addressed to me by a
gentleman high in your confidence, dated on the
afternoon of that same day on which you had been
verbally and by letter endeavouring to induce me
to stand for Dover :
" ' They say they must either get you to stand for
Dover or Devonport, both of which must be fought
by Admiralty men. I am inclined to think you
would have the best chance at Devonport ; I don't
like Dover mulch. The enthusiasts think they can
turn out Russell. I told them they might turn out
Osborne, but had no chance with Russell ; and,
in fact, I believe the latter would fall through the
former.'
" You have compelled me to make this statement
public. You have, in your place in the House of
Commons, endeavoured to protect yourself by attri-
buting the most improper motives to me, which, if
they were true, would be inexplicable. You further
accuse me of hesitation and vacillation, and you
presume to declare your regret that you had not
taken down in writing the particulars of the con-
versation which passed between us on the occasion
of our first interview.

" I have placed in writing the arrangement made,
and I have endeavoured to carry out that arrange-
ment. I did not hesitate, nor did I vacillate. I
declined, upon consideration, to contest the repre-
sentation of a borough which I could only have
gained by means repugnant to my sense of honour,
and, not acknowledging the assumption that I was
bound to contest either Dover or Devonport, I de-
clined to remain at the Admiralty.
" I purpose to send a copy of this letter to the
public journals, and have the honour to be your
most obedient servant,

" S. T. CARNEGIE.
"The Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, M.P., &e."