The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-19 00:00:00

GLI-811 ,SUILIIISSI.,A TO AUSTRIA.

(From the Times )
An article appeared a few days since in these
columns calling attention to a most improper
agreement between the British Government and
that of Anstiia respecting a line of telegraph to
'be constructed from Ragusa through Corfu to
Alexandria. Tt bad been stipulated, we said,
that if Austria would make this line all the
communications of the British Government and
of tie East India Company should be forwarded
exclusively by it in perpetuity. A contradiction
appeared in an evening paper which did not touch
the matter, and was, in fact, evasive. It is most
certain, we are sorry to say, that a convention has
la,,en made by which "Her Britannic Majesty's
Government gives the assurance that their tele-
graphic correspondence and that of the East India
Company shall be exclusively carried on by the
telegraph line of Alexandria and Corfu, and that as
long as the lino is open they will never thimselves
open a line in competition in that direction." The
contradiction of the Globe only extended to the
transmission of the messages from Corfu to Eng-
land. It appears that these may be sent by way of
Cagliari and Marseilles, but between Alexandria►
and Corfu the Austrian line will have a complete
monopoly.

We can hardly imagine how a Government in a
free country could have been bold enough to pledge
itself to a foreign State by such a monstrous agree-
ment. It would even be a bold exercise of Parlia-
mentary authority thus to presume to bind the na-
tion for an infinite term. Let us consider for a
moment what it amounts to. In no case, whatever
' may be the nature of the intelligence or the import-
ance of the crisis, will the British and Indian
Governments communicate except by an Austrian
hue, contraed entirely by Austrian officials. In no
case will the Government give any encouragement
to a British line in the same direction, whatever may
be the wants of the community or the interestsof the
State. No line from Malta to Alexandria, or from
Algeria along ihe African coast, will receive the
support of the British Government, and if such
lines be constructed they will never be permitted to
forward a Government message. The secrecy with
which this Convention has been made during the
recess of Parliament, and without' the slightest
allusion in any speech or newspaper, adds to
the surprise and suspicion with which it mast be
received. And when it is remembered that several
companies were ready to establish the requisite
communication, and that the Government were
urged by no necessity fie close with the offer of
Austria, we are the more astonished. Within the
last few weeks the proposal of Turkey to make a
line from Constantinople to the Persian Gulf wa4
rejected, although Omar Pasha has been sent as
Governor to Bagdad expressly to bring the wild
tribes into order. There also in existence an
English company which obtained a firman three
years since for a sea line from Constantinople to
Alexandria, and the claims of this company have
also been rejected. In fact, while the Government
has had offers from every side, and might have
established two or three lines of communication, it
has rejected everything in order to advance this
project.

Z' he favoured line is a concession made by the
Viennese Government to Mr. Brett. Mr. Brett
is also to construct the line from Corfu to Malta
and Cagliari, which may perhaps explain the eon-
v,,nt of the Treasury to send telegrams by this route
also. The Treasury recommended the plan of using
this line exclusively if Mr. Brett should obtain the
concession, and the Austrian Government would
not make the concession without a Convention be-
tween the two Governments to the effect that Eng-
land would use the line exclusively and in per-
petuity, would heraelf make a line from Suez to
India, and would bind herself to construct DO
competing line. The only demand which was ob-
jected to was that the messages should be sent from
Corfu exclusively through Ragusa and Vienna.
This was refused, and Mr. Brett's other telegraph
by Cagliari will have a share. We believe that
more than one person of high position and exten-
sive knowledge of the subject has protested against
what has been done, and we trust that at the
meeting of Parliament the whole matter will be
sited with the closeness which its importance
demands.

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