The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-08 00:00:00

Ten ran.
The Hunt Cup.

Egg Sauce.
Odd Leg

Nine ran.
The Hurdle Race.
Blueskin came in alone. Breeze and Pantomime re.
fused. Only these ran.

A NEW DIVISION OF EUROPE.

(From the Morning Advertiser.)

We made known to our readers—in an article
published on Monday—the substance of a confi-
dential communication we had received respecting
the " certainty and imminence of war," from a man
ho occupies an eminent political position in the
Governmental councils of a neutral country. We
then observed that the statements of our informant
were not based on mere speculation, but were the
result of interviews and confidences between him
and persons holding high racks in France, including
a member of the Imperial family itself. The im-
portance to be attached to his opinions—or, we
should rather say, his disclosures—became imme-
diately apparent to us, knowing as we did the
facility of intercourse he possesses with so many
leading men in Switzerland, Sardinia, and France.
Since the article appeared in which we gave that
portion of his communications which he allowed us
to make public, we have received from another
quarter, an additional hint as to certain Russo-French
schemes, which we, in our turn, hasten to lay before
our readers. Before doing so, we may say that,
in this case also, as in the other one alluded to,
we can vouch for the character and the undoubted
sources of political knowledge of our informant.
It would appear, then, that so far back as a
year ago, the plan of Louis Napoleon to proceed
by force of arms against Austria was already fixed,
and even the various' details arranged. With this
view he carried on negotiations with Switzer-
land for the cession of the Dappes Valley, which
was to provide him with a splendid military high-
road into Northern Italy. To the same motives
of preparation is to be attributed his prodigal dis-
tribution of St. Helena medals and military pen-
sions among the remnants of the Grande Armee in
Germany. By means of these bribes and gew-
gaws he sought to create in the Rhenish countries
a factitious revival of Napoleonic enthusiasm—a-
design, however, that only resulted in a miserable
failure. We are told, however, that in England,
too, the French Ruler long ago endeavoured to
sound the opinion of certain statesmen, in order to
ascertain the degree of readiness they would evince
in joining in an anti-Austrian coalition, or to
declare, at least., for neutrality on the part of Eng-
land. All these n_anceuvres gradually awakened
the suspicion of the Court of Vienna ; so much so,
in fact, that the latter, many months before the
famous New Year's speech of Louis Napoleon to
M. von Hubner, was already on the alert, and an
expectant of coming events. This explains why
Austria, before the war alarm had startled the
ears of Europe, strove to obtain a firmer footing in
Germany at large, by adopting a policy more Ger-
man in its character, such as she has recently
exhibited on the question of Schleswig-Holstein.
So much for the preparations made and the
feelers thrown out by Louis Napoleon before he
ventured on his New Year's harangue. We now
come to an even more important part of the reve-
lation given to us, referring to the design of a new
partition of Europe. We here repeat that, wild as
the schemes may appear which we will presently
unfold, they have, nevertheless, been broached in
secret by a personage that stands on the very steps
of the French throne.

According to the plan alluded to, 'it has been
proposed that the territorial state of things in
Central and Southern Europe should be altered
from top to bottom, and that a new mapping out
should take place after the following fashion :-
1. The King of Sardinia to have his dominions
increased by the addition of Lombardy and Venice,
as well as by the so-called Duchies.
2. Louis Napoleon, in return for his military aid,
to receive the province of Savoy and the Sardinian
Littorale as far as Nice.

3. Prince Napoleon to have a kingdom carved
out for him by the union of the States of the Church
and Tuscany.
4. The kingdom of the Two Sicilies, or at least
Naples, to be handed over to Murat.

S. Russia to obtain Galicia and Pomerania.

6. Prussia to be indemnified for Pomerania, and to
.be retained against Austria, by a bribe in the shape
of Holstein and Hanover.

7. Hungary to be separated from Austria, and
the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia to be made
King of Hungary.
8. Austria to be confined to her Federal German
possessions.
It will be seen that this plan does not exactly
tally with the famous " Map of Europe in
1860." In the map laid before the public,
the little perquisites of Louis Napoleon, Prince
Napoleon, and the Cirand Duke Constantine were
prudently left out, There were very judicious rea-
sons, no doubt, why the configuration of the map
should not be made too startling at the time for the
susceptibilities of the nations of Europe. It was
probably held to be a safer policy to accustom the
minds of men to these dark intrigues and ambitious
changes by, at first, restricting the observer to
only an imperfect glance at the marvels the de-
spotic camera obscura had to unfold. By and
by, with the gradual development of events, and
with the thunders of battle stunning men's ears
and blunting their senses, it was, we may assume,
believed that the more dangerous features in the
great intrigue might make their appearance with
less risk to their subtle designers. It is as well,
however, that there are some chinks in council
chamber doors, through which convenient revela-
tions now and then creep out into the world.

It does not require any one to be deeply versed
in State policy to understand, that when matters
have so ripened in secret, an outburst cannot long
be delayed. It would be idle to think that Louis
Napoleon has stirred up the Acheron of European
State-craft only to abandon all his cherished and
well-matured schemes at the first idea of a Con-
gress. The danger to the tranquillity of the
world is, therefore, far from being removed.
On the contrary, with each succeeding day we
become more familiar with the vastness of the
plans hatched against the security of Europe. We
cannot but lament that, in the 'face of such an
impending catastrophe there are no signs yet of
sufficient national energy, on our part. But a few
weeks more and we arrive at the season when
operations, military and naval, may be expected ;
vet England remains unprepared in both respects !
With a national danger thus at our threshold, the
responsibility that weighs on our rulers is a fearful
one. But it would be unjust if we did not add,
that the responsibility which weighs on the people
in general is still greater. They, by the incredu-
lity and insoucianoe that seems to possess them,
may possibly be one of the chief causes of the actual
outbreak of a war, the probable consequences of
which no man can contemplate without a shudder.