The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-08 00:00:00

THE CONDUCT OF AUSTRIA.

The following is the Times Paris correspondent's
letter, dated yesterday, 6 p.m. :
" A change for the better has taken place in the
relations between Austria on the one hand and Eng-
land and Franca on the other; and at the present
moment the Allied Governments are or profess to be
satisfied with the Cabinet of Vienna. I do not pre-
tend to answer for the sincerity of the declarations
recently made by that Cabinet, nor can I affirm that
these declarations are accepted by the generality of
the public as bona fide expressions of Austrian
policy. All I mean to say is, that this Govern-
ment does not hesitate to express its satisfaction at
the present position of affairs as relates to Aus-
tria. Prussia has sunk so completely in public
estimation, and so little hope is there of her
doing anything honourable or spirited, that not
a word need be said. I have already contradicted,
on good authority, the statement put forth in
several of the German papers that England and
France considered themselves disengaged, in con-
sequence of the tergiversations of the Cabinet of
Vienna, from the obligations contracted by the
treaty of the 2d of December, or that a cir-
cular had been issued to that effect by the French
Foreign-office to its diplomatic agents abroad. There
was never any foundation for such a statement, but
I presume it must have produced a certain effect,
inasmuch as the Austrian Minister for Foreign
Affairs thought it necessary some days since to de-
mand of the Fiench Minister at Vienna whether
his Government still considered itself as engaged
by the treaty of the 2d of December, or the con-
trary. The demand was accompanied by the most
positive declaration that Austria regarded herself
as much bound as ever by that instrument ; that
she was still the ally of France and England ; that
she held, and should hold, the Danubian Princi-
palities, but only as against Russia, and should
resist any attempt on the part of that Power to
invade or commit any act of hostility against the
Ottoman territory in that quarter. It is true
that in the present state of the war, confined as
its theatre by land was to the Crimea, there were
considerations of a paramount kind, not, how-
ever, relating to any regard for Russia, which
prevented her for the present to commence hos-
tilities, but that when the proper moment ar-
rived she should not hesitate to join the Allies,
and to fulfil the obligations she had volun-
tarily contracted, and means faithfully to ful-
fil. A good deal more passed on the same occa-
sion, but I believe I have given the substance
of the conversation. In a word, her explanations
were considered as satisfactory to the French
Government. Communications immediately took
place between Vienna and Paris, and between
these two capitals and London. The English Go-
vernment, on being made acquainted with these
assurances, given spontaneously, as I am led to be-
lieve, by the Cabinet at Vienna, not unnaturally
hesitated to give them credence. They feared that
it was little more than the repetition of the past ;
the same vagueness, the same fair professions
without meaning, or without the intention of ful-
filling them. Of the members of the English Cabi-
net, I suspect that Lord Palmerston was the least
disposed to take for granted the sincerity of Austria,
and the name of an august personage is mentioned
as sharing largely the incredulity of his lordship.
That this should be the case is not astonishing,
but if I am rightly informed, and my information
is derived from an excellent source, these
scruples gave way, and I believe at the moment
I write both Governments are rather satisfied than
otherwise—satisfied that Austria disclaims in a posi-
tive manner any sympathy with Russia ; that she
considers herself still the ally of France and Eng-
land, and prepared on some future day to join the
policy of action which, up to the present day, they
gave followed out alone. The Emperor of the
French, who had found it difficult to believe that
his young Imperial brother meant to act otherwise
than in the most honourable manner towards thetwo
Governments, but who subsequently found reasons
to change his mind, has again, I believe, returned to
his original impression, and has very recently ma-
nifested his satisfaction at the resumption of the
former friendly relations with Austria. Whether
these are destined to be again modified I cannot
say, no more than I can vouch for their actual
truth, but it is certain that the Russian clique at
Vienna, which had succeeded to a certain extent in
influencing the mind of the young Emperor, and was
lately so triumphant, has become, within the last
six or seven days, completely discouraged and in-
dignant. It so happened that the change to which
I refer took place during the short absence of
Prince Gortschakoff at Stu ttgard. The Prince left
Vienna in the highest spirits, and confident of
the triumph of his policy. He returned to his
post, and found that all was completely changed ;
and he has expressed his disappointment and his
indignation in no very measured terms. The
Austrians at St. Petersburg, who were so
lately the objects of the most delicate atten-
tions, will again, I presume, be treated with the
same contumely as after the treaty of the 2d of
December. This state of the relations with
Austria has been communicated by the other di•
plomatic agents at Vienna to the respective
Governments, and I know of one whose resi-
dence for many years at that Court, and an inti-
mate uninterrupted intercourse with most of
the leading personages of the day, ought to ren-
der him an authority on such subjects, who thinks
himself authorized to communicate his own fa-
vourable opinion to his Government. Never-
theless, there are others, and those also versed in
political affairs, who are far from being so san-
guine, and who persist in doubting, if not the good
faith, at all events the possibility of Austria ever
drawing her sword against Russia.
On a very recent audience which Prince Gortscha•
koff had of the Emperor of Austria he did his ut-
most to obtain from his Majesty the formal accept-
ance of an engagement from Russia that she would
not attack the Danubian Principalities so long as the
Austrians continued to occupy them. The Prince
at once wrote off to St. Petersburg, to say that the
Emperor had accepted the engagement, and sub-
sequently stated so to M. de Buol. M. de Buol un-
hesitatingly and bluntly told the Prince that he did
not credit the statement, and invited him to repeat
it in the presence of the Emperor himself. The
Prince did so, when the Emperor, in the most posi-
tive terms, contradicted the Prince—or himself.
Who shall say ? If the youne. Emperor spoke the
truth, as I hope he did, it is rather surprising that
any ambassador, and especially a Russian, should
so misunderstand what was said to bun.",

HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE TrEER.

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( From the .Report of the Registrar-General.)

In th© week that ended on Saturday the deaths of 963
persons, viz., 473 males and 490 females, were registered
in London. Li the corresponding, week of 1849 the
deaths from all causes rose to 1,967, and in that of 1854
to 1,456, chulera having made considerable progress at
both those periods. Taking corresponding weeks in
the last ten years it will be found that the deaths ranged
above 1,000 in all the weeks of the series except three—
those of 1845, 1847, and 1550. The deaths returned for
last week, which occurred in an increased ppulation,
when compared with the facts now stated, present a
very favourable result.

At this season, which the fatal experience of former
years invests with more than ordinary interest to the
London population, it is gratifying to find that the me-
tropolitan reports, though they show that the usual sum-
mer cholera is or, the increase, are still free from indica-
tions of the more virulent epidemic, The steady increase
of diarrhoea is seen in the folln wing numbers, which show
the deaths from that complaint in the last five weeks :-
28, 45, 67, 93, and (last week) 110, But the tempera-
ture is moderate, and the point which the mortality from
diarrhoea has yet attained is, comparatively, not high;
in the corresponding week of 1846, when the mean tem-
perature rose to 69.1 deg, diarrhoea was fatal in 186
cases ; in that of 1848 it was fatal in 141 ; in 1849 the
number was 179 ; in the following year 136 ; and in the
same week of last year 142. Of the 110 deaths of last week,
90 occurred to children less than 2 years old. Cholera
is reported as fatal to 7 persons, 4 of whom were in-
fants ; of the remaining 3, 2 died of die! rhcea, or fever
with choleraic symptoms, 1 of cholera, . designated
Asiatic. after six days' illness from diarrhoea in a con-
fined and unwholesome dwelling. 20 deaths were caused
by smallpox, 37 by scarlatina. Two families lost each
two children by the latter malady, and in both cases
the occupiers of the houses complain of abominable
smell from garbage or other rubbish, which preclude
them from opening the windows for ventilation.

Last week the births of 880 boys and 708 girls, in all
1,678 children, were registered in London. In the 10
corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the average
number was 1,378.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.691 inches.
The mean temperature of the week was 62 5 deg., which
is 0.3 deg. above tlfe average of the same week in 38
years. The highest temperature in the week was 75.5
deg., and occurred on Sunday, the 29th ; the lowest was
51 deg., and occurred on Wednesday. The mean dew-
point temperature was 55.4 deg., and the difference be-
tween this and the mean temperature of the air was 7'l
deg. The temperature of the water of the Thames was
65.9 deg. The wind blew almost invariably from the
south-west. Rain fell to the amount of o'3B inches, of
which o'3o inches fell on Tuesday.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED

IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUG 4.

Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 33
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration B3
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations 1
Premature Birth and Debility 3l
Atrophy
Old Age
Sudden 0
Violence, Privation' Cold, and Intemperance l7
Causes not specified

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 963
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. spending week in the
1851. of 1854. Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals

1,456

Males
Females..