The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-24 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

A letter from Vienna, of the 19th, in the Con-
stitutionnel, says : _ _ _

"The Emperor, who two days ago arrived from Ischl
at the palace of Schonbrtinn, came to Vienna to-day.
After giving a long audience to Count Buol, his Majesty
desired Baron Prokesch-Osten to be introduced, with
whom he had a long conversation, in which the
Baron gave his Majesty an account of his visit to Paris.
What is remarkable in this matter is that the Baron
was the only person received, with the exception of
Count Buol—this fact being considered a proof of the
anxiety of the Emperor to hear an account of the parts-
enlace of the Baron's visit. The Prussian journals affect
to believe that the understanding between Austria and
the Western Powera, relative to the affairs of the East,
is far from being as complete as it was at the commence-
ment of the war, and they point to the circumstance
that the Emperor Francis-Joseph abstained from at once
sending his congratulations to the Emperor Napoleon
111. for the capture of Sebastopol, as he had done on the
occasion of the victory of the Alma. This matter has
certainly been much talked of in diplomatic circles, bnt
I am unable to explain to you what really took place.
When on the 10th of Sept. the official news of the
fall of Sebastopol arrived in the Austrian capital,
the Emperor Francis-Joseph had been some days
absent, having gone on a shooting-excursion to the
mountains of Styria. No telegraphic line communi-
cated with that remote district, and it was, in con-
sequence, impossible for Count Buol to immediately
inform his Sovereign of the great success obtained by
the allied powers. Foreseeing that several days must
elapse before the news could reach the Emperor, Count
Buol, without waiting for his Imperial master's orders,
sent a verbal note, as it is called, to Baron de Bourque-
ney congratulating him on the signal success obtained,
and expressing his regret that some days must pass over
before the Emperor of Austria could become acquainted
with the intelligence, and transmit to the Tuileries his
congratulations, not being able, in fact, from his als•
sense, to send as instantaneously as he had done after
the Alma. But afterwards when Marshal Pelissier's re-
port appeared in the Moniteur on Sept. 26, Baron Hub-
ner presented to Count Walewski a written note in which
were set forth the official congratulations of the Austrian
Cabinet. Baron Hubner furthermore received orders to
seize on the first occasion to amplify viva voce to the
Emperor Napoleon on the official note banded to Count
Walewski. Such is the true explanation of the delay
which occurred in the transmission of the Austrian offi-
cial felicitations. Turning to another subject, I have to
state that the Archduke Albert, son of the celebrated
captain of whom Napoleon I. always spoke in such high
terms, left this city for Italy the day before yesterday.
The great fatigue which the Archduke, who distinguished
himself at the battle of Novara, had to undergo during
the Italian and Hungarian revolutions, and the weight
of his present fsnctions as Governor-General of Hungary
have so materially injured his health, that his medical
advisers have recommended him to visit Italy. The
Archduchess Maria, his sister, and the Archduke Renier,
her husband, accompany him. The Queen of Naples
having expressed a strong desire to see her brother,
the Archduke Albert, the meeting between them
will take place at the Court of Tuscany, the pre-
sent Grand Duchess of that country being herself a
Neapolitan Princess. This meeting will probably have
a certain political bearing, in this manner :—At the
commencement of the hostilities in the East, the Court of
the Two Sicilies 'was far from being opposed to the
policy of the Western Powers, and it is even said that
M. Adolphe Barrot, who then represented France at
the Court of Naples, having had a long conversation
with the King on the affairs of the East, heard his Ma-
jesty speak so favourably of the views of France and
England, that the representative wrote an account of
the matter to M. Drouyn de Lhuys, who in his turn had
a circular on the subject addressed to the French diplo-
matic agents in foreign countries, to show to what ex-
tent the King had declared in favour of Napoleon 111.
It was afterwards that the false representatives of the
Russian agents caused the King to entertain different
sentiments. The Archduke Albert will probably tend
to induce his Majesty to entertain juster views."