The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-16 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(RE UTER 'S TELEGRAMS.)

FRANCE.
THE EMPEROR'S FETE.
PARIS, AUG. 16.
The open-air festivities and illuminations yester-
day evening were marred by the rain.

THE BRAZILS.
RIO DE JANEIRO, JULY 25.
The Emperor of Brazil arrived to-day on the Rio
Grande. His Majesty leaves immediately for the
army.

IJrquiza has-furloughed his contingent, which will
reassemble under arms within a month.
BUENOS AYRES, JULY 14.
Exchange 'on London, 494 ; Ounces, 28 80.
Well salted hides, 321, neglected ; dry hides
American, :33-1 ; wool unchanged ; tallow, 141 ;
lumber unchanged ; flour, no stock ; refined sugar,

THE CALCUTTA AND CHLNA TvIAILS
MALTA, AUG. 15.

The Nyanza, from Southampton on the 4th inst
arrived here on the 13th at 5 a.m., and left at 5 p.rr
for Alexandria.

The Pera, from Marseilles on the 12th inst., ar-
rived at 9 p.m. yesterday, and left at 11 a.m. to-day
for Alexandria.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Aug. 12.
The following is the text of the semi-official an-
nouncement (the purport of which was sent by tele-
graph) appearing in the ministerial organ, the
Wiener Abendpost of to-day :

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"Among the tasks which have fallen to the lot
of the Government, in developing all the resources
of the State, more especially for the elevation and
settlement of the internal prosperity of Austria,
conspicuous importance will be admitted to belong
to establishing permanent order in the revenue of
the State. No explanation is necessary to show
that the definitive settlement of the question, how
the normal requirements are to be harmonised with
the possible revenue without overburdening the tax-
payer, forms one of the momentous objects of State
economy, and may possibly force itself at onceupon
the Government as the nearest and mostimmediate
subject of their care.
" In this sans 3 the Circular of the State Minis-
ter has already dwelt upon the necessity of assist-
ing, by conscientious economy and saving in every
branch of State adminiLtration, to level that•course
upon which it is requisite to proceed to the ulti-
mate settlement of these matters. That such set-
tlement is the condition of the full living develop-
ment of our State system, and that a large portion
of the reagents slumber therein, from which we
may expect the cure of more than one evil in our
public life, may be characterised as an uncontro-.
verted axiom of public opinion, acknowledged to
be correct by the Government.
" The serious and pregnant task thereby imposed
upon the Government requires also earnest and
dutiful, but above all firm and consistent, treatment
• of the subject.. We understand that a decisive step
has already been taken in this direction. By the
Emperor's order a special Budget Commission is
about to be formed, to which, in addition to the
State Minister? the Finance Minister, and the Pre-
sident of the Chief Accountant's Office as permanent
members, and besides the heads of all central dis-
tricts and their subordinates, persons may be a 1..)
pointed, without distinction of their official or nor-
official position, whose co-operation in as thorough
and impartial treatment of the subject as possible
may appear desirable.
" The deliberations of the Commission will be
directed towards effecting as extensive savings as
possible in all departments of the public service, and
the Imperial order specially desires that an earnest
endeavour be made to reduce the requirements for
the army to the normal limit of 80 million florins,
more particularly by reduction of the expenses of
the department. of the Army Administration."