The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-10 00:00:00

for the oppressed, at the same time that it has
forced the neighbouring countries to prepare for
resistance. The Swiss Federal Council has voted
a.law by which 25,000 men of the army of the Con-
-I:Federation are to be called out. The Piedmontese
Government has resolved to make a representation
to the Austrian Government in favour of Lombard
emigres who have become Piedmontese subjects, oir
the ground that the sequestration of the property
of these persons is contrary to the law of nations.
Switzerland is, on its side, to make similar repre-
sentations, so that there is every probability of
some serious political complications in that quarter.
The Piedmontese Government denies, through
its constituted organ, that any restrictive change
in the laws regulating the press is intended.
Political executions continue to take place in
various parts of Italy, and Austria appears to be
suling the people with a rod of iron.
The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa of the 4th an-
nounces that the refugees of Lombardy who have
been naturalised in Piedmont have applied to the
Sardinian Government for protection against the
effects of sequestration decreed by Austria. The
same paper adds, that the Government, after taking
the advice of eminent lawyers, has remonstrated at
Vienna on the subject, and communicated this step

to the British and French Governments.

Count Toggenbura, Imperial Lieutenant of
Venice; has continued, until further orders, all the
prohibitions concerning the press, which were in
force in 1852.

AUSTRIA.
A telegraphic dispatch from Vienna, dated Tues•
day, states that the Emperor of Austria had gone
out a second time in a carriage, and was still more
improved in health.
We read in a German journal :—" When the
Archduchess Sophia, mother of the Emperor,
received the news of the execution of Libeny, she
burst into tears, and exclaimed, God grant that
this may be the last victim of seduction.' She a
then sent money to all the churches of Vienna for 20
masses for the repose of the soul of Libeny, and 14
said, Iknow that no other person would think of 50
performing this act of religion. It is for me, the Ni
mother, grateful to the Almighty for the preserva- 10'
tion of the life of her son, and whose heart has St.
been most deeply affected by the rage and folly of St.
the convict, to accomplish this pious duty. Every 20
year during my life I will renew it at the anniver- 0
sary of the death of this unhappy man." 50
We extract the following from an article on the 40
Emperor of Austria in the Constitutionnel 25
" The Emperor Francis Joseph is of a tall and grace- 25
ful figure ; he has a high and open forehead, -penetrating Stol
blue eyes, and a smile the sweetness of which does not °
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exclude the supposition of great firmness ; his gait is st:
dignified, and his manners 'are distinguished by great 50
elegance. Although fond of pleasure, as young men 25
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of 22 usually are, he never sacrifices business to t; he 100
makes his duties a law from which he never deviates. St.
He rises regularly at five o'clock in the morning to de- 6
vote himself entirely to affairs of State. Sporting and 25
riding are the only recreations which he allows himself. 50
He may be seen every day leaving the Palace at two o'clock 20
to take his accustomed promenade, in the winter on foot on
the ramparts of the city, and in the summer on horseback
.on the Prater, the Champs Elyse& of Vienna. He is
scarcely ever accompanied except by one aide-de-camp,
and is always dressed in a military uniform. Being one
of the best horsemen in Europe, he is fond of leaping the
ditches and barriers of the Prater, and he every day
tires out three horses in this dangerous exercise. No-
thing can be more curious than the manner in which he
travels. Whether in winter or in summer he always
uses an open carriage. His hand, which from his earliest
age has been accustomed to manage a sword, has never
carried an umbrella ;‘ he contents himself in bad weather
with merely throwing a soldier's cloak over his shoulders.
The sport which he most delights in is shooting the
black-cock, which is carried on at night, and principally
in the month of February. At that period the Emperor
usually goes to the mountains of Styria, and passes
several nights in the open air, a bed of dry leaves under
the naked branches of the trees replacing the luxurious
beds of the Imperial palace of Vienna. His hardy con-
stitution braves with impunity privations of every kind ;
he can equally support heat, cold, and hunger."
A Vienna journal states that in commemoration
of the happy escape of the Emperor from assassi-
nation, the National Austrian Bank has placed
20,000 florins at the disposal of the Ministers of
the Interior and War for charitable purposes. On
the same occasion the Archbishop of Erlau gave
5,000 florins, the interest of which is to be em-
ployed in the education of an orphan daughter of
an Austrian officer who has fought in Italy or in
Hungary in a Hungarian regiment. The Chapter
has also given for the use of military invalids a large
house, the building of which, only a few years
since, cost 70,000 florins.
Austria has just paid the second and last in-
stalment of 1,796,230 florins to Russia for her in-
tervention in Hungary.
A letter from Constantinople of the 17th ult., St
in the Vienna Gazette, states that in his au- 5
dience to take leave, Prince Leiningen. was 15
treated with great distinction by the Sultan, who St
gave him a very friendly autograph letter for the
Emperor of Austria.

TURKEY.
The Vienna Lloyd of the sth inst. publishes the
following letter from Constantinople, dated 20th
February :
" The Imperial Russian General and Minister
of Marine Menzikoff has arrived here. His
mission relates to the question of the Holy Sepul-
chres, and the Porte is said to have come to the re-
solution to ask the mediation of Prussia for its
settlement.

" Count Escarac, the French Consul at Damas-
cus, has come here to demand satisfaction for a
breach of domiciliary rights on the part of the
Turkish governor."
The Ottoman Government has- conceded to the
French Consul at Smyrna, an indemnity of 300,000
piastres, for distribution among such of his coun-
trymen as have been plundered by brigands ; the
amount of the indemnity is to be levied on the
surrounding villages where the depredations were
committed.
There are accounts from Montenegro, in the
Journal de Francjort, but they do not reach to the
18th ult., which was our last date. They confirm,
however, the fact of a victory over the Turks by the
mountaineers, • and add that George Petrowitch has
issued a severe order against the cutting off the
heads of fallen enemies.