The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-24 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.

Despatches were received at the Foreign-office
yesterday from Vienna, dated the 19th, and were
immediately sent off to the Emperor to Dieppe.
Their contents have not transpired, but it is sup-
posed that they bring a satisfactory solution of the
Turkish question. The questions of the day are
now the state of the crops, the measures taken by
the Government to provide against any deficiency
in the food of the peoples and the vast commercial
speculations which are on the tapis. It is said in
the commercial policy of France that important
modifications are in contemplation. There is every
reason to believe that the Emperor himself is a
free-trader ; in the Cabinet there is a difference of
opinion, but one influential member of it, who to a
late period has been of a contrary way of thinking,
has become a convert. The movement in favour
of free trade has commenced.

The Emperor is expected in Paris to-day from
Dieppe, to preside at a Cabinet Council.
In the absence of any news respecting the dis-
pute between Russia and Turkey, the Paris
journals abstain from comments on that subject.
There is au article in the Siècle on the memoran-
dum of the Austrian Government to the Courts of
Europe, with reference to the affair of Kossta.
It says :
" The principles set forth in this memorandum are
true, but who is it that has violated them ? Evidently,
Austria, which, in a neutral port, caused to be arrested
in a most offensive manner a man placed under the pro-
tection of the flag of the United States. If the Austrian
Consul had any doubts as to the legality of M. Kossta's
naturalisation, he was bound to apply to the officer in
the command of the American station, and to ask him
to oppose the evasion of that refugee until the point of
law had been properly cleared up. Austria, disdaining
the use of legal proceedings, attempted to obtain justice
for herself by force. And now she complains of having
met with a legitimate opposition to her acts of violence !
Turkey, always accustomed to yield to a protection which
does not protect her, has dismissed Ali Pacha, the Go-
vernor of Smyrna, formerly Grand-Vizier, and one of
the most intelligent men of the Ottoman Empire. There
is no danger that the same treatment will fall on the
American captain. The United States will uphold the
respect due to their flag, and rather than abandon a man
protected by an American passport, they would burn
down Trieste, and again raise up the Republic of Venice.
They care little about the treaties of 1815, before which
the Governments of Europe stop short, because these
treaties were the affair of princes at the expense of the
rights of nations. In truth, when all slumbers in a kind
of fetichism for the acetic quo, it would be almost,to be
wished that Austria would venture to brave the anger of
the United States. But she will not attempt it, well
knowing that the Americans would not hesitate to de-
fend the right as it requires to be defended. However,
we enregister, as of good augury, the memorandum of
Austria, for it is of a nature to remove all hesitation on
the part of the Government of General Pierce to stretch
out a friendly hand to those persons who suffer in
Europe from the pretensions and acts of Austrian des-
potism."
It has already been stated that the French sub-
jects who had received foreign orders were not to
be allowed to wear them without special authorisa-
tion. The Moniteur now publishes a decree au-
thorising a great number of persons, whose names
are given, to wear these orders.

The Dabats announces the death in Paris of Ge-
neral de Montholon, who is well known from his
connection with the Emperor Napoleon.
The Constitutionnel says :—" Different candi-
dates, accepted by the government, for the elec-
tions of members of the Legislative Body, which
are to take place on the 4th of next month, have
been announced. We may mention for the Cotes-
du Nord, Count Jerome Paul de Champagny, son
of M. de Champagny, Duke de Cadore, who was
minister of the Emperor Napoleon I. ; for the
Loiret, M. Nogent St. Laurent ; and for the Nord,
M. Godard Desmarets, member of the Council-
general."
There was not much business transacted at the
Bourse yesterday, except in railway shares, the
speculators appearing to decline dealing in Govern-
ment rentes until the final solution of the Eastern
question shall be announced in the Moniteur. The
Three per Cents. opened at 80f. 45c., and rose to
80f. 60c., at which they closed for the end of the
month, The Four-and-a-Halfper Cents. closed at
105 f. 55c. • Orleans Railway shares, 1,290 f.; Rouen,
1,098 f.; Havre, 520 f.; Great Northern, 905 f. ; Paris
and Strasburg, 988 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 972 f.
50c., Lyons to the Mediterranean, 832 f. 50c. ;
Western of France, '7sjf. 25c. ; Bordeaux and
Cette, 647 f. 50c. ; Great Central, 560 f.; shares of
the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 890 f.