The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-14 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Oct. 10.—All that assuages our strong
thirst for news to-day is contained in the Austrian
Correspondence. The semi-official journal takes
pity on our cravings by publishing an official de-
spatch from Bucharest, dated Oct. 7, which states
that, "according to authentic intelligence received
there from the Crimea, between the 27th and
29th ult., 120 pieces of siege artillery had been
planted on the heights commanding Sebastopol
from the south ; and further, that the all fleets
had quitted Katcha Bay, and gone to Balaklava."
The Autograph Correspondence adds hereto that
" the bombardment of Sebastopol had actually
begun on the 4th inst., at five o'clock." On the
other hand, the Vienna Gazette of this morning in-
forms us, by a telegraphic despatch from Warsaw,
that, "under date of the 3d inst., Prince Menschi-
koff reports from his position near Sebastopol that
up to thaedato the allies had remained tranquil in
their position between Balaklava and Chersonesus,
and had undertaken nothing against the town."
Hence the above Bucharest despatch is quite re-
concileable with the Russian report.
The Constantinople and Varna correspondents of
the Vienna journals have all something to say of
the battle of the Alma, but not one has yet given
us a full account of the engagement, contenting
themselves with the communication of "interesting
details," and lists of killed and wounded. The
Presse says that the entire loss of the Russians was
nearly 15,000 ; and 14 pieces of cannon, 6,000
muskets, 2 colours, 18 caissons, and a great number
of cartridge-pouches, knapsacks, &c., fell into the
hands of the conquerors.
The day before yesterday Count Buol was in-
formed by the Turkish Minister that Omer Pasha
was about to commence operations in Bessarabia.
It appears that Lord Raglan forwarded a letter
to the Porte desiring that a diversion might be
made. Omer Pasha will go to Bucharest to discuss
the matter with the Austrian Commander in that
city. The conduct of Prussia is so strange that
people here begi% to fancy that some secret treaty
exists between that power and Russia.

FRANCE.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, FRIDAY, 6 P.M.
I have nothing fresh to communicate to-day.
All here are anxiously waiting, as you say, " the
coming capture of Sebastopol." Of the capture all
to whom I have spoken• entertain not the
slightest doubt. Great preparations are making
for the funeral of Marshal do St. ° Arnaud.
The papers say that the English Govern-
ment is to send a small detachment of Guards
to attend his funeral. Colonel de Francon-
niere, the chef de cabinet of Marshal Valliant,

bas been sent to meet the body on its way from

Marseilles. The Empercr and Empress hltve re-
turned from Nismes. The Government received

yesterday answers from the Duke de Same-Mein-
ing,en to the letter of recall of M. Mercier, acting
as Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty, and to
the letters of credence of the Marquis de Ferriere-

le-Vayer, appointed to succeed M. Mercier. There
is a long article in the Pays on the note of Count
Buol, of the Mb ult., in reply to the last commu-
nication of the Prussian Cabinet on the Eastern
question. On this subject the Pays says :
If from the very commencement the attitude of
Europe had been as clear and as energetic as that of
France and England ; if the Emperor Nicholas had
known in such a way as not by possibility to be
able to make any mistake in the matter, that all
the modern states, unanimous in deliberation,
would also be unanimous in action ; if he had not
hoped to prevent that holy alliance of the modern
states, all interested in the same degree in opposing
his ambitious views, can it be supposed that he
would have confronted the dangersot a warin which
he would have been alone against all ? Most cer-
tainly not. He would have ceded, when he could
• have done so, without the honour of his crown
being too much engaged, and ho would have ob-
tained undoubtedly conditions much less severe
than those which he will have to submit to now.

But who is it that favoured these hopes, these
illusions, and these opinions at St. Petersburg ?
Prussia. Who scattered intrigues of all kinds
amongst the states of the Germanic confederation ?
Who, by all these manoeuvres, imposed on Austria
that slow and reserved course which has not allowed
her to approach, except step by step, the western
policy, whose interests, it must be declared aloud,
she has never for an instant betrayed? Still Prussia.
Each reshAance of Russia, each hesitation of the
German states, has had for result to constrain France
and England to a greater development of forces and
to a more decisive engagement. Yes ! We accuse
Prussia and her equivocal diplomacy of the blood
now being shed. We accuse her of having ren-
dered almost impossible a pacific solution, which
would have taken place long since had Russia seen
herself condemned, abandoned, and, if possible,
opposed by all the European states. This is her fault,
and that will be also her responsibility. That fault
she has only one means of attenuating, and that is
to separate openly and resolutely from the desperate
cause to which personal affinities can alone have
attached her up to the present moment. It is still
time to adopt that course which the interests of
Prussia, the dignity, and perhaps the power of her
government calls for. Who can affirm that in a
few days, under the irresistible action of events
accomplished, it will not be too late ?"
The Moniteur says :—" M. Barbes protests
against the act of clemency of which he has been
the object. He does not comprehend it. We pub-
lish the letter which he has addressed to the editor
of this journal :
" Sir,—l have just arrived in Paris, and I take up
my pen to pray you to insert as soon as possible
this note in your journal. An order, the motives of
which I do not examine, for I am not in the habit
of casting aspersions on the sentiments of my ene•
mies, was given, on the stla of this month, to the go-
vernor of the prison of Belle-Isle. At the first an-
nouncement of that news, I felt the thrill of inexpressible
pain of a conquered man run through my body, and I
refused as long as I could—for two days—to leave my
prison. I now come here, to speak nearer and to be
better heard. What matters it to whoever has no right
over me whether I love my country or not? Yes ! the let-
ter which has been read was written by me, and the gran-
deur of France has been, since I was able to think,
my religion. But once more, I ask, what matters it to
whoever lives out of the pale of my creed and of my
law, whether my heart is actuated by such sentiments
or not ? Is not the coup-d'etat of December there for
ever a contest marked out between me and him who
efficted it? Laying aside, therefore, every considera-
tion of my personal dignity wounded, my duty as a loyal
enemy is to declare to all and each here, that I repel
with all my force the measure taken with respect to me.
I shall pass two days at Paris to allow time to replace
me in prison, and that period once over, on Friday night
I shall go into exile. "A BARBES."
" Paris, Dec. 11, ten in the morning, Grand Hotel
du Prince Albert, Rue St.-Hyacinthe St.-Honord."
A private telegraphic despatch, dated this day,
mentions that the remains of Marshal St. Arnaud
had been conveyed from Valence to Lyons, and
were to arrive in Paris on Saturday (to-morrow)
afternoon.
BANK OF FRANCE.—The following was the
situation of the Bank on Thursday, Oct. 12
CR. Fr. c.

Cash and ingots
Cash at the branch banks 151,085,336
Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 369,317 97
Bills becoming due in Paris, of which
55,711,495 f. 21c. are from the branch
banks 110,289,371 89
Bills in the branch banks
Advances on coin and ingots
Do. in the branch banks
Do. on public securities of France 20,939,836 10
Do. in the branch banks
Do. on railway shares and bonds 42,705,400
Do. in the branch banks
Do. to the State by treaty of
June 30, 1848
Rentes of the reserve fund
Rentes of disposable funds
Hotel and furniture of the Bank
Real property of branch banks
Expenses of administration
Sundries .

65,000,000 -
10,000,000 -
55,448,559 82
4,000,000 -
3,809,320 -
832,451 20
74,084 13

957,636,664 6