The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-20 00:00:00

BELGIUM.

M. Forgeur, member of the Belgian Sell t°'
was summoned on Friday to wait on the
and was received by his Majesty at one o'el°'
"If we are well informed," says the Indepl
dance of Brussels, " this interview, like that. 00
M. Delfosse, related to the Ministerial crisls.t
The Emancipation of Brussels says i'll/c/s,
not be concluded from these words of the .1'1....
pendance that M. Forgeur was charged to f°',
a new Cabinet, for the present Ministers had Co',
sented some days back to remain in office. till
Saturday, they sat in council from oue o'clock
three, and came to an agreement relative fo tu
questions which had sprung up. All the Minlst.epbri
vi'a
were present. We can confirm the news 1",
we gave a short time past of the approaching' 'nf
vocation of the Chambers. The date of Octev
17 is maintained up to the present time."

FRANCE.
The Moniteur announces that the Emperor' 16
Paris yesterday for Bordeaux, to meet the 00
press. He was accompanied by General Esping;
and Colonel Fleury, his aides-de-camp ; an
Baron de Menneval, one of his officiers d'or4";
nance.
Bertell

An Imperial decree, dated the 29th ult., 'n' tha
in the Moniteur, organises, on military bases, tr
functionaries of military justice, and fixes thelf
spective ranks, duties, pay, dzc.
The Three per Cents. opened yesterday at 'for
35c., rose to 74f. 75c., and closed at 74f. 700..ier
the end of the month ; the Four-and-Half
Cents., at 98f. 30c. ; and the New Loan, at ',ll,
50c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,240 f. ;
972 f. 50c. ; Havre, 590 f. ; Great Northern, 86
50c.; Strasburg, 817 f. 50c. ; New Shares, lie.
50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 990 f. ; Lyons and then
.;
diterranean, 865 f. ; Western of France, 672 f.
Bordeaux and Cette, 618 f. 75c. ; Great Centrt'
France, 520 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 541 f. P°'
Bank of Credit Mobilier, 738 f. 75c.

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TEE RECAL OF THE RUSSIAN Aixi
SADOR FROM VIENNA. -
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The Debats of yesterday, in a very long notion,.'
the recal of the Russian Ambassador, M. de Iner"tor
dorff, from Vienna, communicates some int_l%.fl •
tion, which explains the cause of his recal, 0140;
the same time clears up certain p ,ints
Eastern question which were involved in doilwty:
"When M. de Meyendorff arrived at Vienna,l4o.
end of 1850, the remembrance of the services whicliPor
had rendered to Austria was still fresh, and altnotigewei
Prince de Schwartzenberg, the Prime Minister'
D sit or,
a wish more than once to avail himself of thereceol
portunity of withdrawing Austria from the infini tbeti
the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, and made use °
f Tbl
remark which has been so often repeated-- astopifit
moment is not far distant when Austria will role
the world by the grandeur of her ingratitude,' tll,lO,
tions were friendly because the Minister of the Pci
ror Nicholas knew that he could rely on the go° tioo
of the Emperor Francis Joseph, and on the co-ope"'01
of Prince de Metternich, whose feelings were in geo
rather unfavourable to Prince de Schwartzenberg.,. (10
death of this minister strengthened the credit of Tde,
Meyendorff, not only because he had no longer 4001
fend himself against a constant and always dang'clool
ill will, but also because he was connected by affairs
family alliance to the new Minister of Foreign 01,,001'
M. de Meyendorff having married Mlle. de •we
Schauenstein, sister of the new minister. No
°13,_.,00
that time foresaw the conflict which was soon to woo
out at Constantinople, and to lead Europe into the
plications of war. As soon as Russia raised the f°l.
dable questions by which the whole of Europe
excited, M. de Meyendorff applied himself to dr!te
the alliance of the three Courts more close, and to seC"i
at least the neutrality of Austria and Prussia uP(iej,
all possible eventualities. He thought he had sticceeda
and he did not hesitate to answer for his success tor'
tf'
sovereign on his own personal guarantee. The ErniAdi
Nicholas asked no more, and in fact that neutralipY,nor
sufficient for him, because he received a letter from
don at the same time, which said that there weed
reason for him to feel any uneasiness about an albelio
between France and England, as it was an impossibiao
and no one would listen to it. About this same ''tbo
M. de Meyendorff was called to St. Petersburg,4
Emperor wishing to have personal communication
him. This was the moment when he was in the bigto
favour ; and the Emperor testified such great satisfaeitoe
and such unlimited confidence in him that son3e taiti
was felt for M. de Nesselrode. The old Russian u° 00S
felt irritated, and took part with the old Chancey} ill
What were the real designs of the Emperor of Rusertisi
1853 ? That is a point which it would be very iroP°ibero!
to clear up. M. de Meyendorff certainly koesy 100
and doubtless he thought so when he wrote te,re
friends in Paris London, and Berlin—' I donetorerol
tend to prophesy, but I think I may say that the geefore,
peace of Europe will not last a year, and that
that time has expired we shall witness great eviope,
M. de Meyendorff returned to Vienna, where 110 , °pee
that great changes had taken place, and he exe:eoo
himself to Prince de Metternich on the subject.
care,' said theold chancellor to him; from what. e 1 to
just heard I understand that your Emperor weeder
proceed to great lengths against Turkey ; let hi° i tbl
on what he is about, and let him consider thi'lers'
moment is not opportune for battering that 01 II!
ment in breach. Be assured that if he does 00 frii!
the East remain quiet, the face of thingleA
change throughout all Europe, and I wc''''„"'
answer for any thing.' I regret to tell y 0...! oev,
plied M. de Meyendorff, that the Emperor
things in quite a different light ; and the iestru 01
which he has given to me compel me to press
,g ode
,
to take a decisive part.' Well, then,' said el'
Metternich, I tell you beforehand that I cal3°.ose,
scientiously remain silent under such grave circurus`•
and that I shall warn the Emperor my mastef;ob
will not follow you in the path into which you `;',;(001;
lead him ; he will not follow you in it because
not do so, and your sovereign, you may believenl";
in the end find himself isolated in the midst of Peip°o:l
A few days after this conversation which viae,.- re",
talked of at all the Courts of Germany, the Ern,Pe- rri
Austria wrote an autograph letter to the -r.'"w esi",
Nicholas (June, 1853), in which he said, that be .do°
leave in his hands all that it was necessary t° ace
Constantinople ; that he approved of it all ";069/
hand, and that he would hold himself in reef '
for all.' This was a great triumph for I\l. doh
endorif, but it was an ephemeral one, wbie; rS
to be followed by a great fall. In fact, a r—ed in
despatch was soon after received at Berlin a° Erse
London, in which M. Buol expressly declared that i 1
Emperor Nicholas made war on Turkey, Austria ape
not second him. M. de Buol, moreover, in defiuilied
in limiting the neutrality of Austria allowed the c,",40
be seen at which that neutrality would cease. T Li°
the result of the inspirations of M. de Metternici'd
de Meyendorff had therefore deceived himself, 03,„ JR,
error of judgment was shown more and more everiAlss;
by events ; the mission of Count Orloff gave him 1"hotlY
blow. The object of that mission has been frecltive;
mentioned, but it might have been added that the ops+
sian envoy was also charged to make direct and per:ooe
representations to the Emperor Francis Joseph ae,te,,,-00"
of his Ministers, and to advise their removal. .-1-""ef t°
peror Nicholas thought he hid more particultr.:oo.
complain of M. de Buol, to whom he attributed "00
old feelings of resentment, he having filled the f°l3,4e diet
of Austrian Minister at St. Petersburg. It is stated
in delivering his letters of credence to the x'rerrer
Nicholas he made a speech, in which he used the elo'f;o'
lion—'sent by his government'—' charged by sip
vernment'—when the Emperor interrupted himtoter'
roughly by saying, Speak of the Emperor, your °fern'
sir ; I only know him ; I know nothing of your the
merit.' Count Orloff failed, but he learnt fr°,,.`myeir
mouth of M. de Metternich himself that M. de
derff had been warned when there was yet tinA,
that if he had thought proper he could have infornWnrie
Emperor, who would not then perhaps have so i.l°..rfof
dently involved himself. Nothing more was wantTiPoo
the enemies of M. de Meyendorff, and his reeeLiope
decided on. Prince Gortachakoff, his successor, be' or
to the Russian party the German party of St. gt cis
burg has been vanquished in the person of
Meyendorff."
Ore
FIRE AT THE BEDDINGTON FLOUR
broke out yesterday in the flour mills occupied by to
Ashby, known as the Wallington Mills, near Beddiogoe
by which the extensive buildings and an immense 4 ply
tity of corn were entirely destroyed. There was °ode
sense of fire-engines, or, in all probability, the raelat
of the fire might have been stayed. It is a eingrea,
fact, that although Croydon is only from two to itio:
miles distant, the West of England and Brigade ens slie'",
from London, each drawn by two horses, arrived
the
scene of desolation before that from Croydon reachett,ce,
ground. They all arrived too late to be of any elr; io
and the premises were wholly destroyed. Th° 11
said to be very great, but it is partially covered ei
insurance in the County Fire Office. ee‘lX
THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.—The second le i:oce
October is the time chosen by the Evangelical Allgagi.
for the next Annual Conference in London. Thirroc
ing subject of the ensuing assembly is to be tbZ:wk
of Christians in the Proeeention of htistional , ,
Heathen Lando,