The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-04 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

A Vienna letter says :—" The conclusion of a
new loan in specie is not very far distant, although
it has not yet been definitively fixed on. Different
operations prove that incessant efforts are being
made to raise the rate of paper to the level of that
of specie, and these efforts are connected with the
affair of the loan." _ _

The German Journal of Frankfort, under date

which.
of Berlin, 30th ult., says :—" The events
have recently taken place at Smyrna have dete,re:
mined the Austrian Government not only to
ao,
mand ample reparation from the Government
al
the United States, but to require the Ottonia
Porte, in addition to the satisfaction it has already
given, to use all its efforts to'procure without delay
the extradition of Kossta. The Austrian Govern:
ment is following up the affair with the greatest
energy."
A letter from Trieste of the 23d ult. in the
Augsburg Gazette, says—" Shortly after the DV n
of the two Austrian frigates at Smyrna, the -1-ae„l
tenant of the American corvette Saint foals Nvee
on board to salute Captain Bourgignon in the nsni__
of his captain, saying as an excuse for the absere
of the latter that he was indisposed in bed.
Austrian commander expressed his regrets, and
strong desire to speak to the captain. The lieutensa.o
after numerous subterfuges, gave a half promia°
say so, and left. Scarcely had he returned on hoar,
his own vessel than the latter raised anchor an;
sailed off, no doubt in order to spare the America'
captain the pain of being obliged to justify hnsse
in the eyes of a man of honour."
The Austrian Lloyds says—" Count de GiulaYit
expected at Vienna from St. Petersburgh in
beginning of next month. Conferences have ta"e,
place on the affairs of the Lombardo-Venet'ai
an
kingdom, at which the Chevalier de Burger
Count de Rechberg were present."
The Vienna Gazette of the 26th ult., publishes, a
pastoral letter from the Archbishop of
which, amongst other things, he says that tid
Church, in order to exercise her influence, all°ll,,d,
be freed from.certain obligations recently inveltl-t5
to repress abuses, and which embarrass her ent)fts
for the welfare of society. The Archbishop sPe3, r
afterwards of the mission of Catholic Austria f
the pacification of the country, and the re-esi'A3;
Milan,
bine
blishment of order. After alluding to the liber'l` f
accorded to the Church in the other provinc,;es,°,l
Austria, he endeavours to prove that the It'lp
clergy are also worthy of them. He termillate,g;,g
inviting the clergy to prepare for the approael'i"'
Concordat.

ITALY.
We learn by the Turin papers that Count Cas° j
President of the Council of Ministers, has recover
from his attack of cerebral congestion, and is i„
convalescent.
The Genio, which had been suspended fern
month at Florence by order of the Govern
recommenced its publications on the 26th ult.. ho
A letter from Leghorn states that Guerra
.° hog
chosen France for his residence, Montag° •
chosen Constantinople, and Petracchi, Barcelot:
Capecchi has petitioned to be allowed to regft;
in prison. Guerrazzi, it is said, at first refuseflv,
depart unless his civil rights were restored tand his name replaced in the list of Tuscan °lice
cates ; but the Minister of Grace and Jr" the
having given him two hours to accept or refuse d,
Grand Duke's clemency, he at length aceePterr
Some say that the French Minister at Florence til
fused to sign Guerrazzi's passport for France 1111 r ,t.
he had received instructions from his Governlne,io.
A letter from Cagliari, in the Corriere Me „
ns
tile of Genoa, states tiat the trial of the pe,'"fl
implicated in the late disturbances at Sassbo
closed on the 23d ult., and that sentence would
pronounced on the 27th. con'
The Official Venice Gazette of the 27th ult. -ti3l
tains a sentence pronounced by the court-niar",
of that city, on twenty-six persons, twelve of b
are condemned to death for the possession and
-
nt
cealment of arms ; two to six months'
japrisonoie
in irons ; two to five and eight months of sir",
arrest ; and five to periods of imprisonment 5r,,51.,;a
ing between a year and three months. Five r,",ir
having fragments of arms or ammunition in ";d5
possession, have been condemned to various Pe rive
of arrest or imprisonment, not exceeding air
months. All these punishments, though i,t,'-`ll
legality has been acknowledged by the nll
commandant of Venice, have been commute'" to
him as follows :—Nine sentences of death j' of
various periods of imprisonment, with or with„oe
irons, varying from two months to two years ' `"into
into forty strokes of the bastinado, and tyro 0
free pardons. The minor punishments, elrer
four, have been all diminished to periods n°l'o
ceeding three months, and in one case a six ta°,n,„. to
imprisonment in irons has been commuted '-
forty strokes of the bastinado.

GREECE.
der
A letter from Athens, 22d ult., says
an absence of 73 days, the Queen arrived here.ol
the 17th. As soon as the King heard of the art; by
of her Majesty, he went to the Pawns, attende,.llo,
the Ministers, superior officers, and members enter Chambers. The Piraeus was illuminated. A
cli
from Crete states that the Greek journals I"ihe
arrived by the English steamer were seized Wrob.
English Consul, and handed over to the TOvere
local authorities, and after examination thel,,bich
all destroyed except the Minerva of Athens/ %tot
was alone allowed to circulate. The gle-til
anarchy is said to prevail in Syria. Some deserV
had seized on a Turkish mail in the village of
mas, near Damascus. The conductor was robe
of 150,000 piastres, and afterwards killed. .0
Christians are leaving Antioch and Aleppo the
their families, and coming to the seaports. 100
Christian and Druse inhabitants of the Libanus
taking up arms. An attempt has been matio
some Turks at Laodicea to assassinate the Ruler
Consul, but he escaped by placing himself WI
the protection of the Turkish authorities."

SPAIN.
The Madrid journals of the 29th ult. contain of
political news. General Lersundi, President 44.
the Council, had not returned to the capitaJ•iiio
letter says :—" Everybody considers it certain,:reci
the. concessions of the railways will be deom'bijo
valid. If M. Moyano, the Minister of
Works, should not adopt the opinion of hi re'
leagues on the subject, he will retire and /It)"
placed by M. Esteban Collantes, Director 0*
Post-office."