The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-14 00:00:00

THE AUTOCRAT'S ANSWER.

-----
A letter from Vienna of the 9th, in the Post
Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, says :
" Were a new proof necessary of its being strategical
motives which determined the evacuation of the Prin-
cipalities we should find it in a passage of the despatch
which contains the last Russian answer, and which
Prince Gortsehakoff lately read to Count Buol. The
following is a a unwary of the passage :—` Ru,sia would
not have either yielded the line of the Balkans or
evacuated tl,o Principalities if the demands of the great
German powers had not been supprted by the military
attitude of Austria.' Oil the other hand, it is true that
Rus.,,it does not the less mike a merit of that evacuation,
fur it is said in the note that the Czar was still dis-
posed to yield to the wishes of the Great Powers,
whenever his honour permitted him to do so, and the
evacuation is appealed to as a proof of that disposition.
Prince Gortsoliakoff had yesterday a new conference at
the ministry of foreign affairs. It is said that he has
made some communication relating to the leave of ab-
sence of which he is about to avail himself. The Russian
counsellor of legation, M. d'Oubril, is to replace him
during his absence."

THE ALLIED AND RUSSIAN FORCES.
We read in the Soldier's Friend of Vienna of
the 9th :
" The state of the belligerent forces of the three allied
powers and of Ruslia is as follows :—Black Sea—Che
Turks have 120,000 men on the Danube and in Wal-
lachia ; the Anglo-French army consisting of 8 divisions
is 80,000 strong ; the Anglo-Fianco-Turkish fleet con-
sists of 40 vessels of the line without counting frigates
and other vessels, and bears crews amounting to 60,000
men. The Turkish army of Asia, consisting of the corps
of Batoum, Kars, Erzeroum, and Bayazid, is 100,000
strong. The total is consequently 360,000 men. Baltic
--The combined fleets comprise 30 vessels of the line
and 40 smaller vessels ; they carry 3,500 guns and
30,000 sailors. The division of General Baraguay d'Hil-
hers is 11,000 strong, and there are besides 4,000 English
marines. The total of the forces employed against Russia
amount therefore to 405,000 men, and they have with
them at least 8,000 guns. As to Russia she has in
Asia, on the frontiers of Arm,nia, three corps d'armee,
commanded by Generals Andronikoff, Bebuti,ff, and
Wrangel, which do not amount altogether to more
than 100,000 men. In Finland, without counting
the local garrisons and the crews of the vessels an-
chored in Sweaborg, Russia possesses three strong
divisions of infantry. Cronstadt and St. Petersburg
are well defended by the fleet and the Imperial guard.
N,,r are Revel and Riga without m-ans of defence. In
Poland and in Lithuania are the Ist and 2d corps Warni6e
. with their reserves, and two divisions of the corps of
grenadiers. The army is exclusively destined to protect
Poland and Volhynia. As to Podolia•and Bessarabia,
they are defended by the 3d, 4th, and sth corps d'artmse.
In the rear of these troops is a second reserve, con-
sisting of veterans who have 12 years' effective service,
and whose numl,ers are also very considerable. The
Crimea is defended by the 6th corps Wartime, by the
crews of the fleets, and by a part of the reserve of the
6th corps."

THE AUSTRIAN ARMY.
We read in the German Journal of Frankfort,
under the head of Vienna :
" The following are the present positions of the Aus-
trian troops. Two of the four armies of Austria have
been inobitized, viz., the third, which is under the orders
of the Archduke Albert, and the fourth, at the head of
which is Count Schlick. General Hess has the chief
0.,,,,0.an o:' both the,e armies. The tile of position
g at C:acow, and exi.eiols the wooly length of the
It •„ Aan frontier of Galicia by the B.,:kowino and Tran-
sylvania as far a; Wallachia. The total amount of this
f Lnity be estimated pretty correctly at 300,000
men. There are 82,000 cavalry. Up to 1848 the Aus-
trian army bad never more than 48,000. The army com-
manded by General Scblick occupies Lhe line of Cracow.
The ArchtlidieAibert has his head quarters in the Buko-
wine, near Surzawa, where the bulk of his army is, ready
to enter Moldavia. An almost equal concentration
exists at Czernuwitz, the frontier fortified town of the
Bukowine, on the side of Bessarabia and Moldavia.
Pie MS corm teKrttlie a iA TrAlUlyiTAAile•-Of this