The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-26 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The Vienna journals give details concerning the
late attempt on the life of the Emperor of Austria.
Some of them state that this attempt is not an
isolated fact in the history of the House of Haps-
burg. Independently of the Emperor Albert 1.,
assassinated in the days of chivalry, they remind
their readers that in the lifetime of the Emperor
Francis, a Hungarian officer, who was disappointed
in not receiving as large an assistance in money as
he had applied for, fired a shot on the Emperor
Ferdinand, who at that period was already crowned
King of Hungary. A fountain erected at Buda,
not far from Vienna, marks the spot where the
crime was committed. Up to the present time, it ap-
pears certain that the late attempt is an isolated fact.
The assassin served through the Hungarian cam-
paign, and it is then his political ideas gained strength.
The Presse of Vienna had announced that Lebenyi had
received, the day before his attempt, 600 florins
from a banker on a draft on London. That asser-
tion has been proved to be false. It is positively
stated, says the National Gazette, that a member
of the diplomatic corps said, in the presence of
Lord Westmoreland, that the tolerance accorded
by Great Britain to the most ultra-revolutionists
could not but be considered as possessing a certain
influence on the late attempt. A saying of the
Emperor's is quoted which does honour to his sang-
froid. When, a few instants after the event, Fran-
cis Joseph, in returning to the palace, was received
by General Count Grunne and the Governor-Ge-
neral de Kemper, he replied to their expressions
of condolence, " Gentlemen, do not express much
consideration for me. I am happy to share the
fate of my poor soldiers in Italy." The day after
the attempt, notwithstanding that a perfect storm
of snow was falling, a crowd of persons arrived
from the environs to see the house in which Le-
benyi had resided. At the moment when the first
dressing was being applied to the wound, one of
the assistants expressed a fear that the weapon
might have been poisoned. Count O'Donnell, who
was standing near, advanced, and, in spite of the
resistance of the Emperor, sucked the wound. Pri-
vate
acts of generosity are not wanting on, this occa-
sion
as marks of thankfulness to Providence for hav-
in,-, warded off the danger which threatened his
Mljesty. On the first news of what had taken
place M. Stamelz Meyer, the banker, handed to
General Kemper the sum of 5,000 florins, to be
distributed to the poor of the capital ; Baron Sina
also transmitted to the Minister 10,000 fr., in 5
per cent. stock, for founding a charitable establish-
ment. Count O'Donnell has received the insignia
of Knight of the Order of Leopold. The Bourgeois
Ettenreid, who assisted Count O'Donnell to arrest
the assassin, has been named Chevalier of the Order
of Francis-Joseph. The Archduchess Sophia, the
Emperor's mother, has never quitted the room of
the august patient. Except whilst present at the
Te Deum, she has not been an hour from his bed-
side since he received the wound. In the church
of St. Stephen the crowd was so great when the
service of thanksgiving was celebrated that it was
found necessary to have the doors thrown wide
open, so that the persons outside the building
could take part in the service. The number of
carriages was such that at last bodies of cavalry
were placed at different points to prevent accidents
from crowding, and in some places to put a stop to
any further advance of the line of vehicles. The
crowd was just as great in the other churches when
services of thanks were performed there. The
news of the attempt on the Emperor's life arrived
at Prague in the midst of a dramatic perform-
ance. The public on the instant suspended
the representation, and sang the national hymn.
The accounts from Prague, Buda, Gratz, Klagen-
furt, Gorice, Trieste, Milan, Venice,
Sirt'
alzbourg, Linz, Bruun, Troppau, &c., express in
the most striking manner the warm affection evinced
by the people towards their Sovereign. From all
parts of the empire deputations are preparing their
felicitations. The first arrival is that from Pres-
burg, which, with Count Palffy at its head, was
yesterday received by the Archduke
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PRUSSIA.
A letter from Berlin says :—The Government
has sent a commissioner to Copenhagen, to treat
the affair of the Sound. In a few days the letter
which the King has addressed to the Emperor of
the French in reply to the notification of his mar-
riage will be sent off : it is of a congratulatory cha-
racter.
The Official Gazette of Hanover publishes a Royal
Ordonance putting in force from the Ist March
next, the increased duties stipulated in the Prusso-
Hanoverian treaty of September 3, 1850. At the
same time the free port of I:larbourg is suppressed,
and retroactive duties will be levied on merchan-
dise introduced at the duty in force on the 27th
instant.