The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-07 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, April 6.
The two factions of the Left and the extreme Left
party have determined to present an address to the
Emperor prior to the close of the Reichsrath.

Herr Brestel, the Minister of Finance, has de-
clined decidedly to re-enter the Cabinet.

MUTINY AND BRAVERY AT SEA.

The details. of the story- brought by the ship John
Banks, 680 tons, Captain Reynold., San Francisco
to Queenstown, which arrived at the latter port on
gaturday, are very startling. For tome days
previous to the 28th of January, after rounding the
Horn, when in about latitude 3a ysouth, the crew mani-
(asted symptoms of rebellion. On the 28th January the
iaptain conveyed to them some orders through his mate,
which they point blank refused to obey. Ire then sent
;he second. mate, in company with the first officer, to the
!orecastle; with the request that the men would come aft
the cabin and state their cause of complaint. Five of
the crew, named Stone; Millar, Phillips, Robinson, and
Davidson, immediately turned on the second officer
;O'Connor) with knives, dagger=, and bolts. They
stabbed him in the arm and disabled that limb, but for-
(-mately no other injury was inflicted. From this time
forward the captain and his officers had to conduct the
entire mananagement of the vessel themselves. They had
Li naN igate her in person, and in order to protect them-
salves front the violence of the mutineers, each man—
iptain and officer—was obliged to arm inmseli with a
h:ace of revolvers. In this manner they were enabled to
bring the ship to port. The plot of the
mutineers was afterwards discovered to be, first,
the murder of the officers of the vessel, and,
caving achieved this, they resolved to compel the captain
to steer the ship to Valparaiso: When this point was to
sight they determined to murder the captain and then
bring the ship to port. But the resolute and cool de-
meanour of Captain Reynolds, in a very trying position,
sntirely defeated the murderous intention of the muti-
leers. Five of them were arrested in Cork Harbour,
knd the charge of mutiny and conspiracy' to murder
ass been heard against them. Three witnesses deposed
that Stone, the ringleader, Phillips, snd the others, pro-
posed to murder the mates and compel the captain to sail
for Valparaiso, and murder him when in sight of land.
The mutiny and attack on the second mate were also
proved. The magistrates sentenced Stone to eighteen
weeks' imprisonment, Phillips-to ten weeks, and the three
tiers to eight weeks.

TILL PLEBISCITE IN FRANCE.
The Liberte states that it was the vote of M. Daru, the
Nlinister of Foreign Affairs, which decided the acceptance
)f the PUbiscite by the Council of Ministers in Sunday.
rile vote was carried, thanks to Count Darn, by six
v.ites against _five. Prince Napoleon is reported
t have said on this subject : " A ph,biscite is
the only thing likely to solve the existing difficulties.
One may dislike it, but everyone is bound to submit
!,o it."

The C6nstitutionnel publishes a note of an official chae
•acter stating in positive terms that the plebiscite will
treat of two new points not contained in the
fundamental fact of 1852, and these are the questions of
Ministerial responsibility and the two Legislative Chain-
o,.!.rs. The Constitutionnel adds that it is evident the
nUbiscite must precede the discussion of the new
:lonstitution by the Senate, and there will then be the
Inestion of an Imperial proclamation determining the
tharacter of the nationavote. The Debats, which opposes
the plebiscite on principle, thinks this explanation does
not improve matters, as the the public thought the vexed
riestion of Ministenal responsibility was long ago settled
mid will be disagreeably surprised to see it reopened.
The Temps regrets that the country is condemned to the
fever of a pl6biscite, and considers the Government has
not only committed a fault, but has sustained a great
fall, and the sudden change of plans gives an unfavourable
impression of the firm and enlightened policy of the
Ministers.

The same view is adopted by the Sikte, which suggests
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Government for a scheme which will move France to her
foundations, disturb all existing interests, and put in
commotion ten millions of persons.
The Liberty thinks M. 011ivier has shewn a perfect
political tact, and a rare spirit of conciliation in the midst
of inextricable complications, and henceforth the batteries
on both sides are unmasked. There can be no further
misapprehension of the political situation.
The Patric, always on the Ministerial side, thinks the
Oquestion could not have been better put than by M.
llivier. It is between the Empire of Authority and the
Empire of Liberty, and instead of theorists deciding the
matter, the nation itself it to choose.
The Constitutionnel attacks the Republican irrecon-
cileables with great severity, and declares they only
acknowledge one form of popular manifestation, au armed
p'ebiseite.

The Independance Beige thinks that what renders the
public uneasy is not the present plebiscite so much as the
possibility of future plebiscites, which are looked upon as
dangerous weapons always at hand, if not a direct warn-
ing of future coups d'Etat. The full discussion of the new
changes in the Constitution by the Chamber, was, accord-
ing to the Independance, absolutely indispensable.

AN EXTRADITION CASE.—A. serious difficulty bail
arisen in Switzerland between the Federal authorities and
the Government of the canton of Fribourg, respecting the
extradition of a former French postmistress; who being
charged with some offence had taken refuge in Fribourg.
lo such a length did the dispute go that the Federal Go-
vernment threatened the local authorities with military
interference if they persisted in their refusal to fulfil the
obligations of the extradition treaty existing between the
swiss Confederation and the French Government. The
authorities of Fribourg upon receiving this intimation
Ciought it wiser to yield, and the postmistress was
accordingly given over to the French on the 3rd of this
mith.

THE ODER-A ..,I"AIER CI AU MIRACLE PLAY.—" In
the course of next summer," says the Cologne Gazette,
" the celebrated miracle play, The Passion, the last relic
of those religious representations from which the dramatic
literature of all the modern nations of Europe is supposed
to have sprung, will be again performed in the Bavarian
village of Oberammergau. The parish in 1633 vowed to
undertake the representation in order to escape the
plague, and the piece was first performed ex veto in the
following year. It was repeated every ten years till 1674,
and then again in 1680, from which time till the present it
has been played every decennium. There can be no doubt
that the play itself is older than 1633, and, though solve
slight changes have been made, it has remained essentially
unaltered." _ . - - -