The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-16 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The Times (Second Edition) Vienna correspon-
dent, dated April 12, says :—" The evening im-
pressions of the Presse and Oesterreichische Zeitung
of yesterday were confiscated, because they con-
tained the substance of the leader of the Times, of
the Bth, on the state of Italy. As the offending
article had to be removed from their columns the
pipers in question did not appear until an un-
usually late hour. According to advices received
here yesterday from Paris Count Buol expects to
be in Vienna on Sunday, the 2Gth.
A Vienna correspondent of the Breslau Gazette,
who is usually well-informed on all matters con-
nected with the Roman Catholic Church, writes
that all the Austrian bishops, before they met in
council, " were obliged to make a confession of
faith in strict accordance with the canons of the
Council of Trent, and to confirm the same by .a
solemn oath." Count Thun, the Minister for
Ecclesiastical Affairs, has made to the Synod pro-
positions on the following subjects :-1. Matrimo-
nial laws. 2. The regulation of matters con-
nected with schools and advowsons. 3. The ad-
ministration of the religious and educational funds.
4. The means of indemnifying the bishoprics,
convents, and rectories for the losses caused by the
abolition of the droits de corvee. 5. The jurisdic-
tion over ecclesiastics. Men who have been used to
sit in the confessional must be as well able to keep a
secret as lay diplomatists, and therefore nothing is
likely to be known of what has been done in the
Synod until its resolutions have been sanctioned by
the Emperor and the Pope. The Civilta Cattolica,
a High Church paper published at Rome, denounces
a history of Brescia which is now being published
in that city. After the first two volumes had ap-
peared, the author was obliged by the bishop to de-
clare that nothing which he had wiitten was " in-
tentionally hostile to the R nnan Catholic Church
and its dogmas." In the fifth volume the talented
and learned writer attache] the word martyr to the
name of Arnold of Brescia, anti the consequence is
that the work is to he placed on the Roman Index,
or list of prohibited books, Arnold or Arnoldo, of
Breseiaovas one of the most distinguished men of
the
,12th century. His great eloquence made
him feared by the priesthood, whose vices he
denounced with equal courage and perseverance.
The end of the career of Arnold, of Brescia, the
first reformer, was, that he was burned alive at
Rome in 1155, and his ashes thrown into the Tiber.
As the Austrians assert that they are to re•
main in the Danubian Principalities until they, the
Principalities, are re-organised, it may riot be out
of place to ak whether the State of Moldavia
and Wallachia is such as to justify the maintenance
of the state of siege. As soon as Baron Hess crossed
the frontiers into the Danubian provinces he in-
troduced martial law, and he had some excuse for
doing so, as Moldavia and Wallachia teemed with
Rusisn agents and Greek spies. It is probable
that thtl Austrian Government would not object to
the abolition of the state of siege, but it has little
or no power in such matters. Marshal Radetzky
did not obey the late Prince Schwarzenberg, and
it is doubtful whether Count Coronini would pay
very great attention to the wishes of Count Buol.
This morning, between 12 and 1 o'clock, the Car-
dinals, Archbishops, and Bishops waited ou the
Emperor, and presented an address, in which they
thanked his Majesty for the Concordat. The ad-
dress is in the Latin language. When the Papal
Nuncio is not present at the Conferences Cardinal
Prince Schwarzenberg, the Archbishop of Prague,
presides.
- Count Colloredo arrived here yesterday morning
from London.

On the sth April, the Russians announced that
foreign vessels would be permitted to enter the port
of Odessa on the conditions imposed before the war
began. Already, on the following day, two mer-
chantmen anchored in the quarantine port ; the one
vessel was Austrian, the other Sardinian. The Oest.
Zeitung has received a highly interesting communi-
cation of the 6th of April from Odessa. On the
30th of March, the Governor of Odessa learned by
telegraph that peace had been concluded. The
Commander-in-Chief received the despatch in the
theatre, and the news it contained was at once made
public. The orchestra played the National Anthem,
and there was a grand jubilation. On the 31st,
two English steamers, which were cruising off Odessa,
hoisted a flag of truce, and stood in towards the
port. A Russian boat was sent off without delay,
and returned with the message that, as peace was
concluded, the British ciptains were willing to
salute the Russian flag. General-Adjutant Such°.
zanett replied that he should be happy to return
the compliment, and on the 221 the ceremony took
place. The two steamers cast anchor at about 500
yards from the shore, and each fired 21 gulls.
Time Russian batteries answered shot for shot. The
ships hoisted the Russian as well as the English
flag, and the red flag of England floated over the
strand batteries, near the white one of Russia. At
the request of the captains, their steamers were
supplied with 200 lbs. of meat, 100 fowls, and 600
loaves of bread. The crews received permission to
visit the city, but the quarantine regulations were
not to their taste.