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 sub Stance of the leader of the Times, of
the Bth, on the state of Italy. As the offending
article had to be removed froth their columns the
p ipers 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 20th.
A Vienna correspondent of the Bres?au ,Gazette,
who is usually well-ieformed on all matters con-
nected with the Roman Catholic Church, •writes
that all the Austoan 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 l Affairs, has made to the Synod pro,
positions on the following subjects 'Matrimo-
nial laws. 2. Tim regulation of matters con-
nected with schools and advowsons. 3. The ad-
ministration of the religious and educ ttional funds.
4. The means, of indemnifying the bishoprieS,
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 Lad ap-
tyared, the author was obliged by the bishop to de-
clare that nothing which he had written was " in-
tentionally hostile to the .Roman Catholic C ,urch
and its dogmas." In the fifth volume the talented
and learned writer axtacln I the word martyr to the
name of Arnold of Brescia, and the consequence is
that the work is to he placed on the Roman Index,
or list of prohibited b nks. Arnald or Arnoldo, of
Brescia, was one of i.he roost distinguished men of
the 12th century. His great eloquence made
him feared by the priesthood, whose vices he
deneuiced with cepal courage and perseverance.
The end of the carer of Arnold, of Brescia, the
first reformer, was, that he sat burned alive at
Ri.me in 1155, and his aehes thrown into the Tiber.
As the Austr:ans tll f.ssert that they are to re-
main in the Danubian Principalities until they, the
PrinciPaliits, are re-organised, it may not be out
of phce to ask whether the State of Moldavia
and Wallach a 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 se, as Moldavia and Wallachia teemed with
Ru,sign agents-and Greek spies. It is probable
tha the Au:trian Government would not object to
the al,olition of the state of siege, but it has little
or no p )wer in such matters. •Marshal Radetzky
ditl not obey the late Prince Schwarzenberg, and
it is doubtful whether Count Coronini would pay
very great a tention to the wishes of C_luut Blvd.
This morning, between 12 and 1 o'clock, the Car-
dinals, ArchhiShops, and Bishops waited on the
Eliperor, and. presented ao address, in which they
thanked -his M-9esty for the Concordat. The ad-
dress is iu 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 thy, two mer-
chantmen anchored in the quarantine port ; the one
vessel was Austrian, the other Sardinian. The Oest.
Zeitung has received &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 dispatch 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. Or: the 31s',
two English steamers, which were cruising ottOdessa,
hoisted a flag of truce, and stood in towards the
port. A Russian boat was &..nt off without delay,
and returned with the message that, as peace teas
concluded, the British cayains were willing to
salute the Russian flag. GenerabAdjutant Sucho-
zanett repli, d that he should he happy to return
the compliment, and on the 22:1 the ceremony took
place. The two steamers cast anchor at about 500
yards from the shore, and each fired 21: guns.
The Russian batteries answered shot for shot. The
ships hoisted .the Russian as well as the English
flag, arid-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, imeat, 100 fowls, and 600
loaves of bread. The crews received permission to
visit the city, but the quarantine regulations were
not to their taste.