The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-29 00:00:00

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turn a very friendly letter to the Emperor Francis
Joseph, and it is added that the latter" has com-
municated it to the Court of St. Petersburg.
The Nuremberg Correspondent has a letter from
Vienna, of the 22d, which says :—" The questions
relative to the armistice are so far advanced that
Austria's proposal of establishing it for three
months has been approved of by the Courts of
St. Petersburg and Paris. The consent of Eng-
land is daily expected. That of France was brought
here by Viscount Choty." The same letter adds
"In consequence of the late pacific turn, which
affairs have taken, the army of occupation in the
Principalities will be reduced in a few weeks by
the departure of the major portion of Count Coro-
nini's corps for the Austrian territory. A division
of three regiments under Count Pear will, alone
remain."

A letter from Berlin, of the 25th, in the Cologne
Gazette, says-i—" The developments giVen by Eng-
land to the sth point were set forth in detail in a
despatch sent to Vienna. This despatch was com-
municated to Count Buol with a request that ha
would make known the views and intentions of
England at St. Petersburg. Count Buol referred
on the subject to the general indications given in
his despatch of the 16th."
The Post Arnpt Gazette contains a letter from
Berlin, of the:2sth, which says :—" The trial of
Dr. Vehse, before the 4th Chamber of the Berlin
Tribunal, has terminated in his condemnation to
six months imprisonment. The Court has, inore,.-
over, ordered the suppression of the pages 49 and
50 of the third volume of ' History of the small
German Courts,' which contained the calumny on
Duke William of Mecklenburg. The condemned
has renounced all appeal, and has commenced
undergoing his sentence."

AUSTRIL
(Prom the Timer Correspondent.)
VIENNA, Jan. 25.—The. great question of the
day still is—" Will England agree to the prelimi-
naries of peace as tkey now stand, or will she be-
fore she signs insist on a more precise wording of
the fifth proposition ?" It Was yesterday related
in diplomatic circles that the British Minister at
this Court had received a despatch from his
Government "containing news unfavourable to
the cause of peace," hut Count Buol and M.
do Bourqueney still maintain that the British
Cabinet cannot, and indeed will not, persist
in refusing to attach its signature to a docu-
ment which, although drawn up in 'Vienna,
tiF as revised and corrected in London., . The signa-
ture of the preliminaries of peace by England is
a matter which concerns France rather than Aus-
tria, as you will at once perceive by the following
brief account of what formerly took place between
the three Powers in respect to them. This Govern-
ment being aware that it did not enjoy the full
confidence of British statesmen, forwarded its pro-
positions to Paris. From that city they were, aftet
having- been slightly modified, sent to London,
where some important changes and additions were
made. After a complete understanding had been esta-
blished between the British and French Cabinets,
the latter sent back the revised propositions to the
Austrian Government, at the same time stating
that they would be accepted by England and
France, if previously unconditionally accepted by
Russia. The language recently employed by- a
French diplomatist, when the matter was men-
tioned in his presence, ran thus t-;--" The preposi•
tions were so thoroughly discussed by the English
and French Governments before they were sent
back to Austria, that both Powers are.morally
bound to consider them conditions of their own
making." . .

A letter from Constantinople of the 14th, in the
Austrian, Correspondence, says :—"The import
duties on corn and flour bare been suppressed for
three months in consequence of the high price of
provisions. Some snow fell to-clay. The Austrian
steamer Taurus has left for the mouth :of the
Salina."

The Emancipation of Brussels says We red
ceive from Vienna an important communication,
the signification of which will not escape reflecting
men. France and England believed that Brussels
weuld be the best place for the approaching peace
negotiations, and diplomatists already began
.te,
consider the capital of Belgium as destined to gm? •
its name to the treaty about to he concluded. This
choice was'agreed to by the Emperor Napoleon.
But it has been ascertained at Vienna that the Eni•
peror Alexander preferred Paris to any other town,
in order to arrive more quickly at a satisfactory
couclusioti, and to give a new proof of the esteens
which he entertains for the Sovereign of France.
Negotiations .will accordingly take place at Paris."