The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-24 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

A letter from Vienna of the 18th, in the Dcbats,
gives the following account of the financial embar
rassments of the money market in that city :--
"The hopes which had been entertained by the
commerce of Vienna to see the national bank re-
sume cash payments in November next, have again
vanished, without its being at all possible to fore-
see the period when that gre Lt financial establish-
ment will be able to realise that measure. The
premium charged on specie is to-day 9 per cent.,
and it is thought that it will soon be raised to 10
per cent. During the last week silver bullion, to
the amount of three millions of florins, was received
from Hamburg and Frankfort, but the price has
not at all given way, and specie is still scarce. The
paper issued of late years by the national bank, and
which is now in circulation, is infinitely out of pro-
portion with the metallic resources at its disposal ;
no hope can therefore be entertained of any im-
provement in the course of foreign exchanges. The
last balance sheet of the bank states the successive
issue of 387 millions of florins in notes against 81
millions of gold and silver, deposited in the cellars
of the bank as guarantee for these 387 'millions of
notes. The conclusion to b 3 drawn from this enor-
mous difference between the paper issued by the
bank and the cash at its disposal is,
that this
establishment is far from being able to resume its
cash payments."

THE PRINCIPALITIES.
A loiter from Vienna of the 18th, in the Sidele,
sums up the three arguments adduced by the Aus-
trian Cabinet for still occupying the Danubian
principalities. It says
"I have it on good authority that the reply of our
Cabinet to the note of Count Walewski, on the prolong.
ation of the military occupation of the two Danubian
Principalities, has been decidedly sent off to Paris, after
its contents had been communicated to Baron Boor-
queney by our Minister of Foreign Affairs. As the
note of the French Cabiret is specially couched in an
interrogatory diplomatic style, requesting the Austrian
Government to explain itself as to the duration of the
continued stay of our corps d arin6e in Moldavia and
Wallachia, Count de Buol is said to have clearly replied
to the three points which form the object of the French
despatch—namely, that our occupation being legitima-
tised and rendered necessary in consequence of a special
treaty w;th the Sublime Porte, the Emperor cannot give
orders to his troops to evacuate until Turkey should
demand that course ; and that, as England is equally
deeirous with Turkey that the Austrian troops should
r,reain in occupation, Count Buol recommends Count
Walewski to address himself to those powers in order
to put au end to it. The Austrian Cabinet states that
it has no motive for hesitating to declare that it will
order the evacuation of the provinces the moment the
Western Powers shall direct the withdrawal from Greece
of their sea and land forces."

SPAIN.
MADRID, Oct. al .-13 y a royal decree, published
in the gazette, M, Melchor Ordonez is named Civil

Governor of Barcelona. The refusal by General
de la Pezuela of the post of Director-General of
Cavalry has been accepted. The effective of the
provincial militia is to be incorporated with the
regular army.
The Madrid Gazette of the 19th contains royal
decrees which remove General Lemerich from the
captaincy-general of Porto Rico, and nominate
General Campezano his successor ; General Aleson
from the captaincy-general of the Philippine,
Islands to the captaincy-general of Andalusia ; and
i
General Norzagaray from the captaincy-general of
Andalusia to that of the Philippines. Other decrees
appoint General Arpirez director-general of artil-
lery, and M. Arrazola president of the Supreme
Tribunal of Justice, in the room of M. Luzuriagal
resigned. General Dulce had left Madrid for San-
tander. The IVacion says that all the superior
and the greater part of the subaltern employes e!
the ministry of justice had been dismissed. 341
Ruiz Pons, a democratic deputy, had receive'
positive orders to leave Saragossa, in which city be
had been residing for some time, within three
days. At Saragossa the fetes of the virgin de,.
Pilar had been celebrated with great pomp, and
accompanied by splendid bull-fights. The 84a11'(4
says that the General Company of Credit of Spain
has obtained permission to import precious metals,
and have them turned into coin at the Ininl,,f
According to a provincial paper, great scarcitYLut
specie exists at Barcelona, and the bank of tehae
place had raised its discount to 6 per cent. ;
scarcity, it adds, was chiefly caused by the call
for funds by the Credit Company.
A letter from Madrid of the 17th, in the Siecle'
says :
" Uneasiness is at its height here ; every one fes!l6l
convinced that the existence of the Narvaez cabinet will
be even more ephemeral than that of O'Donnell, ati,
bets are laid that the Marquis de Viluma Will be Pres;
dent of the council before Christmas. The fact ig tb%
the presidentship of a uew cabinet was really offered Ss
him on Tuesday last, and if the prudent marquis
not thought proper to accept it, it is only, as be
~8,860'
because the proper time has not yet arrived. 43'ne
rate, however, at which things are pushed on, the tl 0,
will soon arrive. The retrograde march of the gevetrae
,„
ment displays itself with mathematical precision• in
same way as the concessions of O'Donnell carried e
their bosom the cabinet of the Duke of Valencia, °ls
the Narvaez concessions pregnant with the apPr",cirin
rn
advent of the Marquis de Vilua. Emancipated
the odious tutelage of elective assemblies, Isabella I
very soon wears out her ministers."

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A letter from Durazzo of the Bth says
great number of the regular Turkish troops viLens
have arrived at Bitollie are to form the gar! :ay
of Varna and Larissa. Two battalions have aulis.
gone to Elbasson ; two others are to go to 0%0-
trict of Canaza and Tiranna. The Turkish G°12;100
ment continues to send here arms and arGranni:- of
e .
in spite of the assurances given that the affair
Montenegro should be terminated by diPl°lljoja
Twelve cannon and a large quantity of awn:11213,1,1e
for our fortress have arrived, and 20 other 18"'
guns are shortly expected."