The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-06 00:00:00

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 25.—0 n Friday (las 1. night)
we were visited with a storm as violent as it was sud-
den. For several days before the weather had been
very warm, with a slight breeze from the south. On
Friday during the day this latter increased con-
siderably, and began to act on the current in the
Bosphorus, making the passage across to Scutari
somewhat difficult. The atmosphere was over-
cast, and of that gloomy kind of grey, half
cloud and half mist ; the air felt excessively
close and heavy, and the thermometer fell
rapidly. This state of things, prognosticating
an earthquake or a violent storm, lasted till
night, with the only difference that the wind
subsided in the evening. But at night, about
half-past ten o'clock, all of a sudden a violent
gust, the first of a long series, made the houses
tremble, tiles, chimneys, and everything which was
not strongly fixed fell down in showers into the
streets, which were in some places covered will.
Shattered window glass. On the Bospboi us and in
the Golden Horn the vessel's were driven fl ow
their moorings, and running into each other in the
greatest confusion. A Greek vessel, laden with
spirits and oranges, foundered elm° to Tokhane,
-also an American vessel overat Scutari, and another
vessel near Kadikoi Point. The Doris, a hut-vessel,
lost her mainmast, and the Alma bad her fore bul-
warks driven. Besides this several others bad minor
accidents. No authentic news has as yet come in
from the Black Sea or the Sea of Marmora, except
of the loss 4'f the Sylph, which struck about 15 miles
from Bujukdere. In the Sea of Marmora, 14 vessels
are said to be ashore, and four in the Dardanelles.
The French mail packet was kept back 24 hours at
Gallipoli. The commissaire of the port went on
shore to fetch the mail, ' and could not get off on
account of the gale, which arose so suddenly.
To make the confusion complete, just while the
storm was at its greatest violence a fire broke out
again at,Stanaboul, in the quarter called Vlanga ; it
took place at a house standing isolated in a garden,
and formerly a kind of circus devoted to acrobatic
and equestrian performances. The building was
consumed in 'a short time, but fortunately its iso-
lated position saved that quarter of the town.

AUSTRIA.
The decree of the military conscription of the
Empire .of Austria for 1856 has boon published.
Of the B,ooo' men forming the total, 6,977 fall to
the share of Lombardy.*
A letter from Kalisch of the 27th Feb., in the
Austrian Gazette, says :—" The commanders of
the troops stationed in the governments of Lubin
and Random, viz., Generals Labinz°ff, Kuscheleff,
and Turjeff, have lately gone to Warsaw to pay
their respects to General Gortschakoff. The
troops under the orders of these generals amount
to 30,000 men, not including the garrison of the
foitrisa• of Zamosc, composed of troops of ready°.
The garrison of Warsaw is at present weak, as
compared with its usual number."
A letter from Vienna of the 28th ult., in-the
Boersenkalle, says :—" For several days past there
have been conferences at the hotel of perdu de
Werner, who has replaced, ad interim, Count
8001, at which were present SirHanailton Seymour,
Viscount!! Serres, and the Turkish Charge, Tan:
Bey. The object of these conferences is, we are
assured: the memoraudum of pawn do Prokelob

on the practical application of the reforms projected
in Turkey. Others say, on the contrary, that the
occupation of the Principalities by troops of the
three powers is the subject at issue, and it is
affirmed that Baron de Werner has been charged
by Count Buol to elaborate a plan to that effect in
conjunction with _the Western Powers and the
Porte." .