The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-29 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 19.—The following lin-
Perial rescript has been addressed to the Minister
of finance : _

In conformity with your representation, I ern-
Power yen, by -virtue of the ukase issued to the Di-
recting Senate, January 12, 1856, to put in circula-
tion seven series of Imperial Treasury Banknotes,
botnely, series 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, and 43, to the
amount of twenty-one millions of silver roubles,
and of these to employ four of the first series in aid of
the Imperial treasury, the last three series in exchange
for the series 12, 13, and 14, issued in the year 1848,
together with interest for the 37 series of February 1,
for the 38 series of March 1, for the 39 and the 40 series
April 1, and the 41, 42, and 43 series of May 1. You
Rare to take the measures necessary thereto, and to ac-
quaint the Directing Senate with the same.
ALEXANDIR.

St. Petersburg, Jan. 25, 1556.
Prince Gortschakoff is certainly to quit the em-
bassy at Vienna in a very short time, his place '
being designed for M. do Fonton. lam informed
that the prince wishes to abandon alteo'ether the
diplomatic career, and has expressed a desire to go
and reside on one of his estates, being hurt at
baying been put aside on the occasion of the con-
Peas of Paris. The belief here, however, is that
the Emperor will not renounce his services, but
bill appoint him to some other high post. Count
Orloff and Baron de Brunow were selected, I un-
derstand, only because they signed the treaty of
Adrianople. M. de Fonton, besides, is to proceed
to Vienna only with the title of charge-d'affaires
act interim.

AUSTRIA.
Another letter from Vienna, in the Breslau
Gazette, says :—" In consequence of the reductions
in the army, the recruitment of this year will he
inferior to that of the last one. The contingent
Will be only 80,000 men, instead of 95,000."
A letter from from Vienna, of the 21st, in the
'Swabian Mercury, says :—" At the same time that
the Palace of Industry will be constructed here for
the intended Universal Exhibition, a project of ge-
toral improvements will he undertaken in this
City ; these will consist of a new theatre ; a large
hotel near the Corinthian gate ; the plantation of
garden on the glacis between that gate and the
Caroline ; and two new bridges over the little river
of Vienna. It is thought that the Emperor will
officially sanction these projects after the return of
Count Buol from the Paris conference."

PRUSSIA.
A. letter from Berlin, of the 25th, in the Ger- '
man Journal of Frankfort, says—" A despatch
has been addressed, under date of the 13th, by the
Berlin Cabinet, to Count de Hatzfold, the Prussian
ambassador in Paris. It is said, we are assured,
that Prussia is disposed to sign the programme of
Peace, but that the Western Poweri demand more
from her than from Austria, when they require
that the Berlin Cabinet shall engage to enforce
the acceptance of the conditions of peace in the
event of the negotiations not proving successful."
A letter from Berlin of the 25th says :—" The
negotiations which have been carried on in silence,
in order to bring about a complete understanding
between the German States as to the common
attitude to be assumed by them as regards
the eventualities which may arise out of the Eastern
question, have just ended in a compromise. This
result may be more particularly attributed to the
efforts of Bavaria and Saxony. The terms of the
arrangement are not yet known, but it is positively
stated that Prussia has adhered to the Austrian
proposition. What is certain is, that an under-
standing has been come to, and that a document
to that effect has been drawn lip. The Russian
Government has communicated to the Cabinet of
Berlin all the instructions which it has given to
its Plenipotentiaries for the Conferences of Paris."
It is said in our official circles that the diplo-
matic relations between Austria and Sardinia are
about to be almost immediately resumed.