The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-14 00:00:00

DIPLOMACY.

It is said that the Austrian Ambassador at Paris has
been catechised by M. de la Tour d'Auvergne as to the
political purpose of the Crown Prince's visit to Vienna.
The Austrian Minister replied that the visit could have
but one effect, and that was to restore Austria and Prussia
to the relative positions which they occupied before the
publication of the famous Thiele and Beust circulars, which
affected the finances of Europe, and threatened to produce
a war. Baron Werther is to be the new Prussian
Ambassador at Paris, and the Prussian representative
at Dresden is to be recalled, though his successor is not
yet known. The health of Count Bismarck is stated in
communications from Berlin to be so uncertain that he is
not likely to resume the offico of President of the Council.
The ultra-Conservatives are in hopes of regaining the
position which they have lost during the last two years,
and conjecture is busy in various quarters as to Bismarck's
probable successor. Genoral Manteuffel has been talked of
but his appointment would be unpopular.

Jib-day the Emperor leaves for Ccmliegne. lie held ~,
Council of Ministers previous to his departure. The
Ministers will follow him on Thursday, in or,ler to carry
on their legislative work. They will go to and fro from
Compiegne to Paris in order to assist the Emperor, and to
see after their respective departments. It is affirmed that
the Emperor sent for M. de Forcade la Roquette and
M. Pietri yesterday morning, and that they did not leave
St. Cloud until two o'clock in the afternoon, the subject
of the conference being the disturbance at Belleville.
The Constitutionnel declares that there is no foundation
for the statement put forth by some journals that the
Emperor will change the date of the convocation of the
Corps Legislatif to the Bth of November, and that in con-
sequence of this arrangement, there will be a new
Cabinet.

If we are to accept the narratives circumstantially pub-
lished by the Liberte, the. divisions in the Cabinet are by no
weans at an end. M.M. Gressier de Fcrcade and Le Roux
wish to present themselves to the Chamber with a definite
programme. M.M. Magne and Chasseloup-Laulat, on the
one hand, who are the leading Liberal spirits of the
Cabinet, maintain that, considering the transitory character
of the July Ministry, the Government ought to listen to
the wishes of the Deputies instead of taking the initiative
itself. The last two Councils have, according to the
Liberte, been very stormy in consequence of this division
of opinion. Finally it was decided that the Cabinet
should only discuss those measures which had
been definitely announced, reserving the settlement of the
point at issue for the eight days' retreat at Compiegne,
when the Ministers and the Emperor are to confer
unmolested by other visitors.
According to the Constitutionnel, a modification of the
famous Article 75 of the Constitution of the Year VIII. is
in progress. We are not told, however, in what quarter
.he proposed reform is being discussed, or whether the
Minister of the Interior has any hand in it. It is reported
that M. de Forcade, finding no one else in the Cabinet will
join him in supporting the present electoral system, is so
disgusted that he has offered his resignation to the
Emperor, who refuses to accept it. It has been asl:el, if
M. de Forcade goes, who is to fight the battles of the
7refects ? Perhars this question has something to do with
his retention of office. I believe, however, that the 116
have decided to concentrate their attacks upon the
Minister of the Interior as soon as the session re-opens.
You may expect soma stonily scenes when that long-
delayed event actually occurs. I hear that the Empress
does not intend to return to Paris until the sth or 6th of
December, in order to give positive contradiction to the
report that the opening of the Chambers wes affected. by
her movements.

The Libertd affirms that the Government will not intcr-
e:o with any manifestation of a pacific eh tracter whi.;ll
alfly take place on the 26th October. So long as the demon-
strations are confined to speech-making, neither soldier nor
police agent will interfere ; but if any attacks are made on
those hostile to the manifestation, the authorities will
exercise their rights. The Siede is very indignant at the
whole affair, and admits that the Temp had sonic reasen
or it 3 incredulity. Without busieotipg the Geverlunenti

xs considers that the course it pursues is a contradictOry
one, in being tolerant with regard to the press, and severe
•ospecting the holding of meetings.
I told you that the delegates of the provincial press
were to have an audience with M. de Forcade yesterday.
The interview took place, though not until the afternoon,
having been postponed on account of the Minister's hasty
-ummons to St. Cloud.

M. Garnier-Pages has written a letter to the electors of
'he sth circumscription of the Seine in answer
to their address to him. He thinks that the
present crisis is duo not to this or that contro-
versy about a particular da, but to the Govern-
ment's endeavour to make a national constitution without
consulting the nation. M. Jules Simon has written to the
Gironde, defending his language at St. Etienne, and denying
that he is at all disposed to ally himself to the Monar-
chical Government which effected the coup d'etat.
A hopeful sign of the increasing moderation which is
now to be found among French Liberals and Reformers is
Oven in the note which four of the collobarateurs of the
Reforme have addressed to M. Malespine, the editor of
that• impracticable and irrational journal. The writers
see with regret the course pursued by the Refforme,
which, in their eyes, as in the eyes of most sensible per-
sons, can only have cne tendency—the consolidation of
personal power, and the postponement cf the Liberal
triumph. They will not take part in such a policy, and
therefore retire from the staff.

An ordrinnce officer left St. Cloud yesterday for Aubin,
and the Minister of Public Wciks sent a general inspector
of mines to the district. Many other strikes in the neigh-
bourhood of Paris are talked of.

In the municipal elections of Toulouse the Democratic
opposition carried the day in ten sections out of sixteen,
and- out of thirty-six counsellors who were elected it ob-
tained twenty-five. The Government only gained four
candidates, and those in the suburbs.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

niE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1869.

NeWeastle West, hi' Limerick. Dearilinfrien re-
sided. He polished off the landlords in good style,
and declared that the aspect of will carelessness the
country presented was owing neither to ignorance
nor to want—for there are twenty millions of unpro-
ductive money in the banks—but to tie feeling of
uneasiness engendered by the present state of the 'law.