The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-19 00:00:00

tria, and would fail against the inevitable resist-
ance of France.

The Wiener Zeitung of today publishes an
autograph letter of the Emperor to General Belle-
dek, which fully confirms the telegram from Pesth
published in yesterday's Presse. it also confirms
the proclamation of a general amnesty.
The Council of the Empire will hold its first
sitting on the 29th inst., when the Minister of
Finance will have concluded the elaborated state-
ment of the Budget, which will be the first ques-
tion to be discussed by the Council.

TRIESTE, Mn 18.

The Archduke Maximilian and Princess Char-
lotte, his wife, will leave this evening for Vienna,
to be present at the ceremony of inaugurating the
monument erected in honour of the late Archduke
Charles. The rumour that the Archduke Charles
had refused the Presidency of the reorganised Coun-
cil of the Empire is unfounded. The question re-
specting the nomination of the President of the
Council of the Empire will only be decided when
the Archduke is in Vienna. There is no doubt
whatever that the Emperor reserves a high official
position for his illustrious brother.

ST. PETERSBURG, MAY 18.

It is stated that a telegram from Baron von
Brunnow, the Russian Ambassador at London, has
been received by the Russian Government, an-
nouncing that Lord John Russell would in all pro-
bability make no opposition to an inquiry into the
situation of the Christians in the Turkish empire.
This supposed acquiescence of England has given
great satisfaction here.

AUSTRIA. •
(From a Correspondent of the Times.)
VIENNA, MAY 16.

It is not probable that the Imperial Patent of
September 1,1859, will be formally revoked, but the
leading men among the Hungarian Protestantsbavc
been given to understand that those regulations in
it to which they and their co-religionists object will
not be enforced. The 26th paragraph of the patent
—in which it is ordained that there shall be 12
superintendencies instead of B—gave great o&nce
to the Hungarian Protestants, as they saw by it
that the Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs wanted
to take from them some of their most highly•
valued rights and privileges. Both Lutherans and
Calvinists denied the right of Count Leo Thu°,
a bigoted Papist, to subdivide their ancient "
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perintendential districts," and the great majority
of the Protestant communities respectfully peti-
tioned the Emperor to suspend his patent. Instead
of trying to lay the storm which he had raised, the
haughty Bohemian noble made matters worse by is'
suing menacing ministerial ordinances, and by in-
ducing Count Nadasdy, the Minister of Justice, to
prosecute the leading nonconformists. Messrs.
Zsedenyi and Maday were imprisoned and treated as
common malefactors, and proceedings had alreadl
been instituted against 9S other persons when Baron
Nicholas Vay received notice that he had been
nominated Chancellor of the Empire. He came to
this city, and, fortunately, was able to convince
Count Rechberg and one or two of his colleagues
that Count Thun had done, and was still doing, very
great injury to the State and its head. It is credibly
related that Count Nadasdy, a Hungarian by birth
and parentage, allowed himself to be persuaded ta
order one of the prosecutors for the Crown t°
proceed against Baron Vay, after that noble-
man had been appointed a member of the
lteichsrath. It is very possible that the Minis-
terial crisis is not yet over, for there are still
rumours in circulation that Count Thun and Count
Nadasdy are to quit office. M. von Szegyeny,
is a member of the present Reichsrath, is spoken 0f
as the successor of the Minister for Ecclesiastical
Affairs, but he, as a Hungarian, will hardly consat
to take office, unless some other changes are made
in the Cabinet. Yesterday morning the inhabitants
of Cascheu were agreeably surprised to learn that
Messrs. Zsedenyi and Maday would be set at libertY,
in the course of the day. A great crowd assembled
around the county prison, and, towards noon, the
two gentlemen who had suffered for conscience
sake, made their appearance. They were received
with prodigious enthusiasm by the people, wh°
accompanied them to the house in which they
purposed passing the remainder of the day. Tll°
foregoing news must be wormwood amid gall
Count Thun, who has a strong personal dislia-e la
Protestants in general and to M. Zsedenyi in par.
titular. A fact has to-day been communicated
to me which tends to prove the correctness of my
assertion that there are no factions in Hungarl'
but one great national party. When first it
was the question of sending General v°ll
Benedek to Hungary, the Government though',
of making Count Hermann Zichy, who Was
at the head of the Stadtholdcrate department in
Grosswardein, Civil Adlatus to the Commanding'
General. The appointment-was offered to the nobla
Magyar, but, instead of accepting it uncondl'
tionally, he addressed a kind of memorial to the
Governthent, in which he roundly declared that
no good could possibly be done in Hungary un-
til the constitution had been restored and the
Emperor crowned as King. He also expatiated
the necessity for the re-union of the Servian
diva and Ternesch Banat with the Kingdom of
Hungary. It must be supposed that Count Goltr
chowski, who is a very strict disciplinarian, tool
Count Zichy's frankness amiss, fur he has ceased t°
be an Imperial onp/oye.

M. Ede Remenyi was unable to obtain permissle°
to give concerts at Ternesva, " because the dearth
is so great and the price of the necessaries of life 5,0
high in the Banat." Such was the excuse given 13J
the authorities to M. Remenyi for their refusal t°
let him appear in public, but the truth of the matte
is, that he is in the habit of playing national alr°'
which rouse the patriotism of the Hungarians to the
very highest pitch.
As' Count George Apponyi yesterday returned t°
this city from Presburg, it is possible that he Will
allow himself to be.persuaded to become a member
of the Council of the Empire. Should he aeceP"4.
the Imperial appointMent, it may safely be cell-
eluded that important concessions will be made t°
Hungary, for Count Apponyi is not a man t°
sacrifice his principles in order to obtain the
favour of his Sovereigns. In one of the paragraph.°
of the regulations for the enlarged Reichsrath it 1°
said that if any of the members shall do violence
to the loyalty and dignity of the Assembly by
discourse, His Majesty shall humbly be requestea
to dismiss such member from the Council of the
Empire."
The Upper Chamber, in the Grand Duchy °f
Baden, has rejected the Concordat by a majority e',
13 to 8. There is now a great political ferment in
Russian Poland and in the Grand Duchy of Pogo'
In Warsaw domiciliary visits have been paid t°
several of the nobles, and many of the country
gentry have had their papers seizttd. M. von
Borries, the Hanoverian Minister who made such
an unpatriotic speech a few days ago, is likely t°
lose his place. The friends of M. von Berries n°ll
try to make the best of a bad matter by affirming
that he alluded to Russia and England (?) when he
spoke of an alliance with foreign Powers.
The report of the analytical chemists who o°l-
- the stomach of the late Minister of Finance
is, that he certainly took no mineral poison. '-rll°
result of the tests for vegetable poisons was " neti
gative," the stomach having been com plately
by the working of the emetics administerect en t"
23d April.
It is rumoured that a great number of armed
Russian " merchantmen" are now collected °t
Nikolaieff on the Bong. It is also said, that ltus;
sian troops arc being concentrated on the east on°
of the Black Sea.
In official circles it is related that the high re-
cruits for the Pope will pass through the Tyrol 0°
their way to Venice and Ancona.
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The rate of Exchange on London has riser' -b
133 today. Five per Cent. Metalliques are a'
69.20. Western or Elizabeth Railroad Stock bas
fallen to 187.50, and Credit Bank shares to 185.6°'

The Government have fixed Monday evening
next for the Attorney-General to proceed with his Bank.;
ruptcy Bill. Among commercial and financial persons ILh
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desire that it may be vigorously proceeded with is Vier'