The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-01 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

The last accounts from Russia describe the in-
undations to be inconsiderable.
Prince Menschikoff, who has been staying for
some time in St. Petersburg, whither he was sum-
moned from his summer residence near Moscow by
the. Grand Duke Constantine, is expected to leave
there shortly by steamer for Germany ; but what
the object of the journey is cannot be explained
anywhere.

ITALY.
Tl7lilzr, June 27.—Die affairs of Parma
oolltinue so veiled in mist, in consequence
of the fear which people have there of con
signing their thoughts for transmission to
the Post-office, that all that can be asserted with
safety at this hour is that the embarrassment is
unabated since our last accounts.
The state of brigandage has now become so in-
tolerable in the Romagna that certain commune
have determined on petitioning the Roman Go-
vernment on the subject, but accompanying their
petitions with a declaration that uub-ss the civil
power is employed for the protection of their lives
and property they will not pay the Government
taxes.

Two most important lines of railway communica-
tion are said to have been determined on this last
week. The first is for the junction of the L nn-
bard with the Piedmontese Railways at the Bridge
of Bilffslora,• over the Ticino, near Novara. The
Novara and Turin Railway Company have already
wade an agreement with the contractors for their
line, Messrs:- Brassey and Co., for its continuation
to the frontier. The other is for a railway
through what is called the Luemagno pass, iu the
Canton of Ticino, so as to join the Lakes of Con-
stance and Mag,_tiore by rail, and in fact connect.
southern Germany with Genoa by steam communi-
cation. The precise terms on which the latter
arrangement has been based are not quite- deter-
Mined on, I understand, but it is said the Credit
Molailir4 of
,Turin supported by Messrs. Roths-
child of Paris, will' be the Concessionaries.
The immediate danger of a Concordat between
Rome and Tuscany seems to have passed away.

AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, June 27t h.—The reports of the damage
done by the violent hail storms began to come in
from. the provinces. The quantity of wheat de-
stroyed in the circle of Sae; which is one of the
most fruitful districts in the province of Bohemia,
is said to be enormous. The capital of the Galli-
clan Railway Company has been raised from
36,000,0001 to 40,000,0001 The subscription has
been made thus :—The nobles have taken
16,000,0001 fer themselves and the province of
G4llicia ; the Credit Btnk has 5,000,0001 ; the
Northern Railroad, 5,000,00111. ; the house cf.
R!;thschild, 3,500,000 fl.; Baron Maurice von Haber,
3,000,0001; the bankers Sina, and Arustein and
Eskeles, 2,000,00011. The rem:.inder will be divided
between the other grett banking firms.
Prince G-n tschakoff, who has been a great deal
with Count Buol lately, will probably leave, via
Stettin, for St. Petersburg, ou Monday, the 30th
inst.

During the night of the 14th many persons
(about GO) were arrested at Florence. It is believed
that some plot agaiust the life of the Minister
Baldasseroui has been discovered.
The report that the Emperor of the French and
the Emperor of Austria will inset in the course of
the next month is again in circulation, but nothing
positive is known on the subject.