The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-19 00:00:00

TERRIFIC SNOW STORM IN ASIA.

We read in the lifoniteur de la Flotte :—" Our
private correspondence, received via Constanti-
nople, brings accounts from the coast of Asia of
the 3d instant. A snow storm had continued dur-
ing ten hours with frightful intensity, and proved
fatal to a Russian convoy on its way to carry provi-
sions to the small garrison left at Kars by General
Mouravieff. A detachment of 75 men perished in
the snow, which accumulated as high as the walls
of the place. It was said that the divisions of the
Russian army encamped in the mountains had
also greatly suffered, that their communications
were interrupted with the remainder of the country,
and that their supplies were nearly cut off. The
English steam-corvette Miranda was within sight
of the coast, coming from Sebastopol. She was
said to have been placed at the disposal of General
Williams, whose exchange was demanded by his
Goverment. The health of the General and of the
other English and Turkish officers, take❑ prisoners
at Kars, was excellent. The situation of the Ot-
toman army, commanded 14y Omer Pacha, and
encamped at Batoum and Redout Kaleh, was all
that could be desired. These troops were abun-
dantly supplied with provisions, and had satisfac-
torily got over the winter."

FRANCE.
PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.
The Emperor yesterday received the Earl of
Clarendon, English Minister of Foreign Affairs,
and Plenipotentiary to the Conferences which are
about to be opened at Paris. The Earl of Claren-
don was introduced to his Imperial Majesty by the
Grand Master of the Ceremonies, and presented
by Lord Cowley, the British Ambassador. Count
Walowski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, was in at-
tendance at the presentation. In the course of the
day, the Emperor also received at a public audience
Baron de Grancy, who has heretofore exercised the
functions of resident Minister of the Grand Duke
of Hesse, and the Baron had the honour of pre-
senting letters accrediting him to the French Court
as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary of the Grand Duke of Hesse.
We read in the Constitationnel—" For an ob-
ject which may be readily understood, some foreign
journals, in announcing the arrival in Paris of
Baron de Brunow, have related that on enlering
the railway terminus the Russian Plenipotentiary
was the object of a kind of ovation, and that the
police were even obliged to interfere for the pur-
pose of dispersing the numerous assemblages which
had collected there, and in front of the hotel where
M. de Brunow alighted. It is needless to insist
on the absurdity of these recitals, which are com-
pletely untrue. M. de Brunow arrived in Paris
at ten o'clock at night, when the terminus was
deserted, and immediately, without beino, in any
way remarked, entered the carriage of M. de See-
bach, the Saxon Minister."

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AUSTRIA.
Count Buol, who left Vienna on the evening of
the 12th, had hastened his departure by a day in
order to have time to see M. do Beust at Dresden,
and to spend a few hours with his relatives at
Frankfort and Mannheim. On taking leave of the
Emperor his Majesty is reported to have addresst d
him nearly in these terms :
"You, my dear Count, know as well or better
than any one the policy I have followed in the
present question, and the intentions which I have
always entertained. In order to carry them out
you need not adhere entirely to the letter of your

instructions. All that you do will I know be wel
done, if you contribute, as I hope, to the re-esta-
blishment of peace on a !solid basis, and which wil
be realised if it be a peace honourable for all parties."
A letter, in the Universal German Gazette,
says :—" The Emperor Francis Joseph has charged
Count Buol with an autograph letter addressed to
the Emperor Napoleon. The intimacy which now
exists between the Courts of Paris and Vienna is
the subject of general conversation in our official
circles. It is rumoured that an Austrian regiment
will be given to the Emperor Napoleon ; and the
Cuirassiers are spoken of as likely to bear the name
of the Emperor of the French."
A letter from Vienna of the 13th says :—" Our
young Empress yesterday met with au accident,
but fortunately it was not attended with any
serious consequence. The spring of her Majesty's
carriage broke while she was taking an airing, and
she was compelled to alight and return to the
palace in a private carriage which happened to
pass at the moment. This is the second accident
of the kind that has happened to the Empress,
and the Emperor hal ordered the person to whose
negligence it is attributed to be severely punished."