The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-23 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The Wiener Zeitung of this day contains the fol-
lowing Imperial autograph letter :
" Dear Cousin Archduke Albrecht,—ln accord-
ance with your request (Bate), my-beloved, I think
fit provisionally (varlet:og) to remove you from the
posts, which you have filled with extreme devotion
and approved circumspection, of Governor-General
and Commanding-General in my kingdom of Hun-
gary, and also from the command of the third army.
I express to you my grateful acknowledgment of
your services, and for the present and provisionally
I intrust to the Feldzeugmeister Louis Chevalier
von Benedek, my Quartermaster-General and the
Chief of the General Staff, the direction of the poli-
tical administration of Hungary and of the troops
stationed in that kingdom.
" Vienna, April 19. "FRANCIS JOSEPH."
" Dear Feldzeugmeister Chevalier von Benedek,
—Having, at his request, provisionally removed his
Imperial Highness the Archduke Albrecht, General
of Cavalry, from his posts of Governor-General and
Commanding-General in my kingdom of Hungary,
and also from the command of the third army, I
intrust to you for the present (Us auf Trreiteres)
the direction of the political lacninistratiu. of
Hungary and of the troops stationed in that king.
dom (des Landes-General-Commando), and I find
good to ordain that the now existing Stadtholde-
ra to divisions shall form but one Stadtholderate,
which shall have its seat in Buda, and be imme-
diately subject to you (Ihnen unmittelbar unter-
stehen.

" For the time being superior political
employes, with the necessary assistants,
are to be left in Cashau, Presburg, Oeden-
burg, and Grosswardein, in order that they,
without forming an intermediate Instanz (court),
may assist in directing and watching over (über-
wachen) the working of the new organisation, and
more particularly of that part of it which relates to
the administration of the counties (Comitats-
Verwaltungen) and of the communes.
" As soon as the new organisation of the Stadt-
holderato has been completed ' County Administra-
tions' for the management of political matters will
be established on the principle of the former County
Assemblies ( Comitats-Congregationen) and commit-
tees, but with combinations (Zusanz-mensetzungen),
and spheres of action, which are in accordance with
the present state of things.
" In accordance with these dispositions, I ordain
that when the municipal laws and county admini-
strations are in activity, propositions (antraege)
respecting a Diet shall be prepared (vorbereitet), in
order that the principle of self-government, by
means of town, district, or county communes
(gemeinden), and of diets and committees of the
same (Landtags-Ausschusse)--which principle is to
be introduced into all the provinces of the empire—
may also be in force in my kingdom of Hungary.
" The nearer instructions in respect to the carry-
ing out of the above-mentioned measures will be
given you by the Ministers to whose departments
such matters belong.

"FRANCIS JOSEPH.

" Vienna, April 19, 1860."

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Behar, Capt. Almond, with the above mails
arrived this morning, with dates from Lisbon to the
17th, and Vigo the 18th. In consequence of pre-
vailing head winds and heavy sea she held no com-
munication with Oporto.

The Behar brings 27 passengers, nine packages
specie, value £3,376 sterling, and the following
cargo, 1,415 half-chests oranges, 118 bags Brazil
nuts, 178 bales almonds, 262 cases eggs, 374
bundles baskets, 12 casks wine, 4 cases ditto, and
40 elephants' teeth.
On the i7th, the Behar, off the Rock of Lisbon,
spoke the steamer Minho, steering to the southward.
On the same date, at Caseals Bay, the British
steamer Cassandra on the 19th in lat. 44 N., long.
8 W., the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamer Tagus with the outward mails of the 17th
standing to the south, and on the 21st off Ushant
the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Ceylon, with the outward Indian mails of the 20th
inst., steering the same course.
Her Majesty's ship Pluto had put into Lisbon
broken down. After receiving some slight repairs
she sailed for England on the 12th. H.M.'s yacht
Osborne arrived at Lisbon on the 12th, and left on
the 14th. Her Majesty's ships Trafalgar, Centu-
rion and Diadem were in the Tagus, but went to
sea on the 16th, destination unknown,

LISBON, 17TH.

The new financial measures about to be subjected
to the Cortes to regulate the taxation, substituting
the decimal industrial nominally 10 per cent. in-
come-tax, has caused a panic in the northern pro-
vinces, where the people in general have been ac-
customed to pay whatever they think proper, and
the more influential absolutely nothing. The
Minister of Finance (Cuzal Riberio) will undoubt-
edly carry his project, andif so we shall probably
have another revolt, as was the case with Centa
Cabral's reform in 1846, which, although passed,
could not be carried into effect.
The fall in Portuguese funds in England has in
no way, whatever affected their value here. Na-