The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-06 00:00:00

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Fah. 25 —On Fr iday (last night)
we were visited with a storm as violent as it was sud-
den. For several days before the weather had beers
very warm, with a slight breeze from the south. On
Friday during the day this latter increased con-
siderably, and began to act on the current in the
Bosphorus, making the passage across to Scutari
somewhat difficult. The atmosphere was over-
cast, and of that gloomy kind of grey, half
cloud and half mist ; the air felt excessively
close and heavy, and the thermometer fell
rapidly. This state of things, prognosticating=
an earthquake or a violent storm, lasted till
night, with the only difference that the wind
subsided in the evening: But at night, about
half-past ten o'clock, all of a sudden a violent
gust, the first of a long series, made the houses
tremble, tiles, chimneys, and everything which was
not strongly fixed fell down in showers into the
streets, which were in some places covered with
shattered window glags. On the Bosphoi us and in
the Golden Horn the vessels were driven from
their moorings, and running into each other in the
greatest confusion. A Greek vessel, laden with
spirits and oranges, foundered close to Tokhane,
also an American vessel over at Scutari, and another
vessel near Kadikoi Point. The Doris, a hut-vesgel,
lost her mainmast, and the Alma bad her fore bul-
warks driven. Besides this several others had minor
accidents. No authentic news has as yet come in
from the Black Sea or the Sea of Marmora, except
of the loss of the Sylph, which struck about 15 miles
from Bujukdere. In the Sea of Marmora,l4 vessels
are said to be ashore, and four in the Dardanelles.
The French mail packet was kept back 24 hours at
Gallipoli. The commissaire of the port went on
shore to fetch the mail, and could not get off on
account of the gale, which arose so suddenly.
To make the confusion complete, just while the
storm was at its greatest violence a fire broke out
again at Stamboul, in 'he quarter called Vlanga; it
took place at a house standing isolated in a garden,
and formerly a kind of circus devoted to acrobatic
and equestrian performances. The building was
consumed in a short time, but fortunately its iso-
lated position saved that quarter of the town.

AUSTRIA.
The decree of the military conscription of the
Empire of Austria for 1856 has been published.
Of the 86,000 men forming the total, 6,977 fall to
the share of Lombardy.
A letter from Kalisch of the 27th Feb., in the
Austrian Gazette, says :—" The commanders of
the troops stationed in the governments of Lubin
and Random, viz., Generals Labinzuff, Kuscheleff,
and Tuijeff, have lately gone to Warsaw to pay
their respects to General Gortschakoff. The
troops under the orders of these generals amount
to 30,000 men, not including the garrison of the
fortress of Z,tmosc, composed of troops of reserve.
['he garrison of Warsaw is at present weak, as
compared with its usual number.
A letter from Vienna of the 28th ult., in the
Boersenhalle, says :—" For several days past there
have been conferences at the hotel of Baron de
Werner, who has replaced, ad interim, Count
Buol, at which were present Sir Hamilton Seymour,
Viscount Serres, and the Turkish Charge, Tan
Bey. The object of these conferences is, we are
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on the !!ractical application of the reforms projected
in Turkey. Others ,ay, on the contrary, that the
occupation of the Principalities by troops of the
three powers is tile .subjt,ct, at issue, and it is
affirmed that Baron de Werner has been charged
by Coutit:Bliol to elaborate a plan to that effect in
conjunction with the Western Powers and the
Porte." •