The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-01 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, JAN. 29.
Since the Austrian Government has expressed its
willingness to alter anything in the Riverain Con-
vention winch ii not in strict accordance with the
Vienna Act of Congress, the French Government
has become less violent. The Berlin Cabinet begins
to fear that the Powers may wish to make some
changes iu the Act of Navigation for the Rhine,
and, consequently it is no longer such a warm
partisan of the French Government in the
matter of the free navigation of the Danube as it
was a week or 10 days ago. If the information
given me be correct, her Majesty's ministers have
made " such a sad mess" of the whole affair, that
they must heartily wish to have the question
settled without any public explan &one on tbs part
of this Government.

RUSSIA.
A letter from St. Petersburg of the 21st says :
" Three days ago, tile cdremony of blessing the
waters cif the Neva took place with all the usual
pomp in presence of the Emperor and the Imperial
family and all the troops of the garriien. The
metropolitan officiated. The Einpercr afterwards
passed the troops in review, and was greeted
with enthusiastic acclamations by an immense
crowd. The Emperor a few days ago visited the
Law Sohool, and was present at two lectures.
The students were overjoyed at the honour done
them. i'he Emperor has signed a rescript autho-
rising the nobles of Neil Novgorod to proceed to
the liberation of the peasants, and committees for
acting on it will soon be formed. In a great
!minuet of other provinces the nobles have met
to deliberate on the steps to be taken to meet the
wishes of the Emperor. In the province of Tarn-
bow, however, tee nobles refused to do anything,
and gave information to the Minister of the Into
iior to that effect. But in consequence of obser-
vations from_the Mirester, and of the condemna-
tion passed on their conduct by
the public,
they 11-tve sent the marshal t St. Petersburg to
solicit authorisation to form a committee. Tho
government is devoting great attention to the
affairs of the Baltic provinces. In order that the
Government of those provinces shall be managed
with every possible care, the Emperor has placed
under the orders of Prince Souwarow, grandson
of the celebrated general of that name, and go-
vernor-general of the Baltic provinces, vice-gover-
nors for each of the sub-divisions of his govern-
ment. Councillor of State de Coube, who has been
for some time attached to the prince on extra-
ordinary service, has been appointed vice-go-
vernor of °outland. It is, moreover, rumoured
that the prince will be called to high functions
about the person of the E.nperor.. As an excop
tional measure, Russian vessels leaving the ports
of the Baltic, the White and Black seas, and the
sea of A zoff for foreign ports, will receive passports
valid until 1863, in case such vessels are com-
manded by foreign captains, and have one-third of
their crew composed of foreigners.

The Convocation of the Prelates and Clergy of the
provino,i of Canterbury will tint ait on Friday, the ith
of February, but will be further prorogued to Wednes-
day, the 10th of 'February.

General Havelock, we (Athenceinn) hear, has left
behind him valuable papers more or Las autobiographical,
papers descriptive of his feelings as a religious man
engaged in wa-, of hos mode of dealing with his iroopq,
a,,d of his relations to grew - governing officials. We
r.tilice to hear teat these p +p 1,, are in good hands, and
that ere lo .g they will be in everybody's hands.

THE CONiPIR;TOB la,,t two numbers of
the Nottingham Journal have contained some particulars
relative to this person, from wince it appears that about
two years aoo he went to Nottingham, and there married
a young girl, only 16 years of age, who was engaged as
overlooker in the warehouse of Mr Fisher, Short-bill.
At that time he was employed as tran,letor to a French
newspaper, published in London, but that journal
being discontinues!, he endeavoured to obtain a living as
teacherand was said to be a good
ln u
to some of his friends that he
i,ist. o f languages,H e
stated
had formerly served in the Italian Legion, and, having
hecome involved in several private quarrels, he was
compelled to make his escape from his own country,
His pupils at Nottingham dropped off one by one.
and tail December he decamped, leaving some sinal
debts behind him. On the 22d inst., according to the
paper just mentioned, Detective Henry of the metropo-
litan police force, arrived in Nottingham to make in-
quiries respecting De la Sylva, alias Count Carlos de
Rudin. It seems that the wife of the Count, who had
bees living with her husband in London, suddenly left
her lodgings on the 18th inst., and the police were ap-
prehensive that she had been murdered to prevent her
from Tevealing any particulars of the plot with which
she was acquainted, having been present at several of
the meetings of the conspirators. These suspicions,
however, were not verified, as the detective
succeeded, after some d, fficulty, in finding out
that the " countess" was staying -Kith her grandfather,
a persen named James Stewart, at the house
of Mrs. enambere, in Bloemsgrove-street, New
Radford. He immediately proceeded thither, and suc-
ceeded in getting po.sessien of a number of papers he-
Inegmg to the Count. He communicated the fact of his
success on Wednesday night, by telegram despatched to
Sir George Grey, the Secretary of State for the Home
Dspartment. Detective Henry left Nottingham for
London by the 11 o'clock train on Thursday morning,
accompanied by the Count's wife, who seems not
unwilling to put the police in full possession of all she
knows reepectiug the plot. Among the things seiz,cl by
the London detective was the waistcoat the
some time ago. The cause of the quarrel
Count wore at the time he was stabbed by Foschini,
in London,
bet weeu Foschim and the Count is supposed to have been
some dispute reepec ing who should lake part in a simi-
lar plot to the one which has happily, in the present
instance, so signally failed.