The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-10 00:00:00

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE WAR IN GERMANY.

BERLIN, July 10,

Herr Taglioni, Secretary of the Prussian Lega-
tion in Paris, has arrived here from that city with
despatches for the Prussian Government.
M. Benedetti, the French ambassador at this
Court, with the Secretary of Legation and the first
attache, left yesterday evening, and Count di Barral,
the Italian Ambassador, this morning, for the head-
quarters of the Prussian army in Bohemia.
Both Ambassadors, previous to their departure,
had a long conference at the Ministry for Foreign
Affairs.

PESTH, July 9 (Evening'

The Empress of Austria arrived here to-day and
met with an enthusiastic reception. A large num-
ber of the members of the Hungarian Diet went
to meet her Majesty.
An imperial proclamation has been issued here
calling upon the Volunteers to hasten to enrol
themselves under the banner of the army in order
to protect the Fatherland, which is threatened by
the events of the war.

AUSTRIAN IMPERIAL MANIFESTO.
VIENNA, July 10.
The Emperor of Austria has issued the following

manifesto :

"To my Peoples,—The heavy misfortune which
has befallen my army of the North, notwithstanding
its most heroic resistance to the enemy, the increased
dangers thereby menacing the fatherland, the
calamities of war with which my beloved kingdom
of Bohemia is being desolated and which threaten
other parts of my empire, and the painful and irre-
paraure it.Mbeb rsuzw.itueu, uy till many tuousanas of
families among my subjects—have moved to its
inmost core my heart which beats with so warm
and fatherly a feeling for the good of my
peoples. But the reliance which I expressed
in my manifesto of the 17th June, a reliance on
your unalterable and faithful devotion and readiness
for any self-sacrifice, a reliance on the courage of
my army, which even misfortune cannot subdue, a
reliance upon God and my good and sacred right ;
this has not wavered for a single instant. I have
addressed myself to the Emperor of the French re-
questing his good offices for bringing about an
armistice with Italy. Not merely did the Emperor
readily respond to my demand, but with the noble
intention of preventing any further bloodshed, he
even, of his own accord, offered to mediate with
Prussia for a suspension of hostilities, and for
opening negotiations for peace. his offer I have
accepted. I am prepared to make peace upon
honourable conditions in order to put an
end to the bloodshed and ravages of war ;
but I will never sanction a treaty of peace by which
the fundamental condition of Austria's position as a
Great Power would be shaken. Sooner than that
this should be the case, I am resolved to carry on
the war to the utmost extremity, and in this I am
sure of my people's approval.

" All available troops are being concentrated,
and the gaps in the ranks of the army are being
filled up by the conscription which has been ordered
and the large enrolments of volunteers, called to
arms by the newly awakened spirit of patriotism.
" Austria has been severely visited by misfortune,
but she is not humiliated or bowed down.

" My peoples !—llave confidence in your Empe-
ror. The peoples of Austria have never shown
themselves greater than in misfortune.
" I will follow the example of my forefathers,
and will lead you on with determination, perseve-
rance, and unshakeable confidence in God.

" FRANC IS JOSEPH.

" Given at my residence in the capital of Vienna,
',Luz vuLILLI aay of ti uiy, one tnousana eight hundred

and sixty-six.