The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-15 00:00:00

FRANCE.

It is stated this afternoon that 12,000 French
troops are ordered to be held in readiness to leave
for China. General Wimpfen is talked of as likely
to command them. There is also a rumour—to
which, however, I should be slow in attaching
weight—of a tendency to agreement between Eng-
land and France on the subject of a European Con-
gress for the settlement of Italy.
BOURSE, Sept. 14.—The market has been quiet,
L with few variations. Threes have been done at
681. 60c. and 681. 45c., and are now at 681. 50c.
Alobilier varied 780 f. to 7731. 75c. ; Austrian, 537 f.
50c. to 5351.; Lombard, 5471. 75c. to 546 f. 25c. ;
Orleans, 1,365 f. to 1,362 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 867 f. 50c.
to 865 f,; Northern, 920 f. to 917 f, 50c. ; Eastern,
6521. 50c. to 650 f. The following were the last
quotations :-
11 per Cents. 94 50 Crkldit Foncier 670
Do. end month 94 25 Belgian 4i
3 per Cent 5....... 68 55 Piedmontese (5)
Do. end month.... 68 65 Roman —
Bank Sharps...... 2780 Austrian
Credit Mothier .. 782 50 Spanish Threes
Do. 4.ccoun, 785 Home Debt 44 -
RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans 1360 .. 1365
Northern . 916 25 .. 917 25
New ditto. — ..
805
Lyons and Mediterranean S6S 870
Geneva .........
Southern ...... 5OO 500
Western
Eastern 652 50 650
Sardinian
Austrian
535
Lombard
•
Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 15c. ;21i'.ney,
25f 10c. ; three months, paper, 241. 971 c.; money, 9sc.

AUSTRIA.
(FROM TIIE TIMES' CORRESPONDENT.)
VIENNA, SEPT. 12

This Government was greatly displeased with the
Emperor Napoleon, because he objected to an
armed intervention in favour of the Dukes of
Tuscany and Modena, but since the appearance of
the note in the 111oniteur of the 9th men in office
appear to have recovered their temper. Very
shortly after peace had been concluded at Villa-
franca you learnt from me that the Emperor
Francis Joseph bad made the return of the two
Archdukes to their States a conditio sine qua non,
and it is now known here that the Emperor of the
French promised to use his influence in order to
bring about their restoration. " I am willing to
resign Lombardy," said the Austrian Monarch,
" but the Grand Duke of Tuscany and the Duke
of Modena have placed themselves under my pro-
tection, and I must defend their interests even
though I sacrifice my own." Napoleon expressed
his admiration of the generous sentiments of the
Emperor Francis Joseph, and when the two Sove-
reigns parted it was with the clear understanding
that the Archdukes were to return to Tuscany and
Modena, and that Venetia, with a separate Govern-
ment, was to form part of an Italian confederation.
It is evident that Prince Metternich's mission led
to the note in the Moniteur, which must necessarily
produce a very depressing
effect in Venetia, though
it will hardly lead to the recall of the fugitive Sove-
reigns of ' Tuscany and Modena. After the de-
claration of the Emperor Napoleon " that the Dukes
will not be reinstated by foreign force," it is not
probable that Austria will attempt an armed
intervention, but still it is certain that she is send-
ing fresh troops to Italy. Some of the Hungarian
volunteers, who were to have been disbanded,
will be sent to Venetia, and information has been
given me that the railroad communication between
Vienna and Trieste will, in as far as the public is
concerned, be partially interrupted for a week or
ten days from Thursday, the 15th inst. Persons
of my acquaintance, who have recently returned
from Italy, state that the French force in that
peninsula must be nearer 100,000 than 50,000 men.
" Many of the large towns teem with French
troops, and it is hardly an exaggeration to say that
as much French as Italian is heard in the streets of
Milan." Heavy guns are now being sent from
Styria to the fortresses in Italy, but I am not aware
that any of them are rifled. Since the return of
the troops from Italy some singular facts have
come to my knowledge, and one of them is, that
many of the guns sunk in the Po when the Au—
trians evacuated Piacenza belonged to one of the
fortresses lying between the Mincio and Adige.
In some of the public papers it has been related
that it, a short time ago, was the question at
Zurich of making Mantua and Peschiera federal
fortresses; but the statement cannot be correct,
as the matter was settled at Villafranca. Napo-
leon would fain have had the two strongholds
placed in the hands of the Italian Confederation,
out as soon as he touched on the subject the Em-
peror Francis Joseph positively and peremptorily