The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-09 00:00:00

AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.

A letter from Vienna, dated the sth inst., says :
" By the Imperial rescript which the Emperor
has just addressed to Count Forgach, his 112ajesty
entrusts to Count Palffy, with the title of Lieute-
nant, the direction of the affairs of Hungary, and
lays down the regulations according to which the
new functionaries are to replace the former ones.

"In the Comitats, the Counts Palatine, or, in
their default, administrators will be called upon to
exercise the functions of governors, and will have
to obey the orders issued 'from the Lieutenancy at
Buda.

" The Administrative department, as well as the
judicial authorities, will be dependent upon those
heads of Comitats, and the mayors of towns will
also be under their immediate orders.

" The penal code actually in vigour in Hungary,
being only applicable to certain offences of minor
gravity, it will undergo a complete reform, and be
made suitable to the wants of the moment in pre-
cise terms.

" The Imperial rescript must, nevertheless, be
considered as an exceptional and purely temporary
measure, rendered necessary by the hostile attitude
of the authorities and assemblies actually existing
in Hungary, an indispensable measure, unless the
Patent of the 20th of October is to be considered a
dead letter.

Au attempt is now made to re-establish order,
which has been so much disturbed, by wise and
decisive measures, to put an end to the excitement
which has seized upon a portion of the Hungarian
people, and which might lead to the most disastrous
complications."

This letter, which has a semi•oflicial tone about
it, concludes as follows :

" These are not repressive measures, nor is it a
state of siege which the Emperor of Austria has
just proclaimed, but administrative measures which,
we repeat it, are purely of a transitory nature, of a
description to obviate the obstacles to the deve-
lopment of the great principles of well-understood
liberty which prevail in regenerated Austria. There
Is,
_therefore, reason to hope that, 'within a short -

time, circumstances will allow the convocation of a
new Diet equal to its mission, which will partici-
pate loyally in the furtherance of a work the object
of which is to confer upon the various populations
that compose this vast empire the same benefits,
the same prerogatives, and the same liberties.
" What no one can deny now, and the last Im-
perial rescript gives an evident proof of it, is the firm
intention of his Apostolic Majesty not to deviate
from that line of conduct which that Monarch has
traced out for himself by granting constitutional
institutions to those countries."

HUNGARY.
The- Debats discusses the question of Hun-
gary in an article extending to nearly three
columns. That journal has always declared itself
in favour of the acceptance by that country of the
Statute submitted to the approbation of the Diet by
the Austrian Government. But no one at Pesth
would hear of sending to the Reichsrath the 83
deputies who were to represent Hungary. Under
such circumstances the Debats suggests a compro-
mise, but first explains the state of the difference
between the Hungarians and the mother-country,
commencing with arguments used by the former.
It says :
" Setting aside the secondary, circumstances of
this discussion—a discussion perhaps unprece-
dented in history—this is what we find : Hun-
gary says, I have a Constitution eight centuries
old, and I do not mean to change anything in it
in favour of a constitution which, so to speak, is
only a day old. lam united to the House of Austria
by lateral contract, and in that contract, in which
I was the principal party, I will not modify a let-
ter in favour of a Constitution of which I did not
draw up a single article—a Constitution which
besides can possess in my eyes no other merit than
that of having succeeded to ten years of illegal
restraint. Let, therefore, the King of Hungary,
to whom I wish to remain faithful, not impose on
me a Statute which has nothing to do with my
ancient laws. That the said Statute has been pro-
mulgated is a matter of no consequence, for the
King of Hungary has no need of the consent of any
one to abolish it as far as Hungary is concerned.
Such are the terms on which a reconciliation may
be made between the Hungarian people and their
Severeign.' "
The article then proceeds to give the arguments
on the other side
The Reichsrath replies The empire of Aus-
tria now possesses a liberal statute ; the people of
the provinces within the Leitha have a multitude of
reasons for not showing themselves too delicate on
the question of that statute being accorded.' They
think that, as bitter experience has proved to the
world, liberty granted from above is preferable to
servitude voted from below. The statute has stipu-
lated for Hungary, as for the rest of the empire; and
supposing that in doing so it was wrong, we, the de-
puties of the Reichsrath, can do nothing in the mat-
ter. Though accomplished without Hungary and -
without us the thing is not the less done. If we admit
that the Emperor has the power to change, without
our consent, a single article of the statute, there is
no longer any statute. If he were to abolish
or modify, as an act of his own good pleasure, what
concerns Hungary, he could one of these days abolish
without our consent what regards us. If the statute
is to be modified, it is witlius that Hungary must
negotiate, although to treat with us is in some de-
gree to recognise our jurisdiction, and to admit
what was in question.' Our readers see that on
boih sides the reasons are strong."
The nature of the arrangement which it proposes
is set forth in the following extract ;
" There is one mode of proceeding which many
men of Pesth are ready to accept, and which would
certainly obtain the support of part of the Reichs-
rath at Vienna. Instead of confounding the dele-
gation of the Hungarian Diet in the Chamber of
Deputies of the empire, it is proposed to make
that delegation a separate Chamber sitting at
Vienna, and invested' with full powers by
the Diet of Pesth to decide, in concert with the
Chamber of Deputies and the Chamber of Nobles of
Hungarythe statute of
Februaryt the em pi
e
and
rhe'asth declared fwe
a affair
sm
whichon to
the rest of the empire. This Hungarian Chamber,
a member of the Parliament of Vienna, without
being absorbed in it, could discuss in conjunction
with the Reichsrath the portion of the taxes to be
imposed on Hungary for general expenses, the fix-
ing of the Hungarian contingent, the common
works of public utility, and the measures to be
taken in the interest of commerce, which by its
nature has greater need to remove frontiers than
to strengthen them. Ia this manner Hungary
would no longer have reason to fear that her
deputies would only form in the Reichsrath an
indistinct group, with force sufficient to de-
fend the peculiar institutions of Hungary
against ably-disguised usurpations ; and on the
other hand, the empire of Austria would no longer
present the singular phenomenon of a sovereign
more unfortunate than the child in the judgment
of Solomon, cut in two between Vienna and Pesth,
rushing incessantly from one city to the other,
responsible before two Diets, which would be sup-
posed to know no more of each other than the Em-
peror of China knows of the King of Dahomey,
obliged to govern half his empire by means of
diplomatic couriers, and to send ambassadors to his
own subjects. For our part we are not disposed
either to conceal the inconveniences or to exagge-
rate the merits of the proposed arrangement, which
is not quite the personal union demanded by Hun-
gary, and not quite the real union which the sta-
tute of February wished to establish on a small
number of points. It is a compromise in the style
of that of Missouri, and such are not out of the
reach of tempests."

The financial accounts from Paris show less un-
easiness, but very little tendency to any general recovery of
confidence. The speculators, however, feel certain that
every effort will be made to create animation, in order that
the requisite loan may be obtained, and it is assumed that
the contemplated return of M. Fould to the Ministry of
Finance is in connection with that object. The demand.for
discount in Paris is not very active, and the rate in the
open market is 5 per cent. below that of the Bank of
France.

DESTRUCTION OF A LIVERPOOL SHIP BY FIRE.--
Yesterday, intelligence reached Liverpool of the destruction
by fire of the skip Sovereign of the Seas. The news, which
came by telegram from Alexandria under date of the sth
inst., states that the ship was burnt at Sidney on the 23d
Sept. last. The fire having consumed her to the water's
edge, she was scuttled, and sunk in 20 feet of water. The
cargo in the lower hold is said to be uninjured by the fire;
the hull has been raised, and the cargo was to be landed
forthwith. The Sovereign of the Seas was a splendid ship
of 1,226 tons burden, commanded by Captain Cruickshank.
She sailed from this port for Sidney on the 27th May last,
having a number of passengers and a large cargo. She was
chartered by Messrs. James Baines and Co. and Messrs
Fernie Brothers.—Liverpool lifercury,Nov.B.
SHIP ON FIRE AT LlVERPOOL.—Yesterday morn-
ing, soon after nine o'clock, fire was discovered on board
the Ewing, in the Albert
Dock.
Captain
forwarded to the
shipA Citydesp o
at tch Agra,w im
fire-police station in Hatton-garden, and steps were
promptly taken to have the vessel hauled out of dock, in
order to avoid, as far as possible, danger to other ships
in the dock, and also to the warehouses by which the
dock is surrounded, as well as the goods contained in them.
As soon as the vessel was hauled out she was laid along-
side of the quay of the Albert Basin, and a plentiful supply
of hose was attached to the numerous hydrants fixed at
different points along the quay. On the main hatch being
uncovered, it was found that the cargo immediately under
and around it, consisting of cotton, was on fire. An
attempt to reach the seat of fire was made through the
chain hatch by the third mate, who had scarcely descended
into the hatch before he fell senseless on the floor, suffo-
cated by the fumes of the burning cotton. Two others
were successively lowered for the purpose of rescuing the
poor fellow, but they had to be immediately drawn up to
avoid a similar fate to that which had befallen the mate,
who was not got out for several hours, by 'which time he
was quite dead. In the meantime the most active exertions
were made by a large body of firemen, salvage men, and
labourers to get out the cotton, so as to reach the seat of
the fire. A large quantity of the cotton was found to be on
fire, although not in a state of very active conflagration ; a
large number of bales were speedily landed, and the means
adopted for 'subduing the fire were such as to prevent its
gaining any additional head. The City of Agrad is a new
quantityi u 1 l an d
of valuable
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• MONI' MARKET AND CITY NEWS.
CITY, Two o'CLoCK.
There is a steady demand for discount accom-
modation at previous rates.
Since Monday last the imports of specie have
been about £195,000, and the exports £173,000.
A call of £5 per share, amounting in the aggre-
gate to £148,410, becomes due on Monday, on the
North British Railway £lO guaranteed shares.
About £lO,OOO in bar gold was withdrawn from
the Bank of England yesterday.
The Oneida, which left to day for the Brazils,
took out £12,878 in specie.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
again in most instances rather lower.
Continued activity was exhibited in the Liver-
pool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were
. firm. The sales were about 20,000 bales.
The state of the silk market is thus described by
Messrs. Durant and Co.'s fortnightly circular :
" We have again an unsatisfactory report to give of silk,
Transactions generally have been upon a limited scale, and
prices barely supported. The deliveries are less unfavour-
able than the previous month, but still not good. In China
silk we have had an occasional appearance of business and
sales of parcels of decent extent, but this has been only oc-
casional, and the market generally has been heavy—so
much so, that notwithstanding the continued small supply
of ' classical' chops, the prices of these silks have given way
6d. to ls., thus reducing them to about their usual parity.
Chinese thrown silk continues neglected.iln Japan silk fair
business has been done—the sales fairly keeping pace with
the arrivals. Bengal silk shares the general quiet, unfortu-
nately to the fullest extent. In Italian silk we have very
little doing. In Brutia and Persian silk nothing."
The market for Public Securities opened this
morning with a flatter appearance, but very little
fluctuation has taken place. Consols for transfer
with dividend are 93.1 1, and for the account, less
the dividend, 921 The New Threes and the
Reduced have improved to 911 72; Exchequer
Bills, March, to Bs. and lls. prem.; ditto, June,
to 18s. and 20s. prem. ; Bank Stock is 230 ; and
India 5 per Cent. Loan 1061
In the Foreign Market continued firmness has
been apparent, and the dealings have been to a. fair
extent. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 791 80; ditto,
1858, 681 69; Mexican have improved to 271 28;
Spanish Certificates to 61 1; and Venezuelan are
firm, at 221; Chilian. 41 per Cents. are 851;
Brazilian 92Z- ; and Peruvian 3 per Cents. 81 82.
The dealings in the Railway Share Market were
limited, and in several instances a slight decline
took place in prices. Caledonians, Great Northerns,
Great Westerns, North-Westerns, and South-
Easterns have receded ss. ; and Lendon and
Brighton, £1; London, Chatham, and Dover, how-
ever, advanced £2.
In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings the
operations were unimportant. South-Austrian and
Lombardo-Venetian improved about ss. ; Great
Indian Peninsula 55.; and East Indian declined 10s.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
continue in fair request at full prices. London
and Westminster advanced 55.; Union of Australia
declined Os. ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, Royal
Mail Steam, and General Steam realised previous
rates ; Red Sea and India Telegraph receded about
ss.
BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 91k 2
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities.. 9lk 2
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Eufaced Paper, 4 per Cent
; itto 5 per Cent. 9Bl
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 99
1)„ BMA s £l,000
"tin under £l,000
Consols for Account, Dec. 5. 92a d ex div
March. June.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d.... 811 pm I 18 20 pm
Ditto £5OO
Ditto Small 1
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian, 5 per Cent ..
i‘ito 41 tier Cent, 1560
(Milian 6 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent.
Mexican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Peruvian 3 per Cent
Bat° Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St
Ditto 41 per Cer t. ..
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent.
tto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds
'Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto Account
COURSE OF EXUHANGE.—YESTERDAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 12 I 12
Antwerp — 25 571 25 65
Brussels — 25 571 25 65
Rarnburgh — 13 St 13 95
Paris -
Ditto
z
Marseilles
Pviieannnkafort on Maine —119 k
14 20 14 30
Trieste
Petersbur h
Berlin
g 325 331
Madrid
Cadiz -
48$ 48a
Leghorn — 25 75 2.5 80
Milan
,G,enoa - 2.5 721 25 771
391 391
. a
- 1181 1181
Messina
Li bon llBl 119
- 52 52 k
Oporto 521 52,1
Rio Janeiro
• •
New, York
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard).... per oz. £3 17..9
Mexican Dollars
~ 0 0 0
Silver in Bars (Standard)
South American Doubloons
THE WEA THEE.
PROBABLE BEFORE TUESDAY.
North Britain .. N. to E., strong ; snow.
Ireland N. to N.E., fresh; snow or rain.
East Coast N. to E., fresh to strong ; snow or rain.
South England. N.E. to N.W., moderate; rain or snow
strong from S.S.W.
METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.
This Day,
I,
etween 8 and B. E. AI. D. P. C. I. S.
9 a.m.
Nairn 29'55 29 N.W. 3 7
42 1.
Aberdeen ' 2951 35 34 N.W. 3
2
Leith
2
Lerwick 2954 44 41 N.N.E. 4 7 c.• 4
Arorossan
Pot tr sh •••
29.57 37 36 S. 1 2 b. 2
Shields •• ••
29'49 I 39 37 E.N.E. 4 2 c. 6
Galway 29•63 34 33 Calm 0 5 c. 1
Bcarboroug-h 29'43 44 43 N.N.E. 4 0 c. 4
I.i7erpool
Valentia
9ueenstown 2951 39 38 N. 3 4 o. 1
armouth 29'33 41 40 N.W. 3 5 r. 3
London 29'16 96 29 N.W. 1 0 f. 0
Lover.. 2 6 o 1
Portsmola•C . 2VO 40)
39
N.•;' 3 5! m. 2
5 4- 41
10. 1
Portland
Plymouth.. 29.47 35 34 N.N.E. 1 3 f. 1
Penzance 29.52
41 N. 2 4! c. 2

EXPLANATION.—B, Barometer, corrected and reduced
to 32 deg at mean sea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise
causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10
deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. B.
Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for
evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind
(true—
not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12_
(1 C. Cloud
(1 to 9). I. Initials blue sky ; , clouds (detached) ;
t tog.. h., hail; 1., lightning ; misty (hazy)
0.,
Ov'ercast' (dull) ; r., rain , s., snow • t., thunder A. letter
augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. dea disturb-
repeated
slice (1 to 9).

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The Entr'acte has the following A dancer
Vienna, of the name of Groll, lately deminded in marriage
Mal). Winkler, daughter of another dancer, but herb
father flatly: refused. The lover then resolved on a violent
step ; a few days back he went into a forest in the neigh-
bourhood of Baden, accompanied by the young female, and
there, whether with or without her consent, shot her dead
With a pistol; after which he blew out his own brains."

THE EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES FROM THE LANCA-
-BIIIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.—At the
West Riding Court, Halifax, on Thursday, Geo. Nartley,
farmer, Soyland, was brought up, after remand from Tues-
daY, and as the other men (who are believed to be farmers
well to do) are sip at large, Mr. E. L. Ashworth, of the
firm of Lewis, Darbishire, and Ashworth, the company's
solicitors, from Manchester, who appeared for the prosecu-
tion, decided to proceed with the case. The goods produced
consistedr, of very valuable packages from Messrs. Watts and
33`-'a°; Portland-street, Manchester; Messrs. Wilkinson and.
nerl,es' Mosley_ street ; Messrs. John Muir and Co., Faulk-
""eet ; News. Grundy and Co., High street and other
firms-
The goods were all addressed to Bradford firUIF,
tTiollneroenber
upwards of 15 witnesses tendered for examink,
for a
cornehalf of the prosecution, but it was decided to rely
and Co.'B4lwiattal Upon the goods sent from Messrs. Watts
flona wars ehouse. After a protracted inquiry the pti-
c,mitted for trial,—,Kanchester ausrataii,