The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-08 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The Emperor of Austria arrived at Ischl on the
3d, to join the Empress, whe bad reached that
place the previous day. Their Majesties will re-
main for a fortnight or three weeks if the weather
continues fine.

The Baroness de Prokesch-Osten, wife of the
Austrian internuncio at Constantinople, has re-
turned to Vienna from Ischl, and will, very
shortly, proceed to rejoin her husband in the
Turkish capital.
" The Austrian Government," says the Eman-
cipation of Brussels, " is quietly but actively aug-
menting its navy. Several ships of the line are
nearly terminated, and other smaller vessels are
being constructed. The fortifications of Venice,
Trieste, and partiouiarly of Pola, already excite
the admiration of engineers, and when terminated
will be among the strongest in Europe. The flotilla
of the Danube is also to he shortly completed so as
to protect German commerce on that river."

ITALY.
Count de Cavour gave a grand banquet on the
4th to Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne, the new
French ambassador to the court of Turin. The
Piedmonteso ministers, the British and Prussian
ambassadors, and many other distinguished mem-
bers of the diplomatic body were among the
guests.

The Diritto of Turin declares, on what it states
to be unquestionable authority, that the life-insu-
rance said to have been concluded between Mazzini
and Advocate Brofferio is devoid of foundation as
regards the latter.
We learn from Florence that the Archduchess
Anne, the consort of the Hereditary Prince of
Tuscany, is also labouring under an attack of the
measles. According to the last accounts of the
3d, both this princess and the Grand Duchess were
progressing favourably.
A letter from Naples, in the Nord of Brussels,
states that the marriage of the Duke of Calabria,
eldest son of the King, with the Duchess Mary of
Bavaria is now definitively decided on. It adds,
however, that the ceremony will not take place for
some time.

SPAIN.
The Madrid journals of the 3d havebairrn
the previous day the usual weekly
ea
eieen, and
councilarrived. On
0
was held under the presidency of the
ne Q
M. Bravo
Murillo had been summoned by telegraph the Clamor Publico says that "it appearedd,
resignation had been accepted, that
ministry, and lastly, that the necessary ro3 al
ltba intdlll their3i
-
able" that all the ministers had resigned,
to form
a new
would appear in the Gazette of the 3d. But
decrees
eerGeeLette contains no decrees accepting the resig-
nation, of the ministers, and no announcement on
I the subject, neither do the other journals do more
than repeat what has already been said—namely,
that the resignation was expected in the event of the
ministers not obtaining the Queen's consent
to the removal of General de la Concha from
the
,Captaincy-General of Cuba, as well as of
certain high functionaries from the palace. The
Epoca, on its part, declares that it does
not believe, under any circunastanc?s, that
the ministers will resign before the meeting of the
Cartes. Reports that the present ministers had
resolved to dissolve the Cortes in case they should
be placed in a minority were current, but they
were not generally credited ; and the Rojas, a
semi-official authority, remarks that no such resolu-
tion can have been adopted, inasmuch as, if the
ministers possess the confidence of the crown, they
are sure to have a majority in the Cortes ; and if
they lose that confidence they will retire. Acord-
jea to the Rojas, the nomination of Count de
Balmaseda to the presidency of the Senate has been
resolved on, and will be announced as soon as the
pending ministerial crisis shall be settled. It is
said that, in the batch of new senators proposed by
the ministers, the Queen had peremptori;y objected
to the name of M. Nocedal, father of the Minister
of the Interior; but her Majesty's reasons for
doing so are not given. One of the papers speaks
of General La Rocha as likely to be charged with
the formation of a new ministry.

A letter from Cairo of the 21st ult. says :
" I am able to communicate to you a piece of
political information. Darfur, a State of Central
Africa, which covers an extent of ground nearly
equal to that of France, has sent an ambassador to
Said Paella, in order to ward off an attack which
was apprehended from the Viceroy. The trade of
Darfur, which may acquire great importance, has
been hitherto interdicted to foreigners. There is
reason to believe, however, that an Austrian house
will soon be at the head of its commerce. It is
also said that a German officer intends to penetrate
into Darfur as an instructor. The measures which
have hitherto excluded foreigners from the country
appear therefore likely to fall into disuse, although
too much confidence ought not to be placed in that
idea. The envoy of Darfur, who is almost white, I
is a native of Senegal, and it will probably be easy
for the French to gain his confidence and suppert,
because he •its aware of the power of France, and
speaks of the country in terms of warm admiration.
One of his relatives, who is also a native of Senegal,
proposes to return to his country via Marseilles, by
which means he will be able to make the journey
in six weeks instead of a year. The communica-
tions in the interior of Africa being neither easy nor
safe, his example may perhaps induce other M ussul-
mans of Senegal, when proceeding to Mecca, to
take the road by Marseilles, and thus produce a
contact with the French which may be eventually
advantageous."

A letter from St. Petersburg says :—" The con-
struction of screw-steamers for transport and other
services is being urged on with vigour. Not only
as e our building yards in full activity, but severat
'orders have been given to ship-builders abroad
Accounts have been received from various parts of
the Baltic of the disasters occasioned by the gale of
the 22d ult. ; these accounts are deplorable. Be-
fore the tempest rose, the thermometer was at 14
degrees Rvautnur, and during the storm it fell be-
low zero. A brig sank in sight of Libau, and out
of twenty-five persons on board twenty-one pe-
rished."

A letter from Warsaw says :—" Accounts from
the Ukraine announce that some very important
changes are on the point of being made in the mili-
tary colonies of that province. The peasants are
to be assimilated to those of the domains of the
crown. The disposable laud and buildings belong-
ing to the crown will be sold by auction, and Jews
will be even allowed to become purchasers and
establish themselves in the province. All these
reforms are to be realised in 1860. Soldiers are
every day arriving in the Ukraine on unlimited
furlough-!."

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The Prince Royal of Sweden hag just, in his
capacity of Regent of Sweden and Norway, sum-
moned to
.Shckholna Baron de Manderstrcem,
Swedish muniter at Park This diplomatist was
one of the principal negotiators of the treaty of
friendship concluded between Sweden and the two
Weitern Powers in the Russian war, and it is bc-
Hexed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
as des-
tined for him. That department hag, smce
.the re-
tirein.-..nt of M. do Steorneld, been provisionally
administered by M. de Lagerheim.

The Communal Council of Brussels held an ex-
traordinary sitting the clay before yesterday, to
hear the report of the committee on the adminis-
trative and finaucial:situation of the city. The state-
ment made was considered very favourable. The
budget of 1858, which was presented to the council,
sets down the receipt's at 6,316,016 f. 37c., and the
exponses at 6,315,974 f. 76c., leaving a surplus of
receipts of 41f. 61e.