The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-21 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

A private letter from Jassy gives some account
of the expense which the Austrian occupation has
occasioned the finances of Moldavia, either the
Principality itself or the municipalities. It com-
prises only the time between the 4th of September,
1854, and the Ist of November, 1856 :

Piastres.
1. Fuel, candles, tallow, and straw.... 2,344,111
2. Hospital and barrack furniture 733,491
3. Rent of private houses for hospitals or
barracks
4. Repairs of ditto after occupation 457,817
5. Building and repairs of stables 1,040,974
6. Establishment and maintenance of vehicles
for the transport of troops 1,098,500
7. Extra expenditure, washing in the hospi-
tals, &c

7,294,691
In the foregoing are not included the wood taken
gratuitously in the forests belonging to the clergy,
-the salaries of the special employes for the army of
occupation, the expense of lodging the military, in
private houses, or billets (which are gratuitous) as
also fuel, light, beds, clean linen, from the superior
officers to the lowest ranks of the army, all whicl,
have been at the expense of the inhabitants. The
rate for a General officer is 500 Austrian ducats
yearly (the ducat is equivalent to 11f. 75c.) ; for a
colonel or a major, 390 ducats ; for a captain or a
subaltern from 100 to 200 ducat 4 ; and for a private
soldier, 20 ducats at the lowest. As to Wallachia
one may have an idea of what the Austiian occu-
pation cost it when it is known that the Treasury
encumbered with a debt of 22,000,000 piastres,
which the last Administration left as its legacy to
future ACninis t rations.

PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, MARCH 19.
The melancholy incident of the sudden death of
one of the Deputies, while addressing the house,
has produced a wide spread and painful sensation
here ; the more so, as apoplectic and paralytic at-
tacks tire this year more frequent than usual at this
season, in consequence of the unusual warmth of
the weather. The circumstances under which
this sudden death took place are, moreover,
calculated to throw an additional interest over it,
and will probably cause the deceased to be looked
on by the less educated of his party as a martyr to
his cause and his Church. Herr Otho was a pro-
minent member of the Roman Catholic party in
the House of Representatives, and on this occasion
was commencing an elaborat3 spee3h, on which the
hopes of the party were rErted, in opposition to
the Ways and Means proposed to be voted to the
Minister of Public Worship. He had spoken as
follows

" Gentlemen,—l may assume it to be matter of noto-
riety what claims and demands with reference to the
interests of the Catholics I and my friends have been
striving for years to enforce on the attention of the house
and of the Government. It will doubtltss be equally
well known to you that our endeavours, with very few
exceptions, have always been unsuccessful. The ma-
jority of these complaints have been directed against a
state of things (calls of Speak louder'), which proceeds
directly from the Ministry of Public Worship and it is
this . ."

After pressing his hand on his heart and repeat-
ing the last words in afaint voice, the speaker added
—" Gentlemen, I grieve to say I cannot proceed,"
turned deadly pale, and sank to the ground. The
members in his immediate vicinity and the Ministers
all spring forward to his assistance, and he was carried
into a neighbouring room. Three medical men,
members of the House, gave him the benefit of their
professional skill, and every attempt was made to
restore him to animation. A priest of his own
Church, who is ;,leo member for Cologne, was pre-
pared to afford him the last consolations of reli-
gion, but from his continued state of unconscious-
ness it was not possible to administer the sacrament
to the dying man, and the offices of religion were
confined to the administration of the supreme unc-
tion. With a deep sigh and groan he shortly ex-
expired in the arms of the priest,
as the latter put
u the simple aspiration, "Father, into thy hands t)
we commend his soul."