The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-23 00:00:00

HUNGARY.

A letter from Vienna says :—" Some of the
noblas of Hungary have drawn up an address to the
Emperor, in which they express their conviction
that Hungary regards herself as for ever united to
the house of Hapsburg, and expects her salvation
from it ; but that, on the other hand, the safety of
that house resides, as is proved by history, in th©
fidelity and bravery of the Hungarian nation.
Consequently, if at any future crisis it be desired
that that nation shall render service?, it would
be only just and prudent to concede to it
greater rights than those it
i now possesses,
and, in particular, to give t more the cha-
racter of a separate people. This petition has re-
ceived numerous signatures, and all the bishops
have adhered to it ; but it appears that, after all,
it is not certain that it will be presented to the
Emperor." The same letter adds :—" Among the
estates confiscated in Hungary after the events of
1848 and 1849 which are about to be restored in
virtue of the recent amnesty figure those which
belonged to Count Louis Bathiany, President of
the Hungarian Council of Ministers in the revolu-
futon ; his estates are to be given up to his heirs.
This restitution proves that the amnesty extends
to property which at the moment of confiscation
was held by persons who are now dead."

The Nuremberg Correspondent says :—" Nego-
tiations have taken place recently between the
cabinets of Vienna and Berlin respecting questions
of customs and commerce, but they have hitherto
led to no satisfactory result. They had for basis
the conversations which took place in the last Zoll-
verein conference at Berlin on the subject of the
proposals mode by Austria with a view to facilitat-
ing commercial relations."

A letter from Helsingfors, in the National
Gazette of Berlin, confirms, as follows, the reform
mentioned some time back as intended to be effected
in the administration of Finland :

"An imperial decree has just formed a perma-
nent commission for the Grand Ducl)y of FinlAnd,
which will have to give its advice and opinion on
everything connected with that Duchy that may be
submitted to its examination by the Secretary of
State. It is stated in the decree that the object

of the measure is to secure to all Finlanders the
complete enjoyment of all the rights and privi-
leges conferred on them by the fundamental laws
of their country. The Minister Secretary of State
is to act as president of this commission, which is
composed of four other members."

The Madrid journals of the 18th contain no news
of interest. A' letter from a' semi-official source
says that the speech of the Duke de Valencia (Nar-
vaez) in the senate had given rise to the report that
he was about to enter into an alliance with the
Vicalvarists (O'Donnell's party), but that there was
no foundation for it. It also says that there was no
foundation for rumo urs of a ministerial modification,
which were current. The letter adds that the bill
on public education enacts that elementary instruc-
tion shall be obligatory, and that places which are
too poor to maintain schools shall receive grants
from the budget.

The Senate of Turin, in its sitting of the 18th,
passed a bill for a railway between Geneva and
Annecy, and others for the establishment of three
new chairs in the University of Turin, the suppres-,
sion of the salt monopoly in Sardinia, and the con-
struction of an aqueduct from the valley of the San-
gone to Turin.

The Monitore Toscano publishes an official
article from the authorities of the Republic of San
Marino, denying a rumour mentioned by several
journals to the effect that a body of 100 foreign
gendarmes had invaded the territory of the Re-
public, and stating instead, that the troops of the
Republic, organised as a moveable column, have
arrested several bands of robbers and assassins who
had taken refuge within the territory, and driven
others across the frontier, where they have been
captured by the Pontifical troops. Those arrested
by the Republican force have been given up to the
governments claiming them as subjects.

A letter from Vienna, in the Augsburg Gazette,
says :—" The public journals speak often c,f the
efforts of friendly powers to reconcile Austria and.
Sardinia. They, however, forget that delicate af-
fairS like those between the two powers are not
terminated so promptly. It is nevertheless re-
marked that in spite of the rupture of diplomatic
relations between the two courts, both of theta
manifest better dispositions. Thus, the Emperor
of 'Austria has just addressed an autograph letter to
the King of Sardinia, as a member of the order of
the Golden Fleece, announcing to him the death
of Count de Fiquelmont, knight of that order.
This is in accordance with the statutes, but it is not
without importance under existing circumstances.
The letter of his Majesty was presented by Count
de Buol to Baron de Bourqueney, the French am-
bassador, who is charged with the affairs of the
Sardinian legation to be transmitted to Turin. On
the other hand the Sardinian Government sent here
three special agents to' attend the Agricultural Ex-
hibition. Baron de Bourqueney naturally commu-
nicated to Count de Buol the object of their coming,
and the latter replied that the Austrian Govern-
ment felt pleasure at their having been entrusted
with the mission, and that it would treat them with
every attention."

A letter from Brood of the 13th, on the frontiers
of Bosnia, says that on the 10th the poorer part of
the Christian and Mahometan populations, exas-
perated at the pecuniary exactions to which
they are subjected by the Turkish authorities, as-
sembled at a place called Sikooac, at about a
league from Brood, and announced their inten-
tion of abandoning their houses with their wives
and children, and of going into Austria. Their
number, including the women and children, was
nearly 1,200. When the Caimacan of Bajaluka,
Adem Effendi, heard of this intention, he
caused all the boats and other means of trans-
port to be seized, and went to Sikooac with a
certain number of canvasses (police). He then
addressed the peasants, and promising that
the government would take their grievances
into consideration, recommended them to dis-
perse. The greater part went away, and when
they had done so, he made the canvassess attack,
the others ; the consequence was that three
Christians were drowned in the little river
Ukrina, and that another had an arm cut off.