The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-13 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The official -Wiener Zeitung of May 10 contains
the following autograph letter from his Majesty the
Emperor to th© Minister of Justice :

" Dear Baron de Krauss;—ln order to consign to
eternal oblivion the political aberrations of a sad time
past, and more particularly the revolutionary move-
ments which in the year 1848 were directed against the
existing order of things, I now, in the wayof grace, remit
all further punishment to all my subjects, being civilians.
who belong to those parts of my empire which do not
appertain to my Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, that have
been condemned for high treason, rebellion, or sedition,
(paragraphs 58, 61, 68, and 75 of the State Laws,) and
are still imprisoned in this country.

" At the same time I ordain that no criminal process
shall be instituted for the above-mentioned crimes com-
mitted before this present day, unless the accused shall
have escaped the hands of justice by flight, and shall
still be fugitives ; and I do further ordain that all the
penal examinations now carried on for the above-men•
tioned crimes shall be discontinued immediately.
"This act of grace shall also extend to the individuals
included in the afore-mentioned category who have been
guilty of one or more of the hereinafter named crimes or
offences:—lnsult to majesty, insult to members of the
Imperial family, disturbance of the public peace (para-
graphs 63-66), exciting to sedition, as mentioned in
paragraph 300 of the State Law, or aiding and abetting
in the commission of one of the above-mentioned acts.
(Paragraphs 212, 215, 217, 2W, and 307.)
" Thus, all the aforementioned persons, whether im-
prisoned for punishment or for examination, shall imme-
diately be liberated.

"In respect to those individuals who have been guilty
of other punishable offences, in addition t) those which
have been enumerated, you will proceed to a correspond-
ing (entspreclsend) diminution of punishment, agreeably
to the instructions which you with these presents re-
c4ive from me.

" You will take appropriate measures, so that this
act of grace may immediately be made known to all
those it may concern, and be properly oarried out.

" FRANCIS JOSEPH.

"Buda, May 3th, 1357."

Accounts from Pesth of the Bth state that the
fetes in honour of the visit of the Emperor and
Empress of Austria continue to be most brilliant.
Whole cargo:s of dowers wera every day brought
by steamer from Vienna and other places to orna-
ment the town. Their Majesties had been present
at the launch of two steamers for the navigation of
the Danube, which received the names of the two
young princesses, Sophia and Giselle. His Majesty
has consented to accept the patronage of the Hun-
garian Academy of Sciences, and has issued a de-
cree for its organisation with a view to its forward-
ing the study of the Magyar language and litera-
ture. Their Majesties are in excellent health.
Another letter from the same place of the Bth
says :
"Tee Emperor and the Empress devoted the 6th to
receptions, the former receiving men, the latter ladies.
in the evening there was a grand performance at the
National Theatre, 9, new opera in throe acts being pro-
duced, of which the heroine was the famous Queen