The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-10 00:00:00

GERMANY.

The Breslau Gazette of the 6th says, "The public
mind in Vienna is much taken up with reports of a
coup dctut—reports which are even current in mili-
tary circles. The day named fur putting it into
effect is the 6th or 7th in:st. The military measures
are really formidable ; under a circle of six miles
round Vienna all the houses are full of soldiers.
There are at least 50,000 men in Vienna, and 50,000
more could be poured in by the railways in the course
of three or four days."
The Vienna Gazette of the 4th contains the report
of the Minister of Finance, in which he proposes
various measures for reducing the expenditure and
increasing the receipts. The Minister declares that
the amount of bank-notes in circulation has not been
increased since June last, that the amount at present
is 251,172,465 florins, whilst since the same date
5,859,328 florins in cash and notes had been paid over
to the bank by the State, without counting the Sar-
dinian indemnity and the new loan. The Mini.ster
fixes the debt :due by the State to the Bank at 225
millions of florins, of which 24 millions will be
covered by the Sardinian indemnity, and GO millions
by the new loan. The remaining 141 millions
would be the subject of ulterior consideration. The
Minister further announces that, as soon as the dele-
gates of commerce fcom all the provinces shall have
met at Vienna, a commission shall be formed for the
re-nrgani:kation cf the Bank.

The measures fur the reduction of the expenses are
generally indicated in the report; those for increasing
the receipts consist of new taxes in Hungary and
Transylvania, where the nobles have hitherto been
exempt from tax-paying ; a forced loan in the Lom-
bardo Venetian States; and by
1. Payment of the arrears of the loan, 43- per cent.,
amounting to 2G millions of florins
2. The redemption of the Treasury bonds of the
Lombardo-Venetian territory fur a sum of 14 mil-
lions of floc ins.

3. The redemption cf the paper money of the Ger-
man provinces, three millions;
4. Fourteen millions of the Sardinian indemnity
were to be paid up in 1849.
5. The redemption of mortgage assignations and
central assignations of 1842, would reduce sixteen
millions of the floating debt.
6. The operations of credit for the redemption cf
the Lombardo-Venetian Treasury bonds will bring in
a considerable amount of specie.
Finally, The issue of Imperial Treasury bonds will
reach, for the present, the sum of fifty millions of
florins; they will replace all the paper money in cir-
culation, in addition to the bank-notes, and moreover
cover the current expenses of the State. They are to
bear 3 per cent. interest.
The Vienna papers state that the Archduke
ALBRECHT has left the Austrian capital for the army
in Bohemia. The ARCHDUKE'S head-quarters are to
be at Theresienstadt.

Letters from Klagenfurt announce a serious illness
of GEORGEY, the late Hungarian General.
The Wanderer has letters from Shumla, stating
that KMETY, late Hungarian General, who lately
entered the service of the Porte, has been appointed
to the post of Governor and Commander of the for-
tress of Shumla.

The Prussian Moniteur of the 6th inst. informs us
that the sittings of the Council of Administration
have been resumed, and that the Council is occupied
with definitively settling the project of the Constitu-
tion in order to present it to the Parliament.
The Cologne Gazette of the Bth publishes a tele-
graphic dispatch, dated Berlin, Jan. 7, announcing
that the Ministerial crisis was over, and that on that
day the Chambers would receive a royal message,
proposing the oath to be taken to the Constitution,
and accepting the same with some slight amendments.

FIRE AND NARROW ESCAPE.—Last night (Wed-
nesday), shortly before ten o'clock, a fire of a very
alarming character, and nearly attended with a loss of
human life, broke out in the premises belonging to Mr.
Marsh, No. 21, Great May's- buildings, St. Martin's-
lane. Whilst some of the inmates were sitting in
a lower room, their attention was suddenly attracted by
an unusual noise proceeding from the first floor. The
servant went to ascertain the cause, when, on opening
the door of one of the rooms on the first floor, in the oc-
cupation of a gentleman named Walter, a huge mass of
flame shot forth, which completely prostrated her. She,
however, succeeded in making her way down aga:n,
and having given an alarm in the usual way, a gentle•
man named Phillips, living on the second floor, made an
attempt to descend the staircase, but so fiercely did the
fire extend, and so dense was the smoke, that he was
obliged to make to ene of the attics, and by getting out
of the window, succeeded in escaping a horrible death.
Two valuable dogs in the top of the premises were suf-
focated by the smoke and heat. Owing to the exertions
of the firemen, the flames were extinguished by eleven
o'clock, but not until considerable damage was done by
tire and water, that portion of the premises in which the
disaster commenced being burned out, and the rest of the
house seriously injured by heat and water. A spark
fro
rn lighted end!. s l'edling, it 7J;
The 'Marquis and MarchioneEs of Lansdowne left
town on Tuesday afternoon for Bowood Park, Wilts.