The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-19 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

A letter from Vienna in the Debats says :—" The
Emperor has just granted permission to the Arch-
duke Stephen, ex-palatine of Hungary, who for
eight. years has been living in exile in the environs
of Coblentz, to return to Austria. In the revolu-
tion in Hungary, in 1848-9, the Archduke Stephen
caused himself to be suspected by the Court for his
political conduct, although he had left Hungary be-
fore the opposition to the Emperor's Government
had assumed the character of revolt. Baron Koller,
who, after beinz charge d'affaires ad interim at
Constantinople, was nominated Minister at Berlin,
and was of er wards appointed Austrian
.commis-
sioner for the reorganisation a the principalities,
has just received orders to proceed to Berlin as
minister, and has been replaced in the commi'sion
of the principalities by M. de Lie hthann, chief of
the commercial division at the ministry of foreign
affairs, and formerly an attache of the legations at
St. Petersburg and Constantinople. As to the prin-
cipalities, if there are three voices against the union,
there are also three, Prussia, Sardinia, and Russia,
in favour of the views of France, which has declared
for the union, so that the balance appears on this
latter side. It is, however, said that Russia is no
longer favourable to the union, but it is certain that
at the end of 1856 she declared that she was dis-
posed to adopt the views of France.' "

TURKEY.
A litter of the 9th, from Constantinople, says :
" Among the reforms which Reschitl Pacha is occu-
p;ed in carrying out, that of the conscription of
Christians has been the subject of serious consider-
ation. At the general discussion of the matter
two opinions were put forth, one, propo3ing to im-
mediately incorporate Christians in the regiments
under arms ; and the other to form them into a
special corps, and not to draft them into other re-
giments until they had gone through a course of
regular drilling. The question has been submitted
to a special commission charged to report on it. In
consequence of the return of peace, some changes
are also to be made in the effective strength of the
Mussulman army, in order to reduce the expenses of
the State. Only two-thirds of the usual contingent
are to be called out, and the other third will be
exempt from service on payment of a certain sum,
which is said to be fixed at 5,000 piastres (about
1,000 f.) The Grand Vizir is also occupies], with
the general organisation of a system of public in-
struction throughout the whole of the empire. A.
Ministry of Public Instruction is about to be form-
ed, and Cabouli Effendi, one of the most enlighten. d
men in the country, is to be sent into the principal
towns iu Asia to organise public schools. It is
also said to be in contemplation to form a Ministry
of Public Works." Two English line-of-battle ships
were to quit the Bosphorus on the 9th for Malta,
but it was not expected that the remainder of the
squadron would leave before the evacuation of the
Principalities by the Austrian troops. The fit.
man for the convocation of the Divans ad hoc in
the principalities was expected to be published
immediately in the journals of Jassy and Buchr_.
rest, after which the electoral list would be formed,
and the elections commence at the beginning of

March. A letter from Varna of the 3d states that
General Sokoleff, who is atlachad t') the Russian
army in Asia, had just I,ft for EzEroum, charged
with a mili'ary mis,,ion on the p.rt of Prince
Thriatinsky, the comm,ifider-in-chief. It is pcsi-

tively stated that the oiject, of this mi,,sion is to
decide on the line of fortre2sca which Russia is
about to have conAructed on some Lew territory
ceded to her by Persia, in vittue of a convention
signed, it is said, at Teheran at th© commencemknt
of last month. The territory in question, situat-
ed near the Armenian frontier, is of itself but of
little importance.