The Vienna correspondent of the Times asserts in the strongest
way his belief in some information as to a radical change in the external policy of the Russian Court. The Czar, he says, has finally given up the idea of an affiance with France, and intends to enter into one with Germany, the basis of which will probably be settled when the German Emperor attends the manomvres to be held at Krasnoe-Selo, in Poland, next June. We have discussed the colequences of this change, should it be confirmed, elsewhere, bur may mention here that it is said to have been facilitated by Prince Bismarck's retirement, but produced by dislike of French politics. The German Emperor is known to be favourable to reconciliation, and if the Czar is also willing, the only difficulty will be in Austria, where, however, the Imperial family has always coquetted with the notion of a temporary settlement between the Empires by a partition of the Balkan, Russia going to Constantinople, and Austria to Salonica. This was, we have some reason to believe, an accepted idea with the unhappy Heir-Apparent, the Crown Prince Rudolph.
