The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-10-22 00:00:00

ROME.

ROME, Oct. 16.

The Piedmontese troops are encamped at
Rieti, ten leagues from. Rome. It is asserted that
the enrolments for the Pontifical army have
ceased, and that General Lamoriciere will posi-
tiN',ely return to France.
In the towns of the Roman States which have
just been occupied by French troops, petitions
have been signed, begging Victor Emmanuel to
come, and entreating Napoleon 111. to send his
troops away.

AUSTRIAN REFORM.
VIENNA, Oct. 21.

The official Weiner Zeitung publishes a mani,
festo of the Emperor, introducing a diploma
founded upon the basis of the Pragmatic Sanction
to belbinding on all heirs to the throne, to be
drawn up for all the provinces, and to be enrolled
among the federal laws. The diploma announces
that henceforth the legislative power only be
exercised with the co-operation of the Provincial
Diet as well as of the Reichsrath. The number
of members of the latter is to be increased to 100
by councillors elected by the Provincial Diets.
The members are to be distributed among the
provinces in proportion to their extent, their
population, and amount of their taxes. The
Ministers of Justice, Cultus, and Interieur, as
universal central authorities, are suppressed.
The Court of Chancery is restored in Hungary,
and one for Transylvania is to be established.
The Chancellor of the Hungarian Court is to be
a member of the Ministry. The affairs of the
-other provinces are to be represented in the
Imperial Councils by a Minister of State. A
speeial authority is to be appointed for public
instruction. The financial affairs of all provinces
not Hungarians are to be represented in the
Ministerial Councils by the President of the Court
of Cassation. The interests of national economy
and commerce are to be represented in the
Ministry by a Minister of Commerce. The
financial privileges of the Reichsrath are to be
considerably increased. The contracting of
new, and the conversion of existing loans,
the hypothecation, and the sale of the landed
property of the State are to be subject to
the approval of the Reichsrath. The Cus-
toms, coinage, all monetary matters, credits,
the regulation for the issue of bank notes,
postal, railway, and telegraph affairs are only to
be treated by Government with the co-operation
of the Reichsrath; other legislative questions are
to be deferred to the competency of the different
Diets. The treatment of general questions of all
non-Hungarian provinces is reserved for a confe-
rence of the councillors of the empire representing
those provinces. As regards the representation
of non-Hungarian provinces, detailed instructions
are to be given to the Ministers of State on the
basis of autonomy, and the representation of all
classes and interests in provincial Diets. The
presentation of the provincial regulations, drawn
up according to these principles, and the convoca-
tion as soon as possible of the provincial Diets, is
ordered. The constitutional institutions of Hun-
gary are to be re-established. The Hungarian
language is to be introduced as the officia lan-
guage in judicial, political, and administrative
proceedings. The university of Pesth is to be
re-opened. The abolition of personal service due
to landlords, and of the privilege of noblemen of
being exempt from payment of taxes, is confirmed.
The representation of all classes of the country in
the legislature and the administration, is to be
established as a principle. The convocation of
the Hungarian Diet is to take place with the
least possible delay, on which occasion the inau-
guration of the diploma, and the coronation of
the Emperor as King of Hunfmry, are to take
place. The administration of justice is to be car-
ried on in the prescribed manner and on the basis
of the civil and penal codes, until they are legally
changed. The Royal Curia in Pesth, and the
Sta,dtholdership in Buda, are to be re-esta-
blished. As regards the claims of Hungary
hand
the Servian subjects of Austria for public rigts,
an imperial Commissioner is to be appointed to
receive communications from the most influential
persons representing the different classes. The
decision of the Emperor is reserved until the pre-
sentation of the commissioner's report. Similar
constitutional institutions are to be granted to
Transylvania. The relations of Hungary and
Croatia are to be settled by a joint representation
of those provinces.
The official Wiener Zeitung also publishes
decrees to the following effect :—Counts Thou,
Nadasdy, and Thiery quit the ministry ; General
Degenfeld is provisionally appointed Minister of
War ; Count Szecsen is appointed Minister with-
out portfolio ; Baron Mecsery Minister of Police
Chief of the Sections ; M. Lasser Minister and
Chief of the Ministry of Justice ; Baron Nickolas
Vay is appointed first Chancellor of the
llor of
Hun-
garian Court of Chancery, and the Counci
the Emperor ; M. Sgaggenye second Chancellor.
General Benedeck is appointed commander-in-
chief of the army in Italy, and General Count
Mensdoil commander of the Servian Woiwodina.
VIENNA, Oct. 21.
General Benedeck and the Archduke Albert
William have been sent to Italy.