The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-08 00:00:00

MINCH DEMANDS UPON AUSTRIA.

(From the Times.)

It is past all doubt that the requisitions of France
are beyond what the comity of nations would seem to justify.
Belgium and Switzerland have already yielded as far as is
possible for states which have a regard for their own inde-
pendence; Sardine has not only brought in a bill against
conspiring to kill or dethrone a foreign sovereign, but is
making changes In her jury system, apparently lest a
liberal jury should by its decision imperil the
friendship of the Emperor. But it is with Austria
that an interference of the most novel kind is at-
tempted. The forms of courtesy have certainly not been
disregarded, as in the cam of England, for the official indig-
nation of Paris is sufficiently under restraint to avoid an
wank on two first-rate powers at once. But the demands
of the French Emperor's government on the csbinet of
Vienna go far beyond anything which his been attempted in
our own case. We learn that M. de Bourqueney has actually
demanded that the Austrian newspapers shell not be allowed
to eminent unfavourably on the state of France or the pro-
ceedings of the French government. The recent appoint-
ment of General &pussies to the Ministry of the Interior is
as event which naturally caused great surprise in Paris, and
could hardly be unintemsting to the gossip-loving Viennese.
A newspaper published some correspondence on the subject,
and M. de Bourquiney was instructed to demand the " warn-
ing" in the Parisian style of the offending journal. There is
certainly something most revolting in the spectacle of French-
man, after seventy years of continual boasting about the
propagation of their ideas and the spread of their enlighten-
ment, thus seeking not only to crush all liberty of speech
sad writing at home, but to strangle it in a country where
It booklet been born, and where it is still weak, timid, and,
one would think, inoffensive. Again, Austria, much to her
credit, Isms lately relaxed her passport system. The quiet of
the Italian Provinces and the general prosperity of the
empire have encouraged the statesmen of Vienna to remove
most of the restrictions which our countrymen found so
COMM MS two years ago. But will it be be-
lieved that the French government demands the re-
establishment of the old system In more than all
its former severity I' M. de Bourqueney Moires
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that every traveller from the Italian Provinces ;hall obtain
his passport at Milan or Venice instead of from the autho-
rities of the place where he resides. Generally, too, as the
organ of the French government, be demands that the move-
ments of the Italians should be more narrowly watched.
Bach requirements show how far the present Fran& autho-
rities are disposed to carry their syrtem. They seem to as to
be far beyond what one state has a right to demand of
another, and we cannot bat think that Count Buol has shown
afoot sense of what is due to his sovereign's dignity in re-
jecting them. No one can amass Austria of harbouring
dessomets or of encouraging libellers, and to pretend that
say real danger threatens France from the present inatint-
done of her neighbour is more then the credulity of mankind
can accept.

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