The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-28 00:00:00

THE EXIBESS, WEDNESDAY IiVirATING, MARCH

then, we find a Podestil of Venice, who for his et-1 rel Trot, which users gkaruiratiros because IffordleE
°optioned. and almost solitary devoiihui to the proof ottoman and cultlntioo. why are use to my that
. 0110 far humidly organisations ofts* working in oi see to
i Enretton of AUSTRIA had ins:mm.olh., reprobtrilds cause us easy and terms? Trull. unions often mate
of his fellow citizens and fallow countrymen, who . blunders, Wit are our plate.glaes whack's so very strong
had laboured for years to bring about • recap* 'Wit we can venture to throw stones! Mee we no in-
ciliation between the people of Venetia stenos of insane competitions, of trying tit stifle °ppm/.
-and their foreign rulers obliged at last non by unfair mean., of foolish trust in reckless directors,
not only to abandon the idea of the possibility of among our public companies! As to the motive of organ-
suchlo aishable, and in both it
1 a reconciliation, but actually to resist the list"' it is in both 01101 disting
has nothing to do with politior.
exacting pretensions and to incur the die That Mr. Bright and the Chancellor of the Exchequer
pleasure of the Austrian Governor by refusing wit do their best to amuse Lord Russell with • pyrotech-
to add to the grievous burdens of his fellow- 1 Meal imitati'a of the real flaming enthusiasm of 1831.32
citizens • tax to provide for the pleasures cannot, the Post thinks, be doubted, but it will be 'moos-
of an Austrian garrison. if we could suppose sible to reproduce, even in pantomime, the scenes which
are fondly desired. In the heads of the present &hotels-
that the idea of reconciling Venetians to .
Austrian rule still lingered in the brain of are I intraktisiotan
r:eformu,itas. beedeian
adpisopeantagtedta andtatdiaealacrai,liaanada
any statesman in his senses, we might in- . the distress they experience. On the orietrery, they Mould
gist on this incident to expose the de- rather retire with composure, and leave the teak to be
losion. But we cannot for a moment consent taken up and completed by statesmen who could reckon
to call a delusion what is in fact a fraud upon upon the 000fidenoe of the country.
the oonscience of Europe. Austria may plead the Mr. Bright, the Herald says, is not perfect in his art
atwo ways—firstly,
or as deramlisego. gum:.
rights of posseuion, or the claims of convenience,
tills: isamlialeOurenofin
or considerations of strategy, or imperial auscep.
sesondly, when he imagines himself strong .soughpopu toce ;bring
tibilities ; but it is not the less true that while she that populace to be of one mind and will. The parliament
held@ Venioe, one of the noblest historic of Great Britain would be degraded indeed were its Luis-
cities in the world, with all its treasures latios dictated by say rabble packed between Trafalgar-
of art, and all its monuments of glory and square and Pelsoe-yard. The monster meetings, in Palace- 1
beauty, will be an outrage and reproach yard and eliewhere, culminated is 1848, sod eighteen years
d w ithout an party e
to its oppressors, crumbling to decay like a tomb have
elapse
demands for parliamentary y rexceptnd professionaleform. Bat it is neoceery to
deserted and profaned. A year sines ws drew
observe how the Chartist priooiple of Ordeal force or
attention to a remarkable letter addressed to Lord terror—whieh is inseparable from the idea of enormous
HOUGHTON by Count CHABLIS ANHIVABENIS on the mobs—bas become the natural and necessary development
" Urgency of the venetian Question." The author of our new whiggery. Mr. Bright's Invocation to Bir-
of that letter has lately been excepted from an miaghain is exactly the equivalent to the summoning of a
amnesty accorded to the Italian subjects of torchlight riot. Austria. But be has taken his place im the Par- The Tekpruple considers that Mr. Bright has per-
formed a signal service in his letter by defining
lisment of Italy, and there. he may be assured, what the
mioletsrial
plea is, why it is the
his testimony on behalf of his unfortunate fellow- duty of the people to support it, and what is the
antrymen who are unable to escape from the character of the disgraceful conspiracy against it on
mercies of Austria will not be heard In which the tories build their last and desperate hope. The
Tatter has told the people their part in the greet task which
the government has undertaken for them. And if we
thought the working dames could be indifferent to the
courageous and trest'ul sympathies of Mr. Gladstone, to
the press which hes been faithful to them, sod to this their
illustrious spokesman, whose voice was never yet raised
against their good, we should make the tories • meat of
the admission that the working classes neither desire nor
deserve reform. Let the various trades sad crafts
ponder the last new comments on their union',
sod tell us whether it is true that, so long
as they can get moire money for beer, "the rest
they leave to their friends in parliament." It may be so;
end in that case we should counsel their friends is parlia-
ment to leave them to their beer. Oar own idea is that
the statement is another impudent slander, and that the
seat ten days will be the death of it.
The Advertiser is shocked at the language employed by
Mr. Bright, and thinks no one cm doubt that if the pass-
ing of the Reform Bill was in danger before. the unwar-
rantable manner in which Mr. Bright here speaks of its
opponent. will render its rejection now a matter of moral
certainty.

t,A't'EST INTELLIGENOX.
Arstiri AND PRUSSIAN
The DeWitt et Vienna affirms, aidNorik
German Geesaks'of Berlin denies, the fa& of a cote-
plimontary autograph letter having been sent bS
the Emperor of Austria to the King of Prussia on
the occasion of the anniversary of the latter. Both
the Debatts and the Neus Premdenblatt speak of an
offer by the Berlin government to Austria of 50
million thalers for the cession of the rights of the
latter in the Duchies, and both declare that
Austria will accept no pecuniary indemnity.
The latter journal mentions a report that Austria
has notified to the cabinets of Paris and London
that it would on no account permit the annexation
of the Duchies to Prussia, and that a rupture be-
tween both powers may therefore be considered as
inevitable. _

The National Gazelle of Berlin advisee the
Prussian government to abandon the idea of an-
nexing the Duchies, as inch an act oould only be
accomplished by a war, and to confine itself to
obtaining, in the interest of Germany, the pre-
dominanoe of the military and maritime supremacy
of Prussia in the definitive organisation of Schles-
wig-Holstein.
At the closing of the Diet of Prague, which has
just taken place, the Grand Seneschal, Count Roth-
kirch, delivered an address, which terminated as
follows :

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The most animated dissuasions were always inspired by a
feeling common to all the membeni—of fidelity towards
Bohemia and the Emperor. The present moment furnishes
en occasion for giving in that sentiment an expression
which may be heard beyond the circle of mountains around
our country, and which will show that Bohemia, intimately
salted to the other kingdoms and countries of tke Austrian
monarchy, will devote all her forces to protect the honour
sod power of Austria.
Loud applause followed throe words, and the pro-
ceedings ended with three enthusiastic cheers for
the Emperor.