The Express.
London, England, 1860-02-28 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE,

AUSTRIA AND FRANCE.

The following is from the despatch just addressed
by M. Thonwmel, Minister of Foreign Affairs in
Frsnoe, to the French Ambassador at Vienna, of
which mention wu made yesterday in a telegraphic
despatch :

I.et us for a moment waive the minor Incident*, and come
straight to the point of fact which is the key of the situation.
I ay, be centuries past, has been a field open to the struggle
between Frontal and Austrian inflame. ; it must be
.° 50 keen. If one of the two powers formerly
rivals made a secrifice which should be directly to
the advantage of the other—U the supremacy in
Italy, only changing hands, was again to be ours
for a time, the question would appear under an aspect ren-
dering all disoundon Idle and fruitless. Bet the question ls
not so propounded. Franoe does not soak to substitute
herself for Austria in Italy ; the matter la to ocastitute Italy
hermit as an intermediate party—as a kind of neutral
ground, henceforth insommible to the aotion, alternately
predominating and always precarious, of one or other of the
two powers.

Elsewhere than in such a solution—which, I do not hesi-
tate to confer, is not, if not 44 regards its spirit, at least
as regards ite form, that which was anticipated at Villa-
trews and Zariab—l vainly look for any other not contain-
ing the elements of future troubles. Let this solution, how-
ever, be radioed, I do net say with the support of the
cabinet of Vienna, which the Emperor's government doss
not seek to obtain, but without its formal opposition, and
the most penetrating glance cannot thenceforth discover a
cause of conflict between France and Austria; there will
not remain, in fact, a single interest of importanoe in
Europe on which they can have any difficulty in coming
to an understanding. To this identity of interests, I
am authorised by the Emperor to state that there would
be superadded on his part the sentiment of private esteem
for the sovereign and government who, in circumstances
squally delicate and momentous, should show towards
him • friendly feeling which his Majesty would ever
appreciate. I need not add that if the Austrian
government adhered to the combination proposed by
the government of her Britannia Majesty, the Emperor's
government would feel bound to surround the execution with
all desirable guarantees of sincerity, and that if any chance
of a restoration remain-id for the dispossessed dynasties, we
should take the moat scrupulous are that It might not
lost.

Yon will observe, Monsisor le Marquis, that I have said
nothing hare of the situation of Romagna, simply because
that question has not been the object, like the duchies, of
express stipulations between France and Austria. 1 shall
treat that subject in an early despatch. Ido not, however,
►esitate to my, even now, that if, with reference
to international acts, to which the court of Vienna has been
a party on the same footing as ourselves, the Emperor's
government =not consider the possession of the lega-
tions by the Holy Bee in any but a temporal point of
view, it none the lees deeply deplores that the court of
Rome, deaf to its counsel', and it may oven be said, with
more reason, indifferent to the unanimous counsels of
Europe ever since 1831, as well as to the teaching of events,
has let things come to their present pane, sad that we are
still ready to lend our support, on the sole condition that the
principle of non intervention on the part of foreign powers I
maintained to all the compromises sad oombinstions which
may be thought calculated to bring about a mud= leis
radical than dismemberment.