The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-09 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The Press of Vienna, in commenting on Baron
Rioarooli's circular, after noticing the panang•es in
Which the Italian minister states the moony.-
niences attending the French occupation of Rome,
asks that a national policy may be at length
adopted towards the kingdom of Italy. It observes :
la reality, the French occupation is not sufficiently jus-
tified by the necessity of proteming the Pope ; it as
have no other motive than to obtain further territorial
coucisesieos as the prise of consolidating the situation
of Italy. Id. Iticasoli has not distinctly said so
much in his despatch, but it is easy to see that be
means it. If we had in Austria • foreign policy dictated
by the real interests of the country and sot by pejo.
dices, it would take advantage ofothese dispositions of Italy,
so favourable to the situation of Austria. Anxious only to
obtain a solid peace, Austria would go to the aid of the ca-
binet of Turin, end renouncing all chimerical pretensions,
would oscura the gratitude of the Italian 000stitutiowal
party, which will guide the destinies of Italy so long as M.
Ricasoli remelts a the had of affairs. Let it not he ob-
' jotted that each • policy would not suit the reel interests
of Austria. No doubt it would imply • complete nip-
' tare with the traditions ot her It policy ; but no
one is su blind as not to see that sootier or
later that course must be adopted. Whilst with our
present Italian policy, we should have no allies
in case of a war, and have all liberal Germany agtros
the armed reeistance of France, and perhaps of '
also, the polim we recommend would procure us the
alliance of England, would aid Italy in escaping from the
leading strings of France, and would thus give us solid
guarantees for our position in Venetia, that is to say, for
the permanence of the peace which we so much toed. Owe
Italian policy is the sole obstacle to the noglo-Anatrian
alliance, the only cause of our external insecurity. It
keeps us in suspense between peace and war, between life
and death, and is the cause why even the friends of Austria
begin to doubt of the possibility of her existence,

TEL MASONS STRIKE. —The following is a copy
of the official circular lent out by the Executive Council of
the Komi Pettily, calling the man off from the country
works of the London hour-paying masters : "Bristol,
Sept. 5, 1861.—T0 the masons in the employ of
—, builder, of ',endow—Fellow Workmen,—lt
Dow becomes the duty of the Executive of the Operative
Mamma' Society to call on yon to suspend labour, as recently
decided by the society, on all works in the provincee under
the cootrul of the metropolitan builders who am
enforcing the pernicious system cf payment by the
hour in their Loudon workshop,. Your firm lowing been
waited upon prior to the taking of this step mid refused to
meads to the compromise offered, it only remains for us to
give you notice to suspend work no Saturday, Sept. 7, 1861,
and fall hack upon the society's rules is lataike seas—By
milord the executive of the Operative Maims' Society,
RICKARD HARRIT, General Secrotruy.—St. John's Porter
House, Stooe Bridge." The REIM of the various works,
with the total number of men that will be withdraws under
this circular. will not be known for a few days, but they
are esqueted toamount to from ex teems hundred. The
following were reported to the London committee oo Satin,
day even* . —64 rase and boys heal Mr. Myers' works,
at Heller Hospital : about 50 from the works of the same
firm, at tiox Somerset ; 1K men from a job of WAITE
Trollope, at Warwick ; and 14 men from Mean. Holland
and Nausea's job, at Bulstroda.park. These, it is said,
commies all the mamas employed at these works.