The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-01 00:00:00

the paper in question is in connection with the
Foreign Office. The Post begins by observing that
the Sardinians in this empire will require no other
protection than that which is accorded by the
Imperial Government to all foreigners, "as the
difference between Austria and Sardinia is a
political and not a national one." Austria has no
dislike to the vigorous and gifted race that lives to
the westward of Lombardy ; her quarrel is with
the Sardinian Government, which has long
disloyally and perfidiously endeavoured to under
mine (unterwuhlen) the neighbouring States. In true
Parisaic spirit the Vienna writer speaks of the be-
haviour of the press of this country The Austrian
papers; we are told, never soiled (besudelte) the
honour and reputation of the Sardinian army, nor
offended the dignity of the King Victor Emmanuel,
although they felt nQ sympathy for that Monarch.
The right of England and France to interfere
between Austria and Sardinia is denied, " every
great Power being able to judge for itself what line
of conduct is most conformable to its interests and
dignity." The enemies of Austria affirm that Sar-
dinia acquired a claim to the friendship of the
Western Powers by the services which she ren-
dered them in the Crimea, but they find it
convenient to forgot that the concentration of
Austrian troops in Gallicia and the Bulco mina..
forced Russia to keen a whole army ready for
action in the -kingdom of Polarid. The. last
paragraph of the article, being mere bombast and
swagger, requires no notice.
As the foregoing is an ex parte statement, it
is requisite to make one or two remarks on it The
Austrian press is not so unoffending asit would fain
appear, and it would not be difficult to find fierce
and even coarse attacks on the King of Sardinia, on

the Emperor of the French, and on the late Emperor
of Russia, in numbers of Austrian papers which
have appeared during the last few years. In an
article which I well recollect, although it was
published long ago, it was said that His Majesty
Victor Emmanuel was more like a mountebank
than like a monarch. By occupying the Danubian
Principalities, and by concentrating an army. on
the Polish frontier, Austria rendered excellent
service to her allies, but in June, 1855, she sud-
denly placed the. 3d and 4th armies on a peace
footing, and by so doing enabled the Russian
Government to send the Grenadier Corps to the
Crimea. •
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Intelligence has been received from Venice
which entirely confirms a rumour, of which slight
mention was made in my letter of yesterday. At
half-past four on the 23rd instant, the Archduke
Governor General arrived at Venice, where he was
coolly received. One reason why but few persons
were assembled to receive his Imperial Highness
was, that the higher classes at Venice were at din-
ner when he arrived; and another, that the 23rdwas
the anniversary of the battle of Novara. Early in
the morning of the 24th there was little or no
wind, and consequently the Austrian standard,
which is at the top of the immense mast that is
planted on the Place of St. Mark, hung listlessly
down, but as the sun got higher the wind
freshened, and the flag began to wave majestically
to and fro. Gradually a crowd assembles in the
Place of St. Mark, and stares with might
and main at something which is fluttering just
above the Imperial standard. What is the object
that attracts such attention, and induces
the Venetian badauds to bid defiance to rain
and wind ? It is the Italian tricolour, which
has been attached to the upper part of the
Austrian standard during the night. When the
authorities arrived on the spot, and orders were
given to lower the flag they could not be imme-
diately executed, because the haulyards had been
removed. During the night between the 23rd and
24th three tricolours were hoisted ; one was on the
Place of St. Mark, another on the flag staff which
is in the arsenal. and a third was affixed to the top

of a sentry box. The Austrian authorities seem
to attach but little importance to the demonstration
which has just been made at Venice, and a military
man who has recently arrived from the Lombardo-
Venetian kingdom assures me that € such
tricks are very frequently played in Italy." There
are persons who suspect the police or the military
authorities of having hoisted the revolutionary flag
in order to serve some particular purpose, . but
those who best know the Italians, are least inclined
to doubt that they were the authors of the insult
which was offered to the Austrian standard.
There was the usual official illumination of the
Place of St. Mark in the evening of the 231. In a
fortnight or three weeks the Archduke Ferdinand
Maximilian will remove from Venice to Milan. It
is very generally related that the Austrian Govern-
ment has resolved to defer the construction of the
railroad between Milan and the Austrian frontier
near Novara. hut it is difficult to believe that the
rulers over 39,000,000 of souls can intend to take
such a petty revenge. Austria justly considers herself
one of the first of EuropeariPoWers,but un fortunately
for her own reputation she sometimes acts as if she
were one of the last. Alter granting a general amnesty
and abolishing her vexatious and most injudicious
passport system, Austria cannot afford, to spite Sar-
dinia by refusing to complete the line of railroad
to the frontier, There have been several Cabinet
Councils held here lately, and it is believed Hun-
garian matters have been discussed at more than
one of them. A person who is capable of giving
correct information on such a delicate subject as-
sures me that the Emperor has declared that DO
" principiel" changes can be made in the organiza-
tion of Hungary, In a word the unity of the
empire will be strictly maintained, but everything
will be done to improve the administration of the
different Crown lands, and to satisfy the legiti-
mate wishes of the inhabitants. The Credit Bank
has established a branch bank at Pesti', and will
advance money at t per peat, on the produce of
the soil,
The order given by the Porte to the Kaimakans
to emancipate the Press in the Danubian Princi-
palities has greatly alarmed the Austrians, who
seem to fancy that Moldavia and Wallachia will
soon be as troublesome to them as Sardinia. The
liberal papers, The Times (Timpul) and the Concordia
have already called some of the dignitaries of
Wallachia to account for various sins of omission
and commission.
There has been a fusion of the two political clubs
at Bucharest, and their programme is :-1. Auto-
nomy of the Danubian Principalities in the sense
of the ancient Moldo Wallach° Turkish Treaties,
under the su;:erainete of the Sultan, and the
guarantee of the great Powers. The union of
the two Principalities. 3 The election of an
hereditary Prince, who shall be a member of some
reigning European family. His offspring to be eau-.
cated in the Oriental Anatolian (United Greek or
Armenian) religion. 4. Representative Govern-
ment." As few Boyards go to the club, the literary
men managr matters exactly as they please. None
of the Commissioners were received in such a
friendly way as the Representative of Sardinia.
Since his return, the Emperor has expressed his
resolve to enlarge the inner city.
M. Georg'e Petrovich, the President of the
' Senate of Montenegro, is here, and it is said that
he has come to complain of the conduct of his
nephew, Prince Daniel.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, MARCrI 29.

From the Royal proposition that was laid before
the Four Estates of Swelen on the 20+h inst., we
learn what allowance has been made by Denmark
to Sweden for the expenses of keeping up the light
beacons along the Swedish coast for the better
security of the navigation in the Cattegat and
Sound. From the whole quota of 1,590,503 Danish
Reichsbank-thalers that falls to the lot of Sweden
and Norway to contribute, the sum of 311,307
Rbk, thalers is to be deducted for this purpose,
leaving 1,279,196 to be paid in 40 half yearly
payments, the balance unpaid continuing to bear
interest at four per cent. The government has
called upon the General Council to use all despatch
in its deliberations, so that, if possible, the treaty
may be ratified by April I. The amount to be paid
to Denmark is to be supplied out of the Commerce
and Navigation Fund.
The commission appointed in each house of the
Diet here has already brought up its report on the
Sound Dues' Treaty, and both of them unani-

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