Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-28 00:00:00

tion as yet is meagre ; but the

results of the battle, so far

as we know them, do not seem in proportion with its

duration

Great excitement is of conrse manifested here.
All the public buildings and many private houses

were illuminated last night, and festoons of coloured

lamps hung from houses on the Italian Boulevards to
the trees skirting. the pith way, and had a boauti ful

appearance. The weather was very fine, and very close.
Everybody was abroad. From the Madeleine to the Porte

St. Denis the crowds were more dense than I have seen for

a long time. No topic was thought of but the war in
Italy and the victory just gained, the news of which had

been ushered in early in the morning by the cannon of the
Invalides. The Empress came into Paris yeiterday with

the Princess Clotilde to preside at a Council of Ministers

She passed alone the B3ulevards about five o'clock in an

open carriage, without escort of any kind, fullowed by a

second carriage. There were crowd; in the streets at the
moment, but I conclude the pelple were not aware it was

he Empress, as there were no crie

This clay many houses

are decorated with flag 3 and streamers

THE AUSTRIAN ARMY

VIENNA, June 22. —Matters have been so terribly mis-
managed in Austria during the last ten years, that it will be
almost miraculous if the empire escapes dissolution. In all
theprovinces very great discontent prevails, and there is
reason to fear that there will be serious disturbances in
some of them if a change is not speedily made in the system
of government. The Minister of the Interior still clings to
the idea that the principle of strict centralisation may be
maintained, but the Magyars laugh him to scorn, and
openly declare that the present state of things cannot last.
The Hungarians, being a loyal race, are not very likely to
listen to the blandishments of Kossuth and Klapka, but still
it would be good policy to endeavour to satisfy them. A
short time ago they would probably have been content with
trifling concessions, but they have now changed their tone,
and talk of the absolute necessity for a provincial
representation, with a right to exercise a certain degree
of control over the expenditure. Persons of respectability
have assured me that the Magyars would,

if an opportunity presented itself, renounce their
allegiance to the Emperor, but I give little credit to
such information, as the Hungarians are in general good
politicians, and know that they cannot make head against
the Sclavonie races by whom they are surrounded, unless
they are in intimate connection with the Germans. The
wrong done to the Protestants in Hungary is one of the

causes of the disaffection which prevails in that province,
and some time ago the Emperor told the Archduke Albrecht
that the matter should be speedily and tiatisfactority settled.
In obedience to the express orders of his Majesty, the affair
was at once taken in hand by Count Leo Thun, and it
would by this time have been definitively disposed of had not
the Council of the Empire (Reichsrath) raised all kinds of
objections to the proposals made by the Minister. The
Sovereign is said to place great confidence in the above-
mentioned august assembly, which is principally composed
of worn-out statesmen, once eminent lawyers, and several
lay Jesuits. The vis inertia of the Reichsrath is so great
that it acts on the State machine as a break does on
a railway train. The feeling in Croatia and Sclavonia is
by no means good, and it will probably become worse now
that Count Jellachich has ceased to be. The gallant Ban
some years ago told me that M. von. Bach " had succeeded
in transforming zealous patriots into discontented and
sullen taxpayers. " At such a moment as the pre-
sent, when the very existence of the empire is at
stake, the Jesuits, who are behind the Minister for
Ecclesiastical Affairs have induced him to give offence to
the Ruthenes, a highly loyal Russo-Scalvonic race living in
Galicia. The Ruthenes, who number about 2,900,000 souls,
belong to the United Greek Church, and recognise the Pope
as their spiritual pastor and master. Their priests, how-
ever, address their Maker in the Scalvonic instead of the
Latin language, and take unto themselves wives, and
consequently are treated as schismatics by the Jesuits.
These latter, not long since, persuaded Count Leo Thun to
order the Ruthenes to substitute the Polish (Latin) for the
Cryllic letters and the consequence of such uncalled-for and
unwise interference was, that the Russo-G ilicians complained

to the Government of the conduct of certain high employees,
" who were surreptitiously endeavouring to rob then; of
their inherited treasure, the Cryllic character, and with it of
the language and religion which had been theirs for more
than 1,000 years." I repeat, that if things long remain as
they now are, Austria must necessarily go to pieces. The
catastrophe may be, and probably will be avoided, as the
Emperor is said to have heard more truth since he has been
in Italy than he ever did before. It has struck me during
the last day or two that great depression prevails in Govern-
ment circles, and it is not improbable that some of the civil
Gyulai's begin to think that their days an: numbered. The
following official telegram is in the Wiener Zietung of this
morning :

VILIAFRANCA, JUNE 21, 1859.—" The Emperor yester-
day went from Verona to Villafranca,. and His Majesty's
head-quarters are now in the centre of the two armies,
which are under his immediate and supreme command.
The troops, which are already in the position assigned to
them, are visited by the Emperor in their encampments,
and those which are still on their march will he inspected
during the same. All the troops which look remarkably
well, are full of confidence, and delighted to have the
Emperor with them."

If the Austrians had profited by past experience they
would already have beat up the quarters of the allies, but
they are now what they were fifty-nine years ago. When
speaking of the awkward position of the Austrian army in
May, 1800, M. Thiers says, " Perhaps it might still have
been possible to take salutary resolutions, if conceived and
carried out at once, but the Austrian General (Baron
Melas), lost some days in recovering himself, in speculating
on the plans of his adversary, and in forming his own. "
When the French fleet has commenced its attack on Venice,
and Prince Napoleon has reached the Po, the Austrians
may consider it perhaps advisable to strike a blow.
Baron Hess is, as he was before he went to Italy, the Chief
of the General Staff. Count Schlick is said to have
his head-quarters at Custozza, a village about a mile to
the north of Villafranca. Of Count Wimpffen nothing is
heard; hut he probably is at a short distance to the north-
west of Mantua. If the Austrians could choose their ground
for the next battle they would doubtless select Castiglione,
a place midway between Brescia and Villafranca, where
there is a large heath. All the rest of the country between
the Chiese and the Mincio is so intersected 1-)y canals and
ditches that a regular action with artillery and cavalry is
almost impossible. The Austrian officers of artillery con-
tinue to speak unfavouarbly of the French rifled gun, which
fouls so much that it must continually be " washed " out:
The shell rarely explodes, and the leaden knobs on
it, which ought to fit into the grooves of the rifle,
are al most always crushed. This morning two
squadrons of Hungarian volunteers arrived at Vienna, and
splendid specimens of humanity some of them are. The
reserves are now on their way to Italy, where they will be
mixed up with the new levies. The reserves, which consist
of 175,000 men, must be considered the flower of the
Austrian army, as • not a man of them has served less
than eight years When the pockets of some of the ring-
leaders in the emeute at Venice were searched, considerable
sums
,in French gold were found in them. One of them, a
" facchino" (porter) was in possession of 27 Napoleons and
eight•dnllars. On the 16th instant, four " signori" were
arrested, and delivered over to the military authririties. The
following order of day appeared at Verona on the 18th
instant :

" I to-day take the supreme command of the armies which
are opposed to the enemy, and at the head of my gallant
troops, I will continue the struggle which -Austria was
obliged to begin in defence of her honor:r and rights.
Soldiers ! Your devotion to me, and the brilliant courage
you have already exhibited. are guarantees that you will,
under my command, obtain those successes which our
fatherland expects. FRANCIS JOSEPH."

Count Gyulai is at Baden, a celebrated watering place
near the city; but it is to be hoped he will not come to
Vienna at present, as there is an exceedingly hostile
feeling towards him in some of the suburbs.

JUNE 24.—0 n the 12th of May Lord Cowley informed

the Earl of Malm2sbury that the French Government was
most anxious that no cause of umbrage should be given to
her Majesty's Government on any question regarding
Turkey," but the news recently received from the coast of
Albania is not in keeping with the assurances which were
given by Count Walewski to her Majesty's Ambassador. A
few days ago two French frigates cast anchor at Antivari, or
rather at Valle di Croce, the port of Antivari, and sent several
chests on shore. Two of the chests which were opened,
contained different kinds of gsld and silver coin, and the
others —from their form—were supposed to be filled with
weapons. The commanders of the French frigates informed
the Turkish authorities that it was their intention to estab-
lish a depot in the vicinity of Antivari, and further stated
that 20 other French vessels of war might be expected.
The news of the violation of the neutrality of the Turkish
empire was first forwarded to this city, and then to Con-
stantinople and London. The Porte has entered a protest
against the occupation of its territory by the French, but it
is not yet known to me whether Her Majesty's Gavernment
has thought fit to remind Count Walewski of his conversa-
tion with Lord Cowley, on or about the 12th of last month.