Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-24 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, SEPT 19.
• 'The Austrians affirm that Prince Vogoriues is
now
.118 much in favour of the union of the two
Principalities as be was formerly opposed to it; but,
the truth of the matter iP, that, in obedienc,) to
orders received from the Porte, he remained passive
while the elections were going on. According to a
telegraphic despatch rcceivel by one of the Vienna
papers from Jassy, there will ba no small "aini-
union"-rnsjority in the Divan ad hoe,:but in official
circles it is well.known that the Moldavian Union-
ists have obtained a victory over their opponents.
Since the Conference at Osborrie less importance'
has. been attached to the question of the organi-
z of the. liumbiftri Principalities, because it
:has transpired that the French Government has
promised not to insist upon their c personal" union
The meanitig of the. diplomatic phrase. qu)ted is
that 'Moldavia and Wallachia are not to be united
under- one .Ilospodar or Prince. They may, and
probably will, have exactly the same institutions,
but there :will .be two separate adm•nistrations.

The correctness of the foregoing .will, doubtless,
be questioned by the French press, but the sequel
,will show that you have not been misinformed.--
Great secresy is h..re observed in regard to the
proposed interview between. the Emperors of
Au_. trig Rnssir,s, but infermation has to-day,
reached me that they are to meet at the beginning
of the next month. Some time since the Emperor
.Alexander exprersed him Self to the effect that he
should be happy to see his brother sovereign, and
there is reason ferleliSving that the Emperor
Francis Joseph will be- at Berlin when the Czar.
passes through that city on his way back to
Warsaw. -On or about the 29th inst. the Austrian
monarch will go to see the ex-Emperor Ferdinand
at Prague, and thence to the Prussian. capital,
where he will remain two or three days.. There is
no positive evidence :that Austria is. about to take
up another position, but various circumstances
induce me to believe that she will soon be on
ranch •more intimate terms with Russia _and
Prussia than she .is at present. • Count Buol's
opponents are in very high spirits just now,
as they fancy he will' be obliged to quit office
if theft) should bo a reconciliation between
the CourzS of Austria and Russia. As you

have repeatedly been informed, the. Austrians sin-
cerely hope that the.mutiny in India may speedily
be quelled ; but they begin to talk of the " awkward
position" in which England is placed, and to
remark that for some time to come she will be
so much occupied with internal matters that she
will be -able to pay less attention than usual to the
affairs of Europe. In a word, Austria is of opinion

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that for the moment F ngland can be of little use to
her as an ally,and she is, therefore,•helnore relined
t) place herself on a friendly footing with Rtissia..
Some of the foregoing remarks will give little satis•
faction either here or in England, but the moment
is a very critical one, and it is well that you should
know exactly how things stand.
The punishment' inflicted on Kijor Count Hun-
yady has produced a favourable impression, as the
public had long fancied that a citizen had no chance
of obtaining satisfaction if the person who wronged
him wore a uniform. Military men profess to know

little-or nothing o what took place at Hutteldorf,
but I have acquired some further information on
the subject at a reliable source. The regiment
of hussars in which Count Hunyafly was Major
marched from Bohemia to the camp. at Parer.-
dorf,. and committed excesses at several places
on the road. A general of cavalry is said to have
ealledj the corporeal punishment inflicted on the
Mayor of Huttledorf " a bad joke," but it would
appear that the Emperor viewed the affair in a much
more serious light, for he gave the strictest orders
that no favour should be shown to the offender. The

sentence passed on Count Hunyady by the court-
martial was four and not two years imprisonment.
The colonel of the regiment sent into the Mili-
tary Central Chancellery of the Emperor, a dc-
fence of the conduct of his subordinate, and was
sent to the provost for four days for his pains.
The offi.3ers who were present at the manceuvre at
Parendorf the day before yesterday relate that a
circumstance took place which much amused the
Emperor and la:s suite. A Hanoverian General
was addressed by an Austrian General, who ex-
pressed his pleasure to see so distinguished a man
as General Halkett—l believe that such is his
name—in the camp. The Hanoverian was well
pleased with the compliment and asked his inter-
locutor his name- lam the Emperor" was the
reply.
Sir Hamilton Seymour is said to have informed
, Count Buol that the British Government is about to
issue a circular note on the subject of the Island of
Perim. England denies that tha Porte has any
I claim to the isis.o.d:, wad is resolve. tomaintein pos.,