The Sun.
London, England, 1809-11-23 00:00:00

LPRiCE SIXP NCE

POLITICAL VIEII.
(VROM A PRRlqba PERIODICAL *ORE.)

" The following is the result Which may be -Clee
duced, by the most accurate cakulations, from thi
Treaty of Vienna, with respect to the population
which Austria cedes and retains.
" Three fears ago her population was reduced;
by the Treaty of Presburgh, from 25,00,000 to
22,300,000. An increase during_ the peace made
the number of her population 22,606,000 : but the
cessions now ascertained or indicated by the treaty
of Vienne, include a population of 2,436,00. T'et
true state of Austria wilt not be exaaly known until
the ceded provinces shall have received their new
organization ; but it will not be hazarding too much
to say, that henceforth the population ot the AU4=.
trian territories Will not exceed S 8,000,000.
" It is not difficult to conjetiure the effect which
such a'negociation must have produced at Paris, 'et
Vienna, ttnoughout all Germany, and in Italy. It
is not difficult to determine the- etre& which it wi I
produce in Spain, where it must tee last hop, s
of the rebels, and at' London, where the '4linistets
must soon Contemplate in all its magnitude the (tree:.
unity of the, error which they have caused Austria to
Commit. The 'new dispositions which wit! be tl e
consequence of this treaty are still unknowe. They.
are covered with the same veil: which concealed the
negociations.„ One of these dispositions has; how
' ever; been
_already Made public at Milan. It is, tl,:e
incerporation of that part of the ceded' territoi
which borders on the Mediterranean, under the
name of the Illyrian Provinces.. 'An Administrator
has already been .appointed for these Provinces, and
the corps of• the Duke of ftagusa,- which occupied a
part of them before the war, is marching to take- pos.=
session of them. The Administratot is M. Madly,
Counsellor of State.
" It is not yet known how long the French troops
will remain in the Austrian territories are to
be retained by their former Sovereign. If we may
judge from the German Papers, a retrograde move;-
Men; has commenced ; and the corps ot the Duke
of Abrantes, which had advanced to Bayreuth, and
Was to observe Bohemia, has already begun its march.-
to the Rhine. The regiments of the Gbards, thd
sailors attached to the Guards, and who have per-
formed such great services, have left Vienna and its
environs, and ascended the Danube. The army cf
the Prince Viceroy has also broken up. We un-
derstand it is destined for the Tyrol, to support, the
united Bavarian divisions, which have advanced ireo
that country without experiencing any serious obsta-
cles. It is consoling to learn that so great a force is
marching' against these fanatical mountaineers; as the
shedding of their blood will thereby be the more ea.
sily avoided. It is to be hoped, however, that when
informed of the peace and it: conditions, but parti-
cularly when they have heard the declaration of the
Austrian Officer who was to visit them, and cones
municate to them the real state of things, these urt
fortunate people will no longerthink it necessary to
continue to give such deplorable testimonies Of their,
affections to a House which has renounced all. its
claims with respect to. them. The first intelligence
on this subject will doubtless be decisive and satis-
factory.
" When-Vienna was first conquered, no resist
ance was offered by the fortifications. The Austrian
Government was aware of the inutility and the dan-
ger of thus exposing a capital to the. horror: of war.
When it was last approached the 'Arehtliike
milian conceived, but he did not•exeeute, the plan
of. defending the ramparts ; which he abandoned
after exposing. The capital of the empire tiAY3 ex-
perienced some damage, from 'the frohtic attempt
that was made to save it; and the .French were its
real preservers. -If, therefore, tale. House ot Austria
(but heaven forbid the idea Would V:• entertained),
recall once noire theFrefich soldiers under thes.,valls,
they will then, still more than on • the preceding oc-
. casierts, be sensible ot the want of,
The French will at least find only an open. capital,
and a population prepared to receive them as enea
tries who have lett behind them honourable recollee