The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-06 00:00:00

TREATIES BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND
ITALY.

A Parliamentary paper, presented to the House
of Lords by command of the Queen, contains copies
of treaties, political and territorial, between Aus-
tria and sundry Italian States from 1815 to 1848,
the two memorable years in which the long Euro-
pean war was brought to a close and the general
European revolution broke out. 'he= list of papers
now printed includes, 1, an extract from the Treaty
of Vienna, dated June 2, 1815 ; 2, the additional
and separate article to the Territorial Treaty be-
tween Austria and Sardinia, dated May 20, 1815 ;
3, protests of the Pope against certain resolutions of
the Treaty of Paris and the Vienna Congress, dated
June 12, 1815 ; 4, an extract from a despatch from
Sir Wm. A'Court to Viscount Castlereagh, commu-
nicating the purport of a treaty between Austria
and Sicily, dated June (July) 12, 1815; 5, a treaty
between Austria and Tuscany, dated June 12, 1815;
6, a treaty between Great Britain, Austria, Frame,
Prussia, Russia, and Spain, dated June 10,
1817 ; 7, a treaty between Lucct, Modena,
Tuscany, Austria, and Sardinia, (tied November
28, 1844 ; 8, a treaty between _
's..ustria and Modena,
dated December 24, 1847
and 9, a treaty between
Austria and Parma;
"(lilted February 17, 1848. By
the treaty between Austria and Modena of 1847
the two Powilra bind themselves to lend cach other
help and assistance in the event of "an attack from
without," and the Emperor further promise 3 to lend
every military assistance necessary for the mainte-
nance and re-establishment of " tranquillity and
legal order" in the interior of the States of the
Duke of Modena. A similar treaty, niutatis ?mean.
dis, was concluded between Austin, and Parma in
February, 1848, just before the outbreak of the
French Revolution, which resulted in the downfall
and ignominious expulsion of Louis Philippe
(afterwards Count de Neuilly). A treaty of May
20, 1815, between Austria and Sardinia, confirms
to the latter kingdom the right of reversion to the
duchy of Placentia, stipulated for by. the Treaty
of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748, and by the Treaty of
Paris of 1763. The Treaty of Vienna (1815) ar-
ranged that the duchies of Modena, Reggio, and
Mirandola should be possessed by the Archduke of
Este and his successors ; and the duchy of Massa
(lately the theatre of an insurrection) by the Arch-
duchess of Este, who was also to hold the principa-
lity of Carrara and the Imperial fief of Lunigiana.
To the ex-Empress of France, the Archduchess
Maria Louisa,'second consort of Napoleon the Great,
were assigned the duchies of Parma, Placentia, and
Guastalla. Tuscany was secured to the Archduke
Ferdinand of Austria. The rights of succession and
reversion established in the branches of the Arch-
dukes of Austria relative to the duchies of Modena,
Reggio, and Mirandola, as also of the principalities
of Massa and Carrara, were preserved. The renr
sion of the duchy of Parma and Placentia was to
be determined (we use the past tense now in speak-
ing of the virtually extinct Treaty of Vienna) by
common accord between the Courts of Austria,
Russia, France, Spain, Prussia, and England, al-
ways having regard to the rights of reversion pos.
sensed by the house of Austria and the King of
Sardinia to the said countries. The " principality"
of Lucca, created into a duchy, was to be possessed
in entire sovereignty by her Majesty the Infanta
Maria Louisa and her descendants in the direct
male line, an income of 500,000 f. being added by
the Emperor of Austria and his Imperial Highness
under certain cont:n jencies. The duchy of Lucca
was to revert to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, if it
became vacant by the death of her Majesty the
Infanta Maria Louisa, or of her son Don Carlos, or
supposing the Infanta to obtain another " establish-
ment." The Marches, with_ Caruerino, &c., were
restored to the Holy See, as also the Legations of
Ravenna, Ferrara, and Bologna. His " Imperial
and Royal Apostolic .Majesty," however, was to
have the right of placing garrisons at Ferrara and
Commachia. We have noticed the treaties with
Parma and Modena. Austria and Tuscany agreed
to combine to prevent the peace of Italy. from being
disturbed. The Emperor engaged to furnish at
least 80,000 men of all arms for that purpose, and
the Grand Duke 6,000. Of course, these documents
are now hardly worth the paper oh which they are
printed.