Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-10-14
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
FROM OUR EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT
LONDON, SEPTEMBER 20, ls4s.

LII any person could, by amt OIL great political
foresight, have toreseen that the spring Of the pre-
sent year would break up the great Continental
Kingdoms OF France, Prussia and Austria and
scatter their monarchs and ministers like dust before
the whirwnd, would it not have been Judged even
a much more unlikely prophecy TO be fulfilled that
the latter one, namely Austria, should be the first
that would regain her power and place! Would not
Austria have been the Empire which appeared most
doomed 10 peril and to pain, 10 have mad within
itself the least of recuperative power, and restoring
and revivitying energy! Yet Austria, thoogh the
last visited with revolution, has been the first TO re-
cover from II; and not only the first, but the only
country which las put forth lis strength, and over
come the iercest hostility in every portion of its
wide dominions. CHECK nsurrection in Bohemia
Magyar independence in Hungary, and Italian re-
volt in Lombardy, have been all put down, and the
Emperor, in spite of the revolution, of his own
imbecily, and the absence Of his prime councillor
and adviser, METTERNICH, has returned to his cap-
tai more perfectly master Of his ddfninons, espe-
cally OF his distant provinces, than he was eight
months ago.
Take for instance Hungary which was formerly
so Independents both of finance and administrations
that il was, in reality, little more than nominay
Austrian Now the Magyars (the Hungarans
proper have been so beaten by the Croats that
they have been obliged to solicit the Emperor for
complete union and assimilation, fiscal and mill
tary, Of Austria and Hungary. Hungary will have
gained By tie change she will not now be de-
pendant province. but she will be an integral part
of Austria she will occupy more prominent place
in its councils; she will be more considered in its
policy her people will have more political rights
and her best interests be more Immediately protect
ed. Blu. Austria will also be strengthened, and her
power increased.
Then as 10 ITALY. There was one sentiment
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conciliabie to the yoke of Austria. This was the
certainty which they felt that France would aid them
to shake it of. They did not expect that France
would commence for their liberation, but
they did trust that France would not allow any fair
opportunity 10 escape for saving Italy from the
thraldom which oppressed il. That opportunity
has occurred, and France has permitted it to pass
by. There seemed to be but word wanting and
France has refused to speak that word We DO not
say that France is wrong, that General CAvAIG-
MAC has not most excellent reasons for his policy.
All would say is, that the hopes of Italy for aid
from France al an end. Their eyes need turn
westward no more-that great illusion is dspeed.
It's best thai il should be if they cannot achieve
their independence without foreign aid they
could not have maintained it without foreign sup
port subsidies would have be made, treaties to
be entered into, armies 10 be maintained, and all the
old tanaronade and argon about balance of power,
national right, guaranty, equivalent, understood
stipulation, and implied arrangement, which have
proved the fruitful source of almost every war null
tplied to very dangerous extent. As il is, all this
will be avoided. Lombardy, and probably Venice
must remain part and parcel of the Empire of Aus
tria, and. should present projects be successful,
analgamaton into United Germany.' But the
peace OF Europe will be maintained, and perhaps as
much rational liberty be enjoyed By the people of
knr,hern Itol,- yparll have fllan a.
had they joined their country and their iaes 10 the
Kingdom OF Sardinia and the fortunes Of Charles
Albert. let them make the best of German fra
ternity, and will hope that linked with Ger
many, they may likewise become free with
Germany.
A representative Assembly Of Lombarls and
Neneuans i summoned TO meet at Verona. Ii is
Is not improbable that it may express its full con-
tent with the terms, the constitution, and the pros
poets offered them by Austria. Every object of the
mediation will then have been obtained, and the
remedy for Northern Italy, instead OF having come
from Pa is, will have come from Vienna.
But Austria is probably destined We, further to
strengthen her interests, if not to extend her terri
tory, in Italy. Neither France nor England will
interfere between Naples and Sicily. Sicily will
II Is feared again become Neapolitan, and whatever
Is NeaPolItan is almost equally Austrian. And
again, there is the nsurrecon at I.eghorn. If the
Grand Duke Of Tuscany be unable. as il is likely
he will prove, 10 overcome the emeufe, Austria will,
no doubt, undertake il; for Tuscany is also govern
ed by branch of the House OF Hapsburg, and
Radetzki DC removed to perform upon the Arno
repetition OF the task which he has lately performed
on the Adgc and north Of the Pc. With Lombar-
dy and Venice restored ard confirmed, and the Two
Scilies and Tuscany recalled to Austrian influence
and Austrian control, it cannot be asserted that the
revolution Of ls4S has in any way tended to abrdqe
the power of Austria, in Italy at least Austria
has, however, yet TO fight her battle at Frankfort
but we cannot imagine that the real interest of either
sovereign or people will suffer any injury there.
We have great hopes also that the peace Of Eu-
rope will not suffer any breach from the non
ratification OF the Holsten-Seswig treaty. The
pique Of the SIeswigers al not being recognised as
part Of Holsteln, Ut is really Of very little conse-
quence whether Sieswg be German or Danish, for
the entire population is not more than 100000,
and the duchy does not contain any important
town, or produce any thing of consequence either
as raw material or manufacture,) and the pride OF
the German Parliament at Frankfort, and not the
interests Of either party, have been at work and
created all the difficulty. The ArchduLe JonN is
trying 10 appease the hot spirits Of his chamber by
changing his Ministers But who can be expected
to manage an assemblsge Of nearly seven hundred
mer, gathered from all parts Of Germany, and nearly
all OF them novces to political life We are not