New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-27

day IN promising PURCHASES tomorrow but the
,cas.rt who fcr the sweat o. ms brow and the
/ tlcssing q heaven receives only paper, coloFed
| t,ue. green. red and black, and that OF contnu-
INV decreasing value is truly IN Pl.lable d.
lemma Fer long time the people IN many as
.,ic,s refused 10 sell at all. hut as the Summer
auprcachcd they were forced 70 part with thei
stores
To this melancholy fnancial situation we must
add tha, Of the taxes Austria IS ALREADY over
lurdened with taxes, and yet they are constant
I " increased Many objects are taxed three ana
( forr times as for instance, the beet-rooi sugar
Upon the land where II grows II Is taxed "a! per
cent. the income from it per cent, the IaCtoil0S
for II 24I, and the making and the transportation
are further taxed. During Passion week all Oh
rect taxes were raised 5 per cent. Inc Ministry
made II 2 veritable Passion week 10y the laws II
then nublished, and the population shudders
vben il reads in the official Vienna ZetuHg, "
most respcctful suggestion of the most loyal
Ministry TO his most gracious Majesty" As often
as A law appears, it is understood, that 1t Is a
limitation of some kinda legallslng OF heavier
taxes. or the announcement Of some arrange
ment. sure to draw upon itself the hatred OF the
masses.
The recent Passion week brought new move
ment, in relation to the diSencumbrance OF lands
The State assumed burden of 207, 1000, 0O0f, and
gives for it, metallics, in consequence OF which,
these have immensely fallen IN the money
market The measure was a step to please the
all he
with complaints that the National Assembly
robbed them of their property, and as there Is no
intention Of summoning the Diet, which alone
has authority III the premises, course has been
adopted TO exasperate the Renters from whom,
according TO their well understood character
nothing is TO be feared In order to cover the
yearly interest Of two and a half milhOns,-the
direct taxes were increased by an addition OF )
per cent Every inhabitant OF city has now TO
make good the 10th part OF produce and the
average, which the Peasant no longer renders to
the Proprietor.
Finally, there Is to be an imperial council,
council which will replace the Diet, and very
soon, as irresponsible adviser, supersede the re-
| sponsible ministry The persons thus far ap-
pointed to this Council are such to destroy all
| hope Of better things We can mention but one
| OF two names In this ultimate council sits a
certain Salyott who conducted the cause against
| Slyio Pelhco and his companions who, IN Italy,
| is much more a persona rngrato than formerly the
Lord Won Kampz or Tschoppe-Count Krleg,
who bombarded Cracow-Count Frank Szlchy,
a sly, suspicious politician, who was even too
mean to be made Chief Of Police at Warsaw
| In the Diet of 1914, when he, as Master of the
stalls, administered the Police, the young men
brought HIM chdriUori, or mOck-Serenade, favor
tie German method of expressing contempt. He
marched at the head Of the troops against Hun
gary, and the executions at Presburg IN the
Spring of lS49 were mostly his work.
Meanwhile Mettemich returns to Vienna in
triumph but Mettemich is no longer Austria
and thence the extreme folly as well as short
siehtedneSS of these movements. The ianaticlSm
and aceTbity of the reaction, no less imply re-
newed revolution than the humane hope of the
liberal party. Let any thoughtful man carefully
watch the political movements IN Europe, espe-
| cially those of Germany and Of Italy, and We can
| easily prophesy where his hopes and sympahles
viii be-