, 1859-09-24
THE STATE OF EUROPE.
Correspondence of the NY. Tr!ou1el

The italian confusionbesins to clear up, and
happily Tor frrcdom and progress, 1t Is not IN
the interest Of despotisna and oppression that
tho affairs are disentangled. So far rs We can
see, it is indeed the Emperor Of Austria who
had been cheated at VillafFanca, losing more
than he was prepared to give up at the sudden
ly concluded peace. lu the eagerness Of e1a-
ding the pressure Of Prussia aud OF public
opinion all over Germany, which insisted upon
more decent administration Of the provinces
Of Austria and upon modification Of the Con-
cordat as the prizes Of an eagerly expected sup
port, Francis Joseph consented to surrender
Lombardy. but not his position - the ruling
Italian Power. The Italian Confederation. that
OLD scheme Of 51etterneich, which Austrian d.
p onacy WIS unable to attain, and which would
huse legally subjected the Peninsula to the rule
OF the Cabinet OF Vienna, Was offered BY Nspo-
perienccd Emperor. He swallowed it At once,
insisted upon the restoration Of his COUSINS Of
Modena and Tuscany ia order to get the major
ity and direction Of the Confederation, forget
ting in his eagesuess even the principles Of fe-
giiimacy and divine right, and sacrificing tho
remember that it Was the King Of Sardinia who
had been his principal enemy, and wishing to
slight him, he ceded Lombardy to Napoleon,
not to Victor Emanuel, and money matters be-
ins too low for an Emperor, he did not speak
about his financial distress and what portion Of
the Austrian debt he wished to transfer, togeth-
er with the lost province, satisfied that Sspo-
leon would hehare u gentleman and not Ok
ject to any amount of Austrian debt As to the
amnesty mentioned by the French Emperor he
had no objection, since he thought it would not
be interpreted further than as extending to he
Lombard and Hungarian deserters. unworthy
to be peculiar object Of imperial revenge
However. when tic stipuiations Of 1'il afi anea
came into the hands uf the unfortunate dpto-
lnAtists, who hare to arrange the peace at the
Hotel Daeur at Zurich, it was soor found out
that the Confederation wls altogether imprac-
ticablc. and when the envoy Of Sardinia spoke
of the proportion in which the troops Of his
King arc 10 garrison tue fortrcsscs Of the Qua-
drilaternl, which cannot but be regarded as
fsdefal, the Emperor Of Austria found be had
caught Tartar, and Instructed his Ambassador
at Naples to break up the idea OF the Confede-
ration By the resistance Of the King OF Naples.
As regards the transfer Of 4 portion Of the Aus
trian debt to Sardinia, the Sandman plenipo-
sentiaEy declares that there must be some mis-
understanding in tue matter, since his master
got the province from the Emperor Of France ~
d present, without any burden, and not from
the Emperor Of Austria; he was therefore
unable 10 understand how Austria could now
ahrow any debt upon or attach whatever
condition 10 the free gift Of France. It would
(.aye been right ut Fillafruuca 10 speak about
the conditions of the transfer; but now it WIS
loo late. 4 great discussion likewise took place
about the name Of the new kingdom, Victor
Emanuel wishing to exchange his old title Of
King Of SarliniA fur that OF King Of Upper
Italy, while Austria cnergetically opposes such
L ncw.fangled title. which contains an occult
claims TO Yenetia and proposes the title Of King
Of Sardinia and Lombardy.
White the time Of the d'plomatists Mt Zurich
was squaudered With such petty quarrels, the
Duchies quietly organized themselves, leried an
aE.ny. succeeded ID enlistiug Generals Fanti