Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-07-23


London, Friday, July 8, 1859.-News of an
unexpected armistice reached London yester-
day evening. 1t was sought by the Austrian
Emperor at the instance of Prussia and Eng
land conveyed unofficialy through the King
of the Begians, who has been staying on
visit with the Queen during the last fortnight
and who has thereby had the means Of learn
ing for himself and his relatives at Vienna the
true disposition of this country in regard to
the struggle in Italy. The Regent of Prussia
hoped, till very recently, that the English
Government might be induced to join in meas
ures of peremptory interposition to save Aus
tria from the consequences Of her own faulty.
No assurances could dissipate this illusion. BY
profession soldier, the chief ambition of his
life has been to command a great German
army in the field. 1t was by his individual will
that the Landwehr was modified by decree
the other day. His Cabinet resisted as long
as they could, and then, rather than throw the
government into the hands of the ultra militia
ry and Bavarian party, succumbed, and con-
scented to become responsible for the act The
known feelings of our Court, helped, of course,
to confirm his belief in his own views, and
nothing, perhaps, would have corrected his
dangerous error but the personal assurances of
hmg Leopold, after opportunities of close OBJ
servation on the spot, that England was not
to be drawn into arming to retrieve Austria's
defeats. Three days after the battle of Softer
inc advice was rendered to the Emperor Fran.
els Joseph to seek truce, and thereby to gain
time for negotiation. Very great difficulty was
FOUND III the way, arising from the dull and
logged obstinacy of the mortified and embit-
tered monarch, who still persists in talking
and, no doubt, thinking that the war is mainly
one OF wanton aggression on the part of Sar-
DINA and France.
The Liverpool journal attributes the ar
mistice to Kossuth's movements, thus KOS
suth is avenged on the House of Hasburp IL
neeulessly kept him in exile, and exposed him
to poverty and notifications bnt as usuoI
to men OF ability, circumstances turned up in
MS favor, and he avaied himself of them. He
mas, no doubt, pointed out to the Emperor of
the ffench the Vulnerable part Of the Austrian
system and accordingly his Majesty agreed
70 the rovolutlonizing, through Kossuth of
Hungary. Troops were to be dispatched--in
iact they had been secretly sent to a point
rom which they could easily proceed to
Pesth and, on this fact being known to the
Emperor of Austria, almost any conditions
would be acceptable that did not endanger his
throne. The armistice, we may well suppose
is consequence of this condition of things
and as these conditions will continue increas.
ing in influence, people will be justified in
coming to the conclusion that peace will be the
consequence. Questionable.
The London Times says The position
of the two parties is not of that equal charac.
ter which would enable us to hope that both
are IN the same degree DESTROYS of a peace
austria has hitherto lost everything that she
could have lost. She has been beaten in CIV.
cry battle-she has been driven back from ey-
cry position All the prestige of her arms has
been destroyed, and her troops are demoral-
Yea less by defeat than by profound distrust
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