New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-26
THE STATE OF EUROPE

LONDON, June III, 1861
The collision between the Peers and the House
of Commons, about the paper duty, led to more
serious agitation than those believe who are accus-
TONED TO get all their information exclusively
from the London newspapers Both The Times
and The Daily Ne,cs have suppressed the report Of
the two largely attended metropolitan meetings
aeainst the encroachments Of the House of Lords,
and scarcely mention the revival of the agitation at
Manchester If this impending storm blows over,
their silence will be taken for political foresight; but
should the present unayorabe weather continue tor
fortnight and endanger the prospects OF the bar
vest. there will be democratic upheayal against
the House of Lords, of which the upper layers of
society are scarcely aware. A bad harvest in Eng
land might at once upset English politics at home
and abroad. and the backward Spring and incessant
rain NAV do more harm than all the diplomacy OF
the Continent. .H
As regards France, she has no particular work
carved out for 1860, beyond the annexation OF Nice
and Savoy. The Oriental question has been again
abandoned for the moment; it is not yet ripe.
The great schemes of the Emperor are Left for the
coming year. He now looks for allies, and tiles to
disarm and tranquize those whose turn has not
yet come.
Austria feels the danger, and seems to be ready
TO make some changes in her administration Fran
CHS Joseph ought TO have learned by dearly-bought
experience that the system Of Capitalization inva
riably leads to the downfall of the Empire; STILL
the concessions resolved upon cannot satisfy any
body. The income of the Austrian Empire steadily
increased from 1881 to 1916 from 12l 600 900 for
ms to 1853 600 900; and since 1886 there always
manned some surplus for paying off old scores
But in 1647 there was a deficit of AZ, 100000
In 1913 the deficit rose to SO 000,0 900, and
in 1s49 TO 143,000,000. The new organiza-
ton of the Empire was proclaimed at that
time, with the following results: The Civil List
rose from 6 33S, 900 in 1850 to 9, 100000 in 1853
the expenditures of the Home Ministry, from
$1,000 600 to &C. 0O00 O00 Of the Finance Ministry,
from 1900 900 to 25,0O0, 600; the Department of
Justice from 10, 900 900 to Is, 900, 0OO Public In
structon and Worship, from $500 900 to 5, 500 000
Public Works, from ~ 000, 600 to Is 000, 900; the
Police, from 100000 to 100000 year. The
army expenditures are rather instructive. Before
1886, the War Office absorbed about 52000,000.
This sum rose and fell in the subsequent years, as
follows:
In Is49. ..Is5 O00OO0 Hungarian and Sandman War.
Is ssG. .i Is s9SeCS State Of Siege in Hungary
1852. ia O00 600
49, 49, 20. sSs s $50 900 Turkish War.
1856. .l23 $4,000
1857. llS5 $1,000
The expenditure of 1859 does not appear as yet
in the Official returns, but it cannot be put down at
less than from 100000, 900 to 300, O00,0 900. Thus
the army costs, under the new system, within III
years 600, 900 0O0 without leading to any greater
result than to the loss of Lombardy, in campaign
of only ten weeks duration. During the same
period, the interest ON the public debt rose from
60 600 900 in 1851 to So 600 900 in 1858. And the
sum total of the deficits from 1913 to 1859 amounted
to the enormous sum of I,l8l 800, 496 forms; or
in round numbers, to $3.50, 600.
Accordingly the direct taxation was raised from
A. 600 900 in lS47 TO a. $50 600 in 1853; the indi
rect taxation from 95, 10000 to l52,00000e; the
public debt from l,OOO, 100000 to $500, GOO 900
forms. To complete this picture, we add that
paper money to the extent Of 1852 millions, is the
only circulating medium, which is now at discount
of 81 per cent
With such financial position, and demoralized
army il is rather difficult to believe that the Empire
could maintain itself for any length of time. If 1t
gives cor cessi0ns those concessions viii be turned
by the Provinces against the unity of the Empire. If
it continues to centralZe it is killed by the increas
ing expenditure and taxation. And still Austria
piques herself on being consistent in opposing the
politicsl development of Italy, and of Germany.
She keeps mp her Germanizing efforts in Hungary,
Bohemia, Croatia and Galicia, and refuses to
acknowledge the necessity of progress. She
might learn from the events in the Kingdom of
Naples, the fate which awaits her.
Garibald has within one month completed the
sublectOn of Sicily. He started on the 9th of May,
at dawn from Genoa, with ! ,070 patriots; and on
the 9th of June an army of $4,000 Neapolitans
capitulates at Palermo and abandons to him the
capital the fortress, the treasure, the materel of
war, and the siege tran reserving nothing but the
honors of war. With the only exception of the
citadel of Messina, all the island is freed from the
Bourbon yoke, a new Government is instituted, an
army is raised and the taking Of Messina is now
only question of time. Never was nobler cause
won by more daring and more successful effort,
nor more heroic band led by greater patriot
The next step is descent upon Naples