, 1861-03-28

sole exceptions IN the iron chain Of Aus;
trian anonarchs, to tie rule Of 'absolutlsm
and oppression How, many: popular up:
zisinga in Germany" Italy,. Netherlands.
Spain and Poland the house Of Hapsburg
has crushed, il. would be difaenlts toltell
in lie limits Of a single nzticlc: That this
House has been dorced By thefear Of irnu1i- 4
nent death to grant q constitution, and ea-
tablish an elective legislature, speaks more
for The wonderful progress Of: the age than !
the emancipation Of the Sc rfs in 1sussia or
the establishment Of Italian unity and free
dom. We had almost said, more than the
downfall Of the Pope, but that ii an event
1nightier IN lis; Significance than nj others
combined. ,..,...- >. ~. H.. ;..:-...
The Constitution Of Ausiria establishes
Rcichsrath (nnhtional congress) composed
of q House Of Peer; and House of Depu.
ties. whose appointment and functions are |
substantially as, follows ). Tie princes ofthe
Imperial House are, when Of age, mem
bers Of tile Upper <Ho4se by right Of birth:
The chiefs Of certain ,aristocratic families ]
which have very extended landed property
will be members Of the Upper House: In
such families tic dignity will-be made her;
cdita1y by the Emperor: AL Archbishops
and Bishops who have. princely rink arr
members Of the Upper House. The En-
peror reserves to himself the right i6f ma
king distinguished, eeclesiastics, .:sehol-
ars and scientific men; members Of
the House ;of Peers fife.
The House Of Deputies will be composed
Of 34s members; that is, So for HungaTN,,
81 for Bohemia, 20,for the Lom mbardo We
:netian kingdom, S. for Da1matia, 9 for
Croatia and 6lavonia,, :8s tor Galicia- and
Lodomeria, Is for. iLower Austria, 10 for
Upper Austria, for salzburg, Ia. for
styria, ) fo1 -Carinthia, 6 for Carniola; 3
for tic Bakso5ySina, Is for. iTtansylyania, 2a
for Morayia, 8 for Upper and hover sile-
sla, Il for the Tyrnl and YorarlbeEgg, and 6
for. 1stria, Gorice, Gradiska and. Trieste
The members of the Reichsrath are to be
elected by the the Provincial Diets: The
. elections tobc direct. Il; ior any reason,
the Diets should not send members TO tho
Reichsrath, the Emperor Will order the ap-
pointed number Of members to;:.be elected
by the districts, towns and corporations.
The Reichsrath WILDE conyoked annually.
: In accordance,w with Article 2 Of: the dip1o-
ma Of, the -2olh Of October, 1860, The fol-
lowing matters are to be within Che sphere
Of action OF. the Reichsrath: (a) Mattera
: connected with military conscriptioh;: :Jb)
matters: connected with: ahe.1cuiiTenlccyy,,
pubnc:credit, s:coinage;* banks empowered
to issue,notes, customs, commercial mat
ters, post, railroads, ind tfleggruphs; :--tc)
all those financial matters which concern
the Empireffat large; such as the budget,
the State ,balance- ;the results Of the
+: nanipulations ofthe ;1fnane &c department,
j: the raising Of new loans the conversion,
(coneertirstng,) Of State debts, the sale,
change. q: mortgage of the 1ealproperty
Of The State; the augmentation Of the pres.
). :ent taxes, and ;thesimposition Of new ones.
r The present taxes to be levied until re:
> spealed in new.eonstitutional way. The
:. National Debts under the;control Of the
Reichsrath. .. .~:
:; Whether ithis act will save the nd hulk
OF the Austrian monalchyl may well be
!. doubted Hungary does. not take ut all
!: kindly to- the,new Constitution, and. It is
: confidently predicted she willnot send one
member to the eighty-dve seats allotted to
her uses: The Aiaggyars are as-stoutly re:
:; solved against being governed: Eienna
as they were IN 1ss4ass;; and whe,her that.gov'
srnment:be the domination Of Francis Jo
, seph or: lis motley Parliament they art
equally determined upon having their dwr
: constitution and their qwn crown. Asid<
!: from this chronic AFcultyit may well BIZ
:. doubted whether Congress of Germans
1talians, .Hungarians and,:sGlaves can eve,
be harmonious, or aught ela4 than an intol
nrab1e Babelcof jarringE; Interests: and dis
.::curdsnt tongnes..r : :.s~ = s."