New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-19
rHR AUSTRIAN CCNsTgTUrroN.

One of the LIS. important events of tlh
eVential year is the pi r<"mulgatiOn of a now aud
comparatively liberal Constr. -"sion for the Empire
OF Austria. OF this document Which was pub
n'ned feo 70 we have, as yet, onl,' tho follow.
ing Geographic summary:
rho Lesi',a.7fe Of the Empire ur retain ,l. ye sf
| siss of two Chiuibyrs
Tho Upper House viii be- conpossd of hereditary rueai~.
| add OF othe! PssEors nominated for iife
1.-THE Lower House viii coEss, Of three bundled end forty
ttreanembers, who viii be oloctsd BY Provncid Did.
The Roichrl'h viii Lave the right ofesLsSD and fioa
tive.
"Its 'inlngs viz Le public
IA bill becomes Law whsa has pes,j both Ucuses AID bas
been sanctioned By the Emperor.
fIc Recksrah is to fix the Of the Budget toi.s
In all matters Of taxation. anag lcens and e Ntons,
Debt 20 sudt State Balance shoce AID tbs
Affairs Of the Bank.
1.-THE restoration Of the former Consultations Of Huur.ry
Croatia Slayona sod Trausylvsnia within TIE limits Of as
diploma Of The 20th Of October, 1870 Is decreed
"For tho other poyses AbeTs sts4tes It'll Representatives
Of tie interests Of tie people, viii DO given.
"To tho representation viii he st the rate Of Syop 20
con. .! the population n rural dsrc!s viii DO below &C.
Per cen:
The Provincial Die.s ere 10 IeFsls for their reSpev
provihos "a have saonoy The rsh! Of Ustivo aud feb
lohy.
1.-THE Provincial Diets sro 20 meet The e ard the Roci
rash on the 29b Of April"
The observance of this Constitution, if carried
out in good faith, viii convert Austria from
military despotism into Constitutional Monarchy
with institutions, parliamentary and aristOcratic,
very similar to those Of the British Empire.
There ia TO be Parliament Of two houses, the
House of Lords comprising the princes Of the
blood, tie higher clergy, and the great msgnotes,
who in Austria are richer, more Independent,
and more influential than the mobiles of any other
part Of continental Europe. Beside these great
hereditary peers there will be peers appointed
for life By the Emperor, al arrangement weH
calculated TO secure to TIE House q share Of the
best legislative talent of the country.
The Lower House, corresponding 20 tho I'm
glish House of Commons, will consist of 3d3
members elected By the provincial Legislatures.
TIE latter legislatures will be chosen by the
people Of the various pro7inces On basis Of sdf.
irage apparently very similar to that Of England.
10 the Rechsyath or Impartial ParliameBs ere
conceded nearly all the privileges PoSsessed By
the Parliament Of Great Britain, including that
Of the supreme control Of finance, Of taxation.
AID Of the national debt. There can be little
doubt that these concessions to public opinion
and TO the growing European sense of popular
rights viii give Austria new lease Of existence.
and preclude the imminent danger Of Hunga-
rian insurrecton. Within certain limits the
former Constitution Of Hungary ia rcst1red-a
wiso oct of justice, which, in conjunction with
the establishment Of the Imperial Consultation.
Of which We have given tho outline, vii probably
| alsy in tie most eGectual manner toe formidable
spirit of revolution ia that most important king
| dom of the Empire