The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-28
Austria.
From the DdiIg NelUS

From the Daily Nelcs. .. .. r.. .-..
When the treaties of Vienna, In 1915, estab.
blished order out of the chaos which had existed
in Europe for more than twenty years, the House
ofHapsburg received an addition 10 its hereditary
possessions, and was also deprived of territory
that it had previously held. The Belgic pro-
vinces, which had been wrested from it by the
army of the French republic, were added to the
domInons OF the House OF Orange; the Austrian
Empire was increased by the addition OF Milan
and Venice, under the title OF Lombardo-
Venetian kingdom; the lllyIian provinces, also
as q kingdom; Venetian Dalmatla, the Tyrol,
Vorarlberg, SalZburg, the Inn, ana Hausruck-
Vieltel, and that part OF Gallicla ceded by Aus.
tria at previous period The war OF 1859 de-
prived the Kaiser OF LombaIdy, an / the present
conflict has already cut Oil Venetla from his
rule; and when arms and diplomacy have run
their course, it is impossible to say what other
changes may be wrought IN the map OF his en-
pire. On this, however, we do not intend 10
theoriZe; we rather purpose to snow how AUS
tria was situated when she accepted the gage OF
battle. ........
The Empire of Austria, according to the last
census, taken in 1857, contained an area of
249,373 square miles and had little over thirty
five millions of inhabitants. This population,
divided according TO religious belief, comprised
about twenty-iour millions Catholics, five and a
half millions Greeks and Armenians, three mil
hons Protestants, and one million Je VS. The rest
were of divers sects. Divided according to race,
| it consisted of nearly eight millions Germans,
| fifteen millions Sclavonians, i've and a half mil
| lions Roumanians, nve millions Magyars, and
| about O million and half of other races.
The portion OF the empire belonging to the
| Germanic Confederation was composed of the
Archduchy OF Austria (the nucleus and centre
| of the emplIe), Salzburg, Styrla, Carlnthla,
| Carniola, the Tyrol, and Vorarl6erg, Bohemia,
Moravia, Silesia, and portions OF the Llttorae
| and Galhcia. These cover an area OF 76, l0S
square miles, and contained in 1857 population
I OF IL, SOC, ,0O0. Thus the Germanlc portion was
in extent only about one-third OF the whole
\ empire and its population rather more than
one-thIrd OF the whole. The Italian provinces
/, were 1886 square miles in extent aud, at the
| date already named, bad population OF about
| two and half millions
The Austrian monarchy had, in 1857, 1874 cities
each containing more than 10000 inhabitants.
First on the list stands the capital, Vienna,
with 476,000 lin 1864 1t had $50, 000); next came
ll8 600. Nine cities had over $4,000 and under
| 100000, and twelve had between 10000 and
| 90 600 inhabitants.
The public debt of Austria on December 81
1864, was two thousand six hundred million
forms Tan Austrian tiorin is worth about halt q
dollar in coin) of which thirty-six millions be-
longed to the Italian provinces. According To
the budget for 1865 the receipts Of the Govern
| ment tor the year we're placed at five hundred
and twenty million forms, ana tue expenditure
at eight millions IN Excess OF that amount.
The empire possesses but little maritime i'm
poItance, it's only sea ports being Trieste and
Venice and one OF these IL mas now losl Ine Valut
OF the imports at Trieste in 1864, we're seventy
four million florins, and OF the exports eighty
nine millions; in the previous year the imports
were eighty.iOur millions, and the exports
eighty.three millions. The commerce OF th'
| pert 7oi Venice in 1868 showed the value Q
| the imports to be twenty-eight millions by
4 sea and twenty.one millions by land togethe
| iortynine million forins; while the exports
were twenty-nine millions, Of which sixteel
| millions were by sea, and thirteeR millions b.
land In 1864, 9,279 sailing vessels of 472, II
tons burden entered the port OF Trieste, Q
which n only were from Transatlantic ports
Of the total number, 1875 sailing vessels an
| 1853 steamers carried the Austrian flag. Abou
an equal number departed from the port in tn