The New York herald., 1869-02-15
AUSTRIA.


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Bnilding iu NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Policy To-
wards the Eass-Newspaper ConGscntion--
The Weather.
VIENNA, Jan. ls 1860
Tie Annuzj.io Maritime OF Trieste, and the 7res-
e' Zeiaasg, have each published review OF The sta
tslcs OF the Austrian commercial marine as II stood
tthe end OF 1865, ana OF Its progress during the
same year, IRON which TWO reports | have CLEANED
the following information-At the end OF 1868, the
Imperial Royal Commercial Navy numbered 1908
vessels with tonnage OF $4,000 tons burden and
personnel or 27,ss7 men. These fgurers, however,
include the fishing boats lighters and
vessels adapted only for short coasting
trips. or steamers, there are elghty-two with
156l1 horse power and 1854 tons. All these steam
hail from Trieste, ana seventy three OF them be-
long 70 the Austrian Lloyds steamship Company,
whose shipyards and headquarters are at Trieste.
There oo2 sailing ships adapted to long sea voy
ages, or 2s5,sis tons burden or the category OF
sailing ships FIume has the largest number
namely, lIlthen comes Lussin Piccolo, and Trieste
holds only the thnd rank. Of ships lifted only for
the coasting trade spaato has the largest number,
then zara; thirdly. Ragusa, and fourthiy. Trieste
Turning to the increase and decrease account
for 1858 ind that the Austrian marine lost seven
teen vessels, large and small, by shipwreck and
thirty by sale to foreign shipowners The seven
teen shipwrecked vessels represented 5683 tons, and
the thirtyone sold sa5l tons. The increase account
shows 452 vessels OF 2ls7 tons at q cost value Of
46ss,700 forms. These vessels issued from the
sixtynine large and small shipyards which stud the
coastland Of Austria and hungary. These shpyaras
give employment TO 800 persons. OF these sixty
nine yards eleven are at Trieste, and these turned
out during the year seven steamers, nfteen sailing
ships largel and tweniythree sailing ships under
fifteen TONS Yet IN amount OF new tonnage alto
gethcr both Fiuine and hussln Pccolo outstripped
Trieste. These vessels. whether OF iron or wood
are constructed almost entirely Of native material
For example OF the iron consumed In 1883 there
came st,0fo cwts. from styria, 40,057 cwts from
Carinthia, 3,306 cwts rom other parts OF Austria;
only 25l3 cwts. from Belgium, only $3.50 cwts. from
Great Britain, only $40 cwts. from sweden. The
wood ~ mainly drawn rom istria Styria Carinfhia
\ and Carniola Italy ls the only country which con.
| tributes shipwood 70 Austria, AMI tnat only 70 u
l small extent.
ON sunday next q shipbuildng event win take
place at Trieste. one OF the FIRST shphuidng firms
Of that place. the Statilmento Tecnico rricstino,
to-wit VIII launch an frOn-rate1 corvette, named
queen olga which has been constructed to the order
/ of the Hellenic government This Is the nrst ship
meni by an Austrian bDder ~ The sasne rm ~
building similar corvette for the Egyptian govern.
ment You will gather from these ngures that Aus
tran3 have more than one reason for taking lively
interest IN the progress towards competitions of the
! Suez Canal.
| the 2sth December, says:-
Lord Clarendon be srpccsd sdhcres 10 the old
81 npsss IN ssra 70 scy e s.i sa =.
thought that Prussia leans towards those Of Russia
think the event VIII show that Prince Mctternich
went into the Congress with no undecided vlews.r
BE the Hungarian WOW OF the pending Hell
lcno-Turkisb quarrel right wrong, as matter Of
fact that goes to support the sultan and TO dis
| countenancc the ambition OF the Greeks and think
u will be found that Count Beust and Prince Meter.
mich VIII hold 10 this view whether or not the En-
peror Napoleon and ~ de 10 faette concur with 1t.
On most points of European policy II In true Ausfro-
| Hungary, since 1893, has drawn closer 10 France
| than 10 England, but In support Of the SuItans
cause Austrian statesmen c0ntinne 10 hold more
| with England than with France. Probably how
ever the accord OF Austria and England will deter
mine the policy OF France n favor 0f the policy OF
| the two flrst named Powers.
One morning last week the rottsfreund, the Epis-
cOpal organ In this city, was conDscated for pub
fishing letter Of thanks from Pope Plus TX. TO the
| editor OF the Tyrocse v0iksbidu, the said editor
| having been prosecuted and sentenced 10 term OF
Imprisonment for his TRADES against the constitu-
ton and the new regime. This u the nrst time that
IN Austria journal nas sunered for reprinting q
Pspal letter.
And now last word as TO the temperature dunng
| THIS extraordinary season. transmit you report
from the celebrated Sernmering Pass IN the Syrian
| Alps. The TugesD0m OF Gratz, the Syrian capital
Publishes letter rom the Semmcring, which runs
| thus
Zee and suow are the two great wants Of The day. Not
mall which does not bring demands for these articles
lee sseiduousy hunting after Ice without being
able 10 find H. Since 1854 bss never happened this
borhpod that In January the fsds and meadows
greer spd The SUBMITS of the Alps covered only With thin
ee>yesH tasw Aimos daily We save from eight V We