The Express. — 1860-04-04 (London, England)

THE FRAUDS IN THE AUSTRIAN COMMISSARIAT.  TRIESTE, MARCH  The engrossing topic of the day is the gigantic frauds discovered in the commissariat department, whii-111 no doubt, were in no small degree influential in lainging to so sudden a termination the recent hostilities between the Austrian and Franco-Italian armies, and which drag to light, despite must powerful influence, a series of disgraceful Este, involving a multitude of names, some of them bidding psis tion P so high as to render even allusions hazardous, i u charge of the moat flagrant political and motel turpitude. The to counta in the Vienna and other Austrian newqoperi are meagre in the extreme ; and, but for the suicide of fenced Eynatten on the 70-Bth inst., which admitted of no couces.l• ment, these frauds would probably have never been :.Iluded to. The deficit amounts to the astounding sum of no less doe 17,000,000 florins, or 1,700,0001. sterling, of which:l,ooo,oo3 florins, or 300,0001., is laid to the charge of some ut the leading capitalists of this city. One was imprisned. tio have fled, and others are undergoing forced examinations of books, papers, documents, &c. The strange...! part of the tale is, however, that which is certainly the Wet known. It is said, and from the sources from whence I bear it I believe it is true, that at the celebrated meeting of the rival Emperors which led to the armistice, and subsequently to the prelitoinares of the treaty of peace at Villafrancr., when Vas poleon and Francis Joseph were left Trost ,done fax nearly three quarters of an hour, the former, addressing the latter, said, " Your Majesty would do well to listen to friendly and well-meant counsels. You are surniuudel by traitors. Your Majesty believes that your fort ss of Mantua is provisioned for sic months ; I tell you," elc• phatically raking his finger, "it has not foal for Ras, days. Test my information, and set accordingly." .tod so it proved, and afforded another lesson also of the !ohs cite superiority of the French over the Austrian `,.t,", ad apionaage. To give some idea of the barefaced effrontery of tba fraud, arid the number of accomplices necroory. . one ins stance will suffice, though, if needful, I could :Odin, many others. Mantua is a walled city, and the bullock.: which were driven in at one gate pained through the toss!, oUt at the opposite, and then, making the half circuit of th., walls re-entered at the first gate, and every bullock made this parade five times! The richest part of the tale in c..iiir•iioc with Mantua is yet to come. A firm in Trieste nue!, A epees tract with the Austrian government for the hide- of the bullocks supplied fur the use of the troops. sow, Although each bullock did duty living for five, still he could killed once, and supply one hide. The coal:I:tor, 0,1" fore, called upon and actually received from the g.o,"' ment the forfeit, as stipulated by contract, of one upon every hide short delivered ; thus profiting to the .t• tent of 30,000 florins for the non-delivery of the .kin" of animals which had never been killed Timor.  The Courricr de -Varmilk states that the corvette Medved, which is now in that port, has en 1..-4 some hears, which ct certain times are let limor ..1. '1„I4 and allowed to amc,e themselves by climbing u1..,.1 the rigging. The animals are so well disciplined as to I."— ut no danger. Crowds assemble on the quays to see throufh their strange gating.