Year: 1859

[From the London Continental Review Of Jauuaryl


There be no question but that the probability Of
Austria and France coming into speedy collision the
plains Of Lombardy becomes every day greater There
stories current TO show how open the sepa
Emperor, rarely he allows his policy to be OWNED
from his personal conduct is said to have been much
explicit than usual when addressing Baron Hubner,
the Austrian Minister at Paris But it Ia by the dplo
matte differences Of emperors and ministers that the
chances Of impending are really to be calculated
The state Of Italy such that explosion sure 10
take place before long The upper classes Of the Lom
bards in state Of open dissafiecton and
beress signs are given that the breach them and
their masters is not to be bridged over, and that
they preparing TO try once more the issue Of
struggle. Austria answers their attacks with in
creased severity her part and the daily life Of the
nations Italy has become unendng series Of petty
skrmishes The Italians have given up their fayorte


xsry Oh smoking ess ne duty should swell the
Christmas cay because would 90. Directly he ap-
peared in his box at the opera the audience would nave
tired en- moe had not the police prevented them from
quitting the theatre. On the other hand Madam Rstori
has been refused her passport for Naples because she
supposed in the character Of Judith to have appealed
the patriotism Of the Italians The University Of PAvia
has been practically broken up because the students
suspected Of revolutionary designs. Everything ripe
for an outbreak and the most serious Of all the symptoms
is that those who have most influence with the alans
promise their supporters that II they will but avoid par
tal and unconnected instructions the winter they
shall be rewarded with great IN the spring There
is definite time fixed, until which the Lombards are
asked to wait and will not be easy to hold them In any
longer the spr ing comes and they nnd themselves dis


But we must not look only to the Lombards. The
Italians might revolt and be crushed. Austria Is not
weaker than she was aud she has often out the con-
aucror from an Italian revolt But add 10 the in
tcres,s of Iay the of France There nothing
which Louis Napoleon could do which would hold ont 10
great promise Of advantage TO him, TO quarrel with
Austria assert himself the champion Of Italian in


dependence II would give occupation 70 his army: IL
would of the attention OF the French public from the
great difficulties under which tho empire is lsborjnq: n
would give him popularity with the nation that Il most
prolific Of the assassns whom he breads; and il would
help to throw the empire that air Of mock liberalism
which ia one Of his greatest Wishes mpart 70 tho sys
TEN with which his name Is connected n n Also tolers
bly, certain that Austria expects war. military council
has lately been held at Venice, and b supposed that
this can have had no other object than 10 provide
for the military defence OF the country The
Archduke has retired TO the fortress OF Nantua
and every possible ID taken 10 ouablS
Austria TO take the field with advantage She ~
taken the strong OF compelling the Itaan
municipalities TO buy the government buildings in tho
larger townsa which have no other object
than that Of ensurng the safety these buildings In an in
surrecou by making them the propertof tho insurrec
tonsts Is possible that the Austrans might be driven
out Of those towns and then return TO them L the tide OF
fortune turned. In Ills they would end the advan
iage Of prccaution by which all the public buildings wero
kelf safe for them.


IL must also be added tht Austria refuses Al. couces
ons she has cay very sciy created new feeiogs OF
o1erness 10 Lomoasdy by 40 increased severity in tho