12 MAY 1860, Page 10

We understand that a representative of the British iron-masters has

called on Mr. Cobden in Paris, to confer respecting the duties on iron. It is stated that if the proposed duty on wrought iron is maintained, it will be prohibitive.

It is state that General Benedek is endeavouring to bring about an arrangement between the Government and the six Hungarians who de- clined their appointment to the Council of the Empire, tending to re- assure the latter and determine them to sit in the Council. Count Har- tig, the late Minister of the Conferences, who is considered the real chief of the Liberal party in Austria, has declined the post of Councillor of the Empire for life on account of ill health.