26 AUGUST 1871, Page 2

The German demi-official journals earnestly deny that the meeting between

the Emperors.at Gastein has proved infructnotts. According to the 1Crea. Zeitung, an agreement was established, the bases of which are of course kept strictly secret, The Corre. vondence endorses a statement that Count Beust had an inter.. view with the Emperor of Germany • which lasted two hours, end quotes the remark of "a distinguished diplomate " that the Austrian and German chariots would henceforth drive aide by side. We publish elsewhere a novel account of the great Polish Centenary at Lemberg, and would note the fact that the proposal of uniting the Crowns of Hungary, Bohemia, and Poland on the head of the Hapsburg was mooted by a Prussian subject. If that be ever attempted successfully—and with German help it might be—" Poland" will stretch far towards the East.