The Emperor of Austria has made further concessions to Hungary..
Since 1849 the Austrian code and system of procedure have been in force in that kingdom. It is the earnest wish of the Hungarians to replace them both by native laws, and Count Apponyi, Judea Curiae oPliungary, has strongly pressed this view upon the Emperor. He was resisted by the whole of the German section of the Cabinet, which sees in this proposal the germ of separation. The Emperor, however, yielded, and several of the German Ministers, including, apparently, Baron von Schmerling, tendered their resignations. The " crisis" is not yet at an end, but as the Hungarian Diet will be opened by Count Apponyi at Buda, and then transferred to Pesth—a further concession—it is probable that the Emperor has remained firm. The first preposition of the Diet will, it is believed, be a demand that all Hungarian troops shall be recalled and concentrated within the kingdom. This propose, if conceded, will render the Hungarians in- dependent of menace; while, if refused, it may be followed by a refusal to vote or pay the taxes. The Austrian Government would then be driven finally to force. It is observed as ominous that the activity of the Garibaldiens increases as the session of the Diet approaches, and that simultaneously the Polish demon- strations are gliding into conspiracies. South of Austria agitation rapidly increases. The people of Montenegro, Herzegovina, and Bosnia, are all in insurrection. The object of the rising in the Her- zegovina is to expel the Turks and connect themselves with Monte- negro. The Montenegrins, again, have gained possession of the passes_ which separate them from Servia, where Turkish authority has long ceased to exist. In Bosnia the dispute is nominally between the Mahommedan landowners and the Christian peasantry, but the Mussulmans are the only supporters of Turkish power. All these states are nominally subject to Turkey, and all contain a population disposed to set up a kingdom of their own. Any one glancing at the map will perceive that Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia, the Herzegovina, and Servia and Bulgaria, if they could act together, would form a powerful state, a state, indeed, which, under Hungarian protection, might occupy an influential position in Europe. Rumours of some such • design on foot are rife in Hungary, but the patent facts are few, and Prince Michael of Servia, the most powerful of the local princelings, has always been described as a man of Austrian sympa- thies. He was educated at Vienna. All that can at present be affirmed as certain is that the Christian population of these provinces think the present an admirable opportunity for being rid finally of the Turks, and that they are supported in this view by agitators
from Italy. We must not omitio mention aitatement which we do not believe, that it is an object with Count Uavour to raise in: his direction a force which can be used to compress Austria, and so ac- celerate the deliverance of Venetia.
