instria.—The contest between the Austrian Government and Hun- gary has
assumed no new phase. It was reported that the Primate had succeeded in obtaiuing terms, but this is positively denied. It was then alleged that the Archduke Rainier was about to visit Hun- gary with a view to ascertain the true condition of public feeling, but there appears to be no truth in the rumour. M. von Schmerling adheres to his policy, but the Reiciarath cannot work, and it is believed that the taxes for next year must be collected by the Execu- tive under a bill of indemnity to be subsequently obtained. An politics in Austria, indeed, seem -suspended, and public attention is turning towards the contest going on in the Rouman provinces of Turkey. In the Reichsrath, Government and Liberals seem to be playing at legislation. The Government introduces bills seemingly very liberal, but which are to be subsequently considered by the subordinate diets, and will therefore never pass. On the other hand, the Liberals propose bills of reforms, such, for example, as the aboli- tion of the Concordat, to which it is quite certain the Upper Chamber will never consent., while neither party make ay serious effort to carry their own bills through. The constitution, in fact, exists, but does not march.
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