The Times Vienna correspondent guarantees the following anecdote-
" A few days since some highly respectable citizens of Vienna met in order to draw up an address to the Municipal electors. When the address was finished, the new Minister of State was asked whether there was any objection to its being posted. After having read the document, which is nothing more than a recommendation to the persons who are entitled to a vote to take advantage of their right, M. yon Schmerling said he saw no reason why printed copies of it should not be affixed to the walls, but still it might be well to take the opinion of the Minister of Police on the subject. That high functionary was applied to, and he declared that he could not permit the address to be posted, as he was no friend to political demonstrations. Yesterday, the matter was brought before the Cabinet, and after there had been some discussion, Count Rechberg decided that the Municipal Committee should be allowed to post its address."
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