After negotiations which have lasted weeks, the King of Italy
on Thursday left his dominions for a visit to the Emperor of Austria. The Viennese Court, if it did not pro- pose the interview, is eagerly taking advantage of it ; the King is to be loaded with attentions, and for some reason, not discoverable by inferior minds, he is supposed to be specially honoured by a pressing invitation to Queen Margherita. It is believed that the object of the interview is strictly political, that the Emperor is empowered to offer the Italians a German as well as an Austrian alliance, and a guarantee against France ; and that the quid pro quo will be assistance, or at least acquies- cence, in some policy to be pursued in the Balkans. No hint is given as to King Humbert's views, but it is known that he is seriously disturbed by the attitude of France, by the disposi- tion of his own people to take affront at that attitude, and by the fresh remonotrances of the Papacy at its defenoelessneee. It should not be forgotten, however, that the King is an Austrian Archduke, and disposed to do anything in his power to terminate his exclusion from the society of " legitimate " kings. He does not look on himself as a revolutionary monarch, but as the son of a King who acquired many fresh provinces.
