The remodelling of the Austrian Ministry has been completed, 'Count
Belcredi being gazetted Minister of State and of Police, Count Larisch-Mtenich Minister of Finance, and Count biensdorff- Pouilly of Foreign Affairs, retaining also his rank as Premier. One of the first acts of Count Belcredi has been to issue a circular to all governors in Austria directing them to foster decentrali- zation, to induce their subordinates to display more tact, to adhere strictly to the letter and spirit of the laws, to use oral communi- cations instead of writing so much, to be as economical as possible, to let the press alone, to be impartial among nationalities, and to talk to each people in its own language. All these excellent pre- cepts are wrapped up of course in the highest official language, but the whole order is kindly in tone, and is considered at Vienna to indicate a genuine wish to conciliate the people. It is stated -that the new Minister of Finance, unable to raise funds in any other mode, is urgent for the sale of the State domains, and we shall not be surprised if, when it comes to the point, the Govern- , ment, Catholic as it is, should seize part of the estates of the Church.
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