AUSTRIAN PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.

Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 242, 24 February 1855, Page 6

AUSTRIAN PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.

The Tinies correspondent at Vienna writes:— j One part of M Yon per Pfonl ten's mis- \ sion is to in;ike arrangements with Austria j for placing a corps of observation, consisting o\' 20,0(10 Bavarians, on . the Tyrolese frontiers. The feileral contingent of Bavuiia is '■ 35,600 men, with 72 guns, but the whole '■ force is never mobile, except when Germany is directly engaged in a war. As lias been said, Aus'riau statesmen are desirous to secure a* many allies as possible, but they mainly depend on the resources of the country, as you will perceive by the following statement: We. are in daily expectation that an Imperial decree will apppcur, nrderjng the levy o! 00.00O1 ■ or 100,000 niiMi. • Yesterday the strictest orders i were forwarded to the commander* of the van* j ouscoipsio send once a fortnight a detailed j account of the: number and condition of their men. Every squadron, company and battalion must be complete by the Ist. of January, and by the eti<l of that inonih every re>erve ihust he on a complete war footing and prepared , for action. The 6ih army corps comes lime from the northern part of the Aiislro-Itulian provinces, and the garrison of this city will form part of a reserve army of 80,000 men, which is to he concentrated in Bohemia and Moravia. 01----iriulz will, be at once what is called " a waf garrison.". By the end of January the en tiro army will consist of between 590,000, and 600,000 men, of whom 400,000 will I>k concentrated in the provinces touching on Russia. Of course it is impossible to speak positively on such Ji matter, hut there is every reason to believe that Russia, will have consented to give the guarantiee demanded of her, or that she will he engaged in a war with Austria, towards the end of lAjhruary or the beginning of March. Everything that hears the most distant resemblance to revolution is hateful t<; Austria, but her statesmen cannot be ignorant of the advantage of their position. If the fortune of wirf f should be favourable to Austria, the Germans* 1 would be content to read in the papers of the day the account of her succe»si-s; but if her anuie-i should meet with the slighleM reverse, there would be a popular movement, which would speedily'rouse the neutral Couits to action. You may confidently believe thai in the last sentence the stale of public fed ing is accurately described.