MONTENEGRO.

Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 609, 8 September 1858, Page 4

MONTENEGRO.

Vienna, June 2.—Attention must be particularly directed to what is passing on the east coast of the Adriatic, for there are symptoms which lead to the belief that very serious complications will arise out of the Montenegrin question. The French Government is greatly exasperated against Turkey and Austria, and the sending of the ships-of-the-line to the Adriatic is a demonstration against both Powers. Almost all the Austrian yessels of war are now in some port, where they are protected by land batteries, and the screw sloop Frederic, which was to have gone from Alexandria to Naples, has received orders to return home without delay. No trepidation is observable here, and there are no unusual armaments, but it is evident that the Austrian Government is on its guard. The recruits raised in March were enrolled a fortnight ago, and are already being drilled. Everything connected with the army is kept as secret as possible, but still it is known that 600,000 men can be in the field in a month, and 750,000 in seven or eight weeks. The concentration of troops in Russian Poland must be considered a kind of demonstration against Austria, but the latter remains passive, as she can, by means of the railroads, reinforce her army in Galicia in a very short time. That this Government does not even dream of an active intervention in Montenegro need hardly be said.

The ' Nord' has just been deprived of the privilege of being sold by the postal authorities throughout the whole Austrian empire. The Imperial post-offices will no longer receive subscriptions for the ' Nord.' This is an indication, among many others, of the nature of the relations at present subsisting between Austria and Russia.