AUSTRIA.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XX, Issue 28, 30 March 1861, Page 4

AUSTRIA.

In our last we announced the fact of the arrest of Count Teleki at Dresden and his surrender to Austria by the Saxon government. The excitement which the arrest subsequently produced throughout the continent it is almost impossible to describe. The conduct of the government of Saxony was all but universally denounced as being a flagraut violation of international law.

In deference to the opinion of Europe the Emperor of Austria granted (he release of Teleki ou th« Ist January. The official

"Wiener Zeitung" says: — "The Emperor having summoned Count Teleki to his presence, accorded to him the cessation of the pending proceedings against him and set him at liberty. Count Teleki promised to give up | all his political connections abroad, not to cross the frontiers of the Austrian empire, and to abstain from all participation in political affairs." An amnesty has been granted to Hungary, Transylvania, and Croatia, covering all offences committed in agitating for the restoration of right. The Paris Patrie says: — "Two vessels hoisting the Sardinian flag have been stopped at Galatz. Their cargoes have been seized, and deposited in the custom-house. It is asserted that twelve rifled cannon and 15,000 muskets, ammunition, and gunpowder, formed part of the cargo. Russian, Turkish, andj Austrian guard vessels are keeping a strict watch at the mouths of the Danube." The Austrian journals have accused Prince Couza and the Government of the Danubian Provinces of favouring the attempts recently made by some Hungarians to introduce, by the Danube, arms and ammunition into their country to aid in an insurrection. An inhabitant of Galatz writes to the Brussels Independance to say that the Moldo-Wallachian Government, far from being an accomplice in these manoeuvres, has given its agents the strictest orders to prevent any attempt against Austria. Five vessels have been seized ; the three last were taken at Galatz on account of their refusal to allow of a visit ; two others, which had succeeded in escaping the vigilance of the Ottoman Government, were unable to disembark their cargo, and were obliged to return to Galatz. They had on board twelve guns, with carriages and accessories, 15,000 muskets, a great quantity of bullets, cartridges, shot chests, cartouches, and many millions of knapsacks and cartridge boxes. All this materiel, sufficient to arm 15,000 men, has been seized as contraband and deposited in the barrack ships of Galatz. According to the Augsburg Gazette, the Austrian forces in Venetia consist of 183,000 infantry, 52 batteries of field artillery, 10,000 of the corps of engineers, and 5,000 cavalry. These figures do not include the garrisons in the forts and the men in the navy. As reserve, there are 35,000 soldiers in the neighbourhood of Trieste, and along the coasts of Istria and Dalmatia, their headquarters being Trieste; and 35,000 men in Styria, Illyria, and Carinthia ; headquarters Gratz. It is currently reported that Austria has consented to follow Prussia in her policy on the Danish question, in return for a guarantee given by Prussia to defend Venetia if this province should be attacked by France. In the meantime rumours are afloat in Paris to the effect that England and France are using every endeavour to bring about a settlement of the difficulty without a recourse to arms.