(Inclosure.)—Article from the "Oesterreichische Correspondenz" of (Translation.) March 16, 1852.

SEVERAL foreign, and especially English, newspapers, have lately repeatedly discussed a measure of the Imperial Government, in consequence of which they asserted that very stringent and harassing regulations had been made respecting British subjects travelling in the Austrian dominions; and some have even asserted that the contemplated measure was an act of hostility on the part of the Imperial Government. We are in a position to enable us to point out this opinion as a totally false one; and the following explanation of the real state of the case will, we trust, certainly confirm every impartial person in the conviction that the Imperial Government, very far from wishing to place greater restrictions in the way of British subjects travelling in the Austrian dominions, than those enjoined on all travellers in Austria by the existing passport regulations, or to render a residence in Austria in any way disagreeable to them, only intended in this case, that British subjects should be treated according to precisely the same regulations observed towards all foreigners visiting the Austrian dominions.

In order to explain this clearly, we must first mention that for a long time past a practice has been prevalent among Englishmen, of travelling on the Continent with passports furnished to them not by English authorities, but by foreign Missions in England, or even by Consulates.

It is obvious that such a practice, especially at the present time, when England, in consequence of the right of asylum afforded by her laws, is become the residence of political refugees of all nations, and when persons, not subjects of Great Britain, but only taking up a temporary residence in England, could so easily make use of passports obtained in this manner in England, must be subject to very great abuse; and the Imperial Government could feel itself the more justified in extending the existing general passport regulations to British subjects, as the formerly very considerable sum demanded for a Foreign Office passport has since a year been reduced to the sum only of 78. 6d., thereby doing away with the chief reason which induced British subjects formerly to apply for passports to foreign Missions or Consulates in London.

The Imperial Government was therefore perfectly justified in asserting the principle, that, as has hitherto been the rule with the subjects of all other countries, and which has hitherto not been so stringently enforced in the case of English travellers, merely in consequence of a practice founded neither on any law or argument of any kind; therefore, in future, a passport from some competent British or Ionian authority will be required of all British or Ionian

subjects for their entry into, or residence in, Austria, in which they are expressly stated to be British or Ionian subjects.

It was also stated that British travellers at that time on the Continent should not be unexpectedly molested by the new law, and it was therefore only to come into operation on the 1st of May of the current year, so that every British Mission and Consulate might be informed in time of the above-mentioned measure.

British or Ionian subjects having left their country before the 1st of May, and in possession of English or Ionian passports, in which the country they belong to is not stated, will find no difficulty in entering the Austrian dominions, so long as they have the official visa of an Austrian Mission; but should those travellers at that period residing in Austria only be in possession of foreign passports (i. e., not English), they are requested to exchange the same for English passports, and they are allowed 3 months' time for that purpose. In cases where no doubt can be entertained of the country to which they belong by the authorities of the towns in which they are residing, those individuals are sure not to meet with any difficulties whatever.

These measures will in no way affect travellers by the overland route from India to Trieste, as the former regulations as to the passports of those travellers remain in force.

The above statement must clear away every suspicion as to the intention of the Austrian Government to place difficulties in the way of English travellers visiting the Imperial dominions; and we are convinced that the British Government, as well as every impartial individual, will only see a very natural wish in the Imperial Government to keep away from the frontiers of Austria those travellers, who, seeking every means to propagate their dangerous doctrines, assume the false title of English travellers, and demanding British protection, cause the proceedings of British authorities to be viewed in a false light.

The authorities, far from wishing to make the residence in Austria disagreeable to English travellers by useless interference, will endeavour to show, by acting in the spirit of their Government, that although the maintenance of peace and order requires a strict adherence to the laws of the country, yet they are far from placing trifling annoyances in the way of the natives of a country to which Austria is bound by so many and so great historical recollections, as well as by so many sympathies and interests.

We repeat, therefore, that this introduction of new measures is not directed against England, but with a view to place all travellers coming to Austria on the same equal footing, and that there has been no question of introducing new and exceptional laws, but, on

the contrary, of bringing into operation old and long-existing laws, which had, with respect to the travellers of every other nation, long been in force.

CORRESPONDENCE respecting the Expulsion of Messrs. Edward, Wingate, and Smith, from the Austrian Dominions. 1852.*

No. 1.-Earl of Granville to the Earl of Westmorland. MY LORD,

Foreign Office, January 27, 1852. REPORTS have appeared in the public papers, that a Mr. Edward, who had proceeded to Lemberg on a mission to convert the Jews, and Messrs. Wingate and Smith, who were similarly employed at Pesth, had been expelled the Austrian dominions; and I have to instruct your Lordship to ascertain the truth of these reports.

The Earl of Westmorland.

I am, &c.

GRANVILLE.

No. 4.-The Earl of Westmorland to Earl Granville.—(Rec. Feb. 7.) MY LORD, Vienna, February 3, 1852. WITH reference to your Lordship's despatch of the 27th January, instructing me to inquire into the truth of the reports in the public papers, that a Mr. Edward, residing in Lemberg, and Messrs. Wingate and Smith, residing in Pesth, had been expelled from the Austrian dominions, I have to state that on the 30th of last December I received a letter from Mr. Edward from Lemberg, but without date, inclosing an order he had received from the police, dated the 17th of December, and directing him to leave the Austrian States by the 1st of Jannary. Mr. Edward stated also the grounds upon which he claimed my interference to get this order rescinded.

I immediately wrote to Mr. Edward, saying I would bring his case before the Government, but I feared, as only one day remained before the period would expire during which he was to leave the country, that he would have quitted it before my interference could be of any avail.

I then lost no time in calling upon Baron Werner, and in bringing Mr. Edward's case before him, and I left with him the two memorandums, copies of which, as well as of my private letter to Mr. Edward, I have the honour of inclosing. Baron Werner assured me the case should be immediately submitted to the Minister of the Interior, by whom he afterwards informed me it had been transmitted to Lemberg, with an order that it should be reported upon.

• Laid before Parliament, 1852.

A few days afterwards Mr. Edward arrived in Vienna and called upon me, when I informed him of the steps I had taken, and expressed my satisfaction at finding the order of the police had not been carried out, and that he still was within the Austrian territories, and I told him he must now await the result of the information the Government had called for from Lemberg.

A day or two after this interview Mr. Edward requested I would get him permission to return to Lemberg, where his family was residing, and I spoke to General Prince Edmond Schwarzenberg, who commands in chief in Gallicia, who told me he would facilitate the desire of Mr. Edward, and since that time I have heard nothing further from that gentleman, and I suppose he has returned to Lemberg and is still residing there.

With respect to Messrs. Wingate and Smith, I did not see those gentlemen, but they called upon Mr. Grey, and they confined their application to him to be allowed to leave the country without molestation from the police; and the Minister of the Interior, M. Bach, upon application having been made to him by Mr. Grey, and afterwards by myself, complied with their request. I conclude, therefore, these gentlemen, from whom I have not since had any communication, have left the country without further interference and in the manner they desired. I have, &c.

Earl Granville.

WESTMORLAND.

(Inclosure 1.)-Memorandum by the Earl of Westmorland. December 31, 1851.

THE Rev. Daniel Edward is a Presbyterian minister, and has been employed for above seven years by the Society for the Conversion of the Jews, to carry out their missionary objects in Moldavia. He has since 1848 resided at Lemberg in the discharge of these duties; and he states that being wholly unconnected in any way with political objects, he has several times been called before the police authorities of that town, when inquiries have been made as to the devotional meetings which he held in his house on Sunday afternoons. In May 1851 he obtained, however, on application to Prince Schwarzenberg, the Military Commander, permission to continue these devotional meetings without molestation; and he now incloses a document from the Lemberg police, dated the 17th December, by which that permission is rescinded, and he is ordered to quit the country in 13 days.

Mr. Edward's unqualified disavowal of any connexion whatever with political subjects, and avers that he employs himself solely in the discharge of his Christian duties; and he prays the Government of His Imperial Majesty to grant him leave to prosecute them. without further molestation.

(Inclosure 2.)-The Earl of Westmorland to Baron Werner. Vienna, January 7, 1852.

MY DEAR BARON WERNER,

IN referring to the communication I made to you of the complaint of the Rev. Mr. Daniel Edward on the subject of the order he had received to leave Lemberg, I now inclose a certificate that gentleman has received from the Lutheran Superintendent of that town and district, which testifies in favour of the manner in which he exercised his religious duties.

This gentleman is arrived in Vienna, and he proposes to apply to the Minister of the Interior, with the view of bringing his case before him, which he hopes will be supported by a favourable testimony to his character by Prince Schwarzenberg, the Commander-inchief of Gallacia. Believe, me, &c.

Baron Werner.

SIR,

WESTMORLAND.

(Inclosure 3.)-Mr. Russell to the Rev. D. Edwards.

Vienna, December 31, 1851.

I WRITE by desire of Lord Westmorland, to say that he had only this day received your letter, which is without date; but he is desirous that you should be aware that it only reached him this the last day of the year, and the last day on which, according to the police order you have transmitted him, you would have permission to remain in Lemberg; he fears, therefore, any application he makes to the Austrian Government will be too late to be of use to you; he will, however, make the application you desire, and if he should receive a reply before hearing again from you, he will forward it according to the address you have transmitted to him.

The Rev. D. Edwards.

I have, &c.

ODO RUSSELL.

No. 7.-Earl Granville to the Earl of Westmorland. MY LORD, Foreign Office, February 17, 1852. A DEPUTATION from the Protestant Alliance, the Free Church of Scotland, and the Scottish Reformation Society, consisting of the noblemen and gentlemen whose names I inclose, waited upon me a few days since for the purpose of submitting to me a statement as to the circumstances attending the expulsion of the Rev. Messrs. Wingate and Smith from the Austrian dominions.

It appears from this statement, that Messrs. Wingate and Smith are missionaries from the Free Church of Scotland for the conversion of the Jews; that they established themselves in the year 1841 at Pesth, with the knowledge and approbation of His Imperial Highness the then Viceroy of Hungary, and that they continued ever since to reside there except during a short period in the year 1848, when they retired for a season in order to avoid any im