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DEATH OF THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA.

 The Moniteur, of March 7th, contains a telegraphic despatch from the French Charge d'Afiaires at Vienna, stating that tho Emperor of Austria died suddenly at one o'clock in the morning of the 3d inst. He was in his 67th year, and had been Emperor, first of Germany and then of Austria, since 1894. He Is succeeded by his son Ferdinand, now Az years of age. This event, 1t IS probable, will cause great change in the future policy of the empire, as the present Emperor is said to entertain a strong dislike against Prince Metternich.

 The same account which reported the death of the Emperor of Austria brought a statement of the propable consequence of the dislike entertained by his son and heir, the new Emperor, for Metternich, so long the Prime Minister of the Austrian Gov ernment, and chief adviser of the Holy Alliance. Itwas supposed this arch enemy of poicical liberty would be displaced from his station. The next advices, however, from Vienna stated that he would be retain led, statement confirmed by the last arr- val. The most dsepotic Sovereign in Eu- rope has limited freedom of agency even in the exercise of despotism. Each great State has an established policy 10 which the Monarch must to great extent conform. It IS related of the Emperor Francis, just deceased, that on coming from the Theatre in Vienna, after having been much pleased with piece, represented for the first time, in which tbere were some strong political alIusions, he said d,-"W ell, Pm glad went to the theatre tonight and saw this piece, for suppose they'll forbid it to be repeat ed" Francis, to be sure, was mild, weak man, who had neither the desire nor energy to wield his own sceptre ]; but still the incident illustrates the working of the aristocratic-m -monarchic system. Not even in Russia could at the present time an iron handed despot like Frederick the Great of Prussia do his will as independently as that military autocrat did. A sovereign, bent on granting to the mass of the people their due share of political power, would any where, except in Russia, have the widest and a safe field for the exertion of his indi- vidual will, for with the support of the peo- pie he might set the arstocracy at naught; but such a disposition in a sovereign is a rare accident. The bond which in Germa- ny holds the kings and aristrocfacies in close union IS one of mutual interest," They will cling together as long as they can against their common enemy, the peo- ple,-and they cling now the more tena- ciously, from perceiving the growth of pop ular power, power they can only concili- ate by surrender of what they have us- urped,-a surrender that t is impossible for selfish human nature 10 yoiunteer,-and a power which if they do not conciliate it, will

 finally not only wrest from them what they usnrp. but punish them for the usurpaiiolh