Content Description | Comments that he is pleased to have seen Jocelyn; has very little correspondence from the Foreign Office; Rechberg is waiting for a reply from Russia; Prussia seems intent on dragging Austria from the path she meant to follow; Rechberg is annoyed with the circular from France; fears that France intends to cause division and upset the balance of power; thanks him for his despatch and for Napier's letter; Langiewicz [The Polish Dictator] had been trying to escape from Tischnowitz near Brünn; discusses the course of the Polish Rebellion; has been visited by Alexander Stroganov; he thinks the involvement of Russia is foolish and the Russian empire is troubled in many areas.
Believes that the attitude of Sweden makes the Austrian Government feel that a Baltic expedition is not planned in Paris; Rechberg assumes Napoléon was engaged in another disturbing project; discusses Victor Emmanuel and the establishment of the Italian frontiers including the disputed areas of Tyrol, Trieste and Dalmatia; discusses religion and society in Vienna. |