VIENNA, 5th November 1841 — The morning fog, thick as wool, clung to the spires of St. Stephen's as the imperial chancery released its edicts to the waiting couriers. Within the official gazettes, a decree concerning the standardization of weights in the crownlands was published, a dry missive that nonetheless stirred murmurs among the merchant guilds. The measure, intended to harmonize the markets of Pest and Vienna, was received with cautious nods in the Exchange Arcade, though the older brokers, men who had weathered the panics of '25, were seen to polish their silver thalers with a feveris…