The Press.
London, England, 1855-01-06 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

The Brussels journal, the Indipendance Beige,
publishes the following analysis of the note dated
Dec. 19, addressed by the Prussian Cabinet to its
envoys in London and Pans :
The despatch commences,lq a reference to the agree-
ment of Prussia with the point of view taken up by the
Western powers, and appeals, in proof thereof, to the diplo-
matic documents which Prussia has signed in common
with the other powers. The provisions of the treaty of
Pee. 2 are declared to be, as to their substantial contents,
in harmony with the Prussian programme. It is further
said that Prussia, in consideration of the menacing atti-
tude of Russia, which Prussia was the first to recognise,
had even promised her military co operation within certain
limits. It further contains the remark that Prussia had
facilitated the conclusion of a peace by obtaining fron►
Russia the acceptance of the four guarantees. The des-
patch dwells without asperity on the treaty between Austria
and the Western powers, but it results from the document
taken as a whole that Prussia considers herself unable fur
the moment to sign the treaty in its present form.

The author of this analysis, who dates from Berlin,
remarks that the tendency to maintain neutrality as
long as possible prevails at Berlin, but that M. Man-
teuffel is for immediate adhesion.

AUSTRIA.

Troops are being rapidly moved towards the Rus-
sian frontier. Some companies of pioneers, who
recently arrived from Italy, left Vienna on the 2tith
for Gallicia. All the generals who were on leave at
Vienna are immediately to leave for the army.
Colonel Miulteuifel, on his return to Berlin from
Vienna, on the Ist., had long audiences of the King,
to render an account of his mission. It is expected
that he will be sent to St. Petersburg.
The foreigners enlistment scheme of the British
Government has been met by some significant pro-
ceedings on the part of the Prus-dan authorities.
The Governor of the province of Posen has issued
the following notification:—

The criminal code of Prussia Prescribes that whoever
enlists a Prussian into the military service of foreign
States, or introduces him to their recruiting agents, like-
wise whoever intentionally seduces a Prussian soldier to
desert, or knowingly assists his desertion, will be punished
with from three months' to three years' imprisonment.
Any attempt at the above will be visited with a similar
punishment. As offices are now about to be opened in the
Netherlands and tree towns, for the purpose of enlisting
men into foreign service, I take this opportunity of bring-
ing the above penal law to mind, and call upon all the
police authorities of the province immediately to arrest any
recruiting agent, and hand him over to the State prosecu-
tor, to take from him his papers, and, if he is a foreigner,
to take measures for his being sent over the frontier after
undergoing his punishment. 1 require to be informed of
each separate instance.
At the same time we find it stated in the Berlin
journals; that nearly 1(X) German surgeons have
been enlisted by Russian envoys for military hos-
pital duties, and are to assemble in that capital in
order to be provided with the necessary passports and
directions. These surgeons engage to serve as
doctors, or army surgeons, for the duration of the
war; they submit to Russian military jurisdiction,
and take an oath of fidelity to the Emperor so long
as the contract lasts ; after which they may remain
in the Russian service if they please. While en-