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pose to the detachment, I issued orders for it to resume
is old encampment near the village of Kuruk-Dar."
The Journal de Constantinople announces officially
the dismissal of Selim I'acha, who manifested so
great a want of courage in the affair with the Rus-
sians at Bayazid. Re is replaced as general-in-chief
of the Imperial Guard by Darbour Redschid
general•in-chief of the army of Constantinople ; and
as commander-in-chief of the army of Batoum by
Must apha Pacha, who distinguished himself greatly
in the Drobrudscha.

MALTA.
Advices from Malta to the 26th ult. state that the
Harbinger steamer arrived there on the 25th, and
left the next day for the seat of war in the East. She
carried General Cathcart, General Torrens, Admiral
Stopford, Colonel Wyndham, and several other
officers, both naval and military. The Harbingvr also
brought a considerable amount of specie for the pay-
ment of the troops, Jcc. The cholera was not extend-
ing at Malta.
.A portion of the troops remained in the
island.

ANSWERS TO THE RUSSIAN NOTE.
THE official reply of the English Cabinet, by the
medium of the Foreign Secretary, to the last " note "
of Count Nesselrode, was published in last week's
number of the PRESS, when, also, a summary of the
similarly-toned answer of M. Drouyn de l'Eiuys to
the same missive had previously appeared. We
now give a translation of the letter in which the
Austrian Government examines and replies to the
despatch of the Russian Minister :
" To Count Valentine Esterhazy, at St. Petersburg.
" Vienna, July 9.
" Prince Gortschakoff has communicated to me a des-
patch of M. the Chancellor of the Empire, which contains
the answer of the Russian Government respecting the
invitation which we felt called to address to it with the
object of procuring the withdrawal of the Russian troops
from Wallachia and Moldavia. In thif answer Russia
exhibits an inclination to enter into negotiations respecting
the precise execution of this evacuation, on the understand-
ing that we guarantee that the Russian troops shall not be
molested on their homeward march, and that the powers
shall not employ their disposable forces in an attack upon
the Asiatic or European coast of Russia. The Russian
Cabinet urges on us the consideration that it cannot volun-
tarily give up the only military position in which, sup-
posing it to act on the offensive, there would be a prospect
of restoring the balance in its favour. In one word, Russia
desires that the evacuation of the principalities shall have
a general cessation of hostilities as its result. We cannot,
of course, but regret that the Russian Court should have
thought tit, in opposition to the remarks which we were
compelled to introduce in our communication to it, to
make the reception of our proposition dependent on
circumstances obviously not under our control. Since,
however, in our opinion the request of Russia has its rea-
sonable aspect, and his Majesty, our exalted master, holds
it desirable to exhaust even the last means which appears
calculated to bring about an understanding, the Imperial
Cabinet will take pains to utilise this communication with
the maritime powers, and the more so, as in its connection
it appears to convey an earnest desire to attain to an ad-
justment. Hut while you bring this to the knowledge of
Count Nesselrode, be good enough to make him under-
stand very clearly that, notwithstanding the conciliatory
spirit which compels us to make this effort at London and
Paris, we are compelled to insist upon the request in its
fullest extent which we have directed to Russia, although
we may not succeed in obtaining for our proposal that ac-
ceptance which we shall seek at the maritime*Courts.
Please further to urge that since the position which we
have taken up in this affair does not empower us to exert
a direct influence upon the military operations of the two
powers, our action is limited to recommending to their
deliberate consideration the consequences which their
decision may entail, and to represent to them that in
our opinion all Governments appear to us to be equally
called to join together in their endeavours after peace, by
making all sacrifices not positively irreconcilable with their
honour and their interest."
(Signed)

"13v0L."

The text of the Russian answer to the Prussian
note in support of the Aus.rian sommation has
obtained publicity. It wag addressed to Baron von
Budberg in Berlin :
" St. Petersburg, 18th (30th) June,
" The Prussian Charge d'Affaires has handed me the
communication which his Cabinet addressed to us under
date of the 12th of June in support of the step taken by
Austria towards us, for the purpose of prevailing on us to
accelerate the conclusion of the present war by refraining
from extending our military operations in Turkey, and at
the same time withdrawing our troops from the princi-
palities as speedily as possible.
" We are notaware, baron, how we can answer this com-
munication of the Prussian Cabinet better than by bringing
to its knowledge the text of the answer we have addressed
to Vienna, here appended. From this it will become ap-
parent that, without sharing the opinions with reference to
the occupation of the principalities as put forward by
Austria, and participated lin by Prussia, we nevertheless,
out of consideration for the special interests of Austria and
Germany on the Danube, and the peculiar nature of the
obligations which the Courts of Vienna and Berlin have
entered into with the Western powers in the protocol
of April 9, are prepared, at the same time reserving
to ourselves the securities which we require to be informed

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