The Press.
London, England, 1856-10-25 00:00:00

NAPLES.

The situation remains the same. Nothing of any
consequence has occurred. The rumour that the
King had sent autograph letters to the Western
powers is denied.
The Cologne Gazette this week asserts that King
Ferdinand has communicated to General Martini,
the Austrian Ambassador, that he could not recognise
the right of the Paris Conference to interfere with
the internal affairs of Naples. It was not his inten-
tion to send a plenipotentiary to the Conference.
The withdrawal of the English and French embas-
sies was believed to be imminent, but no great im-
portance would be attached by the Neapolitan Govern-
ment to the act. The Neapolitan Ambassador at
Paris has not received orders to apply for his pass-
ports in that event.

A despatch received in Paris on Thursday from
Baron Brenier announced that if in two hours from
that date he did not receive any communication from
the Neapolitan Government he should then present
his list instructions. The despatch of Baron
Brenier was dated from Naples, and after the pub.
lication of the note in the Moniteur was known
by him.

A letter from Naples, in the Austrian Gazette,
says :—" On bearing that France and England had
recalled their ambassadors, the Council of Ministers
assembled. It is affirmed that the King expressed
his regret at the decision come to by the Western
powers, but that for his part he could not and would
not give way. Nevertheless, in order to express the
consideration of the King for the Emperor Napoleon
and Queen Victoria, and to prevent the supposition
that he desired a diplomatic rupture with the
Western powers, it was decided in the Council of
Ministers that the Neapolitan Ambassadors at Paris
and London should not be recalled. On the contrary,
an order was sent to them to keep up continued
diplomatic relations with those Governments, and not

THE PRESS.

to quit their posts unless their passports were sent to
them."

A Paris letter says :—" The Bavarian Minister
will be charged with the protection of the French and
English residents at Naples after the departure of
their respective legations. No one, on the part of
France, will remain at Naples but M. Soulange-
Bodin, the Consul."
The Universal Gazette of Leipsic states that in
addition to the letter of the Czar to the King of
Naples, recommending him to yield to the wishes of
the Western powers, the Russian Ambassador at
Rome has been charged to call the attention of the
Neapoli:an Government to the consequences of per-
sisting in its present course of conduct.

Le Nord remarks upon the question of the with
drawal of the allied Embassies—that it is of
" secondary importance " relative to the resolution
the King will take. "We continue to believe," adds
Le Nord, " that at the moment France and England
repudiate all idea of intervention in the affairs of the
kingdom the King will not believe that he is sacri-
ficing a single sovereign right in recognising the
necessity of introducing some ameliorations in the
government of his kingdom."
The Ost. Deutsche Post asserts that England has
asked, and obtained, a union of thelnaval squadrons
as the minimum preliminary to more decided action,
reserving however to herself the adoption of ulterior
measures independently of France.
ThE reduction of the Austrian troops in the Lega-
tions is announced by the Paris Constitutionnel on
the faith of a treaty lately concluded between Aus
tria and Rome. Austrian garrisons will continue to
hold Bologna and Ancona.