The Press.
London, England, 1856-10-18 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The occupation of the Principalities is defended
by the Vienna papers on the ground that the con-
ditions of the treaty of Paris have not been fulfilled;
that the cession of Bclgrad forms a stumbling-
block in the settlement of the Bessarabian frontier ;
that the difficulty excited by the Serpents' Isle has
not yet received an official solution ; and, finally,
that as the allied armies have evacuated the soil of
the Crimea, the sole guarantee which still exists for
the proper performance of the conditions imposed by
the treaty of Paris, lies in the occupation by
Austria of the Danubian principalities.
No mention has been made of the result of General
Martini's mission to Naples.
The Emperor and Empress will visit Lombardy in
December.

The departure of Baron Hubner for Paris is said
to be fixed for the 28th inst.

NAPLES.

Intelligence from Ajaccio of the 14th announces
the sailing from that port of Admiral Dundas and
his squadron. The French squadron at Toulon it
was anticipated would shortly join the British
fleet.

The statement that the King of Naples had sent
autographic letters to Queen Victoria and to the Em-
peror of the French is denied by the French papers.
The King, it is said, is willing to send a plenipoten-
tiary to the Paris Congress it invited to do so.
Meantime the military preparations for the defence of
Naples continue to be pressed on with much vigour.
All the resources of the State are being placed on an
efficient footing.
Le Nord of the 18th, speaking of the ultimatum
sent last Saturday, does not despair of a satisfactory
solution of the question, and adds :
We are persuaded that when the text of these notes is
known the world will he much astonished at the appre-
hensions which the mystery at present enveloping them
has given rise to, and that everything will resolve itself
into a mere dissertation upon the international right of one
Government to offer advice to another.
THE EAST.

Intelligence from Constantinople, October 8, states
that a change of Ministry is imminent.
Redschid Pacha, it was said, would be appointed
Grand Vizier.

Accounts from the Isle of Serpents state that the
Russians have still there one officer, a surgeon, and
five soldiers. Three English vessels of war are at an-
chor off the island.

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Austria refuses to pay the dues levied for the main••
tenance of a lighthouse at the Sulista mouth of the

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Danube, on the plea that she was not consulted
respecting its establishment.
Thu Porte had invited the ambassadors to a meet-
ing, preparatory to the Convocation of the Divans
which are to express their wishes on the subject of
the reorganisation of the Principalities.
A firman has been published touching the
"national representation " in the Principalities. It
makes no mention of the union of Moldavia and
Wallachia.

The Havas correspondence from Vienna, repre-
sents that in consequence of the differences between
Austria and France on the subject of the Principali-
ties, and of the difficulties arising out of Captain
Magnan's privilege, a sort of interruption of relations
has taken place between M. Thouvenel and M. de
Prokesch-Osten, the Austrian Internuucio at Con-
stantinople.
The English Commissioner for the regularisation
of the Danubian frontiers had arrived at Galatz on
the Bth. The Prussian and Austrian Commissioners

were expected by the next steamer.
A letter from Vienna of the 9th in the German
Journal of Frankfort, states that Prince Kallimaki,
the Turkish Ambassador at Vienna, has had several
conferences with Count Buol on the question of the
Danubian Delta, it having not yet been decided
whether the Delta is to be incorporated with Mol-
davia or yielded up to the Porte.