The Press.
London, England, 1856-04-26 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The Austrian papers contain long articles on the
military occupation of the Danubian principalities,
and most of them state (after Le Nord) that "the
Austrian troops are already evacuating them," but
this turns out not to be true. The furlough men
are returning home, but the numbers of battalions
has not been reduced, and it is openly stated at
Vienna that Austria has in reality no intention of
evacuating the principalities until their reorganisa-
tion is completed. The Oat Deutsch Post, in a semi-
official article, says that the presence of the Austrian
troops is not oppressive for the inhabitants of Mol-
davia and Wallachia!

Baron Koller goes to Bucharest and Jassy as the
Austrian member of the commission, and Mr. Alison,
the Oriental Secretary to the Embassy at Constanti-
nople, is to represent England.
The reported increase of Austrian troops in
Parma is officially deniel by the Correspondence of
the 20th.

The Emperor having ratified the treaty of peace
on the 15th, a solemn service and "Te Deum " was
performed in all the churches and cathedrals on
the 20th.

PRUSSIA.

The King ratified the treaty of peace on Friday
week.

The reduction of the army is being effected with-
out interruption. The fifth battery of all the new
regiments of artillery is to be suppressed, and part of
the cavalry disbanded. The otl er States of the Con-
federation are also pursuing their task of reducing to
a peace footing their military forces.
The Prince of Prussia is believed to have insisted
upon the affair of the stolen despatches being brought
before the courts.

The judgment and sentence upon Hen• von Rochow
for shooting M. de Hinckeidev has been communi-
cated to the King, but is not yet confirmed.

RUSSIA.

The retirement of Count Nesselrode from the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now definitively
settled. lie is succeeded temporarily by Prince
Gortschakoff, late Ambassador at Vienna, who will
eventually give room to Count Meyendorff. Count
Nesselrode retains his post as Chancellor. Other
changes are rumoured.
By imperial decree, the militia is disbanded, the
army put upon a peace footing, and the Baltic buoys
and lighthouses effectively replaced. The port of
Odessa is reopened, and commercial relations with
the allied powers renewed. The troops in the
imea are henceforth to form two armies, under the
command of Generals Gortschakoff and Luders.
TURKEY.

The protocol of the 11th February, prepared as a
basis for the settlement of the future condition of
the principalities, has appeared. The independence
and internal administration of the provinces is recog•
nised by the Sultan ; freedom of religion, eligibility
for public offices, free trade, abolition of the capita.
tion tax and imposition of a land tax in lieu, the
election of the Hospodars for life with power to
convoke and close legislative sessions, and the pay.
ment of a fixed tribute of just and moderate propor-
tions, are proposed and recognised by the Sultan.
The twenty-third article establishes that as soon as
the essential bases of the new organisation of the
provinces shall have been laid the election of the
Hospodars shall take place, and, in accordance with
this article, the Porte has dismissed the present
Hospodars of Wallachia and Moldavia, and appointed
Prince Constantine Ghika and Theodore Balcloe as
provisional caimacans until the future government
is definitively'settled. The commissioner for Turkey
upon this question will be Safet Effendi, First Secre-
tary to the Sultan. The union of the two provinces
under an independent prince was vigorously opposed
by the Grand Council.