The Press.
London, England, 1857-03-07 00:00:00

Sartign darrrsgon4tutc.

BRUSSELS, March 4.
DIPLomATic affairs cannot be said to present an
aspect of amity according to the proper acceptation
of the term, unless dissension and interference are
held to be harbingers of happier times. To use
livelier and not inappropriate language, the events
to come off are as follow—Prussia against Neuf-
chatel, Austria against Piedmont, England against
Naples, England against China, Denmark against
Germany, and Spain against Mexico. Such a list
would surely satisfy the greediest for contests of this
kind.

M. de Bacharacht, the Russian Consul• General at
Brussels, has been promoted to the rank of a Coun-
cillor of State of the first grade, and appointed to the
same consular office at Corfu. The talent of M. de
Bacharacht, which is of a high order, practical and
official, will have a wider scope of action in superin-
tending the increasing trade of Russia in the Levant,
and developing national resources in fresh channels
of commercial enterprise. His extreme urbanity
towards the English even when the war was at its
height, with the general liberality of his opinions and
desire for a cordial understanding between the two
countries, are evidence of the just sentiments with
which Russia has learnt to regard her former foes.
And this leaning towards English interests is the

SATURDAY,

more to he appreciated from the favour with which
M. de Bacharacht is regarded by the present
Emperor.
In the Danubian principalities, the Austrian com-
mander has given official notice that the troops will
commence their march to the frontier in the second
week of this month, and that the entire army is to
evacuate the provinces before the 30th. For the
present they are to be stationed on the frontier,
waiting events. Intelligence having been communi-
cated that the Russians had receded from the parts
of the country given up to Moldavia, a military divi-
sion formed in the square of Jassy under the com-
mand of Colonel Schwiffy, and marched out of the
town with the band at their head playing the na-
tional air. On the 20th, 21st, and 23rd of February
the national troops took possession of Bolgrad, Reni,
and Ismail. The budget for the year 1856 shows
the revenue to be 25,399,003 piastres and the expen-
diture 22,655.731 piastres, leaving a surplus over ex-
penditure of 2,743,731 piastres ; but the expenses of
the Austrian occupation and the disbursements for
the Turkish troops nearly double this surplusage,
and leave a considerable deficiency. It was not pru-
dent to tell the truth on the eve of popular election.
The boyards of the first class, to the number of
thirty or forty, have petitioned the Porte against the
present constitution of the Divan, which abrogates
their especial privileges, and places them on a par
with the second class. As this second class possesses
even more property than the first, is equal in intel-
ligence, and held perhaps in higher estimation, no
just ground can be alleged for an alteration. The
motive is plain, for it is well known that the boyards
of the first class are one and all accessible to Aus-
trian influences against the union of the provinces.
Foreign journals of all nations that treat of Danubian
affairs are rigidly excluded from the country; letters
are carefully examined, and the authors of such as
contain political news are incarcerated and treated
with great cruelty. In fact the Kaimakan Ghika,
under Anglo-Austrian protection, is exercising a
perfect despotism, in order to pack the country be-
fore the elections for the Divan. And this is done
in defiance of the Treaty of Paris. Theodore
Balschi, the Kaimakan of Moldavia, died on the Ist
of March. He was an old man, and only accepted
office at the urgent solicitation of the Divan. It is
supposed that until the organisation of the Princi-
palities the local Government will be carried on by a
provisional council, and that no successor will be
appointed.
The Imperial ordonnance conferring the Vice-
royalty of Lombardy upon the Archduke Maximilian
is completed. Nevertheless,'the differences of opinion
between the Archduke and MM. de Buol and
Bach continue. The new Viceroy determined to
surround himself with Italian councillors, amongst
others, MM. Gori, Decio, Val►narina, Guicuardt,
&c., names that would have conveyed certain
popularity upon an Administration. Such nomina-
tions were not in accordance w►th the Vienna pro-
gramme, 4od the proposition has been 4iscounte-
nanced but not defeated. It has been objected also by
the Archduke, that General Count Giulay, having
the command of five divisions of the army, in the
Tyrol, at Ancona, Isonza, and Tessino, should be
made his military "ad laws" at Milan. The Count
represents the system that, by its ii on severity, has
brought the Austrian occupation into disrepute, and
the Archduke is naturally disinclined to commence
his government under so unfair a pressure of dis•
favour. He has proposed that General Count
Stadion should remain with him at Milan, and that
the head-quarters of General Giulay should be re-
moved to Verona.

The reception given to the Grand Duke Constan-
tine of Russia at Turin by king and people has been
most flattering ; arriving also immediately after the
publication of the diplomatic correspondence betwixt
M. de I3uol and M. de Cavour, the effect was still
more fortunate. It cannot be denied that the com-
plaint of M. de Buol was forcibly and stringently put
forward, based as it was upon palpable fact. The
error he committed was in suppressing the cause
that led to the grievance of which he demanded
redress; and this omission, the gist of the whole, was
supplied by M. de Cavour, in one of the most able,
calm, yet bitter replies that everlproceeded from the.
pen of a diplomatist. M. de Cavour communicated
his answer to the Austrian note, to the Governments
of Russia, France, and England. From the first he
has received assurances of sympathy, from the second
promises of support, and from the third an expression
of dissent from the views of Austria in Italy,—and of
an earnest desire to maintain intimate relations with
Sardinia, " malgre les menagemens que d'autres
questions pendantes lui imposent envers l'Autriche."
That is to say in simple parlance that other and
mightier considerations than the Italian question
bind England to Austria under a Whig Government.
This uncandid answer has embittered still more the
angry feeling that was rankling throughout Pied-
mont at the disclosures of the Tripartite Treaty,
divulged through the instrumentality of Mr.
Disraeli.' C. A. H.

MARCH 7, 1857.

Vrouttrings in V arliament.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY.
LORD DERBY AND THE "PRESS " NEWSPAPER.
The Earl of DERBY rose and said :
Spy lords, it is not my custon to notice any misstatement
or misrepresentation that appears in the public papers
with regard to my public character ; and without departing
in the slightest degree from that rule on the present occa-
sion I may be allowed, in justice not only to myself but to
others, to refer to a report, wholly unauthorised, ofa meet-
ing which is said to have taken place on Friday last at my
house, which did take place, but not at my house, and the
statement of the proceedings at which, although un-
doubtedly it bears on the face of it evidence of having been
furnished by some person who was either present or had
heard what passed, is in many instances grossly inaccurate,
and with regard to which 1 am represented not only as
saying what I •lid not say, but as saying exactly the reverse
of what I did say. My lords, lam not going to enter into
any explanation of anything that passed there, and I only
beg to refer to it now in order that it may not be supposed
the report is correct, and that hereafter, if reference is ever
made to that occasion, I may be permitted to avail myself
of the protest I now make with regard to the accuracy of
t his report.