The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-05 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Dec. I.—As the question of the re-orga-
nisation of the Danubian Principalities is now under
discussion, some further information which has
been acquired on the subject will now be communi-
cated. There is a very great diversity of opinion
between the great Powers and Turkey in respect
to the future Hospodar or Hospodars of Moldavia
and Wallachia. The candidate who enjoys the pro-
tection of Lord Redcliffe is said to be M. John
Ghika, but persons who know him well are of opi-
nion that he would not make such a good Hospodar
as Stirbey, who is acknowledged to be a first-rate
administrator and an experienced financier. M.
Ghika, on the contrary, has no idea whatever of
political economy, and knows as much about finan-
cial matters as the man in the moon. Turkey and
Fiance protect M. Callimachi, but he will not be
acceptable to the inhabitants of either Principality,
who have most unpleasant reminiscences con-
nected with the Fanariote Hospodars for-
merly appointed by the Porte. As to Aus-
tria, she remains faithful to Stirbey and his
Administrative Council, who, being her very
humble servants, act according to her directions.
How the matter will eventually be settled no one
can say, but France and Turkey will perhaps do
well to remember that the Wallachians and Molda-
vians have a kind cf charter, which empowers the
Boyards of each province to elect from among them-
selves one of the most experienced and capable
men, " who shall be invested as Hospodar by the
Sultan if he approves of the individual chosen." If
the Porte has good reason to object to the person
elected by the Boyards, the latter must choose a
more suitable person. The best way to settle the
question of the two Principalities would perhaps
be to unite them under one native Hospodar, to
build a certain number of strong fortresses along
the Pruth and Danube, and to declare Galatz a
neutral free port. The four great Powers could
at once guarantee the territorial independence of
the newly-formed State, and leave the protocol
open, so that Russia might accede to it when peace
was about to be concluded. According to some of
the German papers, Prince Gortschakoff, in the
name of his Government, has protested against any
resolutions which may be taken in respect to the
Danubian Principalities without the consent of
Russia having been previously obtained ; and it is
highly probable that they are well-informed, as the
Austrian Government professes to think that no-
thing can be definitively settled in Moldavia and
Wallachia until after peace has been concluded.
Ignatius, Bishop of St. Polten, has addressed a
pastoral letter to his flock, and in it he thanks the
Most High for three things :-1. That the Imma-
culate Conception of the Holy Virgin has been a
dogma of the Roman Catholic Church. 2. That
at the intercession of the Virgin the cholera has
ceased. 3. That, as a consequence of the interces-
sion (Fursprache) of the Holy Virgin, his Majesty
the Emperor Francis Joseph 11. has been pleased
to conclude a Concordat with his Holiness Pope
Pius IX. The right reverend gentlemen also an-
nounces that he is about to establish a seminary
for boys in his diocese, and says that the sum of
33,111f1. 51k., which has been contributed by va
rious true believers, is insufficient for the purpose