The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-22 00:00:00

THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES.

BERLIN, May 19.—. The following is a report
drawn up by M. Doria, Oriental Attache to our
Embassy at Constantinople, whence he had been
sent into Moldavia to inquire into the truth of the
various statements current, as to the conduct of
the Austrian troops in the Danubian Principalities,
and the state of feeling prevalent there in conse-
quence. It is dated Folischani, April 2, 1855
"The same evening I arrived I paid a visit to M.
Stamatin, the Governor of Moldavian Fokshani (as the
town lies on the boundary of the two Principalities, part
lies in Moldavia and part in Wallachia), who expressed
himself without reserve as to the conduct of the Austrian
troops, whom he describes as totally without discipline.
" narrated to me the particulars of the following
outrage. A woman, long past the middle age, occupied,
together with her daughter, a house in which two Aus-
trian soldiers were billeted. One evening about 18 of
their comrades came to see them. The daughter took
flight, lea,iing her mother behind her ; the latter was
found dead the next morning is consequence of violence
offered to her person. It is affirmed that she was vio-
lated by all the 18. A post mortem, examination that
was made by the physician of the district, assisted by
an Austrian regimental surgeon, confirms the fact that
the death of the said woman was caused by rape at-
tended by violence. Not one of these miscreants has
been punished, the Austrian authorities having affirmed
that they had no proof of their identity.
. _

" He then mentioned the murder Committed on the
landlord of the inn at Gresceschti ; the Austrian soldier
who committed this act did not meet with any punish-
ment

" The attempt made upon the Treasury of the local
Government was thus narrated to 'me by M. Stama-
tin. An Austrian soldier had obtained entrance bur-
glariously into 'the apartment were the money and
valuable papers were deposited, and was appre-
hended there by the Moldavian sentinel, who
handed him over to his superior officer. The follow-
ing morning an Austrian corporal came and demanded
his liberation. The soldier was at that time still in con
finement in the apartment in which he had been detected.
The demand was. refused. Later in the same day an
Austrian officer, with a guard of 20 men, returned, and
demanded again the liberation of the prisoner, which
demand was again refused. The Austrians on this made
use of theif arms, seriously wounded the Moldavian sen-
tinel in the head, and carried off the prisoner. The
Moldavian soldier was still in the hospital, suffering
from the consequences of his wound. To my inquiry as
to when this occurred, the Governor answered that the
papers connected with the matter were in his chancel-
lerie ; in their absence he could, not give me the exact
date, but that he believed it was the middle of Novem•
ber. No satisfaction nor atonement had been given,
nor had the soldiers been punished, the Austrians
affirming that a Moldavian has no right to arrest an
Austrian.

" He told me that since the arrival of Col. Oettinger
Wallerstein about two month's back somevThat more
order obtains ; but 'that the inhabitants were still ex•
posed to oppression and insults ; that if, for instance, a
private or subaltern officer had •to wait at all for the
door of a house to be opened to him, he would draw
his bayonet, and would threaten with all impudence to
make use of it.

" Moldavian Fokschani appears to be less quiet than
the Wallachian portion. I, attribute this to the circum-
stance that M. Stamatin has drawn upon himself the
displeasure of the Austrians, on account of his having
demanded satisfaction for the attempt to rob the local
treasury, and the wounding the Moldavian soldier on
that occasion. •

"M. Boronesko appeared less disposed to express
himself to me on the subject of the Austrians, with the
frankness of his Moldavian colleague. He told me,
however, that their troops behaved very ill, that the in-
habitants were afraid to leave their houses of an evening
oil account of the frequent disturbances, that he had
many times spoken to the Commander of the complaints
made against the troops under his command, and that
about six days previously the arrangement had been
come to, that an. Austrian patrol should accom-
pany the soldiers of the national police in their night
rounds, and that since this arrangement had been car-
ried into effect a greater degree of tranquillity had been
attained.

." I must not omit to mention to you as a fact of some
importance, that orders have been sent hither from Vi-
enna, prohibiting the infliction of corporeal punishments
on the troops here. I have not heard of any similar
prohibition having been extended to any other portion
of the army.
" Yesterday an Austrian soldier presented himself at
the house of the Wallachian Governor, and demanded
that a guide should be assigned him to accompany him
to Braila. The Governor required to• see his colonel's
orders 'for this, and asked what remuneration would be
-given to the man who might accompasny him. The
soldier answered that he had no order, nor any money
with which to pay the man, but that his demand must
be attended to. He hereupon became so insolent that
he was obliged to be turned out.
"The Governor's son-in-law told me that in returning
from the country about a fortnight previously he was
attacked, his postillion struck from his horse, and the
man injured by the fall. 'I could mention several other
attacks made by these soldiers.
a twin iu. Boroneslio, that three murders have
been committed at Bouzdon, by Austrian soldiers, but
he did not know the particulars. The last took plaCe
about a month back. The Governor of Bonz4on, M.
Lapaty, has lately received an Austrian order.
"There is no doubt that the inhabitants are frequeittly
exposed to great vexations, and that a feeling of irritation
has sprung up between them and the Austrian troops, on
account of the bad conduct of the latter, which consist
for the most part of Croats, so ill disciplined that, as I
learn here, their officers hardly dare reprimand them.
"I have the honour to be, &e.,
(Signed) " DORIA."

THE CLIPPER-SHIP JAMES BAINES.—A few months
ago we chronicled forth the remarkable intelligence an!
nouncing the arrival of the clipper-ship Lightning, Cap-
tain Forbes, belonging to the "Black Ball" line of Aus-
tralian packets, in 63 days from Melbourne, the voyage
out and homq occupying only five months and eight days.
To-day it is our pleasing duty to record another wonder-
ful achievement in navigation, which has been mom=
plished by another ship belonging to the same successful
and enterprising firm. Yesterday evening at-7 o'clock, no
previous announcement of her approach having been
made, in consequence of the foggy state of the weather,
the Royal Mail 'packet-ship James Baines, under 'the
command of Capt. C. M'Donald, entered the Mersey,
and announced her arrival by the firing of cannon. She
sailed from Melbourne on the 11th of March, and per-
formed her homeward passage in 69 days, against 63 on
the outward run. Her voyage out and home occupied
only five months and ten days, which, after deducting
27 days' detention in Melbourne Harbour (seven days
more than that of her sister ship the Lightning), stands
unparalleled in nautical history, and speaks much for
the ability and skill of her commander, and also for the
untiring energy displayed by the spirited firm to which
she belongs, in successfully proving to the commercial
world that the superiority of Liverpool ships, both
for the comfortable conveyance of passengers and
the speedy transit of merchandise, stand unrivalled.
The James Baines brought 360 passengers, 40,000
ounces of gold on freight, in addition to a large amount
in the hands of passengers, and a very heavy nail. On
her arrival in the river the passengers were enthusiastic
in their well-merited encomiums of the attention and
consideration evinced by Captain M‘Donald and his
officers for their comfort during the passage, and mani-
fested their approval by presenting the chief officer with
a purse containing 601.—Liverpool Albion,.
The arrivals of specie yesterday amounted to 350,0001.,
comprising 190,0001. from New York and 160,0001.
from Australia.

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Lvi PE hiAL PAULI/010 1 •

HOUSE OF COBEVIONS--(THIS PAT.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
EAST KENT RAILWAY.
On the question that this 'bill be read third time,
Mr. JAMES WGREGOR moved thetait be not read a
tthoitrhdeti4mthe
otifll:hqeee.vidence and report of the
shall be printed and circulated among members. 118
moved therefore the postponement of the third reading
After a few remarks from Mr. Rice, Lnshingt_,,ent
and Mr. Deedes against the motion, Mada from !as'.
Rich i f n avour of it,
Againit it ............................. -19
The house divided, when the numbers were :-
For the ruotioa. ...... . ...................... 21
abnadmpptaossned. Majority .................. --78
The bill was then read a thikl time and passed. ,
mittee
The Luton, Dunstable, and Welwyn Ril woyOu
the Lyme Regis Roads Bills were also read a third
Wellingboroughßailway
Tile following bills were considered and ordered to be
read a third t me :--Bridport and Broad Winsor Itoadsr.;
Caledonian Railway ; Oxford, Worcester, and Vi°lled
: ape
Road ; Sunderland Dock; Wig!
Preston Roads, North of Yarrovr.
(narrow gauge)Peterborough le,
BUSINESS OF THE ROUSE. 1
Mr. WILSON said be bad been asked by sever?_
committee
whether the Government intended to go i.ochut
_ e of supply housesy night • and it °big°,
gbmmoeinotnovceonmietnntitttoeethdfesuppiy.if he stated ;hat if tu.e
warmdber for Aylesbury (Mr. Layard) did rot bra:Si
mittEeTe
his motion on that evening the Government /1
On the order of the day for the house BILL,
RonOrthOeLalbSovLe ObiClIA, L MANAGEMENT ,
Sir B. HALL moved that clauses 21 and 2$ Fast
• relate to the election of chairman of the board) bf3r-
poned. ,rION
After a few words from Viscount EBBING--; '
The •
motion was agreed to.
On clause 35,
Sir B. HALL rder to lOW
. moved to stake it out in o , g et.
duce into the bill certain use 0 ° •
portions of sobho
Agreed to.
ratseipralaye.rsvir,
On clause 40, providing for the iloopecrAgo°oing°
stlaLndLOpaUrtGoiffri ‘llsc°
thato e
I; Nebigt :
Clauses u to 40
13 were agreed to after ,
..,
sion. . f I° vi
oho intovbcoinsob.
eels °I
baronet was adopted,
oon property,sdeherecetdhioonno a.: well as ratepayers, Should have toheLln
and, after a shortisadui.:gcue:sts;
and the u
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[LEFT SITTING.]

LAW INTELLIGENCE (T-6115

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a tbil:rll7l?eriff.
O. HAIG.—HA------'IG V. GRAI*--.4.-- a -4111 Ili
The Master of tßhne-LRLoSlls
considerablbooolepnygitohg in these cases, the ileliferls Abe
VC 1110 '
Froma,ld
judgment
occupying
to thenMeaarsltyer°'enerephodrutr, :611a
ueamtetakefore his Honour upon uo leers§
ciesMnnea Psittegth, is
original:GV76:ll.lrYheby the P'nl
Haige suit, and 4by the defendaute• teat
Sons,statements
oHonour,foootgitifthe:roers i goi ;1
large distillers, carrying on basineerobso
Edinburgh •
commission, and the plaintiff, Mr. Gray, iggs *lnc , vi.
andat ••Ne
T agent, carrying on busineee -000,01
castle-u 0
Was entPerend. Yne•
In the year 1832 an ibrrlied vibe'
into by which Mr. Grog °Writ Of ttbeit
come the age at for Messrs. Haig for the sale .001,
whiskies. These transactions continued for 00
,115,.5Jp3401
and upon
Messrs H. the agency of Mr. Gray Ceasing,;, AO
Hai claimed a sum of nearly 6,0 601
allowi • fore ommission, from gr. OW'. Jr.ll''' turoo
disputednofhaving
the balance and filed big big, for the Yuotioe
account, and also for
.awn 'Pi actioe
to restiragin an
Messrs. Haig from bringing i‘Tlso,6l4
against Mr. Gray for the amount• rfaii an. de to Ole,
a cross 1-.
abill,.. and in 1852 a reference stag aln„,oos se°
Master,
Haig 4 ; the
to his report Gray took 66 eseerter lA4
result of the report of the 1k919 GrAl
that a sum 0fe403
11 000/ d wag due = .fio
issp, '
to Haig and s , • and upwar _
His Hon 011, subject to the chat* for coroo.l, the er
after going seriatigs through 161(1 tbeo,
ceptions, Honour,
disallowed
thegreat portion a'
a. tila
expressing
course at the eameg too his regret tool
of the adopted by Mr.
Gray, in clestroYiai thois
which would have render
0000
,il!
bookstransactions
doubt anduncertainty. clear which were at_the present 0,14 h 'lt
, .f
Such conduct as gr.
the cearf
pursued, it should be publicly il°l/asiotteri .°„
would treatl with the greatest severity. ll' bat, l''
account noth• kg i of
.nothing was so important 39 be .hition
this case, and the r° „ gr•
rin. they had been destroyed,
principal and agent had not been respected
00 ow
opinion
Under such circumstances gr. 6011° t,' joie!),
the Oro.
to odd
7lioef his Honour, not entitled' to
which would have been entitled to if be I:0 tior
differentl ''
yTto the course he had pursued ill tees io bey in
actions
r.he result of his Honour's decision.
_l4OO
r all - its.
findingrilncipmal particulars, to confirrn
trio), to °
report;Gray indebted to gess
large am0unt.L...........
MIDDLESEX ---- ---------45,000
ADJOITROD P
(THIS DAY
. s .)
pan
ei s (Before Mr. Sergeant Adano.) foyer ea.
•
eir
i mith,, a respectably dress ed roan, 00
.
warder in the Middlesex 'A - Al
House of Correcti
.1.04.
dered to his
the property of his employer, Mr. Glover, ° bad keellf„
well,
in thegas meter manufacturer. The prisouer 040 1'
prosecutor's employment for uPt 0, 414
twelve
of
twenty
months as gate-keeper and clerk, a 00000:
shillings per week, with :31 per cent' 0016,
sion on sales
effected b h• f 1 th r cottiege „peroe
copper, the refuse whichy mi
O ea
e •
, tbe '3l" bill
accumulated io 0,0
tare of the cuter L 0
meters. In April the prosec- ,0 foe=
horse and cart •
with old metal in it standing baring 1 tO
a marine
name
f store dealer's shop whichClerkenwell oepicien,!
and o Potter over the door, excited brag the P11,,i
onannees making inquiries he found the seep g/7„bolse''',
He suhsequenily ascertained tbe prisor7oo4., 000
to hi •
after himself 3 cwt. of leather cuttings Pt 1411: Pe ot. °f
that had disposed of them for 21e• Per efiae n-_,.1
defence was that the transaction in qution , isse•--
bona fide character, and inaccordance with t°°
praTchteice adopted at tee 'prosecutor's 011111006113.1 the
prisoner, jury,
aftera
short consultaion, P°4
The Grand Jury
was immediately dischariged:oroio
iarged this
fi
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LLOYD'S SHIPPING-
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N.N.E. • light May 22.--Wind and Went 1 Age,
, airs, and hazy. 'fed' eti ?
DOVER' May th. —W' a N i,T4O 011 A
Lena, from Java ; ' i,n.., N. • -W.. f f 10°
, both Iv ttey
Clementine, Rio llenorina, a 0,,,, tods, a ~,
Janeiro. Sailed=-4'a I°r'
for Calcutta. pi $OilV"
PORTSMOUTH, May 21 —Wind' '.--S• ej"
town, for New York. • •-•• /.I•Vr. Arrl't
SOUTHAMPTON', May W. • d .e,,..•
21. 01 1 Of
(s.), from the West lnd',,4 cl4lcOe'
NEWPORT, May ies.
21 --W. d, S V ode-11,P•il • °ll
Freedom, from L• ' ja • •
iverpool, for Cape, ell
London, foi St Thomas. caogel
JERSEY, May 20.—Wind, E. A.rrifek-
Labradore. 2 o°°
LElTll.—Arrived K lifatanelt with _P,,,,/
NEW ORLEANS May ossuth, fr
1 Th°l33Acton,(o-I,the lap-
bales of cotton ' -*-- at. rnv la -
on board, hat, been -u _Apbeglj
River.
ST. CROIX, April 2 The oe, for CI
was to have sailed today,9---- - A 11,13 e tautin°-. es
steamer Medea has but they ar _ fro.
interfered. lon Agrlge°:
BELFAST (Port Fairy), March 6.--lbe-g-orrthartioooo
London, which
went on shore on CePe •‘• oa 13,,,,-.- 08 '
on the 15th inst is a total wreck; erelid bee "'-
are landed • the wreck has been sold, a
appeared. '
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Wind, 5.E.,,,, AlOl3 0
Rico, Doom 4,010
Arrived—Abeona, from Porto
Adroit, Santander'; Emulous, Barbado",
Sebastian.
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Wind, E. ; tide last hour's ebb ; ve3 ~, roP
slight rain. „>0.0.0 ytib ,
10 ; ii c,low
Arrived. tells, (s.) from Consta___n tin, Tato, A
Rico ; Gesina, Norden ; puke of 1"111 0 0,0.
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Margaret, 'Dalai's. of, 9'
DEAD, Irdesa orsoto'
0'
Wind, N.E. ; light, and cloudy. .„.„„oor° Lai L
Paased.—Janet AlcWillia.m, for ..B-113_1111,-
Cardiff; Ralph Thompson, Constantio,P_lia. 10'
don ; Adeline, from Shields, for Cara! ',lv! 0
tbe /0
S•lided in to, Woodcock, for 1.000" rod oor isi ~
Eleanor from Callao, for J.,00c10,0' rego 0.11
appears to be " lielinor," for 1,00,011;
been condemned and sold A Callao.