The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

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ELTaAREST, Aug. 14.—As the Austrian occupi
ra
and the administration of Prince Stirbey continue tilAl
press heavily on this land, the status quo is preserved jib
all its features, and, as a consequence, the evil
creases in all its features every day. In Moldavia, th•
Austrian occupation keeps up the Russian 'regime in all
its rigour ; nevertheless, the situation of this Princi•
pality is—l can scarcely say better—but at least less
miserable than that of Wallachia. Prince Ghiske,
though excessively timid when doing good is the (pets
tion, is nevertheless not quite so hearty as his colleague
Prince Stirbey in oppressing and crushing the country
which he governs. The press in Moldavia is in the
enjoyment of a certain degree of liberty. In Wallachia
it has always been kept down, and many measure
which Prince Ghiska has just taken justify us in
entertaining a belief that liberty of action rather
than sincerity of intention is what the Princre
required in order to effect the amelioration a sks
condition of his subjects. He has made to the
Societe du Credit Mobilier an offer of the most advan-
tageous kind—perhaps, alas ! too advantageous when
the interests of Moldavia are taken into consideration—

for the construction of a railroad, which, taking Galstz •
as its point de depart, will meet at Tchernowits, on the
Buscovina, the Austrian Railway. The wealthy com-
pany at Paris accepted eagerly the Prince's offer, and
sent to Jassy their engineer, M. Bonaut, who is now oa
the point of concluding an agreement with the Molda-
vian Government. Prince Ghiska, at the same time, has
acted in a patriotic manner by proposing to Prince Stir-
bey to join him in assuring an annual income to the
Roumanee Chappel, which the worthy and courageous
Routnanee prelate, the Archtmandrite Josaphat Snago•
vano, founded two years ago in Paris, in, which city
the Greek ritual had up to that time no other place
of celebration than the Russian embassy. But an-
other which Prince Ghiska has lately taken is of
the greatest importance, and relates to the seculati•
cation of two-thirds of the revenues of the convents.
This propo,ition was unanimously adopted by
the administrative council of Moldavia. The prince
entrusted his counsellors, Negri and Raletti, with the
reission of conveying to Constantinople the account of
the important alteration which he has just introduced
into Moldavia. In this account, of which I have re-
ceived a copy, there occur these remarkable words :--
"We have ben obliged to take these measures for the
purpose of increasing the resources of our treasary, and
putting it into a condition to meet the extraordinary ex•
penses which are incurred by the Principality on
count of its being occupied by a foreign army ; for the
inhabitants of Moldavia can only by the greatest
exer-
tions succeed in supporting the burdens which now
press upon them, an.-1 our conscience will not permit us
to oppress them with new burdens."

Messieurs Negri and Raletti, before proceeding to
Constantinople, came to Bucharest, with the expectation
that Prince Stirbey would adopt also the reform which
he had just introduced into Moldavia, and that he would
allow two of his ministers to join them in the same
mission. After hesitating a long while, Prince Stirbey
and his administrative council discovered a middle
term, and decided upon the secularisation of a fourth
only of the revenue of the convents of Wallachia, and
this only for a limited space of time, for four yeare.
But the Prince, as though he distrusted his own
Ministers, refused to send representatives to Constanti-
nople, in the same manner as he had previously refused
to send representatives to Vienna. The Moldavian minis-
ters, concluding therefore that their advice would be
lost upon Prince Stirbey, thought fit to depart for their
destination alone. It appears that the mission of Mee-
sieurs Negri and Raletti has been in some degree occa-
sioned by a letter from Fuad Pacha' to Prince Ghiska.
This letter owed its origin to a petition from the Jews of
Moldavia to the Porte. It has been asserted that the
minister for foreign affairs in Turkey, overstepping
the limits of the rights of sovereignty of the Ports,
treated in his letter of matters concerning the interior
legislation t,f the Principalities.
As far as Prince Stirbey is concerned, he is too much
occupied with his own interests, which are not tho-
roughly coincident with the interests of Wallachia, to
have much time to busy himself with the affairs of the
province. His rapacity is excited and increased by the
p-ecariousness of the situation in which he is placed.
He turns this to profit; for, thinking every-day that he
is approaching the termination of his reign, he endea-
vours to add to his stores of money with the greediness
of a man just about to fly, and eager to seize everything
that lies in his way. However, the Prince is not going
yet. His provisional reign has already lasted a year,
in spite of the incessant complaints of the inhabitants
—in spite of the reiterated remonstrances of the resi-
dent consuls at Bucharest—in spite even of- the Porte
itself, whose commissary, Dervish Paeha, in a report on
an inquiry into the administration of Prince Stirbey,
convicted the Prince of a multitude of acts of malversa-
tion, and accused him even of an attempt to purchase
silence by bribes. The only support of the Prince is the
protection of Austria ; and since this protection is suffi-
ciently powerful to preserve him in place against the
efforts of all, he cares fg r nothing else. More than this,
not only does he give himself no trouble about the Porte
and its allies, but he throws so much zeal into his devo-
tion to his powerful protector that he astounds General
Caronini himself. For every service that is required of
him he gives two. The result of this may be antici-
pated by the consideration of what has lately taken place.
Austria has granted to the Prince a favour which even
few sovereign powers have obtained. She has just con-
ferred on one of his regiments the name of Elizabeth-
Stirbey. If the Prince succeeds in making of Wallas
chia an Austrian possession, he will scarcely consider
that he has acquitted himself thoroughly of his debt to
his prot etor.
A short time back the Prince dismissed his favourite
prefect of police, M. Rodolph Rossetti. As an excuse
for the dismissal, and to conciliate public *pinion, reports
were circulated with respect to a deficit of four thousand
Austrian ducats, which the ex-prefect had left in the
treasury of the prefecture. In addition to this the re-
ports mentioned the complaint lodged against M. Ros-
setti by the Prussian Consul, for striking one of his pro-
teges. All the world, however, knows that the appro-
priation of public money is a sine qua non for a Walla-
chian 'public functionary, and that M. Rossetti was
accustomed daily to indulge in acts of brutality, much
more disgraceful than those of which he is now accused.
The true reason which induced the Prince to sacrifice
M. Rissetti is that the hackney coachman whom he
struck was a Russian subject, and that, In addition to
this, Austria did not wish that functionary to remain
in his situation any longer. Austria wanted a man
of its own choice in the police. This choice fell
upon M. Demetrius Gregoire Ghiska, who —to
do him justice exercises something more even
than zeal to merit the confidence of which
he is the object. His office is rather in the antechambers
of Generals Coronini and Popovitsch, than in the Pre-
fecture de Police. However, he will have some trouble
in satisfying their excellencies, for the Roumanees whom
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it was thought possible to rob because they ;c1 been
disarmed, made use of the first log of wood that came
in their way to defend their lives and their possessions
against the nocturnal expeditions of the Austrian plan•
ilerers. Armed with their large clubs, they have several
times succeeded in forcing their ferocious conquerors to
leave arms, baggage, and even their wounded, behind
them, and to take flinht after a fashion truly Austrian—
bare-beaded and crying for mercy. Now Wallachia is
so well supplied with wood, that if the inhabitants are
to be deprived cf these terrible arms, which they have
wielded with so much success, Count Coronini and his
lieutenant of police must set fire to the Whole country.
Prince Stirbey has just received an order from the
cabinet of Vienna to establi,l, with the greatest de-
spatch, telegraphic lines throughout the :erincipalities.
For some days, therefore. he has been exclusively °acne
pied in the execution of this order. It is believed here
that these telegraphs are to be at the service of Austria,
if that power takes in the Principalities a position hostile
to the allied powers. The fact is, that it would be im-
possible to say what other inteeest Austria can have in
covering the soil of Wallachia with electric lines.
The single good thing I have to acquaint you with is,
that the harvest this year has been most abundant.
Unhappily, the inhabitants have to regret the time that
they have spent in getting it in, for exportation is
forbidden. Austria gave out that it was about to send
its vessels to watch over the free navigation of the
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Lower Danube, only for the purpose of preVenting
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advices were received at. Lloyd's, from New Caledonia,
announcing
called the ' •
that a large vessel, Erirnissia manned by •
the vessel struck that crew of 50,
left Callao in April, with 65 '
0 Chinese coolie*
on board, bound for Sydney. She prosecuted her voy-
REcKtheA:foDll
age in safety until the Bth of
minutes she broke in half, and the mtwhaahssteoninf
a sunken reef, west of New Caledonia. Such was the
force with which
on board were struggling in the water. Of the entire
number only seven tubewckeinnogvn,
were saved who took to one of the
boats, and after great sufferings succeeded in reaching
shhuem aboutsa struck
New Caledonia.
A THIEF IN FEMALE ATTIEB.—A German, almise
by the name of Maria Brown, was brought beforeP the
magistrates at Manchester, yesterday, on suspicion of
committing omnibus robberies. There was no special
Cue against him, but the police had been in search if
him, by description, for picking pockets in mailmen!,
nearly two months. He wore a white straw bonnet,
trimmed with white sarsenet ribbon, outside; and having
a false cap with artificial flowers inside. The dress was
of brown stuff, with black silk mantle. The boots were
of cloth, and he carried a parasol. His hair is black, and
of great length, and dressed according to the Ist set
fashion. The breasts being well padded, and the basalt-
and whiskers well kept down by means of pnmicesto*
and prepared chalk (which were found in Maria Browiheg.
dressing-case), the make-up was good, and ninety-ni liit
persons out of a hundred might be excused euspectilise
the sex. He was remanded until Thursday, and •in St;
meantime the magistrate directed that a proper I eft
clothes should be previded,