The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-05 00:00:00

THE PRINCIPALITIES.

We extract the following from a letter, dated
Bucharest, June 20 :
" The exploits of the Austrians in the Principa-
lities are so many, so various, and follow each
other so very rapidly, that to describe all their
exactions, and every act of excess which they corn
mit, would nearly fill The Sun. Notwithstanding
the terror which reigns here, some of their high-
handed acts have so roused public opinion that, to
appease it, Count Coronini was obliged to order an
investigation. The commission of inquiry reports
that it appeared upon examination that all the
persons who were assassinated were afflicted with
a mortal malady, and that the deaths which they
met with, though violent, had only saved them
from long agony. As a matter of course, there-
fore, the assassins, if they have not been re,
warded, have, at any rate, not been punished.
As to their exactions, we may appreciate their
extent when we find that they have gone so far
as to address a note to the local GoverLment
to require it to repair a cask. I should not
have believed this, had I not seen with my own
eyes this curious Austrian document in the office
of the Minister of the Interior. If they take so
much care to call u?on the country to do the pet-
tiest things for the; they are equally careful to
pay nothing. With the exception of bread and
meat—which, however, they manage to get adjudged
to them at a very snail price—everything is fur-
nished to them gratuitously. By the occupation,
therefore, of the Pincipalities, Austria, besides
serving her interest, as she thinks, by covering the
Russians on the side of the Pruth, and permitting
them to concentrate themselves in the Crimea—
finds the means of almost entirely saving her trea-
sury the expense of keeping up an army of 80,000.
Perhaps we shall soon draw our breath a little
more freely; for, 'filth the exception of two re-
giments, all the Austrians are quitting the city,
with the well-understood intention of returning.
Every day one or two battalions leave. They are
to be concentrated at Slobozia and Campina. They
account for this removal on sanitary grounds, but
the principal and true reason is that Slobozia and
Campina are on the road to Bessarabia, and only
some hours distant from the frontier of Austria.
By taking up this new position, they hope to make
either the Allies or the Russians believe—according
to circumstances—that they are always prepared
to come to their relief.

The state of siege is now to be extended to ani-
mals. This may appear like a joke, but it is plain
fact. Count Coronini by an official note has
ordered the Prince to take the most severe mea-
sures in reference to dogs, which, says he, endanger
the lives of the brave soldiers of his apostolic Ma-
jesty by their ferocious attacks.
Prince Stirbey has eagerly seized this fresh op-
portunity to show his profound gratitude to his
benefactors, and hls ordered the prefects not to
shrink from any means of meeting the wishes of
the Austrian general.
The export trade begins to show a little anima-
tion. The price of wheat has also experienced a
sensible rise. It is now from 160 to 165 piastres
inland per kilo., and from 190 to 196 in the ports
of Braila and Galatz. Already 25,000 kilos. of
wheat have been exported, and there are 15,000
others in course of embarkation. The harvest
this year is magnificent.

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

The Senate assembled to-day under the presi-
dency of M. Troplong. Count Walewski, the only
newly-appointed senator, was received in due form,
and took his seat. The Senate afterwards pro-
ceeded to organise its bureau.
The Moniteur publishes two decrees—one ex-
tending to 31st Dec. next the permission previously
granted until the 31st inst. to foreign vessels to
carry corn, flour, rice, potatoes, and dry vegetables
between France and Algeria ; and the other extend-
ing the interdiction to 31st Dec. next against the
export of wheat and barley from Algeria to foreign
countries.

We read in the COnstitutionnel :—" The decree
which orders the creation of two squadrons in each
of the four regiments of African Chasseurs is, we
are assured, signed, These four fine regiments
will, therefore, be eght squadrons strong, four of
which from each regiment are now in the Crimea."
A letter from before Sebastopol of the 23d, in
the Semaphore of Marseilles, says :
" An important movement has taken place lately in
the army. General Bosquet, who, on the orders of
General Pelissier, hadgone on the 16th, two days before
the great attack, to tike the command of the troops en-
camped on the Tchertaya, received on the 21st notice to
again ascend to the hgh ground, where he is once more
charged with the important attacks on the right. Omer
Pada, and the Sardittan army who bad advanced in the
direction of Ain—Talor, in going up the valley of the
Chouliou, to the nortlof the Tchernaya,have fallen back
likewise ; the Turks4re to occupy Baidar, and General
de La Maronera will, with his troops, unite, by Tchor-
gnun ; their left to tht right of the French divisions en-
camped on the left balk of the Tchernaya, two leagues
in advance of Balakliva. In the affair of the 18th the
Russians were certaitly in line at least half an hour be-
fore our men moved It is strange how indistinct an
idea you seem to haveat Paris of the localities here. In
the Debats brought tut by the last mail, the White
Works are confounder with the Mamelon Vert, whereas
in reality the former see situated on the right crest of the
ravine and of Careenitg Bay ; whilst the Mamelon Vert,
on the contrary, is onthe left, but at a considerable dis-
tance, and the rtevine If the Karabelnaia runs round at
its foot by the left, sending into the interior of the
town, by passing beteeen the work called the Great
Redan at d the different advanced works of the Malakhoff
Tower. An order of tie day has now changed the names
of the White W orks egd Mamelon Vert, the latter being
Gilled the Branoion Redoubt, and the former the Lava-
rande Redoubt, fromtle name of the two brave gene-
rals who wore killec in them respectively. General
Brunet and Colonel do liabouseiniere, of the artillery,

were buried on the 20th, in presence of a great concourse
of officers. General Lafont de Villiers spoke in very
affecting language of the services of the former, and
General Thiry paid a similar tribute to the latter. In
spite of the heat, the sanitary state of the army is satis-
factory, and very little cholera prevails."
We read in the Pays :
" The Austrian Government has discussed the ques-
tion with Prussia as to whether the Confederation can
be made to support a part of expenses of the occupation
of the Principalities. But before making a proposition
to that effect in the Diet, it will be necessary to decide
whether Austria is to consent to the demand which
the Porte may make to her to evacuate the Princi-
palities. The occupation of the provinces, in the name
of the Confederation, 7ioUld have the character of an
arbitral operation., and Austria attaches great import-
ance to a pos','clion of that kind. To attain this object
Austria -must persuade Prussia to oblige herself, in con-
cert with the Confederation, to maintain the four points
of guarantee, and to do so as a consequence of the treaty
of April. For the same reason, the placing on a war
footing of the German contingents must be maintained.
These two points form the basis of the last overtures
made to the Cabinet of Berlin. Moreover, a declara-•
tion was made some time back to the Cabinets of St.
Petersburg, Paris, and London, that the Austrian
troops will remain in the Principalities to the end of
the war. The Cabinet of St. Petersburg appears to
have received this declaration favourably, since it
has given to Austria explanations as to its reasons for
col!ectino•b troops in Poland. At Paris and London the
question has been regarded from another point of view,
and the negotiations opened with Prussia have been re-
presented to be illusory, inasmuch as Count Buol cannot
be ignorant that Prussia will not contract any obliga-
tions of the kind. It is affirmed, besides, that the Prus-
sian despatch of the 17th frankly declares that Prussia
can only give her consent to the first two points of the
propositions of Count Buol."

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