The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-03 00:00:00

OUR SUSPICIOUS ALLY-AUSTRIA.

There are some facts, connected with the Crimea:
expedition, upon which the journalists, who attribute
to them unreal and impossible incursions into the Do-
brudscha touch very gingerly. Marshal St. Arnand
and Lord Raglan sent an account of their successful
landing to Omer Pasha as soon as to Constantinople and
their own Governments. This haste to acquaint the
commander of the Turkish army on the Danube seems
to imply a previous understanding between him and the
allied commanders, in virtue of which the success of
our arms in the Crimea was to determine the time and
mode of his advance upon the retreating Russians. In
other words, it would appear that the movement upon
Sebastopol was to be combined with a movement upon
the Bessarabian frontier. Connected with this combat's-
tins we have another trait of Austrian duplicity. A few
days ago we re-published from the Parisian Moniteur
a statement to the effect that instructions had been
sent from Vienna to General Hess, by electric telegraph,
to the effect that he was to permit the Turkish troops to
occupy Galatz and Ibraila, with a view to ulterior op.-
rations against the Russians. We now learn, by a letter
from the Bucharest correspondent, that before this tele-
graphic message reached that city the Austrian authoris
ties had taken upon them to interdict the entry of the
Turks into Galata and Ibraila. Before the Austrian
army of occupation entered Wallachia General Hess had
been at Vienna, and had had frequent and prolonged
interviews with Ministers. It is impossible, therefore,
to avoid the conclusion that the first instructions given
to General Hess by his Government were to prevent
the occupation of Galatz and Ibraila by the Turks, a
measure which would effectually have shielded the Rus-
sians from the pursuit of their enemies ; and that the
subsequent instructions to allow the Turks to enter
those towns were only extorted from the Vienna Cabi-
net by urgent remonstrances on the part of France and
Enkland. There are ninny circumstances, trifling
enough in themselves were it not for their obvious con-
nexion with these double instructions, that help to
bring home to Austria the imputation of still trying to
play fast and loose both with Russia and the Allies—to
run with the hounds and hold with the hare. There is
the pertinacity with which Austria has insisted upon and
carried its point of the re-instalment of the wretched
trimmer Stirbey as Hospodar of Wallachia. There is the
recent publication, by order of General Hess, of his
address to the Wallachians in its exceptionable form,
with the omission of the important words alleged to
have been in the eriginal draft, which restricted the in-
terference of Count Coronini with the Wallachian au-
thorities in matters connected with the army of occupa-
tion. There is the suspicious attempt of a number of
the i their Austrian
friends officershetßu to crossssiathe
Russian camp in
regulations. There is the glad eagerness with rhich the
Turkish
defiance lines
of
military
and
visit
creatures of Austria assumed Omer Pacha s visit to
Rustchuk, for the purpose of inspecting his troops there,
to be the first stage of his journey into the interior of
Turkey, and their premature announcement that he
was on his way to Varna. Every brings
foith new reasons for suspecting the imbecile and Jesuiti-
cal Government at Vienna
iof a wish toplay boot's" new day
the momentous game now n progress in the East. Upon
what other ground can the unheard-of and anomalous
arrangement be explained that the officer ostensibly
second in command to General Hess is authorised to de-
cide in cases of difficulty what course shall he pursued
by his ostensible chief ? In such circumstance every
indication that the Western Powers are aware of the
duplicity. of Austria, and keep a strong bridle-hand upon
tquestionables
sa
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its skittishness, though their language respecting this
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To this class of indications appear' to belong the prompt
and cordial communication to Omer Paella of the suc-
cessful landing in the Crimea as a guide for his own
ulterior movements, and the timely pressure by which
Austria has been compelled to rescind its original orders
to prevent the occupation of Galata and Ibraila by the
Turkish troops.—[The visit of the Austrian Ambassador
to M. Drouyn de l'Huy's at Paris to congratulate him
on the success of the French arms is another piece of
hypocrisy.]

THE CIVIL SERVICE.—General Post. Office.—Mr. Row-
land Hill has selected Mr. John L. Du Platt Taylor, of
the General Post Office, to be his private secretary.
There are two vacancies for assistant examiners in the
Audit Office, Somerset House. Mr. William Croft,
assistant clerk in the Paymaster-General's department,
Whitehall, has been appointed senior clerk in th •
pay branch, Chatham, vice J. E. Armstrong, sup eran-
nuated ; and Mr. Edward Vessey, junior clerk, has bees
appointed assistant clerk in London, vice Croft, pro-
moted. Two vacancies of junior clerks are canoed by
the retirement of Mr. G. A. P. Welling., and the
.pro-
motion of Mr. Vessey ; SOL per annum—in the gift of
the Lords of the Treasury. Mr. W. H. Stephenson,
principal clerk assistant in the Treasury, is acting u
private secretary till the vacancy caused
.by the decease
of Mr. T. Crafer is filled up.—Ciril Serrtce Ciasette.
RISE IN THE PRICE OF BRElD.—Generally throughout
the metropolis yesterday an advance of a halfpenny took
place in the price of the 41b. loaf, in the three qualities
—best, second, and third. The price of the first quality
is now ; second do., 71d. ;. and the third do., 60.
Some of the bakers, however, did not alter their figures
yesterday, being eo fortunate all to retain largo stooks of
flour at the late receding rates.