The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-27 00:00:00

THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES.

VIENNA, Oct. 23.—The Ministerial Oesterrei-
chische Vorrespondenz contains the follo wing article,
in refutation of the assertion of the French organs
of the press, that Austria is bound by treaty imme-
diately to withdraw her troops from the Danubian
Principalities :
" The prolonged occupation of the Danubian
Principalities by the Austrian troops has recently
greatly occupied the attention of the Paris papers.
For the sake of accuracy we will at once state a
fact of which the French journals seem to he igno-
rant—it is that Turkish troops still occupy certain
parts of the Moldavo-Walluchian territory, with
the same legal right (Rechtstitel) as the Imperial
.Royal troops. It is the same legal right which
justifies the prolonged stay of the English fleet in
the waters of the Black Sea, and that no' with-
scantling the strict stipulations of the transitory
and additional article to the treaty of peace, signed
at Paris on the 30th March.
"As Austria, Great Britain, and the Sublime
Porte take the same view of the case, and act in
the same way, it cannot but excite surprise that
the French press should.
attack and express dis-
trust of but one of those Powers, and at the same
time represent the sole cause for the stay of the
three Powers in their military positions iu Molda-
via, Wallachia, and the Black Sea as an unimpor-
tant and indifferent matter.
" The Treaty of Marsh 30th is signed and sealed,
and we are convinced that no one thinks of impugn-
ing it, that no Power will attempt to avoid the
fulfilment of its stipulations. The Paris Conference
understood by them that the Commissaries should
go to Constantinople as soon as the gradual evacua-
tion of the Ottoman territory, stipulated by article
31 of the Treaty of the 30th of March, should be
sufficiently advanced, and that the Commission
Should combine (combiner) its arrival in Bucharest
with the complete cessation of the temporary armed
occupation, as also with the fulfilfnent of Article
20 in respect to the rectification of the Moldavian
frontier.
"Now the rectification of the Moldavian frontier
has not been completed; on the contrary, it is still in
dispute.
"As is known, Russia refuses to cede Bolgrad
and the Isle of Serpents, although those Govern-
ments which are more directly interested in the
regulation of the frontier question insist on its
doing so, and that in virtue (auf Grund) of the
treaty of peace.
" We are told that the fulfilment of the condi-
tions relative to the frontier, which were made in
a solemn treaty, is a matter of secondary import-
:pee to the realisation of the peace, but that the
evacuation of territory by the troops or fleets of
the allied Powers, although neither demanded nor
desired by the Sovereign or Suzerain, is a point
which must, before all others, he discussed. This
is a kind of international logic which we do not
profess.
" We repeat that the prolonged Austrian occu-
pation of the Danubian Principalities is based on
the same legal right and title as the Turkish—en
the same legal right as the occupation of the Black
Sea by Great Britain.

" The occupation of a part of the Turkish terri-
tory is not continued on account of any distrust of
Russia, but simply because the regulation of the
frontier is not yet settled. For the present, the
troops and fleets of the three Po*ers will remain
in positions which they mush quit as soon as the
frontier line of the Ottoman territory is definitively
settled.

" This 'mode of proceeding is in strict keeping
with the closing sentence of Article 31 of the Paris
Treaty of March 30th, which, in speaking of the
evacuation of the Ottoman territory, says literally,
Toe periods (Les delais) and the method of execu
tion shall be the subject of a convention between
the Sublime Porte and the Powers whose troops
have occupied its territory.'
" Now, as has above been said, the Sublime
Porte has fully agreed with Austria and Great
Britain as to the proper periods (delais).
" Having shown that the prolonged stay of the
Imperial Royal troops and of the-Turkish forces in

the Principalities is based on the same legal foun-
dation as is the stay of the English fleet in the Black
Sea, it follows, as a matter of course, that the occu-
pation will cease as soon as the muse for the same has
ceased to be—that is,the occupation will cease as soon
as the frontier question is arranged and settled.
The settlement of the internal affairs and the future
organisation and government of the Danubian Prin-
cipalities are in no connexion with the occupation,
and the interest which the Imperial Royal Govern-
ment takes in the prosperity and peace of those
countries will be shown by her friendly understand-
ing with the other great Powers, and in particular
with the Sublime Porte. The settlement of the
question of the Danubian Principalities cannot be
adduced as a reason for the prolongation of the
occupation."

PRANCE.
An Imperial decree, dated Compiegne the 23d,
enacts that, "as it is important to place in the
Cour des Comptes a class of auditors who, by pre-
paratory studies, present special guarantees of apti-
tude for the functions of conseiller referendaire in
the said Court," such auditors shall be nominated
by the Emperor, in number not exceeding twenty ;
and they are to be aged not less than twenty-one nor
more than thirty, are to be licentiates in law, and
are to pass an examination before a commission.
Another decree of the same date, in execution of a
decree of the 12th June last,, enacting that on the
corps of Intendance Militaire, a number of in-
spectieg intendant-generals shall be nominated,
appoints six officers to be inspectors.
BOURSE, Oct. 25.—The following were the last
quotations :

Cast. fr. c. Bid of Month.
4i per Cents
...per Cents 66 20 66 25

New Loan

Bank Shares 3,925 Roman
- - - • - - -

Credit Mobilier 1;335 Austrian

87

Belgian Fives . Spanish Threes
Piedmontese (5) B9 50 Home Debt

RAILWAYS-FOR CASH.

fr. c. fr. c.
Orleans 1,245 -- Western
Northern 945 -- Strasburg .. 865 --
Lyons 1,260 -- New Ditto -
Mediterranean - -- Grand Central
Lyons Geneva 7OO -- Te3te - --

Cette

~ 781 25

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING.
The Royal Mail steamer Africa has arrived from
New York, with dates to the 15th inst.
She has V 94,666 in specie, and she brings the
Mexican mails, which stould have been brought
by the Tay.
The Kansas elections had terminated favourably
to the Pro-slavery party. The Free State party
did not vote.

A rupture of diplomatic relations between Me7_,J33
and Great Britain is announced.

The George Law had arrived with the mail from
California and $2,000,000 in specie. The demand
for money at New York was more pressing, and
although the supply of unemployed capital was still
abundant, yet the rates were slightly higher, say a
half per cent., the current rates being 8i to 91 per
cent, for the best selections of 60 and 90 days
mercantile paper; the Bank contractions continued
on a moderate scale. There was a prospect of in-
creased stringency, heavy exports of specie being
foreshadowed.

Exchange on London, 91 to 9.
A good demand had prevailed for cotton, in part
speculutive, and the absence of an adequate supply
had caused an advance of ic. A further rise was
anticipated, independent of foreign advices, in flour
and meal. Au advance had taken place of from
10c. to 15c. Wheat was 3c. to sc. better. In
pig iron there was not much doing ; for railroad
and sheet there was considerable inquiry. Tobacco
was firm, but quiet. Freights were without im-
portant change, and the business had been to a
fair extent. The shipments of gold and silver since
Jan. Ist were 29,090,584 dols., against 24,784,768
dols.