The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-15 00:00:00

THE BOLGRAD DIFFICULTY.

The Tieuna Correspondent of the Times
',Second Edition), in his letter dated Nov. 11,

says :

" VIENNA, Nov. 11.
" Although the Bessarabian frontier question is
exactly where it was a week ago, the positions
occupied by the great Powers are more clearly

defined thin was then the case. The St. PeterE•

burg and Paris Cabinets are still desirous that
the Paris Congress should decide whether New

Bolgrad is to belong to Moldavia or to
Russia, but the British, Austrian, and Turkish
Governments persist in refusing to authorise
their diplomatic agents to resume the Conferences.

England questions the right of the Paris Congress
to meddle again with the Treaty of Peace, and

Austria is of opinion that Russia ought not to be

a judge in a cause in which she is the defendan

It is well known here that the French Govern-
ment has been so imprudent as to make pro-

raises to the Russian Cabinet which it canno

fulfil without being faithless to its allies, and

here is reason to believe that this Govern

meat is now endeavouring to discover some ea•

pedient which will enable the Emperor of the
French to retreat with honour from the cul-de-
sac' into which he has been led by Messrs.

Walewski and de Morny. As has been said, the
Austrian Cabinet does not recognise the justice of
the claim of Russia to be a judge in her own
cause, but it would hardly refuse to discuss the
merits of the Bolgrad question with France, Eng-
land, and Turkey alone. How would it be if the
representatives of the four Allied Powers were
to meet in conference and ask each other
what they had understood by the words of the
treaty--' The new frontier shall pass to the
south of Bolgrad.' If they understood by Bol-
grad the place marked in the Russian map as
Bolgrad Tabak , the frontier line ought naturally
to be drawn to the south of that place, but if they
understood by Bolgrad ma town of the same name
which was not marked on the map, then Mol-
davia has no just claim to New Bolgrad, and the
sooner England, Austria, and Turkey yield to
Russia the better it will be for all parties. Infor-
mation has been given me that three days ago
the French Government still insisted on New
Bolgrad being left iu the hands of Russia, but it is
difficult to believethat the Monarch who displayed
such good faith during the war should now refuse
to act up to his engagements. The Russian
party in this city avers that selfish motives
detain the British fleet in the Black Sea, but the
Austrians stoutly refuse to give credit to such a
ridiculous statement, and express their convic-
tion that the British Government will withdraw
its forces from Constantinople as soon as Russia
has fulfilled her engagements. The question
has been put to me, whether Austria would in
case of need, draw her sword in order to force
Russia to evacuate the western part of Bessara-
bia, and I unhesitatingly reply in the negative.
If Russia should persist in her refusal to redeem
her promise, Austria would simply prolong her
occupation of the Danubian Principalities, and
defeud herself if attacked by Russia. The Aus-
trians are evidently much less in awe of Russia
than they were a couple of years since, but still
the high military party would be extremely
averse to a war with her."