The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-19 00:00:00

WALLACHIA.

A letter from Bucharest, of the 9th, in the
Debats, gives a detailed account of the circum-
stances which led to the late election of Colonel
Couza in the province of Wallachia :—" At the
moment the election was approachingthere were four
parties in the Assembly--the partisans of Stirbey,
those of his brother Bibesco, those of Ghika, and
the national party. Between the two brothers an
agreement had been come to, that whoever had
fewest supporters should yield, and join his forces to
the other's. At a preliminary meeting which the
Ghika party held, it was decided that they should
join. the national party, and that, at the opening of the
Assemblyfor the election of Hospodar a protest should
be presented by 30 members against the numerous
illegalities of the general elections, with a declaration
that the whole of the persons protesting were de-
termined to withdraw, unless the. Assembly broke
the elections complained of. In the morning of the
meeting of the Chamber the whole population pro-
ceeded towards the largo building where the
Assembly was to meet. The doors and space round
the building were guarded by military, who at first
prevented any one from passing who had not a
ticket. After a time, however, the crowd became
impatient and forced_ an entrance, and the court and
avenues of the Che.mber immediately became filled.
The deputies, herAded by the Caimacans, who were
assailed by loud, murmurs from the crowd, having
taken their ple.ces, the bishop, who presided, an-
nounced the opening of the Assembly. Demetri
Ghika then commenced the Parliamentary combat
by proposing
that the deputies who could not
legally tEike (part in the deliberations should be ex-
cluded. A very warm discussion ensued, and
several deputies, among others the ex-Caimacan
Alexander Ghika, Eoclolplw Golesco, admitted

he illegalities which had been committed in their
elections, and resigned. Before the end of the
sitting it was resolved that three catekories of de-
puties should be excluded—those elected by accla-
mation, those by a relative instead of by an abso-
lute majority, and those chosen by electors whose
names had been inscribed by the Caimacans on the
electoral lists after they had been closed by the
tribunal. On the following day, astonishment was
caused by seeing the place of meeting of the As-
sembly surrounded by troops. Reports had been,
it is true, current on the previous evening of an
intended coup d'etat; that with the support of
bayonets the Chamber was to be constituted,
Bibesco proclaimed, and, in case of need, the oppo-
sitionists arrested. It was known that warrants
for arrest had been issued against the deputies
Rosetti and Bratiano, but that the police had re-
fused to execute them, urging in excuse for non-
compliance the inviolability of the representatives
of the people. In the interior of the Chamber, the
aspect of things had changed, and attempts were
made to dispute the concessions made on the pre-
vious day. The immediate dismissal of the troops
was called for—a demand which was energetically
but peaceably supported by the people—and after
a discussion of some hours, the armed force was
ordered to withdraw. This occupied the greater
part of the day, which terminated' by the exclusion
of ten deputies, based on the conventions of the
previous days. Two days had thus passed away,
and the Chamber had not yet been constituted. In
the evening two meetings were held, one com-
posed of persons of all shades of opinion belonging
to the national party, and the other of the most
violent members, among whom were the two bro-
thers Bibesco, and Stirbey. The greatest secrecy
was observed as to the proceedings. Every one
expected something decisive for the following day,
and the whole population was on the qui vice at
an early hour. A dense crowd assembled round
the building in which the Assembly sat, the doors
of which were only opened to those provided with
, tickets. Troops were under arms, but were kept
concealed from the public, and every measure was
adopted to prevent any aggression. Immediately
after the opening of the Assembly, Deputy Boyeresco
approached the President, and respectfully requested
him to retire with the members of the Chamber into
a salle adjoining, to receive a private communica-
tion. This request was, after some little hesitation,
agreed to. When assembled in the other room and
the doors closed, Boyeresco, in an eloquent speech,
pointed out the serious situation of the country,
and besought all those who loved their country
to remain faithful to the idea of the union. He
conjured them all to set aside every other
feeling, and to unite with their brethren in Mol-
davia in proclaiming Alexander Couza. The
effect of this speech was magical. The whole
party returned at once to the hail of sitting,
and Nicholas Golesco, rushing to the tribune,
renounced his candidateship. He was followed by
Demetri Ghika, Jean Cantacuzene, and others, who
all solemnly swore to vote for Couza, and a general
cry was raised of ' Long live Couza!' Some per-
sons went out and announced what had taken place
to the people, who loudly repeated the same cry.
The deputies then returned into the other chamber,
and after some preliminary observations, which
made known to the diplomatic body what had taken
place, the chamber declared its sitting permanent
until the definitive election of the prince, and im-
mediately formed its bureaux. By seven o'clock in
the evening Alexander Couza had been elected
unanimously Prince of Wallachia."

. Accounts from Hanover of the 15th state that
the Second Chamber has rejected by a majority of
52 votes the proposal of the united committee of
the two chambers to increase the duties on manu-
factures, and to impose a personal tax on landed
proprietors.

The Madrid Gazette of the 14th contains
more addresses to the Queen from Cuba, pro-
testing in energetic terms against the idea of
selling the island to the Americans; one of these
addresses contains as many as 5,500 signatures.
The Government not havihg been able to obtain
contain contracts for the projected works at Puerta
del Sol, and not having thought fit to accept an
offer to execute them for a given sum made by a
capitalist, had resolved to apply to the Cortes for a
credit to undertake them itself.

The Duchess of Parma, according to the Opinione
of Turin, has just signed a treaty with Austria,
authorising this latter power to occupy all the forts
of the State with her troops, in case of war.

Accounts from Ticino give the following as
the results hitherto known of the elections for
the grand council of that canton. The canton is
divided into 38 districts, each electing 3 members ;
total 114 members. Out of that number, 57 elec-
tions have been completed, and 46 Liberal deputies
have been returned against 11 Conservatives.