1 SEPTEMBER 1855, Page 8

POSTSCRIPT.

SATURDAY.

The principal characteristic of the morning's news is the number of re- ports all tending to the same averment—that Russia at last confesses the excessive pressure which she is enduring. This appears in a variety of forms.

According to a letter from Berlin, of the 27th August—" Count de Nessel- rode, the Russian Chancellor of State, has just addressed a fresh despatch to all the Russian Embassies. In this document the Count repeats the willing- ness of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg to accept honourable propositions for peace, and recommends that no opportunity shall be neglected of reminding the Cabinets to which the Ambassadors are accredited of the pacific inten- tions of the Russian Government."

The Paris correspondent of the Daily _Yews puts this more strongly. "A despatch just received from the French Minister at Vienna states that Count

Nesselrode has made such a pressing application to Austria for assistance, that the Emperor Francis Joseph cannot temporize any longer, and must de- clare himself on one side or the other. He is, it is said, very angry at being pressed home by Russia in this way, and the French diplomatists think themselves justified in announcing that he will pronounce for the Allies."

The enrolment of the new militia of the empire, or levee en masse, has had a terrible effect. The organization of this new corps has been pushed forward with a haste which tells volumes on the condition of the regular army. Although the first line of troops which stood opposed to Austria six months ago has been withdrawn, it has been necessary to order to the Cri- mea about 30,000 of the new troops, who can hardly yet have learned their drill. Seventeen drushines, each of the nominal strength of 1000 men, en- tered the North camp of Sebastopol on the 10th, amid the ringing of bells.— -Berlin Letter.

A report is published by:the Moniteur, written by Admiral Brunt after a visit to the field of battle, over which he was conducted by General Pe- lissier. The report tells nothing new, but one passage bears upon the point to which we have referrdd-

" The wounded we collect and the prisoners who fall into our hands ap- pear weak from fatigue and from insufficient food. The Russian Govern- ment, deprived of the transports that used to pass by the Sea of Azoff, can no longer fill its magazines; its troops receive as their only rations bread, salt, and water; brandy is only given on the day of battle, and meat almost never."

The Russian journal published at Brussels, Le Nord, received this morning, contains a letter from a native of Russia, a merchant at Ham- burg, designed to counteract the effect of statements in the English and French journals on the exhaustion of Russia. He argues, inter alia, that the " primitive " life of the Russian population makes its wants so few that it does not feel exhaustion as other populations would ; and that Russia being without parliament, journal, or any other public organ, there cannot be any Peace party there. The arguments are superficial and absurd ; but the production of the letter just now is remarkable.

The Paris correspondent of the Horning Post reports "a very active cor- respondence between the Cabinets of Vienna and St. Petersburg."

"Russia is not satisfied with Austria, and expects more from the Govern- ment of an empire which, the Czar's Foreign Secretary reminds M. Buol, was saved by the Muscovite when Europe was in a state of revolution. The Austrian Cabinet, alive to this obligation, has, I am informed, responded to that of St. Petersburg by placing the difficulties in which she is placed before the advisers of the Czar, with the view of showing that nothing more can be done beyond what Austria is now doing—that is, remaining a passive specta- tor of passing events. The Austrian note, which, I am told, has been com- municated to some of the smaller German Governments, pinta out the cri- tical state of the Austria-Lombard provinces, the French influence in Rome, and the political condition of the Two Sicilies. It is argued that the material for convulsion exists throughout the Italian peninsula, and therefore it be- comes a necessity for Austria not to offend the Western Powers, who are re- garded as having immense influence in those quarters at the present moment. It is stated that the conduct of the Neapolitan Government has caused Aus- tria considerable uneasiness, and that her influence has been used to induce his Sicilian Majesty not to persevere in irritating the people by useless seve- rities; and further adds, that such representations have had their effect. "The condition of Hungary is then quoted as an additional excuse for Austria observing a strictly neutral attitude towards France and England. These observations are in reply to indirect reproaches which Russia has made by comparing the friendly attitude of Prussia with that of Austria. When called upon to declare'one attitude plus nette,' the Austrian Cabinet argues its inability to do so under existing circumstances ; adding—' The progress of the war has entirely changed the pretensions of France and Eng- land; and until events have placed those Powers in a more decided position, probably their views will not be made known. At all events, the German Governments have failed in extracting either from Paris or London any definite answers to important questions.'"