There appears to be no doubt that the Sultan has
yielded about Crete. The Turkish soldiers, having been pacified by a payment of part of their wages, are leaving in large detach- ments, only six hundred and fifty still awaiting transport, and the Admirals are assuming all executive power- They recommend, however, in the ;strongest language that a regular Administration should be created, and it seems cer- tain that Prince George of Greece will shortly be convoyed to the island. Austria has formally withdrawn her opposi- tion, and it now remains only to find fonds to pay the Prince, the civil officers, and the gendarmerie until the regular col- lection of revenue can be resumed. Some mark of sovereignty is to be retained by the Sultan, but whether this will take the shape of a flag, or the use of Turkish coin—as in Bosnia —or the payment of a small tribute to Constantinople, is not yet clear.
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