18 MAY 1861, Page 2

The Sultan has consented to the union of the Principalities

under a single ruler. The inhabitants have long desired this ninon, and succeeded, in 1857, in electing Prince Couza for both the Principalities, under a pledge that if the people ever desired to elect a foreign prince he would retire in his favour. Since that time an incessant pressure has been exercised on Turkey to legalize the union of the

States, and the Divan baa at length given way. Prince Couza, therefore„ _reigns over a kingdom three-fourths the size of England and Wales, and with three and a half millions .of inhabitants. The concession is only for his own life, but the future dismemberment of the Principality will be a difficult operation.