The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-04 00:00:00

AFFAIRS OF TURKEY.

Constantinople letters and journals to the 22d
June have reached us. The principal intelligence
is contained in the subjoined extract from the
Levant Herald :—" Something like a formal settle-
ment of the Danubian difficulty has at length been
effected. On Sunday (the 19th), the Marquis de
Moustier, Baron Prokesch-Osten, Count Brassier
de St. Simon, A bro Effaidi, of the Minister of
Foreign Affedrs, and M. Negri, Prince Coaxes
agent in Constantinople, met Sir H. Bulwer at the
British Embassy to consider the details of the com-
promise which had been agreed to in principle
between the Porte and the Hospodar; The latter
has persistently striven during his visit to have
his late measures not merely condoned but
legalised, but neither the Porte nor a majority of
the foreign Ministers could extend their formal
sanction to acts which violate a solemn convention.
However, making a virtue of necessity they were
willing—whilst protesting against the illegality of
the prince's acts—to accept accomplished facts so
far as that could be decently and wisely done. It
was therefore agreed in substance on Sunday, that
the constitution imposed by the Paris Conference of
1858 shall be replaced by a new one more directly
recognising the autonomic rights of the Princia
palities, but at the same time modifying the Hoe-
pode!'s late electoral law, and superadding the
check of a Senate, the majority of whose members
shall be elected by the people. A short protecol of
this understanding was drawn up, and will be
submitted to the Porte and the foreign representa-
tives this week far their formal sanction. In the
meantime, the Commission appointed by the Con-
ference to deal practically with the monastic pro-
perties is nearly completed. Mr. Dalyell, H.M.
Consul at Jassy, has been named the British member;
M. Tissot, French Consul at Jassy, will represent
M. de Moustier; and Count Beccio di Bayo, recently
Italian Consul at Rome, will be the Italian nominee.
The Austrian and Russian members have also been
appointed, but as yet we are unaware of their
names."

The following are a few items of general news
—" The Turkish Government is paying special
attention of late to the remount of the cavalry
artillery. Numbers of horses have already arrived
from different quarters, where they have been care•
fully selected; and 8,000 Russian horses are ex-
pected in the course of a few days from Odessa to
complete the equipment of these two important
branches of the service.—On the 17th a fire
broke out in the quarter of Etri-Capon at Stam-
boul, and fifty houses were burned to the
ground.—At a recent meeting of the lonians re-
siding in Constantinople an address was drawn
up, which was presented yesterday to Sir Henry
Bulwer at the English Embassy by a deputation
from that community. The persons selected,
MM. Vagliano, loglessi, Antiopa, and Valso-
machi, were naturally well received by the Am.
bassador. The address, after an allusion to re-
cent changes, expressed the gratitude which the
lonian body feel towards the Ambassador and
the Consular authorities for the care with which
the personal and commercial interests of the
lonians had always been vigilantly guarded. His
Excellency, in reply, expressed his gratification at
receiving the address,—The Messageries
riales, Austrian Lloyds, and Russian Steam Com•
panies having refused to charter any of their
ships for the transport of the Circassians, the
Porte is seeking vessels for this purpose in Eng•
land, and has already engaged the Plata,
a large and very roomy steamer, which is expected
during the coming week, with the biscuits
sent from Malta by her Majesty's Govern-
ment. In the meantime the exodus continues.--
On the 18th Riza Effendi, the Imperial commis-
sioner at Samsoun, left that place for Trebizond
grain
to superintend the immigration going
sozens
fromfrom
that port. At the date of the lasttoadarvriicvees::;e
81213 at
were still nearly 60,000 destitute Cfoirrecoamts.he
Samsoun, and numbers continued
Ecofftetonndi,setehde.
are glad io find that news which
uted in several
Yarns and Silistria promises well
correspondent
harvest in those districts.
from Mostar on the 10th that
500 no:evsdoe
t year in this province
Imperial Commissioner,
but trifling as it was, the
districts of Herzegovina
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with proper
rbeeol;elvtow, as promising,
encouragement, the cultivation
of cotton prove
would a great element of prosperity
in this poor section of the empire.—We regret to
learn by a communication from Eskizara, Bulgaria,
that the ripening harvest in that district has been
damaged by storms of hail and rain, and consequent
inundations. The hailstorms did great mischief,
many of the stones, we are assured, being as large
as eggs, Eski-zara is one of the principle centres
of trade in otto of roses, and the rosaries have ans.
tallied considerable iojury."

" We have reason to know," says the Nall"
"that the commission on the affair of the Isthmus
of Suez has terminated its labours, and that M. Thouvenol
recently had an interview with the Emperor cn the subject.
We understand that his Majesty has signed the decision
come to by the commission, and according to which the
Viceroy of Egypt will have to pay over to the company,
by way of indemnity for the lands given up and for the
fresh-water canal, a sum of St millions."

The Moniteur publishes a decree confirming three
nominations to the Legion of Honour in. the Mexican expe-
dition army provisionally conferred by the French Com-
mander-in-Chief in that country.
The Madrid journals announce that the Govern-
ment has accepted the resignation of M. Sala= y
Mazarredo.