The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-14 00:00:00

PERSIA.

A letter from Constantinople, says the Constitu-
tionnel, gives fresh details of the attempted assassina-
tion of the Shah of Persia. There has existed in
Persia for the last three or four years a religious sect,
called Babis, who believe in the transmigration of
souls, and who neither recognise the authority of the
Koran, of Mahomet, nor of the 12 Imans. Their
only authority is that of the Twelfth Iman, Jaheb-
Zeuran, of whom Bab, the chief of the sect, is only
the representative. It is pretended that they pro-
fess a kind of communism, and even have a com-
munity of women. In consequence of their
'theory of the transmigration of souls, they think
themselves immortal, and consequently set no value
on life. The number of these Babis is estimated at
.50,000. They have been in open revolt in the pro-
vince of Mazanderan against the authority of the
Shah of Persia and have maintained a siege of several
mouths. Eight Babis, who had been brought to
Teheran, refused the pardon which the Shah offered
to them if they would abandon their doctrines. All
of them perished without making any concession.
On, the 15th of August last, three of these Babis, re-
solvled to avenge the death of their Master, the
famous Bab, who has already been the cause of several
sanguinary actions in Persia, fell on the Shah at the
moment when he was preparing to mount on horseback
to go hunting. They fired two pistols at him point
blank, but fortunately only wounded him very slightly.
Oae of the assassins was immediately cut in pieces by
the guards of the Shah, and the other two were thrown
into prison to be tried. It is said they have 300 ac-
complices, who have sworn to take the life of the Shab.
This attempt has thrown the country into great con-
sternation. Several individuals convicted as ac-
complices have already been executed, but all the
ramifications of the plot have not yet been discovered.

GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.
DEPUTATION TO THE LORD-LIEUTENANT.
Yesterday, at half-past two o'clock, a deputation,
cc nsisting of the following members of the committee
of the Great Industrial Exhibition, waited by ap-
pointment on his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant at
Dublin Castle :—The Right lion. the Lord Mayor,
George Roe, Esq., chairman ; Major Fairfield, deputy
chairman ; Sir Edward MiDonnei, Hon. G. Hand-
cock, Hon. J. P. Vereker, Sir Robert Kane, Lundy
E. Foot, Esq., and Mr. John C. Deane, assistant
secretary.

The Chairman, having introduced the deputation
to the Lord-Lieutenant proceeded, after a few prefa-
tory observations, to lay before his Excellency the
following resolution, which had been unanimously
agreed to at the last committee meeting:—
" That this committee appreciating the great import-
linen of obtaining the countenance of her most gracious
Majesty to this second great effort to develop the indus-
trial resources of her empire in arts and manufactures,
and recollecting the gratification which it gave to her
subjects to witness those articles which she graciously
contributed to the Exhibition of alllBsl,
Nations in do
with his Excellene
e toy the
respectfully solicit an intervinterview
representati.o rd h oar
Lord-Lieutenant, to request that he will
beloved Sovereign the pride it
wosilhe would entrust st 'Ito" jeaty's loyal subjects in Irelandif
the executive management of the Great Industrial Ex-
hibition of 1853, some of the articles which she was
pleased to exhibit in 1851."
His Excellency, having beard the resolution read,
at once promised to forward it through the proper
channel to the Queen, and.then warmly assured the
deputation that in so doing he would use his best in-
fluence with her majesty to induce her to exhibit
some of the articles in this Exhibition exhibited in
1851, and which bad proved so attractive in that ex-
position. He further added that no efforts of his
should be wanting to make the Exhibition worthy of
the country in every respect.
His Exoellency then intimated to the gentlemen
present his, desire to visit the building during its
course of construction, and it was at once arranged
that he should be present on the occasion of the raising
of the first pillar, which is expected to take place in
some Aen or twelve days from this date.
After a few general observations with reference to
the progress of the building, the deputation with-
drew, highly gratified at the cordial reception they
had met with from his Excellency.

".-PATENT SLIP AT TABLE BAY.—A proposal is
about to he male to the public for the establishment of a
joint-stock company for the construction of a patent slip for
facilitating the repairof vessels in Table Bay. It appears
that a capital of 5,000/. will be sufficient for all the purposes
to be attained • and this sum it is proposed to raise by means
of 200 shares of 251. each, payable in
theconvenient instalments.
The,subject has been urged upon
gentlemen connected with mercantile ttentio
affairsa u of several
here by Mr
Evans. a civil engineer.—Cape Paper.
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.—Letters have been re-
ceived from :Van Diemen's Land to the 12th of June,
which
give incidentally a bad account of the prospects of the flocksin the colony of Victoria. The following extract furnishes
some details, but it may be hoped that the evils described in
it are limited to particular localities:.—"
I have deplorable
news from Port Philip many a rich man ruined there. The
shipments of Wool from Victoria will be much less this year
than formerly. Many of the squatters have no lambs, while
the consumption of fresh meat is far greater than usual. The
scab has also broken out in many parts of the colony. In
Port Albert 100,000 sheep are being destroyed by foot rot. !
Thus, you see, while tome ere ateking f9ftwm others are 1
being ruined,"