The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-05 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The National Mcryazine continues its series of studies of
the face, in which, however, the engraving is not always
happy in conveying the expression intended. The repre-
sentation of cunning might have been much more accurate.
Captain Mayne Reid proceeds with his exciting narrative of
" The White Gauntlet," and there are a good many other
papers of varying merits.—?he Englishwoman's Domestic
Magazine is as usual a marvel of cheapness. In addition to
the customary coloured sheet of fashions a very handsome
slipper pattern adorns this number.—The Boy's Oren Ma-
gazine is what it professes to be. "an illustrated journal of
fac,fiction,history,and adventure," and those young readers
who are unable or unwilling to procure it may avail them-
selves of the substitute kindly provided by Mr. Beeton in
the Boy' s Penny Magazine, also in its way well worth reading.

—Curiosities of Savage Life form a most attractive series
for juvenile readers. The parts are copiously illustrated,
and a coloured plate is prefixed to each number. Mr.
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and Literature, which, when completed, will be a valuable
repertory of information.—Caesells' Illustrated Bunyan
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pantomimic eloquence, the
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paged'ventures of a
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small boy at a Christmas party, the
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press our friends with our capacities
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Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

A better feeling. Sales, probably 3,000 baler,
or more.

THE STATUE OF NAPOLEON THE GREAT,
lately removed from the Place Vendome, having been
cleaned and repaired, has been placed on its new pedestal at
the Bond Point of Courbevoie. As it now stands at a
height of only 30 feet from the ground, it looks to greater
advantage than it did in its former position at an elevation
of upwards of 130 feet.

FANS IN FRANCE.—It was in the thirteenth cen-
tury that. fans were introduced into France ; but
instead of being articles of domestic ornament or use, they
were, by the pilgrims who brought them, consecrated to
divine service ; and the Benedictines state that the priests
made use of a fan called ji abellum to keep the flies from fall-
ing into the chalice. This custom was of long continuance.
The Greek church has retained it, and it figures even in the
Pope's mass as a remnant of the past. It was not till the
sixteenth century that the Italian perfumers, who came int"
France with Catherine De Medicis, brought fans ts!
domestic use. The women wore thorn at that
pended to the neck by gold chains, and the Imperial tied
to
possesses one of elaborate workmanship whichtbees
brOught
Diana of Poitiers. Henry 111. and his favoarlis
• ed the fan-
the fan into great vogue. Louis XVI. g
°r
f6lis king, and
makers into a guild. During the reign
:usable article ot
that of Louis XV., the fan was an
ifncitig eighteenth cen-
peritiaoirnl,srialry
a lady's toilette ; and the painterso
Watteau,
Fragonard, did
tury, Lancret, Boucher, Patel,
not disdain
gracefulisdaintot
raniio
sjhsfioiroufrs an immense number of their

REPLY OF THE QUE:EN OP SPAIN TO
THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON,

(REUTER'S EXPRESS.)
MADRID, Nov. 30.

The Epoca publishes the following as the text
of the reply of the Queen of Spain to the Emiperor
Napoleon's letter of invitation to a Congress
Sir, my Brothcr,—The very important letter
which you have been so good as to address to me
from Paris, under date the 4th of this
month, cold(' not but be taken into con-
sideration, both by me and my Government. I
consider your Majesty's project very laudable in
aiming at the complete pacific solution of the ardu-
ous political questions which now keep the peoples
in profound agitation. In order that calm be re-
stored,tnay Providence deign to accord your Majesty
aidthe happinessd un g the
o f s
ee
iinmgmyeonus d re
projectsiiucle
tis whichrealised,
t' he
strife of adverse interests always brings with it.
I agree with your M.ljesty
that the Treaties of
1815 are attacked by
the debility proeuced by time
and use, besides the forced influence of serious
events which, in many cases, have resulted in noto-
rious and capital infractions of their letter and.

spirit.also agree with you that if war has alwaysildee.oaoiryner:
a great et,,lamity for peoples, it would be still m --
so now, on account of the disastrous perturbation
tl
that it would produce among nations, every
more closely united, by the community of their
moral and material interests.
Consequently, if your Majesty's idea be realised
by the assembly of the European Powers in a pacific
Congress, I do not hesitate to afford your :Majesty
the assurance, in concert with my Government, that
Spain will participate therein, either at Paris or
any other point that may be selected for the delibe-
rations, and that Spain will cause her voice to ba
heard in words of justice, peace, and concord, con-
tributing within the limits of her conciliatory
councils to the pacific solution of the serious ques-
tions which the Congress has in view, in order to
consolidate peace and tranquillity in the Old and,
New World,

I profit by this opportunity to renew to your
Imperial Majesty the assurance of my consideration
and sincere friendship, with which I am, Sir, my
brother, your Majesty's good sister,

The Palace, Nov. 14, 1863.

ISABELLA..

VIE CRA.WLEY COURT-MARTIAL.

(PROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
FIFTEENTH DAY.
su[nT, of
Irfollalsot inweivneguap:
je:a_red in the Third Edition of "ThQ

ALDERSHOT, Friday.
Tha Court reopened this morning at 10 o'clock, and
Lieut.-Colonel Frederick Fitzwygram, of the 15th
Infantry, was called, and said in reply to Colonel Sir A.
Horsford—This is my letter, and I have no objection to ita
being read.
The letter was as follows :

" Newbridge Barracks Nov. 15, 1863.
egarding
:
Sir,—In reply to your letter of the 13th inst. requesting
information as to the evidence which I can give
the character of the late regimental Sergeant m
of the 6th Dragoons, I have the honour to state thatr
I k
the deceased well from his entry into the service up tontel7
period of my exchange with Lieut.-Colonel Crawley. Ire,
member his joining at Nottingham Barracks a month or two
after I joined myself in the latter part of 1843 ; and I never
lost sight of him whilst I remained in the regiment. In
1853 he became my troop sergeant major, and in the sum-
mer of 1855 had the pleasure of recommending him to Col.
White, then commanding the regiment, for the vacant post
of regimental sergeant major. From the circumstances of
his having been my sergeant major, I continued to know
and s'.le more of him during his later service than pro-
bably I should otherwise have done. I can honestly
say that during those many years, whether in the lower
grades, or as my troop sergeant major, or in his after
more important capacity as regimental sergeant major, lag
was one of the best men I ever met.
" With regard to his sobriety, to which point I presume
your inquiry is more immediately directed, „ I believe my
intercourse with him from the time he became my sergeant
major up to the time I left the regiment in 1860, was Bo
constant and so continuous, that it is impossible that ho
could have been addicted to drink without my having some
knowledge, or at least suspicion of it.—l have the honour,
(Signed) W. Fizz WY GILA3I, Lieutenant .Colonel,
Coimmanding 15th Hussars,

" The Deputy Adjut. General, Horse Guards.
Sergeant Lewis F,Avles said he placed sentries over Ser•.
geant Major Lilley. No written orders to do so were given.
Sergeant Pilbean said he was on guard over Sergeant
Lilley. He never saw Mrs. Lilley in her bedroom, neither
could ho see into the apartment.
Troop Sergeant Galloway said he was orderly troop ser-
geant over Lille), four times. He never made any corn,
plaints to him.
Sir A. Horsford—Did you respect Sergeant Major Lilleyr
—Yes, I did.
Will the Court ask the prisoner whether ho has any
regimental order books. If so, I should like to look at
;hem to ascertain whether it will be necessary to put them
in for the prosecution.—Yes, I have some here. (Books
handed in).
Colonel Crawley—ls it true that Sergeant Major Wake-
field was raving mad at the time of Sergeant Major Lilley'4
death f—llo was mad.
Was he raving mad P—l did not notice him raving mad,
Did you notice anything whaiever, if so, state what r--,
He was slightly delirious.
From what cause ?—Drink.
Did he drink much during his arrest ?—Yes.
him the worse for liquor duureicingidhnic,"
examined by Colonel Crawley
hae.egvraseeranssteNreynewovt7ll:Sergeaut Major Lilley on the
reouotmside instead of
_ arrest
sPrivateai Have
?h— youe '
Thomas
night of the let of May. Corporal Blake was placed under
aileYplaints were ever, at any me
arrest for posting him outside instead of inside the Lim.
galow. After Blake was placed under arrest. 'witness was'
Sergeant Majaebroohrtllltrhse.Lhitolilueys-e.
kponsotewdwinhsyidce
Corporal
eorzin
Bl4a,kethpeosstewerdvaalkhniitnuasg.'
slept in the verandah. Ile
In that
vseervaenr
made whileinside. hoe
himile was
esiaetwnh terryM.bryNs .
tohLceiol
He was sentry in the second bungalow also,
heridnothseo
bun-
galow Sergeant Major Lilley
verandah,
lahtimes while I was an'
in the day-time to go out and sit
svaewr
ahnidma
h. twice
li
e sleepingsalv
with h. er husband in the
Mrs. Lilley used
1 duty.

Sir A. Horsford—When the sergeant-major slept in the!
verandah where was your
Proper post?
Witnass—Beside hitn in the verandah.
Sir A. Horsford—l have now exhausted my list of wit-
nesses supplied to the prisoner, and I now propose to put in
evidence the regimental order books from the 24th of
February, 1862, to the 31st of May, 1862, in order that if
necessary they may
in their reply, refer the court to certain parts of them
y. At present, of course, they are unable to
say whether it will be necessary to refer to them or not.
The prosecutor handed in also a certificated copy of the
Mhuw court-martial, calling particular attention to
pages 78, 79, 80, 167, 168, as the pages to which they
particularly refer the Court. Page 90 will also be brought
under the notice of the Court. The whole of the proceed-
ings of the Mhow court martial are put in by the prosecu-
tion, in order that the Court may be refer to any matter
which the Court may judge to bo relevant to the issue.
Col. Crawley protested against the regimental order books
being put in, and contended that the passages on which the
prosecu.ion relied should be specified and read.
Sir A. Horsford said that with regard to the regirseoal.
order book, its production was simply to enable unties
secutor, if found desirable, to show on what days the taoutha
of adjutant ware performed by certain persons.
...petent
0 pages
proceedings of the Mhow court martial, onlY
specified would be referred to, and it would dire he o7oct the at-
for both the :prosecutor and the prisoner :sale nco eluding
tention of the Court to all these matters I
addresses. tarday that
must be everyread
-
Colonel Pipon said the court rulede)L7e.aes
thing which was required to be is '
and recorded in the proceedings. mated from the regi-
Sir A. Horsford said that all
'hes of the adjutants who
mental order books was the ow,:zavil.
performed the duties on certain '
The court then adjeur 1 ned.
----;abange--Yesterday.
Course of tbo ,_
-----.—bhort. 11 17 11 18
Amsterdam smontht, 12 0} rz 1
Ditto — 12 01, 12 1
Rotterdam ....... ::: 25 67t 25 721,
Antwerp — '25 67± 25 Ili.
Brussels — 13 9
13 9t
liamburgh ............ Short. 25 30 25 40
Paris ................. 3 Months. 25 75 25 80
luDiffl — 25 75
25 80
--arsei• lets on Aldine ~..,
1191
Fromor , 1191
Viert" '. — 12 60 12 60
Trieste — 12 50 12 60
reteribiirgh
Berlin —
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
.. 25 ho 25 95
M i l an
.... 25 £0 25 95
Genoa — 25 80 25 t 5
N aplez
Palermo - 25 90
25
95
Messina ........... 25 90
25
95
Lisbon s2a 52
0 porto ....... 521 54
.......
Forbi g-n (sold in Bars (Standard), per oz ...... £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars ..
Silver in Bars (Standard) .................... 0 0 0
South American Doublons ..............

THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.

( From the Paris Correspondent of the Tunes.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 26.

The mania for constant changes in the Adminis-
trt tiola which has been, to a certain extent, inhe-
rite d by the present Sultan from his predecessor,
and the sudden dismissal and disgrace of favourites
holding high offices in the palace have been the
subject of s uch frequent comment that the periodi-
cal edicts of the Sultan removing a Minister or dis-
charging
a Chamberlain have ceased to be inter-
preted into any political meaning, and no longer
excite that emotion in the public mind which his
act s called forth in the early days after his accession
to the throne. For this reason, perhaps, the an-
no% uncement that the all-powerful Sheik-ul-Islam
(Cl lief of the Faith) has been superseded will not be
reetived—in Europe, especially—with any particu-
lar interest ; and yet it may be said that of all the
important changes which have been effected under
the present reign this one is, without doubt, the
11108 t important and the most significative.
Although the effice of Sheik-ul-Islam is in theory
only equal in rank with that of Grand Vizier, yet in
retlity it may be taken to represent, under the Sul-
tan, the greatest power in the State. The high pa-
tronage which it possesses, the means it affords of
influencing the feelings and destinies of the people
in the remotest districts of the empire, the great
religious preetige which is attached to it, the facili-
ties, above all, which it gives to the holder for con-
stem and confidential intercourse with the Sove-
reign—all these things have combined from early
times to invest this ecclesiastical and judicial office
with considerable pomp and almost unlimited power.
It has not unfrequently happened, therefore, that
th a fanaticism of a Sheik-ul-Isiam, which has been
a liereditary characteristic with every successive oc-
cupant of this office, has contributed always to re-
tard, and often to paralyse, the measures of reform
which have been introduced from time to time, and
neutralise any progressive tendency which may have
manifeste d itself in the country. For many mouths
past it was known that the now disgraced dignitary
adopted. as a ru'e a systematic opposition to every
enlig'atened measure emanating from the Sultan's
Mini stars. It was believed that his influence with
the Sultan was so great that all the Combined
6 fforts of the Ministry would not be sufficient to
s hake him from the high ground which he occupied.
i tally were the instances cited, on authority, of the
in ipediments which he opposed to any project na-
pe cted of European origin, or of assimilation with
Etz,-opean usage. The consequence was that it not
only retarded the execution of many useful schemes,
but also nipped in the bud others still more impor-
tant, the introduction of which was considered
hopel ass under the unconquerable difficulty. In no
instance did this fanatical venom manifest itself
more strongly than in the case of the concession for
the Imperial Bank. Every argument was used
calculated to inspire distrust of the foreigners in-
terested in that important affiir. The Sultan was
known to have wavered, but fortunately gave way
to his own better instincts, and ratified the conven-
tion. Maddened by this defeat, the eff its of the
Sheia-ul•lslam have since that time been directed
towards the overthrow of the Ministry who had
dared to thwart him. The great hold he had over
the Ulemah party was used to inspire that body
with suspicion ag linst the Ministers, who were re-
presented as upholding the interests of the Giaours
against those of the faithful, and of being little
short of Giaours themselves.

If these pernicious influences had been allowed to
operate much longer there is no knowing to what
.extent the feeling of the country would have been
a fleeted. The immediate cause which led to his dis-
missal was, us I am informed on the best authority,
the allusion that was made in the reports accom-
panying the Budget of an inteutiou to introduce
some reforms in the administration of the Ci,urch
properties ( VacouJs)—a subject often canvassed and
discuesetd, but never taken seriously in hand, on
accoun.t of the obstructions with which it was beset.
Again,
_his influence was 0 mployed to induce the
Sultau to reject the whole report, and rumours were
at the time spread, not quite devoid of foundation,
that the position of the Ministry was very precari-
ous. Once more, however, the Sultan resisted these
evil counsels, and, wearied of this constant interfer-
ence—imbued, moreover, it is said, with the belief
that a progressive policy is compatible with some
of the traditions of the past—he shook off the yoke
under which he had bent himself for so long, and
proclaimed the overthrow of the Sheik-ul-Islam.
There is no doubt that the representations of the
Ministers, and especially of Fuad Pasha, contri-
buted, also, to bring about this change. It was a
bold. measure to suggest, and much interest Ras
manifested as to how it would affect public opinion
among the old Mussulman party, and especially the
theinahs ; but a fall from power in this country is
always accompanied by isolation end the desertion
of old partisans; and even fanaticism loses some of
its intensity in the face of official disgrace. As far
as can be ascertained there is nu reason to suppose
that the public mind will be in any way disturbed
by the energetic action of the Sultan.
The person now appointed to fill this high position
is Djelal-Zade Hussam El-Din Effendi, a man of
not much note ; but he is reported to have moderate
views, and he is known, generally, to have adhered
to the policy of what, in this country, may be called
the " Liberal party."
It is not improbable that under the new Sheik-
-11:.-Islam the long-talked of measure of reform of
ItVacoufs may be brought forward. A proper
"lig of this question may be made to produce
thet re ant benefits to the Treasury by increasing
of tlaeZitne, and also to the present administrators
de-
fective
..,_r,lusts, whose management has been so de-
tively
u`tiarrttlt.hese valuable possessions are corapara-
tful in their hands.
Simult%neo
ul-) slam, Measly with the dismissal of the Sheik-
atar Bey, one of the Chamberlains,
sad ant;of the it
try,
was diataisieott active opponents of the Minis-
(l,l4) a mouth. with a pension of 1,500 piastres
In their efforts at es
of
tflij
the sudden dismissal of
as to the cause of
lie have been startin Sheik-ul-Islam the pub-
-6 elf
kinds of canards on the
subject, the one most circulated b •
disappro,
ite.ing an assertion
that it arose from the
expressed to
the Sultan of his accepfarie,
_ssu„ t
ut theninvitation,„. to
attend the proposed Cougress io paris.
the
eht is
.what
on the occasion of
really took piece
audience
granted to the French Ambassador.....
he Marquis
de Moustier made rather a long speech
entering
fully into the different ~ parts of the Emt c'graPh letter
of which he was the bearer, and coneladed
the Sultan by e$-
pressing an earnest hope that would ac-
cept the invitation. The Sultan replied, in the
most
courteous terms, that if the invitation had beet, of
tx
private nature ho would have immediately Beized
the occasion to make the personal acquaintance of
his Imperial ally, and would have availed himself
of that opportunity for visiting also other parts of
Europe; but that the proposal, us it stood, involved
interests of such magnitude that it was not for
Turkey, which had only lately been received into
the great European family, to be the first to express
an opinion ; that if other Sovereigns, his allies, ac-
cepted the basis of the proposal he certainly would
not be the lase to give his adhesion ; but that, under
any circumstances, it appeared to him that the sub-
jects
to be submitted to the Congress should be
clearly defined beforehand.

The fact is that the Turks view with ill suppressed
uneasiness a project which if carried out must open
11P questions regarding their own internal affairs,
'which they would much prefer should be left alone,
'ma be allowed to be settled by themselves. There
can b 0 no doubt that it would be the signal for a
h.ost ambitious and unscrupulous agitators—Ser-
ans, Rouraaus, Montenegrins, &c.—to trump up
grievances against the suzerain power, and to cla-
mour for Public sympathy in the cause of the so-
ented oppressed nationalities." France has
ni vraye,,so to speak) coquetted with these factions
in the East, and it is not surprising that the Turks
should lock withapprehension on a scheme so ob-
mire in its meaning and yet so wide in its applica-

tion.

A misunderatanding has spnin,
rs
,5 up netureen the
Porte and the person who is charged with the afrii
of the Greek L--nation here. This g„tiett
n,
accredited as Charge d, a who
it scenic is not even Affeires,
has made application, through the Minister for
Foreign AiTir9l, fur an P.Titileo.c.F, of the Sultan, to

present a letter from King George of Greece notify-
ing his elevation to the throne. The Turks have
taken a huff at this proceeding, declaring that it
I is a breach of etiquette, for that an au'!-ence can
only be granted to an Envoy. They had them-
selves intended to send a special A m bassador to
Athens to congratulate the King in the name of the
Sultan, and they proposed selecting for that mission
a person in a high position. This intention must
now be abandoned, as they consider themselves
under a grievance, and they have notified to the
Greek agent that the Minister for Foreign Affairs
will take charge of the letter and present it to the
Sultan, but that an audience will not be granted
under the circumstances under which it is solicited.
It would be a pity if at the very commencement of
the new reign in Greece, and through the ignorance
or susceptibility of officials, or perhaps only through
misapprehension, a hostile feeling should spring up
between Turkey and Greece, and embitter the re-
lations between these two countries.

A proposal has been submitted to the Turkish
Government by persons representing very consider.
able financial interests for the establishment in
Turkey of a Land Mortgage Bank (Credit Fonder).
As I close my letter the information is brought to
me in a trustworthy manner that a preliminary
held
convention has been signed at a special Council
for that purpose. It will necessitate some altera-
tions in Turkish law to facilitate the transfer of
land, the principle of which is conceded, but will I
have further to be worked out. u a country so
rich in its soil, and where the present rate of ad-
vances to agriculturists ranges between 40 and 60
per cent., such a scheme with proper management
may be considered to be second only in importance
to the establishment of a national bank. The Im-
perial Bank not only approves the scheme, but
will lend it every assistance by the introduction of
some of its own elements in the proposed under-
taking.