The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-15 00:00:00

The Regency of Tunis.

A letter in . the Levant Herald, dated Tunis,
March 15, says :
" Yesterday Prince Arthur arrived here from
Malta, on board the Admiralty yacht Enchantress.
As soon as the steamer dropped anchor, Sidi Hus-
sein Pasha, Minister of the Interior, was despatched
on board to welcome his Royal Highness in the
name of the Bey. Shortly afterwards the Prince
landed, in company with Mr. Wood, her Majesty's
agent, under a royal salute, and entered one of the
Court carriages, which, with a perfect crowd of
other carriages, led horses, high officials, and troops,
awaited him at the Scala, drove him to the Palace,
where he was received by his Highness with great
distinction. The whole town, too, was astir to get
a glimpse of the son of Queen Victoria, of whose
power and greatness Tunisians have happily a
very high idea. From the Palace they drove out
to the Marsa, where Mr. WTood has his summer
house. The Bey strongly urged his Royal High-
ness to accept his hospitality during his stay in
Tunis, and had magnificently fitted up a suite of
apartments for his use in the Dar-el-Bey. He pre-
ferred, however, to spend what time he will pass on
shore at Mr. Wood's, and in any case will be only
a short time here, as he purposes visiting Carthage
and all the other sites of interest in the Regency
before proceeding to Egypt and Syria.
" Two days ago Sidi Rustam, who is in command
of one of the camps now out collecting the fines
imposed on the late revolted districts, sent in 250
prisoners. The Bey's first impulse was to behead
the whole, but the Khasnadar interfered and
obtained the aman, on the rather severe terms,
however, of 180 of the wretches receiving 500 blows
of the stick' each, and the remaining 70 1,000
each. This measure of cruelty has had a bad effect,
and is in every way to be regretted. Speaking of
the revolt fines, I may mention that this week
4,000,000 reals (12,000,000 Turkish piastres) was
sent into the Treasury from the camps during the
week. The collection of the impost may, therefore,
be reported to be proceeding satisfactorily.' It is
said, however, that Bengdahoum, the leader in the
insurrection, who, with some hundreds of his
followers, crossed the frontier and took refuge
in Algiers—has been invited to Paris, where he
is assured of an excellent reception. The report
has given great annoyance to the Bey, who has cora-
plained of it to the French Consul, but without re-
ceiving much satisfaction from that functional'.
Apropos of this, I may mention the rumour that
Haireddin Pasha, who was at Constantinople some
months ago, is shortly to go on a special mission to
Paris. I have not been able exactly to ascertain the
object of the proposed journey, but shall probably
learn some details in time for communication in my
next.

" You will probably have already heard that the
Government has contracted a loan of 15,000,000 f•
with the house of Erlanger. The price given by the
latter is said to be the high one of 85 per cent."

SUNDAY LABOUR ONNEWSPAPERS IN SCOTLAND.—
The Free Synod of Glasgow wasted many hours of precious
time on Tuesday in discussing holonewspaper owners and
workers should conduct their business. As was perfectly
natural, if not (considering who the speakers were and
what they spoke about) wholly inevitable, there was a
deal of arrant nonsense talked. Omitting the vanut-
ings and flourishes of the dogmatic and irrepressible
Gibson, who varied his tale of how much he is
called upon to suffer on account of his faithfulness, and
of how iittle he cares for that suffering, by a series of die-
tribes against the Post-office, Dr. Norman Macleod, and
number of other men and institutions, we find the chief
things insisted upon, as regards journalism, to be two—the
one a specimen of foolish error as to fact, the other of
Jesuitical reasoning in morals. It was urged, first, tho
by working compositors up to midnight on Saturday and
from midnight on Sunday, a newspaper may be produce'
without trenching on the hours of the Sunday; and, se-
cond, assuming that this might be done, therefore, 13°
blame belongs to those who buy a paper on which it is not;
done. The answer is simple ; where the first of thee
things is tried it amounts to a mere pharisaical adherence
to the letter of what is deemed the commandment, the
men being sent home to snooze over great part of the dap
(truly a curious method of promoting its godly observance);
even in their case it has been found productive of worse evils
than those it was designed to prevent ; it can only be
wrought by throwing extra labour on others who have Ills°
souls and consciences, and in point of fact it resolves
itself into a sham and'a pretence. As to the second, it ja
enough to say that those who are willing to be taken la.,
by such a piece of casuistry will find themselves confronted
next Monday morning, let them open what paper they
choose, by a column headed " Latest Intelligence," the ceai
tents of which will suffice to knock a hole in their speela
pleading, and ought to reduce them to silence if not t°
shame. Advancing on the same line of argument,
might ask, do these grave and reverend seignors never pas
a letter on. Saturday evening, or indulge in a hot roll e!
Monday morning ? If they do, then upon the principle'
they enunciate, they indisputably render themselves 1131'
takers in other men's sins.' Do they not also exhibit all
inconsistency such as gave force to, the denunciation 11
ginning, " Ye hypocrites," addressed to the Pharisees °.
old time by One who spake with authority ?—Nortli 1314'
fish Nail.

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