The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-25 00:00:00

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MIT 24.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 63 ; Highest, 79 ; Noon, 70.
BAROMETER, 29.97.—W1ND S.S.W.; fine.

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THE SUN, LONDON, TU

which, in matters relating to Greece, is not altoge-
ther trustworthy. The Prince Royal of Bavaria has
left Athens for Munich.

The Frankfort Journal of the 20th inst. publishes
the following letter, dated Konigsberg, the 13th

" We have received at this moment accounts of dis-
turbances at Labiau. A merchant brig laden with wheat
having sprung a leak, the captain sold the cargo at a
moderate price to the neighbouring peasants. Almost
at the same time some wholesale merchants arrived and
proposed to purchase the entire cargo in bulk. The
peasants oppo..ed the sale, and a collision ensued in
which one life was sacrificed.'

A letter dated Konigsberg, the 16th inst., states
that 700 Jews of that city had agreed to transfer the
celebration of their sabbath from Saturday to Sunday.
This measure is regarded as a remarkable proof of
the tendency felt by the Jews to assimilate themselves
to Christians in religious practices.
On the 14th the Society of the Citizens of Altona,
in the Duchy of Holstein, held a general assembly,
at which they almost unanimously adopted a petition
to the States, praying that Jews may enjoy the
same civil and political rights as their Christian fel-
low. citizens.

The Emperor of Russia has just published a ukase,
declaring that from the present time to the end of
1851 a duty of 15 effective kopeks (60 centimes) per
ton, shall be levied on the freight of all native and
foreign ships leaving the port of Riga. The proceeds
are destined to the improvement of the port.

A letter, dated Constantinople, 7th instant, says—

" The Porte has not yet adopted any measure against
the Greek trade or the Greek subjects residing in its
dominions. The neighbouring provinces are tranquil.
No movement of troops has taken place on the fron-
tier. The armament of the fleet, however, is terminated,
and in the course of about ten days it will be able to sail
for the Mediterranean, under the command of the Capi-
tan Pasha. The disbanding of the soldiers of the regu-
lar army who have completed their five years' service
commenced on Wednesday, and was concluded to-day.
That operation was conducted with considerable pomp,
amidst numerous salutes of artillery, and in presence
of the Sultan, all the Ministers and high func-
tionaries of the State. To-morrow we are to have a
grand ceremony in the arsenal on the occasion of the
launching of two steam-frigates of 500 hone
power. The account of the appointment of a
Persian Ambassador to Paris is confirmed. The choice
of the Cabin( t of Teheran has fallen upon Mitzl.
Mehemet-Aly-Khan, who was to leave for France on the
2,1 of Apt il, accompanied by M. Vida), a dragoman of
the French mi,-sion in Persia. It appears that, in con-
sequence of the unfriendly relations existing bet Keen
Turkey and Persia, Mirza Mehemet-Aly- Khan will not
pass through Constantinople, and that he is to proceed
through Bagdad, Messul, and Orla, to Beyrout. Large
bodies of troops were concentrated at Teheran, and re-
viewed by the Prince Royal and by the Schah in person.
Orders had been issued to prepare several millions of
rations of biscuit, and everything looked as if Persia
was meditating some exptdition. It was believed at
Teheran that this army had been assembled on account
of the apprehensions inspired to the Persian Govern
ment by the concentration of the Turkish troops at
Kharpout to reduce Beder-Khan-Bey and the other
Kurdish chiefs. Aly Khan is en important personage,
ho was charged with the direction of the department
of foreign affairs since the death of Abboul-Hassan-
Khan. He has already visited Europe, and occupied
the post of Secretary of Legation at Vienna and St.
Petersburg."

We read in a letter from Alexandria of the 9th :

' "Since his return to Alexandria his Highness the
Viceroy has occupied himself almost exclusively with
the interests of commerce. During his absence com-
plaints were addressed to the Minister of Commerce
relative to the delays which merchants sustain in the
descent of their goods. The complaints often remained
without effect. His Highness, in order to put an end to
these inconveniences, has just ordert-d that two railways
shall be constructed on the principal places of embarka-
tion, and that a greater number of boats shall be pliccd
at the disposal of traders. A new departure to France of
young Egyptians and Europeans will shortly take place.
His Highness influenced by the sentiments of kindness
towards the inhabitants of Egypt which characterise him,
has.deigned, on the demand of several European fami-
lies, to accord the favour of allowing their children
to be educated in the Egyptian college at Paris. These
young people will follow the same courses of lectures
and make the same studies as the Egyptian pupils.
Orders have been given to Ibrahim Pacha, who is at
present at Cairo, to begin as 800.11 us possible the three
canals destined to irrigate Lower Egypt, viz., in
Cherkhie, Behera, and Garbich. The steamer of to-day
conveys to France M. Barrot, Consul-General of France
in Egypt, and his family. This gentleman is highly
esteemed amongst us, for on all occasions he has given
proofs of high intelligence and energy. The French
subjects here have manifested all their sympathy to•
wards him, and in a banquet which took place on the
6th, in the great Hotel d'Orient, nothing was spared to
render homage Lo the Consul-General of France. At
the end of the repast M. Paiii4 gave a toast to the King
and institutions. M, Barrot replied with great dignity,
and his speech was frequently interrupted by applause.
General Gather Bey gave the health of M. Barrot, and
M. Benedetti, Consul at Cairo, gave a toast to the pros-
of ....welt-v. Th. which WA.O vary brinitaut,
was prolonged to a late hour."

Madrid journals of the 16th and 17th instant have
arrived.

Senor SALIMANCA had been dispatched by the
QUEEN to the Prado, to endeavour to persuade the
KING CONSORT to join the Royal party at Aranjuez,
but had not succeeded in the object of his mission.
The rumours of an intended modification in the
Cabinet had subsided. Some of the Ministers have,
it is said, advised that ESPARTERO should be created a
senator, and have all his honours restored to him, on
condition that he should remain abroad some little
time longer. The Clamor Public° denies that ESPAR-
TERO has asked any favour of the Court, or of the
Government.

Seville has been freed from martial-law, tranquillity
having been completely restored. General NOGUERAS
was expected daily at Cadiz from Gibraltar. King
LOUIS PHILIPPE has made the QUEEN a present of
eight magnificent Anglo-Arab horses. General
RoDIL arrived in Madrid on the 16th. Letters from
Badajoz of the 11th state that the preparations of the
army of observation for marching into Portugal were
complete. General MANUEL CONCHA, however, who
is to take the command of it, has not yet left Madrid.

MADRID Bot.sa, MAY 17.—The Three per Cents. were
done at 30% for cash ; the Four per Cents. at 1834 ; the
Five per Cents. at 19 ; the Debt without Interest at 5%;
and the Coupons at 16.

We have received the Paris papers of Friday and
Saturday.
In the Moniteur of Friday we find a royal ordon-
nanee, regulating the postage of letters; journals,
&c., forwarded by the trans-Atlantic steamers plying
between Havre and New York. The postage
.of a
single letter is fixed at 1 franc, besides the territorial
postage of 10 centimes. Journals, periodicals, un-
bound books, pamphlets, catalogues, printed •mmie,
&c., will pay 10 centimes per journal or sheet, be-
sides the territorial postage.

In the papers of Saturday we find it announced
that Mr. O'CONNELL died at Genoa on Saturday, the
15th instant. A letter from Turin of the 17th an-
nounces the melancholy event in these words :—" The
most remarkable man of the age, DANIEL O'CON-
NELL, died at Genoa on Saturday." In another
column we have given the remarks of some of the
French papers on this subject, but although our
Paris contemporaries seem inclined to give implicit
belief to this announcement made by their Turin cor-
respondent,
we still think that the rumour re-
quires confirmation, inasmuch as it is entirely
at variance with the statement which appeared
in the second edition of the Atlas of Saturday,
and which said :—" We are in receipt of a private
letter this morning from Florence, dated May 13th,
by which we are enabled to set at rest the anxiety of
Mr. O'CONNELL 'S friends respecting the above report.
It gives us pleasure to state that Mr. O'CONNELL was
then on his way to Rome, and apparently recovered
from the attack which seized him at Genoa. The
writer says—
" Mr. O'Connell and his son, Mr. D. O'Connell, jun.,
with th Rev. Dr. Miley and his private physician, have
arrived at Leghorn, from whence they proceed by the
steamer to Civita Vecchia, and Rome, where he is to
remain a short time; after which he comes to Florence
to pass the summer months at a villa."
If Mr. O'CONNELL were at Leghorn en route for
Rome on the 13th, it is somewhat singular that he
should have afterwards gone back to Genoa, which
he must have done, if it be true that he died in that
city on the 15th. Our hope is, that 21r.O'CortNELL
is at this moment alive.

In the committee on the Budget, on Saturday, the
Minister of Public Works consented to abandon
several credits which had been asked for by his pre-
decessor. These reductions, liowever, are not suffi-
cient to propitiate the enemies of the Ministry. The
Budget will undergo a most severe scrutiny in the
Chamber, ani as the enforcement of economy in the
expenditure is a point on which progressive Conser-
vatives and Legitimatists may unite with the Dynastic
Opposition and the Republi,:ans against the Ministry,
it is not at all improbable that U. GUIZOT may find
himself in a minority.
It was announced that a further change in the Ca-

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