The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-29 00:00:00

THE GI.RAIAN FEDERAL COUNCIL.

The Berlin correspondent of the Independanee Belge
gives the following resusra of the changes in the North
German constitution. Federal legislation extends to the
laws of the press and .of associations. The modifications
of the Constitutions require henceforward the votes of
three-quarters instead of two-thirds, as in the Federal
Council. Declarations of war demand the consent of the
Federal Council unless it is a question of repelling
an attack on the territory or the coasts of the
Confederation. The Grand Duchy of Baden will have
fourteen votes in the Parliament, and three votes in the
Federal Council. Hesse Darmstadt will have six new
members in the Parliament besides those which it already
has in the Hessian province of the North. In the Federal
Council Hesse will have three votes. She has hitherto had
but one. The taxes on beverages, especially on beer and
brandy, are reserved to the Southern States, consequently
Baden, for instance, will not be able to share in the receipt
of the imports reserved to the States of the North. On
the other hand its deputies and plenipotentiaries in the
Parliament and the Federal Council will not take part in
the deliberations on these taxes. It is, however, under-
stood that as soon as possible a consolidation of the
taxes for the North and South will be accomplished.
The Constitution will come into force on January Ist,
1871. The same applies to the greater part of the
Federal laws which affect Baden and. Darmstadt, though
some will not be valid until later. The Penal Code will
not come into force in Baden until 1872.

The Rev. Dr. Butler, Head Master of Harrow
School, will preach the sermon at St. Paul's Cathedral
on the occasion of the consecration of bishops next Wed-
nesday.

DEATH OF THE SULTAN OF ZANZlBAR.—lnforma-
tion has been received of the death of his Highness Syud
Majid, Sultan of Zanzibar, and stating that hi-i brother
Syud Burgash has succeeded him in the sultanate. The
late Sultan was the successor of Syud Saeed, Sultan of
Muscat, who made Zanzibar a permanent seat of govern-
ment: In 1844 his Highness Syud Saeed intimated
his desire to appoint his sons Syud Majid and
Syud Thowaynee as his successors in his African
and Asiatic dominions respectively, and appointed them
his deputies. In accordance with this Syud Thowaynee
succeeded to the government of Muscat on.his father's
death, and in virtue of that he claimed also feudal
supremacy over Zanzibar. He prepared to establish his
claim by force of arms, but the dispute was submitted to
the arbitration of Lord Canning, who decided
that Zanzibar should be independent of Muscat,
paying, however, an annual subsidy of forty
thousand crowns. Syud Majid was a weakly prince,
but ever true to the British power ; how far his successor
will show the latter amiability remains to be seen, espe-
cially in carrying out the arrangement to pay the annual
subsidy of 40,000 crowns to the ruler of Muscat. Syud
Toorkee is an elder brother of the newly-made Sultan ;
younger brother, Abdul Azeer, is at present on a sort of
roving commission in the Gulf. The late Sultan of Zan-
zibar paid a visit to Bombay four of five years ago.—
Bombay Gazette.
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