The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-06 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

INSURRECTION AT MECCA.

Accounts from Constantinople, to the 24 th
ult., have been receifed by the Meander.

An insurrection has broken out at Mecca.
The Scherif, who had been dismissed from his

post, refused to give it up, alleging the infidelity
of the Sultan as his excuse.

He is supported in his resistance by 50,000'
armed Arabs, who, it is said, refuse entrance into
the city to the pilgrims under pretence that the
Ottoman empire is defiled.

The Journal de Constantinople only speaks of
disturbances at Naplous, but it announces that

the most energetic measures have been adopted

against all perturbators.
The Circassian deputation, which had arrived

at Constantinople, is composed of 200 persons.

TURIN, MAY 5.

The official journal publishes an ordinance
charging tilt) Count do Cavour with the interim

Administration of Foreign Affairs.
Count de Cavour has deposited in the bureau
of the Chambers some important documents on
the affairs of Italy. To-morrow there will be in-
terpellations on this subject.

BERLIN, MONDAY.

The Dowager Empress of Russia is at present
too unwell to undertake the projected journey to

Germany.

FRANCE.
PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.

The Emperor yesterday received Mehemmed-
Djemil-Bey, the Turkish Ambassador, who de-
livered to his Majesty a letter of congratulation
from the Sultan on the occasion of the birth of the
Prince Imperial.

The Moniteur publishes the following report ad-
dressed to the Emperor by the Minister of War on
a reduction of the army :
" Sire—Conformably to the orders of your Majesty,
the soldiers of the class of 1848 have received their defi-
nitive discharge. On the other hand, the incorporation
of the young soldiers of the class of 1848 is now almost
completed. In this state of things, the moment ap-
pears to have arrived for making a reduction in the
effective strength of the army. Your Majesty has al-
ready ordered the refuoval into the reserve of the sol-
diers of the army of the East belonging to the class of
1849 • I have now the honour of proposing the exten-
sion Of that measure to all the soldiers of that class, the
number of whom is about 52,000 ; namely, at home,
27,468 ; in the East, 19,365 ; Algeria, 4,578 ; Italy,
539. The expense would be thus essentially lessened,
and the army still retain a sufficient effective strength.
If your Majesty assents to this measure, I beg you to
give your approbation to this report. " VAILLANT.
" Approved. "NAPOLEON."
The official journal also contains the following
report from the same Minister :

"Sire—Your Majesty, in giving your approbation to
the report which I had the honour t 9 submit on the 20th
I)ecember last, decided, in principle, on the creation of
four new regiments of cavalry of the Imperial Guard ;
but from a fear of causing a disastrous perturbation in
the cavalry of the line, several regiments of which were
then in the East, your Majesty decided that the forma-
tion of these four new regiments should be postponed,
and that when the moment should have arrived for pro-
ceeding with their organisation, one regiment of African
Chasseurs and one of Hussars should be disbanded, in
order to diminish the expense which will result from t 6
organisation of the cadres. Circumstances now permit
the realisation of your Majesty's intentions. The or-
ganisation of the four regiments of cavalry of the Guard
is in course of execution, and by an Imperial decree of
the sth April last the 4th regiment of African Chasseurs
was disbanded. It now remains to complete the mea•
sure, and to proceed to the disbanding of a regiment of
Hussars. Such is the object of the decrea which I have
the honour to submit to your Majesty's sanction.

VAILLAI4T."
This report is followed by a decree disbanding
the 9th Regiment of Hussars. The officers will
be placed in non activite, to be replaced immedi-
ately, or as soon as possible, either in the newly-
formed regiments of the Cavalry of the Guard or
in others. The officers disbanded will be indem-
nified for the expense of their new equipments,
with the exception of those who, at their own re-
quest, may be admitted into the Imperial Guard.
It haring been decided by the Emperor that the
diplomatic agent at Vienna should occupy the rank
of Ambassador, M. de Bourqueney gets that step ;
and, as a matter of course, M. Hubner, the Aus-
trian Minister at this Court, obtains the same ad-
vantage. A good deal is said of the valuable snuff-
boxes that have been presented to some of the
diplomatists engaged in the late Conferences ; that
which has fallen to the lot of M. de Bour-
queney is described as truly magnificent. As to
whether this diplomatist takes snuff or not, no
reference is made to the point even in the most
pungent passages of the protocols ; in any case,
however, he is justified in saying, as he regards his
gift, pnelle bonne prise ! for orders and stars
distributed on the occasion, we are in a perfect
galaxy of them. Nothing like treaties, confer-
ences, and protocols to win honours—Sic itar ad
astra.

The annual service for the repose of the soul of
Napoleon 1. was celebrated to-day in the chapel of
the Tuileries by the Bishop of Arras. The Emperor
and the Court were present.
BOURSE, May s.—The following are the last
quotations :
Cash. it a.
44 per Cents 93 75
3 per Cents 75
New Loan 75 40
Bank Shares 3,950 Roman
Credit Mobilier ...... 1,782 50 einstrian
Belgian Fives ...... ~ 97 Spanish Threes
Piedraentest (5) 93 Home Debt

End of Month.
—f. —O.
75 35

RAILWAYS-108 CA.1311.
fr. o. fr. o.
Orleans ... ..... 1,400 Western 930
Northern
Lyons
... 1,470 New Ditto
Lyons Genova 8:0 - Taste ... ..
Cette
... -. .... .
820 Austrian Coin. 950

SPAIN.
The Madrid Gazette of the 29th lilt. contains the
following singular paragraph :—" Iu consequence
of what some foreign j'airnals have recently pub-
lished on the affairs of Spain, it appears that a high
personage has had a conference with the Queen,
and that her Majesty declared that she would
sooner lose her crown and the hope of seeing her
daughter reign than suffer any foreign nation to
intervene in our affairs." The same journal denies
that there was any truth in a report that was cur-
rent that a regiment of hussars is to he raised for
the exclusive service of the Queen; the Government,
it says, has no intention of conferring any special
privilege on any corps, and in consequence all the
regiments will continue to do duty in turn near the
Queen's person. All the other papers contain ac-
counts of Espartero's reception in the provinces ;
everywhere he is represented to have been received
with extraordinary enthusiasm. A committee of
the CJrtes had approved of the commercial treaty
between Spain and Naples which was recently
concluded.