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

INSURRECTION AT MECCA.

Accounts from Constantinople, to the 24th
ult., have been received 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 eonstantinople 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 the Count de 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 ton this subject.

BERLIN, MONDAY.

The Dowager Empress of Russia is at present

too unwell to undertake the projected journey to

Germany.

FRANCE.
PARIS, MONDAY EvE.wirta.

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 folloing 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 removal 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 borne,
27,468 ; in the East, 19,365 ; Algeria, 4,578 ; Ita.ly,
589. 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 follovring
report from the same Minister :

"Sire—Your Majostv, in giving your approbation. to
the report which I hr,d the honour to submit on the 20th
December last, decided, in principle, on the creation of
four new regiments of cavalry of the Imperial Guar d ;
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 forum-
tion of these four new regiments should be postponed,
and that when the moment should have arrived for p ro-
ceeding with their organisation, one regiment of African
Chasseurs and one of Hussars should be disbanded, in
order to diminish tbe expense which will result from the
organisation of the cadres. Circumstances now pert nit
the realisation of your Majesty's intentions. The or-
ganisation of the four regiments of cavalry of the Guard
is in course of exe,rution, and by an Imperial decree of
the sth April last the 4th rogirnent of African Chasswars
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 decree which I have
the honour to submit to your Majesty's sanction.

" VAILLANT."
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 having been decided by the Emperor that the
diplomatic agent at Vienna should occupy the rank
of Ambassador, P.Q. 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 goo d deal is said of the valuable snuff-
boxes that have been presented to some of the
diplomatists engElged in the late Conferences ; that
which has fallen to the lot of M. de Bour-
queney is descril)ed as truly magnificent. As to
whether this diplomatist takes snuff or not, no
reference is ma.d.e to the point even in the most
pungent passag,,es of the protocols ; in any case,
however, he is jdustified in saying, as he regards his
gift, puelle bonne prise! As 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 itur ad
astra.

The annual service for the repose of the soul of
Napoleon I. was celebrated to-day in the chapel of
the Tuileries by- the Bishop of Arras. The Emperor
and the Court were present.
BOURSE, APT s.—Tho following are the last
quotations :

Cash. fr. s.
4i per Cents ..„ 93 75
3 per Cents ... 75
Now Loan .. 75 40
Bank Shares
.3, 950 Roman
Credit M0bi1ier......1,782 50 Austrian
Belgian Fives ..... ... 97 Spanish Threes
Piedmontese(s)...... 93 florae Debt

End of Month.
—f. —O.
75 85

91
90
45
41f

:RAILWAYS—YOB CASH.
" ft. c. fr. e.
Orleans
..... 1,400 Western 930
Northern ,....1,125 Strasburg 1,125
Lyons.:
Kediterranean ......1,700 Grand Central
Lyons Geneva ...... 8 .!0 - Testa
Cette BlO Austrian Corn. 950

SPAIN.
The Madrid Gazette of the 29th ult, contains the
following singular paragraph :—" In consequence
of what some foreign journals 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 hex crown and the hope of seeing her
daughter reign than suffer any foreign nation to
intervene in o•ur affairs." The same journal denies
that there was any truth in a report that was cur-
rent that a regiment of hussars is to be raised for
the eiclusive siirsice of the Queen; the Government,
it says, has no intention of conferring any special
privilege on as iy corps, and in consequence all the
regiments will continue to do duty in turn near the
Queen's persori. All the other papers contain ac-
counts of Espa rtero's reception in the provinces ;
everywhere he is represented to have been received
with extraordinary enthusiasm. A committee of
the Cortes had approved of the commercial treaty
between Spaii i and Naples which was recently
concluded.