The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-09 00:00:00

ME SUN, LOIN DON, FRIDAY EVE MN 3r, AUGUST 9, 1867.

THE SULTAN'S RETURN TO TURKEY.

The Sultan arrived by the Danube at Rustschuck
on Sunday evening, and left on Tuesday morning,
arriving at Varna at four o'clock in the afternoon.
pleased with the arrange-
ments highlyands
his journey
over the Varna line.
This is the first railway which has had the honour
of conveying his Imperial Majesty in his own
is
Majesty
made was
dominions.
We learn from the Levant Herald that the Sul-
tanieh and Pertavi Field bad left Constantinople
for Varna to await his Majesty. Great preparations
are being made everywhere for his reception with
an éclat excelling that with which he was received
on his return from Egypt. The preparations alone
at the principal yalis on the Bosphorus, from
Tophaneh to Buyukdere, were a sight in themselves;
conspicuous amongst them were the palaces of the
Viceroy and of the Persian Minister at Einirghian ;
and the illuminations promised to be marvellously
varied and beautiful. In Pera, too, carpenters,
lampists, and decorators were busy, and a very
handsome triumphal arch was being erected at the
Tarim. It was understood that the illuminations
on the Bosphorus would take place on the first night
after his Majesty's arrival ; that the second night
would be devoted to the illuminations in Pera; and
that at an early date a fete of unusual brilliancy
would be given by A'ali Pasha in the beautiful
grounds of his villa at Bebek.
The Sultan is stated to have given 25,000 fr. for
the poor of Vienna, to which is to be added a sum
of 150,000 fr. of which he made a gift to the charit-
able institutions of the two Turkish communities
established in that city ; one belonging to the Greek
rite and the other to the Jewish religion. The ser-
vants placed at the orders of Abdul Aziz and his
suite received a sum of 50,000 fr. The Grand
Equerry, Count Crenneville, the Grand Master of
the Court, Prince de Hohenlohe, the Grand Master
of the Ceremonies, Landgrave Furstenberg, and
the Grand Cupbearer, Count Wratislaw, were deco-
rated with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the
Medjidie, and received snuff-boxes with the Sultan's
initials iu diamonds. The Chancellor of the Empire
Baron de Roust, received the_ Grand Cordon of the
Medjidid in diamonds ; and in return, the Emperor
of Austria conferred on Fuad Pasha the Grand
Cross of the Order of St. Stephen, also in diamonds.,
Haidar Effendi, Ambassador of the Porte at Vienna,
was decorated by the
Sultan with the Grand Cor-
don of the Medjidid, and by the Emperor with the
Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold. During the
Sultan's stay at Vienna, Mgr. Facinelli Antonucci,
Papal Nuncio at the Court of Austria, was received
s'
in private audience by his Majesty, to whom he
presented an autograph letter from. the Pope, in
which his Holiness thanked his Majesty for the
protection afforded in his States to Christians be-
longing to the Catholic Church."

SUDDEN DEATH OF A REPORTEIL—We regret to
that of the meetings and
announce the death of Mr. James Brooke, who for nearly
40 years has acted as one of the principal reporters for this
paper. The department specially confided to his care was
public proceedings arising out of
the railway system; and the lucidity and correctness of his
reports gained for him not only the approval of his em-
ployers, but the respect and esteem of the railway interest.
Mr. Brooke, who was in his G3d year, died very suddenly.
Ho had attended the meeting of the Metropolitan Railway
on Wedussday in the discharge of his ordinary duties, and
although complaining
of fatigue retired to rest apparently
in his usualhealth. Yesterday morning., however, he was
found lifeless in his bed, having died from an attack of
epilepsy. His loss will be deeply felt by his colleagues
and a largo circle of friends.—herald.
RELICS OF THE PAST.—Upon lifting one of the
flooring deals in an old house about to be pulled down and
rebuilt at Linlithgow, paintings of a remarkable and inte-
resting kind were discovered on the under side of the floor
and across the oaken joists. Tho names of " Lord
Fleming," " Erlo Detnaz," " Lord Lotoun," " Erle de
Argyle," &e., have been found apparently in connection
with their coats of arms. The house, whose walls are
above four feet in thickness, is said to have been a great
resort of the nobility in the time of Queen Mary ; and tra-
dition has it that each nobleman sat under his coat of arms
before proceeding in a body to the palace.