The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-07 00:00:00

TURKEY.

We have received, via Trieste, Constantinople
journals and letters to the 26th ult. An imperial
decree has been published calling out 100,000 men
of the redif, which is a body of reserve composed of
all the old soldiery, who after having accomplished
their term of service return to their homes ; but
with the understanding that they are again liable
to be called on in the event of their services being
required. The decree of the Sultan is founded on
the necessity of filling up the losses experienced by
the different corps in their recent expeditions in
various parts of the empire. That explanation,
however, was not considered sufficient. by some
of the representatives of the foreign powers -to
account for calling out so large a body of men
in time of peace, and the Ministers were ap-
plied to on the subject. The answer given
was, that in addition to the motive assigned in the
imperial decree there existed another, that of
having at command a sufficient force to secure the
execution of the measures of order and reorganisa-
tion which the Government were resolved to apply
to all the provinces, conformably to its engage.
ments a ith the allied powers. This increase of the
army will considerably and to the charges of the
treasury, and at a time when it is ill able to bear
its present burdens. The Porte, however, calcu-
lates on the realisation of the loan which Euad
Pacha is authorised to negcriate in Europe in
order to meet its most pressing wants, until a
better management of its resources will allow it to
establish an equilibrium between its receipts and
expenditure. The Journal de Constantinople of
the above date gives the following "communicated"
note :--

"As might have been expected, the situation of
financial affairs has lately attracted the most serious
attention cf the Government, and a project has
been drawn out, the object of which is to establish
some order in fioancial matters until the conclusion
of a loan will allow of their being definitively regu-
lated. A meeting of ten of the heads of the prin-
cipal commercial and banking houses was held at
the Bourse this afternoon, to discuss this project
All these gentlemen expressed themselves well
disposed towards it, but no resolution was come to,
and it was decided that another meeting should be
held in a few days."
Much anxiety was felt as to the turn which
the .Confereuces of Paris might take. Imme-
diately after the receipt of a recent despatch
from Fuad Pache, a Council of Ministers was
held, but_ nothi►,g had
_transpired as to the
subject of its deliterations. The relations of the
Austrian Internuncio are said to havebecome rather
cooler within a few days before the packet left, and
it is even mentioned that an interview between the
Grand 'Vizier and Baron Prokesch had not passed
off in a very cordial manner. The question of Mon-
tenegro remained in statu quo. The arrival of Sir
Bulwer was waited for to fix the period for the
opening of the conferences. It was reported that
Russia had declared that she would take no part hi
the_ deliberations unless the independence. of Prince
Danillo formed the basis of them.

A letter from Belgrade of the 28th Ult., in the
Lloyds of Pesti], has the following on the affair of
Mr.- Foriblanque, the Settlement of which a tele-
graphiC desPatch has since made known :
" A telegraphic despatch received here four days
ago from Constantinople directed that the soldiers
concerned in the outrage on the English Consul-
General and the English flag should be sent to that
city. The Consul-General had laid complaints
against 31 persons ; but the Turkish medchliz
(the council) on :its part thought that only 16
were culpable—the sentinel who insulted the Con-
sul-General, two Officers, and a non.comuaissioned
officer of the guard-house, who from hairless did
not the trouble to prevent the man leaving
hie post, two soldiers (nizams) who, being on
guard al the bridge, allowed him to cross it, a
topehi (artilleryman) who took his post, and
raw ly, eiglh> niz tins:and a nou-commisiorled officer,
acting as the chief, who insulted the English
flag. The 15 others denounced by the English are
probably those who, whilst the Consul-General was
being illtreated, encouraged them by cries to go
on. The medchliz is consequently in great embar-
rassment. It cannot find in the Coran, which d, es
not contain a military code, any chapter which de-
clares the act of the sentinel criminal or even
illegal, since no death ensued ; neither can it find
anything in the Coran about the inviolability of a
flag. But at the same time it sees the necessity of
making reparation to the Consul-General. It has
despatched ten men to Constantinople to be tried ;
but that does not satisfy the English, and until full
satisfaction be given, the new English ambassador,
Sir 11. Bulwer, will not crows the Turkish-frontier.
Ho is at Semlin, and was expected yesterday. To