The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-07 00:00:00

THE EAST.

A letter from Jerusalem of 18th ult. says •.
" Some of the leading Mussulmans of Gaza
attempted, after the massacre of Jeddah, toget , up
a movement against the Christians, but did not
succeed. In no other place has anything of the
kind been done, though throughout the Turkish
Empire a certain degree of hostility to the Chris-
tians is manifested. The Pacha of Jerusalem has
not yet returned from his visit to Gaza, being
anxious to arrest the famous Santon or Mufti, who
is labouring to excite agitation amongst the people.
It is, however, no easy task to capture him, as,
from his reputation of sanctity, all protect him.
Nine persons who were arrested at Gaza are still
in prison at Jerusalem, and they are causing their
friends to exert themselves in order to avoid pay-
ing too large a sum' for their release. During the
last tOn years, the Mussulman propagandism has
been making great progress in Asia and Africa, and
the European powers have perhaps not paid suffi-
cient attention to the fact. This propagandism is
not only directed against Christianity, but against
the power of the Sultan, who is accused by fana-
tics of betraying Islamism. For years past, devout
scheiks, whose zeal has been exalted by pilgrimages
jto Mecca, have been traversing the Asiatic pro-
vinces of Turkey in all directions to restore the faith
of the people, and excite their fanaticism against
Christians. In some towns they have formed asso-
ciations, and have enrolled numbers of persons.
One of these societies has been established at Jeru-
salem ; the members of it affect to be exceedingly
strict in their conduct, observe fasts, assemble every
Friday at the Mussulman sanctuary of Neby Daoud
(tomb of Dwyid) on, Mount Sion, And go from it in

procession, reciting prayers, to the tomb of a san-
ton near the gate of Jaffa; after which they dis-
perse."

SWEDEN.

A letter from Stockholm says :

"On the 11th of next month a year will have
expired since, with the consent of the Legislative
Chambers, the regency has been in operation in
the two kingdoms, and the term fixed by the royal
decree is thus about to expire. The public are
already anxiously discussing the plan which the
King may adopt to legally prolong the sovereign
powers with which during his illness he has
invested his eldest son. The fundamental compact
concluded in 1.815 between King Charles John
Bernadotte and the States of the kingdom
assembled at Stockholm, is formal on the subject
of the assent required to be given by the four
chambers to the institution of the Regency to be
exercised temporarily by one or more members
of the governing family: -Last year King Oscar,
finding himself unable from his extreme weakness
to govern the two kingdoms, addressed a royal
message to the four chambers demanding, accord-
ing to the prescriptions of the constitution, their
assent to the establishment of a regency to be exer-
cised in SWeden and Norway by Prince Charles,
his eldest'son. The Legisla-417e, Chambers, which
were then sitting, gave a favourable vote to the
royal message. Now, that the ordinary session
is closed, and will not reopen until 1859, every
one asks whether King Oscar will find it indis-
pensable to convoke the States for an extra-
ordinary session, in order to obtain their assent to
the prolongation of the sovereign power confided
to the prince, or whether he will think proper to
let the Regent retain his high functions until the
meeting of the Swedish and Norwegian Chambers
at the time fixed by the Constitution. Most persons
are of opinion that this latter will be the case."