The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-17 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1858.

LATEST NEWS.

CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 15.

The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sour, in
Syria, has been ill-treated in the church where be
was officiating.

Tevfik Pacha has been sent to Candia. Rumours
of Ministerial changes are in circulation.
Fuad Pacha is spoken of for the post of Grand

Vizier.

The cordon of the White Eagle of Russia has
been conferred on M. Thouvenel, the French Am-

bassador.

An electric cable has united Constantinople to
Gallipoli.
Letters from Teheran state that a magnificent
reception had been given to Feruck Khan, and
that he is already occupied in preparing important
reforms, both civil and religious. The official
journal of Teheran has published a long article,
pointing out the advantages which Persia will
derive from her European relations.

BERLIN, DEC. 16.

The Prussian Gazette contains a circular, yester-
day issued by the Minister of the Interior, Baron
Flottwell, addressed to all provincial Governments

;Regierun gen).

The circular relates to the withdrawal of trades-
concessions, based on the paragraph of the trade
laws (Gewerbe-Ordnung), and promises an
improved regulation of this subject by the
Legislature. The provincial Governments are
directed to desist from withdrawals and warnings
of withdrawals of all trades-concessions, and to
send in to the Minister of the Interior the docu-
ments of judicial proceeding (Acten), together with
their report.
According to confirmed intelligenee, his Royal
Highness the Prince Regent has conferred upon
his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales the Order
of the Black Eagle.

MADRID, DEC. 16.

At the nomination of members for the Congress
Committee, Government has again been victorious.

The Senate has commenced the discussion on the
address, in reply to the Queen's speech. General
Prim has withdrawn his amendment, which de-
clared that Spain had not sufficient cause for
entering into hostility with Mexico.
The budget has been presented to the chambers;
it estimates the expenses at 11%786,000,000 reals, and
the receipts at 1,794,000,000 reals.

The French Ambassador, M. Barrot, will be
received by the Queen this evening in a private

audience.

A Paris letter in the Nord of Brussels says:---
"The English journals, and especially the Times,
appear to have understood neither the character
nor the consequences of the pardon accorded to
Count de Montalembert, nor yet the nature of his
appeal. According to the Times, which has not
seized the force of the allusion made in the note of
the Moniteur to the 2d December, the pardon was
a moral victory achieved by the Count. But the
fact is quite the contrary, and if the appeal had not
been made, all the advantage belonged to the note
of the 3loniteur. The Times adds that, in re-
jecting the Emperor's pardon, the persistence of
M. Montalembert is an agitation without any
serious object. That assertion displays a profonnd
ignorance of the real state of the French legis-
lation and amuses the French lawyers. If the
Times had paid more attention to the articles of the
Nord, it would have spared itself these blunders.
In short, and in view of the new discussion about
to arise, it will not be without use to repeat that
the pardon, while relieving M. de Montalembert
from his six months' imprisonment, does not annul
—lst, the declaration of culpability; 2d, the dis•
honouring reasons given for the judgment; 3d, the
suppression of the work; 4th, the right given to
the Government to apply to M. de Montalembert
the law of public safety, that is to say, confine him
in the interior, or send him to Algeria, or exile
him. An appeal which aims at relieving him from
these grave consequences of a condemnation is what
the Times calls 'an agitation without object.' The
English journal evidently speaks of it quite at its
ease, and understands nothing either of the French
judicial procedure or legislation."