The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY E7V ENING, MAY 12, 1858,

FRANCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY.
The Pat? ie is warm in its approval of the con-
duct of the British Ministry iu the matter of the
Oude proclamation :
" Lord Derby and Lord Ellenborough assumed
in this debate an attitude which will be honoured
in Europe ; they nobly defended the cause of jus-
tice against the prejudices and passions of their
countrymen. It was as much in the name of jus-
tice as of sound policy that they blamed Lord Can-
ning for having confiscated the po sossions of an
entire nation which fought for its independence and
s'national institutions. Webelieve time will prove
that Ministers have been in this instance the best
representatives of British honour and the best hr.-
terpi e • er3 of English interests. In resisting popu-
lar passions and in employing their authority to
save their country from an iniqui.y and .a stain,
they have comprehended and also accomplished
their duties as statesmen."

The Paris police continue their crusade against
the secret soe;eties, and during the last few days
have made a capture of several individuals forming
the staff of the Societe Icarienne, one of the many
subdivisions of La Marianne. This arrest took
place in one of the central departments. A domi-
ciliary visit has taken place at the house of a
Madame Lefrancois, whose husband, formerly one
of the editors of Le Siecle, is at present a refugee
, in London. Nothing of a compromising nature
was found on the premises.
The Revue du Nord, a highly intelligent periodi-
cal, published at Life, has been soppressed. The
Tribunal at Amiens has sent the editor and printer
to prison for a month.
A letter from Jaffa, in the Univers, says :
"Serious disturbances, it Las been stat, d, recently
broke out in that part of the mountains of Judea
which extends from Hebron to Belt-Bebrin and
Ramlrh. They were caused by some Scheiks,
headed by Mua'apha Abou-Goch. This man is
little better than a brigand, but he is so powerful
that he can create disturbances when he pleases,
and 'the governors of Palestine sometimes con-
d'soend to bribe him to restore order. He is,
howeve) often opposed by another brigand, named
El Laham, chief of the district of El Hai comb,
and in a recant combat between their respective
adherents, there were 60 killed and upwards of
100 wound d. A tribe of the Thyas took advan-
tage of these disturbances to pillage several vil-
lages and sarry off flocks of sheep and goats. The
governor of Palestine having only a few hundred
nizarns (regular soldiers) at his disposal, and they
being required to preserve order at Jerusalem, in
whin then were about 12,000 pilgrims, could not
seed a force to are mountains, but by thei assistance
of the French consul he succeeded in inducing the
parties to c( nsent to a truce of sixty days. Not-
withstanding these disturbances, the roads in Pales-
tine are safe for Europeans ; in fact, since the Cri-
mean war, the Arabs, oven the most rapacious,
have such respect for the Europeans that they ab-
stain from doing them any injury. As a proof, it
may be mentionel that though tribes of warlike
Arabs recently fought with each other in the moun-
tains in the environs of Silo and Yaboud to the
north of Jerusalem, they allowed three French
nuns, accompanied only by a guide and a mule-
teer to pass the day of er unhurt on their way
Nazareth. I have just returned from a pilgri-
mage to Jerusalem; and I was there greatly grieved
to nee the de ,lorale state of the cupola of the
Holy Sepulchre ; outside, the lead of the roof has
been torn off, and in,ide, the ceiling has fallen
down, so that the sky can be seen through, and
rain falls in. The projects of Russia in Palestine
merit the attention of Roman Catholics. II T Holy
Synod has rent a Muscovite bishop to Jerusalem,
and his arrival has produced a great sensation
among the Christians of all communions. Even
the Greeks have not been unmoved by it. It is
said that the Russian Government contemplates
building hospitals, churches, and convents in Je-
rusalem and other places, and even of niaking a
good road between Jaffa and Jerusalem. Perhaps
what is said. is an exaggeration, but it is certain
that lately an Italian architect who was here repre-
sented that he was charged by the Russian Go-
vernment to purchase houses and ground, and
drawing up plans for constructions, at Jerusalem."
BOURSE, May 11.—The following were the
closing quotations :

4i per Cents 93
.Do owl month —

Credit Foncier
Belgian
Piedmontese (5)
Roman 9l
Austrian .
Sinnish Threes
Home Debt —
-Fon CASH.

3 per Cent. —.. 69 80
Do. end month 69 80
Bank Shlres
Credit Mobilier 717 50
Do. Account 725

RAILWAYS.
Orleans
Northern
New Ditto 765
Lyon and Medi teran. 772
New Ditto
Geneva

Midi
Western 595
Strasburg 4 645
Grand Central
Slrdinian
Austrian

TURKEY.

The Turkish circular of the 19th April on the
subject of the wholesale distribution of passports
'by Russian to Greek and Armenian subjects of the
Porte, with the view of claiming them as Russian
subjects, may be summed up in these t.rms :
"This docnment, which has been addresstd to
all the Ottoman legations, state that the Porte has
learnt that Turkish subjects had obtained abroad
passports with which they returned to the Ottoman
territory. The consulates have then asserted that
they were under their pr ,teciion and have even
at times withdrawn individuals who had never been
abroad from Turkish nationality by simply giving
them passports. The Porte remarks that it has
witnessed the increase of these abuses of late with
the greater regret that it has always endeavoured
to offer an efficient protection to the rights of
foreign subjects, and has the right to expect in re-
turn that its own sovereign rights should be re-
spected. If it could be permitted that through a
preference for the system of government of
another country. Tinkish subjects might re-
nounce their nationality, their return into Turkey
as foreign subjects would cause considerable
inconvenience, since they would have had the
intention of withdrawing themselves from their
obligations towards the government of their birth.
The Porte feels no doubt that the necessity and
the legitimacy of this measure will be approved by
the different governments, and that by giving
rigorous instructions to the competent agents, they
will avoid the renewal of acts so much to be re-
gretted."

The Prince of Prussia will take the waters at one
of the bathing-places this season, and it is conse-
quently probable that he will not visit, t,e Rtit-nish
provinces as announced. The Prince and Princess
Frederick William will leave the capital in June
for Eastern Prussia, where preparations fur their
reception have already commenced.