The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-08 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 28.

The Sultan, owing to the exhaustion of the
Treasury, has imposed a tax of 32 piastres on Jews
and Christians of all ages, who may be exempted
from military service. He will further require the
tax to be paid two years in advance.

Diplomatic conferences were about to take plac
shortly between the Grand Vizier and the Repre-
sentatives of the Powers who were parties to the
Treaty of Paris, in order to agree on the interpre-
tation of the Firman for convoking the Divans in
the Principalities.

The Russians have opened the campaign against
Schamyl.
Prince Baryatinski commands the expedition.
M. Finch, Consul for France, at Tiflis, accom-
panies the Prince.

A telegraphic despatch has been received at
Marseilles, announcing the death of Gen. Outran',
the British Commander-in-Chief, in Persia. From
news already received this intelligence is looked
upon as very doubtful.

The Spanish squadron is off the coast of Bar-
bary, and is expected to act against the Riff pi-
rates and the Moors, who have attacked the Spa-
nish posts on that coast.

FRANCE.
PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.
The Monikur has a* despatch addressed to the
Minister of War by Marshal Randon, dated Souk-
el-Arba, May 31, in which are given details, to the
effect that since the submission of the Bem-Raten
and Arb-Douela had been made, on the 28th
General Macmahon's division marched at an early
hour from its position, four miles in advance, as far
as Aboudt. Heavy fogs and rain prevented fur-
ther movements. The troops were in excellent
health ; and on the 28th. 29th, and 30th, various
tribes—the Beni-Fraoucen, Beni-Bou-Chaib, Beni-
Khellili, came in successively to ask aman, (pardon),
and accept the conditions imposed on them. Fur-
ther, the Beni-Malunoud, who were last year im-
practicable, have sent hostages to the French camp.
Roads have been established or restored, and
the position of the French division is excellent.
The.Siecte contains the following very suggestive
paragraph concerning the elections :—" Ara we to
consider the departmerit of the Maine-et-Loire as
placed beyond the common law ? This might be
believed, for the Independant de 1 'Ouest, in its
number of the sth inst., affirms that it has been
prohibited from writing about electoral bulletins ;
that it has been officially invited to abstain from
any observation that might resemble a censure, a
blame, or even a praise of the functionaries of the
Empire ; finally, that it cannot interfere in the
elections, as silence had been imposed on it. After
the circular of the Minister of the Interior, and
when similar prohibitions, dictated by excess of
zeal, have been everywhere withdrawn, the posi-
tion to which the Independant de l'Ouest has been
reduced is an anomaly which cannot last, and to
which we now direct the attention of govern-
ment."

HERAT.
Mohammed Yussouf, a man who some short time
back played a considerable political part, and who,
it may be remembered, assassinated the Prince of
Herat, has, in his turn, fallen by the hands of the
sons of the murdered man. A letter from Teheran,
in the Presse d'Orient, gives the following account
of the affair :

"Our readers must remember that Mohammed
Yussouf, after assassinating Seid Ali Khan, the
Prince of Herat, took possession of that place in
concert with Ica Khan, and maintained a' siege
against the Persian army. Being closely pressed
by the besiegers, and justly alarmed at the fate
which would await him if he fell into the hands of
the Persians, Mohammed fled from Herat.- He
was, however, seized • and carried to Teheran,
where, notwithstanding his crimes, he was pardoned
by Nass-reddin-Shah. The children of Seid. Ali
Khan bad not, however, renounced the idea of
avenging the death of their fa ther ; they arrived at Te-
heran, and demanded justice on the murderer.
The Shah, not wishing that the pardon he had
granted to .Mohammed should be a vain work,
,en-
deavoured to calm the resentment of the sons of
Seid Ali Khan, but all his efforts were in vain,
the murderer was handed over to justice, tried and
found guilty, and delivered up to the sons. The
Government being still desirous of saving the life
of Mohammed, offered a very considerable sum by
way of ransom, but tEe offer was refused, and on
the Bth the sons of SeidAli Khan themselves put the
murderer of their father to death. The event has
produced a great sensation. The Persian charac-
ter rarely presents examples of such violent ani-
mosity and thirst for vengeance. The guilty
person is claimed, and the terror of punishment is
allowed to hang over him for a time, but blood is
rarely shed. The vengeance of families is generally
confined to taking the murderer to the spot where
the murdered man has been buried, where he is
ordered to demand pardon from the dead and to
Philosophical vengeance did
the sons of Seid Ali Khan.
not, pray
hfoorwe him.ver satisfy Ttiis

DENMARK AND GERMANY.
The following note has been addressed to Herr
von Steffens, Prussian Charge d'Affaires at Copen-
hagen :

"BERLIN, MAY 20.
" The Courts of Berlin and Vienna had, as you
are aware, on several occasions pointed out to the
Cabinet of Copenhagen how necessary it was, in
the settlement of the subject connected with the
constitution of the Duchies of Holstein and Linen-
burg, first and foremost to hear' the representa-
tions of the Estates with regard to those altera-
tions of their former constitutions that have been
octroye" to them, and in this way afford them the
possibility and an opportunity of bringing forward
their grievances and their proposals. '
" To this end the proposal was made towards the
close of last March that the Estates should be con-
voked as early as possible for an extraordinary Diet.
In reply to this proposal a despatch (copy of which
is appended hereto) was communicated to us by
Baron von Brockdorf, dated Copenhagen, 13th
inst.
" From this despatch we have learnt with satis-
faction that the Government of his Majesty the
King of Denmark, after having accomplished its
reconstitution, bas resolved to follow the course re-
commended to it, and we sincerely congratulate it
on having adopted a measure that was called for
equally by its own interests and by the duties it
owes to the Duchies and the German Confederation.
"The Danish despatch contains the promise that
the provincial estates of Holstein shall be convoked
at the latest in August of this year, and a revised
draught of a constitution for the, special affairs' of
the Duchy be submitted to them for due delibera-
tion according to the forms of their constitution.
It contains also the' further promise that this draft
to be submitted to them shall also contain those
provisions which shall define the scope of the spe-
cial affairs' of the Duchy of Holstein. Finally,
there was specially the express assurance given in
it, and to this we attach especial weight, that the
Assembly of the Estates should have ample oppor-
tunity afforded them of expressing themselves
freely•and unhindered on the limits to be put to the
competence of the Estates.
"In all this, however, there is nothing said as to
how far the Danish Government will be prepared
to meet the claims to which thelpromises of 18. 51 and
1852 entitle the Duchies and the Confederation. On
this point we must wait for the results of the ap-
proaching deliberations of the Estates, and although
in respect to it we confidently reckon on the wis-
dom, and justice of his Majesty the King of Den-
mark, all the rights must of course be reserved and
viudicated which flow out from the constitution of
the Duchies, and from the undertaking entered
into by the Crown of Denmark with Prussia and
Austria in the years 1851 and 1852.
"If, however, the opportunity be afforded to the
Estates, conformably to the promise made, of
speaking out their sentiments as to their rights and
claims, and duly to bring forward their grievances
and requirements, an appropriate basis will thereby
be obtained for the further treatment of the matter,
and in this way a suitable advance will have been
made towards the settlement of the constitution
question,
on which the Cabinets of Berlin and
Vienna have felt themselves compelled to insist.
" Under these circumstances we, in common
with the Court of Vienna, find ourselves at the
present moment under no call to bring the matter
before the German Diet.

`‘ It must be observed, however, that the Copen-
hagen despatch holds out an expectation of a draught
to be submitted to the Estates of Holstein only in
respect of the 'special affairs' of the Duchy ; of the
constitution for the common affairs' of the Danish
Monarchy there is no'special mention made. We
nevertheless consider ourselves justified in munaing