LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 119, 23 May 1881, Page 2

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

DIFFICULTY BETWEEN TURKEY AND FRANCE. DEPOSITION OF THE BEY BY THE SULTAN. THE BEY SUPPORTED BY FRANCE. IMPORTANT ARRESTS IN IRELAND. APPREHENSION OF A PRIEST. ENGLAND AND~THE TUNISIAN SITUATION. BRITISH DESPATCHES TO THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. Constantinople, 2lBt May. The Fultan has issued a decree deposing the Bey Sidi Mohamed Sadok from the Regency of the Tunisian principality. PARIS, 21st May. The French Government has resolved to uphold the Bey in the possession of the Tunisian throne against the edict which has been issued by the Porte for his deposition. Despatches received by the Government from the commander of the French forces in Tunis Btate that the opposition of the native tribes to the advance of tha French troops has been entirely overcome, the Arabs having been everywhere repulsed, and Beja and Mater captured and occupied. London, 21st May. Several important arrests have lately been made of suspected persons in various parts of Ireland. Among those recently taken into custody is Father Sheehy, a Roman Catholic priest. Her Majesty the Queen is now residing at Balmoral Castle, the Royal Beat in the Highlands. It has transpired that the Right Hon. Earl Granville, Secretary of State for Foreisrn Affairs, has referred to the Tunisian Treaty in his recent despatches to the French Government, emphatically protesting that France will be expeoted to fufil existing treaty obligations, and to respeot the privileges that England has hitherto enjoyed in connection with the government of the Tunisian Prmoipality. At the wool auction to-day 3200 bales were offered. The bidding was excited. Australian tallow has risen 6d per cwt. Best beef is quoted at 355; best mutton, 36s 6d. Romb, 21st May. Signor Sella, who was charged with the formation of a new Italian Ministry, has failed to accomplish the task laid upon him by his Majesty King Humbert