A Renter's telegram, printed in Saturday's Daily Chronicle; gives an
interesting account of the mother of the Sultan of Morocco. She is said to be as able, tactful, and sagacious as she is beautiful, and to be determined to promote the interests of her son and to exercise a paramount influence over him. He does nothing without consulting her. When the conspiracy of the Viziers was on foot, four letters were intercepted, and fell into the hands of the Sultan. He took them at once to- his mother. She read them, and instantly cast the three belonging to the Viziers on the ground, holding the fourth, which was from the brother of the Sultan, still in her hand. " By this thou wilt understand how those infamous Ministers are to be dealt with, my son," said the Princess, " but as to thy brother, it is necessary to act with extreme prudence." The Viziers were condemned to death by an assembly of counsellors and holy men, but the Sultan's mother advised that their lives should be spared. Accordingly they were stripped of their garments, mounted on donkeys, and flogged through the streets of Mequinez, and finally sent in chains to- the dungeons of Mogador. At the same time their goods and property were confiscated, save that the sum of $100 was assigned to each of their children. One of the Viziers had a. family of two hundred and fifty children. That sounds almost too like a story in " The Arabian Nights " to be true, but in Morocco the Thousand-and-one Tales are still human docu- ments.
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