The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-20 00:00:00

TURKEY.

SCUTARI, Oct. B.—Miss Nightingale leaves to-
day for Balaklava, and all the nuns or sisters of
mercy now at Kululee Hospital are also going to the
" front."
General Beatson, who is now at the Hotel
d'Angleterre, Therapia, with his two aides-de-camp,
has been relieved of his command pro tern. by Gen.
Smith, who proceeded from Buy ukdere by order
of General Vivian. This decides the question as to
whether General Beatson is under General Vivian's
orders or command.
Sir Harry Jones, Royal Engineers, with his
aide-de-camp_ is at the Palace Holpital, the former
far from well. Although one can see that General
Jones is holding out to the last, still the general
opinion is that he will have eventually to go home.
Lieut.-Colonel Lloyd, R.E., is next senior to Gen.
Jones, but Lieut.-Colonel Chapman, C. 8., at
present is commanding iu the Crimea.
The depot at Scutari, which fluctuates greatly as
to numbers, has been lately increased by the offi-
cers' stores, and a few men and horses, for Beat-
son's Horse Artillery, together with the Driver
Company, as it is oddly called, of Sappers and
Miners.

Only one brigade, under General Neil, o f the
Turkish contingent infantry, is left behind in camp
at Buyukdere, with 1,100 Turkish cavalry under
Goneral Shirley ; the latter, which ought to be
4,000 strong, are badly mounted, the horses vary-
ing from 13 to 14 hands high, and yet from 301. to
431. have been paid for each. All the other brigades
of the Turkish contingent, numbering about 8,000,
are at Kertch. General Vivian has not yet re-
turned from the Crimea. When will the English
Government learn experience, and cease to pay in
such a most extravagant manner this useless con-
tingent force.
We have received letters from Constantinople
to the Bth inst., brought by the Cheliff. There
was no longer any idea of modifications in the per-
sonnel of the Cabinet, notwithstanding the ill-will
attributed to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe against
the majority of its members, and particularly
against Mehemet Ali Pacha. t was said at Con-
stantinople that the Engl4sh Ambassador is not
supported in his hostility by his Government, but
that be has been requelt:d La imitate the prudent
reserve of his colleague of Franco, who had de-
clared that he would not interfere in any way with
the internal affairs of Turkey, so long as the inte-
rests of his own country and those of the alliance
did not suffer.

The Madrid journals of the 14th hare arrived in
due course. Upwards of 160 deputies had reached
the capital. The responsible editor of the Estrella
had boen condemned to six years' imprisonment
for seditious libel ; and had been sent off to
Zamora to undergo his punishment. The Espana
says that General San Miguel, in order to lose his
seat in the Cortes, has refused to accept the post of
Commander-General of the llalberdiers, or the
rank of Grandee of Spain. A war steamer, the
Santa Isabel, was about to be sent from Barcelona
to Genoa, to convey the Duke and Duchess de
Montpensier back to Spain. The 14th being Sun-
day, the Stock Exchange was not open.

The Federal Council of Switzerland has just de-
cided that the Cantons shall bear the expense of
the shooting-grounds and ammunition required for
the instruction of the carabiueers prescribed by
the Federal law. Every other expense is to be de-
frayed by the Federal Treasury.

ERRATA.. -In the review of Mr. Macaulay's
"Speeches," published in our impression of Thursday
evening— "bits" should have been printed "lists ;"
"even the blow," "es ery blow ;" "my own editor,"
"my own edition ;" and (twice) " Curl " instead of
" Carell."
TESTIMONIAL TO GENERAL Winnum. - At a numer-
ous meeting of Norfolk magistrates at i:orwich, yester-
day, a resolution was unanimously agreed to congratu-
lating Major-General Windham on his escape from the
perils incident to the assault on the Great itedan on the
Bth of September last. The resolution also expressed
admiration at the long enduring gallantry, courage,
constancy, self-devotion and self.possession of General
Windham, and thanked him for the example he hail
held out to British soldiers. Tao Earl of Albemarle,
who seconded the resolution, took a review of the career
of General Windham in the Crimea, and read compli-
mentary letters addressed to him by Sir W. Codrington
and Admiral Sir E. Lyons. It was alto unanimously
agreed that a handsome sword should be presented to
the gallant officer. Captain Windham, .R N., returned
thanks on the part of his brother. A good deal of
enthusiasm was manifested towards General Windham,
who is of a Norfolk family.

WHITTINGTON CLUB.—The building in Arundel-street
is, we are glad to hear, rapidly progressing towards
completion, and until it is ready for occupation the coal-
inittee of the club have made arrangements for holding
the usual drawing-room evenings at the Freemasons
Hall, Great Queen street, so that the members will not
be deprived during the ensuing season of the enjoyment
:.'forded by these pleasant and agreeable meetings. •
THE ENROLLED PENSIONERS.—Yesterday morning the
local companies of enrolled Chelsea Pensioners of the
n
Tower division assembled at the Tower for three
udays'e
drill preparatory to three days' brigade drill
Park of the whole of the divisions of the district,h:Bea,
the Regent's Park, Tower, Kensington, and e
at
the end of the month. A general inspection will take
place on the 31st instant, when tdheorf General Tulloch.
e
will be a muster
n]nl of about 2,500, under the eo
OPERATION OF THE NEW LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT.
—There is some misunderstandititogaes_nttoottioepeorpatefr(atlionnn
th
of the act. The new law is toc
m
the lst of January, but e
new vestrymen are to be
appointed in November. The meetings now held hi
parishes divided into wards are to secure "right men in
the right planes."