The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY + 24, 1859,

is withdrawn from. the country an equal amount of
Bank notes must be kept out of circulation. Dis-
tress is thus- occasioned—" the life-blood of indus-
try" stagnates—manufacturers are obliged to sell
their goods at a heavy loss—traders to dispose of their
stocks at less than cost price—the working classes
are deprived of employment, and " the money hawk
is enabled to extract the hard-earned savings of in-
dustry." An adequate issue of really national notes
of small and convenient denominations would avert
the danger and prevent the periodical panics that
occasion such enormous losses, misery, and annoy-
ance to all but those who are properly termed the
" hard calculators."

A Privy Council will be held at Buckingham
Palace, on the 2d of February, at which the Ministers will
formally submit the royal speech for the sanction of the
Sovereign.—Court Journal.

THE MINISTERS.—Lord Salisbury left London
on Friday evening for his seat, Hatfield, Herts. The Right
Hon. B. Disraeli returned to town on Saturday from a
visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. The Earl of
Derby, the Earl of Mahnesbtuy, Lord Stanley, Sir Edward
Lytton, Lord John Manners, Mr. Secretary Walpole, Sir
John Pakington, Mr. Henley, and oiler Ministers remain
in London.

The Duke of Rutland, who has been at Stanton
Woodhouse, his shooting-box in Derbyshire, returned to
Belvoir Castle on Friday last.

The Marquis of Lansdowne is shortly expected
at Lansdowne House, from Bowood, for the season.
The Earl and Countess Desart have arrived at
the St. George's Hotel.
The Earl Granville arrived at his residence in
Bruton-street, on Saturday, from Rome and Paris, prepa-
ratory to the opening of Parliament.
The Earl and Countess of Craven and family will
return to town on the Bth of next month, from Ashdowne
Park, for the season.
The Earl and Countess of Shelburne have left
Bowood on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of
Ailesbury, at Savernake Lodge, Wilts.
Viscount Palmerston will give a grand Parlia-
mentary dinner, on Wednesday, the 2d of the ensuing.
month, at Cambridge House, to Which upwards of 40 of his
lordship's political friends, members of the House of Com-
mons, are invited.

Lord Huntingfield has arrived at the St. George's
Hotel.

Lord and Lady Nigel Kennedy have left their
residence in Grosvenor•square, for Brighton, for a few
weeks.

Lord West has left town to join the family cirel,
at Buckhurst Park, Sussex.

The Hon. Charles Murray, her Britannic Ma
jesty's Ambassador in Persia; has passed through Paris on
his way to London.

The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Gage have left Firle
Court, Sussex, the seat of Viscount Gage, on a visit to Sir
Charles Knightley, at Fawsley Park, Northamptonshire.

Sir Richard Bulkeley has left the St. George's
Hotel.

We are glad to learn that Mr. Charles Greville
is recovering from a severe attack of gout. _

Mrs. Lane Fox has left the St. George's Hotel on
a visit to the Earl and Countess Delawarr, at their seat,
Buckhurst Park, Sussex.

Mrs. Campbell Wyndham has left the St. George's
Hotel.

Mr. Stephenson, the engineer, has just arrived at
Marseilles from Alexandria in the Euxine.

We understand that a marriage is arranged be-
tween Lady Henrietta Pelham Clinton, third daughter of
the late, and sister of the present, Duke of Newcastle, and
Capt. E. C. T. d'Eyncourt, R.N., second son of the Right
Hon. Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt.

THE EARL OF RIPON.—We are sorry to learn
that the Earl of Ripon continues veryunwell. By accounts
received from Putney yesterday afternoon, there was no
perceptible improvement in the condition of the noble in-
valid. Dr. Stone, Dr. Williams, and other eminent medical
gentlemen, are in constant attendance on his lordship.
The Lord Chancellor has conferred upon Sir
Walter Riddell, Bart., the lucrative office of Judge of the
County Courts of North Staffordshire.

*The Earl of Derby has declined to receive the
deputation appointed by the town council to wait upon his
lordship to represent to him the claims which Doncaster
possesses to a direct representation in Parliament.

Mendelssohn's " St. Paul" will be again per-
formed by the Sacred Harmonic Society on Friday next,
Jan. 28.

BILLS FOR RAILWAYS AND PUBLIC IMPROVE-
MENTS.—On Saturday the following bills were disposed of
on the standing orders of the Houses of Lords and Com-
mons : (Before Mr. Frere.) Cork Harbour Reclamation—
standing orders complied with. Isle of Wight Railways—
standing orders complied with.
GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION.—The number of
members is now one hundred and twenty. Mr. Hyde
Clarke has been invited to become Vice-President of the
Association, and has undertaken to deliver an address at
St. Martin's Hall, on Tuesday evening, the Bth of February,
at seven o'clock, on the organisation of a Geological Survey
by the members of the association.

THE DIRECT PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY.—Since
the Vice-Chancellor's decision in favour of the South-
Western Railway Company, establishing their right to book
London passengers at the Portsmouth terminus of the South
Coast line, which the latter contested, the dispute between
the two companies has been amicably arranged, and the
trains will run over the direct line and through to Ports-
mouth, without interruption, on and after this day (Mouday).
THE GRANDSON OF LORD BOA 's " MARY."
--There have last week been rejoicing's' ui the villages of
Edwalton, Colwick, Annesley, &c., Notts, to celebrate the
coming of age of Mr. John Chaworth Musters, the grand-
son of Lord Byron's " Mary." An addrelia was presented
to Mr. Chaworth, spealiing of " Anneskt Park (one of the
family seats, and where the noble poet passed se much of
his boyhood) as having its deep poetical. associations, and
awakening emotions of no ordinary kind, the name of Mary
Chaworth being destined to remain for ever on the annals of
our country.—. Derbyshire Courier.

We have to announce the retirement from the
public service of Mr. Charles H. Chicheley Plowden. Mr.
Plowden has served in the Board of Control for upwards of
40 years, having been appointed by the late Mr. Canning in
1818. After holding several prominent positions there, Mr.
Plowden ultimately succeeded to the assistant-secretaryship,
which he held until it was abolished., On the changes,
which took place undeethe new India-Act, he was trans-
ferred to the secretaryship of the Marine and Transport
Department at the India-office. Mr. Mason, who was for-
merly superintendent of the Marine Department to the
East India Company, succeeds Mr. Plowden.
THE GALE OF YESTERDAY.—Yesterday (Sunday)
morning, from an early hour, a terrific gale of wind, blow-
ing from W.S.W., and accompanied by heavy showers of
rain, broke over the metropolis and suburbs, and continued
with but little intermission up to nearly 4 o'clock in the
afternoon, doing considerable damage to property in various
parts, but the southern districts seem to, have the most
severely suffered. Several trees in the neighbourhood of
Clapham, Norwood, Dulwich, Herne-hill, and vicinity,
were uprooted, while several greenhouses were injured, and
in some instances valuable exotic and other plants were
destroyed. Chimneys, water pipes, copings of houses,
flower-pots, &c., were blown from their places, and several
persons are reported to have been injured VY 'being struck
by falling slates, flower-pots, &e. Near the Elephant and
Castle, Newington, as a boy was passing along he was sud-
denly, by the force of the gale, thrown into the road under
the horses of an omnibus, but fortunately the vehicle did
not pass over him, although he was so injured by the
horses' hoofs that he was obliged to be conveyed home.
FALL OF A WAREHOUSE AND IRON FOUNDRY.—
An !accident of a fearful character took place about 10
minutes after AK o'clock on Saturday evening last. It ap-
pears that at the extreme end of Bankside, in the narrowest
part, is a thoroughfare leading to St. Mary Overy's dock,
and nearly facing Barclay and Perkins's brewery a range of
buildings used as wharfs and warehouses for sundry pur- I
poses, among which were the extensive premises known as
the Bank End Wharf, this property of Messrs. Archer and
Sons, millers and wharfingers, and the premises known as
the landing wharf and. iron foundry belonging to Mr.
Stephen Carey and Co.: The first-named building was
erected as long since as the time of Queen Elizabeth, and
rested against the eastern wall of the foundry of Messrs.
Carey. The first-named contained many hundred quarters
of corn in sacks, the weight of which, no doubt, was the
primary cause of the accident; for all of a sudden the per-
sons employed in Messrs. Carey's :works noticed the wall
that separated the two wharfs bulging, which induced them
to give information to the proper parties.
.Fortunately, the
workmen, 18 in number left the wharf iwo hours sooner
than they did the preceding day. The whole length of the
western wall shot out, causing the roof to part in three
places, carrying with it about one-third of Messrs. Carey's
foundry. As soon as the confusion had somewhat abated,
it was found that the warehouse belonging to Messrs.
Archer and Son had fallen, and the whole.of the grain con-
tained therein been buried. in the fragMents. One-third of
the roof of Messrs. Carey's foundry was also levelled with
the ground. During this day an attempt will be made to
get out the grain which remains buried in the ruins, and
also to shore up the dangerous walls. ",
ANOTHER FALL OF BUILDINGS IN KENTISH
Towx.—Yesterday morning, shortly after 10 o'clock,
another portion of the same pile of buildings which fell on
Thursday last suddenly came down. This result will afford
matter for serious investigation by the officials of the
Metropolitan Board of Works, who had already ordered an
investigation into the previous occurrence. The buildings
in question consisted of a clump of three or four houses,
forming the commencement of a new street, to be called
Gaisford-street, and it will be remembered in the account
already given of the preyious fall it was, stated that the
stacks of chimneys first fell, carrying with them the upper
portions of the party walls of the two adjoining houses.
This fall took place in an easterly direction. On the west-
ern side still existed another party wall, on the summit of
which remained another high and double stack of chimneys,
isßiermPraedetle‘ tin
and still further to the west was the flank wall or gable end
of the newly-erected row of houses, the whole being sur-
roundedwa a greatby dsecaalffeofldwinhgai
"'buckling" or
ethri,s,
bflulankg.
ing" has been observed, and at the time mentioned yester-
day the upper part of this flank wall fell outward in the
direction of the Kentish-town-road with a tremendous
crash, carrying with it the scaffold-poles, &c., or breaking
them short off where it came in contact with him. The
buildings present a singular and dangerous appearance, the
double stack of chimneys standing alone in the centre, al-
though evidently, even to the most unpractised eye, some
considerable extent out of the perpendicular,

LATEST NEWS.

FRANCE AND SARDINIA.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's :

PARTS, JAN. 24.
The Moniteur of this morning contains the fol-

Lowing :

The intimate relations -which have for a long
time existed between the Emperor of the French
and the King of Sardinia, and the mutual interests
of France and Piedmont, have induced the Sove-
reigns of the two countries to draw closer, by a
family affiance, the ties which unite them. For
more than a year negotiations with this object in
view have been carried on, but the youth of the
Princess delayed the fixing of the period of the
marriage until now. Yesterday, General Niel
officially demanded the hand of the Princess Clo-
tilde in marriage with Prince Napoleon. The
King gave his consent, and the ceremony will
shortly take place at Turin.
The Union reproduces the statement of the
Independence Beige, alleging that the King of
Piedmont had only consented to this match on con-
dition of a treaty offensive and defensive being
signed between France and Sardinia. The Moniteur
declares this allegation not less false than injurious
to the dignity of both Sovereigns.
The Emperor must desire his family affiances
to be in harmony with the great traditional policy
of France, but he will never make the great in-
terests of the country depend upon a family affiance.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 19.

The Presse a" Orient states that the Sultan has
confirmed the election of Prince Milosch, but with-
out giving to his family the right of inheritance.
A colonel of the Turkish army has departed for
Bucharest, carrying with him the Berat of investi-
ture for Milosch, and will conduct him to Belgrade.
The Exchange is very fluctuating.

INDIA AND CHINA.

TRIESTE, SUNDAY, JAN. 23.

The India and China mails reached Suez on the
14th inst., with dates from Calcutta to Dec. 23;
Madras, Dec. 28; Galle, Dec. 31 ; Hong Kong,
Dec. 15 ; Shanghae, Dec. 16 ; Aden, Jan. 8.
Feroze Shah was defeated with much slaughter,
by General Napier, on the 17th December, at Ra-
node, and pursued for eight miles ; his force was
again dispersed on the 23d by troops from Poonah.
Nana Sahib was reported at Churdah, in 'Dude,
with 1,500 men. Two Rajahs with him have
solicited Government for protection when they may
be able to escape. Their messenger also appeals on
behalf of the Nana himself for clemency to his
family.

Nothing authentic had been heard of Lord
Elgin's trip up the Yang-tse-kiang. The Chinese
report that the ambassador's ship exchanged fire
with the rebels in passing Moohoo.
The Laplace, with Baron Gros on board, got
ashore on one of the Chusan Islands, and was towed
to Shanghae by her Majesty's ship Inflexible. His
Excellency then proceeded to Hong Kong by the
Aden.

Mr. Reed, United States Commissioner, returns

to America.

Canton was quiet. Affairs at Ningo were bad.
An alarming fire occurred in a central part of
Hong Kong on the sth December.
Since Sir J. Bowring left on a visit to Manilla on
the 29th of November, the non-official legislative
councillors have protested against the admission of
another official member.
The Governor of Macao was said to be about to
proceed to Siam to enter into a treaty with Portugal.
Calcutta imports and produce quiet. Exchange,
2s. ld. to 2s. 21d. ; Madras, 2s. Old. Canton, Dec.
11, imports improved. Little done in exports.
Hong Kong imports dull ; exports in increased
demand; exchange, 4s. 81(1. Shanghae imports
dull ; exports firmer ; exchange, 6s. 9d. Singapore,
Dec. 21, trade dull ; exchange, six months, 4s. 81d.
Foochoo, Dec. 4, teas higher ; exchange, 4s. 10d.

was one of such importance that even England and
France, the most advanced nations, had not yet
settled it ; but he could assure the Chamber that in
any measures the Government might adopt it would
conciliate the interests of agriculture, commerce and
manufactures. A recent statistical return shows
that as many as 1,004,974 children are now receiv-
ing instruction in public and private schools, and
468,050 of them gratuitously.