The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-24 00:00:00

SHAMEFUL WASTE OF GOVERNMENT

STORES.

The stores which were brought home from Kertch by
the Turkish Engineer Corps and landed at Chatham still

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remain on Gun-wharf, where they were originally de-
posited, and unless measures be speedily adopted to pro
tect them from the ravages of the weather there is little
doubt that nearly the whole of the stores—sufficient for
the equipment of an army of 25,000 men—will be ren-
dered entirely useless, if, indeed, that is not already the
case. The whole of the articles, some of which are of a
very valuable description, are left exposed to the weather
without any kind of protection, excepting that afforded
by the coverings of the waggons and the boxes in which
they are deposited, and in that condition they have re-
mained during the whole of the winter, and, in fact,
since they were brought home at the close of last sum-
mer. Among the articles deposited at Chatham are
telegraph apparatus with several miles of wires, all
kinds of carpenters', builders', and miners' tools, harness
and saddlery sufficient for several thousand horses, india-
rubber boats, tents, and every other requisite for an
army in the field. The stores were inspected some months
since by General Sir J. Burgoyne, Inspector-General of
Fortifications, when it was understood that they were to
be immediately handed over to the corps of Royal En gi.
neers at Brompton, to be deposited with the other stores
belonging to that corps, and kept in order by the Engi-
neer troops ; but up to the present time no order has
been given to that effect. The men belonging to the
engineer corps of the Turkish Contingent, who arranged
the stores at Chatham, and were for some time employed
in attending to them, have been discharged from that
duty.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in
Downing-street. The Ministers present were—Viscount
Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, Sir
G. Grey, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord Panmure,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir C. Wood, the
Right Hon. R. V. Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley,
the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, and the Duke of Argyll.
The Earl and Countess of Erroll left town last week
for Scotland, where they contemplate remaining until
the month of April.
The Earl and Countess Spencer are entertaining a se-
lect circle at Althorp Park, Northamptonshire.
' Lord Broughton is surrounded by a family circle at
Erlestock Park, Wilts.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town on
Thursday evening; from Harpton Court, Kington, Here
fordshire.
Sir George Grey returned to London yesterday, from
Windsor Castle.
On dit, that a commission on the claims of the Medi.
cal Officers of the Army is to be issued, over which Mr.
Sidney Herbert is to be invited to preside.
The majority of the Earl of Lincoln, eldest son of the
Duke of Newcastle, is to be celebrated on a grand scale
at Clumber on the 27th, 28th, and 29th inst. Tne noble
duke i■ very popular amongst his neighbours, tenantry,
tradespeople, &c.
Earl Spencer will preside at a public dinner to be held
at the Gs ,rge Hotel, Northampton, on the 28th inst.,
the object of which is to aid the funds of the Master
Boot and Shoemakers' Provident and Benevolent Insti•
tution, established in 1836. The Asylum is at Mort-
lake, Surrey.
The Right Hon. Robt. Lowe, lII.P.,Vice-President of
the Board of Trade, has been on a visit to Manchester
this week.
It is repeated that the new Lord Chief Justice of the
Common Pleas, Sir Alexander Cockburn, is certainly to
receive a peerage. His title will, it is added, be that of
Lord Langton, after the name of the family estates in
Bervisk, which now belong to the Marquis of Bread-
albane.

GENERAL TOM THUMB is compelled to engage a larger
saloon to accommodate his aimerous admirers. He will
remain at Regent Gallery until February 2d, on which
day he takes possession of the spacious Prince of Wales
Bazaar, 209, Regent-street.
LONDON TlME.—There is a great difference between
the West-end and City clocks, or, at all events, some o
them. The clock of St. Mary's, Marylebone, for instance,
is N minutes in advance of St. Bride's, Fleet-street
Surely this ought not to be, for the inconvenience at si
disappointment are incalculable.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT MlLlNlND.—Yeaterday afternoon
as a bricklayer named George Perry was employed in
the erection of a large chimney at the chemical works
of Messrs. Williaras and Fletcher, Mile-end, he was
suddenly seized with giddiness, and fell from a height of
nearly 100 feet to the ground below. He was taken up
with his skull fractured, and at once conveyed to the
London Hospital, but before he arrived there life was
extinct.
STRANDING OF THE TYNE.—SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—
But little intelligence has been received here for the last
few days Pi Tooting the progress of the spirited endea-
vour now being made to float the steam ship Tyne from
her rocky bed at St. Alban's. She is still in the same
position as before ; but vessels can now lie alongside her
and be freighted with her stores and machinery. The
endeavour to float her will not be made until the spring
tides are at the highest—viz., on Wednesday next.
HEAVY GALE IN THE MERSEY AND FEARED Loss OF
AN AMERICAN SHIP.—LIVERPOOL, Friday.—A strong
gale from the north-west swept over Liverpool and
neighbourhood last night, increasing in severity after
midnight, and at four o'clock this morning was at its
height. Fears are entertained for the large fleet of out-
ward bound vessels which went to sea yesterday. A fine
American ship of 1180 tons, the Confederation, under
the command of Captain earning, was telegraphed off
the Welsh coast yesterday afternoon, and at nine a.ma-
to.day went on shore on the south aide of the Victoria
Channel and hoisted signals of distress. She, however,
afterwards floated off, but having again lost her rudder
she again drove ashore near the former place, where she
remains, and is expected to become a total wreck. The
crew were saved by the life boat. In the Mersey seve-
ral ossualties are reported.
THA MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—The Royal
Mail Company's steamship Medway, Captain Parker,
is appointed to take out the Brazil and River Plate
mails of the 9th pros., instead of the Tyne. The latter
vessel, lately stranded off St. Alban's Head, has been
lightened ab iut 200 tons, by taking out part of her
machinery, floats from the paddles, &c., and it is
expected that the trial to get the ship off will be made
on Sunday or Monday if the weather should permit.
Captain Vincent and others are still very sanguine as to
the result. The Tamar, now at "Vigo, cannot be re-
paired before the arrival at that port of the next Penin-
sular steamer hence (the Madrid), which will take out a
new rudder and crank pin for the Tamar ; therefore she
will not be able to leave Vigo before the first week in
February. The Peninsular and Oriental C inipany's
steamer Madrid, Captain Bradshaw, will take out the
next Peninsular mail on the 27th inst. ; and the Ripon,
Capt. R. W. Evans, will leave with the India and China
mails on the 4th February. The Alhambra, Capt. Joy,
having been detained by bad weather on the outward
voyage with the Peninsular mails, will be delayed beyond
her usual time of arrival here, and is not expected till
the 26th or 27th instead of the 24th. The Union Sttaaa
Ship Company's screw steamer Norman, Capt. Valliut,
sailed hence to-day for the Brazils withs. bout 200 tons
of cargo, specie value 35,059/. 108., and jewellery value
1,300/.
THE LATS CASE OF FORGERY AT THE MANSION-
HOUSE.—At the Judges' Chambers yesterday (Friday)
the case of Edward Horace Montefiore, which appeared
in The San of Tuesday, was mentioned. The defend-
ant, who is confined in Whitecross-street Prison, was
arrested on a Judgee' order as he was about
leaving
the Mansion-house on his discharge by the
Lora Mayor on the alleged charge of forgery on the
Cape of Good Hope Bank, his Lordship being of
opinion that he had no jurisdiction to entertain the
matter. A summons for the discharge of the defendant
was heard on Wednesday before Mr. Justice Coleridge,
at the suit of a gentleman named Hewitt, from whom
the defendant had obtained a ship in the name of Lans-
field, and given hie acceptance, payable at the Bank of
England. The defendant, in his affidavit, denied that he
intended to quit the country; but, on the contrary, was
engaged to marry a lady, and meant to reside in Lon
don. The application for the discharge was opposed by
Mr. Ribton, as counsel for the plaintiff, and supported
by Mr. Lewis (Lewis and Lewis) on the part of the de-
fendant. Mr. Justice Coleridge entertained a doubt on
the matter, and gave the defendant the benefit of it by
ordering his discharge. The order was made on Wed-
nesday, but did not apply to the several detainers
against the defendant. Several summonses, returnable
at chambers on Friday, were served on the' parties to
show cause why he shouldnot be discharged at their
suit. The defendant in his affidavit denied that be
intended to leave the country. The parties on the
other side required time to aniwcr the allegatii as, and
the several summonses stood over till Monday, the
defendant still remaining in Whitecrors prison.

LATEST NE WS.

TRIESTE, JAN. 23.

Accounts from Constantinople of the 16th
inst. announce the closing of the Conference re-
lative to the Principalities.

Ten thousand Turkish troops will occupy the
Principalities during the election of the Divans,
with a view to the maintenance of order.
A Circassian chief has arrived at Constanti-
nople, charged with an official mission. The
Circassians have had a dreadful battle on the
coast with the Russians, and all the prisoners
taken were put to the sword.
The English met with little resistance when
they took possession of Larrak and Bushire.
The small garrison of Bushire retired into the
interior.

Brigadier Chamberlayne's force had returned to

India.

PERSIA.

Intelligence has been received from Teheran to
the 19th of December.

The Shah of Persia had visited his arsenals and
concentrated his troops on the eastern frontiers of

his empire.
In the Southern Provinces he had caused a
holy war to be proclaimed.
Russia had taken possession of the islands of
the Caspian without the consent of Persia.

The north-eastern Persian provinces are being
devastated by several warlike tribes from the
mountainous districts of Khiva, in independent
Tartary. The Koords are also harassing the
country near the Khaff.

The Imaum of Muscat was seeking to annex
the province of Aloghastan to his territories.

MILAN, JAN. 23.

The Emperor of Austria has decreed that the
debt of the province of Lombardy to the State,
amounting to two millions, shall be cancelled.

Their Majesties intend to leave Milan for
Florence to-day (Saturday).

COPENHAGEN, JAN. 23.

The State Council has approved of the answer
to the German notes, and energetically defends the
policy of selling Crown lands. It declares it will
persist in the present constitutional system.

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.
The Emperor yesterday received a letter, in
which the King of Wurtemberg notifies to his
Majesty the death of the Duchess Henrietta, widow
of Duke Louis of Wurtemberg, the King's uncle,
and mother of the Queen of Wurtemberg. The
French Court will go into mourning for four
days, commencing from to-day.
A Council of Ministers, at which the Emperor
presided, was held yesterday morning, at nine
o'clock.
The state of the Prince Imperial continues to be
satisfactory ; the fever has completely ceased. The
Emperor arid Empress were to have honoured the
Italian Theatre with their presence on Monday
night to witness the first representation of " Rigo-
lotto," but the indisposition of the Prince pre-
vented them. Last evening their Majesties were
present at the representation of " La Reine To-
paze" at the Theatre Lyrique.
The Turkish Government has officially signified
its intention to carry out faithfully the text of the
treaty concerning the domestic) organisation of the
Danubian Principalities. The Austrian army is to
retire as early as possible, and a Turkish force is
under orders to take its place.
The Moniteur contains the following :—" The
prisoners of Neuchatel have been set at liberty,
and have already arrived on the French territory.
The Helvetic Government, in accord with the
national representation of the country, has acted
in a manner which does it honour, and which is
perfectly consistent with the true interests of Swit-
zerland. The Government of the Emperor had
recommended this measure as long ago as Sept.
last, and renewed its advice by a communication
dated Nov. 26. Knowing, in a confidential man-
ner, the conciliatory intentions of King Frederic
William, and aware that the question lay entirely
in the unconditional release of the prisoners, it
persisted in impressing on the Federal Government
all the bearings of the application made to it.
Were Switzerland at that conjuncture to give a
refusal, France could not any more dissuade the
King of Prussia, whose spirit of moderation she
highly appreciated, from having recourse to arms in
order to secure a just satisfaction for his wounded
dignity. If, on the contrary, Switzerland were to yield
to the counsels of France, the latter would pledge
herself to urge that concession on the considera-
tion of the Cabinet of Berlin, in order to prevent
I any coercive measures, and to call for a satisfactory
solution of the Neuchatel question. We therefore
congratulate ourselves on the resolution come to
by the Helvetic Confederation. From the present
moment it may without fear disband its contin-
gents ; and the Prussian government having al-
ready announced that it is ready to enter on nego-
tiations on the groundwork of the differences, a
definitive arrangement, and one conformable to the
interests as well as to the dignity of the two par-
ties, may be hoped for."
The Moniteur contains a notice of the treaty of
commerce which M. de Montigny concluded last
year with the Siamese Government, and which we
have already spoken of, as well as that envoy's de-
parture for Cochinchina.
Di:. Kern, the Swiss Envoy Extraordinary, has
arrived in Paris.

The Persian ambassador, Feruck Khan, and
his suite have taken up their residence at 26,
Avenue Montaigne, Champs Elysees. The im-
mediate suite of his excellency is composed of
36 persons. All the attaches, secretaries, and
dragomans bear the title of mirza, similar to
that of effendi among the Tullis. Some of the
attaches have been before in Paris and speak French
fluently. The envoy himself speaks but a very few
words of French, but he is said to be well versed
in the different dialects of the East. For the last
two days several persons belonging to the embassy
have been seen walking in the streets of Paris.
These Persians have already adopted the European
trousers, which they probably find warmer in thisewh.
climate, and more convenient than their i
Some general and superior officers form part of
the
.high
and
embassy. With the exception
almost pointed Astrakan cap,
officers resembles those of Europe.
the of
uniform r m
BOURSE,
quotations :
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