The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-24 00:00:00

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

MALTA, OCT. 15.
The seamen of the fleet now in Malts, consisting
of six screw lips-of-battle ships—Hannibal, Exmouth, Re-
nown, London, Bronswiok, Bt. Jean-d'Acre—and a pro-
portionate number of smaller vessels, have had a good long
cruise on shore, and to all appearance hove been enjoying
themselves. They landed well stocked with mosey ; for in-
seam., 6,0001. was paid to the seamen of her Majesty's ship
Sc. Jesnet'Acre, and 4,0001. to the Brunswick's, and others
In proportion; and this has been pretty well apart.
The great effort of the sailor appears to be to create
• sensation, and to have a crowd gating at them. They
are to be seen In all directions, in all sorts of grotesque cior
fumes as if it was carnival tins—many in "long toga," Jim
Crow hats, others in Bell toppers, with holes cut In them, or
wreaths round them; in abort, anything different to otter peo-
ple. Many have been driving shoot in the very beet carriages
that could be hired, aping the ladies in driving to strop-
, doors and having goods met out to their carriages to choose
from; driving to the garden of the Café dela Heine, baying
lice creams and wafers sent to their carriage, making the
I waiter take one himself and pelting him with the orange, and
then driving off farming themselves in the moat lacka-
daisical way.
At the Opera it was their &Wing, not that of the:performers,
that the audience had to attend to. Most had bone; extraor-
dinsry pets—young pigs with spectacles on, little dogs
dressed. up, rabbits, monkey', s:c. ; these oorasiona4
camped, and Jack very unceremoniously gave chase,
climbing in the most extraordinary wanner in
what appeared to be impo•sible places. Pigeons, fowls,
sad cats that tamped were comparatively harmless; it was
the concert arising from the pigs and dogs—varied occasionally
with the crowing of some of the cocks that bad escaped Into
the upper boxes—that prevented the possMility of attending
to the murk. The sailors do not understand Italian, nor am
they restrained by any false modesty In letting that fact be
knows. The demand for en English song wu loud and
vociferous; many of Russell's were named, and many amen
from Dibdin's were volunteered by the senora themselves. It
wits possibly fortunate that the prima donna did not understand
Engird; for some of the remake and miticlaus were not very
complimentary.
An old Italian gentleman in the pit took some trouble to
translate coed the songs sa it was sung. To show the sailor's
gratitude, half.a.doren bottles at runt were passed to him to
drink from. He thought to escape by raying he could rot
drink out of a bottle. In an instant a dozen shoes were off,
and he had willy-nilly to drink out of the heel raw spirits,
which nearly took his breath away ; and by way of restoring
him the sailors gave him some hearty claps with their brawny
bands on his book, which shook hint fearfully. The old gen-
tleman at last made his escape from hit iriends, who as ha
left premed upon him • bottle of ram for his old woman at
home. . . . .

There scenes ere pleasingly varied to the theatre with
battles between the .ilors and their natural Uwe, the police,
who have a long and standing hatred to each other. If Jack
mite the upper head the main guard is called in, the result
of which is generally that those who have been fighting
escape, and some donen sailors who cannot move, and are
Wally necionsolous from the effect of drink, at. pounced
upon by the police, who carry tbem unresisting to the po/ice-
ofilee. The nut morning the 'adore, with amp y pockets,
are brought before a Maltese magistrate, who has
about the mime feeling fur Jack that a cat him
for • mown. The ceremony before the magistrate is
very short ; neither party understands a word the other
says, sad it Neves much trouble to at once condemn the
sailor. Jack accordingly gets • number of day.' imprison-
ment, or is tithe, to his ship by the p dire, who receive •
pound from Jack's forthoonting pay for straggling money."
The poor mike is robbed on all sideo, spite of which he
appears happy enough, diodes under a broiling an in a
airosco—snd very hard work it must be—end refresbiog him-
self with toe cream with lots of ram in it."
Ocr. 17.
Late on Saturday evening • telegram wee received from
Naples, and immediately afterwards her Mejestt'a ship Ex-
mouth received orders to proceed to nes, and accordingly left
at daylight yesterday morning. Bee departuoi is auppneal
to be connected with the telegram from Naples, for which
place she steered on leaving Malta.

THE SOUTHERN MAIN DR.tINAGE WORKS.—
Meows. Rolling and Yeoman, the contractors for the southern
high-level sewer, hare opened an imamate excavation in the
Deptford-bmadway, as well ea In the adjacent Hielt-street,
and in the Cemetery•rosd, near Nnobeed. In the latter
place they are making rapid progren, and hare about 200
men at woek; but to Deptford they have been considerably
impeded by the accumulation of water, aggravated by the
recent rains. On Mita account they are proceeding to erect
two portable steam engines, which in all probability will be
required for the next 16 months. One, of six-horse power,
is stationed at the excavation at the top of High-street, and
was "tried" on Monday night. The other, of ten-brass, Is
jest being put in position near the jum.iion of the Broadway
and Church-street. Both these endows will mint likely be
in action next Tuesday or Wednesday. At Deptford, the
works will consist of two brick-barrel sewers. each having an
internal diameter of 10 ft. 6in. sad an external diameter of
about 4 feet more, the total excavation baring a width exceed-
ing 28 feet, and a depth of about 19 feet, the two sewers
being plwee4 aide by aide. Them two sewers will proceed
together as ter as Demotes-toed, where one will breach off
to the Miffs rower, and the other through Camberwell to
Clapham. The drainage operations commence at the parish
wharf, Church-street, by the aide of the creek. Farther to
the north, the contractors are making nee of Normandy-
wharf for their workshop and materisla.-6seith London
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CITY OP LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE
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at this isatitstkm during Yet weak was 021, of which 136
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