The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-25 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS FROM MALTA.

A letter from Malta, dated April 18, has the following
naval and military news :
" The Arabia, steam transport No. 95, Stone com-
mander, arri7ed on the 17th, having on board the fol-
lowing officers, men, and horses :-4th Dragoons,
Lieutenant Brimme ; sth Diazoon Guards, Lieutenant-
Co!onel M‘Mabon, Cornet and Adjutant James Hayes ;
Bth Hussars, Captain Naylor and Lieutenant Paget ;
17th Lancer=, Major W. Morris, Lieutenant H. H.
Barber, Staff AssiNtant-Surgeon, 100 rank and file, five
servants, and 194 horses.

"On the 13th inst., off Cape St. Viir!ent, the Arabia
had the misfortune to rim into and s.iok the Sardinian,
brig Fortunate, bound to Gibraltar with a cargo of In-
dian corn. She was, fortunately, enable,l by dint of
great exertion to rescue the crew, composed of 12 per-
sons, who were brought into this harbour. The Arabia
has proceeded to the Crimea.
"The arrivals of vessels, and their departure for Genoa
-or Toulon, continue. The Simoom and the Ripon will
leave to-day for Toulon or Marseilles.
" Two men-of-war—the Recruit, gun-vessel, from
Plymouth, and the Weser, guu-boat—are among the
arrivals.
" On the sth four French line-of-battle ships reached
Eupatoria, to assist in conveying thence to the camp
before Sebastopol a part of the 25,000 men detached
from Omer Paella's army to create a diversion. On the
6th they landed 5.000 of them ; and the British ships
Gladiator, Furious, Tribune, Valorous, and Ripon—the
latter with 230 horses—also conveyed 9,000 men to the
allied camp. The vessels, except the Ripon, would re-
turn to Eupatoria for the remainder of the troops-
-11,000.
"The Ripon left Kassaz-bay on Good Friday, when the
British fleet was lying there, all ready for the attack."
Under date April we have the following ---
"A few days ago orders were received from Lc'. 1
Raglan to send up to the Crimea a strong force from
the depot of this island. In consequence of this orders
were given to the Buffs (3d Regiment) to hold them-
selves in immediate readiness to embark, and on Satur-
day night the entire regiment left the harbour on board
the sailing transport Timandra, No. 51, which vessel
was taken in tow by the Ardent steam-ship, CommAnder
Horton, under °Hers to convey the mails from England
by the Valetta and the Tagus to Corfu. The Ardent
having been detached from this service, the little Shear-
water was sent on in her stead, a few hours after the
arrival of the Tagus, from Southampton and Gibraltar,
which vessel came in' on Sunday.
_ . .

"The Timandra, it is said, will proceed direct to
Balak lava, without touching at Constantinople.
"The force in the East will also be increased by a
contingent of 1 non-commissioned officer and 50 men
from each draught now in this garrison.
As far as I have been enabled to collect, the following
officers have been selected to proceed. They will, how-
ever, be encamped outside the walls for a month or three
weeks, to prepare for future works :
" SECOND DIVISION-30th Regiment—Captains M.
Pennefather and J. C. N. Stevenson, Lieutenants
Singleton and Wocd, 1 sergeant and 50 men. 41st—
Major R. Pratt, (in command of the division), Captains
Johnston and Lockhart, 1 sergeant, and 50 men. 47th
—Captain G. W. Armit, Lieutenants E. Croker and B.
N. Gamier, 1 sergeant, and 50 men, 49th—Captain
Nason, Lieutenants Maule and Scoones, 1 sergeant, and
50 men. 55th—Captain Cure, Lieutenants Stone and
Evans, 1 sergeant, and 50 men. 62d—Captain Rynd
or Captain Cox, Lieutenants Clerks and Hughes, 1 ser-
geant, and 50 men, 95th—Lieutenants Parkinson and
the Hon. C. M. H. Forbes, 1 sergeant, and 50 men.
" FOURTH DIVISION-17th Regiment—Captain Arm-
strong, Lieutenant Vesturme, 1 sergeant, and 50 men.
20th—Captain Turner, Lieuts. Hewett and O'Neill,
1 sergeant, and 50 men. 21st.—Captain Hawker, Lieu-
tenants Bruce and Holloway, 1 sergeant, and 50 men.
46tfee—Lieutenant tG. `M. Hutton, 1 sergeant, and 50
men. 57th.—Lieutenant Coope, Ensign Waugh, 1 ser-
geant, and 50 men. 63d.—Lieutenants Benyon and
Knox, 1 sergeant, and 50 men. 68th.— Captain Trent,
Lieutenants Grace and Sparke, 1 sergeant, and 50 men.
" LIGHT DIVISION. 7th Fusileers.— Lieutenant-
Colonel Heyland, Lieutenants the Hon. E. Fitzclarence
and Wright, 1 sergeant, and 50 men. 19th.—Lieu-
tenant Massy, 1 sergeant, and 50 men. 23d.—Captain
Raynes, Lieutenant Hackett, 1 sergeant, and 50 men.
33d.—Captains Wickham and Fanshawe, Lieutenants
the Hon. R. H. de Montmorency and Johnstone, 1 ser-
geant, and 50 men. 34th.—Lieutenant W. W. ordan,
1 sergeant, and 50 men. 77th.—Major Forbes, Lieu-
tenant Dodd, 1 sergeant, and 50 men. 88th.—Captain
Maynard, Lieutenant John Evans, 1 sergeant, and 50
men. 90th.—Captain Vaughan, Lieutenants Raitt and
Sir C. Pirott, Bart., 1 sergeant, and 50 men. Ist Bat-
talion Rifles.—Captain Oxenden, Lieutenant Dashwood,
1 sergeant, and 50 then. 2d Battalion Rifle:.—Lieute-
nant G. H. Grey, 1 sergeant, and 50 men.
"The Simeon, Commander Ross, from Balaklava and
Constantinople, arrived on the 14th, and will leave to-
morrow for Toulon to receive on board some of the
French troops. Her original destination was Genoa.
"The Escort, No. 97, Liddle, from Woolwich,
arrived on the 14th with Captain Arbuthnot, Assistant-
Surgeon Irwin, 49 Artillery, and 54 horses for the East.
"The arrivals of French troops, especially of the Im-
perial Guard, have been numarous, and of almost daily
occurrence for the last week. The men are generally of
a fine cast, tall, and well-looking, but, perhaps, less
adapted, from their size, to support the incessant fatigue
Of war than the more slightly made and active Zouave.
"The dame friendly associations with the British