The Sun.
London, England, 1839-11-04 00:00:00

EASTERN INTELLIGENCE.

MALTA, OCT. 16.—The Confiance steamer arrived
on Thursday, and the Talavera on Sunday last, both
from Besika Bay, bringing letters from the British squa-
dron to the 6th inst., announcing the return there of the
Rhadamanthus from Constantinople, the Zebra from
Alexandria, and the Hydra from Malta, all bearers of
dispatches, touching the contents of which the rumours
and reports are so various and opposed to each other,
that no reliance can be placed on any one of them. It
appears, however, certain that the Pacha of Egypt has
added another refusal to the five or six already given to
restore the Ottoman fleet to the Sultan, and letters
from Alexandria to the 7th inst., brought by the Vol-
cano, which arrived on Saturday, assure us, that his
Highness is preparing to show fight in the event of
the appearance, off Alexandria, of the combined
fleets of England, France, and Austria, with a
view to force upon him their demands. The wea-
ther at Besika Bay has been very boisterous, and a
safer winter anchorage must soon be sought. Several
masters have been in the Confiance to seek whether an
anchorage can be found in the Gulf of Soros, where
the Tyne has already proceeded. The Ganges, Im-
placable, Powerful, and Vanguard have gone on a short
cruise to Smyrna, and the Hazard has sailed for the
same port to relieve the Dido. The bulk of the British
fleet will, in all probability, winter at Vourla, whilst the
French Admiral will divide his force between Smyrna
and Port Oliver, in the island of Mitylene. Uaptain
Hyde Parker, in the Rodney, is to hoist a Commodore's
broad pendant, as second in command. The Talavera
proceeds from this to England, and will be followed by
the Pembroke, as soon as the Hastings gets up to re-
lieve her. The Benbow will relieve the Minden. The
result of the Court-martial of Lieut. Hennah, of the
Talavera, is, as was anticipated before he had made
his defence, a full acquittal, and the restitution to
him of his sword by the gallant President, with an
appropriate speech. Another Court-martial has dis-
missed from the service Mr. Bray, the chief en-
gineer of the Confiance, on a charge of drunkenness.
The trial only occupied three hours, and his twenty
years' servitude and previous testimonials of ex-
cellent character were of no avail. Lieut. Downes,
of the Bellerophon, has exchanged with Lieutenant
Hutchinson of the Zebra. The Implacable has lost,
after a few days' attack of fever, her professor of navi-
gation, whose remains were deposited alongside those of
Mr. Ovenden, of the Princess Charlotte. The Phoenix
steamer arrived from England and Gibraltar, on the 9th,
and carries up the despatches and mails to the Ad-
miral, which arrived yesterday by the Blazer from Gi-
braltar. The Volcano brought no Indian mail, nor did
she call at Beyrout ; but Mr. Dumaresq, mate of this
vessel, was sent on with the mails for the last-mentioned
port from Alexandria, whither he will return to meet
the next steamer, which will leave this about the 23d,
with the overland London mails for India of the 14th,
for which the Hermes proceeded from hence to Mar-
seilles on Sunday last. The future overland mails will,
until further orders, be made up and transmitted from
London on the 4th of every month, so that those for
Alexandria and the East Indies will be despatched from
Malta every 13th or 14th of the month ; but the
steamer conveying them will not call at Beyrout, the
merchants of which place, we understand, will them-
selves provide an Austrian steam-vessel to run between
that port and Alexandria.

" OcT. 20, 1839—1 avail myself of the sudden de-
parture of her Majesty's steamer Blazer, for Marseilles,
whither she proceeds to convey an East India mail,
which arrived here yesterday afternoon, in charge of
that indefatigable person, Commander Waghorn, who
contrived, in the absence of any other desirable con-
veyance offering at Alexandria, to get the loan of an
Egyptian steamer of war, to announce the arrival yes-
terday of the Be'nbow and Edinburgh, from Lisbon, and
of the Belleisle, this day, from Gibraltar, all which
will immediately proceed to join the Admiral, from
whom we have tidings to the Bth instant, when he was
still at Besika Bay with the squadron, excepting such as
had a short cruise. Our present Mediterranean squa-
dron consists of the Princess Charlotte (flag), Rodney
(Commodore), Asia, Belleisle, Bellerophon, Benbow,
Edinburgh, Ganges, Hastings, Implacable, Min-
den, Pembroke, Powerful, Talavera, and Van-
guard (ships of the line, 15) ; Carysfort, Castor, Tal-
bot, Tribune, and Tyne (frigates, 5) ; Beacon, Daphne,
Dido, Hazard, and Wasp (sloops of war, 5) ; Jaseur,
Scorpion, \Veazel, and Zebra (brigs of war, 4) ; 'Mag-
pie (cutter) ; Gorgon, Hydra, Phoenix, and lthadaman-
thus (steam frigates, 4) ; Confiance (steam tender) ;
Acheron, Blazer, Hermes, Megmra, and Volcano,
(steam-packets in the Post-office service,s); Augusta,
bombard in the packet service, and Ceylon, receiving
ship, making a total of 42 pendants. The Talavera is
still in port, but will proceed to England next week.
The Horatio, transport, arrived from England yesterday.
The Phoenix sailed with despatches for the Admiral on
the ltlth, and was followed by the Confiance, with
further despatches, arrived overland on the 17th, on
which day the Megwra sailed for Gibraltar, and the
Volcano, for Corfu with the mails. As the packets for
Alexandria do not call at Beyrout, the Consul-General
at Alexandria has taken up a bombard, which has been
called the Augusta, to run as a packet between Alexan-
dria and Beyrout. Mr. Don Philip Damaresq, a mate
of the Volcano, has been appointed to command her,
until the pleasure of the Lords of the Admiralty is known.
—Hampshire Telegraph.

5,E26101,1,1101T5E, CLERKENIVELL.— At a
meeting of the Middlesex Magistrates on Thursday the
following resolution was adopted :—" That a representa-
tion be made by this Court to her Majesty's Secretary
of state for the Home Department, complaining of the
heavy expenses inflicted on this county by the trial of
prisoners for trifling offences at the Central Criminal
Court, in consequence of a practice recently adopted
by the Magistrates of the Metropolitan Police Courts
of committing almost all offenders (however trifling the
offence) for trial at the Old Bailey, as also the great
expense and inconvenience it entails upon prosecutors
andi.i
ti
witnesses,)l'e telcid ti):(lb yol'' ea r' iCentralna period of from ten to fourteen Criminal Court, which have
lately gto attend during the protracted
days, in consequence of tliP PfK9ber of such committals,
and by which the term Pf imPriis"4l,e°.t in vases of ac-
quittal is materially inereaseG, 4nu inflicts a severe
punishment previous to the trial of a party who mar
ultimately be declared innocent,"
MURDER DX A LUNATIC.--On Monday an
inquest was held at the Lunatic Asylum, Aulith) ~_ ,
roan,
on the body of Charles Donally, a lunatic, who had
been in the institution about a week, and was lodged
in a room containing two other insane persons ; one of
whom, named Richard Hilton, was received on the
-2,401 iPst4nft.-41ie name of the other was Wilson.
These were all considered i4c,rmlegs persons, and were
• i Wilson was :losely covered tip iq
accQuintio4ge4 with ore of. appropriated to
the rooms
patients of si kittii;t dispo§oll.l, Nothing unusual oc-
curred up to bed time on itittirdayi whop they were
as usual locked up, but on Sunday morning .6onally
Wtiti foßnd dead on the floor, between his crib and Hil-
htoan:4s, with e .baonpydro,arif's of violence u
Herald. . P" hilt, Hilton::
LA Verdict, " Fonntl dead." -----:ayern °milk.;
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