The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-07 00:00:00

DANUBE AND BLACK SEA.

The directors in their report state that the busi-
ness of the company continued steadily to extend.
The receipts for the half year ending May 31
amounted to £16,922, against £14,728 in the cor-
responding period of last year. Of the last named
amount £1,710 was derived from an exceptional
source—viz., the transport of Circassian emigrants
—whereas the last half year's return contained no-
thing exceptional. The increase was due partly to
the natural development of the goods traffic, but
chiefly to the carriage and shipment of grain grown
along the line—a growth entirely clue to the
formation of the harbour and railway, which had
induced an industrious population to settle on land
formerly uncultivated. The increase under this
head in the half-year had been £2,599—viz., from
£382 in the half-year ending May, 1864, to £2,981
in that ending May last ; and this rate of progress
had been fully maintained during June and July.
The prospects of trade for the current half-year
were considered good.
Naval and Military Intelligence.

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VALETTA, July 31.—Her Majesty's screw cor-
vette Pelican, 17, Corn. N. B. Smith, arrived at
Malta on the 24th inst., 13 days from Beyrout,
having performed the passage under canvas. She
brought as passenger Capt. Saulcz, R.N., whose
appointment from the Racer to the Cossack by the
Admiral was not confirmed by the Admiralty. The
Pelican was admitted to pratique, after performing
only three days quarantine, although the esta-
blished term is seven full days. On the 25th the
Racer, 11, screw corvette, Com. L. Brine, arrived
from Barcelona, also under canvas, in seven days ;
and on the 26th, the Phoebe, 35, screw frigatb,
Capt. W. R. Rollond, came in from Corfu, and the
Pirmus of Athens, seven days from the latter place.
King George of Greece left Corfu on the 15th
inst. for Athens, and it was expected he would re-
turn to Corfu in about a month. A quarantine
of seven days was imposed on the 11th inst. by
the Corfu Board of Health on arrivals from Malta.
It is said that the late presence of the English fri-
gate Phoebe, at Corfu, arose from an application
for British protection by the native Signori, who
feared an attack on them from the agricultural po-
pulation. The Tyrian, gunboat (lately commis-
sioned by Lieut. W. D. D. Selby), left port on the
23d inst. for the Bay of Eosaz, with mails and de-
spatches for the naval Commander-in-Chief andthe
division sailing under him. Col. Mattei, R.M.F.A,
Capt. Thatcher, Capt. Gardner, and Mr. G. Cib-
son, Government Inspector of the Malta and Alex-
andria Telegraph, left in the Ripon for Marseilles
and England. Commander Johnstone, R.N., Lieut.
Shaw, R.N., Mr. Bacon, R.M., and Mr. E. Wat-
son, R.N., left in the Sicilian for Liverpool. Capt.
Saulez, R.N., Capt. Ansell, Lieut M. G. Cole, and
Mrs. and Miss Piesse left by the Delta for South-
ampton. Her Majesty's ships in port are the Hiber-
nia, receiving ship (bearing the flag of Rear-Admi-
ral H. Kellett, C. 8.) ; Phoebe, 35; Chanticleer, 17 ;
Pelican, 17 ; Racer, 11; Wizard, 2, and tug Hearty.
Foreign—Tunisian steam corvette Mansur, 4."

AUGUST I.—Just after closing my letter yester-
day I received letters from Tunis announcing the
arrival there of her Majesty's ship Caledonia on the
23d ult., and the investiture of the Bey by Rear-
Admiral Yelverton with the Grand Cross of the
Bath. The Caledonia was to leave Tunis on the
31st ult., having been ordered by a telegram from
the Commander-in-Chief to join the squadron at
Castellamare, in the Bay of Naples. The French
despatch vessel L'Actif was at Tunis, as well as
three Tunisian gunboats. The English gunvessel
Surprise, which was also there, has arrived at Malta.
Her Majesty's Chanticleer, 17, Commander W. IL
Fenwick, left Malta harbour yesterday with a mail
for the Commander-in-Chief and the ships sailing
under his orders on the coast of Spain. The Italian
mail steamers have resumed running to Malta, but do
not take goods orpassengers. The English squadron
under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir R. Smart,
consisting of the Victoria, Gibraltar, Orlando, Royal
Oak, Resistance, Enterprise, and Psyche were to
leave Barcelona for the Gulf of Rosas on the 22d of
July. Private letters received from the squadron
speak in the highest terms of praise of the reception
given to it by the Spaniards. It is currently reported
in the squadron that the Italian authorities, in
marked contrast to the Spanish, have thrown some
difficulties in the way of Admiral Smart's taking so
many ships to the ports of Italy ; and fears are en-
tertained that the Admiral may have to break up his
small but effective squadron so as to meet the wishes
of the Italian Government.

On Saturday the Board of Admiralty, comprising
the Duke of Somerset, K.G. ; Rear-Admiral Eden,
C.B. ; Rear-Admiral Drummond, C.B. ; Mr. Chil-
ders, hfi.P. ; Rear-Admiral Robinson, Controller of
the Navy ; Capt. Clarke, Director of Engineer and
Architectural Works ; with Capt. Hall, private sec-
retary to the First Lord ; Sir Richard Mayne,
Pol ice
K .C. 8., and Mr. F. M. Mallalieu, Chief Commis-
sioner
and Inspecting
Force,
aaethe Superintendentann ua of the
inspection
Metro-
politanof
the Royal dockyard
In
at Pembroke. The Lords of
the Admiralty arrived
at Pembroke on Friday even-
ing by the Great Western , which reached
New Milford, on the banksex4rehT
avers, at 7 p.m.
They at once embarked under a salutefmn
Blenheim, Capt. Mason, lying in the Raven,i
c
was answered from the guns of the fort, and wentwhich
was
on board the Enchantress, Admiralty yacht, Staff-
Commander J. E. Petley, which had been sent round
from Portsmouth to meet the Admiralty lords.
On Saturday, the Orontes, iron troop ship, Capt.
11. W. Hire, arrived at Pembroke from Ports-
mouth, with the 62d Regiment, comprising Colonel
Ingall, commanding, Col. Luard ; Capts. Carter,
limiter, Gilpin, Cubitt, Hughes, and Sharp ;
Lieuts. Dundas, Hall, Reader, Brown, Waring, Cor-
bett, Hathway, and Greame ; Ensigns Boughey,
Wodehouse, Rogers,La ws, Todd, Ferris, Gaskell, and
Bennet; Surg. -Major Ewing, Quartermaster Gamble,
560 rank and file, 2 officers' ladies, 78 soldiers'
wives, and 146 children. A detachment of the 62d
had previously been sent on to Pembroke as a guard