The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-16 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

VALLETTA, Aug. 11.—By the arrrival of her
Majesty's ship Chanticleer, 17, Commander W. F.
Fenwick, on Tuesday last, letters for the squadron
under the command of Sir Robert Smart have been
received to the 4th of August. The Victoria, 102
(flagship) ; the Gibraltar, 81; the Orlando, 46; and
the Enterprise, 4, ironclad, are at Rosas, a fishing
village, where there is a fine anchorage. The officers
were making occasional expeditions to Figueras and
the French frontier, and the ships were constantly
overrun with country people. The ironclads Re-
sistance, 16, and Royal Oak, 35, had gone to Mar-
seilles to coal, and were to rejoin the squadron in
Rosas• bay. They were then to go to Genoa. On
the arrival of the rest of the squadron, which were
to leave Rosas on the 7th, they would proceed to
Spezzia, in consequence of the Italian regulation
prohibiting the admission of more than three vessels
of war at one time. The ironclads will then leave
Spezzia for Castellamare, making way for the other
ships, which, in their turn, will most likely visit
Spezzia and the Bay of Naples, but no definitive
plans have been decided upon. The Tyrian gun-
boat, with mails for the squadron from Malta, ar-
rived in Rosas-bay on the 31st ult., and had to be
sent to Barcelona for pratique, on account of the
quarantine regulations. Letters leaving England
between the 11th and 18th of August for the Vic-
toria, Gibraltar, and Orlando should be sent to
Genoa, and after that to Spezzia. Sub-Lieut. F. 11.
Chapman has been appointed from the Gibraltar to
the Enterprise, and Sub-Lieut. A. H. Bradshaw

from the Enterprise to the Gibraltar, thus effecting
an exchange. Assist.-Paymaster W. Phillips, of
the Victoria, and Mr. 11. H. Askew, midshipman,
of the Orlando, have been invalided and gone home,
via Marseilles. Her Majesty's ship Pelican, 17,
Commander P. Cator, left Malta harbour on the Bth
inst. for a cruise. 'The Gipsy, cutter, having on board
Baron C. S. D'Everton, K.C.M.G„ left on the 3d
inst. on return to the lonian Islands. The Jupiter,
cutter, left on the 9th for Corfu; passengers, Capt.
Davis, Mr. Watson, Mr. Simpson, and Mr. Clare-
mont. The Hahbir Surur, Egyptian steam yacht,
arrived on the 4th inst. from Glasgow, Cardiff,
and Gibraltar. An Egyptian screw steamer, the
Samanut, arrived on Friday- from Alexandria, Ben-
ghazi, and Tripoli, haling on board 1,200 Mahome-
dan pilgrims returning from Mecca, among whom,
it was reported, two or three deaths were occurring
daily, from the hardships and fatigue of the voyage.
As a matter of precaution, she was not admitted
into the port, but sent round to the Bay of Mama-
sciroceo, at the back of the island, where she re-
ceived such necessaries as she required. After land-
ing her numerous passengers at Tunis, she will pro-
ceed to the Red Sea by the Cape of Good Hope, as
she is intended to run between Suez and Djeddah,
for the AzziziaCompany, to which she belongs. The
Austrian screw steam frigate Novara, 50, Capt. R.
Barry, arrived on Friday from llavannah and Gib-
' raltar, and left on Saturday for Trieste. The Italian
mail steamers have, as I announced in my last letter,
resumed running to Malta by order of the Italian
Government, with whom they have a contract ; but
we still have difficulties in our correspondence with
Sicily, owing to the panic which has seized the
Sicilians in regard to cholera. The Archimedes,
which brought the last mail, was, on her return to
Syracuse, warned off, and threatened to be Bred
into if she attempted to communicate with the
shore. She was consequently obliged to go on to
Messina, which caused two days' delay in the receipt
of our letters, she having returned here on Thursday
instead of Tuesday. Ensign Auberton arrived by
the Syria from Southampton, and Lieut. Johnstone,
100th Regiment, arrived bythe Palestine from Liver-
pool. The Mediterranean Telegraph Company in-
tend to lay very shortly a second cable to Sicily from
Malta, which will afford this island, with the one al-
ready existing, a double line of communication with
the Continent and England. Nubar Pasha, the Egyp-
tian Finance Minister, is expected here to-day en
route to Paris. Vessels have arrived from Gibraltar
with "touched" bills of health, owing to two cases of
cholera having occurred there among the troops.
The Massilia, which takes this letter, proceeds at
once to Marseilles, without taking passengers or
goods, or even replenishing fuel, in order to arrive
in pratique in Marseilles, where five days' quaran-
tine has been established on arrivals from Malta.

Capt. F. Scott, C. 8., hoisted his broad pendant on
board the Victory, at Portsmouth, yesterday morn-
ing, and assumed the command during the absence
of Admiral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.B.
The Liverpool, screw frigate, Capt. R. Lambert,
has returned to Spithead, being detached from the
Channel squadron, in consequence of having been in
collision when getting under way from Portland. The
extent of the damage has not been ascertained, but
a number of shipwrights went on board yesterday to
commence work upon her, and if not of any great
extent, it will be completed without her coming into
the harbour.

The ironclad frigate Bellerophon, 16, 1,000-horse
power, will, according to existing orders, be -in-
docked in about a fortnight, when she will imme-
diately make a trial of her engines and machinery,
to ascertain their working. The whole of her ma-
chinery has now been fitted on board by Messrs.
John Penn and Sons, contractors.
The troops disembarked at Portsmouth dockyard
from the hired transport Lady Melville yesterday
morning, and were forwarded to the depots of their
respective regiments. They were all time-expired
men. Nine sergeants, 5 corporals, and 96 privates
from various regiments serving in India; 9 soldiers'
wives and 5 children ; also Capt. Warren, Royal
Artillery (in command), Capt. Barwell (90th Regi-
ment) and lady, Lieut. Barber (97th Regiment),
Dr. Johnson, R.N. (in medical change). Four deaths
occurred during the voyage. The Lady Melville
left Calcutta on the 19th of April, and called at
St. Helena on the Ist of July. She still remains
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Mrs. Lincoln (says the Chicago Republican) is
living in perfect seclusion at the Hyde-park Hotel, on the
shore of the lake, seven or eight miles from that city. Both
her sons reside with her. Captain Robert Lincoln is study-
ing law in the office of Messrs. Scammon, M'Cagg, and
Fuller, in Chicago, and goes there daily by the Illinois
Central Railroad, to attend to his duties.