The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-29 00:00:00

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

MALTA, DEC. 22.
We have had several arrivals of steamers with
wounded and shipwrecked men. Our streets have
had quite a melancholy appearance from the num-
ber of wounded that are moving about, many, I
regret to say, with the loss of a limb.
The Himalaya cleared us out of invalids, and the
women who awaited a passage to England, and
this fine ship gave them ample accommodation.
Since then we have had the Hydaspes, Jura, and
Taurus. After coaling they proceeded on, the two
first for Marseilles, the latter for Liverpool, faking
most of the wounded with them, though some of
the worst cases remained for the benefit to be de-
rived from our fine climate.
A vessel has arrived from Alicante with 96 mules
Sampson, which arrived from. Con-
for the army. The Trent is rapidly repairing Her
Majesty's ship
stantinople in a very sad state, is to be repaired
and
sent to England ; she looks, without roasts,
a
perfect wreck. The Retribution is said to be in a
worse plight.
The French steamer left Constantinople on the
14th instead of the 15th, notwithstanding which
she did not arrive at Malta till the 22d, owing to
boistoious weather.

, Ec. .
I enclose a list of the numbers of trooD 19
ps, both
French and English, that have gone through here
lately .
The Taurus came in yesterday, and the Jura to-
day, both filled with wounded men and officers. •
The Constantinople mail is again behind, though
we have a few letters by the ra, of which I will
give you a few extracts :
OA the )noruipg of Nov. 12) when B, 1, fillips.

Tribune, Highflyer, and Lynx were cruising off
Anapa and the Straits of Kertcb, a large white
building, which was afterwards discovered to be a
marten() tower, was observed on a spit of sand
about ten miles to the westward of Anapa, as the
ships neared the shore two smaller ones, so placed
as to flank the approach to the larger one, came in
view ; and when within half-a-mile from the beach
a gun was fired from the tower.

The ships were immediately anchored in four
fathoms water, with their broadsides bearing on
the tower, and after a few rounds of shot and shell
the party in charge evacuated it, and fled along the
sands in the direction of Anapa, leaving behind
them many accoutrements, muskets, &e. The boats
were then manned, and a party landed to destroy
the works and endeavour to bring off the guns, one
iron 30-pounder and one brass 18-pounder, with
instructions to blow up the fort afterwards. The
brass gun was lowered down and placed in a cart
but the wind and sea had increased so quickly that
all hope of carrying it off was abandoned, and the
boats' crews were compelled to re-embark as
speedily as possible. This, however, was not
effected without considerable difficulty ; but the
Hon. Capt. Carnegie, who was in command, by his
energy and decision embarked every man, the surf
rising so fast and strong that several boats (and
among them his own) wore swamped four or five
times in the attempt.

The tower, and the ammunition within it, was
blown up and destroyed, but from some unex-
plained cause the explosion took place prematurely,
and Capt. Moore and Lieut. Smith were both most
severely scorched and injured. Both, lam glad to
say, aro recovering.

-The Cossacks watched these operations from a
distance, bnt did not interfere. The detachment
occupying the village or town, which is called
Djimete, amounted to about 200 men, of whom the
greater part were cavalry ; only three prisoners
were taken.

On the 11th a sortie was made by the Russians ;
it was well met by our people ; only 5 of the naval
brigade were wounded, none killed. Capt. Lush-
ington, as usual, was at his post, and was not
taken by surprise. our force, with the French,
now nearly approach to 100,000 men, and they
expect in a few days we shall march to the attack
of Sebastopol.
Jura leaves to-night, so I send by her.
An accident had occurred to the condensing ma-
chine of the Royal Albert, and she was in con-
sequence temporarily detained at Constantinople,
but would proceed on immediately.
Emeu, Ripon, and Cambria are to come to Malta
as soon as possible, the orders being that each
alternate one should be sent to Marseilles, the
other to England, there being about the same de-
mand for steamers at each place.
Himalaya left for England with invalids on the
19th.

TROOPS WHICH HAVE PASSED THROUGH

MALTA.
FREE CII.

Oeo!)er 17th, 10 officers, 348 men ; October 21st,
14 officers, 145 men ; October 25th, 501 men ; October
30th, 4 officers, 480 men.; October 31st, 3 officers, 24
men ; November sth, 7 officers, 45 men ; November
16th, 7 officers, 140 men ; November 25th, 16 officers,
250 men ; December 33, 17 officers, 1,159 men ; De-
cember 4th, 24 officers, 667 men ; December sth, 40
officers, 1,200 men ; December sth, 35 officers, 1,089
man ; December sth, 35 officers, 255 men ; December
10th, 10 officers, 390 men ; December 10th, 25 officers,
802 men ; December 10th, 16 officers, 1,084 men ; De-
cember 15th, 16 officers, 1,074 men ; December 18th, 5
officers, 25 men. Total, 10,160.

ENGLISH.
Oct. 31st, 4 officers, 24 men, drafts; Oct. 31st, 1
officer, 89 men, drafts ; Nov. sth, 29 officers, 1,198 men,
drafts-12 doctors ; Nov. 10th, 15 officers, 781 men,
Guards and drafts ; Nov. 18th, 8 officers, 459 men,
Guards and drafts ; Nov. 20th, 10 officers, 613 men,
Guards and drafts ; Nov. 26th, 7 officers, 355 men,
drafts ; Nov. 28th, 27 officers, 852 men, 90th :Regiment;
Nov. 28th, 5 officers 109 men, Royal Artillery ; Nor.
30th, 2 officers, 99 men, Royal Artillery ; Dec. sth, 8
officers, 306 men, Royal Artillery ; Dec. sth, 8 oncers,
99 men, Royal Artillery ; Dec. 6th, 20 officers, 719 men,
17 11 Regiment ; Dec. Bth, 4 officers, 120 men, Itoyal
Artillery ; Dec. Bth, 18 officers, 720 men, Guards ; Dec.
Bth, 10 officers, 417 men, 71st Regiment ; Dec. 8 th, 4
officers, 113 men, Royal Sappers and Miners ; Dec. 14th,
18 officers, 666 men, 39th Regiment ; Dec. 17t1', 15
officers, 457 men, 39th Regiment ; Dec. 18, 27 of Eicers,
816 men, 18th Regiment. 62d Regiment, 550 ; 9th
Regiment, 550 ; 97th Regiment, 980. Total, 10,' Z 44.