The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-28 00:00:00

MALTA.

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Lion in the Black Sea, l-ad:;''.'tvit'll'a;;unitiO-n‘ aid ether,
contraband of war, and having on board at the tieic.._e'
capture a number of Russian soldiers, arrived at Mai'
on the afternoon of the. 18th, in charge of Mr, lifoore;
second master of the Firebrand, which makes :the ecev
ber of prizes now awaiting condemnation at Malta five'
viz., two Russians, two lonians, and one Greek, besidege
the proceeds of several others, which upon survey Viers
foxed unfit for further navigation. Mr. Moore bring
with him in specie and bank notes the proceeds of s salt"
laden Russian schconer, taken by the Firebranon?:
the mouth of the Danube. The judge surrogate of 'I-
.
Court of Vice-Admiralty at Malta received a Co 0"
nication from Admiral Milne on the 12th, to the
effect that in consequence of the resigeatiet
of the judgeship by Sir John Stoddart,
prize commission lately sent out to Malta is cancelle
and the same is ordered to be returned with the static
ing interrogatories and other instructions which acacia'
panied it. This measure will occasion not ul
only cec;
siderable inconvenience to the public service, inasna
as the prize-masters and crews of the vessels sent in her;
for condemnation (two of which have already been lir.
21 days) must necessarily remain absent from their
the captors, for a lengthened period, thus crippling th:ce
strength or complement in case any one cruiser hag
cap,
good fortune to take several prizes ; but the gallant cl.'rj;
tors themselves will suffer prejudice by the deterioratio,
and consequent depreciation in value of the prizes enG
their cargoes whilst laid up at Malta,
season of the year, awaiting condemnation by the
Court of Admiralty in England, where, it is stated, toll
proceedings will have to be instituted; but, in reg
preP
especially et
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to which, however, no arrangements for ta.king
ratory evidence have as et been made.
" It is, moreover, in any
other point of view equally Pre4,B
judicial to this British possession, for the prizes of
last war, condemned and sold at Malta, some of while
lic'us
are still extant, formed, as is well known, the 11-ne
of the present flourishing Maltese commercial marl-s;
But if only the papers of the prizes are to be tro
mitted to England, then it be soon found ''aY
the crews can be examined, and the prize? 111,,0rt
remain awaiting condemnation at the nearest r-d
bieoe
to the place of capture Varna, Tre
or Constantinople, for instance—lie there after condelli,;
nation is obtained, sold, and so far from their eePtli...„,.
beneficially increasing the commercial marine of Maltabe
a British possession—they will in eine cases out of tee,..,
purchased by foreigners, and in such places possiblY.
Besides tr.
Greek or lonian agents of the enemy.
captors will naturally become over-cautious in their peer°,
ceedings, for it will be no trifling matter Willfor
in case of doubtful or illegal capture an actils
be
damages, swelled out as these would in such 3C3 00
by the claimant's heavy expenses in proceedieg t° of
distant a pace as London, and through the eicereisejle
this over-caution many a prize will escape capture's are
deed, knowing with what a lavish hand detnageraftl
awarded by the tribunals of England, manY ~7,1 to
lonians, and still craftier Greeks, will be toe gl3 for
lay a snare for a British cruiser, Whose crew, ina'Y'
all, find too late, to their cost and sorrow, that t
have caught equivalent to a Tartar, or stumbled uP°
a m are's-nest I ' cow
.4 The combined fleets of En land and France 11000
tinned at anchor at Kavarnag save the BelleroP-nd
London, Arethusa, and Sidon, and the Henri
another French liner, which were at Varna of
ing the daily expected arrival there of the reinaii3"—
the English French troops from Scutari. sitea
" The widow of the lamented Captain Giffard vi
Odessa, in the Vesuvius, under the safeguard of a
of truce. She was permitted to land, accomPanie ere
Captain Powell, and remained there twenty-four hein ,
collecting particulars of her husband's dY!Pgdestll
ments, which were those of a hero meeting his see'
in his country's cause. The crew of the Tiger, e' fine'
ing a British naval uniform pass their place Of eititisb
ment, were about hailing the wearer WO 3 ;T., car
cheer, thinking their moment of deliverance fre— dlO
tivity had arrived, but were very judiciously sileleer*
time by a sign from Captain Powell. The junior o in,
such as midshipmen and cadets, have been Placed the
naval college to improve them in their profession' the
seniors are said to have been removed to Ninsc°,2o
Emperor hav'n; refused to listen to any exchange' clog°
Vesuvius, in chasing a vessel of the enemy t°°
into the Sulina mouth of the Danube, took the grc.lol,
for several hours, but was got off without material inio
Mrs. Giffard was transferred to the Fury, in
vessel she got back to Constantinople, and thence
Malta in the Himalaya, which left for southalso,
early on .the morning of the 20th, when the Geergtoke%
horse transport (No. 81), was moved outside to be to
in tow by the Victoria steamer as far as Tunis, tere.A.
take in a second cargo forithe East from the 1,000 hwoi,
which Lieutenant King, R.A„ has orders t,e
chase in the regency. The Victoria will afterwards
lye
tinue on her voyage to the Black Sea with stores Lerilloo
fleet. The Caffarelli, French steam-frigate, froml,,eo;pe
and Leghorn, bringing Colonel Avron, 27 other owi°to
and 650 non commissioned officers and privates; the
women, and twelve horses for the Levant, arrived ell
18th and proceeded on the 20th. nff th,
Another Greek prize, the San Giovanni, taken
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Circassian coast by the Highflyert having on boar": is
nance stores, was brought into' Malta on the 20t
.
charge of Mr. V. Kemp, R.N., prize master. Pe" Arid
the Bth and 19th of June, 15 French, 5 Sardinitui;,eing
one English vessel in the French transport service,
of the bum den of 3,116 tons, put into Malta from P,O-0,
/30
France and Algeria, bound for the Levant, 113°35$
board, besides ordnance and commissariat stores,
horses and 378 soldiers.

FRAN CE.
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Galignani of yesterday says :—M. Mavroc°,-
the Greek Minister here, leaves Paris this
conge. We announced a few days a"0 4111100
excellency had refused the post of President ° tea,
Council, and though the con'rary has been sts'ioe
we have reason to believe the previous _.anll°,.-de
ment to be substantially correct. M. iviav— boa
dato, it is understood, proceeds to Athens 1 or
though his great influence will be of essentia
vice, he will not become a member of the PFes,oli
administration. His excellency's return to bis rot
in Paris is, however, not expected before sever
eight months; In the meantime the businnon
the legation will be carried on by M. Fl3°c
Roque, the first secretary, as chargé d'affaires' DoS
M. Billault, the-Minister of the Interior,
addressed the following circular, to the Prefects'
" Paris, 26th June, to
"Monsieur. le Prefet,—The decree which calls 036
the Ministry of the Interior does not imply
the changes which were formerly so frequent in t.gl awe*
rection of the Goiernment is to take place. The ""nt fir
ror, taking his inspiration only from the perrnan% bit
terests of the country, has nothing to change in
policy:—to re-establish first of all on its bases enicad
which was shaken, and then to maintain it in P.rni();o4
tranquillity; to assure, by an, energetic inipulion is
an indefatigable initiative, the realisation of a tbflavio
noble, great, or useful ; to reconquer in foreign: sod
an influence of which all good citizens are pr°,u7„gler
with which Europe is gratified—such is the hol"Abieb
taking which was commenced on the 2d Dec., and ',I O.
tbat di.
has been continued amidst the applause of France Olt" At.
world. In this immense government work the tag"' ji
signed to the Minister of the Interior isl agreat one; .1.8,1301‘
count on ail year zeal to aid me to discharge it• burn'l
from you a sustained activity in the despatch oiLe.
ness. Every affair which languishes causes
rest to suffer; and you must learn how by
superfluous formalities to accomplish rornptlY thAern'ol4
malities which afferd protection. Thep Central Au—„,ivle
stration will constantly give you on this subject exnhe
and encouragement. I ask from you also that iiiireo
exercise of the power confided to you, public 10.4 of
shall always be more regarded than the solicitationsept
personal interest. The administration should °coo
enlightenment from everybody, and not submit °fad
influence of any one. I ask you, finally, not to fo•vat
that it is not sufficient to do well, but that 01
labour incessantly to do better ; and that no useftl,ill in'
no amelioratiai thal" can be- made, should find Y—ve,
anddifferent.
resrespects,
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becausee serve as
hgovernmeknowsnthwhich
is tciev
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resolute, desires what is good, and has the force to 9bati
it. Let us endeavour to cause it to be said of 120
we have efficaciously seconded it.—Receive, 804
"BiLidULT-bio
The beautiful weather enjoyed in Paris Witte
the last few days has bad a favourable effEe
corn market. The prices have fallen considera
nearly 2f. per 100 kilogrammes.
/73f.,
The Three per Cents. opened yesterday ' d
and rose to 73f. 45c., the closing price for the e°to.
of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per ern,
‘. ;
closed at 98f. 100. • and the New Loan at 72f,;;Avi•
Orleans Railway ghares, 1,170 f. ; Rimen,
Havre, 525 f. ; Great Northern, 867 f. 50°. ;
burg, 792 f. 50c. ; New Shares, 630 f. ; rar'B,9-711f.
Lyons, 950 f. ; Lyons to the Mditerranean, u-n'
50c. ; Western of France, 650 f.; Bordeaux and
Cette, 605 f.; Great Central of France, &;lsf "
_ •.7 „61,.
and Geneva, 490 f.; Bank of Credit Mobiliere)
50c.

SPAIN.
vecl.
The Madrid journals of the 22d have arils- ce
M. Gonzalez Bravo had left for' France. A of
deaux journal having announced that the Dal'ethe
Alba and the Countess de Montijo, mother of,d,'
Empress,' had -passed through that city on the loth
the fleyaldo states that it was in error as to her
latter, the Countess being then residing at„oe
country seat of Casabauchel. The naval '°+-
be
fit ',lug out for chastising the piratical Moors oil t
African coast is to consist of 20 vessels of differ°
sizes, carrying 64 guns, and 1,167 men. cc
A letter from a Ministerial source says :—",„111
royal decree of the 10th, foreigners residing in Sp
re
:It
are comprised in thedecree relative to the paYui'
of half a year's taxes in advance. Some liwo
arrests were made last night. Amongst the person-_
taken is M. Narciso Escosura. The enemies of 0;
Cabinet are. very active ; but the Government is4i,
its guard; 'arid fears nething with' :espect to puu.d.
tranquillity—being sure of the garrison of Madrl.v
Although the really hot we'ither has not yet 5e1.,,14
the emigration of the wealthier classes from
capital has commenced."
MADRID, June 23.—Narciso Escosura, wh° 110
been arrested, is brother of the former
that name. Madrid was tranquil. The Three Per
Cents., 37,90, Minister °r
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