The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-14 00:00:00

PROMOTION.

Commander Charles Wilson Riley (1838) to be Cap
ain on the reserved half-pay list.

MALTA, MARCH 3.
The French mail-steamer Leonidas, due here on the
21st ult., only arrived late last night, having been delayed
by the prevailing bad weather anp an accident to her
machinery, which caused her to put into Navarino and
Zante for repair, and to coal.

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On Saturday a vessel was found on the 'coast a com-
plete wreck, and abandoned by her crew, of whom no
intelligence has been to this clay received, and of whose
sad fate reasonable apprehensions are entertained. The
wreck is ascertained to be the Swedish brig Apollo,
laden with wheat, from Alexandria for England. She
left that port on the 2d February last direct, and had on
board 3,418 ardebs of wheat. -
On Sunday last the English brig Washburn, Morris
master, from Bristol for Constantinople, in ballast, put
in here with the captain and crew (12 persons in all) of
the Norwegian brig Gefion, which vessel left Constan-
tinople, for Queenstown, on the 25th of January. The
vessel spring a leak on the 25th of Feb., in lat. 38 deg.
N., long. 7 deg. 5 min. E., and, in fear of going down,
was abandoned by the crew in two boats, whence they
were recovered by the Washburn, as above.
The Wallachia brig Combinazione has also been
wrecked at Marsala, on the Bth of February. She, too,
was corn-laden from Constantinople for Falmouth for
orders—crew saved.

Her Majesty's ucrew-steamer Simoom, with the 41st
Regiment on board, arrived on Monday evening last
from Cephalonia and Zante, and will be ready for sea by
Wednesday next, with the head-quarters of the 76th
Regiment on board for Halifax. Colonel and Mrs. Car-
penter, Major and Mrs. Eman and two children, Major
Northey, Captains Goodwyn, Handcock, Brett, and
Meredith ; Lieutenants Hunt, Alexander, Bligh, Skip-
with, Balguy, Richards, and Bush ; Ensigns Fitzroy
and Carpenter ; 'Adjutant Bernard, Paymaster Creagh
and wife, Quartermaster Elliott and family, Dr. Wilkins
and family, 584 rank and file, 86 women and 54 children,
of the 41st Regiment, have been disembarked from the
Simoom.

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The Bengal screw steam-ship of the Peninsular and
Oriental Company reached Malta on the night of the
28th ult., and proceeded to Alexandria on the morning
of the 2d instant, having been delayed a day by the non-
arrival of the Sultan, from Marseilles3but which vessel
arrived to her time, with her portion of the mails. She
is a beautiful vessel, and made one of the most rapid
passages from Southampton to Malta on record.
The following extract from her log :
" Feb. 20, left the dock buoy at 11 a.m.
"Noon, 21, distance run, 300 miles—all sail set.
Pi
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23 PP 264 sail set 14 hours.
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24 PP
282—a1l sail set.
,t " PP
272—a1l sail set.
PP
24 70—arrived off Gibraltar,
6 45-p.m.
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24, left Gibraltar, 11 30 p.m.
~,
~ 25, distance run, 148 miles—all sail set.
~ 26 . 264—sail set 12 hours.
~ 27 ~ 26a—fore and aft sail occa-
sionally.
240—n0 sail, wind nearly
ahead.

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28 74.
" Arrived off Malta Light, Feb 28, 8 p.m.
The Rodney, 90, Captain Graham, arrived in port on
the afternoon of Sunday last, having been but 15 days
on her passage from Portsmouth.
The Fury steam-frigate, 13 days from Plymouth,
arrived here on the Ist inst., and on the day following
proceeded to Trieste, where she was to take on board
her Majesty's Ambassador to the Sublime Porte, Lord
Redcliffe, and would return to Malta in about a fort-
night.

MCH 4.
The French steamer Osiris, from the LevantAR,
came in
this morning.
M. de Lavalette, French Ambassador to the Porte, is
on board the Osiris, en route to Marseilles. He has ob-
tained 2,500/. from the Porte, the sum for which Mr.
Barry was ransomed.

REPRESENTATION OF BRIDGNORTIL—This borough is
not likely to be without candidates for the voices of the
electors. Already two have appeared, and others are
talked of. The first candidate in the field was Mr.
banker of Broseley,
G. W. Hope, but on the appearance of an address from
Mr. Pritchard,
who is supposed to
have considerable local influence, Mr. Hope withdrew ;
but others are announced as likely to come forward.