The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-30 00:00:00

THE WAR

'AL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

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MALTA, May 22.--Our advices from Malta, dated
May 22, state that a detachment of steamers, under Sir
Edmund Lyons, viz., the Highflyer, the Retribution,
the Niger, the Sampson? and the Firebrand, left the fleet
off Sebastopol on the sth inst., for the coast of.eircassia.
The fleets were blockading Sebastopol up to the 11th.
The 79th Regiment, per Simoom, and detachments of
the Bth Hussars and Horse Artillery had passed Malta
en route to the East after a short detention.
The Simla was undergoing repairs, having broken her
fan on her passage out The India mails were conveyed
to Alexandria by the Valetta.
A traveller just arrived announced the capture of 20
Greek pirates by the French steam-frigate Gorner.
Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at Athens, Mr.
Wyse, having advised his Majesty King Otho to call in
the assistance of the English and French troops, the
King had returned for answer, that the moment any
foreign troops landed in Greece, he would head the in-
surgents to protect his independence !
Not long since an officer of her Majesty's steamer
Triton, Mr: Hughes, Second Master, having mustered
at quarters, expecting a night attack by pirates, the
pistol in his belt went off, and carried off some of the
fingers of his left hand, which was resting on his thigh.
Immediate amputation of the wounded fingers became
necessary, and the following day the Leander frigate
hove in sight, on which a medical consultation took
place, when it was resolved to amputate the whole hand.
The operation was performed under the influence of
chloroform. The sufferer had arrived at Malta by the
French steamer, the captain of which not only refused
the slightest remuneration, but, his vessel being crowded
and all his berths engaged, he sacrificed his own cabin
to his suffering brother officer, and tended him with the
utmost kindness.

A very large body of troops was at Malta, amounting
to upwards of 7,000 men, destined for Athens, for which
port a portion was to sail on the evening of the 22d.
The total number of French troops that had arrived
during the month was, exclusive of officers, 16,558
rank and file, and horses and mules 2,849. The greater
part of this body had either left for the East, or was to
do so in the course of the day, except those destined for
the suppression of the Greek insurrection. The follow-
ing were the arrivals subsequent to the 16th :
By the Simla, on the 18th.—Colonels Beatson and
Cobbe ; Majors Northey and M'Creagh ; Lieutenant
Elliott ; Surgeons Lunter and Stockley ; and Assistant-
Commissary-General Melassez.
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By the Simoom on the 19th.—Lieutenant-Colonel
Elliott ; Majors Ferguson and Douglas ; Captains Tay-
lor, Clephane, M`Call, Hunt, Hodgson, Campbell, Mait-
land, and Barnet ; Lieutenants Miller, Maitland, Cun-
inghame, Cuming, W. Scott, C. M. Harrisson, Grant,
F. •J. Harrisson, J. Scott, Stevenson, Freme, and
Moore ; Ensigns Perceval, Turner, Harrisson, and Cur-
rie ; Paymaster John Cornes ; Quartermaster B. Jamie-
son ; Aisistant-Surgeons Bell and Miller ; and 916 rank
and file of her Majesty's 79th Highlanders. The regi-
ment left after a few hours for the Levant.- The Simoom
had 11 hors,s on board.
By the Wilson Kennedy, on the 21st.—Lieutenant-
Colonel Shewell ; Captain Chetwode ; Lieut. Seager
(Adjutant) ; Cornet Clowes ; Surgeon Anderson ; 87
men, and 81 horses of the Bth Hussars.
Per Sultana.—Lieutenant Vandeleur, Dr. Dwyer, 47

troopers, and 54 horses of the Royal Horse Artillery.
Per Rodsley,—Assistant-Surgeon Shelton, 60th Rifles,
Lieutenant Dashwood, 47 men, and 52 horses, of the
Royal Horse Artillery.
Per Medora.—Assistant-Surgeon Gilborne, 89th Re-
giment, Captain Lockwood, Lieutenant Viscount Fitz-
gibbon, Cornet Glyn, 46 troopers, and 48 horses, of the
Bth Hussars.
Among the French troops two Generals bad arrived
(Lnurmel and Forey), and their suits.
Four fine vessels—the Asmodee, the Christophe Co-
lombe, the Panama, and the Labrador, conveyed each
an entire batallion, viz., the Asmodse, 34 officers and
970 men ; the Christophe Colombe, 30 officers and 920
men.; the Panama, 43 officers and 1,196 men ; and the
Labrador, 23 officers and 900 men.