The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-15 00:00:00

NAV AL INTELLIGENCE,

MALTA, OCT. 10.
On Saturday night the Caradoc arrived from Constan-
tinople on the 4th, and Besika the sth. On the 4th the
declaration of war was published in the mosques with a
delay to the Russians of 15 days, to enable them to eva-
cuate the principalities if they chose. In the meantime
the greatest enthusiasm prevailed among the Turks, and
the Christians were proportionately alarmed, and many
were packing up to get away.
Notwithstanding the positive announcement by some
of the English papers, that-the fleet was ordered to the
Bosphorus, it was lying at Besika-bay on the sth, and
there is little probability of a move before the 25th, the
period at which the delay granted to the Czar will ex-
pire, as our Ambassador has full power to convey his
orders to Admiral Dundas to move up with his fleet, or
to retrograde, as he may deem necessary.
Lady Emily Dundas reached Malta by the Caradoc,
which vessel went into dock immediately on her arrival,
for repairs.
The Ardent steamer, with the Triton in tow, the hit-
ter having broken her main shaft, arrived this morning
early.
The British squadron is far healthier than it was a
month ago, but sickness still prevails. On board the
Vengeance two fatal cases had occurred, and she had
been sent to Tenedos to recruit the health of her crew.
Lord W. Russell, who had been seriously ill, and on
leave at Therapia, had rejoined, having fortunately re-
covered.

The launch of the French ship Bayard, with a crew of
30 men on board, had foundered on the lst inst., when
within a short distance of her ship. She had been
watering ; five men perished, 13 had been saved by the
Rodney, and the remainder by other bows. The crews
of both fleets exerted themselves nobly on the painful
occasion.

A very melancholy accident occurred on the 4th inst.,
as the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Va-
letta was coming in, on her first voyage from Marseilles
and Naples. Her second engineer, Mr. J. P. Parr,
having the watch, and the weather beingvery heavy, the
unfortunate young man was thrown by some accident
between the cylinder and the side of the ship, and was
so seriously injured that he died, in port, about three
hours after the ship's arrival, and four from the time of
the accident. Deceased was about 30 years of age, and
married a short time before he left England. On the
following morning an inquest was held, and during the
day he was conveyed to the convent of the Capuchins,
and interred in one of the vaults under the chapel.
The Ripon, with the homeward mails from India, is
just telegraphed from Alexandria ; the Valetta carries
to Marseilles the portion of that mail sent through
France, at nine a.m.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 14.

It is not yet decided whether the new Royal yacht
will be constructed of wood or iron, but that point will
be settled on Monday next at a consultation before
Prince Albert. The principal dimensions of the new
yacht are already determined on, and are as follows :
Length between the perpendiculars, 290 feet ; breadth,
40 feet ; tonnage, 2,200 ; horse•power, 600, for paddle
propulsion. It is not yet known, either, we believe,
who will construct the vessel. Mr. Mare is spoken of
now as most likely to have the honour.

The Fairy Royal Yacht, Captain Crispin, embarked
the Royal children from Osborne this morning, and
brought them to Gosport under the same honours as
would have been paid to their illustrious parents. A
special train left about 10 o'clock with their Royal
Highnesses for London.
Mr. Woodcock, chief engineer R.N., late of the Barra-
couta, was yesterday released from imprisonment on
board the Victory.
A divisional court-martial was held in the Royal
Marine Artillery Barracks, Portsmouth, this morning,
to try Colour-Sergeant Joseph Miles, Bth company of
the Royal Marine Artillery, for having attempted to ob-
tain meat gratis from the contractor, Mr. James Den-
nison. The foilowina officers composed the Court :
Captain Holloway, presiclont ; First Lieutenants Ire-
land, Brydges, and Steile; and Second-Lieutenant
Festing. Lieutenant Steile was the officiating judge-
advocate. Two witnesses only were examined for the
prosecution—the contractor, Mr. Dennison, and his
clerk, Mr. Fletcher. The prisoner then handed in his
defence, and called a witness, Sergeant Haller, to speak
in his behalf. At the ooncluiion of this witness's evi-
dence the Court adjourned.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Mlles
NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts.
opened,
1853.
BRITISH.
72 Aberdeen ..•...,•..••••..••.. £1,713 1,834
37% Belfast and Ballymena •• • • •••• • • • • 603 795
17 Belfast and County Down., • • • • • • • • .. 243 263
33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,147 2,356
26% Bolton,Blackburn, and West York •• • • -
85% Bristol and Exeter • ............• •• .. 5,305 5,839
189% Caledonian__ 14,623 16,502
89 Edinburgh and Glasgow ..
04N Chester and Holyhead.•• ........ •• • • 3,700 4,908
6% Cork, Blackrock, and Passage 180 191
20 Cork and Bandon 193 214
56 Dublin and Belfast Junction 1,000 1,101
53 Dublin and Drogheda.. • ..• ..• ••.• .. 1,152 1,433
6 Dublin and Kingstown ........ 941 1,058
16% , Dundee and Arbroath 457 464
31 ! Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 659 -
19 I Dundalk and Enniskillen ............ 178 -
68 East Anglian.... .. •• ................ 784 819
81% East Lancashire 4,720 5.327
322 Eastern Counties and N0rf01k........ 16,451 18,491
95 Eastern Union .. 2,642 2,928
78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee.... • . 2,399 2,758
6 Exeter and Credit0n.............. • • 133 127
19 Furness Railway •• . .... • ... •• •• 404 635
1715( Glasgow, and South-Western.- ...... 4,363 4,809
283 Great Northern and E. L. •• • • 14,726 18,750
188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 4,869 6,369
319% Great Western ..... ..... .......... 19,637 23,023
25% Irish South Eastern ................ 188 275
90 Lancaster and Carlisle
260 Lancashire and Yorkshire.......• •• • • 17,068 18,508
70 Leeds Northern .. • • . .• .• •• • •
18i Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport •• .. 487
553% London and North Western .• • • • 50,699 53,311
5% I London and Blackwell. .. 1,015 1,233
173% London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 13,755 14,928
253% London and South Western. • • •••• • • 12,100 13,581
41 Londonderry and Enniskillen •••••• • • 397 529
11% Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. -
/-
167% Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 7,426 8,965
9% Manchester and South Junction • 617 679
28 Maryport and Carlisle •• • ••• •....„ 677 739
498% Midland .....
126 Midland Great Western (Irish) • • 4,192 5,019
888 901
78% Newcastle and Carlisle • • .....• .. • • 2,694 2,467
149 North British .... •• • •••• • • .. 4,437 4,557
232 North Staffordshire •
47 North-Western ...... ......... 807 1,218
50 Scottish Central „„...
32 Scottish Midland ••• • • 2,740 3,231
29% Shrewsbury and Birmingham ...... 957 1,097
47 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 2,024 2,122
29 Shropshire Union ......... .
58 South Dev0n........ .............. 2,161 2,354
288 % South Eastern- 17,844 20,218
131 South Wales 2,263 3,932
77 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 1,416 1,587
40 Taff Vale • ••..... 2,773 2,943
36 Ulster. •••.• • .. • .... .
50 Waterford and Limerick 503 609
25 West Cornwall .. •• • • 361 503
12 Whttehaven Junction 245 3jl
682 York and Newcastle, and Bel wick &
York and North Midland & Leeds 28,032 31,643
FOREIGN.
57% Dutch Rhenish •-• • • • ...... •••• • • • - 1,026 993
183% Lyons and Mediterranean •• • • •• • • 8,025 8,025
63 Montereau and Troyes 1,054 1,197
63 Namur and Liege .. .............. 1,255 1,688
443% Northern of France ••••••• • • • • • • . 27,971 33,273
577 Orleans and Central* -
240 Paris and Lyons .... •• • •
84 Paris and Rouen .•.••••••• • • • • • • . .. 8,126 11,037
392 Paris and Strasburgh • •... .. 18,066 22,402
59 Rouen and Havre .• ••• • . . 3,188 4,453
66 Western of France .. 4,722 5,410

* The receipts include the traffic on the Orleans and Central, Or.
eans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes lines.