The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-17 00:00:00

MALTA.

MALTA, Nov. 10.
Our port, since the commencement of the present
month, has been again the scene of much: bustle
and activity, through the arrival from England
and France and departure -for 'the Criiilea. with
-Astonishing rapidity—thanks to the indefatigable
activity of the Rear-Admiral Superintendent
Houston Stewart, of Malta dockyard, and the
officers of this establishment—of reinforceMents of
troops and supplies of stores and ammunition to
carryon the war, and bring it, as we hope, to a
speedy, glorious, and satisfactory termination.
On the Ist the Atlas, French steamer, arrived
from Marseilles, and left for the Crimea on the 2d,
having on board 356 rank and file.
The Poictiers, English transport (No. 129), ar-
rived from Cork on the 2d with stores.
The Orontes, screw steamer, arrived from Liver-
pool on the 2d, and left for Alexandria on the 4th.
The Delta, screw steamer, arrived on the 2d from
Liverpool, and left on the following day for Con-
stantinople, having on board the Revs. J. O'Dwyer
and Malony, and Assistant-Surgeons Price, Brad-
shaw, Hudson, and Walker.
The Miranda, steam-frigate, arrived on the 3d
from Plymouth, and left for the Crimea on the
same day, having on board Lieutenant Hicks and
Lieutenant Griffiths, R.A., Assistant-Surgeon
Grant, Messrs. Bloxam and Townsend, and 63
seamen for the fleet.
The Tharsis, Spanish steamer, arrived from Mar-
seilles on the 3d, with 418 rank and file,'and left
for the Crimea, on the following day.
The Libertas, No. 95, sailing transport, left for
England on the 3d, with Captain Pocock, of the
30th ; Lieutenant .Nicholas, R.A..; Lieutenant
Lockhart of the 41st ; Lieutenant White of the
50th ; Assistant. Surgeon Cockburn ; several other
officers, 113 non-commissioned officers and privates,
5 commissariat employes, 25 seamen, and 1 woman,
invalided from the East. The cutter yacht Syren,
belonging to Mr. Moore, arrived from Marseilles
on the 4th.
The Vifredo, screw-steamer, arrived from Con-
stantinople en the 4th, left for Carthagena on the
7th, and Put back from some disarrangement of her
machinery on the Bth.
The Blundell (No. 30) transport arrived from
London on the 4th, hawing on board Captain
Ragnes, Ensign Hunter, 28 non-commissioned
officers and privates of the mounted staff corps, 2
farriers,.2 servants, and 47 cavalry horses, and left
on the same clay for the Crimea.
The Chase, hired store-ship, with provisions,
S7c., for Constantinople, from London, passed
Malta on the 4th.
The screw-steamer British Q seen arrived from
Constantinople and Smyrna on the 4th, having on
board the following wounded and invalids, viz. :
Lieut.-Colonel Hepburn, Captains Bulmer, Astley,
and Viscount Ennismore, of the Scots Fusilier
Guards 2 • Lieut. Bathurst, of the 23d ; Lieut. Bis-
set, of the 55th ; the Earl of Errol, of the Rifles
(accompanied by the Countess); Assistant-Commis-
sary-General Strickland, Lieutenant anl Adjutant
Carden, of the 19th ; Lieut. Brook and Ensign
Sillery, of the 30th ; Lieut. Hickman, of the 50th;
Lieut, Young, of the 33th ; Mr. Younge, and Mr.
Talbot, 83' privates, 1 seaman, and 8 Maltese
carters and mule conductors. She left for Liver-
pool on the 6th, carrying on Lieutenants Carden,
Brooks, Bisset, and Young ; Ensigns Sillery and
Talbot ; Mr. T. Sharpe, 2 privates, and 2 seamen.
The Byzantin, French screw-steamerrarrived from
Marseilles on the sth with provisions, ammunition,
and stores, and 689 rank and file, and proceeded on
her voyage to Constantinople on the same day.
The Jura, screw steam-transport, arrived on
the sth in days from Cork, having on board
Captain Macquarrie, of the 63d (sick throughout
the voyage) ; Captain Thompson, of the sth
Dragoon Guards • Lord Killeen, of the Bth Hus-
sars ; Captains hapard and Lea, of the 57th ;
Lieutenant Copeland, of the 57th ; Surgeon Ham-
burg, Assistant-Surgeons Hyde, Rutherford, Ren-
wick, Obens, White, Young, Webb, Jewan, Phelps,
and Ryal ; Mr. Staines of the commissariat ; 23
ensigns, and 1,193 non-commissioned officers and
privates of various regiments. It was intended
that this ship should, proceed direct to the seat of
war, but the insubordinate conduct of a company
of the 50th, and another of the 55th Regiments,
rendered her putting into Malta necessary. From
the information we can collect it would appear
that three or four men who were serving a period
of imprisonment by sentence of court-martial had
their sentence remitted on their wish to volunteer
for foreign service becoming known. They were
put on board the Jura with several reeruits, and
first showed an insubordinate spirit by not salu-
ting the officers. The example was soon followed
by the recruits, and matters went on from bad to
worse. The next pretext was, an insufficient
ration of water, and, as if by so doing the supply
would be increased, they finally proceeded to de-
stroy the water casks and waste the contents ; for-
tunately, however, the vessel's condensing appa-
ratus was sufficient to keep up a supply to replace
the loss. At one time the insubordination reached
to such a pitch that as many as 100 sentries had to
be kept over the guilty parties, two of which lat-
ter received at sea fifty lashes ; and Captain
Wickham, commanding the vesse, loaded with
grape and brought two of the ship's guns to bear
upon that part where the prisoners were confined,
and the soldiers of the 63d were kept over them
with their loaded muskets. The two companies
have been landed at Malta, where the ringleaders
will be tried and punished. They have been placed
under the command of Colonel Borton, of the 9th.
In their stead, 186 non-commissioned officers and
privates of the 62d, with Major Shearman, Cap-
tains Ingall and Daubeny, Lieutenants Hay and
Dickson, and Assistant-Surgeon Young, were em-
barked. With the 170 men landed, five officers
were left behind, much to their annoyance, de-
priving them, through the bad conduct of the men,
from participating in the glory which awaits thr
rest of the regiment, who went on in the Miranda,