The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-09 00:00:00

NEWS from the MEDITERRANEAN.

We have received Malta Papers to the 24th ult. The fol-
lowing is from the Mediterraneo :
" Admiral Sir R. Stopford and suite arrived at Malta, from
Yourla. in her Majesty's war steamer Gorgon, on the night of
Wednesday, the 12th inst., and on the afternoon of the 13th
disembarked to perform quarantin,.at Fort Almocl, where his
Excellency the Governor, accompanied by his personal staff,
and the Captains and Commanders of the British ships of war
in port, were in attendance to receive him. Shortly after, his
Royal Highness Prince Henry of Holland paid the Gallant
Admiral it visit, and on Friday morning his Excellency's
flag was tranferred from the Gorgon to the Bellerophon,
Captain Austen being the senior oflicer in port next to Com-
modore Parker, who will not be released from quarantine
until to-morrow. The Gorgon left Vourla on the 9th, a few
hours after the arrival there, from Malta, in the Rhadaman-
thus steam-frigate, of Rear- Admiral Sir John Louis, who
is accompanied by his Flag- Lieutenant Mends, and Mr. W.
H. Browne, purser of her Majesty's ship Ceylon, acting as Se-
cretary. The Rear-Admiral has hoisted his flag in the Ben-
bow. Lieutenant A. W. Milward, commander of the war
war steamer Hydra, died at Malta on the 18th. Since the
mails from India have been transmitted through France, the
steamer from Suez no longer waits as formerly for passen-
gers after the mails are delivered on board, but proceeds
to rca immediately; and as it now takes less than three
days to convey them from Alexandria to Suez, passen-
gers proceeding by the British packet would not preach
the latter place in time to embark with the mails of that
month. In consequence of this new arrangement, those
passengers desirous of passing through France have gene-
rally embarked at Marseilles in the French steamer of
the Ist of the month, in the expectation of their arriving
at Alexandria on the 14th or 15th, thus having four or
five days' start of the mails, which generally arrive there
on the 19th, but the passengers who left Marseilles by the
French steamer on the Ist of this month will meet disappoint-
ment, as they did not 'ake their departure hence for Svra until
the night of the 19th, instead of the morning of the 10th, so that
it will not be possible for the steamer to reach that place before
the departure of the branch one for Alexandria, and thus will
consequently be detained a month. This has happened once
before during the present winter ; such occurrences, which are
unavoidable, are in no way to be attributed to bad management,
for it is remarkable with what punctuality (with rare excep-
tions) the French packet service is conducted, and attended by
vast benefits to all classes. But the chief object of these re-
marks is to recommend persons proceeding to India through
France, to embark during the winter, on the 21st, instead of
the Ist of the following month.

THE NEW POLICE ACT.

SUPPRESSION OF SPORTS.

From time immemorial it has been the custom in most
of the parishes and places in the western portions of the
counties of Middlesex and Surrey for the inhabitants on
Shrove Tuesday in every year to devote the greater part
of the day to foot-ball, which has not been confined to
the open spaces of the respective towns and villages, but
the ball has been pursued by hundreds through the most
public thoroughfares, the shops and houses of which
were customarily closed, and the windows barricaded
with hurdles to prevent their being broken.

Tuesday last, being Shrove Tuesday, the sport was
as usual pursued in the town of Kingston, the inha-
bitants of which sent a request to the Commissioners
of Police that they would not interfere. At Twicken-
ham the local magistracy prevented its taking place in
the town, but it was carried on in a meadow belonging
to Mr. Cole, the brewer of that parish, under the
superintendence of a man named Kirby, who has been
"master of the sports" for the last fifty years.
At Richmond, however, the practice having been
attended with accidents and much disturbance, the
place appearing during the day as one under a siege,
a strong opposition was this year got up by the prin-
cipal inhabitants, who determined to avail themselves
of the extension of the police and the provisions of
the New Police Act for its suppression. A memo-
rial, signed by a large number of the inhabitants, was
accordingly forwarded to the Commissioners of Po-
lice, who, in consequence, on Monday last, caused a
notice to be issued, cautioning all persons from pur-
suing the sport. A large body of police were in at-
tendance, and an attempt having been made to
commence the games, some of the mob were captured,
and, being taken before the local magistracy on Wednes-
day, were fined. Some disturbance occurred, and the
police were assaulted, but not seriously.