The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-19 00:00:00

MALTA.

MALTA, Nov. S.—ARRIVAL OF SiIIPEI OF WAR AND
Pneas-rs.—Oet. 30. Her Majesty's • steam-packet Poly-
phemus, Lieut. J. Evans, from Gibraltar five days.
Nov. 1. Her Majesty's ship Impregnable, from Plymouth
23 days (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Francis
Mason, K.C.8.). Nov. 4. The French Government
steamer Scamander, Lieut. P. Dupare, from Alexandria
eight days, Syra three.
DEPARTURE OF Snips OF WAR AND PACKETS.—
Oct. 30. Her Majesty's frigate Magicienne, Capt. Frede-
derickid It aoll dr
Oriental
tOa Inl licit tonme
py
a,
ieut. TAh.oKmeaasniAeldiye,lieflolr;NhearplNelsii.jev's steamer Acheron,
ov. 2. Her Majesty's
steamerN 0y.3. Vesuvius,peninsui a
rC Commander
n.lfo.ra Athens.steamer
Iberia, Capt. 1). Evans, for the lonian Islands and
1 Greece (Lieut. Greene in charge of the mails).
Sims 1N PORT.—Tho Powerful, 84 (bearing the flag
of Rear-Admiral Sir J. Ommanney, K.C.8.) ; Howe,
104 ; Rod-
ney,loo (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Ma-
son, K.C.8.) ; Ceylon, 6 (bearing the flag of Rear-Ad-
; Vanguard, 80 ;
Indus, 78 ; Revenge, 76 ; Inconstant, 26. Steam-fri-
gates Cyclops, Medea, and, Phoenix. Steam packets
mira Rear-Ad-
miral
r;
JohnC Calcutta, uLt Lao ti,
isB4B;arGt.tingle Ganges, 1)87n able'
Alecto and Polyphemus. Steam tender Locust. French
3tatoaandharbour, when sit-
packets Minos, Scamander, and Eurotas.
(From the Malta Chronicle.)
Nov. 2,—We announced in. our paper of Friday last
the passing on the 24th
, ult. into the Mediterranean of
Rear-Admiral aiir F. Mason,. K.C.8., in the Immegnable,
104; the departure of which vessel from Plymouth hav-
ingmorning,
taken place on the Bth ult. Contrarys‘einddisd,
however,
appear
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lutes were exchanged with the 1 owerful, bearing the flag
of Rear-Admiral Sir John Ackworth Ommannoy, K.C.8.,
who, without it appears the courtesy of any previous no-
tification from the Lords of the Admiralty, is to be suc-
ceeded as second in command by Rear-Admiral Sir F.
Mason, whose flag and stall were yesterday Morning
e:
transferred to the flove, 120, when the Gallant Captain,
Sir W. 0. Pell (who is appointed to Deptford Dockyard,
to which we understand lie proceeds overland), resigned
the command of her into the, hands of Captain Smart.
11,
On leaving the ship, Sir W. 0. P!!11 was loudly cheered
by the officers, seamen, and marines, by whom he is
universally beloved and respected. Rear-Admiral Sir J.
A. Ommannoy will leave id in the Powerful,
84, after the arrival of the Oriental from England, ex-
pected about the 13th instant, until which, as senior of
the two, he will retain the command.
We mentioned in our last that Vice-Admiral Sir E.
W. C. R. Owen, the now Commander-in-chief and sue-
, eessor to Sir Robert Stopford, was expected to leave for

this station about the 17th ult., either in the Driver or
the Vixen war-steamer. We are now inclined to believe
that he is not looked for quite so early, and niay perhaps
await the departure of his fing-ship the Queen, 110, as
Sir F. Mason (who is accompanied by Lady Mason and
family), and who landed yesterday under the customary
salute,- has already taken possession of the mansion in
Strada ,Mezzos i, appropriated to the use of the Comman-
der-in-Chief, and known as the Admiralty House.
The 'ALigi..ncime sailed for suda on the 31st ult., and
the Acheron steam packet at one, P.M., the same day for
Naples, conveying Lord and Lady
.Ponsonby and suite.
The Vesuvius left this morning fur the Pincus with pro-
visions and stores for the- Beacon, and conveying Mr.
Fellows, the traveller in Asia Minor, who joins the
lsst mentioned vessel to prosecute his researches in that
country, chiefly on the coast of Lycia, and for which
purpose the Beacon will not winter at Malta this year, '
but remain at his disposal.
MALTA, Nov. s.—We have not had a single movement
inwards or outwards sinco Tuesday, but we understand
another mystery is on the tapir, the Indus and Calcutta
having received sealed sailing orders, which will be
carried into effect as soon as the strong N.E., now blow-
ing, moderates sufficiently for the swell to subside.
The Rodney was also to have formed part of this
division, but is prevented by some defects in her capstan
not being yet made good. An opinion prevails that these
ships are intended for the coast of Spain, where they will
also be at hand in case the affair of M`Leod should
take such a turn as to render their presence necessary in
the American waters. The Acheron, from Naples,
hourly expected, or at any rate the Prometheus from
Marteilles, looked for on the 12th or 13th, will no doubt
bring us the result of this affair.
Our contemporary the Malta Times, with that incor-
rectness for which his journal is proverbial, states, in his
last number but one, that" It is said the Indus, Calcutta,
and Rodney will shortly go to the coast of Syria, and
remain there until the bad weather commences." Setting
aside the editor's wrong information, he appears to have
entirely forgotten (or perhaps in his ignorance he never
knew it.) that the months of- November and December
are the most boisterous and stermy on the coast referred
to ; and indeed it was on the 2d of December last year
that the hurricane took place when the Pique was dis-
masted, the Zebra wrecked, the Bellerophon, and, in
fact, all of the ships of war were in imminent peril of
sharing a like fate, and soma of them only escaped
throvgh the extraordinary efforts and superior skill of
the British officers and seamen.