The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-28 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

MALTA, OCT. 16.—Lip to this moment there is no
appearance of the India mail, nor is there any of the
Tagus with the outward mails. It is feared that some
accident must have happened, as she is three days over
time. The mails, rid Marseilles, reached yesterday at
cue o'clock, A.M.

Early this morning the Dutch frigate Prince Von
Orange, having his Royal Highness Prince Henry in
command, and the two corvettes, Juno and Sambre,
were in sight, and at half-past ten, ♦.M., entered port,
on their return from Genoa. The Prince will not land
till to-morrow, at ten o'clock.

On Wednesday night Malta was visited by one of the
most violent storms ever remembered. The forked
lightning illuminated the air, the thunder roared in
fearful claps, rain in torrents descended, and hail-
stones (almost unknown) fell; so large were the latter,
that were I to name the size of some I should infal-
libly be accused of imitating the celebrated Baron Man-
chausen.

In the midst of the storm, her Majesty's steamer
Flamer, Lieutenant Lavie, entered port. The dexterity
and seamanlike skill manifested on the occasion form the
general theme of conversation.
Much damage ensued, and the electric fluid struck
several houses.

Early on Thursday morning (four o'clock, A.M.), a
second squall, even more violent than the storm over
night, was felt. Her Majesty's brig Siren, which took
pratique that morning, was taken, and fouled the Hecla
steamer. The Siren lost her jibboom, but the Hecla re-
ceived little or no damage.
Between Gozo and Comino, two Maltese boats, called
speronaras, were wrecked, by which misfortune nine per-
sons perished. One man, named Gausi, was picked up
on a plank thirteen miles distant from the scene of the
catastrophe by a fisherman. The boats are named the
Susanna and the Santa Filomena.
One house at Gozo was blown or washed down, and
four persons killed; and an old cowherd, with his two
cows, were washed away and lost.

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SATURDAY, OCT. 17 .—The Pottinger, with the mails
from India, has arrived, and the Tagus, from Southamp-
on, is coming in.

At ten o'clock, his Royal Highness the Prince
Henry of the Netherlands landed under a royal salute.
A guard of honour from the 42d Regiment received his
Royal Highness at the Custom-house, where he was
landed from the barge of Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis,
and where also he was received by Colonel Balneavis,
our actin;-governor. Hence they proceeded to the
palace, where a second guard of honour, supplied by
her Majesty's 88th Foot, and commanded by Captain
Irwin, was drawn up, and where also the staff of the
garrison assembled to welcome his Royal Highness on
his return to Malta.
On the 16th, her Majesty's steamer, the Trident,
having completed her repairs, went on a trial trip to
sea. She returned in the afternoon, and appears to have
answered remarkably well. Her average speed was
nine and a half knots per hour.
OCT. 17.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON.
In Malta Harbour.—The Ceylon, 12, receiving ship,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, Bart.,
second in command and Superintendent of Malta dock-
yard, the Siren, 16, Commander Le Hardy, the Hecla
war steamer, Commander C. Stumm, the Locust
steamer, Lieutenant-Commander Power, and the Wee
Pet steam -tug.

On Surveying Duty.—The Bonetta, Commander T.
S. Brock, and the Research cutter, Lieutenant Spratt.
At Sea.—The Hibernia, 120, Captain Peter Richards,
C. 8., bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker,
Bart., G.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief.
At Gibraltar.—The Phoenix steam-Tease', Com-