The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-15 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE STEAM TRANSPORT

SPARTAN.

ADMIRALTY, JULY 15, 1856.
The Secretary of the Admiialty begs to acquaint
the Editor of The Sun that thu intelligence con,
tained in the accompanying doeument - has been
received at this office.

"Hibernia, at Malta,_Btb.July, 1856:

" Sir,—l beg to enclose herewith, for the information
of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiraity, copy of a
letter I have received from the officer commanding the
troops embarked on board the steam transport Edina,
No. 199, reporting the loss, by shipwreck, of the steam
transport Spartan, No. 18, on the soath-west end of the
Cane Rocks, on the coast of Barbary.
" I immediately despatched H. M. steam-vessels Triton
and Shearwater, and the steam transport City of Lon-
don, No. 9, to the assistance of the Spartan, with orders
to bring all the troops, baggage, &c., to Malta, where
conveyance will be provided to forward them to Eng-
land.
" The master of the Edina has reporied that he does
not consider there is the slightest chance of the vessel
being saved.

"I have, &c.,
(Signed) "M. STOPFORD, Repr-Admiral."

" Oa board Edina Transport, •
7th July, 1856.
" Sir,—l have the honour to report the return of the
Mina transport, Capt. Salter, to Malta, in consequence
of having fallen in with the Spartan transport, a com-
plete wreck, on the south-west end of the Cane Rocks.
"She had fortunately succeeded in landing the whole
of her troops, consisting of 10 officers, 796 non-commis-
sioned officers and men, 1 lady and child, of the Land
Transport Corps, besides her crew, without loss, on a❑
adjacent very small island of rock, where they are well
supplied with provisions from the ship, but in imminent
danger from want of water, that of the ship being
damaged with salt water.
"The Spartan lies on the rocks with her bottom stove
in, and, according to report, with 15 feet of water in
her hold.

"The state of her troops and crew is so very preca-
rious, from their present exposed state and very short
supply of water, as to have compelled our returning
with the E.lina to Malta, under the conviction of such
being the most advisable course to pursue (considering
the small size and crowded state of the Edina) to render
them with the least delay the most effectual and speedy
assistance.

" In conclusion, sir, I beg to state that Capt. Hunt,
of the Land Transport Corps ; Capt. Salter, of the
Edina ; Mr. Leeds, second mate of the Spartan, as well
as myself, are now in attendance to give you any further
information on the subject.
" I have, &c.,
(Signed) "J. W. GORDON',
"Brevet Lieut.-Colonel, 93d Highlanders,
Commanding troops on board Edina."

To-morrow the Queen, accompanied by her distin-
guished guests, will go to the camp at Aldershot, where
her Majesty will remain for the night in the royal pall
lion.' proceeding on the following day to Osborne.
General Sir George Brown is about to take up his
residence at Bishopmill, Elgin. The house is a family
residence, anti was built by the general's father, Provost
Brown, of Elgin.
The Hamburg letters state that the pressure in the
discount market has partly subsided, the rate being 6,1
per o nt.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes-
terday. an appeal from New South Wales (Hughes v.
Hoskins) was heard, An appeal from Bengal (flurry-
doss v. Uppoornah Dossee) was commenced.
THE FLORENTINE POLICE.—A hundred persons were
arrested a few days since by the police of Florence, on
account of a tavern keeper's opening supper, at which
the company had the indiscretion to drink the health of
Mazrini, and sing revolutionary songs.
Py the death of Lady Max well,of Heron and Kirochtres,
the Rev. M. H. Maxwell, Vicar of Heddon-on-the-Wall,
comes into possession of the landed ear aces of her lady-
chip, and vssarnes the name, as well as succeeds to the
e'tates of Heron. ' _ _

The Parii let ers mention an improvement in the rate
of exct,ange, owing to the demand for bills by the
Bank of France to remit against the gold purchases
on this side. Expectations also are expt eased that the
recant drain of specie will not continue to any severe
rxtent.

MADA3IE RISTORI'S BENEFlT.—Yesterday morning
Ristori took her benefit at the Lyceum Theatre, per-
ferming in Silvio Pellico's " Francesca di Rimini," an I
also in " I Gelosi Fortunati." Nothing could exceed
the delight of the audience.
CRICKET.—GENTLEMEN OF KENT AND •SUSSES v.
ALL ENGLAND.—This match was commenced yester-
day at Lord's and the counties followed their innings.
The following is the score : England-14 innings 195.
Kent and Sussex-Ist innin,g4, 91 ; 2d innings, 65,
five wickets down. The match was continued at 11
this day.
THUNDER-STORM.—HARTLEPOOL, SUNDAY,—A thun-
der-storm of unequalled violence broke over this place
yesterday evening. Tne peals of thunder and flashes
of lightning continued without intermission for twenty
minute', with a deluge of rain and hail. In the tower
parts of the town, the cellars were flooded a foot deep,
and much damage was done.
KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON, AND THE LATE SIR R. H.
INGLIS —At a meeting of the Council; held on Tuesday
last, a letter was received, enclosing a check` for 500/.
with an intimation that it was to be entered on the Col-
lege books, "as a small memorial to the Right Hon.
Sir R,,bert Harry Inglis, Bart., tram one whose family
loved him."

Two very fine steamers now run between Southamp-
ton and Havre. They aro called the Alliance and
Havre. They have been built on a new princi?le, com-
bining speed and large capacity fur cargo. The Alliance
has made the passage in eight hours and ten minutes,
and the Havre bas done it in eight hours and four
minutes, which is at the rate of above 18 miles an hour.
PRESENTATION OF A SWORD TO COLONEL LAKE.
RAUSGATE, Monday.---T6-day a grand dejeuner to)k
place in the Music Hall, at which a sword of honour
was presented to Colonel Lake by his fellow townsmen.
Colonel Lake acknowledged the gift in suitable terms.
There was a very large attendance of fashionables pre-
sent.

THE GREAT GLOBE.—The following distinguished
person have visited the Great Globe, Leicester-square.
—The Earl of Lonsiale, Lord Londesborough, Colonel
Leveson, Lady Whitehead, Colonel Foote, Baron de
Meere, Lord Stratheran, Lady Ponsonby, his Excellency
Count Alvarado, Hon. Miss Pemberton, Hon. M.
By rig, &c.
ARRIVAL OF TROOPS FEW! THEEAST.—Plymouth,
July 15.—IIer Maj'eSty'3 ship Queen arrived here this
morning front the East. She left K,ritch Bay on
the 15th ult. with the 77th and 90th Regiments ; two
coatpaniez of the 42,1, under the command of Major
Graham and Major A.,lyes ' • and a battery of Royal
Artil'ery. The. Queen landed some of her guns at Con-
stantinople.
THE MURDER AT MELTON MOWBRAY. William
Brown a returned convict, was yesterday tried before
Chief-Justice Jervis, at Leicester, for the wilful murder
of Edward Woodcock, of Melton Mow bray, on the 19th
of Jane last. The facts of the case have already ap-
peared
in The Sen.- The jury returned a verdict of
guilty, and the learned judge passed upon him the awful
sentence of death. Tne prisoner remained unmoved
throughout, and said he should die cheerfully, as he was
innocent of the crime.
ROYAL LONDON YACHT CUM.—The Royal London
Yacht Cub sailed their third-class match on Saturday,
from Erith to Coal-house Point, and back toGreenwich,
and although the weather was rough for the large num-
ber of the fair sex who honoured the match with their
presence, it was admirably calculgted to develope the
qualities of sailing craft. The r;titr list was small, but
tnere was more than an aggregate amount of sport,
diversified with the moving accidents 'attendant upon
such events in a stiff breeze. The march was won by
the Violet, 10 tons, J. R. Kirby, EAti.', owner.
The specie by the America from 'New York, yester-
day, amounts to 216,000/., the whole of which is ex-
pected to•be sent to Paris. The advices on this occasion
do not describe the full effect on the etock-Market of the
pacific course taken by the British Cabinet on the
Crampton question, the news having only just been
telegraphed from Quebec. California had again been
added to the li3t of defaulting States, the necessary re-
mittances to the New York agents for the dividend due
On the 2d July not having arrived, The Alma, the first
of the new French screw steam line, had reached. New
York from Southampton in 14 days.
At the half-yearly meeting of the Peel River Land'
:%nd Mineral Company, held to-day, Sir W. M. T. Far-•
char in the chair, the report and accounti, after a
lez•gthened discussion, were agreed to. The principal.
obj odious were to the expenditure for Management in
London and Australia, the results of operations not'
being at all in proportion with the outlay, although it
was admitted that steady progress was being made, and
that the extension of railway- communication would
eventually improve the value of the land and attract
population to the neighbourhood.