The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-27 00:00:00

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A Malt' A letter, d• ated Valetta, Nov. 22, says :
" Her M ajesty's r addlewheel sloop Scourge, Commander
Jones, left port on the 17th inst. for Candle, and the gun-
boat Bova., Lieu t. Galliver, on the 19th, for Tripoli.
Lieut. Percher, "17
and Lieut. Smith, R.E., proceeded
in her. From T ripoli these officers are to go on to Cyrene
to examine certs Lin ruins of high historical interest known
to exist there,' and I understand they are provided with
all kinds of implements, • for excavating, a tent, and
other articles suitable f,,,r campaigning, also a photo-
graphic appeal awl, wb'Lch has been sent out to them by
the Foreign-of Lice, wader whose auspices the expedition has
been organic ed. jut. Percher has been engaged before in
labours of this kb, d, and Lieut. Smith was successfully en-
gaged for two ye' ars with Mr. Newton on the ruins of Hall-
carnassus.

"H.M. acre' w corvette Scylla, Capt. R. Lambert arrived
here on the 1' Jth inst. from Messina, leaving at that port
H.M. line—o' i-battle ship Cressy. The Cressy had on board
several caro is of the extraordinary pulmonary disease simi-
lar to thrht which had manifested itself on board the St.
jean a' Acre, and she expected to winter at Messina. When
she legit Naples on the 15th inst. there were 13 cases of
Bruaripox on board the Renown, and nothing said of her
going to Malta. The Queen was ready to take Mr. Elliot
to Marseilles.
" Later news was received this morning from Messina by
t'ae French packet Pausilippe--viz., to 21st inst.—at which
mate the Cressy was still there, and two French line-of-battle
ships, one of which, the Tage, bearing an admiral's flag,
was about to proceed to Gaeta, and replace the admiral at
present there.
" H. 31. troopship Meg era, Cora. Henderson. which left
this port or, the 12th inst. for the lonian Islands, returned
yesterday -from Corfu and Zante, having touched at the lat-
ter island, to take on board 50,0001 b. of currants for the
naval via/hulling yard at Malta. She brings the following
passengews :—Mr. and Mrs. Houghton, Mr. and Mrs. Wel-
lesley, Capt. Burfield, 22d Regiment, Lieuts. Pilsworth and
Dillon, (10., and Major Bowden, do.; Deputy-Assist. Com-
missary-General Mills and Mrs. and Miss Mills, Miss
Eisenbach, Miss Grant, 29 invalid sailors and soldiers, 3
women., and 11 children. The Megara left Corfu on the
16th at; noon, at which date there were at anchor in that
port the Marlborough (flag of Vice-Admiral Martin), Ex-
mouth, Neptune, Orion, James Watt, and Mars (which
ship arrived the day before from Malta), and the fri-
gate. Melpomene. Her Majesty's gunboat Alacrity, Com-
m= der Baird, arrived this morning, bringing later news
frona Corfu (20th inst.), and despatches from the Comman-
der-in-Chief. A letter from Corfu of that date says :—'Two
two-deckers left yesterday, destination nnknewn—report
smys Malta. It is said that the Melpomene frigate is about
t,o proceed to the coast of Syria, to relieve the Liffey, of the
'same class.' The Megai ra is expected to leave Malta on or
about the 26th inst., with invalids from the Malta nava,
and military hospitals, for England. His Excellency Lieu-
tenant-General Sir William Codrington, who returned to-
day by the French packet front Italy, will embark in the
Megmra for Gibraltar, to resume the Governorship of that
garrison."

The Barracouta, 6, paddle, Commander W. Wood,
arrived at Spithead on Sunday evening, with the
yellow flag flying at the fore, having on board
upwards of 30 cases of fever from her Majesty's
ships Imaum, at Jamaica, the Icarus, and other
-vessels on the station. Six deaths have occurred
since leaving Jamaica on the 24th Oct., but the re-
maining cases on board are now progressing fa-
vourably. The ship called in at Bermuda on the
3d of November and remained there until the sth,
when she left for England. She remains at Spit-
head for farther orders.
The Gorgon, 6, paddle, Commander B. C. Pim,
went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday, and
anchored at Spithead to take in powder and shell,
prior to proceeding to the Cape of Good Hope. The
Gorgon will call at Devonport, where she will take
charge of the Swift, fitted as a coal depot for the
Cape.

The Frederick William, 86, screw, will make her
official trial of speed at ;Portsmouth on the 20th
inst. The Harrier, 17, screw, Commander Sir M.
3PGregar, will test her speed on the 28th inst. ;
and the Pelican, 17, screw, will make her official
trial on the 2d proximo.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. W. W. Howell, to
the Jason ; Lieut. Colin W. Lindsay, to the Daunt-
less, additional, for service in the Coastguard ; Jas.
Ross, First-class Assistant Engineer, to the Indus
for the Lark ; and John H. Cooper, Second-class
Assistant Engineer, to the Cumberland for the
Cochin.