The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-21 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

VALETTA, August 16.—N0 news has been received
of the squadron since the date of my last letter, and
we have at present 'no English ships of war in har-
bour, except the old flagship Hibernia and the store-
ship Supply. The surveying vessel Hydra left to-
day to fix the exact latitude and longitude of the
Demetri Light, on the north-western extremity of
Gozo. The Simoom screw steam troopship, Capt.
Lethbridge, with the first division of the 10th Bri-
gade Royal Artillery, is expected here from Halifax
about Sunday next, the 18th inst. After disem-
barking these troops she will take on board the
head-quarters of the 33 Brigade, and, proceed with
them to Canada, returning with the head-quarters
of the 10th Brigade, and will then proceed home
with condemned stores, invalids, and time-expired
men. The Supply screw steam storeship, Staff-
Commander C. Bawden, will sail for England is a
day or two. The Austrian screw steam frigate
Schwartzenberg (bearing the broad pendant of
Commodore Pokorny), which, together with the
ironclad Archduke Ferdinand Max, has been under-
going repairs in the Royal Naval Dockyard at this
island, took her departure on the evening of the 9th
inst. for Smyrna, where she is to be stationed for the
pr-sent. • While here she had her mainmast taken
out for repair, and on its being replaced it was
completely rigged, and everything made taut
and shipshape by her own crew in a couple of
days, showing a smartness which would have done
credit to an English man-of-war. The Archduke
Ferdinand Max left our port a few days before
the Schwartzenburg, on return to Pala, to refit and
take in her guns, munitions, and Stores. Another
Austrian war vessel arrived here on the 11th inst
—the screw gunboat Norenta, from Fiume and
Lis=a, on her way to the ,Levant. Being from the
coast of Dalmatia she was not admitted to pratique.
The American sere ,v steam corvette Sawatara, Capt.
W. N. Jeffers, arrived here on the 13th inst. frOm
Lisbon. She forms part of Admiral Farragut's
squadron now at Cherbourg, of which the Franklin,
one of the heavie,t and finest vessels in the Ameri-
can navy, is the flagship. Admiral Farragut is ex-
pected in the Mediterranean i❑ the fall of the year.
The Sawatara left to-day for•Canea,Atheus,Srnyrna,
Beyrout, Alexandria, Rhodes, and probably back to
Malta. She is the only American man-of-war now
in the Mediterranean. It was this vessel which con-
veyed Surratt, accused of complicity in the assassina-
tion of President Lincoln, from Alexandria to Wash-
ington. Considerable works have been going on for
some time past for the purpose of strengthening cer-
tain points of the fortifications of Valetta com-
manding the sea front, and constructing suitable
platforms to receive the enormous guns with which
the fortress is to be armed. It was stated not long
ago in /he Sun that Malta did not possess a single
gun capable of penetrating an ordinary ironclad of
the present day. It will soon be impossible to re-
peat this reproach. Some 11 12f-ton guns ar-
rived from Woolwich last week in the Sea Queen.
Others will be sent out as soon as they can be got
ready ; and I hear that the military authorities in-
tend to include in the armament of Malta ordnance
of still heavier metal.

Private letters received at Chatham from her
Majesty's screw sloop Reindeer, 7,953 tons, 200-
horse power, Commander E. Nares, announce the
departure of that vessel from Mazatlan on the 21st
of June for San Blas. She will afterwards proceed
to Guaymas and the intermediate ports. She was
under orders to cruise afterwards across the Gulf
of California to La Pays. Smallpox had entirely
disappeared from on board, and the health of the
officers and crew was stated to be very good.. The
with certain of the
other ships of the squadron at Mazatlan.
Reindeer was to rendezvous
The following are the details of the troops under
orders to embark on board the chartered troopship
Coldstream, Capt. G. G. Ponsonby, for Singapore,
at Gravesend, on Friday next :—" Foilr officers and
101 non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal
Field Artillery, five wen of the Ariny hospital
Corps, one Staff-Assist.-Surg., 10 soldiers' wives,
and 15 children. The Coldstream, which is now in
the West India DJCIcs, will be inspected by Major-
Freeman Murray prior to receiving her troops on
board.

The following officers have proceeded from Chat-
ham garrison to llythe, for the purpose of going
through an extended course of instruction at the
School of Musketry in the use of the Snider rifle,
previously to embarking for foreign service—Capt.
Falkner and Lieut. C. It. King, 50th Queen's
Own Regiment; Lieut. IV. IL Nicholson, 82d Re-
giment ; Lieut. W. Mills, 2d battalion 14th Regi-
ment ; Lieut. R. F. IV. Itynd, Ist battalion 22d
Regt. ; and Ensign A. T. Fisher, Ist battalion 2d
Royals. Detachments of non-commissioned officers
and men from the several depots attached to the
three battalions of infantry have also proceeded
from the garrison to Ily-the for a course of instruc-
tion in the use of the new breech-loading
On Monday morning H.M.S. Tamar, commanded
by Ca.pt. Sullivan, arrived at Greenock, from Canada,
ith the Ist battalion of the 25th (King's Own
Borderers) on board. The headquarters and five
companies will proceed this morning to Glasgow,
two companies to Ayr, two to Stirling, and one to
Paisley. The 63.1 (West Suffolk) 11,2 g-intent, pre-
sently stationed in Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayr, have
received orders to proceed this morning by railway
to Greenock, and embark on board her Majesty's
ship Tamar, for conveyance to Kingston, Ireland.
After disembarking the 63d the Regiment Tamar
will sail for Portsmouth, and land men of various
corps from Canada.
In the Royal Naval Reserve Thomas Donkin has
been appointed Sub.-Licut.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty : —Lieut. John E. Greenhow to the
Jaseur, Lieut. Bernard Moore to the Mersey, Navi-
gating Sub-Lieut. W. F. A. Grant to the Jaseur,
Navigating Sub-Lieut. Henry G. Hatch to the Im-
placable, additional for the Sea Lark ; Dr. John R.
Burke, aspist.-surg., to the Jaseur; and Dr. George
W. Wright, assist.-surg., to the Medusa.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE IMPERIAL MEETING.

SALZBURG, Aug. 21.

It is stated that the desire felt by both the
Emperors for the preservation of peace will be
manifested by an invitation to the other European
Powers to join in an 'agreement which has been
entered into between the two Sovereigns for the
settlement of certain questions. The basis of this
agreement is believed to be the maintenance of the
treaty of peace signed at Prague.

The Emperor Francis Joseph, on presenting
Prince Metternich, Austrian Minister at the Court
of the Tuileries, with the Order of the Golden
Fleece, eulogised in presence of the whole Court
the services he had rendered the State by re-estab-
lishing a good understanding with France. The
Emperor Napoleon expressed aloud to the Emperor
Francis Joseph his thanks for this declaration.
This incident created a great sensation among those
present.

FRANCE AND ITALY.
FLORENCE, Aug. 20 (Evening).
The Italie of this evening expresses the belief
that the Italian Cabinet has despatched a note to
the French Government relative to the letter re-
cently addressed by Marshal Niel to the comman-
der of the Antibes Legion at Rome.

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 20.

At the Grand Council of Ministers, which was
held yesterday under the presidency of the Sultan,
various reforms were discussed, and it was decided
that a new Council of State should be formed, to
be composed of ten Mussulmans and ten Christians.

TURKEY AND THE EUROPEAN POWERS..
VIENNA, Aug. 21.
The New Free Press of to-day says :—" The

French and English representatives at Athens have
been instructed to inform the Greek Cabinet that
their Governments shall in future take no new step
of a character likely to promote a conflict with
Turkey, and that in the event of any such conflict
arising, France and England will hold Greece re-
sponsible. They also are instructed to add that
fall guarantees have been furnished by the Porte
for the fulfilment of the demands of the Christian
populations."

RUSSIA.

ST.• PETERSBURG, Aug. 20.

The Committee of the Moscow Bourso have pre-
sented a petition to the Minister of Finance praying
for permission to express their opinion upon the
Government project for lowering the existing tariff.

The Council of Ministers have approved the
concession which has been granted to Messrs.
Siemens Brothers for the construction of a direct
and sp,2cial telegraph line connecting England and
India through Russia.

CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.
ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 20.
The DAta sailed at 5 a.m., and the Euxine at
11 a.m. to-day.
The former may be expected at Marseilles on
the 26th inst., and the latter at Southampton
about the 2d September.

FRANCE.

POURSE, Aug. 20, Two o'clock.—There is very

little business, the market is weak, and quotations
a fraction lower. The London telegrams each show
a decline of one-eighth. Thr%!e" per Cents. Rente
are at 691. sbc., or sc. lower. Italian Fives lose
'lie., at 491. 121 c. ; Credit Mubilier lf. 25e., at
322 f. 50c. ; Si ani6h Mohler, 6f. 25e., at 200 f. ;
Credit Fancier lf. 25c., at 1,377 f. 50e. ; and Suez
Ca a 1 shares 3f. 75e., at 313 f. 75e. In the Rail-
way department, Austrian and Lombard shares each
lose 3fr. 755.
Three o'clock.—The following were the last quo-