The Sun.
London, England, 1835-03-09 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH.'

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
MALTA, FEB. 7.—The Tribune arrived on the 3d instant
in six days from Smyrna, with important despatches from Lord
Ponsonby, the British Ambassador at Constantinople, which
has unexpectedly led to, an order for every one of the ships
to prepare for sea with the greatest possible despatch. Seve-
ral of the ships had their tanks and provisions out, and the
Thunderer the greater part of her ballast, but such were the
exertions of the several crews, stimulated by a probability of
their being about to achieve something more important than a
mere demonstration of force, aided and ably supported by the
officers of the dockyard (notwithstanding their greatly re-
duced number), that the ships were all reported ready early
on the morning of yesterday, the 6th, and some indeed the
morning previous.

The squadron sails this day, and will consist of the Cale-
donia (flag ship), Canopus, Thunderer, Edinbuagh, Mala-
bar, Revenge ships of the line ; Endgmion, Vernon, and Tri-
bune frigates ; Childers brig, Hind cutter, and Medea steam
frigate. The Scout remains behind, to carry up the February
mail. The Columbine sailed-with sealed orders a few hours
after the arrival of the Tribune, and her destination is sup-
posed to be the Dardanelles. All that has transpired con-
nected with the recall of the squadron is, that a plot had been
discovered about the 25th of January against the Sultan, who
had taken off some twenty heads, and our Ambassador feared
that the Sultan would ultimately be compelled to call in the
aid of Russia.

The Favourite continues at Tripoli ; the Jaseur and Ores-
tes at Gibraltar; the Portland at Salamis; the Tyne at Cor-
fu ; and the Volalle at Constantinople. The Brecon and
Mastiff are here refitting, and will not leave to resume their
surveys before April. The Conjiance steamer arrived in 13
days from Falmouth, and five from Gibraltar, on the 3d inst.
This vessel will be employed in the conveyance of the Indian
mails to and f.om Alexandria and Malta. The Falmouth
steamers will not in future proceed further eastward than
Malta, but will remain here to examine their boilers, while the
Confiance, and another steamer (hourly looked for from Fal-
mouth), will be employed in carrying on the mails and pas-
sengers from Malta to Alexandria, and from Malta to Corfu;
upon the return of these two steamers, the one for England
will again take up the line of communication, and proceed to
Gibraltar, Cadiz, and Falmouth, as heretofore. The passages
to Corfu and Alexandria will be made, it is reckoned, as fol-
lows :

" To Corfu.—From Falmouth to Malta, 17 days ; Malta to
Corfu, 5 ; stay at Corfu, waiting the return of post from
Athens, 8 ; from Corfu to Malta, 5 ; stay at Malta of the
packet for England after the arrival of the Corfu mail, I ;
Malta to Gibraltar, Cadiz, arid Falmouth, 17—Out and home,
53 days.

" To Alexandria.—From Falmouth to Malta, 17 days ;
Malta to Alexandria, 6 ; stay at Alexandria, 6 ; delay at Malta
of the packet for England, after the arrival of the Alexandria
mail, 1 ; Malta, Cadiz, and Falmouth, 17—Out and home, 53
days.

" The establishment of the steam-packets, for which a con-
tract has been entered 'into with the Greek Government, by
Mr. Cochrane, to run between Marseilles, Genoa, Leghorn,
Naples, Malta, Athens, Syria, Smyrna, and Constantinople,
will complete a perfect channel of communication between the
principal parts of the Mediterranean, and tend, it is hoped, to
revive in some manner the trade of Malta, now reduced to the
lowest ebb.

" Foreign Ships of War at Malta.—The French gabarre
Lamproei, performing quarantine, from Tripoli, and the Egy-
ptian double-banked frigate Behera, performing quarantine,
from Alexandia, having on board Marshal Marmont, Duke of
Ragusa, on his way to Italy. This vessel, in the month of
December, was lying at Alexandria infected with the plague,
and considerable surprise is manifested. at Malta, that under
such circumstances, added to her coming from Alexandria,
where the plague is raging, and from whence she has conse-
quently a foul bill of health, the authorities should allow her
to perform her quarantine in the pratique harbour of Valettar
It is true that additional guards have been placed on board, but
still we consider the risk too great to be run for the mere ob-
ject of not displeasing the Duke of Ragusa.
" Mr. Blaydes' yacht Ariel sailed for Sicily on the 30th of
January.
" George Magrath, a boy on board the Columbine, whilst
sculling a boat on shore in Malta Harbour, fell overboard,
but was rescued from a watery grave by the humane conduct
of the first lieutenant, Mr. Joseph Batt, who, with great
promptitude, threw off his jacket, and fearlessly plunging
himself into the sea, succeeded by the most strenuous efforts
in saving the drowning lad."
TRIPOLI, JAN. 25.—The British Consul, Colonel War-
rington, and Captain Mundy, of the Favourite, have notified
to the merchants in this regency, that his Majesty's Govern-
ment in England entirely approves of the course by them
adopted, relative to the blockade of the coast by the Bashaw,
Alli, and it is therefore determined, that although the three
armed launches of the Bashaw aforesaid have been dismantled
for the winter, yet, as the castle and town batteries in some
measure command the entrances into the port of the Mescia,
the blockade of that district will continue to be admitted ;
but British commerce, under the British flag, will be pro-
tected in ifs lawful trade upon any other part of the coast be-
yond the range of the batteries above mentioned. The
French Consul-General has embarked and sailed for Malta
in the gabarre of war Lamproie.
By the Tyrer we have received a file of the Calcutta India
Gazette. These papers state that a fracas had taken place
between Colonel Morrison and Mr. F. Adam, which had, ac-
cording to rumour, ended in a challenge, but the matter ap-
pears to be very vaguely known.
The entire force to be sent against Joudpour was to assem-
He at Ajmere by the 4th of November. The ordnance to be
sent to this destination was seven eight-inch howitzers, six
eight-inch mortars, 250 rounds of shrappnel, 250 common
bails. The ammunition and other articles would take 310
hackeries to convey, and the ordnance, with the store-carts
and spare carriages, would require 274 transport bullocks. A
second convoy on a larger scale would follow, consisting of
two twenty-four pounders, four eighteen pounders, and five
hundred rounds of shot, , &c. It appears that the Rajah
Mann Singh was making active preparation to oppose the
English forces. He had engaged in his service a force of
17,000 Arabs, and the Rajpoots to the number of 20,000 men
were firm in his cause, in addition to which he was enlisting
great numbers of the disbanded soldiers of the Company, had
laid in large supplies of provisions, and .destroyed the water
sources throughout his territory.
It was reported that the Governor-General intended em-
barking for England in March. The accounts from Guzerat
are of a favourable nature. The rains had ceased, and there
had been fine weather sufficient for the recovering of the crops.
The seed sown in the lowlands had, however, been everywhere
washed away, and the land would have to be sown again.