The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-11 00:00:00

711 E NATI.

The advices of our Malta correspondent of the
6th of November report the only vessels at tat
island to be the Hibernia, receiving ship, bearing
the flag of Rear-Admiral Codrington, the superin-
tendent of the dockyard there ; the Argus, the
Scourge, and the Vigilant, steam sloops ; the Ban-
shee and Caradoc, steam despatch vessels ; the Boxer,
steam tender ; the Hearty, steam tug ; the Azov,
sailing gunboat; and the Malta steam dredge. On
her way to Gibraltar and Woolwich, from Malta,
was the Supply, with condemned stores. On their
way to Malta, from England and Gibraltar, were
the Diligence, sailing transport, with stores, and
the Perseverance, troopship, with troops. The Ex-
mouth steam liner was at Palermo, and the Cressy
steam liner at Naples ; the Terrible steam frigate
at Leghorn, and on her way thither from Malta
with provisions for same, the Kertch, sailing gun-
boat, The Racoon, steam corvette ; the Assurance
and the Osprey, steam sloops; the Liffey, steam
frigate, with the Gannet and the Wanderer, steam
sloops, were at the Piraeus of Athens. The Medina,
steam surveying sloop, was at Syra, and the Tar-
tarus, steam surveying sloop, at Canea. The
Intrepid, steam sloop, was at Constantinople,
and on her way to Constantinople and the
Danube, from Malta, the steam sloop Recruit.
en her way from the Archipelago to Constanti-
nople was the steam frigate Euryalus, and ac-
cording to the latest accounts the Marlborough,
bearing the flag of the Commander-in-Chief (Vice-
Admiral Fanshawe), was at Gibraltar ; together
with the steamships of the line Conqueror, Aga-
memnon, James Watt, Orion, Victor Emmanuel,
Caesar, and Centurion ; the steam corvette Scylla,
the steam sloops Flying Fish, Virago, and Lap-
wing; the gunboat Growler, the depot ship Africa,
and the steamtug Redpole ; besides the steam liners
Edgar (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Erskine)
and the Neptune, detached from the Channel fleet.
The steam frigate Doris was at Tetuan, and the
Cadmus and Vulture, steam corvettes, the Coquette,
steam sloop, and the Quail, gunboat, at Tangier.
The Renown and Brunswick, which lately left
Malta with sealed orders, supposed to be for An-
cona, are said to have visited Cagliari, and having
ascertained by means of the telegraph wire that
Ancona was not occupied 'by Neapolitan troops,
thereupon proceeded to join the Admiral at Gibral-
tar. The Hannibal screw line-of-battle ship, bear-
ing the flag of Rear-Admiral G. R. Mundy, Capt.
M. Connolly, left for Corfu on the 31st of October,
with the St. Jean d'Acre screw line-of-battle ship,
Capt. T. P. Thompson, and the London screw line-
of-battle ship, Capt. H. Chads. The Varna, Otto-
man Government screw gunboat, Capt. W. Stara-
land, arrived on the 28th of October from London,
Gibraltar, and Carthagena. She left on the Ist of
November for Constantinople. The Algerie, French
screw steamer, Capt. T. Thurnin, arrived on the 29th
of October from Antwerp, Lisbon, and Gibraltar-
She left a few hours after for Constantinople. The
Shadia, Ottoman screw line-of-battle ship, Capt.
M. Bey, reached Malta on the 2d of November,
from Plymouth and Gibraltar, bound for Constan-
tinople, and left on the sth of November.
In order to have the Ariadne, 26, screw frigate,
now in tho fitting basin at Chatham, completed by
the 19thinst., at which date she is ordered to leave
the basin, a number of men in the employ of the
contractors for supplying her engines are employed
frogs six o'clock in the morning until eight in the
evening in fitting her machinery.
The Beagle, 6, screw, Commander E. Hay, will
have completed her repairs and be ready for sea on
Saturday next.
The Prometheus, 6, paddle, arrived at Spithead
yesterday morning from Woolwich, on her way to
the coast of Africa.

The Sphinx, 6, paddle, Commander Day, hoisted
the blue peter at the fore at 11 a.m. yesterday at
Spithead, and sailed at noon for China, with two of
the gunboats in company. The Odin, 16, paddle,
Capt. Lord J. Hay, also sailed at 3 p.m. for China,
with the remaining two gunboats. The Odin had
landed ten of her main-deck guns previous to sail-
ing, owing to her deep immersion in the water from
the large quantity of stores she has on board, together
with the gunboats' armament and ammunition.

The Siinoom, screw troopship, Commander J.
Cook, has been berthed alongside the south jetty of
Portsmouth yard for receiving the remainder of her
stores, inspection by the military authorities, &c.
The Osborne paddle yacht, Master-Commander
Bower, is ordered to be made ready for the recep-
tion of the Lords of the Admiralty on their attend-
ance on her Majesty at the launch:of the Victoria
on Saturday.
The steam-vessels Locust, Lieut. and Commander
John B. Field, and the Lizard, Lieut. and Com-
mander Edward B. Maunsell, have returned to
Sheerness, having been to the westward, and during
the late gales both vessels received damageto hulls
and machinery. ...-
The screw steam-sloop Fawn, 17 guns, Comman-
der John B. Cator, is progressing rapidly with her
manning and equipment.
A court-martial assembled on Wednesday on
board the Formidable, 84 guns, guardship of ordi-
nary at Sheerness, to try Mr. James Wylie, super-
numerary carpenter of the third class, of her Ma-
jesty's ship Cumberland for service in the steam or-
dinary, and doing duty on board her Majesty's
sloop Barracouta. The court was composed of the
following officers :—Capt. Superintendent George
Goldsmith, C. 8., in command of the guardship of
ordinary, Wellesley, in the river Medway, and third
in command of all ships and vessels in the Medway'
and Thames, and at the buoy of the Nore (presi-
dent) ; Capt. Superintendent Rundle B. Watson,
in command of the Formidable ; Capt. Henry Har-
vey, Flag-Captain, Queen Charlotte ; Commander
Thomas H. Lysaght, of the Formidable ; Comman-
der Richard Studdert, of the Wellesley; and the
Judge-Advocate, Mr. J. Essell. Lieut. A. R. Lee
officiated as officer of the court. The charges
against the prisoner, brought by Captain E. P.
Halstead, the prosecutor, were for disobedience of
orders, and for absenting himself without leave,
contrary to the written instructions given by order
of the commanding officer of the steam ordinary,with
•,vhich the prisoner was cognizant. The prisoner
pleaded guilty to both charges. Mr. Essell, the
Judge-Advocate, read the sentence of the Court
on the prisoner, which was, " That he be severely
reprimanded, and that he be ineligible to receive pro-
motion from the third class of warrant officers for
the space of two years."
With the exception of about 30 shipwrights, the
whale of the additional labourers, shipwrights, and
mechanics ordered to be taken on at Chatham dock-
yard for the augmentation of that establishment
have now been entered. Owing to the great de-
mand for shipwrights at private dockyards, the Ad-
miralty have experienced some difficulty in procur-
ing a sufficient number of that class or artisans to
complete the entries ordered to be made, but, from
intelligence which has been received at Chatham
from the shipbuilding yards in the north, the full
number of men required will shortly be obtained,
several first-class workmen haling expressed their
intention to enter at Chatham dockyard.
The Dasher, Lieut.-Commander Hope, and the
Sprightly, Master-Commander Allen, sailed on
Wednesday from Portsmouth for Cherbourg, with
the French military and naval officer& and invalids
recently arrived in the Bad. of ,ton, hired
troopship, from Hongkong.

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