The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-28 00:00:00

EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.

At Amoy.—The British sloop Acorn.
At Foochow.—The British steamer Sampson and
the gun-boat Banterer.
At Ningpo.—The British gun-boat Nimrod.
At Shanghai.—The British frigate A ctwon ; the
steamers Cruiser. Furious, Highflyer, Retribution,
and Inflexible ; the gun-boats Dove, Opossum, and
Lee; the French steamer La Place.
At Corea.—The Russian steamers Askolde, Ame-
rica, Bigarine, Marigoor, Plastron, Streloet,
Voyeraon ; the gun-boats Djnnite and Novick.
At Cochin China.—The French frigate Nemesis ;
the steamers Catinat, Scotland, Dordogne, Durance,
Marceau, and Primauguet ; the gun-boats Ava-
lanche, Dragonne, Fusee, and Mitraille.
On the Coast of China.—The French steamers
Audacicuse, Alarm, and Phlegethon.
The following is an extract of a letter from Malta
dated January 23:—
"There are in port the following ships of war :
The Marlborough, 131 (bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral A. Fanshawe, C. 8.), Capt. Lord F. H.
Kerr; Conqueror, 101; Centurion, 80, Capt. Sir
G. N.'Brooke, C.B. ; Hibernia, guardship, (bearing
the flag of Rear-Admiral H. J. Codrington. C. 8.),
Capt. lion. A. C. Hobart ; Euryalus, 31, screw
steam frigate, Capt. l. W. Tarleton, C.B. ; Scourge,
6, paddlewheel steamship, Commander H. 5.11.
PrineeVietorofHohenlohe-Langenberg; Himalaya,
screw steam storeship, Com. J. Seccombe ; gunboat
Boxer, Lieut. S. P. Townsend, tender to the Marl-
borough; paddlewheel steamvessels Medina, Capt.
T. Spratt ; Recruit, 6, Corn. 11. M‘Killop ; Tartarus,
Corn. A. L. Mansell ; Lapwing, Com. M. O'Reilly,
Caradoc, Lieut. C. M. Buckle ; and the Hearty tug
steamer. H.M. ship Lapwing will proceed to Corfu.
immediately. H.M. ship Himalaya will leave to-
morrow for England with stores and invalids ; she
will call at Tangiers to take on board some lions,
horses, ostriches, and other things as presents from
the Emperor of Morocco to Queen Victoria. The
Cesarewitch Russian line-of-battle ship (without
armament) arrived at Malta on Jan. 17, from Nico-
-1 laief and Sebastopol, bound for Cronstadt. The
Elba, which left Malta for Cagliari on Jan. 17 with
the electrician, Mr. Webb, and the superintending
engineer of the telegraph company at Malta, reports
by telegraph from sea, to have underrun 158 nauti-
cal miles of cable from Malta without finding any
serious damage. The defect is now calculated to be
within 200 miles from Malta by the tests made."
The Atlas, 91, one of the new screw steamers of
the line ordered to be built at Chatham dockyard,
will in all probability be launched during the pre-
sent year, when she will be attached to the Chan-
nel squadron. The Hood, 91, just completed at
Chatham, is also intended for the Channel fleet.

The Sanspareil, 70, screw, 'Captain Rochford.
Maguire, arrived at Spithead yesterday mcrning
from China. She has been about four month. on
her passage from Hong Kong, and her news has
therefore been anticipated by the Indian and Cape
mails. The Sansparcil brings homo a number of
naval invalids which she this afternoon discharged
to the Victory and Haslar Hospital, and also a few
marine artillerymen, which she landed this even-
ing. The ship is very defeceive in her hull and
engine department, and is ordered to sail to-day for
Plymouth, to be paid off.
'The Pique, 40, Captain Sir F. Nicholson, Bart.,
and Nankin, 50, Captain the Hon. K. Stewart, are
reported to be on their passage home, and are
daily expected to arrive at Spithcad.
The Illustrious, 42, training ship, was brought
down alongside the dockyard yesterday, and is
turning over her crew to the Britannia, which ship
will take up her moorings off Haslar the nest
spring tides.
A court-martial will assemble on board the Vic-
tory flag ship to•day, to try Mr. Ford, boatswain
of the Sandfly, gunboat, tender to the Cornwallis,
on the charge of insubordination, &c.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty
Captains--:.Wallace Houstoun to the Orion, vice Captain
D'Eyncourt ; Robert Hall to the Termagant, commissioned.
Commanders—E. H. G. Lambert to the Gannet,-com-
missioned; E. Harding to the Persian, vice Commodore
Chads, invalided.
Lieutenants—J. R. D. Cooper, C. D. Sanders, and H. C.
Best to the Termagant ; H. Burnaby (additional), 11. C.
'Wagan (additional), G. T. R. Rattray (additional), and F.
S. H. Webber (additional), to the Vesuvius.
Masters—Thomas Potter to the Termagant; Albert J
M. Roberts to the Gannet.