The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-02 00:00:00

HOUSEHOLD WORDS.

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is a thing now as familiar as " Household Words." Every
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Round."—Warehouses, 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard,
.Bishopsgate.

Capt. Sherard. Osborne reported himself at the
Admiralty on Saturday, on his return from the
China station.
A portion of the sick brought by the Calcutta,
84, which arrived in Plymouth on Saturday from
China, have been sent to hoSpital, and the remainder
to the flagship Impregnable. The Calcutta will be
paid off at Plymouth. •
Tne screw. steamship Himalaya, Commander
Seccombe, arrived yesterday morning at Plymouth
to embark the 96th Regiment. •
The Cumberland, Cumberland, 70, Capt. Henry D. Rogers,
C. 8., reported in The Sun of yesterday as having
arrived at Plymouth on Sunday, left Rio Janeiro on
the 4th June, and during the voyage home experi-
enced light winds from the eastward. She brings
passengers Lieut. Tathwell B. Collinson, late in
command of the brigantine Spy, 3 ; Mr. John W.
Lowe, late master of the storeship Madagascar, at
Rio ; Mr. Tattershal, master's assistant; late of the
Spy; Lieut. Thos. W. Simeon, late of the paddle-
wheel steam frigate Leopard, 18 ; Lieut. C. D.
Baynes, Bth Regiment ; Lieut. Worsley, Company's
49th Regiment ; and Mr. -Fleming, gunner of the
Spy. The Cumberland was put in commission
April 2, 1857, since which she has been constantly,
engaged as flagship on the south-east coast of Ame-
rica. Her fin tiler commander, Mr. Joseph Edye, and
Lieut. Henry L. Round have joined the Leopard, and
First Lieut. Vernon W. Sims; of the Royal Marines,
has, with 50 men, been left for service at Buenos
Ayres. Orders have been received for the screw
steam-slobp Harrier, 17, Coinmander Sir Malcolm
MacGregor, to return home; she was at the time
in the River Plate, and may be expected in Eng-
land about the 10th inst. The Cumberland spoke,
June 2, lat. 1, 30 S., lon. 31 10 W;,.tlit;-Dtitch bark'
Maria, of Eiddleburg ; July 2, lat.ll 40, ion. 36 51
W., the American ship Western Star •, July 13,
lat. 36 40 N., lon. 39 2 W., the brig Wanderer;
July 15, lat. 38 10 N , lon. 39 10 W., the Russian
bark Genoa; July 22, lat. 43 10 N., lon. 24 5 W.,
the English ship Whampoa ; and July 30, lat. 49
40 N., lon. 22 10W.,' the Swedish ship Audacia. The
sick and invalids have been landed in Plymouth.
Some were sent to the hospitals, others to the flag-
ship Impregnable. The Cumberland will procee
to Sheerness to be paid off.
The screw steam coastguard ship Blenheim, 60,
Capt. F. Scott, left Portland harbour on Friday
evening under canvas for Torquay, Dartmouth,
and other stations on the coast. She is expected
to return in about a week or ten days. The Abou-
kir, 91, Melpomene, 51, and the Toptize are in har-
bour.

A letter from Malta, dated July 26, says :—Re-
ports are prevalent at Malta that the English and
French fleets have been sent to Egypt on the sub-
ject of the Isthmus of Suez. I have just seen a
diplomatic gentleman, many years resident in
Egypt. A tew days ago, he had a long interview
with the Pacha, who authorised him to state to all
the subjects of his country that the Suez Canal
could not be undertaken till the Sultan granted a
firman, .which was now refused. The Consul-
General of France told him the same, and the Eng-
lish Consul-General confirmed it. M. Lesseps re-
turns to France by this mail, and he speaks de-
spondingly ; he returns to endeavour to get the
Sultan's refusal removed. The Pacha stated his
intention of leaving Egypt in a few days for the
purpose of paying a visit to the Sultan at Beyrout,
where he was expected. The Pacha intended, if
possible, to induce the Sultan to visit Egypt.
Neither the Panther nor the Ripon, on their return
from Alexandria, saw anything of either the
French or English fleets, supposed to be on their
route thither. Everything is perfectly quiet at
Alexandria, and the expected visit of the English
and French fleets appears a perfect mystery. Her
Majesty's ship Orion is still repairing at Malta;
when ready for sea she is to proceed with her Ma-
jesty's ship London, on her arrival, to Alexandria.