The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-08 00:00:00

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A Malta letter, dated October 2, says :--
"Her M jesty's steam gun-boat the Vigilant re-
turned to Malta on the Ist, and the Wanderer ou
t'ie 2.!, from Cagliari, after telegiaphing -hence to
London the summary of the intelligence from Bom-
bay and Calcutta, in the transmission of which de-
lays are said to have occurred from damage came('
by lightning.
"The Peninsular and Oriental CQmpany's steam-
packet Vectis arrived at Malta from Alexandria on
the 26th with the Calcutta mail.

" the Indus, belonging to the same company,
arrived at Malta soon after midnight of the 26th
with the heavy portion of the mail, and left early
next morning for Gibraltar and Southampton. -
" The Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steam-packet Ripon arrived at Malta from South-
ampton and Gibraltar on the 20th ult., having on
board his Excellency Sir Wm. Reid, Governor of
Malta, returning from sick leave.
" The Valetta steampacket, belonging to the
same company, arrived at Malta on the evening of
the 30th ult., with the overland mail.
" The Ripon left Malta for Alexandria on the
night of the 30th.

The Valetta followed early in the morning of
the Ist inst.

" The Ariel screw steam corvette left Malta for
Corfu, with the despatches of Admiral Lord Lyons
and the mail for the squadron under his orders on
the Ist inst." ,

The following officers have joined the Provisional
Battalions at Chatham garrison, previously to em-
barking for India :—Lieut. R. D. Knight, 94th
Regt., and Staff Assistant-Surgeon A. G. Power,
M.D., for the purpose of doing duty with the 2d
battalion.

The Windsor Castle, 116, late the Victoria. Or-
ders have been forwarded from the Admiralty for
this vessel, now building at Pembroke Dockyard,
to be fitted with the auxiliary screw. Several hands
are now engaged on her that the alteration may be
completed as rapidly as possible, this vessel having
been several years on the stocks.
The Avon, 3, paddle, arrived at Portsmouth yes-
terd iy, with supernumeraries for the Ganges, 84,
flag-ship.

The Implacable, 72, training ship, Capt. Lowe,
has been ordered to go into Devonport Harbour,
and take up her winter moorings.
The Irresistible, 80, at Chatham, which has been
on the stocks a great number of years, is now
ordered to be completed and fitted as a screw
steamer, with engines of 400-horse power.
The Styx, 6, paddle sloop, Commander YeaAy,
went out of Plymouth Harboty on Monday, and
was swung for the adjustment of hor compasses by
Mr. Madge, master of the Royal William, on
Tuesday.
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Comm- odcre Paulding, of the United States navy,
accompanied by a corps of scientific 'men, passed
from Aspinwall to Panama last month, for the
purpose of testing how far it would be practicable
to make a ship canal there.

The Penguin and Pandora, brigs, at Devonport,
are to be fitted for service in the coast-guard.
The Gannet, 10, screw steam sloop, now in the
course of building at Pembroke Dockyard, it; ra-
pidly progressing towards completion, and will be
Launched on the 2d of December, when she will be
navigated to Devonport, and placed amongst the
Steam reserve.

Tile Rev. W. R. Jolley, chaplain and naval in-
structor of the Illustriou9, has been appointed
tutor to his Royal Highness Prince Alfred.
Rear-Admiral George Morris (on the Retired
List, 1846), died at Peterborough, on the 29th
September, in the 79th year of his age. This dis-
tinguished officer saw much active service in the
great revolutionary war with France, having entered
the navy in the year 1789, and was midshipman of
the Audacious, 74, in Lord Howe's action in 1794,
where he lost a leg, at the early age of 16. He was
promoted in June, 1796, and was second lieutenant
of the Ardent, 64, Captain Burgess, in Lord Dun-
can's hard-fought action off Camperdown, when his
Gallant captain was cut in two by a cannon shot,
and the Ardent had a fourth of her ship's company
killed and wounded. Rear Admiral Morris was
posted in 1812, and was awarded a pension of 300/.
per annum, in 1816, for the loss of his leg. He
was placed on the Retired List of Rear Admirals,
in 1846.
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RECRUITING FOR ROYAL ARTILLERY.
The following General Regimental Order has
been received from the Adjutant-General's office,
and notified at head-quarters, 'Woolwich :
" With reference to the Regimental Recruiting
Circular of the 30th April, 1856, showing the dis-
tribution of the levy money allowed for the enlist-
ment of recruits of the Royal Artillery, it is
lirected that such distribution shall, in future, be
the same as for the cavalry of the line, viz. :—To
the recruit, 21. and a complete kit of necessaries ;
to the superintending officer 9s. ; and to the recruit-
ing party, including the bringer, 15s.
" Referring to the Recruiting Circular of
the 13th August, it is directed that the pay and
all other allowances to Artillery recruiting parties,
with the exception of those under adjutants
at Woolwich, shall appear in the accounts of the
paymasters of the various districts, with whom ar-
rangements should be made by recruiting officers.
" Referrine, to the General Regimental Order of
the 28th of Referring
the age and standard for recruits
of the Royal Artillery is to be as follows, viz. :
Age from 18 to 25, height five feet seven inches ;
growing lads between 17 and 18 years of age,
height five feet six inches and a half.
" The daily reports of recruits enlisted in the
Royal Artillery having been furnished in a very
irregular manner, recruiting officers are required to
send in a daily report of the number of recruits
enlisted on the day previous to the date of the re-
port ; a blank report to be forwarded if no recruits
are enlisted, and to be addressed to the Assistant
Adjutant-General, Royal Artillery, 1, Whitehall-
yard."