The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-06 00:00:00

THE LEVANT MAIL.
MALTA. _

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ach, and himself in 8001.; Thomas B. Smith, two
sureties in 2001. each, and himself in 400/. ; John
Ellison, two sureties in 2001. each, and him-
self in 400/. ; Samuel Parkes, two sureties in
1501. each, and himself in 300/. ; 'Thomas Rail-
ton, two sureties in 2001. each, and himself in
4001.; and William Scholefield two sureties in 100/.
each ; his own recognisance was not taken, he being
only 20 years of age ; 48 hours' notice of bail was re-
quired in each case. Norman, Fletcher, Ramsden,
and Arthur, were then discharged ; and the Court
rose at six o'clock, having sat eight hours.

Our letters from Malta are up to the 23d inst. The
principal topic of conversation there was the second
Court-martial on Lieutenant Place. He was fully
acquitted of the foul chares which had been trumped
up against him, and Sir trancis Mason, in returning
him his sword, assured him, in the name of every indi-
vidual member of the Court, that he was left without
the slightest stain on his character.
On returning to his own ship, the Queen, the Gal-
lant Commander-in-Chief (Sir E, W. C. R. Owen)
received Lieut. Place on the poop—where all the offi-
cer s of the ship had been previously summoned—and
afte: shaking him cordially by the hand, and making
an appropriate speech, presented him with his corn-
mi3sion to the flag-ship, on board of which he had
heretofore been a mere supernumerary or additional
Lieutenant, a mode of proceeding which fully makes
km: wn to the public in general the restoration of
Lieutenant Place to that position in the service, from
which, with such poignant feelings of regret to him-
self and his friends, he has been necessarily suspended
pending the late proceedings, which have occupied a
fortnight.
Sir E. W. Owen, in promulgating a general order
on this subject, concludes in the following words :
" I congratulate the fleet on the discovery and expo-
sure of this neFarious donspiracy. The breasts of
those who, for malicious purposes, could conceive and
support on oath a project So calculated in ita conse-
quences to, degrade and vilify their object, and against
wiz'.ch, when supported by'false testimony no man can
be secure, must be indeed most infamous and diaboli-
ea 1, devoid alike of every feeling which can be caleu-
k.ted to teach reliance on the mercy of their God, or
their duties to society. Those who have so acted in
this instance must be cast out from amongst us, and
their future disposal must be a subject for future con-
sideration."

DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.—
The Ceylon, receiving ship, with the flag of Rear-
Admiral Sir John Louis, Superintendent of Malta
Dock-yard ; Savage, 10, Hecate and Phcenix war
steamers, and the Alecto steam packet, at Malta; the
Queen, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir E. W.
C. It. Owen, Commander-in-Chief ; the Howe, 120,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir F. Mason,
second in command; Impregnable, 104, Rodney, 92,
Monarch, 84, Indus, 78, Scout, 18, Devastation and
Geyser war steamers, and Locust steam tender,
cruising in the channel of Malta; the Formidable,
84, Thunderer, 84, Belvidera, 38, Jaseur, 16, and
Lizard steam tender, at Gibraltar ; the Snake, 16, at
Tunis ; L'Aigle, 24, at Corfu ; and the Prometheus
steam packet on her way from thence ; the Stromboli
war steamer, at Constantinople ; the Magicienne, 24,
at Smyrna; the Vanguard, 80, Cambridge, 78, and
Cyclops steam frigate, at Alexandria ; the Vernon,
50, Inconstant, 36, and Vesuvius war steamers, on the
coast; of Syria ; the Medea war steamer, at Alexan-
dra; the Polyphemus steam packet, on her way from
Gibraltar; the Beacon surveying vessel, at Smyrna ;
and the Magpie surveying vessel, at Suda, in Candia.
MOVEMENTS SINCE SEPTEMBER 15.—The Poly-
phemus took her departure for Gibraltar with the in-
termediate mail for England on the 19th inst. Vice-
Admiral Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, the Commander-in-
Chief in the Mediterranean, in the Queen, with the
Howe, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir F.
Mason, second in command, Impregnable, Rodney,
Monarch, and Indus, ships of the line, Scout, cor-
vette, war steamers Devastation and Geyser, and
steam tender Locust, put to sea early yesterday
morning, and remained in the offing until sunset,
awaiting the return of the Devastation and Geyser
war steamers, which were sent to make a trial of
thr.ir speed round the island. They steered away for
the westward about noon, and passing through the
channel between Gozo and Cumino, ran round the
island, making their appearance from the south-east,
former at four, the latter about an hour after, giving
the former the superiority over the latter of some 12
miles or more, in a race of 45 miles, done by the for-
mer in four hours ! Both vessels then stood away
with the fleet, but it is generally rumoured the Gey-
ser will be despatched to the lonian islands to over-
haul the number of boats purporting to be under
lonian flags which have no authorised papers, and of
which she will, of course make lawful prize. The
fleet intend, it is supposed, to cruise until the 26th ba-
tlve,tn Malta and Sicily, and then the Admiral will
staad in and anchor or not, as the accounts from Alex-
andria may warrant. The Cambridge from the Le-
vant, and .the Thunderer from Gibraltar, are ordered
to England, with the Vesuvius and Phcenix war
stpa:ners ; the latter leaves to-morrow, carrying a
mail. Mr. Hoare, mate of the Queen, will take pas-
sage in her. Lieutenant Rattray, additional of the
Q4een, has been appointed to the Monarch ; Mr.
Wilson, mate of the Queen, as acting Lieutenant of
the Scout.