The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-16 00:00:00

MALTA.

MALTA, JUNE 5. Slurs IN ---The Queen, 110,
hearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir E. W. C. R. Owen,
Commander-in-Chief; Howe, 120, bearing the flag of Rear-
Aomiral Sir F. Mason, Second in Command; Impregnable,
104 ; Thunderer, 84 ; Vanguard, 80 ; Calcutta, 78 ; Cam-
bridge, 78; Vernon, 50; Magivienne, 24; Snake, 16 ; and
Phcenix, Devastation, and Vesuvius war-steamers ; Locu•t
steam-tender and Ceylon receiving ship, bearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral Sir J. Louis, Superintendent of Malta Dockyard.
DISPOSITION OF THE REST OF THE. FLEET.--The Rodney,
92 ; the Inconstant, 36 ; and the Hecate war-steamer at Bey.
rout. The Vonarch, 84, at Rhodes; and the Medea war-
steamer, off the river Xanthus ; the L'Aigle, 24, at %Tomb]. ;
the Stromboli war steamer, at Constantinople; the Cyclops
steam-frigate, at Alexandria ; the Scout, 18, at Corfu ; the
Alecto, steam-packet, on her way from the lonian Islands with
the mails; the Polyphemus steam-packet, at Marseilles, await-
ing the overland London mails of the 4th inst. The Prome-
theus steam-packet, at Genoa, awaiting the arrival of Lady
Canning and family, for conveyance to Constantinople. The
Formidable, 84. Jaseur, 16, and Wizard steam-tender, at.
Gibraltar; the Belvidera. ,`EB, at Cadiz ; the Savage, at Tunis,
and the Beacon and Magpie Lt Port Nassau, in the Archipelago,
prosecuting their surveying labours.
DEPARTED.—pIay le9.—Her Majesty's steamer Devasta-
tion, Commander Robertson (acting), supposed for Tripoli ;
her Majesty's steamer Polyphemus, Lieutenant Evans, Com-
mander, for Marseilles, with Bombay mails of the 2d-4th inst.,
in charge of Mr. Wittenoom, Government messenger, for that
service.

Nay 30.—Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ori-
ental, Mr. John Say, Commander, for Gibraltar and South-
ampton, tvith Hart of the Bombay mail, in charge of LieutenaLt
Hancock, R.N.

May 31.—Her Majesty's steamer Alecto, Lieutenant Hosea
:,on, Commander, lor Greece and the lonian Islands, with mai
of the 14th from London via Gibraltar.

June E.—Her Majesty's ship Locust, Lieutenant Lunn
Commander, for the fleet, and thence to Tripol.
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June 3.—Her Majesty's brig Savage, 18, Lieutenant Bowler,
Commander, for Tunis and Tripoli.
June 4.—The Neapolitan steamer Ercolano, with a mail for
Naples.
May ‘27.—Her Majesty's steamer Stromboli was lying at
Constantinople by the latest intelligence received. Her Ma-
jesty's corvette L'Aigle quitted Smyrna-roads for Vourlah.
Her Majesty's steamer Cyclops was at Alexandria.
Letters from Athens of the 30th of May announce that the
snrveying vessels, Beacon and !Magpie, had proceeded, the
former for Poros, and the latter for Falconera. (No date is
given.)
The French squadron, under the orders of Admiral de La-
susse. was about to leave the Pirams for Smyrna. The mo.
tive assigned was, that the Santi Petri had not been admitted
to pratique, that ship having several persons on board sick of
the small pox.
The French steamer Scamandre, will proceed to-morrow, at
S a.m., for Marseilles, with a mail from the Levant.

Her Majesty's ship Rodney may be expected to arrive in
Malta about the end of the month, from Beyrout and Alex-
ana:ia.

THE EX•REGENT CHRISTINA,
AND DON CARLOS.

TO ifIS IiOYAL HIGHNESS DON CA ALOS, INFANT Of'
SPAIN, &C.

" Although still suffering from the effects of a slight indispo-
sition, I answer myself the despatch delivered to me by Don A.
'F., during an audience which was pleased to grant him for
that purpose.
" I pass over in silence those p sints of the proposition which
you submit to me in the above-named despatch to which I have
no objections to advance, and I enumerate those only which
appear to me susceptible either of considerable modification or
of total rejection.

" I shall subscribe to the mart age which you propose to me
between my august daughter, I. he very legitimate Queen of
Spain, and his Highness the Pence of the A ustrias. How.
ever this convent on my part mar un counter with the views of
a powerful Throne, which have! ong been entertained, it is my
duty, for the prosperity of my we‘.-beloved subjects, and urged
on by circumstances, to unite with sour desires. It is gratify.
ing to me to give you this uner uirocal proof of my affection.
On your own part weigh this important concession, which
touches me both as a Queen and as a mother, with the just
weight your balance ought to contain.
'6 I should wish, however,t hi this alliance were not con-
cluded until a year after the defeat of him who has usur lied all
my powers—powers which arc.) be restored to me immedi-
ately after the establishment of peace.
" Although, as a servant oft a e Lord, I respect the mis-
fortunes of those even who have suffered for you, I cannot,
however, receive as a condition th eir restoration to high and
public offices ; and the less so, ast he Cortes of Constitutional
Spain cannot regard with confidence Ministers who might, in
some respects, appear suspicious.
" The very reason which I have here alleged would suffice, if
neeessary to prove to sour Royal Highness that it does not enter
into my views to deprive Spain of a Constitution, although at
the same time, I must admit that that which is now in force
necessitates certain modifications and ameliorations.
" It is my pleasure to believe, that after mature reflection
you will regard things more temperately ; time advances, and
flies, and in its progress it carries us onward, and impera-
tively commands us ; iu a certain measure, therefore, we can-
not evade obedience.

"I also desire that all my objections, which I make only after
a well-weighed examination into the details of your propuSition,
may be appreciated to their just wine, and that, without fur-
ther hesitation, you should commence, with the enterprise
projected between us, the regeneration of a country ^—
dear to both, —Your affectionate, ,ually
" April 11." 111. C."
A let

__ letter from Hesdin, of the Dili instant, in the
Progres du Pas de Calais, states that the Canton du Parcq
has for a fortnight been infested with a hand of robbers, so
numerous and bold, that the Magistrates have not dared to
take any measures to stop their depredations. They are said
to use threats of incendiariant, and lay the inhabitants under
contribution to save themselves from thisterrible infliction.
Yesterday morning between 600 and 700 masons
struck work in consequent of their wages being reduced.—
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