The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-26 00:00:00

MALTA.

MAY 15.—Strirs or WAR IN PoLT.—The Queen, 110,
bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir E. W. C. R. Owen;
Ceylon, 61, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis;
Impregnable, 104 ; Vanguard, 80 ; Calcutta, 78 ; Cambridge,
78 ; Phoenix, Devastation, and Vesuvius war-steamers ; and
Alecto, Polyphemus, and Prometheus steam-packets.
DISFOSITION OF THE REST 01 THE FLELT:.—The Howe,
120, boating the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir F. Mason ; Thun-
derer, 80, and Savage, 10, on their way to Tripoli, in Barbary;
the Rodney, 92, on her way to Alexandria and Beyrout ; and
the Cyclops steam-frigate at Beyrout. The Formidable, 84;
Lizard, steam.tender ; and the Java, 16, at Gibraltar. The
Monarch, 84, and the Vernon, 50 ; Medea, war-steamer ; and
Beacon and Magpie, surveying-vessels, on their way to the
Piraeus of Athens. The Belvidere, 38, at Cadiz. The Incon-
stant, 36, and Hecate, war-steamer, at Beyrout. The Magi-
cienne, 114, at Suda, in Candia. L'Aigle, 24, at Smyrna. '1 he
Stromboli, war-steamer, and Locust steam-tender, at Constan-
tinople; and the Scout, 18, and Snake, 16, at Corfu.
NAVAL Movemxicrs.—The Vernon sailed from Malta for
the Piraeus of Athens on the 26th ult., to relieve the Monarch,
which vessel, accompanied by the Medea, which took her de-
parture from Malta on the 28th ult., proceeds to the mouth of
the Xanthus river, to remove the sculptured marbles from the
valley of the same name, which the Monarch will convey to
Malta en route for England, where they will be deposited in
the British Museum. The Rodney sailed for Alexandria and
the coast of Syria on the 29th ult. The Phoenix arrived
at Malta from Beyrout (after touching at Syria) on the 6th
inst., bringing most deplorable accounts of the state of Syria.
Anarchy and confusion reign throughout, and nothing short of
the restoration of the Emir Besehir is likely to bring about
peace and tranquillity, as the Sultan's officers are intolerable.
The Magpie sailed on the ht, and the Beacon on the 7th, both
for Athens, from whence, after picking up their boats and ten-
ders, they will repair to Port Nassau, in the Grecian archipe-
lago, to resume their surveying labours in that vicinity. Some
serious misunderstandings have taken place between the Paella
of Tripoli (in Barbary) and Col. Warrington, the British Con-
sul thereat, rendering it necessary for the latter to apply for
the protection of a ship of the line. On the 28th, the De-
vastation was dispatched thither with a supply of coals fur the
Locust, which has been employed in conveying the Consul
along the coast, dist: ibuting appeals to the native Arab chiefs,
with a view to stop the inhuman traffic in slaves, in which it.
is said he has been successful, so far as promises can be relied
upon, though strongly opposed by the Ottoman, or Sultan's
officers at 'Ft ipoli. On the :'Bth the Devastation returned to
Malta, with the Consul's application for a ship of war. She
was sent back again on the 2d inst., and returned to Malta on
the 4th with a reiterated request front the Consul. On the Bth
the Vesuvius was despatched to Tunis and Tripoli, from which
ports she returned on the 14th, bringing accounts of fresh in-
sults having been offered, indirectly, to the British Consul.
On the 12th the Howe (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir
F. Mason), with the Thunderer and Savage in company, took
their departure from Malta for Tripoli, and will no doubt
speedily bring the Pacha to his bearings. Meanwhile the Lo-
cust (which arrived from Tripoli on the 30th ult.) has been
sent away to Constantinople with despatches relating to this
affair, for Sir Stratford Canning, and provisions and stores for
the Stromboli, war-steamer, Stationed thereat. The Com-
mander-in-Chief granted a passage by her to Lieut. Sir Bruce
Chichester and lady, whose mansion at Malta will in their ab-
sence be occupied by Captain Rich, of her Majesty's ship
Queen. The Scout left for Corfu on the 10th inst.

—lt is said that the Admiralty Board has, in consequence of
an unfavourable report of the Commander-in-Chief touching.
the sailing qualities of the Queen, as compared with the For-
midable, ordered an experimental cruise to take place, to try
her against the Vanguard and some other ships.
Almi,s.—The Alecto arrived from the lonian Islands and
Patras on the. 26th ult., and will convey to Gibraltar to-
morrow the math for England. The Great Liverpool, which
arrived from Alexandria on the '26th. ult., with the Bombay
mail of the Ist proximo, proceeded on her voyage to England
on the 27th. The Prometheus, which conveyed the Overland
mail to Marseilles, returned with the London mail of the 6th
inst. yesterday at noon. The Polyphemus arrived from Gib-
raltar, with the London mail of the 15th, on the 29th ult. ;
was despatched wi!h the mails for the lonian Islands and Patras
on the 3d, and returned on the 13th inst. The Oriental ar-
rived from England on the morning of the 12th, and pro-
ceeded en her voyage to Alexandria on the evening of yester-
day, the 14th. Ihe Phoenix war-steamer conveys to-day the
mails for Greece and the lonian Islands, as the Iberia con-
tinues under repair.

THE CROPS.—The crops in this vicinity are suffer-
ing severely from the want of rain. The wheats are getting
foxy and unhealthy, and on some stiff lands the oat-sowing;
cannot be completed. Peas have suffered severely from de
slug, which was never known to be more destructive than this
year. It is quite certain that in the eastern part of this county
and the west of Kent, not one-half of the usual breadth of
wheat is sown, and also that the produce of that in the ground
will not average more than two quarters Or acre, and with but
little straw. The hot weather has had a good effect on the
hop bine, and the tying is now nearly completed; but some
which, at this time, gives rise to much fear.
fly into be found,
ighton Guardian,