New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-06

varied from Il to q days Il reduced 20 day .Or
,hose arriving from Greece Turkey and thres day
for ,hose from Egypt and syria In our case il r.
ducad TO ,xfeen hours, by Official c'urte~y. hal
intended proce dog directly to Naples bu, by ne
mpdble rickery o. the agents Of the French team'7s
"A long history which il unnecessary u rscapitalfc
left here wait days for another 81 amer II
il enough to gay that there xix ohcr raveirs - me
same hotel some coming from Con.sn,inope and some
from Alexandria in thc seme prcdicamenr B'caa-e a
angle ticket in Naples cos,s some thirty forty francs
less than By dividing the trip into part the acc '
in these ces refuse 10 rye tickets further than Mia
TO those who are not keen enough 20 see through IN
deception made every effort to obtain second ucSei
in time 10 leave by the branch steamer Tor ty our 10
vain.
Ia yaetta IL 70 nav eyes the most beautiful small city
in the world tisajewel Of place not a street out
IL full nj nicrescuc efects and all the look ou.s, winch
Won catch az every turn let your eyes rest either upon
one Of the beautiful hsrbors each side or the distant
horizon or the sea The streets clean that you
,uight 1T our dinner of the pavement the white ba
CORES and coices Of the house, all Clearly gu; IN tue
scf Maltese stone stand ont in intense relief against N
,kv and from the manifold reflections and count re
Elections the shadows (where there are sny) become
sort Of ,nder light The steep sides Of the Prononory
on which the city is bull turned into ssircase and
l. is an irexhausble pastime to watch the groups com
poed of al nations who inhab the shores OF the Mei
terrarean ascending and defending The Auoerse' oil
the old knight the Palace of the Grand Ma ter the
Church Of ST. John and other relics OF past time but
more especially the Notifications invest the Place with
romantic interest aud suspect that after Venice An
Granada there are few cities where the Middle Ages
have left more impressive ira, es Of their history
The Maltese are conteuted and appear thrive under
the English administration They are a peculiar
people reminding Of the Arab even more than me
Italian while certain rudeness in their build and mo-
tions suggest their Puc ancestry Their language II
curious compound OF Arabic and Italan, the former
being tie BARS. / find that ! can understand more
than half that is said the Arabic examinations being
generally applied to Italian words. believe II has
never been successfully reduced 70 wri ing and the
restoration Of pure Arabic has been proposed with
much reason, as preferable to attempt TO improve
or refine It. Italian ia The language used in the courts
Of justice ard polite society and is spoken here with
much moro purity than either in Naples or Sicily.
The hee, has been SO great since landed that have
not veniured eut.de Of the city except last evening TO
an amateur heoter, got up by the non-cOmm-
officers and private, Of the garrison The perform noes
were cutie tolereble except ovcsck young ia 1lsol
who spoke with rough masculine voice, and u as
long strides across the s:ae when che rushed INFO her
lovers arms am at loss % account for the exhaust:
irg character Of the heat The thermometer shows
90o by dny and s09 TO s5o by ngit-a much lower tenn
PEI sture than have found quite comfortable IN Atrc4
and Syria In the Desert 1902 in the shad Is rt ier
bracng Than otherwise here. 90o renders all exercise
more severe than mokipc pipe impossible. Even IN
state Of complete inertia, shirtcoar will fall starch
less in FIVE minutes.
Rather than waste eight more days in this gnmerins
hsccxstencc, have taken passage in Maltese
speroHar0 which soils this evening for Catania, in
Sicily where the grand Festival Of ST Agatha, which
takes place once in hundred ycars will be celebrated
next week. The trip promises new experience and
sha get taste slight though be, Of the golden
Trnacria Of the anceuts Perhaps after ALL this delay
which sovcxes Dear in mind, no longer in the
Orient may be meant solely Tor my good. At least
Mr. Winthrop, our Consul here who has been exceed
iugly kind aud courteous to me thinks it rare good
/ fortune that shall see the Catauian fiesta. D.T.