The Sun. — 1861-03-29 (London, England)

THE NAVY.  A Malta letter dated Valetta, March 23, says : "We have had no naval movements during the week, except the return on the 20th inst. of her Majesty's gunboat Mohawk, Commander Howard. from Bengazi and Tripoli, and the departure on the 22d of the Dutch corvette Cycloop, Capt. Toewater, for Port Mahon. The Mohawk, as you are already informed, had proceeded to the coast of Barbary, with Messrs. Ford and Laws, telegraph engineers, for the purpose of selecting landing-places for the electric cable about to be laid between Malta and Alexandria. Bombah, which had been proposed for one of the telegraph stations, has been rejected, owing to its want of protection from attack by the natives of the neighbouring country—a predatory and savage race who not long ago murdered the crew of a French vessel, which was so unfortunate as to be cast on its inhospitable shore. The points at which it has now been determined to land the cable are Bengazi and Tripoli. At Malta it will be landed in the Bay of San Giorgi, on the southeast coast of the island. Her Majesty's gunboat Lapwing, Commander Montagu O'Reilly, which has been expected here by the naval authorities for some weeks past from Smyrna and Candia, has not yet made her appearance, and people are beginning to wonder what can have detained her. The last French steamer from Beyrout, which put into Candia in consequence of tempestuous weather, brought intelligence that some disturbance between the Turks and Christians had taken place in that island, and that a more serious outbreak was apprehended. It is reported that on account of this state of affairs the English Consul at Canea had made application for the presence of a British man-ofwar. The Lapwing had not arrived at Candia by the last dates. The Doris frigate, from Beyrout, and the Alacrity gunboat, from the Piraeus, are shortly expected ; and the Amphion frigate, which has been some time at Palermo, will probably return to Malta very soon. The ships in port under sailing orders are :--The Han. nibal, 91, (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Mundy, C. 8.), for Beyrout ; the James Watt, 91, for Corfu ; and the Firefly surveying vessel, to resume her hydrographical operations in the Levant. All three vessels will leave early in the week, most likely on Monday or Tuesday. The following are her Majesty's ships now in port :—The Neptune, 90 (bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral W. F. Martin, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean) ; the Hannibal, 91 (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral G. R. Mundy, C. 8.) ; the Cressy, 80; and the James Watt, 91 ; the frigate Liffey, 51; the surveying ship Firefly ; the gunboats Assurance, 4, Mohawk, 4, and Quail, 2 ; receiving ship Hibernia (flag of RearAdmiral H. J. Codrington, C. 8.), and tug Hearty. 'rho gunboat Assurance has gone out with a mail for Corfu, and Capt. Coffin, 21st Regiment, and two non-commissioned officers, 9th Regiment, as pas sengers." The launch of the Glasgow, 51 gun screw frigate, was effected yesterday from Portsmouth dockyard in the most successful manner. The morning had turnedleut unexpectedly fine, and some thousands of people surrounded the slipway. When all was prepared, the bottle of wine, suspended from the ship's cutwater by its tricoloured silken cord, Placed by the mastershipwright in the hands of was