The Sun. — 1863-01-21 (London, England)

MALTA.  VALETTA, JAN. 15.  Her Majesty's screw troopship Megisra, Commander S. H. Henderson, arrived here on the 11th inst., at 10 p.m., from Woolwich (18 days), and Gibraltar (four). The AlegEora left Gibraltar on the morning of the 7th inst., having been detained there by heavy weather. She passed the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Delta on the afternoon of the 9th. After discharging naval stores for this place, she proceeds on to Corfu this morning, taking with her two officers, one lady, one child, 27 non-commissioned officers and men, three women, and 14 children of different regiments. The Megoara is to visit the several islands, to relieve the detachments of troops stationed there.  the contact-maker as it revolves, scrapes along its sisrface, the current passing the while, and is then thrown back by the contact-maker, and brought to its normal position of rest by a constant spring. The letters are printed while the type-wheel is in revolution, and the type-wheel is driven by friction, which allows of its being moved backwards or forwards by mechanical means. Each apparatus registers the signals sent by it, and all letters are produced at the distant end by a single wave of electricity."  Her Majesty's ship Mars, Captain J. N. Strange, 17 days from Malta, arrived at Gibraltar on the 2d inst., and after replenishing coal left for England on the 3d inst. Her Majesty's ship London, Captain Chads, arrived there on the morning of the 4th, also 17 days from Malta, and left for England on the following Wednesday. Her Majesty's screw ram Defence, 18, Captain Phillimore, six days from Madeira, arrived at the same time as the London, having come in from the Channel squadron for bread and provisions, to convey to Lisbon, where her Majesty's ships Revenge (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Smart), Bl,ck Prince, and Resistance were expected to arrive on or about the 4th inst. ; the Firebrand, 6, Commander Piers, and the Piocris, gunboat, remaining at Gibraltar. The noted steamer Sumter was at anchor, apparently ready for sea, with sails bent, and closely watched by two American men-of-war, although she is said to have been purchased by an English company. It is understood that the British Government have refused to grant her protection on the high seas. g paddlewheel steamer mander G. Wilkinson (Mteehmdeipnron;:iryal)e,isetruYitseunrasnunertd7°oniran Tuesday evening from Salonica, where she has bee' engaged during the summer months, surveying the Gulf and its neighbourhood, and has got through a good deal of difficult and intricate work. It will, however, take some time to complete the survey. She left Atherada, near Salonica, on the 27th ult.,for Malta, calling at Reins, the ancient port of Pergamos, to ship a colossal torso, discovered there by Captain Spratt, some two or three years ago, which is to be sent home for the British Museum. She spoke the Foxhound, 4, Commander the Hon. A. C. Hobart, on the lOtii instant, off the Island of Bellopoulo, who reported " her Majesty's ship Queen at Nauplia, on the 9th inst., all well,'' and, on the same day, sighted a Russian line of-battle ship steering towards Athens. A report that some Greek pirates had been captured by the French gunboat Mouttte is unfounded. It is believed that the piratical boat has been hauled up in the Gulf of Bagh. cheh, in the vicinity of Smyrna, and that the crew had dispersed, finding it impossible to carry on their nefarious practi2es, owing to the vigilance of the English, French, Austrian, and Turkish cruisers, which had been sent iu pursu.t of them—not before, however, they had plundered three or four Turkish vessels, the master of one of which is said to have been murdered.  The Pi:aebe, 33, Capt. T. Fortescue, left Malta harbour on the morning of the 13th inst., for racube. It is reported her orders are to anchor there for a short time, and then to cruse in the Malta Channel, reporting herself daily by signal to the Commander-in-Chief. She is expected to return into port on the 23d inst.