The Sun. — 1854-12-16 (London, England)

MALTA.  MALTA, Dec. 8 —The merchant screw-steamer Tamaulipas, having made good her damage, proceeded to Beyrout, Alexandretta, and Alexandria, on the 4th ; and on the same day the Edhbtrgh, merchant steamer, with French Government stores, for Constantinople. The French postal steamer Cairo arrived from Constantinople, Smyrna, Syra, and Zante, on the evening of the 4th, having been compelled by stress of weather to seek shelter in the last-mentioned port. She had on board 12 English and 196 French soldiers, four English and 38 French sailors, and 10 French officers, invalids from the allied army and navy. The English were landed at Malta ; the French proceeded in her to Marseilles, for which port she left on the same night, when the Ripon steamer arrived' from Marseilles, bringing Colonel Midon, 35 other officers, and 1,097 non-commissioned officers and privates of the French army, who went on in her to the Crimea on the same night. The Thames steamer arrived at the same time, also from Marseilles, and left for the Crimea on the following morning, having on board General Dubue, Colonel Lefebvre Lieutenant-Colonels Airolles and Baffes, 36 other Lefebvre, and 1,200 non-commissioned officers and privates, and 28 horses. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Dauntless arrived from Portsasouth on the night of the 4th, bringing Captains raydore, Oldfield, Gleig, and Soady ; Lieutenants Champion, Wolfe, Jones, and Briscoe, of the Royal Artillery, and 306 non-commissioned officers and privates of the same corps, and left for the Crimea on the 6th. The Blake transport (No. 33) arrived from Cork on the sth with ammunition, and detachments, via., Captain Gore and three privates of the 3d ; Ensign Hussey, Surgeon Le Blanc, and 93 non-commissioned officers and privates of the 9th ; Ensign Bridges, and 55 noncommissioned officers and privates of the 14th ; and 1 private of the 62d. She left again for the Crimea on the loth. - The Sardinian brig Spirit& Santo, and the French barque Ville de Dunkerque, in the French transport service, arrived on the sth, bringing 37 rank and file, and 50 horses for the cavalry, and left on the 7th for the Crimea.  The Telemaque, French postal steamer, arrived from Marseilles on the sth, and left for Constantinople on the same evening, having on board 255 rank and file to reinforce the French army. The Tamar steamer arrived from Southampton and Gibraltar on the 6th, and left on the same night for the Crimea, having on board from the last-mentioned Port Lieutenant-Colonel McPherson, Major Burke, Captains Routledge, Croker, E. Croker, Gordon, O'Connor, and McKinsledy ; 1 Lieutenants Earle, Brinckman, Williams, Smyth, Boyd, Lukin, Surie, Macpherson, Traherne, and Maobayne ; Ensign Grant ; Paymaster Telford ; Adjutant Heighan ; Quartermaster Campbell ; Surgeon Simpson ; and 719 noncommissioned officers and privates of the 17th. Also Captains Wragges and Reycnes ; Lieutenants Price, Brown, and Milman ; 120 non-commissioned officers and gunners of the Royal Artillery. The Paramatta transport (No. 52) sailed for the Crimea on the 6th, laden with ammunition, and deal planks and- stanchions for the construction of temporary barracks for the British army. Arethusa frigate sailed for England on the evening of the 6th, having on board 126 military invalids from various regiments in the East.  The Amazon steamer, bound to Constantinople, arrived from Piymouth, on the 7th, having had to put into Vigo and Gibraltar for fuel, and into Bona by reason of damage sustained in her paddle-wheels and boxes, which she was unable to get completely repaired there. The Esk steamer arrived on the morning of the 7th from Portsmouth, with Government stores, and left on the same day for the Crimea. Mr. Penfold, agent of the naval hospital at Therapia, took passage in this vessel for Constantinople. The French transports Laurenline, Julie, and Saphir arrived from Marseilles on the 6th and 7th, with 47 rank and file of the French army, and 56 horses and mules.  The Delta screw steamer arrived from Alexandria on  the 7th, having 254 haggi or pilgrims returning from Mecca for Tangiers, whence she will proceed onward to Liverpool. She left again on the Bth, on which day the Orontes arrived likewise from Alexandria, having on board 601 haggi for Tunis and Tangiers, whence she will proceed to Liverpool, calling at Gibraltar. The Sardinian barques Giulia and Felice, having made good their damage, sailed for the Crimea on the 7th with hay for the French cavalry. ' The Jena French ship of the line, from Gallipoli and the Pirmus of Athens, the linen French steam-frigate from Constantinople and Gallipoli, and the Fulton French Government steam-corvette, from the Katcha and Gallipoli, arrived on the Bth with 611 invalids from the French army and navy, homeward bound. The screw steam line-of-battle ship Royal Albert arrived from Spithead, after a passage of 12 days, having called at Gibraltar and Algiers. She brings Lieut.-Colonel Lord Hay, Lieut.-Colonel nontresor, Captains Alexander, Murray, Mitchell, and Phillimore ; Lieutenants the Hon. W. F. Forbes and Clayton ; Surgeon Blonkins ; 415 non-commissiened officers and privates of the Grenadier Guards ; Captains Burton and Couteur ; Lieutenants Wigram, Lambton, Rose, and Ives ; and 154 non-commissioned officers and privates of the Coldstream Guards ; Captains Meyrick and Holden, Lieut. Lambton, and 151 non, commissioned officers and privates of the Scots Fusilier Guards ; Major Ready ; Captains Hope, Parker, and Blennerhassett ; Lieutenantsßontam, Mirehouse, and the Hon. R. Harbord; Ensigns Campbel', Wingfield, and Moursey • Assistant-Surgeon Simpson ; and 417 non-commissioned officers and privates of the 71st Regiment ; Captain King ; Lieutenants Lowrie, Grain, and Crofton, and 113 non-commissioned officers and privates of the Royal Engineers (Sappers and Miners). The Tamar, which left on the 6th, put back on the Bth in consequence of a case of small-pox having manifested itself among the military. She left again on the same afternoon, after landing the sick man, and another suffering from fever. Captain Baines, of the Royal Artillery, is reported to have committed suicide the day after leaving Malta. . _