21 JANUARY 1837, Page 2

The Morning . Herald stated, on Monday, that the plague had

been introduced into Malta ; mentioning, however, no date. This is probably a mere repetition of a report, circulated with some pains for months past in Italy, apparently with a view to furnish the Neapolitan Government with an excuse for placing the island under quarantine,—aconvenient form of levying additional charges on shipping. Letters from Malta, dated the 20th of December, make no allusion to the existence of any disease like the plague in the island.