The Sun. — London, England, 1862-09-19 00:00:00

illE NAVY. The first portion of the iron plates required for he projecting stem of the Achilles, 50, were suc cessfully bent at the factory in Chatham Dockyard yesterday afternoon, under the direction of Mr. Armstrong, by whom the whole of the plate-bend ng machines for preparing the plates both for the Achilles and the Royal Oak have been constructed. Ths plates operated upon yesterday were bent un der a new application of the hydraulic principle, the machine used having been constructed in the dock yard under Mr. Armstrong's directions. Ws Prussian Majesty's screw steam corvette A rcona, 26, Capt. Sundewall, at Devonport, having been thoroughly caulked and coppered, and her stem and stern posts having been secured by metal hands, she was removed on Wednesday fro m No. 1 Dock to the Hamoaze. The whole of the boys, about 380 in number, be longing to the Boscawen training ship, which is stationed at Southampton, had a day's treat pro vided for them on Tuesday by Mr. G. N. CookseY, of that town. The festival was one of the pleasantest character, and passed off without an accident of any kind to mar its pleasures. Orders from the Lords of the Admiralty were re ceived yesterday at Devonport to put into commis sion, with a complement of 510 men, the screw steam frigate Phoebe, 51, now in the first division of the Steam Reserve, in Hamoaze, in charge of Mr. Parry, master. Capt. Forteacue is . spoken of at Devonport as her future commander. It is surmised there that four ships—the Warrior, Phoebe, Liff e y, and another—will shortly be sent to the Mediterranean. The Edgar, 86, screw, Capt. Hon. F. F. Foley, is under orders to go out of Portsmouth harbour this morning, and test her machinery at Spithead, for the purpose of discovering the exact extent and locality of a somewhat formidable leak existing somewhere near her inner sternpost. . The screw steamship Jason, Capt.' J.iT. Hurst, be longing to the East India and London Shipping Company, which left Gravesend on Monday, with a cargo of general merchandise and 83 passengers, fer the Cape of Good Hope, Madras, and Calcutta, was off the Start at 5 a.m. yesterday morning, all well; under steam and canvass, with a moderate favourable breeze from E.N.E. The Phoebe, 51, screw frigate, of 500-horse power and 2,896 tons, which was launched at Devonport in 1854, is no V 7 for the first time to be commissioned, and will have a complement of 540 officers and men. Capt. T. D. A. Forteacue has been appointed to the command of this vessel. The Royal Oak, in addition to her lower iron masts, has also shipped a considerable portion of engines and machinery, which are being fitted on board by Messrs. Mandalay and Co. She is to be supplied with engine-room telegraphs, similar to those recently fitted on board the large line-of battle and other ships. Her Majesty's screw troopship Adventure, Com mander Lethbridge, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from Quebec, with artillery and invalided detachments. Her dates are as follows :—Sailed from Halifax on the 15th of August, arrived in the St. Lawrence River on the 19th, at Quebec on the 20th ; sailed from Quebec on the 31st, arrived at St. John's on Sept, 5, and sailed on the following day. The New York telegrams and news brought by the adventure from St. John's have been anticipated by the arrival of later dates by the Europa and City of Washington. The Adventure received orders to proceed with her freight round to Woolwich, and sailed from Spithead yesterday afternoon. A trial of Mr. Mulley's auxiliary and reserve rud der was made at Plymouth on Monday. The rud der, 3 feet 9 inches long by 3 feet wide, having been fitted to the small river steamer Volunteer, she was taken into the Sound, and the principle was tested in the presence of Admiral Kingcombe and Capts. Puckford, Cull, Walker, Dicken, and others. The trials commenced, with the steamer's rudder alone, going full speed, and a .circle was formed in 2 min 42 sec ; with the auxiliary alone, in 3 min 35 sec ; with both rudders together, 2 min. 15 sec. The smallness of time gained by adding the auxiliary was anticipated, as the Volunteer is a flat vessel with a very short run, and hence very unsuitable for the experiment. The trial was considered very satisfactory by those on board, and they expressed an opinion that such rudders would be of especial service to ships of the Warrior class. A couple of handsome gold watches, valued at £5O, bearing each a suitable inscription, were yes terday received at Woolwich, to be presented to Mr. Moores, piermaster at the Royal Arsenal, and Mr. Brine, chief inspector of the police, from his Highness the Pasha of Egypt, in testimony of their attention to the Viceroy during his sojourn at Woolwich. The following appointments were made on Wed nesday at the Admiralty :—Capt. T. D. A. Fortescue to the Phm C be ; Samuel S ollins, paymaster, myth, paymaster, to the to the Firebrand ; Henry S. Queen ; Benjamin Foreman, engineer, confirmed in rank ; and Corsillis E. Grant, assist.-clerk, to the Russell. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Capt. Peter Cracroft, to the Aboukir; Capt. Matthew Conolly, to the Sntlej ; W. D. Perrey, master, to the Phcebe ; W. H. Sharp, master, to the Sutlen E. J. Maitland, master, to the Orestes ; the Rev. Loftus Graham, chaplain, to the Formidable; J. F. Phillips, pay ;naster, to the Queen; Jo hn Donald, paymaster, to the Sntlej; James T. W e lls, paymaster, to the Phoebe; Thomas Clayton, assist. -paymaster, to the Picebe and John J. Hill, assist.-clerk, to the Phcebe. 711 E ARMY. An explanatory War-office circular, issued by direction of the Secretary of State for War, has been promulgated at Chatham garrison, calling the at tention of officers in her Majesty's service to the provisions of the 7th and Bth Vic., cap. 85, which Ma enacts that all commissioned officers of her Ma jesty's forces, Ordnance corps, and Militia, proceed ing on duty at the public expense, are to be con veyed by the various railway companies at a uniform rate of 2d per mile, unless the ordinary rate for a .first-class passenger is less. In accordance with the cvovisions of the Act, all commissioned officers (in ch:cling those of the Commissariat, medical pur veyors, chaplains, or of the Military Store Depart ment) are in future to claim their conveyance at this rate whenever travelling on any duty at the public expense. At the request of the railway authorities officers must be prepared to produce the route, or letters of service, under which they are proceeding on duty at the public expense. Each officer is allowed to convey 100 lb. weight of luggage free , and all excess at id. p er lb. per mile. All luggage, stores, arms, ammunition, and other II nec essaries conveyed w ith troops at th e pu bli c ex • pens e should, as th e Secretary of State is advised, be charged for by the railway Companies at a rate not exceeding 2d. per ton per mile, the as being givenin loading an d sistance of the milita r y unloading, if required by the company. Y es terday Col. H. D. Harness, C. 8., director of \ the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, corn meuced his half-yearly inspection of the companies at head-quarters. The several companies were drawn up on the parade ground at 10 o'clock, il n heavy marching order, under the comm and of Co. Browne, UR., when Col. Harness instituted a minute inspection of the kits, arms, and accoutre ments of each man, at the termination of which the officers and men were dismissed to their quarters. In the afternoon the companies were again formed i n the barrack square, when, under the direction of Col. Harness, the officers and men were put through an extended course of company and other drill by various captains of companies and subalterns, who were specially selected for that duty by the inspect ing field office • r The manner in which officers and General of men acquitted t hemselves was highly satisfactory. Major-Gen. Stra ns hare, Inspecting commenced on Tuesday m orn i ng Royal Marines, this year of the Ply mou th his second inspection for The General, accom_ Division of Royal Marin es. panied by his Aide-de-CanlP, Cap • t Travers, on his ith a general arrival was received by the tro o p s w salute. We regret to state that an accident occur red immediately afterwards to Capt. Travers, who was mounted on a high-spirited horse. The animal, not having been sufficiently trained, shied on the presentation of arms. The result was t at Capt. Travers was thrown, the horse falling with him. The Captain was so severely injured in the ankle of the right foot that he had to be car ed into the Commandant's quarters. Gen. Stran ham, accom panied by Col. Holloway, C. 8., the Commandant of the division, Second Commandant Hopkins, and other officers, then rode through the lines, and in a few minutes dismounted to pay a short ♦isit to Capt. Travers. The troops were subsequently drawn up in columns and in heavy marching order. The General most minutely inspected them, and ap peared to be perfectly satisfied. The men's kits afterwards underwent a scrutiny, and the inspection, so far as this part of the adjutant's duty was con cerned, then terminated. In the afternoon the divi sion went through several field exercises on Ply mouth Hoe. It is supposed that one of the small bones of Capt. Travers's ankle is broken. Considerable alarm was felt on Tuesday evening at Woolwich as to the safety of the Royal Military Academy, as a volume of smoke and flame was seen issuing in that direction, and was supposed to pro ceed from the building itself, which it was stated was on fire. Shortly afterwards a half-witted lad, who gave his name David Williams, of Cardiff, about 18 years of age, having the appearance of extreme destitution, presented himself at the town police-office, and confessed to having wilfully set fire to a haystack, within 50 yards distance from the Academy. On the appearance of the fire the gentlemen cadets of the Academy hastened to the spot, and by means of the powerful fire engine belonging to the establishment they succeeded se veral times in subduing the flames, but, owing to the scarcity of water, they broke forth anew, and b urnt with vigour until yesterday morning, when the entire stack was totally destroyed. The following detachment of the 45th Foot em barked yesterday on board the Ceres screw steamer at Portsmouth, to join service companies at Dublin : —Lieut. Atkinson, 1 sergeant, 1 drummer, 22 men, 1 woman, and 1 child. An Admiralty circular has been issued to the va rious divisions of Royal Marines to the effect that the term " discharged with disgrace," instead of " discharged branded," shall in future be applied to those men whom it may be found necessary to dis charge from the navy as bad characters. Upwards of 20 men of the Chatham division of Royal Marines have been discharged at headquar ters, owing to their unfitness fur further service. Each man on being discharged was granted a sum equivalent to 20 days' pay, to enable him to reach his home. A brigade inspection of the troops in garrison at Portsmouth, Forton, and Hilsea took place yester day, on Southsea-common, by Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C.B. The force on the common comprised the I and K batteries 4th brigade Royal Artillery, under the command of Cols. Anderson and Shaks peare respectively, the whole under command of Col. Warde, R.A. ; 2d battalion 20th Foot, Col, Rad cliffe; 53d Regiment, Col. English, C. 8.; 55th, Col. Hume ; 2d battalion, 60th Rifles, Col. Muter ; Royal Marine Light Infantry, Col. Haines ; giving l a grand total of 128 officers, 2,752 men, 12 guns, 12 waggons, and 162 horses. A large number of spec tators were present. It is the intention of Lord Paulet to repeat these brigade inspections on South sea-common every Thursday during the remainder of the season. THE FEDERAL DEFEAT. The Army Correspondent of the New York Tri bune, writing from " Camp near Chain-bridge" on the 3d, says:— " Slowly and sullenly the two armies of the Re public, outgeneraled and defeated, have fallen back from the battlefield to Centreville, from Centreville to Fairfax, from Fairfax to the Potomac. The latest experiment in generalship is the most imme- diate and disastrous failure. Once more the national army gather about the national capital, and the de fence of Washington is the strategic signal of the Peninsular advance upon Richmond. " The retreat from Centreville to Fairfax was complete on Monday night. Sumner, Sigel, and Porter held the hill during the day. Heintzelman, M'Dowell, and the rest were already gone. All Monday night the three rearward corps struggled along the crowded road to Fairfax, Porter covering the retreat. On Tuesday morning the rebels once more held the sweeping line of forts that pointed to the east all winter long, and defied our advance. " Last night the whole army retreated, and this morning the western bank of the Potomac is the only Virginian camp of the national troops. Heint- zelman and Franklin went back on the Alexandria road, M'Dowell by Fall Church, Sumner and Sigel and Porter by Vienna and Lewinsville. We may bitterly announce once more that the army of the Potomac and the army of Virginia, crouching be neath the 30 forts that girdle the capital, are be lieved to be safe. " I suppose no future hope can be hazarded if the details of an accomplished retreat are given to the world. I record, therefore, very briefly and incom pletely what I have seen and heard in the three nights and two days just past—nights and days of sleepless activity which can scarcely have brought to any one who shared the gloomy experience a single cheerful thought, or a moment of repose. " When I left Washington on Sunday night, although it was known that Pope had been defeated and driven back to Centreville, none or very few supposed that he was to abandon that position, famous for its strength, without a fight A battle was expected the next day at the furthest, and no one certainly knew whether there had not already been another during the day. I passed through Alexandria and out on the Fairfax road at seven in I the evening. Not half a mile beyond the town I met a train of heavily loadel waggons, and hailed a driver--' Where are you from ?" Centreville.' The whole story was told in a word. The army was retreating. " For the next 10 miles the road was filled with the trains of every corps in the army everywhere crowded and frequently halting. Mingled with the waggons were great numbers of ambulances and carriages, filled with wounded and dying men. They had been all day on the road, a day of con finement, privation, discomfort, and torture. Many must have remained all night on the road—many also in the waggons, w hi ch as conveyances for wounded men are only one degree worse than am bulances. " Near Alexandria, and at intervals for some miles beyond, the bivouac fires of many camps blazed along the road and glimmered in di s t an t fi e ld s . Guards for the trains, straggling cowards from the front, sections of batteries, squadrons of cavalry, and, further on towards Fairfax, regiments and shattered brigades moving to the rear, and finally the last division of reinforcements marching for the front, streamed along the road, and wound in and out of the endless trains. It was impossible to ride faster than a walk. I reached Fairfax at 11. The town was quiet—only a guard at the fur ther end, none of whose officers knew where head-quarters were, whether at Cent reville or to the rear . S o I spent w h a t was left of the night at Fairfax, and rode on next morning to Cen treville. " It is needless _ now to explain the cons tan t l y changing dis po sition of forces during the days which followed the defeat of Saturday. Three corps at least remained at Centreville on Monday, and were scattered over the slopesbroad ii t ry disorder.of the hill T on h e either had side of the road in unmi a never been in order — no more had the rest of the army since the retreat. There was no head to put them in order. '1 here was no order in any depart ment of the service. 'there was not ammunition in the batteries or in th e cartridge-b oxes of t h e in fantry enough for anoth er battle, yet no on e knew where the ammunition trams were to b e f ound. In the first five minutes I met t hree ordn ance officers riding in search of these trains. No fault of theirs that the trains could not be found. They are able offi c ers, but no cont ro l w as in their ha nds—no means of doing their duty. Orderlies bad just been se n t in all directions in search of the wa ggons—and it was already 10 o'clock, and a battle hour l y ex p ected since daylight. " The camps were inextricably entangled—not THE MIN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBEh 19 3 1982, to my eye or judgment only, though I have seen enough to know something about it, but I heard a general commanding a corps d'armee say he did not k n ow, and could not ascertain, the relative position of other corps. Another general, a regular officer of engineers, and famous for topographical clearness and skill, said to me that one glance at the hillside was enough to show that there was no general at the head of the army encamped there. " It was no better with the supplies of food. The troops were half fed, or fed irregularly. Regimen tal waggons were unloaded, and ordered to Alex- andria for food and forage. Then the order was countermanded, and they were reloaded and ordered to the rear. Brigades without supplies were sent out on the flanks and in front, and left there with- out waggons to shift for themselves—l suppose to subsist on the country ; and from the country they might have gathered scanty grass and, if in the woods, leaves for their horses—for the men, nothing. But if a general on the eve of a battle cannot sup ply his troops with powder, it is useless to expect they shall be fed. I need not multiply instances. There was mismanagement everywhere, because at headquarters there was incompetence, confusion, no settled plans, no head. " The army was not so much disheartened as en raged—willing to fight, but not willing to be sacri ficed—denouncing, with a unanimity that had no exception, the incapacity which had caused their defeat. No one believed that the combined force of the rebels was in front ; and as for the bat tle of Saturday, the men, the officers, the gene rals who fought it, confess with shame and anger that they were beaten by half their number. The army was not defeated, its commander was out generaled. He neither knew where his enemy was, nor would suffer himself to be informed. He Was warned that the enemy was massing on his left—every soldier knew it, but he disbelieved and denied it—sent batteries and troops to the right, to the centre, to the rear—everywhere but where they were wanted—then, in a moment, found himself aurrcunded, enveloped, crushed, and defeated. " M'Dowell was censured not less severely than Pope. With the latter his advice was said to have undue controlling influence. ' The only order Pope gave was the order to retreat.' M'Dowell fought the battle. Pope leaned only on his advice —yielded him command throughout. It was a blunder from the beginning. 'lt is useless,' said an officer, to fight under M'Dowell—l shall do my duty as an officer, but we shall lose every battle he commands.' I do not know whether I have heard treachery or imbecility most frequently im puted to M'Dowell. Perhaps oftenest he is given the benefit of the alternative. I did not hear one suggestion in his favour—no excuse nor palliation. " No order of battle was communicated to gene rals of any rank. Genefals of corps were not told who supported them, who was on their right or left, what movements concerned their own com mands or position, or on what plan the battle was fought. I asked a question about the plan. Sir, there was no plan. We knew nothing but what we discovered for ourselves. Ido not know to this hour who was on my right.' I asked, Is it not usual to inform generals of corps or divisions on such points ?" ' Usual ! The general who neglects to do it is an imbecile. " A commanding hill in our possession was threatened by a hostile movement in force. Gen. Pope was informed, and was asked to send another battery to hold it. If you do not in 15 minutes the enemy will be in possession of the hill.' He refused to send it. In ten minutes rebel artillery was playing from that hill on our troops. " Generals who fought with the most heroic courage and the most soldierly ability, whose praises are in every one's mouth, speak of the battles in which they have just won honest fame with chagrin and remorse. Their own efforts became futile from the incompetence of their commanding general. " Said one to me, must ask to be relieved un less General Pope is removed. I cannot see my men murdered.' _ _ " I met a general who had led his division in the hottest of the fight with heroic courage and veteran skill. He said, 4 I have lost 1,000 men ; I dare not go into the hospital and look in the faces of those wounded men who, I know, have shed their blood bravely and in vain.' It was Carl Schurz. " The successful movement of the rebels upon the flank and rear of General Pope must be traced not to his want of proper means of information, but to his refusal to regard the intelligence that was sent him. He was officially informed of it, but would not believe it, would not even take reasonable pre cautions against its possibility. He actually with drew Sigel's corps from his exposed flank, while the enemy were turning that point. Officers sta tioned in front on the Rappahannock line saw for three days the constant clouds of dust which an nounced the moving columns to the enemy, but to the eye of the general they gave no sign. He per sisted in regarding their success at Catlett's as a mere cavalry dash, and was hardly convinced by Manassas that the enemy had gained his rear in force. From that hour his movements have been followed by nothing but disaster. "But it is needless, and I have no time to accu mulate evidence on such points. Half the strength of an army is confidence in its commander. That confidence is not given to General Pope. The opi nion of his troops is unanimously against him. I saw numerous officers of all ranks in almost every corps of the army. There is no dissent or disagree ment. They will not, cannot fight under Pope with confidence. The Army of Virginia demands a ' General.' "I state these facts as I find them, expressing no other opinion than what moulds itself out of the facts. Heretofore I have praised General Pope— some friends of mine thought too liberally. I do not think so. It is still my opinion that down to the time when he arrived on the Rappahannock his campaign was pursued with ability, and was de servedly successful. But from the moment he set his foot this side the river there have been only delay, disasters, and retreat. That his army has lost confidence in him lam bound to record. If I state it strongly it is because the impression sud denly received was equally strong. " On Monday there was no fight till toward even ing. General Howard, commanding the Ist bri gade of General Sedgwick's division, made an armed reconnaissance on a road leading northward from Centreville to Stuart's house, on the Little River Turnpike. General Sedgwick supported the movement with General Gorman's brigade. Near the junction of the roads they came upon the enemy's cavalry pickets, who fell back on the in fantry pickets. The latter refused to be driven in, but opened a rapid, scattering ' h:te on General Howard and his escort, who wer e in the advance. The enemy were finally compell4dto unmask a line of battle, extending along the it rtpike and in the woods nearly two miles, developing cavalry and artillery, besides infantry. It became evident that they were holding the position to the right in force, et%moving by that road in heevy columns. In con sequence of General Howard's discoveries General Kearney was sent to the support of General Reno, who with his divisions held the extreme right of our position. " The battle which was fought in the evening 7 ig a h s ftnolgghts o d u s r e i v n e g r e a t h s t a o t r m t hoof cannonading n n o a n n a d d t e r in h g u n w d a and was not heard at the front. Riding at the time on a recon naissance some had heard nothin g of a t w he ay fig w h i t th til a l n i o t th w e a r s g o e v n e e r r, .aI A I clear account of it given me next morning by an officer who was in the battle is contained in a letter moving during the whole of sent y Tr o o u yesterday. opshave been the day in all directions. It was generally under stood that Centr eville was to be abandoned. An began at night. Most of the n moving in the rear. The order of marc h was issued in the afternoon, and the waggons a b r e o tents were struck at once. I rod e out beyond the tro o ps wimmediately to m crest of the hill to look at some disposition of cover ing forces in front. The gathering storm grew dark in the western sky, and purple shades fell early over the gloomy battlefield that lay hid in the thickets covering the plain. There were still the log huts Which sheltered the rebels last winter; there Was the road over which our routed forces passed—the stream s and hills and woods, all memorable for ever. It has all been often described since Manassas was yielded, but I looked on the scene for the first time, and I knew that it was sure to be the last for many days—not again till another army emerges from the capital and advances on the Richmond road. " When the storm broke the troops were fully exposed to its fury—some of them already on the march, others still less comfortable, waiting in the rain and mud and darkness for the welcome relief even of a toilsome march. Returning to headquar- ters, the spot where they han been, we waited till midnight, then mounted and set out for Fairfax. The moment we struck into the road it was evident that the whole movement was in confusion. Regi ments were separated from their brigades, divisions lacking whole brigades, batteries straying from the commands to which they were attached, cavalry cut- ...__ _ ting columns in two and making no end of mischief in all directions. From Centreville to Fairfax is seven miles. We accomplished it with difficulty in four hours. No circumstances could have made such a march—a retreat from a rebel army upon the capi: tal—anything but gloomy. No circumstances could have made it much more so. Sumner was in front, Sigel had the centre of the column, Porter the rear. The three masses crowded and mingled together, the long line filling the road from front to rear, the troops marching heavily and wearily away from an enemy whom they knew they ought to have beaten. Many of them were already overmarched, and worn out. Arriving at Fairfax, the men dropped painfully ont of ranks into wretched camps, weary and tired. Only some of the German regiments, which are wonderfully hardy, and never wholly broken down, went by with elastic step to the music of the same airs which on far other ground, in night marches over the mountains, I have heard again and again. " Fairfax nest morning was the scene of appa rently hopeless confusion. Positions were held on every side of it, and brigades were marching to all points. Germantown was held by General Dana's brigade. Hartstuff's was also in the rear. Their troops were complaining for want of food, the only hard usage which no soldier bears without grumbling. Hooker held his ground to the right and in rear of the town. Porter, Sumner, and Sigel were sent out on the Vienna-road to Flint hill, and lay under arms in the fields till the middle of the afternoon. Here, if any where to-day, was to be the battle. "No gun was fired till three o'clock. The rebels then, observing trains moving out on the road from Fairfax, which they knew must accompany columns in that direction, opened rather suddenly with two sections of artillery. Their shot flew wide and got no reply. Before the cannonade began Porter was well on his way through Vienna, and the columns of Sigel were filing along the edge of the woods by the road. Sumner marched last, and of his corps General Sedgwick's division brought up the rear. " Sumner's excellent corps had already marched 72 miles since Friday, had been on the road four nights in succession, and had earned the right to be thoroughly tired. They moved none the less with promptness and precision. General Sumner, a veteran soldier, whom every one trusts, sat on horseback with his Staff, on a hill that commanded the ground, watching the movement of his troops, enjoying the spectacle of their regular and orderly march as only a true soldier can. They moved in three columns, all the waggons and artillery in the road, with intervening infantry brigad 's, and in fantry marching also by brigades in column of fours on either flank. Away towards Fairfax a house was burning brilliantly ; clouds of black smoke and flame together. The rebels re opened with cannon as the brigades of Sedgwick's division started, but still were out of range. A road through the woods to the left, which offered a chance to bring up guns to Flint-hill, where the road and fields for some distance in front are com manded, was blocked up by felling trees across it, and the division moved on. There was a single regiment of cavalry on the rear, which came, no doubt, with the best intentions, but wholly failed to be of service. " The enemy seized on the hill as soon as it was abandoned, and, having put 10 guns in position, began shelling the triple column which had ad vamed, perhaps, half a mile on the road and through the fields. The cavalry regiment—it was the 6th New York—had contrived to get itself on the right, where it could be of no possible use, instead of on the left, towards the enemy, or in the rear, between them and the rearguard of infantry. The blunder was a fortunate one. At the first shot which came screaming overhead—which must have struck a mile beyond them—the cavalry regiment started and ran away at speed nearly to the head of the column. The display of cowardice was more than usually disgraceful. It is popularly believed in the army that cavalry always runs, which is not quite true; but here was a whole regiment which was ordered to cover a retreat, which had in the first place put the rest of the troops between itself and all danger on the flank, and then fled precipitately from the first cannon shot. Jt is quite time to tell the whole truth about such troops. " Colonel Sully, with the Ist Minnesota, was ordered by General Sedgwick to hold the hill next beyond the one from which the rebel shots were coming, and to halt for a quarter of an hour. Gen. Howard, was soon after ordered to take command of four regiments, and cover the retreat. It was handsomely done. With the 19th Massachusetts, the Ist Minnesota, the 106th and 72d Pennsylvania, and a section of Tompkins' battery, he halted at every eminence commanding the road, and waited the rebel attack till the rear of the column was well on its way beyond. " The rebels pursued not more than a mile and a half. About 150 cavalry showed themselves near the battery just at dusk. They were instantly dispersed by a volley from the Ist Minnesota and a couple of shells from Captain Tompkins. " While marching away from the cannonade the troops moved briskly —once or twice rapidly, but were kept in their ranks without difficulty. Gene ral Sumner and General Sedgwick kept in the rear so long as the firing lasted, and the constant per sonal supervision of the latter kept his column in the most admirable order. An alarm sprung up suddenly about ten o'clock, beginning with the ac cidental discharge of a musket, which was hurriedly thought to come from a rebel picket, and was answered by a volley from the 15th Massaehusetts. Four men were killed and five wounded by the dis charge, which was at close quarters—all of the 19th Massachusetts. The 15th, before their mistake was discovered, came rapidly across the road, and swept it clear in a moment. Firing so sudden and close at hand produced a momentary panic in the column, but it was checked by the officers before it had time to spread. Assistant-Surgeon Hill, of the 19th Massachusetts, was severely wounded in the leg, which will have to be amputated. Captain Russell, of the same regiment, had his horse shot under him, and was slightly wounded in the forehead. " The direction of the march was from Flint-hill to Vienna, thence by the old Court-house to Per - kins, and through Lewinsville to Langley, a mile beyond which the three corps went into camp. Chain-bridge crosses the Potomac a mile and a half further on. Except what has been related, there was no attack or disturbance, and the retreat was in perfect order. A break in the road occasionally halted the column, but there was no confusion, no intermingling of troops, and very little straggling —some of Sigel's Germans, who acquired a nearly inveterate habit under Bienker, being the excep tions. Here and there were parties in the woods by the side of the road, who had, in the most com posed manner, lighted fires and cooked supper while their regiments were miles away, and still marching on. As fast as the rearguard came up they were ordered forward. Leaving Flint-hill, between four and five o'clock the three corps arrived at this cramp about 1 o'clock it the morning. The brigades moved into posi tiau as regularly as if by d ay light, and went to s:eep in the most compact order i n fields on both sides of the road. The camp was so near the river that the retreat might be considered acccomplished, though the troops may not remain in their present position. All the army has arrived under the forts. The capital is surrounded and g uarded b y the de feated, retreating armies, which long since left it confident of swift success —of possessing the rebel capital as the surest defence of their own. "A Baltimore paper of this morning arrives with news that General Pope has advanced two miles beyond Centreville, and is resuming the of fensive. This information is telegraphic—that is, furnished or authorised by the Government. The camp on the Potomac, which is occupied by the rearguard - - 2 f the whole retreating army, is the best possible place to read that news. It may be expe dient to deprive the public of truthful intelligence; it cannot be necessary to the existence of the Go vernment with false. " The movements and plans of the rebels are still a secret. An attempt to cross into Maryland by the Leesburg fords is still considered possible. It is plain enough that their army passed away from our front while Pope lay at Centreville. It has not been heard from since." POLICE IN? ELLIGENCE.— Sept. 18. -0- -- MANSION-HOUSE. —A NEW MODE OF RAIS ING THE WIND.—A respectably-dressed young man, who gave his name George Pearson, and de scribed himself as a clerk, residing at 6, Burnett's buildings, Crown-street, Soho, was brought before Mr. Alderman Rose (who sat for the Lord Mayor) in custody of detective officer Foulger, charged with uttering at the London and County Bank two forged £lO Bank of England notes, he well know ing them to have been forged. Mr. Hall, clerk at the London and County Bank, Lombard-street, said—On Tuesday last, between two and three o'clock, the prisoner went to the bank and produced two £lO Bank of England notes in payment for an advice for the sum of £2O, to be rem itted to Windsor, to the credit of Mr. George Robinson, as from Robert Williams, to be sent to the branch estabhshment of the London and County Bank, at Windsor. The prisoner filled up the credit ticket which he gave him, and left the notes in pay ment of the advice. One of the clerks who took the notes out of the box in which they were placed discovered that the two in question were forgeries, and they were immediately sent over to the Bank of England, and were returned marked " Forged." He (witness) was then sent down to the bank at Windsor, accompanied by detective officers Foulger and Smith, to see who applied for the money, and on Wednesday morning, at about half-past 11, he saw the prisoner go into the bank and ask for £2O for George Pearson from Robert Williams. The clerk to whom he applied gave him a form of appli cation to fill up, which he did, and he was told that the money had not been advised. The prisoner said it ought to have been, as it was paid before three o'clock on the previous day. The prisoner then left, and he followed him for about four miles. The prisoner seemed very uneasy, and kept turning round, as if to see who was behind, and at last he turned round and went back, upon which the officers who had also followed, stopped him. On being cross-examined by the prisoner, the witness said he pinned the notes to the credit note, and although there were uther notes in the same box they were kept separate. Smith and Foulger, who took the prisoner into custody, were examined, and corroborated the latter part of the witness's statement, with re, and to the occurrence at Windsor. When he was taken into custody he was asked if he was the party who paid £2O into the London snd County Bank on the nrevious day. He said Yes ;" and when asked if the two notes which were produced were the same notes he paid in, he looked at them and said they were. He afterwards said he saw the wit ness Hall following him, and he knew him, and knew that it was all up with him. .• The prisoner was remanded. Thomas Edward Pendry, a genteelly-dressed man, was brought up on a charge of feloniously ut tering a forged bill of exchange for £34 35., pur porting to be accepted by Messrs. Owen and Mer ton, palm candle manufacturers, at Millwall, with intent to defraud the Unity Bank of London. Evidence having been given, the prisoner, who had nothing to say, was committed for trial. CLERKENWELL.—THE LATE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A CONSTABLE.—John Henry Green, alias Bell, who has been several times remanded on charges of burglary and attempting to murder a constable at Hornsey, and Esther Coleman, aged 14, residing at the Swan public-house, Keate street, Spitalficids, who was charged with having in her possession an ivory ornament stolen from the dwelling-house of Charles Newton, Esq., Herrin gay House, on the 3d of September, were again placed at the bar before Mr. Barker for re-exami nation. Mr. Beard, solicitor, attended for the female pri soner. The facts of the case having been fully reported, inspector Bywater, N division, said he had no further evidence to offer against the female prisoner. The man had been convicted of burglary at Alder shott, and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour. The prisoner had belonged to the sth Regiment of Lancers, and had borne a very bad character. Mr. Beard said his client, who was only 13 of age, did not deny receiving the ornament from the prisoner, and said she had no idea that it had been stolen, but understood that he had purchased it at the Exhibition. Mr. Barker discharged the female prisoner, and fu.ly committed the man to the Central Criminal Court on three charges, viz., two of burglary and one of attempted murder. LAMBETH.—ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.--Elizabeth Wood, a respectably-attired, middle-aged female, was placed in the dock, charged with having at tempted suicide. It appeared from the evidence of a police-con stable, P 141, that he was on duty the preceding afternoon in the vicinity of that portion of the Grand Surrey Canal which runs threw Camberwell, when two little boys gave him information that they had just seen a female throw herself into the canal. The officer hastenej to the spot, and saw the pri soner endeavouring to extricate herself, and with difficulty he brought her on to the bank. She was in a very exhausted state, but by the administra tion of brandy and other restoratives she was restored to a state of consciousness, and on her threatening to repeat the attempt, she was conveyed to the sta tion-house. Tlin husband of the accused, a man of decent ap pearance and demeanour, here presented himself in the witness-box, and with much feeling undertook to take charge of his wife, and have a care that she would not be guilty of the repetition of such an act. The prisoner, in reply to Mr. Elliott, said she was extremely sorry for what had happened to her, and declared emphatically that it should not occur again. 6he denied that she had ever contemplated self destruction, and asseverated that she was getting wild flowers and herbs on the banks of the canal, when by accident sne slipped into the water, and becoming entang.ed in the weed and mud, she was unable to extricate herself. She reiterated . her deep that she had been found in such a situation, and expressed her gra titude to the police for the assistance and care which bad been afforded to her. Mr. Elliott, after read in g a document which had been banded up to him by the husband, cautioned the prisoner as to her future conduct, and permitted her to be taken away by her natural protector, who evinced the liveliest affection for her. SOUTHWARK.—VICTIMISING THE LADIES.— EXTENSIVE SYSTEM OF SWINDLING.—James Car ter, alias Harding, alias Marshall, alias Clements, was brought before Mr. Burcham for final examina tion, charged with obtaining watches, jewellery, and money from various ladies, under pretence of eng agin a them as housekeepers at " his otel, in the Isle of Wight," such never having had any exist ence. Mr. Burcham said that he had on the last occasion made up his mind to commit the prisoner trial for his swindling transactions, but it was necessary, before he could do so, to prove that the prisoner had no hotel in the Isle of Wight. He had there fore requested the police to communicate with that place on that point. It was likewise necessary that all the witnesses be in attendance, that their depo sitions might be taken in the proper manner. Holmes, the detective officer, informed his wor ship that there were at least twenty ladies in court to prefer charges against the prisoner; and he had in his hand a roll of letters which he had lately re ceived from others, exposing the villany of the pri soner. From some of them h e had obtained sums of money, varying from 4s. to £4 or £5, besidesjewel lery, &c. He had in some instances, under the pro mise of mat riage, treated the females in a disgraceful manner, so chat they felt ashamed to come forward and prosecute. A constable from the Isle of Wight W4S in attendance to prove•that the pris oner had no hotel in th a t i s l and. Thomas Lawlo r , an officer of the Ha m p shire con stabulary, sa id he was stationed at Carisbrook, but did duty in all parts of the Isle of Wight. He knew all the hotels and the k ee pers thereof, but he knew nothing of the prisoner. Mr. Burcham asked him if there was an hotel in the Isle of Wight kept by any person of the name of Carter or Harding- Witess replied in the negative. There w as no hotel at Wooton, but there was a small inn, Which has been kept for rn any . y ears by Mr. Vanner. The prisoner asked him whether he was sure that none of the hotel keepers had privately l et the i r hotels P that it would he ir po)sible for Wuntss repl d him to tell that, but be had made inquiries, and he believed that such was not the case. Mr. Burcham then directed the evidence of three of the ladies to be taken, so as to commit him for trial. Miss Caroline Fowkes, in addition to her former evidence, said that, in July last, she advertised in the Times for the situation of housekeeper to a family, or elderly lady or gentleman. On the 14th the prisoner called on her, in the Old Kent-road, and said he kept an hotel at Wooton in the Isle . of Wight, and she would just suit him as his confiden tial housekeeper, and a sum was agreed upon as wages. A fortnight after that he called upon her again, and told her that they made up eighty beds in his hotel and kept ten servants, and he was sure she would suit him. He said he had come in a hurry and forgotten his purse, and begged her to lend him a little cash. She let him have V. 16s. 6d. and as he was leaving, ber watch (the glass of which was broken) was tying on the table. He took it up and said he would have it repaired for her. He put it in his pocket and left the house, and she never saw anything more of him until about a fort night ago. She put another advertisement in the Tones, and, curiously enough, it was answered by " James Harding." Suspecting it was " James Carter," the man who carried away her watch and between £4 and £5, she replied to him in a feigned hand, making an appointment to meet him. Sho also communicated her suspicions to the police, and an officer attended; and, sure enough, it was the prisoner, whom she gave into custody. She would never have advanced him the money, or allowed him to take away the watch, had she not believed that he was an hotel-keeper, at Wooton, Isle of Wight. Robert Brickler, 167 L, said he took the prisoner into custody, and on the way to the station-house he said, if- the lady would go with him, he would get her her watch and money. George Holmes, a detective officer, 252 M, said that on Tuesday week he went to the prisoner's lodgings, a miserable room, up a court in Drury lane, and saw a poor-looking woman, who said her name was Ciements, and she was his wife. She handed him a bundle of pawnbrokers' duplicates, among which was the duplicate of Miss Fowkes's watch. _ _ The next lady who stepped forward was Mrs. Ann Paget, a widow. She said that in October, 1861, she advertised in the Times for a house keeper's situation. The prisoner came to her house a few days afterwards, and said he had just taken a new hotel in the Isle of Wight, and had pur chased all the furniture, and he had no doubt she would suit him as manager. He called several times afterwards, and on the last occasion he asked her to lend him some money to clear some wine at the docks to send to the hotel. She thought it was all right, and lent iiim £4, which he put in his pocket, and she saw nothing more of him until in custody in that court. Miss Mary Harrison, of 8, Bute-street, Brompton, said she advertised for a similar situation in Novem ber last, and received an answer signed James Ed ward Marshall, and an appointment to meet him in the Palace-gardens. She saw the prisoner there, and he said he was James Edward Marshall, and he intended to engage her as he had an hotel in the Isle of Wight, and he wanted her to manage it. She told him that she was acquainted with all the duties required of her, when he said that if such was the case he might be induced to marry her. They chatted for a long time. At last he said that he had some wine to clear in the docks, and asked her to lend him a few pounds, as he had run short after purchasing so many articles, and the wine must be sent down immediately. Believing it was all right she handed him £4, and he left her, promising to send for her in a week, but she never set eyes on him until a week ago, when, having seen the report in the newspapers, slit , attended to identify him. Several other ladies were anxious to come forward to give their evidence against the prisoner, when Mr. Burcham observed that it would be unneces sary to overburden the depositions with their testi mony. If they thought proper they could attend at the Old Bailey next week, and indict him. His worship then asked the prisoner whether he had any answer to make to the charges. He looked round the court hastily, and replied that as his legal adviser was not present, he should reserve his defence. Mr. Burcham then told him he was committed to take his trial at the next Central Criminal Court Sessions, which will be held on Monday next. THAMES.— INGENIOUS SMUGGLING. - John Isaac Crisp, Steward Martin, Wilhelm Stolck, Moy, Henry Giles, and Thomas Laslett, sea men belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company's ship Leo, were brought before Mr. Selfe, charged on a Custom-house information with smug gling 100 lb. of foreign manufactured tobacco. Mr. R. Beverley, jun., from the Customs solici tor's office, prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. Mr. J. W. Gardner, an examining officer of Cus toms, stated that on the arrival of the Leo from Rotterdam at St. Katherine's Dock wharf, on Wed nesday evening, he rummaged the vessel, and found 1001 b , or 971bs. net, of foreign manufactured to bacco between the outer and inner lining of the ship in the forecastle. The tobacco was compressed and in papers. It was behind two bed berths, one on the starboard and the other on the port side of the forecastle. All the prisoners slept in the fore - castle. He seized the tobacco, and put the men under arrest. In answer to questions put by Mr. Selfe, the wit ness said that the Leo was an iron vessel, and there was an inner casing of wood. The tobacco was in geniously stowed away. It took him an hour to remove the tobacco from the hiding place, Mr. Selfe—How could the prisoners or any other persons conceal the tobacco in the place where you found it ? Mr. Gardner—My opinion is that the inner lining of the vessel had been removed, and then put up again. The prisoners, in defence, denied all knowledge of the tobacco, and laid all the blame on two ship mates who had absconded. The missing seamen were the parties who brought the tobacco on board and concealed it. _ _ Capt. Samuel Hart, the master of the Leo, was of opinion the tobacco could not have been secreted without the knowledge of the prisoners, who always slept in the forecastle, and were not absent from their berths while the ship was taking in cargo at Rotterdam. The prisoners would not be employed again by the General Steam Navigation Company on any pretence whatever. Mr. Selfe said he had no option in the matter. He was bound to inflict the penalty sued for by the Crown. If the prisoners could show they were in nocent, they must memorialise the Commissioners of Customs. He agreed with Captain Hart that so much tobacco could not have been stowed away in the forecastle without the prisoners being aware of it_ He then inflicted a fine of £lOO on each prisoner, and in default six months' imprisonment. CHARGE AGAINST AN AMERICAN CAPTAIN FOR DETAINING PROPERTY.—Captain Andrew M'Cas lin, the master of the American ship Parliament, lying in the Victoria Dock, appeared before Mr. Selfe to answer a summons, tak en out b y Wil l i am Lee, which charged the defendant with unlawfully detaining a chest and wearing apparel not exceed ing in value £l5. The complainant said he joined the Parliament in Boston, United States, as steward on a voyage to London. The voyage from London was not de termined upon when he left Boston, but he did not intend to leave the ship unless she went to India or China. The voyage was made from Boston to Lon don in 25 days, but as he had received a month's advance in Boston he determined to remain by the ship a few days longer, until it was determined what voyage she was to make. On Thursday last a man applied' to the captain for the steward's situation, and obtained it, and he was ordered to join the ship on Saturday. On Friday night he left the ship, and on the following morning he asked the defendant for a written pass to enable him to remove hia chest and things out of the dock. The defendant said, " I'll see you -- first ! You played me a trick last night by going away." He retorted by saying the defendant had acted badly by shipping another steward over his head, and giving him no warning. Some more words oc curred, and the defendant told him to go to —......, or go to a much ! worse place, he did not care which. The value of his clothes, chest, and effects, was about £lO. The defendant, in reply to the charge, said the complainant shipped for twelve months, and had no right to leave the ship, When he returned to Boston he should be asked to give an account of the complainant. Mr. Selfe—Will you produce the ship's articles? The defendant—l can' the American Consul. can't do that ; they are with Mr. Selfe—The complainant says that you have shipped another steward. The Defendant—l have had a steward to work in his place.. I expect him to stay by my ship for 12 months. Mr. Selfe inquired if the intended voyage from London was known when the ship left Boston. The Defendant—No ; it was not. Mr. Selfe—According to English law the articles of agreement would have been void for uncertainty if it was an English ship. Defendant—lt is not so according to American law. Mr. Selfe was surprised to hear it. If the na ture of the voyage was not set forth in the agree ment, the captain could take the complainant to the burning climate o f Sie rra Leone, the frozen regions of the Nor t h , or an e sy voyage up the Mediterranean. Smith, an officer of the court, 415 K, said he left word with the mate of the Parliament the ship's article.] were to be produced. The Defendani-1 want the men on Mr. belfe—You cannot compel him to go 4-sii board. You must deliver to him his chest and clothes, or pay £9. There is another alternati ve, 10 (lays' impris,,nm en t i n th e H ouse of Correction if you do not restore the clothes or pay the money. HAMMERSMITH. —VIOLENT ASSAULT UPON. A RELIEVING OFFICER.—SINGULAR Cornelius Doyle, a labourer, was brought before Mr. Ingham on a warrant charged with committing a violent assault upon Mr. Parkins Jones, the re lieving officer of the parish of Fulham. The complainant, who appeared very ill from the effects of the violence he had received, stated that on Saturday nigh' between 7 and 8 o'clock he was pees" ing along Parson's-green-lane when he was met on the road by the prisoner's wife, and she solicited him to enter her home, where her husband was, to pacify" him, as he had been quarrelling with her. He was well acquainted with both husband and wife, as he had relieved them, but they were not at that time on the parish. He went upstairs to their room, and saw the prisoner cooking some meat with which he seemed to be dissatisfied. He endea voured to restore peace among them, and after rea soning with him for a short time the wife came up and called her husband an offensive name. Witness would not let her come into the room, and told her to go downstairs. The prisoner also told her to go downstairs, and he then turned upon witness, and said he should follow her. Suiting the action to the word he immediately struck witness a severe blow under the right ear and cut it, and then threw him down the stairs. He was much hurt and stunned. His forehead and face was bruised, his left wrist sprained, and his legs and loins covered with bruises. The prisoner was asked if he had any questions to put to Mr. Jones, and he began by stating that he had no business to come into his room. He then said that whenever Mr. Jones came to Parson's-green he encouraged drunkenness among the women. In answer to questions, Mr. Jones said he did not perceive that she was intoxicated, and did not be lieve the prisoner was under the influence of drink. Wm. Hassiter, a labourer, living in the same house, saw the prisoner throw Mr. Jones downstairs, and he caught him at the bottom as well as he could. He (witness) believed if he had not caught Mr. Jones as he did, he must have broken his arm or his neck. He picked Mr. Jones up, and his wife washed the blood away from his ear. The prisoner on being asked what he had to say, said he would leave it all to his worship. Mr. Martin, who appeared far the prosecution, said it was a very serious matter to a man like Mr. Jones, as he was not so young as he looked. Mr. Jones said he was 67 years of age. Mr. Ingham told the prisoner he had severely in jured Mr. Jones, who was nearly 70 years of age, and sentenced him to two months' imprisonment with haul labour. On being removed the wife inquired if there wag any fine, and upon being informed that there was not, she turned away with much disappointment. COUNTRY MARIiI4.I)S. ~,,,, MANCHESTER-SErT. 18. This morning's market was tolerably well attended, And the best sorts of English wheat not obtainable on lower terms, but inferior sorts neglected and declined is to 2s per qr. American in moderate demand, at late rates. Flour experienced a slow sale, best quality 6d per sack and barrel cheaper. Indian corn and Egyptian beans 6d per quarter dearer. Oats and oatmeal held for quite as much money. BIRMINGHAM-SEPT. 18. At this day's market there were buyers of English wheat at a decline of is per qr. on the currencies of this day week. Foreign brought fully former p ices. Barley, oats, and beans sold at about late rates. Peas were dearer. PLYMOUTH-SETT. 9. White, 56s to 60s ; red, 54s to 56s per qr ; Dantzic, 570 to 58s ; American, 51s to 555; Spanish, —s to —s ; RlO"sign, sign, —s to --s. Barley at previous rates--34s to 38s per qr for malting; grinding, 27s to 28s; oats, 23s to27s ; and beans, —s to —s ; flour, 40s to 43s Od. CORK-SEPT. 17. The following were the quotations this morning :—Re n a wheat, 20s Od to 27s Od ; white, 20 s Od t o 29 s Od ; b ar l ey 1 3 0 Od to 14s Od ; oats, lOs Odto lls 10d.; new bere, 15s Od to —a Od. EDINBURGH (TRAIN—SEPT. 17. A small supply of farmers' wheat to-day, which sold ra ther slowly at about the prices of this day week. Wheat on the top is Od down average is 4d up. Barley on the top 5s 6d up ....average 2s lld down. Oats on the top Os 6d down average is 3d down. Beans on the top 2s Od up. average Os 2d down. _ - Wheat .. 546 qrs Sold 262 qrs Total Supply 8ar1ey........ 325 qrs Sold 2 66 qrs Oats Beans B3.qrs and Sale s s o . . ld. 22 qrs Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 47s Od; extras, 458 Od; households, 38s 6d ; shop, 36s 6d. DERBY SMITHFIELD—SEPT. 16. A moderate show of fat beasts to-day ; the prices q uite in favour of sellers. A good supply of sheep and lambs/ and only a few pens remained unsold. Fat calves scarce' Pigs in slow demand, and prices lower. Beef 6ld to 6/d Veal . 6141 to l icl a Mutton ... 6id t o Ind Pork Lamb Bd t o 8d R oug h f a t, 4 s 3d per stole. Hides, 3d to 4-td; calf skins, 5d to 6d. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Sept. V' via Marseill es .. O c t. la• Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Oct. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Oct. 2. via Marseilles ... China, Penang, and Singapore, v i a S outhampton . Sept. 18. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Sept. ---: India (Calcutta), and Ceyl on , v i a Southa m pton.. Sept. 18. via Marseilles.... Sept. 27. India (Bombay), via South amp t on via Marseilles . O Sept .ct . 4 2 . 7. Sept. 2 3 . Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Men, via Southampton Sept. --, via Marseilles Sept. 23. Newfoundland ..Sept. 17. Oporto and Vigo .. .. Sept. —. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Sept. 25. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Sept. 19. Africa, Madeira, ork S ep t. 23. and Teneriffe .......... S e pt ---. W Mexico..Bahamas,le o f via New York ... . Sept. 29. All parts of West Indies, includin Chili, Peru, Sept. 29. California. and British Columbia g .. .......... 1 o Two attempts at murder, followed by robberio were committed three nights since on the persons of 971 aged couple named Landon, occupying a lone house in tl) . e forest of Tronc as (Alli er ) . A b out 11 at night a stran ger called up M. Land on , an d to ld h i m that his son, who lila in a neighb o u r i ng v ill age, was dangerously ill, and wan ted , 0 to see him. The old man set off immediately for his 1 5 ° 1 ' residence, but had not got far when he was knocked del by his guide, and left f or d ea d. Aft er committing this crime the fellow returned to the house, beat the old womb about the head till she was insensible, and then rensael the drawers. &c., and carried off all the valuables be C°ll find. [AnvERTIsEmENTI--Holloway's Pills—The Perfeetir, of Medicine.—Nothing can surpass thi s res t ora tive of t e a invalid. Let the malady be what it ma y, or b e it sea l where it will, these fine purifying Pills will address theyie, selves to its removal, and steadily acc om pli s h th e i r purpo re s They cleanse the blood, and, by that means , no t onlYlte vent the deposit of unwholesome mat er i a l., b u t stigw e , absorbents to remove all corrupt and worn-out subs Thus have Holloway's Pills won their way to public at ig mation, which is obtainable and retainable alone by wh' sv iii intrinsically good. The significancy of these remarks ~.t be appreciated by thousands who took these Pills as si 4 ,7 e r resource, and derived from them renovated health, hope was almost abandoned. BIRTHS. CARMARTHEN.—On the 18th inst., at 13, Hereford-street' Park-lane, the Marchioness of Carmarthen, of On. D'ANDIGNE.—On the 18th inst., at 19, St. George's - 11 1 ; Knightsbridge, the Marchioness d'Andigne, wife of Marquis d'Andigne, Military Attache to the French 131.. bassy, of a son. •,- •cee DE LISLE.—On the 17 th inst. , at Garendon-park, . 031- ae tt tershire, the Lady of A. C. Phillipps de Lisle, of a' - and heir. _ de e LITTLE.--011 the 17th inst., at 47, Q ueen ? s- ate-terw th e wife of Colonel Little, C. 8., of a so n . g MARRIAGES. mu B RAy--WILLAUME.—On the 18th inst., at o- Church, St. Pancras, Chinks Frederi c k second s ou sr r William Murray, Esq., M.P.. t o Catherine Georg only daughter of Thomas B u tt s T . Willaume, Bf;"1 ril .' Chester-terrace, Regent's -park. RUSSELL—EDWARDS,---On the 18th inst., at Sy. - , a sfief Covent-garden, Richard R usse ll , Esq.. of Olford ‘-' B i s te Kent, to Julia Catherine, younEest daughter of , tll .,:hapf George Edwards, E sq ., o f C roft House, Farlll''' Kent. a aged DEATHS. 37. BOLTON.—On .e t a h u e se l w 4 a, th y inst , Mathew G aun t BoltOn, 57- N 53° eOrl COOPER.—On the 16th i ns t ., at R e the Rev. il Cooper, 8.D., v i car, aged 62. y ' COWARD. --On residence, On the 18th inst., at his iv ~0 0 : 1 C, Lodge, Old Wi n d sor , Berks, Richard Atkinson L ' a Esq., fo rmer l y of Tulse- hill aged 71. b u ry' D UESBURY.—On the 15th inst., John Travis Due s Esq., J.P., aged 31. k-itat lle ' - p LEWIS.—On th e 17th inst., at 2, Tilney- s t re et, -a r ow- John Lewis, Esq., formerly of 188, Eusten.roady 97. Eclitt‘ PIKE.—On the 18th inst., at 10, Hanover-street,f Nir. burgh, Thomas Bolton Pike, aged 41 years, son o Wm. Pike, silk mercer. O tt.' TUFFNELL.—At 2 4 , Chesham-place, the Lady Ann- A nell. —.O OS, LoNnoN:• Printed and Published by JOHN H.A - ,: - 109 E of No. 112, Strand, Printer, a t T u SUN Office o f Strand, in the Preci nc t o f t h e S avoy , i n them,w r,l-- % M iddleB "•" 4' ricish September 19, 1862.' vi in th, Sal 18. , ill -