The Sun. — London, England, 1861-11-30 00:00:00

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA LIVERPOOL FRIDAY. The Canadian mail steamship Jura, and the In man steamship City of New York, have arrived, the former with advices from Quebec to the 16th and the latter from New York to the same date. The following are the official reports from the expeditionary squadron on the Carolina coast:— " To the Adjutant-General of the United States' Army, Washington, D.C. "Port Royal, South Carolina, Nov. 8. " Sir,—l have the honour to report that the force under my command embarked at Annapolis, Mary land, on the 21st Oct., and arrived at Hampton roads, Virginia, on the 22d. In consequence of the delay in the arrival of some of your transports, and the unfavourable state of the weather, the fleet was unable to set out for the Southern coast until the 29th, when under the convoy of a naval squadron, in command of Commodore Dupont, and after the most mature consideration of the object of the expedition by that flag officer and myself, it was agreed to first reduce any works that might be found at Port Royal, South Carolina, and thus open the finest harbour on the coast that exists south of Hatteras. It was calculated to reach Port Royal in five days at most, but in consequence of adverse winds and a perilous storm on the day and night of the Ist November, the fleet arrived at Port Royal Bay not until the 4th, and then but in part, for it had been almost entirely dispersed by the gale the vessels have been struggling in up to this date. The transport steamers Union, Belvidere, Osceola, and Peerless have not arrived. Two of them are known to be lost, and it is probable all are. It is gratifying, however, to say that none of the troop transports connected with the land forces were lost, though the Winfield Scott had to sacrifice her whole cargo, and the Roanoke a portion of her cargo, to save the lives of the regiments on board. The for mer will again be unable to put to sea. The vessels connected with the naval portion of the fleet have also suffered much, and some have been lost. After a careful:reconnaissance of Port Royal Bay it was ascertained that the rebels had three fieldworks of remarkable strength, strongly garrisoned, and covered by a fleet of three gunboats, under Captain Tatnell, late of the United States' Navy, besides strong land forces, which the rebels were concen trating from Charleston and Savannah. The troops of the rebels were afterwards ascertained to have been commanded by Gen. Brayton. One of the forts, and probably the strongest, was situated on Hil ton's Head, and the other two on Phillips's Island. It was deemed proper to first reduce the fort on Milton's Head, though to do this a greater or less fire might have to be met from the batteries on Bay Point. At the same time our original plan of co operation of the land forces in this attack had to be set aside in consequence of the loss during the voyage of the greater portion of our means of dis embarkment, together with the fact that the only point where the troops should have landed was from five to six miles, measuring around the intervening shoal, from the anchoring place of our transports, altogether too great a distance for successful debarkation with our limited means. It was therefore agreed that the place should be re duced by the naval force alone. In consequence of the shattered condition of the fleet, and the delay in the arrival of vessels that were indispensable for the attack, it had to be postponed until the ith inst. I was a mere spectator of the combat, and it is not my province to make any report of this action. I deem it an imperative duty to say that the firing and manoeuvring of our fleet against that of the rebels and their formidable land batteries was a masterpiece of activity and professional skill that must have elicited the applause of the rebels themselves as a tactical operation. I think that too much praise cannot be awarded to the science and skill exhibited by the flag officer of the naval squa dron and the officers connected with his ships. I deem the performance a masterly one, and ought to have been seen to be appreciated. After the works were reduced, I took possession of them with the land forces. The beautifully constructed work on Hilton's Head was severely crippled, and many of the guns dismounted. Much slaughter had evi dently been made there, many bodies having been buried in the fort, and some 20 or 30 were found some half a mile distant. The land for many miles was found strewed with army accoutrements and baggage of the rebels, which they threw away in their hasty retreat. We have also come into pos session of about 40 pieces of ordnance, most of which is of the heaviest calibre and of the most approved makes, and a large quantity of ammuni tion and camp equipage. It is my duty to report the valuable services of Mr. Panhelle, assistant in the coast survey, assisting with his accurate and extensive knowledge of this country. His services are invaluable to the army as well as to the navy, and I earnestly recommend that important notice be taken of that very able and scientific officer by the War Department.—l am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 4 ‘ T. W. SHERMAN, Brigadier-General, Commander." After landing and taking possession of the forts, General Sherman issued the following proclama tion : " Port Royal, South Carolina, Nov. 8. "To the People of the South,—ln obedience to the orders of the President of these United States of America, I have landed on your shores with a small force of national troops. The dictates of a duty which, under the Constitution, I owe to a great sovereign State and to a proud and hospitable people, among whom I have passed some of the pleasantest days of my life, prompt me to proclaim that we have come against you with no feeling of personal animosity —no desire to harm your citizens, destroy your property, or interfere with any of your lawful laws and rights, or your social and local in stitutions, beyond what the causes herein briefly alluded to may render unavoidable. " Citizens of South Carolina,—The civilised world stands appalled at the course you are pursuing— appalled at the crime you are committing against your own mother—the best, the most enlightened, and, heretofore, the most prosperous of nations. You are in a state of active rebellion against the laws of your country. You have lawlessly seized upon the forts, arsenals, and other property belong ing to our common country, and within your border, with that property, you are in arms, and making a ruthless war against your constitutional Govern ment, an d thus threatening the existence of a Go vernment which you are bound, by the terms of a solemn "n l Pnet, to live under and faithfully sup port. In doing this you are not only undermining and preparing th e way for totally ignoring your own political and social ezistence, but you are threatening the civilised world i with the odious sentiment that self -governments impossible with civilised man. " Fellow-Citizens,-4 implore you to pause and reflect upon the tenor and consequence acts, bl of the awful sacrifices made byof devastationtihrea:ier of our property, the shedding in battles. The mourning and wailing of widows and orphans throughout our land . are insufficient to deter you from f u rther pursuing this unholy war. Then ponder, I beseech you, upon the ultimate, but not less certain, result which its further progress must necessarily ana naturally entail upon your once happy and prosperous State. Indeed, can you pursue this fratricidal strife and continue to imbrue your hands in the loyal blood of your countrymen, your friends, your kinsmen, for no other object than to unlawfully disrupt the Confederacy of a great people, a Confederacy esta blished by your own hands, in order to set up, if possible, an independent Government, under which you can never live in peace, prosperity, or quiet ness ? " Carolinians,—We have cone among you as loyal men, fully impressed with our constitutional obligations to the citizens of your State. Those obligations shall be performed as far as in our Pc'wer; but, be not deceived : the obligation of suSuppressing armed combinations against the con• stitutional authorities is paramount to all others. The rights dependent on the laws of the State must be necessarily snbordinste to military exigencies ' created by insurrection and rebellion. "W. SHERMAN, "Brig.-Gen. Commanding, Head- quarters, South Carolina." The following are the despatches of the Naval officer in command "Flagship Wabash, off Hilton's Head, Port Royal Harbour, Nov. 6. "Sir,—The Government having determined to seize and occupy one or more important points upon our Southern coast, where our squadrons might find shelter, possess a depot, and afford pro tection to loyal citizens, committed to my discretion the selection from among those places which were thought available and desirable for these purposes. " After mature deliberations, aided by the pro fessional knowledge and great intelligence of the Assistant-Secretary, Mr. Fox, and upon taking into consideration the magnitude to which the' joint naval and military expedition had been extended to which you had called my attention, I came to the conclusion that the original intentions of the Department would fall short of the expectations of the. country and of the capabilities of the fleet, while Port Royal, I thought, would meet both in a high degree. " I therefore submitted to Gen. Sherman, com manding the military part of the expedition, this modification of our earliest matured plans, and had the satisfaction to receive his full concurrence, though he and the commanders of the brigades very justly laid great stress on the necessity of getting this frigate into the harbour of Port Royal. " On Tuesday, the 29th of October, the fleet under my command left Hampton Roads, and, with the army transports, numbered 50 vessels. On the day previous, I had despatched the coal vessels, 25 in number, under convoy of the Vandalia, Comman der Haggerty, to rendezvous off Savannah, not wish ing to give indications of the true point of the fleet. " The weather had been unsettled in Hampton Roads, though it promised well when we sailed. But off Cape Hatteras the wind blew hard, and some ships got into the breakers, and two struck without injury. " On Friday, Nov. 1, the rough weather soon in creased into a gale, and we had to encounter one of great violence from the south east, a portion of which approached to a hurricane. " The fleet was utterly dispersed, and on Satur day morning only one sail was in sight from the deck of the Wabash. On the following day the weather moderated, and the steamers and ships began to reappear. The orders were open, except those to be used in case of separation. " These last were furnished to all the men-of-war by myself, and to the transports by Brigadier- General Sherman. As the vessels reformed reports came in of disasters. " I expected to hear of many, but when the severity of the gale and the character of the vessels are considered, we have only cause for great thank fulness in reference to the men-of-war. " The Isaac Smith, the most efficient, well-armed vessel for the class, which was purchased, but was not intended to encounter such a sea and wind, had to throw her formidable battery overboard to keep from foundering, but, thus relieved, Lieutenant- Commanding Nicholson was enabled to go to the assistance of the chartered steamer Governor, then in a very dangerous condition, and on board of which was our fine battalion of Marines, under Major Reynolds. " They were finally rescued by Captain Ringold, of the frigate Sabine, under difficult circumstances, soon after which the governor went down. I be lieve that seven of the Mai ines were drowned by their own imprudence. " Lieutenant-Com manding Nicholson's conduct in the Isaac Smith has met my warm commendations. The Peerless, transport, in a sinking condition, was met by the Mohican, Commander Gordon, and all the people on board, 26 in number, were saved under very peculiar circumstances, in which service Lieutenant W. H. Miller, was very favourably noticed by his commander. "On passing Charleston I sent in the Seneca, Lieutenant-Commanding Ammen, to direct Captain Lardner to join me with the Susquehanna cff Port Royal without delay, On Monday, at 8 o'clock in the morning, the Niagara got off the bar, with some 25 vessels in company, and many heaving in sight. The Department is aware that all the aids to navi gation had been removed, and the bar lies 10 miles seaward, with no features on the shore line with sufficient prominence to make any bearings reliable. " But by the skill of Commander Dove and Mr. Boutelle, the able assistant of the coast survey, in charge of the steamer Vixen, the channel was im mediately found, sounded out, and buoyed. By 3 o'clock I received assurances from Captain Dove that I could send forward the lighter transports, those under 18 feet, with all the gunboats, NS hich was im mediately done. " Before dark they were securely anchored in the roadstead of Port Royal, South Carolina. The gun boats almost immediately opened their batteries upon two or three rebel steamers under Commander Tatnall, instantly chasing him under the shelter of the batteries. " In the morning Commander John Rodgers, of the United States' steamer Flag, temporarily on board this ship, and acting as my Staff, accom panied Brigadier-General Wright in the Ottawa, Lieutenant-Commanding Stevens, and supported by the Seneca, Lieutenant -Commanding Nicholson, made a reconnaissance in force, which drew the fire of the batteries at Hilton's Head and Bay Point, sufficiently to show that the fortifications were works of strength and scientifically constructed. " On the evening of Monday Captain Dove and Mr. Boutelle reported water enough for the Wabash to venture in. The responsibility of hazarding so noble a frigate was not a light one. Over a pro longed bar of over two miles there was but a foot or twoof water to spare, and the fall and rise of the tide is such that if she had grounded she would have sustained most serious injury from stradning, if not total loss. " Too much, however, was at stake to hesitate, and the result was entirely successful. " On the morning of Tuesday the Wabash crossed the bar, followed closely by the frigate Susquehan nah, the Atlantic, Vanderbilt, and other transports of deep draught, running through that portion of the fleet already in. " The safe passage of this great ship over the bar was hailed by gratifying cheers from the crowded vessels. " We anchored and immediately commenced pre paring the ship for action, but the delay of plant ing the buoys, particularly on the Fishing Rip, a dangerous shoal we had to avoid, rendered the hour late before it was possible to leave with the attack ing squadron. " In our anxiety to get the outline of the forts before dark, we stood in too near those shoals, and the ship grounded. " By the time she was got off it was too late, in my judgment, to proceed, and I made signals for the squadron to anchor out of gunshot from the enemy. " To-day the wind blows a gale from the south ward and westward, and the attack is unavoidably postponed. " I have the honour to be, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant, " S. F. DUPONT, " Flag Officer commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron." " HON. GIDEON WELLS, SECRETARY OF TIIE NAVY,WASHINGTON. Wabash, o ff Hil ton H ea d , P or t "Flagship Sir,—l have the h onour to' Royal Harbour Nov. in 8m • you that yesterday I attacked the batteries of the enemy Bay Point and Hilton Head, and Fo r t s W on Walker and Beauregard, and succeeded in silencing them after n engagement of four hours' duration, and drivin g awa y a the squadron of rebel steamers under Com mander Tatnall. The reconnaissance of yesterday made us satisfied with the superiority of Fort Wal ker, and to th at I directed my special efforts, en gaging it a t a distance sufficiently ne ar Fort Beau regard to receive 600 yards. Bu t the plan squadron suffie of attack brought afterwards the the fire, and the ships were frequently fighting t he batteries on both side s at the same time. The action was begun on my part at 20 minutes afte r 9, ARd at half-past 2 the American ensign wAS hoisted on the flagstaff of Fort Walker, and this morning ' at sunrise on that of Fort Beauregard. The defeat of the enemy terminated in their utter rout and confusion. Their quarters and encampments were abandoned without an attempt to carry away either public or private property. The ground over which they fled was strewn with the arms of private sol diers, and the officers retired in too much haste to submit to the encumbrance of their swords. Land ing my marines and a company of seamen, I took possession of the deserted ground, and held the forts on Hilton Head till the arrival of General Sherman, to whom I had the honour to transfer their com mand. We have captured 43 pieees of cannon, most of the heaviest calibre, and of the improved description. The bearer of these despatches will have the honour to carry with him the captured flags, and two small brass field pieces, lately belong ing to the State of South Carolina, which are sent home as trophies of the success of the day. I enclose herewith a copy of the general order which is to be read in the fleet to-morrow morning at muster. A detailed account of this battle will be submitted hereafter.—l have the honour to be, very respect fully, your obedient servant, " S. F. DUPONT, Flag Officer commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. " P.S.—The bearer of despatches will also carry with him the first American ensign raised upon the soil of South Carolina since the rebellion broke out. a S. F. D." " Hilton, Port Royal Bay, Nov. 8. " It is the grateful duty of the Commander-in- Chief to make a public Acknowledgment of his entire commendation of the coolness, discretion, and skill and gallantry displayed by the offitero and men un der his command in the capture of the batteries at Hilton's Head and Bay Point, after an action of four hours' duration. The flag officer fully sym pathises with the officers and men of his squadron in the satisfaction they must feel at seeing the en sign of the United States flying once more in the State of South Carolina, which has been the chief promoter of the wicked and unprovoked rebellion they have been called upon to suppress. " S. F. DUPONT, Flag Officer commanding the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron." "To THE HON. GtDEON WELLS. "Flagship Wabash, off Hilton Head, Port Royal, Nov. 9. " Sir,—Since writing my official despatches I have sent gunboats to take possession of Beaufort and to protect the inhabitants, but I regret to say that they had fled, and the town 13 abandoned to the negroes, who are reported to me as in a law less condition. The light vessels which I had hoped to have made use of were destroyed on the desertion of the forts by the rebels. The post-offices were visited, and a number of docu ments, letters, &c., obtained. I have covered Scull Creek and the mouth of Broad River, and have cut off this communication between Charleston and Savannah.—Respectfully, your obedient ser vant, " S. F. DUPONT, " Flag Officer commanding United States' Atlantic Squadron." A private letter says : " On the Wabash, one of our men was killed and seven wounded. On the Mohican, one man was killed and eight wounded—four mortally, There are 34 shot holes in the hull of the Wabash, one through the chamber of the magazine. Eighb men were killed on the navy vessels. About 20 rebels are known to have been killed; among them Cap tain Beacon and Dr. Buict, surgeon of the post." Commander Dupont, in a private letter to a friend, says " Wabash, Port Royal, Nov. 9. "My Dear Mr. Fox,—During the disheartening events of our passage, my faith never gave way ; but some moments it seemed appalling. On the other hand I permit no elation at our success ; yet I cannot refrain from saying that it has been more complete end brilliant than I ever could have believed. " I have been too much fatigued to send a detailed official account of the battle. My report is full up to the eve of it, and I think will interest you ; but I had to content myself with a succinct ac count, which I think will be liked as well as a more detailed narration. This I will, however, forward in time for the Secretary's report. " I kept under weigh and made three turns, though I passed five times between the forts. I had a flanking division of five ships to watch, and old Tatnall too, who had eight small and swift steamers ready to pounce upon any of outs should they be disabled. " I could get none of my big frigates up. I thought the Sabine would have got clear up to the St. Lawrence. I sent no word, however, and the Savannah was blown off. Ido not regret it now, except on their account. " I believe my plan was cleve;:. I stood against the aide, and had the management the better, in consequence. " Their confidence waa extreme that they could drive us away. They fought bravely, and their rifled guns never missed. "An 80-pounder rifled ball went through our mainmast in the very centre, making an awful hole. They aimed at our bridge, where they knew they could make a hole if lucky. A shot in the centre let the water into the magazine,but I saved a hundred lives by keeping under way and bearing in close. " We found their sights graduated at 600 yards. When they once broke, the stampedo was intense, and not a gun was spiked. In truth, I never con ceived of such a fire as that of this ship, on her se cond turn, and I am told that its effect upon the spectators outside of her was intense. " I learn that when they saw a flag flying on shore, the troops were powerless to cheer, but wept. General Sherman was deeply affected, and the sol diers are loud and unstinting of their admiration and gratitude. The works are most scientifically constructed, and there is nothing like Fort Walker on the Potomac. " I did not allow the victory to check our ardour, but despatched some vessels under Captain Gilles over to the side to-day. I sent an expedition to Beaufort to save the light vessels, but they were fired instantly after the surrender. " Beaufort is deserted. The negroes are wild with delight and revenge. They have been shot down, they say, like dogs, because they would not go off with their masters. I have already a boat at Sewell-creek, and the communication between Savannah and Charleston is cut off." It was reported to the New York Associated Press that the storm encountered by the naval expedition was extremely severe,and caused much alarm as well as considerable loss. The steamer Winfield Scott reached the rendezvous on the evening of the 3d, with loss of masts and bow stove in. She threw overboard her three rifled cannon and all her freight, the muskets and equipments of all her 500 men, everything but rations, to keep from sinking ; and but for the labour of the soldiers in baling her fires would have been put out, and nothing then would have saved her. The steamer Bienville went to her relief, when her chief engineer, his assistant, and 13 of her crew, jumped on board the Bienville, leaving the Scott to her fate. Their action nearly created a panic among the soldiers, who gave up all for lost ; but the captain of the Winfield Scott put the chief engineer in irons, and brought him and the recreant portion of the crew back, when things went on better. The gale was terrible, the vessel a mere shell, the men terrified by the cracking of her timbers as the masts went overboard, and despair seized them when it was discovered that she leaked badly, to which suc ceeded a panic when the crew attempted to escape. The Winfield Scott was taken in tow by the Vander bilt, which had cut clear of the Great Republic in the gale. The steamer Governor went down with 20 men, the Pembina taking off all who coald escape. e yo T rk he on st lh ams e 15thhip tz with ha a d e v o i alos ce c sfro ai from Port at New Royal lte the 13th, at which date the Federal troops had all been landed, and the store: rumour , &c., were being rapidly discharged. Th ere was e pickets byth e near Confederates,Savannah reinforcements were sent on the day the Coatzaeoalc es l e f t sion of Beaufort was to be thetaken op a nannaahr ei Ferry r that the Federal em had been attacked Charleston papers intimate that General Lerman would hays some difficulty in doing so. They state N THE 's SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVE MBE R r3O, 1861: that Gen. Lee was making extensive preparations to defend it, though the nature of the preparations was not made very clear. A battery had been erected at Port Royal Ferry, upon which were mounted guns taken out of the privateers Lady Davis and Huntress, and it was stated that a stand would there be made. A Federal reconnaissance was made as far as Mathias Point on the 11th. The forces penetrated into Virginia over four miles without encountering any of the Confederates, except a body of 30 cavalry, who were driven in, and a few pickets, two of whom were shot while endeavouring to escape. A consi derable quantity of wheat and several houses were set on fire. No batteries or earthworks were found on the Point, and there were no evidences of any guns having been recently ther3. Attempts were made to fire the woods on the Point, but the damp ness of the underbrush prevented it. A delegation from Baltimore had an interview with the President on the 15th, and addressed him as follows ; "By the violence and facetious opposition of a treasonable minority, Baltimore has been involved in disaster and distress beyond what is due to the mere existence of a state of war, and their troubles have been still further aggravated by the disabled condition of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the principal artery of their trade and source of their prosperity. Of their misfortunes as merchants, how ever, they did not propose to complain, but they appeared to plead for such relief as the Government could afford to the labourers and mechanics of Bal timore. The almost total suspension during the past six months of the trades and manufactories, upon which so large a proportion of the people are de pendent, has brought famine to their doors, and aroused the most gloomy forebodings of the ap proaching winter; but amidst all their sufferings, the patriotism of the industrial classes has been proof against the insidious arguments of those who sought to involve them in hostilities to the Govern ment by representing the war as the needless and wicked cause of their misery, and the Administra- tion as apposed to their State interests and reckless of their personal welfare. The great majority have always been loyal. They have furnished many of their number to the army and navy, and have, by their overwhelming votes at the last election, vindi cated the honour of the State, and demonstrated their own fidelity and zeal. The delegation expressed the belief that the Goverment would consult eco nomy no less than policy in causing, more liberally than heretofore,vessels to be repaired and constructed in Baltimore. They further suggested the expedi ency of establishing there a naval depot, and also a branch clothing bureau. By furnishing employment in these and other ways, so far as the Government has the power, to the labouring classes, the effect would be not only to encourage loyal men, but con firm the wavering and attract those who for a time have been seduced by the misrepresentations of the rebels, or intimidated by the threat, daily made and acted out, of withdrawing all custom and patronage from thefriends of theGovernment.Theyexpress their warmest wishes for the prosecution to a successful issue of the war now waging for the preservation of the dignity, unity, and stability of our common country." To this address of the delegation, the President replied as follows : " Gentlemen,—l thank you for the address you have presented to me in behalf of the people of Bal timore. I have deplored the calamities which the sympathy of some misguided citizens of Maryland had brought down upon that patriotic and hereto fore flourishing State. The prosperity of Baltimore up to the 19th of April last, was one of the wonders produced by the American Union. He who strangles himself, for whatever motive, is not more unrea sonable than were those citizens of Baltimore who, in a single night, destroyed the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the Northern Pennsylvania Railroad, and the railroad from Baltimore to Philadelphia. From the day when that mad transaction occurred the Government of the United States has been diligently engaged in endeavouring to restore those great avenues to their former usefulness, and at the same time to save Baltimore and Maryland from the dan ger of complete ruin through an unnecessary and unnatural rebellion. I congratulate you upon the declaration which the people of Baltimore and Maryland have made in the recent election, of their approbation of the acts of the Federal Government, and of their enduring loyalty to the Union. I regard the results of these elections as auspicious of return ing loyalty throughout all the insurrectionary States. Your wishes for a fair participation by the mechanics and labouring men of Baltimore in the benefits of supplying the Government with materials and pro visions, are reasonable and just. They have deserved that participation. Loyalty has involved them in some danger, and has demanded of them some sac rifices. Their wishes, as you have communicated them, shall be referred to the proper departments, and I am sure that every member of the Adminis tration will cheerfully lend his aid to carry them out so far as it can be done consistently with the prudence and economy which ought always to regu late the public service." The rumour of the capture of the Sumter priva teer is not confirmed, and the report of the capture of the British screw steamer Fingal appears to be doubtful. The public advices by this arrival do not mention the arrival of the San Jacinto at any Ame rican port. It is stated that 37 contraband negroes arrived in Philadelphia on the 12th, having walked northward from Accomac county on the peninsula of Virginia. They were supplied with money by the Wisconsin troops. Numbers of these people were said to be constantly arriving, which had stimulated a public meeting to be held to assist them. The steamer for Fortress Monroe stopped at Fort M'Henry on the 13th, and took on board 37 released prisoners, captured at Bull's Run, who are to be sent home by a flag of truce. A telegram from San Francisco states that the privateer schooner Neva, from China, had been seized by Captain Pease, of the revenue cutter May. The New York Chamber of Commerce had peti tioned the President in favour of the legal opinion given at Alexandria confiscating rebel property. At Columbus, Kentucky, on the 11th, two lieu tenants and six privates were killed by the explo sion of a Dahlgren gun. General Polk narrowly escaped a similar fate. A Boston paper gives a doubtful rumour, men tioned in a letter from a soldier at Fortress Monroe, that 3,000 Confederate troops had mutinied at Nor folk and were backed by the citizens, and that on the 11th a Federal flag was floating from one of the Confederate batteries. A balloon reconnaissance from Stump Mile Point, on the Lower Potomac, had shown that the Confe derates were strongly encamped in the neighbour hood. We have advices from Springfield, Missouri, to the 15th which etate that the Federal troops were to evacuate that town. General M'Kinstry, who was recently ordered to head-quarters at Washing ton, was met at St. Louis by a number of officers, who arrested him, together with his cashier, Mr. Hahn. The arrest was based upon charges growing out of alleged irregularities in General M'Kinstry's administration of the quartermaster's department. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Dec, 19. via Marseilles Dec. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Dec. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Dec. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Dec. 2. via Marseilles Dec. 13. Falkland Islands .. Dec. 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton Dec. 2. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Dec. 2. via Marseilles Dec. 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton Dec. 11. via Marseilles Dec. 5. Lisbon Dec. 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 2. via Marseilles Dec. 5. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U, S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Dec. 5. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet.Dcc. —. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Dec 10. Bahamas, via New York Dec. 19. i Mexico All parts of W es t I n di es , including Chili, Peru 1 Dec,l4 Cad9rma,o444 liritisla. Cplw4itt,,, t, ~ t, t, : —"' --' THE METROPOLITAN SUBTERRAAEAAr RAIL WAY. A quick and safe means of communication beneath he overcrowded streets of London has always been ,he great ideal of modern engineers. The public, however, have, perhaps not unnaturally, regarded the scheme as little less than Utopian, and one which, even if it could be accomplished, would cer tainly never pay. A subterranean railway under London was awfully suggestive :of dark, noisome tunnels, buried many fathoms deep beyond the reach of light and life; passages inhabited by rats, soaked with sewer drippings, and poisoned by the escape of gas mains. It seemed an insult to common sense to suppose that people who could travel as cheaply to the city on the outside of a Paddington 'bus would ever prefer, as a merely quicker medium, to be driven amid palpable darkness through the foul subsoil of London. The pertinacity, too, with which the scheme at first hung fire strengthened not a little the incredulity of these who from the beginning had disbelieved it altogether. The Sub terranean Railway has been talked about for years, and nothing done, till the whole idea has been gra dually associated with the plans for flying machines, warfare by balloons, tunnels under the Channel, and other bold but somewhat hazardous propositions of the same kind, Yet many enterprising men have always adhered to the Subterranean Railway, have advocated its feasibility, and supported its use, till they at last brought about a result even mare diffi cult to accomplish, if possible, than that of con structing the line itself—they got the capital for it. With the money for the undertaking, and with Mr. John Fowler as engineer, the rest has been compa ratively easy. Working quietly under ground, only stopping up a thoroughfare now and then, or mak ing am awful crack here and there in the walls of some houses under which it passed, the line has been slowly but very surely progressing from west to east, till the greater part of it is now far ad vanced towards completion, and the first length will actually be opened for public traffic, from Victoria street Station to Paddington, before the Ist of next May—the date by which it is, of course, sought to complete all our improvements in the means of metropolitan communication. When it is opened, we venture to think the public will be agreeably surprised to find that this underground railway is for nearly half its length not underground at all, and that where it does pass for various lengths beneath the streets, the tunnels, instead of being close, dark, damp, and ill-smelling passages, are wide, spacious, clean, and excellently well lit, re minding one in fact more of a well-kept street by night than a subterranean passage through the very heart of this dense metropolis. Whether the rail , way is one which will or will not remunerate the shareholders we venture no opinion, but both as one of the most novel and important works of the kind that have yet entered the city, and as one which, we think, mus t prove of the greatest convenience to the public, it deserves full notice in our cplumns. • The present powers of the company only allow them to carry their line from Paddington to Fins- bury-circus, a distance of four and a half miles, and of this length, as we have said, more than three miles, from Paddington to the Victoria-street sta tion, are in many parts quite complete, and in others nearly so, with perfect working junctions with the . Great Western and Northern Railways. It commences at the Paddington Station, and is continued thence, in an almost direct line, towards the New-road, passing beneath the Edgeware-road at right angles, and intersecting in the same man ner Lisson-grove-road and Upper Baker-street, skirting along, beneath, and just outside the south ern extremity of Regent's Park. Thence it passes under the houses at the eastern extremity of Park crescent (some three or four houses in which have been by no means improved by its passage), con- tinues beneath Tottenham-court-road into the New road, and, passing close by Euston-square, turns at King's-cross to effect a junction with the up and down lines of the Great Northern Railway. From King's-cross a great part of the line is an open cutting, except for a length of about 600 yards beneath Bagnige-wells-road and Coppice-row, where again, for the length we have said, a tunnel inter venes. From this to the Victoria-street Station it is nearly all a fair open cutting, and up to this point the line is nearly ready. From the Victoria-street Station, to be erected on the dirty waste ground, be yond Holborn, which is now dignified with the name of Victoria-street, the line is soon to have two branches, one intersecting Holborn-hill, or rather Skinner-street, and continuing its course due south under the site of the old Fleet Prison, effecting a junction with the Chatham and Dover line, which is to cross the Thames at Blaekfriars. The other and more important branch—in fact, the main line is to be continued under the ground north of Smith field and south of Charterhouse-square, and will pass beneath Barbican into Finsbury-circus. At this terminus it is intended, for the present at least, to stop ; though there is not the least doubt but, as the advantages which this quick mode of communica tion will afford, and the relief it must give to the enormously overcrowded traffic of our streets become more generally known and appreciated, the share holders themselves will find their own account in extending their branches to all the chief suburban districts of the metropolis. As it is, even completed to the Victoria-street station, and communicating with the Chatham and Dover-bridge when finished, the facilities which it will offer to rapid travelling will be immense. A person starting from Brighton or Dover will be put down almost at his own door I at Bayswater, instead of, as now, taking almost as much time to travel from London-bridge to Bays water as to perform a long journey by rail. In like manner, those coming from the North—from Edin burgh, Liverpool, or Manchester, will be able to book direct through to Dover or Southampton without the loss of a minute on their journey. It is not too much to say that for passengers pressed for time the two or three miles interval between the northern and southern stations of the metro polis are equal in actual delay to 200 or 300 miles distance on an unbroken journey. But though most of our readers know the fact of the delay, many of them may ask, why was it necessary to take the line underground ? To this we can only reply, in the words of the company, that it was not necessary at all, but that as by so doing they could effect a very great saving in the cost of the undertaking, it was thought to be most desirable. Sewers were not to be interfered with, gas-pipes were to be regarded as sacred, water-pipes not to be touched, churches to be avoided, and houses to be left secure. With these trifling drawbacks, Mr. Fowler was at liberty to take his tunnel through a labyrinth of sewers and gas and water mains if he could. At every step vestries, gas and water com panies, and the Board of Works had to be consulted, and but for the kind and liberal spirit in which the company was met, and the fair efforts which were everywhere made by the bodies to help them over their great difficulties, the railway could never have been made at all. Perhaps, however, a short rough outline of the portion of the line now nearly completed will give our readers the best idea of what these difficulties were. To the Victoria-street Station the line is nearly 34 miles long, having stations at Paddington, Edgware-road, Baker street, Portland-road, Euston-square, King's-cross, and Victoria-street. From west to east the average slops downwards of the whole line is about 1 in 300 feet, though after entering the city it again rises, but there is no steeper gradient throughout than 1 in 100. Its greatest curve is of 200 yards radius, and its greatest depth from the ground above to the rails not less than 54 feet, and there are not more than 1,200 yards of straight line through out. The span of the arch of the tunnel is 281 feet, its form is elliptical, and its height 17 feet, except in the parts where there is great superincumbent pressure, when the form of the arch is altered to give it greater strength and to take the crown to a height of 19 feet. The foundations of the tunnel go from four to five feet into the solid ground on each side below the rails, except in some few places, where the close vicinity of very heavy buildings rendered extra strength necessary, and here the tunnel has been driven like a shaft, and is a solid ring of massive brickwork above and below ; in fact, in all parts of the tunnel itself the most zealous care has been taken to insure the structure being everywhere greatly in excess of the strength it actually requires. Thus, even the lightest parts of the tunnel have six rings of brickwork, though railway arches of seven feet greater span are never built with more than five. The outer sides of the arches also are filled in with solid beds of concrete, and the whole covered over with a layer of asphalte to keep it water-tight. In fact, the tunnel has been formed on what engineers call the " cut and cover" principle ; that is, the ground has been opened to the base of the intended tunnel, the tunnel built, covered with concrete, and asphalte and filled in again with earth and the roadway paved over as before. On this plan and working in 12ft. lengths the tunnel has actually been constructed at the rate of 72ft. a week, quicker than any work of the kind has ever yet been ac complished. It has not all, however, been knocked off at this rapid rate. Passing near churches and heavy buildings the tunnel has been regularly driven in four feet lengths by skilled miners ; and such portions, being conducted with the most zea lous care, have advanced but slowly. At the western extremity, where the soil was a fine gravel, the works were at one time greatly impeded by the water, which in that district is abundant every where at about 14ft. from the surface. This it was useless to try pumping out, as the pumps brought up sand and gravel as well as water, and would, had the attempt been persevered in, have brought up the very foundation of the surround ing houses also. It was necessary at last to make regular drains into the low-level sewers in order to keep the works free. Through the gravel and throagh the London clay the labour has been very easy, but in parts where there was light loose, sandy soil a great deal of difficulty was experienced. All the really difficult parts have now, however, been surmounted, and the tunnel built in the most solid manner. The lines of rails are laid through many lengths, each line being double gauge, in tended for both the broad and narrow traffic. Where the junctions have been effected at Paddington and King's-cross it was necessary at the point where the switch rails joined to widen the tunnel, and at these parts make it in fact like the mouth of a trumpet. This was the most difficult operation ever attempted in either tunnelling or brickwork, but Mr. Fowler has surmounted all the obstacles in a masterly manner. What made the work at King's cross more difficult than all was that at precisely the most difficult part of all the junctions the great Fleet Ditch sewer crossed it right through the crown of the tunnel arch. As the sewer of course could not be disturbed, the obstacle was met by carrying it across, slung, as it were, in a powerful cast-iron trough, and there it now hangs, peering throii-i n the brickwork like a colossal main, and 'with all beneath it as dry and sweet-smelling a s if Fleet Ditch—that fullest and foulest of all London's sewers—were 100 miles away. It is but justice to Mr. Jay, the contractor for all this end of the works from Euston-square, to say that he has accomplished all the designs in the most massive and careful manner, and that in fact the works here are regarded among engineers as positive models of what contract labour should be. The stations along the line which we have already enumerated will, all but two, be open-air stations, and even those that are to be underground will be amply lit by daylight coming through apertures in the roof of the arch. But one of the greatest difficulties of all the many that had to be overcome consisted in con structing an engine that should be at once of great power and speed, capable of consuming its own smoke, and above all to give off no steam. Ordinary engines passing through tunnels so completely en closed would in a very short time fill them with such a mixture of steam and smoke as would be very nearly suffocating, would make signals almost useless, and in short render the traffic not only dis agreeable but dangerous. To avoid all these com plicated evils Mr. Fowler has invented an engine which, while in the open air, works like a common locomotive, but when in the tunnel consumras its own smoke, or rather makes none, and. by condens ing its own steam gives off not a particle of vapour. On Thursday last Mr. Wilkinson, the chairman of the company, with Mr. Alderman Rose, Mr. Pearson, and a number of gentlemen connected with the company, the City Corporation, and the Board of Works, were invited to Paddington to witness a trial of this engine. They were received by Mr. T. M. Johnson, the resident engineer, under whose personal superintendence all the works of the line have been effected. The engine (which was of the broad gauge) was duly examined and admired, though, truth to say, there is nothing particularly attractive in its external appearance. The whole party then mounted trucks provided for the occa sion, and the engine took the train along the first tunnel to the open station in course of building in the Edgware-road. As long as the engine remained in the open air at Paddington it had fizzed and sim mered like any other locomotive ; but the instant it entered the tunnel it condensed its steam, and scarcely a mark of vapour was perceptible, while from the flues into the smoke box being damped, not the least smell of smoke was given off. As upon the success of this engine the successful working of the line depends, the result of the experiment was watched with a good deal of anxiety. It, however, was perfectly satisfactory, and not even the most distant lamps in the long vista down the sides Of the tunnel were dimmed in the slightest de'gree—in short, nothing could have been more entirely com plete and satisfactory. Having gone through the tunnel the engine returned down the same track, and when in the centre of the tunnel, to show the difference, the engine was allowed to work upon the usual plan, and in a few instants the whole place was full of vapour, which was so thick that even when the visitors returned through for the third time the lamps were still scarcely visible. The party were then invited to leave the train and to walk along the line as far as the Great Northern station at King's-cross. In some parts of this route, where the tunnelling is still going on, the way was dark, sometimes difficult, and always dirty. Where the works were complete and the rails laid, the whole aspect of the tunnel lit with gas was light, warm, and cheerful. In at most three or four months more our readers will have an oppor tunity of judging of this wonderful work for them selves, and we think a single trip will suffice, ev en with the most fastidious, to upset all preconceived ideas as to the discomforts of subterranean railways in London. The through trains from east to west, and vice versa, will, we believe, be arranged to start every 10 minutes, to accomplish the distance from end to end in 13 minutes, at a rate of fares which it is said will compete with those of the cheapest omnibuses. If this is so the line ought to prove remunerative to the shareholders, though whether it is so or not it must he an immense convenience to the public. FROM THJ GAZETTE OF LAST EVENING. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Nov. 28. The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Syme, Esq., to be Surgeon in Scotland in Ordinary to her Majesty. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 28. The Queen has been pleas , d to approve of Mr. Thomas 11. Dudley as Consul at Liverpool for the United States of America. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 29. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Adrion Campbell Cator as Consul at Rangoon for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. WHITEHALL, Nov. 28. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. William Farren White, 8.A., to the vicarage of Stonehouse, in the county of Gloucester, and diocese of Gloucester and Bris. , tol, void by the death of the Rev. Henry Cripps. WORCESTERSHIRE—EASTERN DIVISION. --The Gazette of this evening contains a notice that the Speaker of the House of Commons will issue his warrant for a new writ, for the election of a member for the Eastern Division of the county of Worcester, in the room of the late John Hodgetts Hodgetts Foley, Esq. CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 28. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TILE PRESE NT] PARLIAAIENT. City of Carlisle—Edmund Potter, Esq., in the room of the Right Hon. Sir JameS Robert George Graham, Bart., deceased, BA. Walter John Brooks, bakeNKRUPTSr, Aldersgate-street James Thomas Owen, carman, Dulwich, Surrey John Dormer, builder, Caversham, Oxfordshire Charles Wills, millwright, Winchester Henri Henrionnet, Oakley-square, Regent's Park George William Lock, assistant-surgecn in the nr , vy, Liverpool-street, King's-cross Samuel Palmer, printer, Kentish-town William Pelt, grocer, Lavender-road, Battersea Thomas Lampin, lime. merchant, Norwood Newaown William I Belnes, ibulptor, Regent's Park Josiah Morris, Montpelier-terrace, Wi11i4174 Maw()) 00 1 Striqui William H. Ablett, commission agent, Laurence-lane, City. Norman Bruce, dealer in tobacco, Staines The Rev. Robert Wallis Belt, Brompton Thomas Stockford, baker, Goswell street, Clerkenwell William G. Gibbons, journeyman cabinetmaker, Lower Whitecross-street George W. Hutchinson, accountant, Basinghall-street James Frederick Lockett, butcher, Walworth Charles Cornwell, cow keeper, Wapping Thomas Stock, licensed victualler, Great Coggeshall, Essex Samuel J. Pittar, umbrella maker, Regent-street Abraham Smith, baker, King-street, Hammersmith John James Gibson, Kilburn-terrace, Peckham John Cook, labourer, Great Berkhampstead John Halford, auctioneer, Nicol-square, Hackney John Smith, jun., fruiterer, Greenwich Edward Baron Biggs and Henry Pearson Biggs, far mers, Willesden Letitia Mary Ann James, lodging -house-keeper, Burton street, Eaton-square_ Andrew Beater, Fredk. Denmaat, and James Russ, warehousemen, Aldermanbury Wm. Keylock, commission agent, Ironmonger-lane, City John Yates, bootmaker, Whitechapel-road James Morrison, grocer, Greenhithe Henry Luff, farmer, Roundhurst, Sussex Timothy Spencer, tailor, Argyle-street, Regent-street Phillipp Eckhaus, jeweller, New-street, Bishopsgate Joseph George Eardonsohn, wine merchant, Mincing-lane Hugh M'Nulty, master mariner, Commercial .road East Edward Jarvis, Registrar's Office, Chancery-lane George Ebenezer Allan, North-place, Ball's pond-road James Powell, printer, Mitcham. Richard Chalklin, jun., carries., Forest-hill, K e nt John Hoare, tobacconist, Piccadilly Thomas Daly, licensed victualler, Plumstead, Kent Joseph Harrison, corn merchant, Kentish-town Thomas Hill, builder, Lee, Kent Wm. Alex. Law, spruce dealer, Mercer's-terrace, Stepney Samuel Rogers, corn dealer, Aynho, Northamptonshire Win. Shirt, Ashby-road, Islington Hope Hunter, draper, Walsall Henry M alkinshaw, printer, Birmingham Edmond Greenhouse, moister, Kingsland, Herefordshire Thomas Stubbs, builder, Swinscoe, Staffordshire Jacob Stanley Lister, timber merchant, Bilston Richard Campion. and Edmund Henry Jones, chemists, Wolverhampton Adam Pringle, beer seller, Radford, Nottinghamshire John Bannister, Liverpool Charles Bartholomew, bath provietor, Bristol John Peter Willmott, chemist, elymouth George Cozens, cattle dealer, High Ham Robert Hawkings, farmer, Huntspill, Bridgwater Ann Jackson, lodging-house keeper, Bradford Benjamin B. Nicholls, commission merchant, Chapeltown, near Leeds Arthur Trenam, licensed victualler, Mansfield Frederick George Field, .lioemaher, Barnsley Charles Wormall, machine comb manufacturer, Leeds James Tilley, builder, Widness, Lancashire Samuel Brand, licensed victualler, Liverpool Hugh Humphreys, merchant, HendyTev;yn,Merioneths shire. Owen Edwards, builder, Liverpool John Shaw, druggist, Broughtor.s in Furness, Lancashire George Giovannovich, merchant, Manchester John Mather, music seller Lancaster Castle John Richard Tremlett, and Edward Hill, masons, Sal-. ford Thomas Stone. cordwainer, Reedham, Norfolk Henry Jam Ls Butcher, agent, Great Yarmouth John - astin, carpenter, Newcastle, Glamorganshire -"'':ittrd Ogden, farmer, Jumbo, Tonge, Lancashire William Mitchell, veterinary surgeon, Landport, Portsea Joseph Cowley, cattle dealer, Landport, Portsea George Dimond, stationer, Gosport George William King, butcher, Southsea Joseph Partridge, painter, Willenlaall, Staffordshire Thomas Harris, provision dealer's assistant, Wolver' hampton Richard Reynolds, butcher, Wolverhampton John Prosser, innkeeper, Cheltenham. Isaac Sudbury Parkins, commission. agent, Blackburn George Heppenstall, steel converter, Sheffield James Jepson, grocer, Sheffield Edward Priestley, fulling miller, Huddersfield David Aspinall, journeyman skater, Huddersfield Fleetwood Milnes, Kirkheaton George Smethurst, baker, H u dd ers fi e ld Josep Harrison Oddie Wilson, schoolmaster, Rathmell, Yorkshire Thomas Waters, grocer, Worn Ystalytera, Glamorgan. - shire John Robins, grocer, Lytchett Matrav ers , Dorsetshire Saul Barnes, shoemaker, Lowestoft James Perry, broker, Birmingham Charles Hemming, cabinetmaker, Birmingham Henry Baylis, draper. Birmingham Frederick Spencer, painter, Digbeth, Birmingham George Barnsley, out of business, Aldwark, Bradbourne, Derbyshire Thomas HOW (otherwise Heald) job,dyer, Pollard-streets Manchester John Parry, journeyman tailor, Ardwick, Manchester Jonathan Sweetirg Storey, bl , acksmith, Hartlepool John Lloyd Jones, machineman, Rhosllanerchrugog's Ruabon Frank Hutchinson, grocer, Wood-street, within Elton, Lancashire Thomas Garwood, innkeeper, Bury St. Edmunds; Daniel Pawley Hardy, milliner, Grantham The7aas Rees, farmer, Broodmeor, St. Dogwells, Peva' [r;okeshire David Rees, farmer, Pennsylvania, Rudbuxton Owen Roberts, cowkeeper, Toxteth-road, Liverpool Wm. Fielding Marshall, heald and read maker, Shipley John Duerden, fishcurer and salesman, Blackburn Thomas Etherington, engineer, Liverpool. William Lumley, journeyman mechanic, Oldham James Taylor, labourer, near St. Helen's, Sutton Thomas Dobson, journeyman plasterer, Blackburn Richard Holden, tinner, Preston Robert Taylor, commission agent, Harrop-street, Green* heys, Manchester Robert Bell, fishmonger, Alnwick, Northumberland Lyon Brown, surveyor, Pembridge, Herefordshire John Phillips, haulier, Llanguicke, 6 lamorganshire George Johnson, shoe factors' assistant, Northampton John Stiles, attorney-at-law, Patricroft George Harvey, painter, Leigh, Essex John Short, travelling tea dealer, Simonsbath, EXTZIOre William Finch, innkeeper, Fyfield, Essex William Wyer, shoemaker, Attlebotough, Norfolk Edward Pigney, bricklayer, New Catton, Norwich William Richardson, shopkeeper, Heigham, Norwich Samuel Wickens, corn dealer, Tonbridge Wells John Biley, shoemaker, Hooton Pagnell, Yorkshire John Andrews, miller, Horsham, Sussex William Burton, boxmaker, Halifax Elizabeth Lees, innkeeper, Halifax Elizabeth Lee, cork cutter, Oxford William John Olive, seedsman, He9thfield, Sussex William Oliver, grocer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Thomas Calvert, professor of nyasic, Exeter James Roberts, dealer in aversr, Goudhurst, Kent James Wenn, ironmonger., .Downhatn-market William Currey, photographic artist, Bolton-le. Moors Frances Wells, widow, innkeeper, Chelmsford William Coleman, baker, Northampton AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. Computed from tho Returns made in the week ending 1•1 , ,,v. 26, 1861, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : per cwt. Muscovado, the produce of British America 23s 60 COUNTRY MA.R1f11,26: 1,,..-, LIVERPOOL—Nov.[29. The fear that the present complications between our GO" vernment and the Federal States of America may lead to collision between the two countries caused considerable e%:: citernent in our mark advance. Wheat was eagerly souglr after, and a general of 3d to 4d was establishiat but only a very limited business resulted. Flour is abol the prices of this day week. Indian corn was freely sol d .: at is to is 6d dearer. Oats and oatmeal slow at unchange° prices. Beans and peas held more money. WAKEFIELD—Nov. 29. We have good supplies of grain. Wheat was firra at last Friday's prices, with . a cautious trade, b u t ow ing t ° _, the aspect of political affairs factors are not anx i ous to press sales. Barley still has a downward tendency, No chang° in oats and other articles. EXETER —Nov. 29. The supply to-day was good ; prices may be quoted as fold lows : Wheat, white 7s Gd to 8s Od Earley. 4s Od to 4 s 64 I Ditto new .0s Od to Os Od Oats 3s Oa to 3s sa Flour, fine, 48s to —s ; seconds, 42s to 44s per sack. CATTLE. A good supply of bullocks, and a moderate supply of sheep. Cows and calves scarce. Fat beef,p score, 10s0d tolls Ewes, per lb ....6d to 61a 1 Pork carcases,do lOs 6d to lls Wethers, do. .61d told Lambs, per 1b.....—d to —d Fat calves, d 0... 7cl to Md. Rough fat, 4d per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR , -:Nov. 29. The market for raw sugars renia:ins very quiet, the sales not exceeding 150 hhds. of Bar)',adoes of low quality, 1. 1 goods there is also a slow bii :t. , .j. refiners' purposes. Prices are quite nominal. In refine d goods ness doing at about previouo values. In rum nothing dwag. I3Iii,THS. DILL.—On the 25th inst., at Brighton, the wife of Dr' Dill, of a son. Moox.—On the 27th bast., at the residence of her father" in-law, Sir F. Gra l oam Moon Bart., Western Hou se, Brighton, the wife. of the Rev. E. G. Moon, premature l P of a son, stillborn.. ROKETIY.—O n the 2'6th inst., at the house of her father , Brettenham-park, Suffolk, the wife of the Rev. 1 1011.1 R. Rokeby, jun.., of a son. WEBSTER.—On. the 26th inst., at 11, Campden-hill Villas Kensington ) the wife of James Webster, M.D., 01 . daughter. _ MARRIAGES. HAY—MoniN.—Cn the 28th inst., at Lewisham, James S, Hay., Esq,, H.M.'s 89th Regt., to Jane Anna Newsllp eld'ost daughter of John Morin, Esq., of Allanton, DO I" triesshire. WALsx—Rinix.Y.—On the 28th inst., at St. James's, Pi e ' . cadilly, the Rev. W. Pakenham Walsh, M.A., Chaplain of Sandford, Dublin, to Clara Jane, daughter of the late Samuel Ridley, Esq. DEATHS. BICKNELL.—On the 27th inst., at Herne-hill, Surrey, $ Bicknell, Esq. CUFF.—On the 28th inst.,. in Norfolk-street, Park-lanef Miss Elizabeth Cuff, late of Teddington, Middlesex, aged 58. GRANT.—On the 27th inst., at Forres House, Morayshir e, Lewis F. W. E. Grant, son of Robert Grant, Esq., of Kineorth, aged 13 months. KUPElt.—On the 27th inst., at Upper Clapton, the Rev.W Kuper, D,D,, K.H., aged 90. MTDDLETON.—On the 27th inst., at Myricklton Lodge, near °Vey, the Hon. Juliana Middleton, aged 72. STEVENS.—On the 25th inst,, at Ramsgate, Mrs, Ann 13 Stevens, aged 91. LONDON : Printed and l!ublished by MIIRDO r Ot o-- , No. 112, Strand, Printix, at THE SUN Mice, No.ll2,Stra o ; in the Precinct of the. Savoy, In the County r,t Middle" §ilittifidttY, kTovegiDpi:, 30 ; 1801. r. •