The Express.
London, England, 1861-08-28 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.

LIVERPOOL, TCIINDAT.
The Montreal Ocean Mail Steamship Company's
screw-stemuer Norwegian, Captain M'Master, from
Quebec ou the 17th inst., arrived in the Mersey at
2.20 this afternoon.

A telegraphic summary of her news has already
appeared.
The New York papers received are only one day
later than those received per Africa, and the Cana-
dian papers contain nothing of importance.
The following is taken from the New York Time.
of the 15th Met. :

"The battle which took place near Springfield
Mount on the 10th appears to have been even more
hotly contested than that of Bull's Run. Viewed
in • military light it may be considered a
drawn battle, but taking into consideration
the great disparity of forces, it may well
be considered a great victory for the na-
tional arms. General Lyon, it seems, was led to
take the initiative by apparently authentic reports
that heavy reinforcements under General Hardie
were on their way to join the rebel forces under
M'Cullocli. Our army marched out of Springfield
on the evening of the 9th, only fifty-five hun-
dred strong, the home guards remaining behind, and
rested on the prairie during a portion of the night.
About sunrise on the morning of the 10th the
I enemy's outposts were driven in, and soon after the
action became general. The main attack was made
in two columns, led by Generals Lyon and Sturges,
while General Siegel bad a flanking force of about
1,000 men, with four pieces of artillery, on the south
of the enemy's camp.
"Daring the battle, which raged from sunrise
until past one o'clock in the afternoon, three dis-
tinct charges were made by the rebels upon Captain
Potter's battery, but each time they were repulsed
with terrible slaughter. General Lyon, it appears,
fell early in the day at the head of a Kansas regi-
ment, which he was leading on a charge, its colonel
having been disabled.!
"The enemy at last was thrown into disorder
and commenced retreating ; but our forces were so
badly cut up that it was not deemed prudent to
pursue. General Siegel lest three of his guns, but
spiked them and destroyed the carriages before
he left them. Our loss is variously esti-
mated at from 150 to 300 killed, and
several hundred wounded, while that of the
enemy is placed at least 2,000 killed and wounded.
They also lost, as before stated, all their tents and
camp equipage, and about 100 horses.
" General Price was not killed, as was stated in
the first despatch, and there appears to be some
doubt about the death of //Mauch. The
rebels made no attempt to follow our tome" on
their retirement from Springfield, and it was
considered probable that General Siegel would not
fall back further than Lebanon, where he would
await reinforcements.

" General Fremont has proclaimed martial law
in Bt. Louia.

" Despatches from Cairo announce that General
Pillow has abandoned his intention of attacking
Bird's Point and Cairo, and is in full retreat down
the Mississippi towards Memphis.
"The remnant of the New York. Fire brigade
returned to this city yesterday ; there are 380 of
them. A meeting of the discontented members
was held last evening, and a long list of regimental
grievances was made opt. According to the
ZOUJIVOS' story, they nave been badly treated by the
government and their own officers."