The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-23 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

LATEST FROM AMERICA.

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DEFEAT OF CONFEDERATES.

THREE STEAMERS SUNK AND
LOSS OF 700 MEN.

NEW 'YORK, Ocr. 11.
(Per Bohemian, via. Londonderry.)

Commander Chauncey has arrived at Washing-
ton from Hatteras Inlet. He reports that on
Monday last, the 7th inst., a Confederate expe-
dition, consisting of six steamers and 3,000 men,
endeavoured to re-capture the forts, but without
success. Three of the attacking steamers were
sunk with all on board. The loss of the Con-
federates is estimated at 700 men, but this is
denied by some journals.
The Bank of Washington refuses to take the
Treasury notes.

Louisville, near Washington, has been occupied
by the Federal troops.
Recent investigations show that the Confederate
fortifications at Aoquia Creek consist of three
batteries mounting twenty guns, which are de-
signed to defend the terminus of the Great Southern
Railroad.

The steamers Asia and Glasgow have arrived
out.

LATEST BY TELEGRAPH FROM FATHER POINT.
NEW YORK, 0cr.12„ Eva.
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New Orleans is now effectually blockadoil. The
Feder&hi are constructing fortifications at Head
Passes.

Further successes have been obtained by the
Federals in Western Virginia.
The Federals are slowly advancing on the Foto-
mac, while the Confederates are retiring.
A large naval expedition, consisting of twenty
ships, left for the Southern States this afternoon.
Its destination is unknown.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Stocks active and steady : New York Central,
781 ; Illinois, 60 ; Erie, 318. Exchange : Bankers'
bills, 107 i. Cotton firm. Breadatuffs steady.
Provisions quiet.

NEW YORK, Ocr. 12, Moronic.
(Per Edinburgh vitt Queenstown.)
No Confederate force is visible within sir miles
of Louisville.

The Confederates in Western Virginia are being
further driven back.

A strong body of Confederates has crossed from
the mainland and attacked the Federal camp near
Hatteras Inlet. The Federals retreated, carrying
away their tents and provisions, and leaving fifty
prisoners. The Federal steamers Monticello and
Susquehanna afterwards arrived with assistance, and
shelled the Confederates who had lauded, forcing
them to return to their steamers with heavy loss.
Two of the Confederate vessels were sunk.
The Governor of Louisiana has forbidden the
entry of cotton into New Orleans, whether coming
by steamer or railway.
It is reported from Missouri that General Price
will await General M'Culloch's forces before
marching on Jefferson City.
The New York press generally discredit the
report that the Federal Government has acquiesced
in the Mexican intervention. The world believes
that the government would not consent to proceed-
ings which might eventually embroil America with
the allied powers.
The American Polar expedition arrived at Hali-
fax on the 9th lied. They were unable to pene-
trate through Smith's Straits, either this summer
or last, on account of the heavy ice. By mean! of
dog sledges, however, they succeeded in pene-
trating as far as latitude 81 degrees 35 minutes on
the west aide of Kennedy Channel.

Advices have been received from Havannah to
the sth inst. It was reported that General Ser-
rano left for Spain on the 20th Sept. General
Prim was on his way to Cuba, to assume the cap-
tain-generalship of that island. He would com-
mand the Spanish expedition against Mexico.

The Bavaria hu arrived out.
LONDONDERRY, Ocr. 23.
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The Canadian screw steamer Bohemian, which
arrived here this morning, passed the North
American on the 14th, and the Auglo-Baton on
the 16th inst.

POLAND.
THE PROTEST OF THE CLERGY.

The following letter has been sent to Count
Lambert, the Lieutenant-General of Poland, by
the Administrator of the diocese of Warsaw,
apropos of the events of the 16th and 16th :
The acts of profanation committed yesterday In our
cathedral, in the church of the Beruardin Fathers, and in
that of the missionaries, by Muscovite soldiers, have filled
with indignation and horror the minds of the inhabitants of
tide city and of the entire country to whatever religion
they belong. In the presence of inch facts I moot
keep silence. Placed at the head of the clergy
of this diocese, it is my duty to point out to
your Excellency all the gravity of the insult com-
mitted in the churches during the offering of the holy
sacrifice and the siuging of religions hymns approved of by
the church. The House of the Lord surrounded by troops;
nearly 2,1= persons detained inside for a whole day and
night without food, and without regard to the necessitke
which they might experience; the door of the temple
broken in ; the House of the Lord invaded during the night
by armed soldier with helmets on their heeds, who Amick
with the butt ends of their muskets those who refused
to leave from the fear if being arrested at on,—
tipme are facts without any excuse ; they are a tlisipmee
to the soldiers of a catholic government, and would make
m believe in the return of the times of Attila. Before such
circumstances, and seeing the soldiers threaten with their
bayonets • disarmed people, I have, in conforming to the
intentions of the church, taken measures which, while re-
moving the terrible temptation of despair from this indig-
nant and justly exasperated people, will make it, how-
ever, feel profoundly the barbarity of the acts
committed. I have, then, believed it my duty to
order the closing of all the churches of Warsaw, and the
geovention of any service from being celebrated them
What consequences will result to minds already so deeply
irritated, from this deprivation of all consolation and re-
ligious assistance ? I cannot foresee ; but that which
I do know is, that nothing can now renew the ties of wail-
dance between the governors and the governed—ties so often
and so cruelly broken. I expect from the government some
real and serious pimentos, which shall preserve the faith-
ful in their churches against the attacks of military forte.
(Itigoed) BIALOSBZ4.BI.I,
Administrator of the Diocese of Wanow.

The Russian authorities have issued an official
notice referring to the above, in which they state
that " the government, not finding the suspension
of Divine service to be justified in any way, leaves
all the responsibilities which may result from it to
its authors."