The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-27 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.
ROCHE'S POINT, April 25 (Midnight).
The Canada has brought advises from New York
to the 14th inst.
The Federal attack on Charleston has proved a
more decided failure than was anticipated. Admiral
Dupont's official report, which is in the hands of
the Government, has been withheld for reasons not
stated, The accounts of the correspondents of the
New York papers not only cot flrm those previously
received from Confederate sources but admit the re-
pulse of the ironclads to have been complete, and
that no renewal of the attempt need be looked for.
Of the nine Monitors that participated in the en
gegen:tent, one, the Keokuk, was sunk, and has proved
a total loss; another, the Passaic, received a shot
that bent in her turret and disabled her 11-inch
guns; three others, the Patapsco, Nantucket, and
Nahant, were all more or less injured and rendered
unfit for service. This condition of his fleet deter-
mined Admiral Dupont to abandon the idea of re-
newing the conflict. At the date of the last advic(s
two of the Monitors had sailed for Port Royal,
whither the reminder were shortly to follow. The
Federal loss was 20 officers and men wounded, one
of whom has since died. The Federals report that
several breaches were made in the walls of Fort
Sumter. The engagement, when fairly commenced,
only lasted 30 minutes according to one account,
and two hours according to another. The result
has caused great discouragement in New York, and
revived the popular clamour for a change in the
Administration.
The violent outcry against Great Britain is con-
tinued in the Republican journals; it is declared
that a war against England would effectually unite
all parties in the North. The Solicitor-General and
Lord Palmerston are vehemently denounced for
their recent speeches on the depredations of the
Alabama and Florida. The indications are that the
anti-English spirit is stimulated by the Government
to distract public attention from the disheartening
repulse before Charleston.
Advices from Moorhead city, North Carolina, to
the 11th inst., state that up to that date all attempts
to relieve General Foster at Washington had been
unsuccessful. A detachment of 7,000 men, which
had been despatched to his assistance, was driven
back by the Confederates, with a loss to the Fede-
rale of 60 men. No communication had been re-
ceived from General Foster subsequent to the Bth
inst., and it is alleged that he had only provisions
for one day. He has refused to receive any more
flags of truce, or to send away the women and chil-
dren and other non-combatants.
All the expeditions for the purpose of reaching
the rear of Vicksburg via the several passes leading
from the Mississippi have been abandoned.
During the retreat of the Federals from Fort
Pemberton and Yazoo Pass they were frequently
fired upon by guerillas, and had 30 men killed and
many wounded.
The correspondent of the Ne:v York Times, writ-
ing from New Orleans under date of April 5, states
that the attitude of the Confederates at Port Hud-
son, Jackson, Mobile, and on the Atchafalaya jus-
tify the apprehension of an attack upon New Or-
leans, which the troops under General Banks are
in no condition successfully to resist. The Con-
federate forces at the points named number nearly
65,000 men, and would be concentrated at New
Orleans in 12 hours, while General Banks has less
than 20,000 men.
A grand mass meeting was called by the insti-
gators of the Loyal National League to meet at
Union square on Saturday afternoon, the anniver-
sary of the fall of Fort Sumter. About 5,000 per-
sons assembled, who were addressed by Generals
Fremont and Sigel and the Postmaster-General,
Mr. Montgomery Blair. The latter denounced the
English aristocracy for fitting out the pirates Ala
bama and Florida, and advocated the vigorous pro-
teeution of the war.
The disturbances between the white and coloured
labourers in this city continue to be of frequent
occurrence. Yesterday, in two instances, the
negroes were driven from their work on the wharves
by Irish and other labourers. One of the negroes
fired a pistol into the crowd, wounding one of his
assailants, and it was with great difficulty that the
police prevented his being lynched on the spot.
There is no further news from Charleston, except
that the Confederate steamer Stonewall Jackson,
formerly the Leopard, being closely pursued while
attempting to run the blockade on the night of the
11th, was beached and burnt by the captain of the
vessel. The mail was safely landed in small boats,
together with crew and passengers. It is believed
that the remnant of the ironclads, so signally de-
feated on the 7tb, will, as soon as repaired, be sent
to New Orleans to make an attempt upon Port
Hudson.
The Tribune reports from Washington that Lord
Lyons has requested thet the mail found on board
the English steamer Peterhoff be returned to him
unopened, and that the Department of State is in-
clined to comply with his demand. The Navy De-
partment, on the contrary, objects to do so on the
ground that the letters and papers it contains may
furnish sufficient proofs to condemn the vessel and

cargo.
On the 14th there was some slight skirmishing
near Suffolk, Virginia, brought on by an advance of
a Confederate force for the purpose of occupying the
attention of Gen. Peck, and of preventing reinforce-
ments being sent to Gen. Foster.
The casualties on either side were trifling. A
deserter who Lame into the Federal lines at Suffolk
on the 13th inst. reported that Gen. Foster, with
his whole garrison, had surrendered to the Con-
federates. The latest Federal accounts direct from
Gen. Foster are to the 11th, at which date he
believed he could hold out for three weeks.
In compliance with the request of the Confede-
rate Congress, President Davis, on the 10th inst.,
issued an address to the people of the Confederate
States upon the present condition and future
prospects of their country. He says, in this ad-
dress, that, alone and unaided, the Confederacy
had defeated the most formidable military and naval
combinations of its enemies, and, at the end of two
years of war, could look back with pride upon all
it had accomplished. Referring to the discomfiture
of the Federals at Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and
Charleston, he said that the forces of the Confede-
racy were never so numerous or efficient as at the
present moment. He concluded by exhorting the
people to be prepared for the continuance of war,
and to cultivate the crops for the sustenance of their
armies rather than cotton and tobacco.
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MEXICO.'
No attack upon Puebla had taken place up to the
23d ult ~ the date of last advises.
Several encoun-
ters between the French and Mexican troops are
reported from Mexican sources, in which the ad-
vantage is claimed for the latter.
The Canada takes 20,901 dols, in specie.
Richmond papers of the 13th publish a despatch