The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-25 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, JUNE 24,
The Montreal Ocean Steamship Company's screw
.earner Jura arrived here this morning from
Quebec, having sailed thence on Saturday, the 13th

nat. Besides the Canadian mails ard a number of

passengers, the Jura brought 39,000 dole. in specie

on freight.

By this arrival we learn that the mail steamer
Norwegian, Captain APAlaster, ran ashore on St.
Paul's Island, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, during

a dense fog on the afternoon of Sunday, the 14'h
inst. This was reported by the captain of the news

boat when the Jura called off Cape Race. The mails,

crew, and passengers were saved, and hopes were
entertained that the ship would be got off. The

Norwegian was on her outward voyage from Liver-
pool, whence she sailed on the 4th inst., with a fair
amount of cargo and about 500 passengers, and
appears to have made a quick passage to the St.
Lawrence, where she met with the mishap. The
Norwegian is an iron screw steamer of 1,888 tons
register, was built in 1860, and was bark-rigged.
She belongs to Messrs. Allan Brothers and Co.'s

Line of steamers. '

A despatch to the Tribune, dated Washington,

he 11th, says:—

" The opinion is entertained in quarters likely to be ac-
quainted with the facts, that not a man has been detached

from Bragg's army since General Grant opened the siege of
Vicksburg. General Rosecrans has been so watchful, has
found means to keep himself so thoroughly informed as to
Bragg's designs, and has so constantly threatened him with

an attack in force, that he has deemed it imprudent to
weaken his strength in the least, even for the purpose of

attempting to relieve Vicksburg. By pursuing this course
for the present Bosecrane is believed to be contributing more

toward permanent triumph than he could by such a victory
as that of Stone River. Bragg was ordered to go South to
reinforce Johnstone, when the men and some of the officers
mutinied. Bragg ordered out a brigade to surround the
mutinous regiments, and swore he would hang 100 men a
day until discipline was restored."

From Cincinnati it is stated that a spirited en-
gagement took place at Monticello oa the 10th inst.
The Federal troops, under command of Col. Kuntz,

had driven the Confederates from Monticello, and
they were falling back towards the Cumberland

river, when they rallied in force and attacked the
rear guard. The Federals retreated slowly. Re•
inforcement.s subsequently went to their relief,

when a desperate hand-to-hand conflict ensued,
lasting two hours, and resulting in the defeat of
the Confederates. The Federal loss, says the de-

snatch, was 80 killed and wounded; the Confede-

rate loss is not stated.

An unofficial telegram, received in Washing-
,on on the 12th from the vicinity of Vicksburg,

says the Confederates, in small force, attacked
Milliken's Bend and Young's Point on the 6th

inst., bat were decisively repulsed at both points.

The coloured troops at the former place at first

gave way, but, upon hearing that those of their

number who were captured were killed, they ral•

ied with great fury and routed the enemy.

The Tribune of the 11th says :
"We have a letter from our correspondent Zenophe' to
the 6th inst. He gives a hopeful view of the progress of the
siege; reports the repulse of a sortie against one of our
mining parties on the night of the 3d; demonstrates that
General Joe Johnstone cannot possibly get near enough to
strike Grant without being extinguished, and says the gar-
rison will soon be compelled by famine to capitulate."

A special despatch of the New York Herald,
dated headquarters of the army of the Potomac,

says :
" Our forces remain in possession of the flats south of
Fredericksburg. The enemy manifests no inclination to
attack us. Our defences are impregnable, and it is not be-
lieved that the rebels will risk an assault. Work has been
suspended in their own fortifications. Their troops, how-
ever, display themselves extensively and are evidently in
large force, No firing has been heard since Tuesday even-
ing, and this morning the utmost quiet prevails. A num-
ber of prisoners arrived last night from the upper works.
Most of them are members of the 4th Virginia Cavalry.

Stuart's attempt to make a raid into Pennsylvania is

frustrated. Lee is in the vicinity of Culpepper with a large
body of infantry, and a heavy force remains near Frede-
ricksburg. Troops from the Blackwater, North and South
Carolina, and elsewhere, have been hurried up to the army
of Northern Virginia, and there can be no doubt that Lee
contemplates a grand and desperate effort for the annihila-
tion of Hooker's army."
The Tribune's special correspondent, writing on
the 10th, says :
" The Rappahannock was again crossed by detachments
from the Ist, 3d, and sth corps this morning near Kelly's
Ford without the loss of a single man on our side. The
rebels seemed to be entirely taken by surprise; so silently,
were our men embarked that their pickets of six cavalry
men did not discover our designs until the canvas boats had
reached the middle of the stream. We were then ordered
by the rebels to halt, which injunction our men seemed to
consider a very good joke. Two shots were then fired at
the boats, neither of which took effect. Several of our men
answered the salute, killing one man, who was immediately
carried off by his comrades, who beat a hasty retreat as our
boats neared the shore. Two boat-loads were landed, and
immediately commenced reconnoitring on the other side,
but found no rebels. The remainder of our forces, in all
perhaps a division, afterwards forded the river."
The Ohio Democrat states that a Convention met

at Columbus on the 11th, and was very largely

attended. Ex• Governor Medill presided. General
Clement Vallandigham was nominated for Governor

ions."

on the first ballot, receiving 448 out of 461 votes
His nomination was then made unanimous. The
Hon. George E. Pugh was nominated for Lieute-
nant-Governor by acclamation. Resolutions Were
unanimously adopted protesting against President
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, condemning
martial law in loyal States where war does not
exist ; denouncing the suppression of the writ of
habeas corpus; protesting in strong terms against
the banishment of the Hon. C. L. Vallandigham,
and calling on the President to recall him and
restore to him all his rights as a citizen of the
United States ; and declaring that they would hail
with delight a desire of the seceded States to return
to their allegiance, and that they would co-operate
with the citizens of those States to restore peace,
and that they insisted upon freedom of speech,
freedom of the press, and the right of trial by jury.
Under the date of the 11th inst. Captain Butler,
of the bark Whistling Wind, states that his vessel
was boarded on the 6th inst., in let 33.30, long. 71
29, by the rebel pirate Coquette. The Whistling
wind was set on fire and burnt. The Coquette was
formerly the brig Clarence, of Baltimore, and was
captured by the pirate Florida, to which vessel she
is a tender.
A letter to the New York Herald of the 12th
reports the capture and burning under the guns of
Fort Morgan, below Mobile, of the schooner Ripple
(Hunter) with cotton. She had been taken by the
Kanawha, on the 7th, about 30 miles south of
Mobile.
The United States' ship Desota chased the Con-
federate steamer Cuba from Havannab, laden with
arms and ammunition, and compelled the crew to
set fire to her and to escape in boats. The Cuba
formerly ran between Mobile and New Orleans, and
was capable of carrying 10,000 bales of cotton.
The Canadian elections are proceeding with con
siderable activity ; the Montreal _Herald says :
The electoral returns from the country at large still sho
a considerable Ministerial majority ; but it is of course un
tierstood that in all these cases the safest constituencies are
those which are the first called upon. We have to-day to
add to our .Ministerial list one more Upper Canadian name,
that of Dickson, for Huron and Bruce, and two lower Ca-
nadians, Mee.sra. Dufresne for Iberville, and Labreche
Viger for Terrebonne. The return of the latter, though by
a small majority, shows that though at no great distance
' from the city the result was not influenced, to an over-
whelming extent, by the rebound of our own elections. We
have classed Mr. Sicotte among the Ministerial candidates,
because we have too much respect for one of the most high-
spirited men in public life to place him among the doubtful;
and because we believe, that, having no personal interests
which he will for a moment but in competition with the
public advantage, he will be found, as usual with the patty
with which he has always acted, if he shall, as we have no
doubt he will, find their programme to be such as he can
approve. We, of course, do not disguise from ourselves that
there are some differences in policy between himself and
his late colleague—but we do not imagine that these are
' in any, respeci, irremediable, Upper Canada still Wears

to us to promise a large majority for Ministers. Whether
is will be sufficient to overcome the weakness which they
will probably experience in Lower Canda has of course yet
to be developed by the results of the daily occurring dee-

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Lieutenant his Royal Highness Prince Alfred

accompanied by Major Cowell, landed yesterday at
Portsmouth dockyard from his ship, the Racoon,
20, screw corvette, Captain Count Gleichen, lying
at Spithead, and paid a farewell visit to Capt. Scott
and the officers of her .Mr.jesty's ship Victory. The

racoon is under orders to sail for the coast of Scot-

and this day.

The Royal Oak, 32, iron-cased frigate, Captain

Campbell, sails from Spithead to-day to join the

Channel fleet.

The screw gun-vessel Renard, '4, 630 tons, 200-
horse power, Commander Charles J. Rowley, ar-
rived at the Nore on Tuesday from the East Indies
and China, and saluted the flag of Vice-Admiral
Sir W. J. Hope Johnstone, K.C.8., Commander-in-
Chief at the Nore. Shortly after her arrival the
Vice-Admiral, accompanied by his suite, went on
board and inspected the ship, when the crew were
mustered and exercised at quarters. Since the Re-
nard has been in cornmiesiee, a period of-close upon
four years, she has been employed principally in
China, Japan, and the islands of the Indian Archi-
pelago, and has lost a considerable number of men
from sickness. Only one officer who was appointed
to the ship at the time she was commissioned re-
turns with her. The Renard is to be immediately
dismantled and paid off into the third division of
the steam reserve, and orders have been received at
Chatham that none of her bulkheads or other inter-
nal fittings ate to be removed.
Admiralty orders have been forwarded to Chat-
ham directing that the following screw gunboats,
attached to the steam reserve in the Medway, toge-
ther with their engines, and the whole of their
masts and gear, complete, are to be sold out of the
service—viz., the Dwarf, the Fidget, the Mastiff
the Manly, the Pelter, the Spey, the Thistle, and
the Tickler. The whole of the above were con-
structed for the Admiralty during the time of the
Russian war, and nearly all were built by private
shipbuilding firms. They are, generally, in good re-
pair. It is probable that some, if not the whole of
them, may be purchased for the Anglo-Chinese
squadron, their light draught of water and the com-
parative high rate of speed attained by their high
pressure engines, rendering them exceedingly effec-
tive for ascending the shallow rivers or running
close in shore. The Admiralty are still undecided
as to the ultimate use of the large squadron of
iron mortar vessels now lying high and dry at
Chatham dockyard, in the same position which
they have occupied for years past. Means, how-
ever, have been taken to arrest any signs of decay
in them by ventilating the inner parts of the boats,
all of which are housed over with wooden rooffing.
The whole have also recently received a coating of
red lead. It is questionable, however, whether,
from their size and other circumstances, any of
them will ever again be available for the purposes
for which they were originally built, and their re-
tention, therefore, in the service, in their present
form, is open to question. The squadron of gun-
boats ordered to be disposed of are to be sold by
public tender.
After a protracted illness, Admiral the Hon. Sir
G. Elliot, K.C.8., died yesterday morning shortly
after 9 o'clock, at his residence at Prince's-terrace,
Kensington. The gallant officer, who was the se-
cond son of Gilbert, 12th Earl of Minto, by Anne
Maria, eldest daughter of Sir George Amyand, and
consequently brother of the late and uncle of the
present Earl of Minto, was born the 12th August,
1784, and married in May, 1810, Cecilia, youngest
daughter of Mr. Jas. Ness, of Osgodrie, Yorkshire,
by whom, who died in May, 1848, he bad a nume-
rous family, his eldest 'son, George, having obtained
his flag rank in the navy, and among his married
daughters are the Countess of Northesk, Lady W.
Compton, and Mrs. Drummond, wife of Captain the
Hon. Jas. B. Drummond, C. 8,, one of the Lords of
the Admiralty. Thu _A_dmirel entered the navy in
1794, as a first class volunteer, on board the St.
George, 98, bearing the flag of Admiral Sir Hyde
Parker, and was present in Lord Hotham's actions
in March and July, 1795, and was on board the
Goliah when that ship led the British fleet into
action, on the Ist August, 1798. For some time he
was on board the San Josef and the St. George,
flagships of Lord Nelson. and Sir Charles M. Pole,
in the latter of which, under the gallant Captain
Masterman Hardy, he was present at the action off
Copenhagen in April, 1801. After various services
in October, 1808,
cafloat
rhe ed,
Laccording
Frenchto O' B Yerol:ve'ette, of 18 guns and
150 men, after a running action of nearly an hour.
He also, when in command of the Aurora, in an
action of three hours with some Spanish gunboats
near Tarifa, captured three of the enemy's ships. At
the reduction of Java he was recommended to the
notice of the Admiralty for the ability he displayed
in superintending the landing of the troope. After
chastising the pirates of Sambas, in Borneo, and
afterwards assisting Col. Macgregor in reinstating
the Sultan of Palembang, he returned home, and
was for some time unemployed, his next appoint-
ment being, in 1827, to the Victory guardship at
Portsmouth. In September, 1837, the year he
obtained his flag rank, he was appointed Comman-
der-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope, and in
February, 1840, assumed the command of the fleet
in China, where, in the additional capacity of joint
plenipotentiary with Capt. Charles Elliot, R.N., he
superintended the earlier operations of the war from
July to November. He returned home in 1841 in
ill health, from the combined effects of the climate
and over exertion in the discharge of the onerous
duties attached to the command. Admirel Elliot
filled the office of First Secretary to the Admiralty
from December, 1834, until April, 1835, and was
subsequently, until his appointment to the command
at the Cape, a Junior Lord of the Admiralty. In
1830 he was appointed a naval aide-de-camp to
King William IV.; in September, 1831, nominated
a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and made a
Knight Commander of the Order in November last.
His commissions bore date as follows :—Lieutenant,
12th August, 1800; commander, 14th April, 1802;
captain, 2d January, 1804; rear-admiral, 10th
January, 1837 ; vice-admiral, 13th May, 1847; and
admiral, sth May, 1853.
The following appointments were made at the Admiralty
yesterday :
J. W. B. Baron, Assistant-Engineer, to the Asia, as
supernumerary.
W. H. Sedgwick, ditto, to the Himalaya.
Richard Stevens, ditto, to the Ajax.
E. E. Williams, ditto, to the Dee.
A. H. Symes, ditto, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary.
' W. B. Cleaverley, ditto, to the Excellent, for the Stork.
Nominated Naval Cadets—M. W. H. Somerset, It. Find-
, lay, and W. S. Taylor.
Lieut. Thomas V. Williams, to the Excellent.
Lieut. the Lord Arthur P. Clinton, to the Revenge.
L'eut. C. S. P. Woodruff, to the Excellent.
Lieut. J. B. Barnett, to the Majestic.

THE ALLEGED ASSAULT AT EPSOM ON THE
DERBY DAY.—An application was made at the
judges' chambers on Tuesday for a writ ofprocedendo in re-
spect to an indictment against a sporting gentleman named
Saunders, which had been removed by certiorari, as stated
in the Morning Post, from the Surrey Sessions to the Cen-
tral Criminal Court, for trial at the July sessions. The in-
dictment was for an assault on a policeman at Epsom on the
Derby-day. Mr. Saunders, who was described as of Sus-
sex House, Hyde-park, was held to bail, and Mr. Lewis
(Lewis and Lewis) obtained a writ of certiorari from Mr.
Justice Keating to remove the proceedings from the Surrey
Sessions. Mr. Pollard, from the Treasury, now applied to
quash the writ, on the ground that Epsom was not within
the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court, and theft-
fore the learned judge had no power to make the order.
Mr. Lewis, jun., attended, and admitted that, as Epsom
was not within the limits *of the Central Criminal Court,
the case was not tried as dimmed. Mr. Justice Williams
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