The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-20 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA.

ROCHE'S POINT, April 18, 8.30 p.m.
The Asia has brought advices from New York to
the 7th inst.
NEW YORK, April 7.

It was confidently announced yesterday morning
that the bombardment of Charleston had com-
menced, that Federal troops had landed in force on
John's Island, and that after a short struggle the
city had been captured. Gold declined 6 per cent.
OD tt e faith of this announcement. its truth being
afterwards greatly doubted, gold rose again from
1491 to 1521. This morning it was stated, on the
authority of telegraphic despatches from Charleston
of the 2d to the Richmond Examiner of the 3d, that
no landing of Federal troops had been effected on
John's Island, and that nothing had occurred but a
slight skirmish between the scouts of a Federal
gunboat and the Confederate pickets. Gold in con•
sequence maintained itself at the higher rate.
There is no news from Vicksburg, Port Hudson,
or the Army of the Cumberland.
The President and Mrs. Lincoln visited General
Hooker, at his quarters on the Rappahannock, on
Saturday, but the weather was so severe and the
mud so deep that the grand review in honour of
the visit was countermanded, and Mr. and Mrs.
Lincoln returned to Washington.
The joint Committee of both Houses of Congress
on the conduct of the war have presented their re-
port. It censures General M'Clellan's whole mili-
tary course since his appointment to the command
of the Army of the Potomac, and points to him as
the cause of the failure of the army to take Rich-
mond. General Burnside's plans for dislodging
the Confederates of Fredericksburg subsequently to
his defeat in December, are declared to have been
thwarted by the interference of the President, who
gave ear to prejudicial statements against General
Burnside from subordinate officers, and counter-
manded his orders for an advance. The report con-
cludes by stating the belief of the Committee that
the rebellion can be subdued only by fighting, and
their confidence that the present campaign will
produce decisive victories to the Federal arms,
The defeat of Langiewicz and the reported close
of the Polish insurrection are much regretted, not
for the sake of the Poles but for the supposed dan-
ger cf renewed offers of mediation or intervention
by France and Great Britain and the recognition of
the Southern Confederacy.

The President is still urged by a section of the
Cabinet to issue letters of marque, but persistenly
refuses, leet he should increase the difficulties of the
Republic and imperil its friendly relations with the
maritime Powers of Europe.
The elections in Connecticut, as in Rhode Island,
have resulted in the triumph of the Republican
candidates.
The British steamer Aries, captured on the 28th
ult., while at►empting to run into Bull Bay, South
Carolina, has arrived at this port, on her way to
Boston. She had on board a cargo of coffee, salt,
and lead.

A Federal prisoner released on parole reports that
a mob of 3,000 women, armed with clubs and stones,
assembled on Thursday, the 2d inst., and broke
open the Government stores, taking away bread
and clothing and whatever else they required. Mr.
Jefferson Davis and other high officials addressed
the crowd, and succeeded with some difficulty in
persuading it to disperse.