The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-17 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

MARSEILLES, AUG. 17.
The Valetta, with the above mail, arrived here at

six a.m. this drop.
The mail left for London by the 11.30 a.m. train.

Almost all the Dublin press, comprising five
morning and two evening papers, have written strongly
in favour of the Channel fleet visiting the Bay of Dublin
and harbour of Kingstown. They state that the Man-of-
War Roads there have ample water for the Warrior and
Black Prince, while the smaller ships could lie in the har-
bour of Kingstown.

The shipping of New Brunswick and Nova
Scotia is rapidly increasing. On the independence of the
Confederate States they will be the principal carriers be-
tween North and South, superseding aIQ4O of 206t°12)
n'ire ane, Majuo,

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AMERICA.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 16.
The royal mail steam ship Africa, from Boston
on sth and Halifax on the 7th inst., arrived here at
9.45 p.m. yesterday. She brings 96 passengers
and £7,578 in specie.

The Africa landed all her mails, and eight pas•
sengers, and proceeded for Liverpool immediately,
All well.
Sha was detained at Halifax by fog.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (Evening).
General Lee's army is concentrated near Cul-

pepper.
Gen. Buford's cavalry crossed the Rappahannock
on Saturday, and proceeded towards Culpepper,
near which place they encountered a large force of
Confederate infantry with artillery. A fierce fight
ensued, Gen. Buford being compelled to withdraw
to Brandy Station.
The expedition from Vicksburg has arrived at
Port Hudson. General Grant is said to command
in person.

The Northern journals state that the Raleigh
North Carolina Standard denounces President
Dgvis's Government, and urges North Carolina to
send a delegation to Washington to see what terms
can be obtained without waiting for Davis.
The Biehmond Enquirer urges President Davis
to suppress the Standard, and to wipe out the North
Carolina Supreme Court.

It is stated that 100,000 negro troops will be
organised to defend the navigation of the Missis-
sippi.

President Lincoln has officially proclaimed that
if the enemy enslave or sell any one because of his
colour the offence will be punished by retaliation
upon the enemy's prisoners.
For every Federal soldier killed in violation of the
laws of warfare a rebel soldier will be executed, and
for every one enslaved or sold into slavery a rebel
soldier will be placed at hard labour on public
works, and kept at labour until the other be re-

leased, and receive the treatment due to prisoners
of war.

The ground given for the condemnation of the
Peterhoff was that—" She was laden with contra-
band of war with the knowledge of the owners.
She was not truly destined to Matamoras for the
purposes of commerce within the authority and in-
tendment of public law, but to some other place,
both in aid and for the use of the enemy, and in
violation of the law of nations. The ship's papers
were simulated and false as to her real destination."

The schooner Stephen Hart and the barque Sally
Magree have been condemned. The brig Isabella
Thompson and her cargo have been restored to the
owners without damage or costs, and with permis-
sion to the libellants to furnish further proof.
The schooner Glen and her cargo have been re-
stored to the owners with costs and damages.

NEW YORK, August 4 (Evening).
President Lincoln has issued a proclamation an-
nouncing that the Federals will adopt a system of
retaliation if the South refuse to treat negro€s as
prisoners of war.

Both the Federal and Confederate armies are
inactive on the Rappahannock.
The _Richmond Dispatch asserts that Gen. Banks
has been defeated in Louisiana.
The _Richmond Dispatch of the Ist inst. asserts
that the Confederate General Taylor has engaged
the Federals under General Banks, in Louisiana,
and completely routed them, capturing 6,000 pri-
soners.

News from Charleston to the 31st ult. states tha'
the Federal fleet had bombarded Cumming's Point
without material result.

Fort Wagner kept up its bombardment upon the
Federal position on Morris Island. The Confe-
deeates have erected fresh batteries upon James's
Island.

The Union ticket has been elected in Kentucky
by a largo majority.

A collision has taken place between the " copper-
heads" and the " Union men" in lowa. It is re-
ported that the former number 4,000, and are fully
armed. The military have been despatched to the
scene of conflict.

Messrs. William Yancy and John B. Floyd are
very ill and not expected to recover.
News received here from Havana states that over
1,500,000 dols, worth of property was destroyed by
the late fire.

NEW YORK, August 5 (Evening).
(By Telegraph to Halifax.)
General Lee's forces, excepting Hill's corps, are
reported to be south of the Rapidan.

A brigade of General Longstreet's corps occupies
Fredericksburg heights.
The Confederates have sent quantities of stores
to Fredericksburg.
The Washington Star says :—lt is generally be-
lieved that the bulk of Meade's army has crossed
the Rappahannock at Kelly's Ford, forcing General
Lee either to retreat beyond the Rapidan or to risk
a general engagement, the foruer being most pro-
bable.