The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-23 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, }Seven o'clock.

TA TTBRSA LL EVENING;

CHESTER cur.
33 to 1 agst Agag (taken)
40 to 1 agst Umpire (taken)
40 to 1 agst Caller Ou (taken)
40 to 1 agst Brown Duchess (taken)
40 to 1 agst Schism (taken)

THE DERBY.
25 to 1 agst Typee colt (taken)
40 to 1 agst Hubert (taken)

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The following appointments wero made at the Admiralty
his evening :

Captains--G. H. Seymour, C,8., to the Victoria and
Albert, vice Denman, promoted; A. C. Gordon, to the
Euryalus, commissioned.
Cpmmander George H. Parkin, to the Euryalus.
Lieutenant Henry Hawkes, to the Colossus.
Sub-Lieutenant Compton E. Domville, to the Shannon.
Surgeon David L. Morgan, to the Euryalus.
Assistant-Surgeons—Jeremiah A. Hatch (acting), to the
Investigator; Charles R. Godfrey, to the Euryalus; Ed-
ward E. Birch (acting), to ditto.
Paymaster Charles G. Burney, to the Euryalus.
Assistant. Paymaster George W. Jones, to the Euryalus.
Clerk Alfred De Donne, to the Euryalus

BANE OF ENGLAND.

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An Account, pursuant to t]
cap. 32, for the week ending
of Jan., 1861:

le Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
; on Wednesday, the 2!d day

ISSUE DEP
Notes issued .......X30,129,5001

'ARTMENT.

Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3.634,900
Gold Coin .1c Bullion 15,479,500
Silver Bullion ....

£30,129,6001

£30,129,500

BANSINIa D
Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14.553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-
missioners of Na-

EPART3IINNT.
' Government Secu-
rities (including
Dead Weight A-
nnuity) £12,268,818
Other Securities 17,099,102
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin 871,439

tonal Debt, and

Dividend

counts) 5,467.140
Other Deposits 15,3C6,081
Seven Day and
other Bills 746,'58

£39,417.489
31.

£39,417,189
RSITALL, Chief Cashier.

Jan. 22, 1862.

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, JAN. 11.
(PET Borussia, via Southampton.)
A despatch, dated Halifax, January 9th, says:—
The steamship Parana, which had beer: falsely re-
ported lost, was at Sydney to-day, and will be at
Halifax to-morrow. The steamship Cleopatra, with
troops from England, arrived at Halifax, January 9.
The following is from the .2Vew York Times of
January 11 :
A despatch from Cairo announces that the great Missis•
sippi'expedition was to leave on Thursday, but was delayed
in consequence of a dense fog upon the river ; esterday,
however, the fog raised, and at last advises the expedition
Was expected to start immediately. The, steamers and
gunb,ats were ready, and the troops and stores all on
board, and a part of the forces had already proceeded to
some point down the river. We may leok for stirring
news from the West in a day or two. A despatch from
New Orleans, received by way of Cairo, reaffirms thestate-
meat that Biloxi, on the mainland of the Mississippi, has
been taken possession of by our troops at Ship Island. It
appears that a rebel force was stationed there,
which was captured, together with the cannon. The
despatch intimates that the place is to be held perma-
nently by the national forces. A. report reaches us from
Romney that the rebel General Jackson, who recently
disappeared from the vicinity of Hancock, has made his
appearance before that town with the intention of attack-
ing General Kelley's command. No fears aro entertained
as to the result. By the arrival of the steam transport
Oriental, we have advises from Port Royal to the morning
of the 6th January. Nothing of special importance had
occurred since the sailing of the Vanderbilt. Gen Stevens
still held his position at Port Royal Ferry, without serious
interference, from the enemy, and was waiting for rein-
forcements to enable him to advance further on the main-
land, probably to attack the rebel batteries at the railroad.
. . _

A slight skirmish took place on the sth, in which seven of
the enemy were captured and marched to Beaufort, where
they were provided with safe quarters and plenty to eat.
General Sherman's force had received reinforcements,
numbering 3.500 men, and was making preparations for
more serious operations. Three thousand of his troops had
been sent to Tybee Island, where work on the entrench-
ments stilt continued. Port Pulaski continued to expend
shot and shell in the vain attempt to delay operations.
Only one man, however, has yet been struck. Two
schooners, of heavy tonnage, were loading at Hilton Head,
with Sea Island cotton, and wore expected to sail soon for
this port. Our correspondents give; a more detailed nar-
rative of the recent battle at Port Royal Ferry, from which
it will be seen that the affair was one of considerable mag-
nitude, and even more disastrous to the enemy than at first
supposed.

The Government sale of Sea Island cotton, confis-
cated by the National forces in South Carolina, was
made yesterday. There were in all 73 bales sold,
weighing about 25,7001b5. The prices paid varied
from 634 cents. for the ginned, down to 18 cents.
for the unginned. The total proceeds of the sale were
14,231 dole. 12c. Col. Jennison is still operating in
his peculiar style in Johnson county, Missouri. A
part of his regiment recently visited Holden, and
made a descent upon the neighbourhood where the
Government waggons were burned a short time ago.
Tho houses of the most prominent rebels engaged in
that affair were burned, among them that of Vard
Cockerel], the Methodist preacher, and Tomkins
Bradley, a Methodist class reader. Cockerell has
fled to Price's camp. The St. Louis Republican re-
views Gen. Hunter's course since he has taken com-
mand in Kansas with much severity, charging him
with having sanctioned the outrages perpetrated
by Col. Jennison in Jackson and Cass counties,
where 70 farm houses, some of them the homes of
Union men, have been destroyed.
A despatch, dated St. John's, N.F., Jan. 10, says
the excitement at Carbonnear is intense and increas-
ing. Several stores were broken into last night and
arms and ammunition extracted. Reinforcements
are still arriving.

It is doubtful if the military will be able to prevent
a collision much longer. The Osprey leaves Halifax
to day with the Bth battery of Royal Artillery.

Gen, Sigel has resigned his command in Missouri,
and a mass indignation meeting of German citizens
has been called in New York to protest against the
treatment Gen. Sigel has received at the hands of
the Federal war authorities.

The New York .Tribun6 says Austria has sent a
courteous but decided protest against the capture
of Mason and Slidell, declaring at the act is not

accordance with international law.

A leading banker in Washington, named Smith-
son, has been arrested on a charge of corresponding
with the rebels.

The response to the resolution of the House of
Representatives, calling upon the Secretary of War
for further information, that officer says that mea-
sures have been taken to ascertain who is responsi-
ble for the Ball's Bluff affair, but that it is not
compatible with the public interest to make them
known at this time.

The Tribune says the Committee of Ways and
Means have resolved to impose a tax upon railroad
passengers of le. per mile. The same journal
says :
The necessity of issuing 150,000,000 dole. of Treasury
notes a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and
private, presses upon the Government. The exercise of its
highest prerogative must be brought into requisition to save
the war and save the republic. The wise and equitable
scheme prepared carefully by the committee, has been pro-
nounced constitutional by two very painstaking members
Thaddeus Stevens and Mr. Spaulding, and the Attor-
ney-General has, in a written opinion, pronounced it to be
lawful. Of itsnecessitythe
IN recancobNeGnßozzstion.
PROCEEDINGS
In the Senate on the 9th the house resolution relating to
ended coffee, tea, and sugar was passed. The correspon-
dence relating to the Trent affair was then taken up, and
Mr. Sumner delivered his expected speech on the subject.
He took the ground that Capt. Wilkes was not legally jus-
tified in searching the Trtehnetpaunrdestat kainndg
mostfrom phaetrritohtieormeboe-1
making the seizure the gallant
tcaiamvpeLtsaa,isansnawddoaarscs,taecdtthuinoautsegtdhribcyitnaocordance with British precedents
and with international law, as expounded by the highest
British authorities. Mr. Sumner contended that the uniform
policy of the United States, as well as the States of Conti-
nental Europe, has been opposed to the pretensions of the
British Government, and has maintained a liberal inter-
pretation of the rights of neutrals; and that in many solemn
treaties and many most important and authoritative State
Papers from the foundation of the republic to the present