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London, England, 1862-08-30 00:00:00

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THE SUN.
LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1862.

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EWS. i THE WAR IN AMERI,

Queenstown.)

Race and from Queenstown.)

QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 29.

The Royal Mail steamship Arabia arrived here
at 7.30 p.m. to-day, with 49 passengers and 25;503
dols. in specie. She landed 88 sacks of mails
and four passengers, and proceeded at 7.45 for
Liverpool. All well.

(Per Arabia, via Roche's Point.)
NEW YORK, AUG. 18, EVENING.
General M'Clellan evacuated Hanison's Land-
ing on the 16th, and has arrived safely at Wil-
liamsburg without any engagement having taken
place.

Federal accounts from New Orleans state that
the Confederates attacked Baton Rouge cn the sth,
and were repulsed with heavy loss.
The Federal General Williams has been killed.
The Confederate ram Arkansas was destroyed by
the Federal gunboats.
A battle has occurred in Arkansas, in which the
Confederates have suffered a defeat.
The Federal Colonel Corcoran, who has been re-
leased, has arrived in Washington.
The Governor of Kentucky has resigned.
The British steamer Colombia has been captured
off the Bahamas.
The Hausa has arrived out.
(Per Arabia, via Boston and Roche's Point.)
NEW YORK, AUG. 19, EVENING.
General M.Clellan's successful evacuation of
Harrison's Landing, the Federal success at Baton
Rouge, the material increase in enlistments, and
the anticipation that success will attend Halleck's
plan of attack on Richmond, have combined to im-
part a much more cheerful feeling to the public
mind, and a more hopeful spirit generally prevails.
It is officially anncunced that the enrolments for
draft will commence forthwith. Forty regiments
under the first call have been organised in the state
of New York. The enlistments progress much more
favourably.

A portion of M'Clellan's army embarked on
transports at Harrison's Landing. The larger por-
tion retreated by land, via Williamsburg. Every-
thing was carried away from Harrison's Landing.
It is supposed that a considerable force of M'Clel-
lan's army will remain on the peninsula, but that
the larger portion will co-operate with Pope.
Apprehensions are entertained of a Confederate
attack on Suffolk. Fighting and skirmishing con-
tinue in East Tennessee. The railroad communi-
cation with Nashville has been cut off.
The Confederates are reported to have occupied
several fresh points in Kentucky, but the names of
the places are withheld by the military authorities.
Three thousand Confederate cavalry are reported to
be twenty-five miles south of Lexington.
General Butler officially compliments the Federal
troops tor routing the Confederates at Baton Rouge,
and asserts that they have captured three pieces of

artillery.
Commander Farragut has destroyed Donalds-
vine, near New Orleans, because guerillas had fired
on the fleet from the banks of the river.
General Pope's army has encamped along the
banks of the Rapidan. No Confederates are in
sight within 10 miles of Cedar Mountain. It is
supposed that General Jackson has gone in another
direction.
Colonel Corcoran has been appointed a brigadier-
general. An enthusiastic ovation was given to
him at Washington, on which occasion Le made a
speech telling the Irishmen to complete their work
in America, and that when it was over they would
make an opportunity for themselves elsewhere.
Archbishop Hughes has preached a sermon urg-
ing the continuation of volunteering or drafting, in
order to finish the struggle by might alone. Foreign
interference, he said, should only be permitted in
the way of benevolence, but all should unite in
setting armed intervention at defiance.
Nineteen more passengers from the Golden Gate
have been saved.

NEW YORK, AUG. 21.
:Per Arabia, by Telegraph to Halifax and from

General Butler will not be superseded at New

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

Money easy. Gold 15Z- premium. Exchange
slightly firmer, at 1271. Stocks declining. Cotton
slightly firmer. Provisions advancing. Bread-
stuffs heavy.

ROCHE'S POINT, AUG. 30, 12.35.
The Inman steamer City of Manchester is noW

NEW YORK, AUG. 19, EVENING.
Per City of Manchester, by telegraph to Cape

It is rumoured that General Jackson is coming
up the Shenandoah Valley to outflank General
Pope and attack Washington.
Nothing definite, however, appears to be known
of Jackson's movements since the Cedar Valley
battle.

VOLUNTEER MUSKET.RY INSTRUCT lON.

The following extract from the report on the
late volunteer course of instruction at the School
of Musketry, at Hy the, has been received at the
War Office :

Hythe, August 14, 1862.

I have the honour to forward, for the informa-
tion of H.R.H. the General Commanding-in-
Chief the enclosed musketry Practice return of the
volunteers of the 12th party, who have just com-
pleted a course of instruction at this establishment
showing the results of their performances in target,
and judging distance practices.
In explanation of the low " figure of merit,"
viz., 44.16, I would mention that the' Ist Period"
was executed in most boisterous weather. While,
however, the shooting of the party is indifferent
at the short distances, I would remark that the
shooting at the long distances is very good, 17 out
of 19 who practised between 600 and 900 yards;
having obtained 7 points and upwards, and 76 per
cent. being in Ist Class at final classification :
Sapper P.
Ist Middlesex Engineers, 3d company,
Clarkson; 40th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, Colour
Sergeant Hooper; 2d Norfolk Bills Volunteers,
Colour Sergeant Chipperfield ; 21st Cheshire Rifle
Volunteers, Sergeant G. Wood; 19th Cheshire
Rifle Volunteers, Corporal J. H. Walters ; 3d
Dorset Rifle Volunteers, Private J. Hodges; 11th
Gloucester Rifle Volunteers, Private A. Vizard.
The Volunteers named are eligible for the marks-
man's badge, having obtained 7 points
g,....being in Ist Class in judging
'and upwards
and having been found, on examination,
idnisltasnt
to possess knowledge of the theoretical principles,
and the cleaning arms and instruction.
cCela; ass shootie

DIscoVERY OF THE BODY OF A GENTLEMAN IN
TtrERivEA —Yesterdaymorninginformationwasforwarded
to Dir. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, of the discovery of
the body of a gentleman] attired man in the river, off
Rotherhithe, under the following circumstances ;--It would
appear that late last night a man named Force, one of the
fire brigade, Was on duty on the lower steam-float off
Rotherhithe,
When his attention was attracted to some ob-
ject floating down with the tide. Having got into a boat,
he found it to be the bcdy of a man, which he at once con-
veyed to the shore, and information was at once given to the
police. The deceased was attired in a somewhat singular
manlier, He had on two coats, a brown full coat, and a
blue under coat with gilt buttons, two pairs of trousers, no
Waistcoat, and a pair of bluchbr boots. No money or anyn
have e
some
articles to lead to identific ,tion were found uponhim; bade
is about 60 years of age, with grey hair, a
beene
and from the decomposed state of the body, mus
in the water eogae time.