The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-15 00:00:00

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, WEDNESDAY.
The Inman steamer City of New York arrived
off the harbour this morning, with New York dates

o the 3d.

The capture of New Orleans is confirmed. The
following correspondence between the Mayor of
New Orleans and Commodore Farragut, and taken
from the Richmond Enquirer, has been telegraphed

:o the War Department :
" United States Flagship Hartford, off New
Orleans, April 26, 1862.

" Upon my arrival before your city I had the honour to
send to your Honour Captain Bailey, United States Navy,
second in command of the expedition, to demand of you the
surrender of New Orleans to me, as the representative of
the Government of the United States. Captain Bailey re-
ported the result of a interview with yourself and the mili-
tary authorities.'
" It must occur to your Honour that it is not within the
province of a naval officer to assume the duties of a military
commandant. I came here to reduce New Orleans to obe-
dience to the laws of, and to vindicate the offended majesty
of, the Government of the United States. The rights of
persons and property shall be secured. I therefore demand
of you, as its representative, the unqualified surrender of
the city, and that the emblem of the sovereignty of the
United States be hoisted over the City-hall, Mint, and
Custom-house by meridian this day, and all flags and other
emblems of sovereignty other than this of the United States
be removed from all the public buildings by that hour.
" I particularly request that you shall exercise your au-

thority to quell disturbances, restore order, and call upon
all the good people of New Orleans to return at once to their
vocations; and I particularly demand that no person shall
be molested in person or property for sentiments of loyalty
to their Government.
" I shall speedily and severely punish any person or per-
sone who shall commit such outrages as were witnessed
yesterday, by armed men firing upon helpless women and
children for giving expression to their pleasure at witnessing
the ' old flag.'

" I am, very respectfully,
" D. G. FARRAGUT, Flag Officer,
" Western Gulf Squadron."
" To his Excellency the Mayor of the City of New Orleans.
" Mayor's Office, City of New Orleans,
City Hall, April 26, 1862.
" Sir,—ln pursuance of a resolution which we thought
proper to take, out of regard for the lives of the women and
children, who still crowd the metropolis, Gen. Lovell has
evacuated it with his troops, and restored back to me the
administration of its government and the custody of its
honour. I have, in council with the city fathers, considered
the demand you made of me yesterday of an unconditional
surrender of the city, coupled with a requisition to hoist the
flag of the United States on the public edifices, and haul
down the flag that still floats upon the breeze from the
dome of this hall. •
"It becomes my duty to transmit to you an answer
which, as the universal sentiment of my constituents, no
less than the prompting of my own heart, dictates me on
this sad and solemn occasion, The city is without the
means of defence, and is utterly destitute of the force and
material that might enable it to resist an overpowering
armament displayed in sight of it.
" I am no military man, and possess no authority beyond
executing the municipal laws of the city of New Orleans.
It would be presumptuous in me to attempt to lead an army
to the field if I had one at command, and I know still less
how to surrender an undefended place, held, as this is, at
the mercy of your guns and your mortars.
" To surrender such a place were an idle and unmeaning
ceremony. The city is yours by the power of brutal force,
not by my choice or the consent of its inhabitants. It is for
you to determine what will be the fate that awaits those here.
As to hoisting any fl ig not of our own adoption and allegi-
ance, let me say to you that the man lives not in our midst
whose hand and heart would not be paralysed at the mere
thought of such an act ; nor could I find in my entire con-
stituency so desperate and wretched a renegade as would
dare to profane with his hand the sacred emblem of our
aspirations.
" Sir, you have manifested sentiments which would be-
come one engaged in a better cause than that to which you
have devoted your sword, and I doubt not that they sprung
from a noble though deluded nature, and I know how to ap-
preciate the emotions which inspired them. You have a gal-
lant people to administrate during your occupancy of this
city—a people sensitive to all that can in the least affect
their dignity and self-respect. Pray, sir, do not fail to regard
their susceptibilities. The obligations which I shall assume
in their name shall be religiously complied with. You may
trust to their honour, though you might not count on their
submission to unmerited wrong.
"In conclusion, I beg you to understand that the people
of New Orleans, while unable to resist your force, do not
allow themselves to be insulted by the interference of such
as have rendered themselves odious and contemptible by
their dastardly desertion of our cause in the mighty struggle
in which we are engaged, or such as might remind them
too forcibly that they are the conquered and you the con- 40.
querors. Peace and order may be preserved without resort
to measures which I could not at this moment prevent.
Your occupying the city does not transfer allegiance from
the Government of their choice to one which they have de-
liberately repudiated, and that they yield the obedience
which the conqueror is entitled to extort from the con-
quered.—Yours respectfully,
"JOHN F. MONROE, Mayor.
" Flag-officer D. G. Farragut, United States
Flag-ship Hartford."

AUSTRALIA.

PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY MORNING.

The ship Norfolk, Atwood, from Melbourne, for
London, arrived off this port this morning, with
360 passengers ou board, 20 of whom landed here,
together with the mails.

MARKETS---THIS DAY.

MARK-LANE.

I.IILEF.RIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 58s Sad;
barley, 37s 3d ; oats, 22s 4d ; rye) 35s lld ; beans, 408 3d ;
and peas, 40s sd.

THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 58s 3d ;
barley, 36s 9d ; oats, 21s 9d ; rye, 36s 10d ; beans, 39s ld ;
peas, 39s 11d.
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 68,549;
barley, 12,681; oats, 10,580 ; rye, 59 ; beans, 4,338 ; peas,
332 quarters.