The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-16 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, JULY 15.
The Royal Mail steamship Jura, reported Qt Lon-
donderry, from Quebec on the sth, and with
advices from New York to the evening of the 7th
inst., via Cape Race, has arrived,

From Washington the following are the latest
advices

" WASHINGTON, JULY 4.
" The _Richmond _Examiner of July 2 gives the following
relating to the battle of Monday. It says on Sunday morn •
ing Generals Hill and Longstreet, with their divisions,
crossed the Chickahominy, and, late on Monday, at-
tacked the enemy about five miles northeast of Darlington, on
the Newmarket road. The conflict was terrible, and by 8.30
p.m. the enemy had been driven back a mile and a half. At
half-past 9, being heavily reinforced, the enemy made another
stand. The loss here on the enemy's side was terrible.
The situation being hopeless against such overwhelming
forces, General Hill slowly retired. At this moment, seeing
their adversary retire, the most vociferous cheers arose
from the whole of the Yankee line. The fight ended there
for the night. The _Examiner says it thinks the division
which went into the fight on Friday, 14,000 strong, could
only number 6,000 men for duty en Tuesday, and that the
loss of life exceeds that of any battle or series of battles yet
fought. It also says, Jackson and Hughes' division at-
tacked M'Clellan's left flank, on the west side of the Chick a-
moniny, 17 miles from Richmond ; later in the day Ma-
gruder fell upon his right flank. Fighting was going on
until Tuesday night.
" The above extracts from the Examiner relate to Tues-
day's battle, in which General M'Clellan's despatch of
yesterday said the enemy were badly beaten.
" Advices received at the War Department show that
them was no fighting on the Peninsula up to 5.30 p.m.

" Accounts from Warrenton state that there was no
enemy there, the 200 rebel cavalry seen on Wednesday
having disappeared. Some of the women threw knives and
other articles from the windows at our forces.

" The soldiers at Manassas and Callette are celebrating
Independence to.day."

The correspondence of the Evening Post gives the
following, dated " In Camp, June 29th, 1862 "

"Direct communication with General 111‘elellan is tem-
porarily suspended, and, in the absence of definite tidings,
our camps are filled with rumours and speculations. From
all we can gather, however, there is reasen to believe that
all is going well, and that General M'Clellan has been thus
far successful.

" I learn that General Stoneman is confident that it Was
Stonewall Jackson who attacked him and followed him down
to White House by way of Old Church. Another version
of the engagement of M'Call's and Porter's divisions with
the rebels is to the eftect that Jackson came down upon our
lines at Hanover Court House, and that Magruder crossed
the Chickahominy at Meadow Bridge, so that two separate
bodies of the rebel forces attacked our right flank. These
are camp reports, and it is impossible, as yet, to trace them
to any definite source. I give them for what they are worth,
The New York 7imes, of July 3, says :

"General M'Clellan established his head-quarters on
Monday on Malvern Hills, one mile back of Turkey Island
Bend.

"At 10 o'clock on Monday evening firing was heard for
two hours in the direction of White Oak Swamp. where
Ayres was holding the rebels in check, who were attempting
to cross. An immensa force of rebel artillery and cavalry,
fresh from Richmond, then appeared on our left, when
Porter's and Keye's commands went to assist the artillery.
A most terrific fight ensued, and it became evident that the
overpowering force of rebels was gaining, when the gun-
boats Galena and Aristuok opened with their 51-pounders
upon the traitors.
" The fight continued until dark, diminishing away into
occasional musket-shots. About 10 in the evening, Prince
de Joinville, Duke de Chartres, and Count de Paris left the
head-quarters. They embarked t n board the gunboat Jacob
Bell, with official despatches from General M'Clellan to the
Government. General M'Clellan accompanied them to the
boat and bade them a final adieu. When the Jacob Bell left
all was quiet along the river."