The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-29 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

THE WAR IN AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, SEPT. 27.

The Royal Mail steamship Asia, Capt. Anderson,
t.om Boston on the 17th and Halifax on the 19th

inst., arrived here at 11 p.m. to-day.
She brings 80 passengers and 26,354 in specie.
The Asia landed 70 sacks of the mails and five
passengers, and proceeded at 11.30 p.m. ; all well.
She experienced easterly winds.
(Per Asia, ma Boston and Roche's Point.)
NEW YORK, SEPT. 16 (Evening).
An engagement occurred on the 14th inst. at
Mumfordsville, Kentucky, in which the Confede-
rates were repulsed with heavy loss.
Nashville is being fortified against an expected
attack of the Confederate General Bragg.
A portion of the Federal army has left Nash-
ville to get in the rear of the Confederates in
Kentucky.
The Confederates in superior force attacked the
Federals on the 10th inst., between Fayette and
Gauley, in Western Virginia.
The Federals have retreated to Elk River, below
Charleston, Virginia ; they had previously shelled
that place, destroying all the salt works, and con-
tinned their retreat to Ripley, Virginia.
The Provost-Marshal of St. Louis has received
instructions immediately to carry out the Confisca-
tion Act in Missouri. The property liable to con-
fiscation is estimated at 50,000,000 Ms.
The Richmond Whig says that the expenses of
the Confederate Government since the commence-
ment of the war to August of this year amount to
347,000,000 dole.
The Confederate Congress has adopted a reso-
lution to make a proposition to the Federal
Government to treat upon the manner of conduct-
ing the war so as to mitigate its horrors.
A bill has bean introduced in the Confederate
Congress to facilitate obtaining letters of marque,
so as to render privateering more efficient.
A resolution was also passed recalling Messrs.
Mason and Slidell.

(By Telegraph to Halifax and from Queenstown.)
NEW YORK, SEPT. 18 (Evening).

After the engagement reported by M'Clellan on
the 14th inst., the Confederates retreated during
the night in the direction of Sharpsburg.
No official despatches have since been published.
The newspaper correspondents report that the
Federals pursued the Confederates on the 15th, on
which day a battle occurred near Sharpsburg, be-
tween General M'Clellan and the Confederates
under General Lee.

The battle was renewed on the 17th, when Gen.
Lee was reinforced by Gen. Stonewall Jackson, who
had recrossed the Potomac into Maryland.
Gen. M'Clellan had also received reinforcements.

The Philadelphia press describes the battle of the
16th as very severe, and states that the Confede-
rates were flanked by Generals Hooker and Porter,
and severely punished.
The battle was renewed on the 17th by the
Confederates with great vigour, lasting till 4 o'clock
in the afternoon, when the Confederates retreated,
leaving the Confederate General Longstreet and
part of his division prisoners.
The same authority states that six Confederate
batteries and 15,000 prisoners were captured since

Sunday.
The latest news received states that the result of
the battle of the 17th was decidedly in favour of the
Federals, but another battle was necessary to deter-
mine definitely who shall finally be the victor.
The carnage is reported to be very great.

The Federal Colonel Miles, with 6,000 men, sur-
rendered at Harper's Ferry to General Jackson on
the 14th. The Federals were paroled. It is re-
ported that the Confederates have since evacuated
Harper's Ferry, and that it is now occupied by
Burnside.

The Federal gunboat Essex bombarded Natchez,
Mississippi, during two hours and a half. The city
surrendered, but was not occupied by the Federals.

The Essex has burnt Bayou Sara, Mississippi,
leaving two houses standing.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Money easy. Gold 171 premium. Exchange
dull. Bankers' bills, 1281 to 129. Stocks, in which
large speculative sales have taken place, opened
to-day very animated, but closed lower after the
second board.
Cotton declining—middling upland, 56c.
Breadstuffs dull.

M'CLELLAN'S ALLEGED VICTORY.

PARIS, SEPT, 27 (Morning).

The Constztutionnel of this morning appears to
doubt the truth of the Federal victory in Mary-
land, stating that a despatch had been received in
Paris to the effect that M'Clellan had retired upon
Washington after the battle.

THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 29.
The Royal Mail steamship Tasmanian, with the
above mails, has arrived off Netley Hospital.
She brings 99 passengers, 2,168,429 in specie,
and 2,300 packages of cargo.
She left St. Thomas's on the 13th inst.
Vera Cruz was very unhealthy.
Much fever prevailed among the shipping lying
at Sacrificias.

The Bishop of Honolulu and party arrived at
Colon on the 6th inst. The mission was to leave
for Panama on the Bth, to await the arrival of
H.M.S. Topaz, which would convey it to Honolulu.
The Bishop had held a confirmation at Colon, and
would hold another at Panama.

D'Ospina, the deposed President of New Granada,
and several members of the Conservative party who
had been imprisoned at Carthagena during the
pleasure of Mosquera, escaped, and took passage
in the Royal Mail steamer Avon, and arrived at St.
Thomas',

Yellow fever had been very fatal among the ship-
ping at Havannah. The number of eases, however,
was fast diminishing when the mail left.

Her Majesty's war steamer Challenger arrived at
Trinidad on Aug. 13.

The weather at Barbadoes was very hot, and
yellow fever was very prevalent. Many cases had
been fatal. The crops were generally gcod and
improving. The provision market was dull. Ex
change, 90 days, 487 k.
Trade continued dull at Demerara, without pro-
spect of improvement. The stocks of provisions
were abundant. The crops were fast arriving at
maturity, Harvest operations would ahortly com-
mence on the estates,
The Jamaica Legislature was appointed to meet
on the 28th of October. The new measures to be
introduced by the Executive Committee had not
transpired. The markets were still dull, and stocks
Abundant. Transactions were limited. Heavy
rains had retarded the Picking of the coffee and
pimento crops. Tae latter WAS reported to be