The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-03 00:00:00

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, WEDNESDAY.
The City of Washington, which arrived here to-
a- j, 1,..u61.0, zz0,622 dols. in specie.

NEW YORK., MARCH 22.
(PER STEAMER CITY OF WASHINGTON, via ROCHE

POINT.)

No further important movements have occurred
on the Potomac.

No decisive result has yet attended the operations
at Island No. 10.

The Federals have silenced all the guns on the
upper battery, and dismounted one gun upon the
island.

The Confederates are strongly fortified, with
casemates to their batteries. They are supposed to
have 80 guns, some of them of the largest size, and
20,000 men.

Twelve Confederate gunboats are reported to be
between the Federal batteries, unable to get out.
The reported capture of Mr. Yancey requires
confirmation. A despatch from Nashville asserts
that he has arrived at New Orleans.

The Monitor is stili upon the look-out for th•
Merrimac.

A correspondent of the New Fork Times says
that deserters report the Confederates to be evacu-
ating Fredericksburg and preparing to burn the
bridges over the Rappahannock river; also that
large bodies of Confederates were going down the
James and York rivers to Norfolk. The same
authority says that there are no fortifications at
Fredericksburg, or any between that place end the
outskirts of Richmond.

The Governor of Mississippi has issued a call
for about 10,000 volunteers, stating that the L?gis-
lature has conferred upon him power to draught as
many as may be required.
The Governor of Louisiana has issued a procla-
mation, stating that General Beauregard has called
upon him for 5,000 men to defend the valley of the
Mississippi, and urging enlistments.
General Beauregard has issued a proclamation
from Jackson, saying that be will accept all the
troops that offer for ninety days.
The Judiciary Committee of the Senate has re.
commended the adoption of a resolution in accord-
ance with President Lincoln's late Message, recom-
mending pecuniary assistance to be given to States
desirous of abolishing slavery.
A despatch from Cairo says that 6,000 men in
the neighbourhood of Savannah, Tennessee, have
enlisted in the Union army.
The Anglo-Saxon has arrived out. The America
arrived at Halifax this morning.
Adyices from Vera Cruz to the 7th report that all
the British troops had embarked, except 100, who
remain. The health of the troops in Vera Cruz is
reported to be bad. There is no further news of any
importance.

Money easy ; gold, 18 to 12'premium. Exchange
dull ; bankers' bills, 111* to 112. Stocks tending
downwards. New York Central, 83; Illinois, 65i ;
Erie, 368. Cotton-market improving; middling
upland, 271 c.

LONDONDERRY, APRIL 2.
The Canadian screw steamer North American,
which arrived here this evening, was detained at
Portland until the 23d ult. for the Canadian mails.
She passed St. Andrew's on the 24th ult.

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CANADA,
C MARCH 21. It is understood that orders are in course of
The Governor-General has delivered his Message transmission to all the dockyards throughout the United.
to Parliament.
Kingdom to suspend any further operations upon wooden
passes a high eulogium upon Prince ships.
The Message
Albert, and refers to the Queen's recent expressions
on Canadian loyalty, It is said that Mrs. Windham and one of her
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