The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-31 00:00:00

CATE OF IRISH LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE,

" He is not dead, but sleepeth."

Oh! why is the wild harp of Erin unstrung,
Oh! why are its melodies dying away.
Oh! why is the cypress-wreath mournfully flung,
Where late was the shamrock so green and so gay

N di,

Oh! the heart of the harper is mute with despair.
His voice is sent forth in a desolate moan,
Th:,t in unison Wends with his heart-breathing prayer,
And found him, alas! now deserted—alone!

For though all the ties of his kindred might part,
Thu' Death had struck from him the lov'd and the dear,
There was one who had truly a free Irish heart,
And ever would shed with the joyless a tear.

And where was RE now? had that noble form perished
Wa. that mi:,7hty heart stilled in the midst of its woe
Oh, sad '&is to break from the thintz we have cherished,
That loved us as friends and resisted our foes.

But while we lament for O'Connell with sadness.
And with the wild grief of despair o'er him weep,
Let us cherish a hope—n bright glitter of gladness-
We know that HE shall not for ever thus sleep!

Tho' the dark grave be c 1 sed o'er that one noble head,
And the voice of our champion be hush'd in the tomb,
Yet the angels of God shall vatch 0%1- his bed,
And the bright stars of heav'n illumine the gloom.

And the strife of that spirit with earth shall now cease.
No longer it mourns for oppres,don and woe;
But inhabits the halcyon regi ns of peace
In that " very tar" land which no murtal may know.

For sop! tr •rn the skits a bright chariot de4eeridipg,
Conducted by angels, and b Toe on the Wind,
bears his +reed spirit to joy never•i-nding,
And leaves bat the e4sket of earth here behind!

So, minstrel, resume thy melodious numbers,
br, at he in each accent a soft lay of love,
'or O'Connell, though now in his grave, only slumberi,
Till the voice of the trumpet shall call him above.

Arid h;s own lovely Erin, fair gem of the wan,
Shad sw. oily break forth Iroin her durksome repoie,
No lonuer be ravaged by civic commo,ion,
But rising triumphant to frietid.l, turn her foes!
May 25, 1847. LUCILLA FAGAN.

THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.—We are requested to
state that Mr. Colturn has this day published the fol-
lowing interesting new works, which can now be had ot
41 booksellers. 1. The tench volume of Lives of Queen',
of England, by Agnes Strictland. 2. Zeri.rn, the
Martyr, by the Rev. R. Cobbold, 3 vols. 3 Zrological
Recreations. by W. J. Broderip, Esq.. F.R S., 1 vol. 4
Memoirs of Viscountess Suadon, Mistr.-ss 0, the Robes
to Queen Caroline, Consort of George IL, including
Letters of the most Celebrated Persons of her time, by
Mrs. Thomson, 2 vols., post Bvo., with portraits. 5. Sir
Gearge Simpson's Overland Journey Round the World,
2 vole., Bvo., with map, &c. And 6. A New Edition of
Lord Lind-ay's Letters on the Holy Land, complete in 1
vol., 10s. 6d., bound.
DEATH OF SIR ARTHUR CHICHESTER.— The
Belfast Chronicle of Wednesday says—" We deeply lament
to announce the demise of Sir Arthur Chichester, Bart.,
which melancholy event took place yesterday at his resi
dance, Adelaide-place, in this town. He had been for some
time ill (of bilious fever, as we understand), and was re-
cently said to be getting better, but his constitution at
length sank under the length and virulence of the ma-
, lady. The late Sir Arthur was the son of the Rev. William
Chichester, by Mary Anne, the daughter of Mr. George
Harvey, of JSfalin-hall. He was created a Baronet in 182
and was closely connected with the Donegal family,
as well as that of the Earl of O'Neill He was unmarried,
and the title is now, of course, extinct. Sir Arthur repre-
sented the borough of Carrickfergus for several years in Par-
liament, and was a decided Conservative in politics. His
family seat was at Greencastle, county of Donegal, where
he spent much of his time, but latterly, owing to the in-
creasing delicacy of his health, he resided principally in Bel-
fast. By his demise the office of weighmaster of Belfast,
which he held, reverts to the town-council, for the benefit
of the inhabitants, under the purchase which the corpora-
tion recently made from Lord Donegal and his trustees,
and which it is the object of the Bill now before Parliament
to confirm."

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.—The Oriental steam-
ship, Captain Brooks with the heavy portion of the Indian
mail, arrived in the docks early this morning from Alexan-
dria. She touched at Malta as usual, and also at Gibraltar,
which place she left on Saturday last. There are nearly
160 passengers on board, and a large and valuable freight,
amongst which are enumerated eight splendid Arabian
horses, as a present from the Pacha of Egypt to her Majesty;
two fine camels, and several cases of live quails, numbering
nearly 6,000, intended for the London markets; turtle. &c.,
ninety-nine casks of aenna, la casks gum, eleven
casks elephint's tusks, two cases silk, five cases alabaster,
220 ha lvt4 of maize. The mails were dispatched by the nine'
o'clock Lois,

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GREAT BATTLE AT CERR
GORDO.

THE MEXICANS AGAIN DEFEATED.
JALAPA AND PEROTE TAKEN.
FLIGHT OF SANTA ANNA.

Major-General Paterson left a sick bed to share in
he dangers and fatigues of the day, and after the sur-
ren.'er went forward to command the advanced forces
toward Xalapa.
Brigadier General Pillow and his brigade twice
assaulted with great daring the enemy's line of britte.
ries on our left, and *hough without success, they con-
tributed much to distract and dismay their immediate
opponents.
President Santa Anna, with GMnerals Catializo
Ihnonte, and some six or eight thousand men, escaper
toward X,daptt just before Cerro Gordo was carried
and before lwiggs's division reached the National
Road above.
I have determined to parole the prisoners—officer,
and men— as I have not the means of feeding then'
here beyond to-day, and cannot afford to detach a
heavy bAy of horse and foot. with wagons, to accom
pany them to Vera Cruz. Our baggage train, though
increasing, is not yet half large enough to give a►.
assured progress to this army.
Beside, a
_greater number of prisoners would, pro-
escape from the escort in the long and dper
sandy road. without subsistence—ten to one—that
we shall find ag.tin, out of the satne body of men, in
the ranks opposed to us. Not one of the Vera Cruz
prisoners is believed to have been in the lines o'
Cerro Gordo. Some six of the officers, highest it,
rank, refuse to give their paroles. except to go t,
Vera Cruz, and thence, perhaps to the United States
The small arms and their accoutrements being o 4
no value to our army her. or at home, I have ordered
;hem to he destroyed ; for we have not the means oi
transporting them. lam also somewhat embarrassed
pieces of
with the • a rtillery—all bronze--which
we have captured. It would take a brigade, and halt
the mules of our army, to transport them fifty mile,.
A field battery I shall take for service with the
army ; but the heavy metal must be collected, and left
here for the present. 'We have our own siege-trait,
and the pr .per carriages with us.
Being much occupied with the prisoners, and all
the details of a forward movement, beside looking to
the supplies which are to follow from Vera Cruz, I
have time to add no more—intending to be at Xalapa
early to-morrow. We shall not, probably, again
meet with serious opposition this side of Perote—
certainly not, unless delayed by the means of trans.

portation.
I have the honour to remain, Sir, with high respect,
Sour most obedient servant,
WINFIELD SCOTT.
P.S. I invite attention to an accompanying letter
to the Peesident Santa Anna, taken in his carriage
yesterday; aITo to his proclamation, issued on hear-
ing that we had captured Vera Craz, &c. in which
If the enemy advance one step more, the
Independence will be buried in the abyss of
tNhheaetspiaoasynsatil""‘Ve have taken that step. W. S.
I make a second postscript, to say that there is
some hope, I am hannv to learn, that General Shields
may survive his wounds.
One of the pri,,cipal motives for paroling th:,
prisoners of war is, to diminish the resistance of other
garrisons in our march.
Hon. Wm. L. AlaW. S.
i•cv, S.eymary-at-War.

(From the New Y;rk Tribune.)
List of Mexican officers captured at Cerra Gordo
on the 18th of April, who have given their parole of
honour to report theri,elves, without delay. to the
Comma•irl-mt of the American forces at Vera Crux as
prisoners of war :
Jose Ma Jarero Brigadier-general.
Romala de la Vega, Brigadler-general.

THE UNUED STA
AND Al

By the steam ship Caledonia, which arrived at
Liverpool on Sunday morning, we have received New
York papers of the 15th instant. Their contents are
very important. On the 17th and 18th of April the
American forces under the command of Gen. Scott,
completely defeated the .Mexican army, commanded
by Santa Anna, killing 400 and taking five generals
and 3,000 Mexicans prisoners. Santa Anna flee',
leaving his carriage, his money, his plate, and even
the dinner which had been prepared for him in the
hands of the victors, The American force amounted
to 8.178 men, the Mexican force was estimated at
14,000. The following is the official dispatch of
General Scott announcing his victory :
Head-quarters of the Army, Plan del Rio,
50 m les from Vera Cruz, April 19,1847.
Sir,—The plan of attack, sketched in General Or-
ders, No. 111, herewith, was finely executed by this
gallant army, before two o'clock P.M. yesterday. We
are quite embarrassed with the results of victory-_
prisoners of war, heavy ordinance, field batteries,
small arms, and accoutrements.
About 3,000 wen laid down their arms with the
usual propertion of field and company officers beside
five generals, several of them of great distinction.
Pinson, Jarrero, La Vega, N oriega, and Abando A
sixth general, Vasquez, was killed in defending the
battery (tower) in the rear of the whole Mexican
army, the capture of which gave us those glorious
results.
Our loss, though comparatively small in number,
has been serious. Brigadier General Shields, a com-
mander of activity, zeal, and talent, is, I iear, if not
dead, mortally wounded. He is some five miles
from me at this moment. The field of operations
covered many miles, broken by mountains and deep
chasms, and I have not a report, as yet, from any
division or brigade.
Twigg's division, followed by Shield's (now Col.
Baker's brigade) are now at or near Xalapa, and
Worth's division is in route thither, all pursuing,
with good results, as I learn, that part of the elexi-
can army—perhaps six or seven thousand men, who
fled before our right had carried the tower, and
gained the Xalapa road.
Pillow's brigade alone, is near me at this depot of
wounded, sick, and prisoners ; and I have time only
to give from him the names of First Lieut. F. B.
Nelson, and Second C. G. Hill, both of the Second
Tennessee foot (Haskell's Regiment) among the
killed, and in the brigade 106, of all ranks, killed or
wounded.
Among the latter, the gallant Brigadier General
himself has a smart wound in the arm, but not dis
abled, and Major R. Ferqueson, 2d Tennessee ;
Captain 11. F. Alurray, 24 Lieut. G. T. Sutherland,
lst Lieut. W. P. Hale, Adjutant, all of the same
regiment, severely, and lst Lieut. W. Yearwood,
mortally wounded. All I know, from personal ob-
servation on the ground, that Ist Lieut. Ewell, of
the Rifles, it not now dead, was mortelly, wounded
in entering, sword in hand, the entrenchtnents around
the captured tower.
Second Lieutenant Derby, Topographical E. gi-
nears, I also saw, at the sa i,e place, severely wounded,
and Captain Patten, 2,1 Un ted States Infantry, lost
his right hand. Major Sumner, 21 United States
Dragoons, was slightly wounded the day before, and
Captain Johnston, Topographical Engineers (Now
Lietvenant Colonel of Infantry) was very severely
wounded some days earner, white reconnt&ering. I
must not omit to add that Captain Mason and Second
Lieutenant Davis, both of the rifles, were among the
very severely wounded in storming the same tower.
I estimate our total loss, in Killed and wounded
may be about 250, and thst of the enemy 350 In
the pursuit towerds Xalapa (25 miles hence) I learn
we have added much to the enemy's hiss in prisoners,
killed, are! weutide.l. In fact, [ suppose his retreat•
ng army to be nearly disorganised, and hence my
hate to toll, w, in an hour or two, to profit b . events.
In this hurried and imierfect report I must not
omit to say that" Brigadief General Twiggs, in
oas7ing the mountain range beyond Cerro Gordo,
.crowned with the tower, detached from his division,
as I suggested the day before, a strong force to carry
that height, which commanded the Xalapa road nt
the foot, and could not fail, if carried, to cut eff the
whole, or any part of the enemy's forces, from a re-
• rear in any direction.
A portion of the Ist artillery, under the often-
diilinguished Brevet Colonel Child,, the 3d infantry,
under Captain Alexander, the 7th infantry, under
Lieutenant- Colonel Plyinpton, and the rifles, under
Major Loring, all und-r the temporary command of
Colonel Harney, 21 dragoons, during the confine-
ment to his bed of Brevet-Brigadier General P. F.
Smith, composed that detachment. The style of exe-
cution, whicn I had the pleasure to witness, was most
nrilliant and decisive.
The brigade ascended the long and difficult slope
of Cerro Gordo, without shelter, and under the tre-
mendous fire of artillery and musketry with the
utmost steadiness, reached the breastworks, drove the
enemy from them, planted the colours of the Ist ar
tillery, 11 and 7th infantry—the enemy's flag still
flying—and, after some minutes' sharp firing, finished
the conquest with the bayonet.
It is a most pleasing duty to say that the highest
praise is due to Harney, Childs, Plympton, Loring,
Alexander, their gallant officers and men, for this
brilliant service, independent of the great results
which soon followed.
Worth's division of regulars coming uJ at this time,
he detached Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel C. F. Smith,
with his light battalion, to support the assault, but
not in time. The General reaching the tower a few
minutes before me, and observing a white flag dis-
played from the nearest portion of the enemy's batte-
ries below, sent out Colonels Harney and Childs to
hold a parley. The surrender followed in an hour or
two.