The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-08 00:00:00

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NOTES AND NOTIONS ON THE GREAT ST.

LEGER.
(Concluded from No. CXXL)

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR, —Having on Swordly touched upon the Irish
and jtAn Da3's lois, I shad now take a peep at that
g,nerally important stable over which the " W)zard of
e North,"

AMERICAN NEWS.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENING.
By the arrival of the Royal mail steam-ship Africa,
Captain Ryrie, we have received advices from New
York to the7th ult. She brings 831,333 dolls. in
specie on freight, and 73 passengers.

The Africa sailed from New York at noon on the
27th ult., and experienced fine weather until the

31st, since which time she has had strong head
winds, made Tory Island at 1 45 this morning,
and arrived in the Mersey at 11 o'clock this evening,
after a fine run of 10 days, 6 hours, and 15 minutes,
mean time.

The Africa passed a large steamer, supposed to be
the Asia, at 3 30 a.m., on the 281 ii

Arrangements were being made by Mr. Vanderbilt,
of New York, to establish a line of steam communi-
cation from San Francisco, by the way of Nicaragua,
to Liverpool. It wis contemplated to run the
steam-ship Northern Light (now building) between
Liverpool and New York, connecting that port with
the steam-ships Prometheus and Daniel Webster, the
rwo latter making alternate trips to Son Juan. This
line was expected to command the passengers from
Europe for San Francisco' as well as a portion of
those for other parts of the Union, and efforts were
making to secure for it the conveyance of the g.ld-
dust for English houses, hitherto mvnopolized by the
West Indian steamers. In order to render the line
able to meet the demand for the expected increased
traffic, a contract had been entered into for a new
steamer to run on Lake Nicaragua:

By the steam-ship Empire City, which arrived at
New Orleans on the 21st, we have advices from lia-
vannah to the 18th ult. These advices were received
by telegraph at New York, and are, as usual, so con-
flicting that we give them verbatim :
" MOBILE, AUG. 21.
" The United States steamer Vixen arrived at Pen-
sacola on the 20th, in four days, from Havannah, with
some further intelligence from Cuba.
" General Lopez, it is. said, had made a Amid at
Mariel, and ;had two engagements with the Spanish
troops, and was successful in both.
" The Spaniards lost 80 officers, and 300 men in
killed and wounded.

" The wounded and dead were conveyed to Ha-
vannab, and the latter buried with military pomp on
Friday last.
" The force of Lopez is increasing with great ra-
pidity. From 1,200 to 1,400 new recruits join his
ranks daily.
" On the night of the 14th-over 100 men left Ha-
vannah for the purpose of joining the invaders.
" There is a report also that one entire regiment of
Government troops had gone over to the patriots.
" The people, too, are rising in many quarters.
" The last report of the results of the two engage-
ments of Lopez is that one general, one commodore,
one general of marines, with 200 privates, were killed,
and many wounded."
" BALTIMORE, AUG. 25.
" Charleston papers of the 22d, received here, an-
nounce that the steam-ship Empire City arrived at
New Orleans on the 21st with Havannah dates to the
18th inst.

"No news is given in addition to what we have
already received by the Cherokee.
" The Spanish war steamer Pizarro is ashore on
Key Stone."
" NEW ORLEANS, Ana. 22.

" A letter to the Picayune states that General
Manzana has returned to Santiago, abandoning the
field to the patriots, who retained entire possession of
the country, surrounding Puerto Principe.
" The Pampero appeared off Havannah on the 11th,
and was signalled from Moro Castle. She took two
pilots from a schooner, and proceeded west, landing
at Morello, 12 miles from Bahia Honda, and taking
possession of the town of Las Pozas. The Pizarro
and two merchant steamers, with 800 troops and 60
horses, left Havannah on the morning of the 12th,
and attacked Lopez on the 13th, at San Miguel, near
Las Pozas. The Pizarro had got ashore at Bahia
Honda, and Lopez expected to take her. Lopez had
advanced to San Diego de Nines, to cut off the retreat
of the Spaniards. The people were rising in many
places. About 500 persons had left Havannah to join
Lopez, 50 of whom were taken prisoners. Only 700
troops were left in Havannah.
" Other accounts say that Lopez had fought two
battles, and was victorious in both, and that the
revolutionists continued to be successful. It is
reported that one entire Spanish regiment had
joined him.

" The fifty men who were executed at Havannah
were engaged in a flank movement in conjunction
with Lopez, when they were captured by the steamer
Habanero.

" Other accounts say that by letters received here
from authentic sources, dated Havannah, 18th, we
learn that. Lopez had fought only one battle with the
Spanish troops. This battle occurred almost imme-
diately after the landing. The loss on the Spanish
side, upon their repulse, was between 400 and 500.
Toe latter, meeting large reinforcements with cannon,
&c., returned to the charge, and succeeded in utterly
routing the patriots and capturing nearly every one
of them, including Lopez. Everything is apparently
quiet at present, and no further difficulty is antici-
pated until more filibusteros arrive."
" BOSTON, AUG. 26.

" The brig E lward Prescott arrived at this port
last evening from Cardenas, whence she sailed on the
14th instant. The news of the landing of Lopez had
been received there previous to the sailing of the brig,
and caused much excitement. As far as could be
judged, the general feeling was unanimous against
the invaders. There was one Spanish veasel of war
in the port."
Two steamers left New Orleans on the 21st with
reinforcements for the invaders, making with the re-
turn troops of the Pampero three departures of troops
from that port.
In all parts of the Union the most intense excite-
ment prevailed. The following extract will show the
height to which it has been carried in New Or-
leans :

" NEW ORLEANS, AUG. 23.
" There has been a tremendous riot in this city,
growing out of the Cuban revolution. For the past
two or three days business, to a great extent, has been
suspended, and the affairs of Cuba have been discussed
more thoroughly. Our city was never before known
to be so much agitated. The excitement of the people
knows no bounds. Hundreds of Men are pouring in
ready to take part in the patriot cause in Cuba. A
large body of Cuban Liberators, composed mostly of
western men, having become exasperated by the tone
of the Spanish paper Union, this afternoon attacked
the office, broke the windows and doors, and
rushed into the office. They threw the press, cases
of types, and furniture into the streets. The mob
totally destroyed everything belonging to the office.
The crowd outside was so dense, and the excitement
so great, that the police could not interfere to check
the riot. After the office was demolished the
Liberators marshalled their legions, and proceeded to
the cigar store (kept by a Spaniard, who has made
himself obnoxious to the patriots) at the corner of St.
Chaples and Gravier-streets, broke the doors and
windows, and destroyed all the stock and furniture,
which were very valuable. By this time the crowd
had swelled to an immense number, and the cry was
raised—' Let's pay a visit to the Spanish Consul.'
This was responded to by a tremendous shout. The
crowd then moved on to the office of the Spanish Con.
sul, and a scene of the wildest disorder ensued. The
men •appeared to have run mad with excitement.
They fiercely attacked the house, threw the desks,
papers, and furniture of all kinds into the streets.
They tore down his sign, and marched in triumph
with it to the meeting in Lafayette-square. The meet-
ing in the square was one of the largest ever held in
this city. The proceedings throughout were charac-
terised by the wildest enthusiasm. The excitement of
the 21st inst. has lost none of its interest this
morning. At an early hour a body of 2,000 of the
Liberators surrounded the city prison. This out-
burst was caused by the Spanish Consul, who, fear-
ing that he would lose his life on the night previous,
asked the protection of the American flag, and was
placed in the city prison as a place of safety. The
Liberators became clamorous, and demanded that the
Spanish Consul should be delivered up to them, or
they would demolish the prison. A force of about
fifty policemen is on the ground, endeavouring to re-
store peace. The cigar shops kept by the Spaniards
in different parts of the city were nearly all destroyed
during last night. The most painful part of the affair
remains to be told. The Empire City brought the
remains of Colonel Clendenin and Captain Victor Ker,
who were so inhumanly murdered by the Spanish
Government at Havannah, to this city. A deep feeling
of awe pervades the whole community. Thousands
of people endeavoured to get a sight of the coffins
containing their dead bodies. This gave rise to the
sudden outbreak last night. Minute guns have been
fired since sunrise in honour of the murdered Libera-
tors. The attack on the office of the Spanish Consul
was caused by a report (which is undoubtedly true)
that he received, by the Empire City, letters from
some of the murdered Americans, and he refused to
give them up when demanded by their friends:'
The President, accompanied by the Secretary of
the Interior, had returned post haste to Washington,
the terrible intelligence from Cuba having abruptly
',lit short the programme far the continuation of his
Virginia pleasure tour. The steam-ship Sarana has
bean ordered by the Government to Ilavannah to in-
stitute an inquiry into the circumstances connected
with the shooting of the fifty Americans, as well as
the firing at and stoppage of the American mail
steamer Falcon.
Our dates from Jamaica are to the 11th ult., but
the advices are v ,ry meagre. It was stated that
cholera bad broken out at Newcastle among the
troops. In some of the districts small-pox was very
prevalent.
The arrest of a fugitive , at Poughkeepsie had