The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-20 00:00:00

METEOROLOGIC

REPORTS.

This Day,
etween 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S.
9 a.m.
Nairn
29.71 60 49 5.W.5 5 C. 3
Aberdeen 29/7 48 46 S.S.W. 3 9 o. 2
Leith... .29.88 49 48 W. 2 6 o. 2
Berwick 29'82 49 47 W.S.W. 5 7 o. 1
Portr ush 29.93 50 49 S. 3 6 r. 3
Shields
Galway 3OlOB 49 48 W.S.W. 7 8 o. 4
.earborough 50•05 47 45 W.N.W. 5 9 0. 4
Liverpool
Valentia
Queenstown , 30.25 47 46 W.S.W. 5 5 o. 4
Yarmouth 130•19 39 38 W. 4 6 C. 3
London 13013 40 38 W.S.W. 4 $ b. 0
Dover 3015 44 42 S.W 3 1 b. 2
Portsmouth .• I 3018 40 38 W. 3 SC. 1
Portland 3017 44 42 W. 1 7 0. 1
Plymouth .. ,130 13 30 W. 1 7 f. 1
Penzance 130.29 38 37 N.W. 2 1 b. 2
EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced

lo 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise
causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10
deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E.
Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for
evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true--
not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud
(1 to 9). I. Initials :—b,, blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ;
t., fog. ; h,, hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0.,
overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; a., snow ; t., thunder. A letter
repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb-
Ince (1 to 9).

The Right Hon. W. Hutt has returned to town
from Gibsid©.

The marriage of Miss Jervis, daughter of the
late Lord Chief Justice Jervis and Lady Jervis, to Ed-
ward, eldest son of the Hon. Edward Swynfen Parker
Jervis, of Aeton Hall, Sutton Coldfield, Staffordshire, will
take place early in December.
The Marquis of Donegall and Lord and Lady
Harriett Ashley have arrived at Harefield House, Uxbridge,
from Brighton.

TIIE GREAT EASTERN.—This vessel is now lying
safely moored at Milford Haven, where she has satisfac•
torily ridden out the recent terrific gales. She is discharg-
ing her coals into vessels alongside, to hasten the completion
of which relays of men are at work day and night so that
she may be placed on her gridiron at Nayland (prepared for
her purposely when she was last here) with all possible de-
spatch. Every necessary preparation is being made for
speedily effecting her repairs, to expedite which even the
resources of the adjacent Royal dockyard are readily
afforded. The encomiums her commander pays to Milford
Haven are of the most satisfactory description. Ho is
delighted with its capacity, its security, and its remark-
able facilities for egress and ingress. Storms were pre-
, dieted for the 17th and 18th. The weather at Milford
'limn has Neu remarkably fine Aucl

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA.

The following are extracts from the letter of the
special correspondent of the limos, dated Washing-
ton, Nov. 2 ;

THE GREAT FLOTILLA.

If the awful tempest which has been raging over
land and sea here has extended itself to the lati-
tudes in which the flotilla is labouring towards its
working point, the Confederates may have to strike
a medal for their armada, and they will, at any rate,
have fair reason to declare " /lava Deus et hostes
dissipantur." This is a moment of great anxiety.
The North has sent out a considerable fleet to strike
at a centre of rebellion, and if the waves defeat it
there will be deep dejection, if not despair, through
the land. They say the expedition ie bound
to Charleston. From the moment Beauregard
began to throw up batteries against Fort Sumter
there was a clear casus belli against the people
of that city, and any cause for the ex-
pedition now which did not exist then is not to be
readily discovered and vindicated. The city is the
nursing mother of Secession, and it has not an
agreeable reputation with us, because of its peculiar
regulations respecting British sailors with a rete
mucosum. But, nevertheless, without being un-
neutral, I should be sorry to see Charleston treated
as Arlington Mills or the houses in front of the
Federal lines here have been dealt with. It is, in
spite of mosquitoes, dust, sand, and heat, a pleasant
and hospitable place, except for coloured people,
although not easily accessible by a hostile force from
the seaside. Our news here must come from the
South by way of Fortress Monroe and flags of truce
from Norfolk, or roundabout by Louisville. Never
will electric wire on this continent have throbbed
with bigger words for good or evil. But, after all
said, it will not be concerning Armageddon itself,
nor will it be of such an issue to the human race as
was involved in the fate of Armada the Great and
first. A victory of the kind which can be achieved
by the expedition will do more good than harm ; it
will enable the North to be magnanimous ; it will
show the South that they have soft places, not far
from the vitals, where they can be hit pretty hard.
It will afford a basis for negotiators and mediators
to work upon.