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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING,. NOVEMBER 8, 1861.

LORD MAY OR'S DAY.

n Guildhall-yard and King-street, to receive the Lord
Mayor on his return from Westminster.
The procession, on its return, will be joined by the am-
bassadors, her Majesty's ministers of state, the nobility,
judges, men.bers of Parliament, and other persons of dis-
tinction, invited to the banquet at Guildhall.

sovs, added to a sweepstak
miles.

of 5 sovs each. About three;

The civic pageant of Saturday next (Lord Mayor's Day)
will not differ materially from that of last year. The chief
magistrate and the sheriffs are understood to have had the
subject recently under their consideration as to how far, if
at all, it might be lesirable to alter the character of the pro-
cession, and to have come to the conclusion that they would
scarcely be justified in introducing any essential change into
a thing which has been handed down from a remote age,
and which derives much of its interest in the popular esti-
mation from its antiquity, and even from features in it
which in these days are regarded as bordering on the
grotesque. Our old friends, the men in armour, therefore,
are to be resuscitated for the occasion, and to play their
accustomed part in the pageant. All the ancient livery com-
panies will also be extensively represented by members of
them carrying banners and heraldic devices ; especially the
wealthy company of Fishmongers, to which the Lord Mayor
belongs. The London Rifle Brigade, preceded by their
band, will take a conspicuous part in the procession, and
several other military bands, placed at intervals, are to
accompany it. It is understood that the equipages of the
sheriffs will be more than ordinarily attractive. The state
carriage of the Lord Mayor will, as usual, be drawn by six
horses, and attended by an escort of cavalry.
The entertainment committee yesterday issued their
official programme. The procession will start from the
Guildhall at about half-past eleven o'clock, in the subjoined
order :

Age st lb
Old Ben Roe .. a 11 0
Qucensferry .. 6 10 10
The Dane .. 5 10 10
Bantum .. 5 10 10
Lord Lovel .. 6 10 7
Goldsmith .. a 10 15
Yorkshire Grey .. a 10 5
Romeo a 10 4
Fairplay .. a 10 4
Heads or Tails .. a 10 4
Johnny 6 10 4
Premier .. .. a 10 0
Castanette 5 10 0

Age st lb
Dnnboyne a 9 12
Lincoln .. a 912
Pine Apple a 9 10
Black Rose 6 9 10
Chester .. .. a 9 7
Marmion .. a 9 7
British Workman.. 5 9 7
Corona .. .. 4 9 7
Farmer from Kerry 4 9 7
Friar of Apshall a,91.64
Evelyn .. 9
MPhayrYsicAiannii.... ;1.12

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMEiICI2i._

THE FEDERAL DEFEAT AT LEESBURG.
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.
The Inman steamship Etna has arrived, with
advices from New York to the 26th ult.

A. correspondent of the New York Tribune sup-
plies the following succinct account of the disaster
to the Federal forces at Edward's Ferry:—
"Late on Sunday night (I note all as it is told
me by trustworthy witnesses of what passed) de-
tachments of the Massachusetts 15th and 20th Re-
giments were sent from the Maryland side of the
Upper Potomac to Harrison's (or Swan's) Island,
four miles above Edward's Ferry, with orders to
stand in readiness to cross to Virginia at sudden
notice. It was understood that Quartermaster
Howe, of the 15th Massachusetts, had been over
with a scouting party, and had reported that a
small rebel camp lay within easy capturing dis-
tance of the chore, and the- impression then was
that the expedition was to carry out this purpose.
However this might be, at about midnight 300 of
the 15th Regiment, under Colonel Devens, were
sent over from the island, with 100 of the 20th,
under Colonel Lee, as a reserve force. The means
of crossing were shockingly inadequate. Three
boats only were employed—one capable of holding
16 persons; the other two holding but four or five
each. There is no question but that better trans-
ports could have been obtained at the expense of
very slight trouble. The canal, close by, was filled
with boats which could have been transferred to

Police Constables to clear the way.

Captain Hodgson, the Deputy-Commissioner of the City
Police, mounted.
Drums and Fifes of the Royal London Militia.
Band of Royal London Militia.
Three Trumpeters, mounted.

Banners of the Livery Companies, borne by Watermen.
Royal Standard.
Union. Jack. ,
Banner of St. George.
Banner of the Arms of the City of London.
Banner of Arms of the late J, Harmer, Esq. 2
Banner of Alms of the late R. B. Bate, Esq. c,s'
Banner of Arms of the late Alderman Lainson. •
Banner of Arms of the late Alerman J. Johnson.
Banner of Arms of Alexander Rogers, Esq., ex-Sheriff.
Banner of Arms of Charles Hill, Esq., ex-Sheriff.
Banner of Arms of D. Nicoll, Esq., ox-Sheriff.
Banner of Arms of Sir G, E. Hodgkiason, ex-Sheriff.
Banner of Arms of R. Swift, Esq., ex-sheriff.
Banner of Arms of A. A. Croll, Esq., ex-Sheriff.
Banner of Arms of Sir D. Crosley, ex-Sheriff.
Banner of Arms of John Hill, Esq,
Banner of Arms of W. H. Palmer, Esq.
Banner of Arms of John Sivewright, Esq.
Banner of Arms of the late R. Gude, Esq.
Banner of Arms of the late Alderman Sir G. Carroll.
Banner of Arms of Alderman W. A. Rose.
Banner of Arms of Alderman Sir James Duke, Bart, M.P.
Banner of Arms of the Marquis of Downshire.
Banner of Arms of Sir W. B. Riddell, Bart.
Banner of Arms of W. Clarkson, Esq.
Banner of Arms of F. Salmon, Esq.
Banner of Arms of the Spectacle Makers' Company.
LORINERS' COMPANY.
Banner of the Arms of Alderman Mechi (Master of the
Loriners' Company).
Banner of the Arms of Alderman Sir F. G. Moon (ex.
Master of the Company).
Banner of the Arms of Frederick Keats, Esq., ex-Sheriff.

the river with comparatively little difficulty, since
communication is furnished by a lock close at hand.
However, the crossing was, after a time effected,
and during the early morning the little body of the
15th were moving cautiously towards Leesburg,but,
not finding what was expected, withdrew toward

the river bank and waited for further orders. No
sign of the enemy was given until about nine o'clock,
when part of what is supposed to have been a Mis-
sissippi regiment appeared, and immediately engaged
our advance. By one musket discharge of the rebels
at this time, some dozen of Company H, 15th Regi-
ment, were seriously wounded, and three were killed.
The enemy, however, were for a short time driven
back, but being powerfully reinforced, they in turn
became the assailants and thrust the 15th Regiment
men back on the reserve of the 20th. All this fight-
ing took place within a very limited extent of
ground, and lasted about half an hour. Colonel Lee
sent a note to General Stone, saying ' Devens has
fallen back on me. We intend to fight.' Probably
in consequence of this intelligence, 300 additional
men of the 15th were sent over from the island as
reinforcements. Nothing serious occurred, although
skirmishes were ventured upon from time to time,
until two o'clock in the afternoon, when Colonel
Baker crossed with a part of his California Regi-
ment, further detachment of the Massachusetts 20th,
a company or two of Colonel Coggswell's Tammany
Regiment, and a small selection from the Pennsyl-
vania 29th. Colonel Baker at once assumed com-
mand, and disposed his forces for:battle. The ground
was not favourable for our men, and, so far as I can
learn, was, in every strategic consideration, an un-
fortunate one. It was an open field, at the summit
of the steep acclivity which forms the Virginian
shore at this point. In case of a defeat—as it
afterwards proved—no possibility of successful
retreat existed. The field, which occupied alto-
gether some 12 or 15 acres, extended back for a
very short distance, and was on three sides bor-
dered by thick woods. In the woods on the right
hand the men of the Massachusetts 15th, some 600
in number, were placed. At the right of the open
space stood the 300 men of the Massachusetts
20th. At the left were the men of the Calitornia
regiment, while the Tammany troops held the rear
of the centre. One rifled cannon ofVaughan's Rhode
Island Battery was stationed in front of the left
wing, and two mountain howitzers of Rickett's bat-
tery in front of the right. (These pieces were lost
during the engagement.) Our entire force num-
bered about 1,800 men. Towards 3 o'clock the
rebels, without coming into view, suddenly opened
a severe fire of muskets from the woods facing our
line. The cannoniers and artillery horses attached
to the field pieces were almost all shot down at this
opening discharge, and the infantry suffered heavily.
Our men responded with vigour, but it was appa-
rent that the odds in numbers, as well as in position,
were vastly in favour of the rebels. The working
of our guns was soon interrupted, and not more than
half-a-dozen rounds were fired during the four
tours' contest that ensued. For the last two or
three rounds Col. Lee carried up the ammunition
with his own hands, All this time our men had but
occasional glimpses of the enemy, and were except-
ing the detachments of the sth Massachusetts, con-
tinually exposed to the view of their opponents. The
fire of musketry upon them was almost incessant,
but artillery the rebels did not use, from beginning
to end. The slaughter which we know to have
resulted seems all the more remarkable in view of
this fact. It is probable that the rebels were fami-
liar with the ground, and knew precisely where to
direct their volleys, and that the pluck which our
men—certainly the Massachusetts men—showed in
returning to the same spot of action again and again,
only brought certain and renewed destruction upon
them. lam assured that as each new line was
formed the rebel volleys would seem to meet them,
and separate them, as if by lightning stroke, into
broken and scattered groups. No line could
stand before their concentrated fire, and the im-
possibility of discovering them, sheltered as they
were by thick woods, rendered our troops' efforts
at retaliation perfectly futile. Beyond all doubt,
our force was prodigiously outnumbered. Mak-
ing every allowance for the exaggerated- con-
jectures which participants in an actionl 104 this
are apt to make, it seems probable that the adds on
the rebel side were as three to one. !They,might
have been larger, and certainly the almost univer-
sal opinion is that they were. For more than an
hour this work continued before our disasters ap-
peared to become overwhelming. A little after
four o'clock Colonel Baker was shot, apparently in
the chest or stomach. He was standing in advance
of his left endeavouring to rally a company of Penn-
sylvania skirmishers. He fell heavily forward, but
immediately raised himself upon his hands and
knees, and afterwards, with an effort to h
He stood erect only for an instant, and, isfeet.
He
uttering a word, fell again motionless. It is pro-
bable that he received another shot at the moment
of rising. lam told that the only wonder is that
Colonel Baker did not fall earlier, so daringly did
he expose himself at all moments during the action.
Towards six o'clock the case was so utterly hope.
less, and the impossibility of retreat so evident
that, in spite of the unshrinking determination o
the little remainder of our troops, the leading
officers counselled a surrender. Colonel Lee, after
consultation, determined, for the sake of averting
needless slaughter, to give up himself and his men.
But, even after this intention had been communi-
cated, the detachment of the 20th rallied a number
of times and fired steady volleys. It would appear
that even at this late period, if a resolute bayonet-
charge had been ordered, the field might have been
saved, for to the last moment the courage of our
troops was undiminished, But the orders became
irregular, the intentions of the leading officers
named divided, and a little after six o'eleek the re-

UPHOLDERS' COMPANY.
Banner of the Arms of the City of London.
Banner of the Arms of the Company.
COOPERS' COMPANY.
Banner of the Arms of Alderman Salomons.
Banner of the Arms of the Company.
PAINTERS' COMPANY.
Banner of the Arms of the Company.
VAX CHANDLERS' COMPANY.
Royal Standard.
Union Jack.
Banner of the Arms of the City of London.
Banner of the Arms of the late Alderman Cowan.
• Banner of the Arms of the Company.
THE FISHMONGERS' COMPANY.
Banner of the Arms of the Fishmongers' Company.
The Bargemaster's Mate of the Worshipful Company of

Fishmongers.
The Full Band of the Royal Artillery, from Woolwich

Garrison (60 in number).
Watermen bearing the following banners :
Royal Standard, Union Jack.
Banner of James Hulbert, Esq., Prime Warden 1718.
Banner of Sir Thomas Kneesworth, Lord Mayor in 1506.
Banner of Harvey Christian Combo, Esq., Lord
Mayor in 1799.
0 Banner of Sir W. Leighton, Lord Mayor in 1806. r
Banner of Sir Matthew Wood, Bart., Lord
Mayor in 1815 and 1816.
V Banner of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort.
Union Jack.
g Banner of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Union Jack.
Banner of the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor,
William Cubitt.
Banner of Arms of the Fishmongers' Company.
Banner of Arms of the City of London,
The Bargemaster's Assistant.
Twenty Winners of Doggett's Coat and Badge between the

years 1804 to 1860.
The Bargemaster of the Company, supported by his
Assistant.
The Staffmen of the Company.
The Beadle of the Company.
The Clerk of the Company (Mr. W. B. Towse) in his
chariot.
The Court and Livery in their Carriages.
The Prime Warden (W. Wood, M.P.), with the Chaplain

in a chariot.
Three Trumpeters, mounted.
The Under City Marshal on horseback.
The Lord Mayor's Beadle.
Watermen bearing the following Banners :
Royal Standard.
Banner of England. Union Jack.
Banner of Scotland. Banner of Ireland.
Six Streamers of the City Arms.
Banner of the City of London.
Mounted Troops.
The Band of the Coldstream Guards.
Ancient Knight,
Mounted on a Charger, in full Steel Armour, with Lance,
attended by Two Esquires mounted, and bearing
the Battle-axe and Mace of the Knight.
Ancient Knight, _ _

Mounted on a Charger, in full Brass Armour, attended by
Two Esquires mounted, and bearing the Battle-axe
and Mace of the Knight.
Ancient Knight,

Mounted on a Charger, in full Steel Armour, with Lance,
attended by Two Esquires mounted, and bearing
the Battle-axe and Mace of the Knight.
Ancient Knight,
Mounted on a Charger, in Steel Armour, with Lance,
attended by Two Esquires mounted. and bearing
the Battle-axe and Mace of the Knight.
Ancient Knight,

Mounted on a Charger, in Full Black Armour, with Lance,
attended by Two Esquires mounted, and bearing
the Battle-Axe and Mace of the Knight.
Ancient Knight,

Mounted on a Charger, in Steel Armour, with Lance,
attended by Two Esquires mounted, and bearing
the Battle-Axe and Mace of the Knight.
Volunteers.
Band of the Central London Rifle Volunteers.
The 3d City of London Rifle Volunteers.
Pioneers.
Drums and Fifes.
Major Richards, Commanding Officer.
Adjutant, Captain W. G. Furnivall.
Six Companies of the City of London Rifle Volunteers.
The Band of the 6th Company of the 20th Middlesex Rifle
Volunteers.
Mounted Troops.
The Two Under-Sheriffs (Messrs. Gammon and Farrar).
The Officers of the Corporation of London in Carriages.
Three Trumpeters, Mounted.
4 Mr. Sheriff Twentyman, in his State Chariot, drawn
o •by Four Horses, attended by his Chaplain g
Three Trumpeters, Mounted. *
E 4 Mr. Sheriff Cockerell, in his State Chariot, drawn Q.
by Four Horses, attended by his Chaplain. ,z
The Band of the London Rifle Volunteer Brigade. "
g The Aldermen who have not passed the Chair. 4
The Recorder.
The Aldermen who have passed the Chair.
Mounted Troops.
THE LADY MAYORESS,

In her State Carriage, drawn by Six Horses, will join the
Procession on its return from Westminster.
Mounted Troops.
The Lord Mayor's Servants in State Liveries.
_ _

.'o The Band of the Life Guards Mounted. v.
gi The Upper City Marshal on Horseback. ‘g
E Gentlemen of the Lord Mayor's Household. -
-4 THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD g,
IMAYOR, :::
In his State Carriage, drawn by Six Horses.
o
Attended by the Chaplain, Sword Bearer
A (Mr. Sewell), and Common Crier (Mr. Beddome). 7
Detachment of Mounted Troops.
The route the procession will take will be as follows :
Pass through King-street, Cheapside, the Poultry, Corn-
hill, Leadenhall-street, Billiter-street, Fenchurch and
Gracechurch-streets, Cannon-street East and West, St.
Paurs-ehurehyard, Ludgate-hill, Fleet-street, Strand,' to
Westminster. Returning from Westminster by way of the
Strand, Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill, St. Paul's-churchyard,
Cheapside, King-street, to Guildhall.
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maining contestants withdrew down the precipitous 1
river bank, and endeavoured to recross to the island.
Here the general organisation of our force was
quite abandoned; each company acted separately.
The officers and men who could swim started, half
naked, over the river, and the boats were kept for
a while for the wounded. This, however, lasted
but a little time. Presently all order was lost.
A large flatboat was sunk by overcrowding, and
scorces of men perished, some by drowning and some
,by the fire of the rebels, who now crowded the
high bank, and poured an incessant fire upon the
scattering fugitives. The river channel was thick
with dead and dying bodies, but the bearing of the
survivors was strangely quiet—the immobility, per-
haps, of desperate hopelessness. Hundreds pro-
bably were here sacrificed. The number of prisoners
taken was very large. Parts of the 15th Massa-
chusetts and some of the Tammany Regiment
pushed down the river as far as Edward's Ferry,
and there forded; while a portion of the 20th and
some of the Californian Regiment marched up for a
mile until they came upon a small stranded boat,
by means of which they succeeded in slowly cross-
ing. It is generally estimated that nearly, if not
quite, one-half of our force engaged were killed,
wounded, or captured."
The appearance of the routed men was distress-
ing ; many of them were nearly naked, some had
on nothing but overcoats, some only a pair of
pants, and but few with shoes; most of them were
without arms or ammunition.
The official report states the Federal loss in
killed, wounded, and missing at 680.
The Confederates had thrown up a mud fort near
Leesburg. On the 23d Generals M'Clellan and
Banks took a survey of the country in the neigh-
bourhood of Leesburg. His movements are re-
ported as follows
:
"About 4 p.m. the rebels showed themselves in
force upon the hill, about two miles and a half
towards Leesburg, where they have thrown up
a dirt fort. It was soon found that they had
two regiments there, and at the same time a
large force was reported advancing on our left,
on the left of Goose Creek, from the direction
of Fairfax Court House. Our force was again
prepared to receive them. Generals M'Clellan
and Banks, who had just arrived, took up a posi-
tion on the high bluff on this side. From there we
could see the whole country before us, for two or
three miles back, and some eight up and down the
country. Our batteries were ranged along the hill,
and General M'Clellan on foot, with a large marine
glass, watched the whole field. Every moment he
was issuing orders to one battery to watch that road
and that field, and to be ready to fire as soon as the
word was given. A large force of infantry were
called up and marched to the river, some of them
upon the double quick. Several batteries were

taken down, and a fleet of canal boats were run out
from the canal into the river to cross the men in.
Every 15 minutes messengers would come over and
report from our pickets, and it soon became evident
that we should not be attacked before morning, and
the enemy were only drawing up their reinforce-
ments in order to surround our little force, and
either take all prisoners, or else enact the Conrad's
Ferry disaster over again. About 6 p.m. orders
were issued to have the troops all brought back,
and those who had embarked to go over were un-
loaded and returned to their camps. Then com-
menced the work of bringing them back safely. It
was done by canal boats. They would be loaded
and then poled across, landing half a mile below
the point from where they started. All reached
here at 4 p.m., and the appearance of some of them
was painful indeed. They had stood in line of battle
from 12 to 14 hours without moving, and without
water or food. They had no sleep for two days and
nights, and were nearly exhausted. Some dragged
their muskets along by the end, and seemed to sleep
as they walked along: The Minnesota First was
the nearest exhausted of any, but we heard no
grumbling. All seemed thankful to have got over
safe; not a man was injured in the recrossing nor any
baggage lost—everything came over safe. Generals
Gorman and Stone personally superintended the
crossing, and were the last to leave. Gen. Gorman
has been in the saddle for two days and nights.
About daylight a squad of four or five men came
running down to the shore, and with our glasses
were seen to be our men, who found themselves
left, and wore afraid they were lost. A boat was
sent over after them. The rebels bad not found
out that we had retired, or at least had not made
their appearance then. About nine o'clock their
cavalry scouts were seen ranging along the oppo-
site hills, but did not approach nearer than a mile,
and none were seen on the fort."
All the Federal troops at Edward's Ferry and
Harrison Island had crossed to the Maryland side.
The New York Tribune speaks as followsi of the
demoralisation which exists in the Federal army :
"While the Confederate traitors are sending
mission after mission to Europe to entreat, conjure,
implore Louis Napoleon, Palmerston, somebody,
anybody, to interpose in their behalf, and thus
secure unlimited supplies of slaveholding gratitude
and cotton, their real allies are close at hand and
very formidable—nay, they have effected a lodg-
ment in the very camps of the Union armies. Their
names are Drunkenness and Rapine ; and they have
done, and are doing, more harm to the Union cause
than all its declared enemies from Fort Lafayette
to Matamoras. Those enemies are malignant and
crafty; they avoid a fair and equal meeting with
the Unionists, but deal deadly blows when by sur-
prise and superior local knowledge they catch
us at a disadvantage ; but their ally, Rum,
always has us at a disadvantage, for he knows
our weak points by instinct, and glides by our
pickets and sentinels like a magician who has the
power of rendering himself invisible at will. In vain
are general orders issued forbidding his approach;
how can they be enforced when Rum is hail-fellow
with officers as well as privates, and welcomed in the
colonel's marquee as well as by the soldier's bivouac?
Some days are inclement—then the soldier likes
to fortify himself against cold and wet by insidious
treacherous liquor ; others are fine, calling for
long marches or fatiguing work in felling trees or
digging trenches, and the soldier wants to be braced
up with grog. If the duty is severe, he must drink
if he can get it, and if he has a playspell, how can
he enjoy it without his toddy? So the soldier
drinks, and at best squanders the pay that should
be sent to his needy family, while he sometimes be-
comes maddened by liquor, and acts like a very
demon. Let us give an example :—A regiment on
the Potomac was recently ordered on a march of 15
or 20 miles. It made five or six miles the first after-
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become of them. Anxious inquiry and search at
Length discovered them at a low drinking-house a
mile or more from their camp, where they had first
got drunk, then quarrelled, and proceeded to out-
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as to be worthless, &c. That regiment had to be
ordered back and another sent in its stead, while
Uncle Sam has a bill of 500 to 1,000 dols. to pay for
ruined property, and has lost one, if not two, soldiers.
And this is a fair specimen of Rum's doings in the
army. Of course all do not so drink, nor half, nor
perhaps a quarter ; bat enough do to effect a fright-
ful amount of evil and render the life of a good com-
mander one of painful anxiety and sorrow. Liquor
has, up to this hour, done the Union army more
harm than any 50 regiments in the rebel armies.
The twin ally of treason is rapine, whether it take
the form of plunder or that of wanton destruction.
The track of an army is too apt to be marked by
desolation, but it need not be by wicked waste and
crime. We hear much of the devastation committed
by rebel forces on their march through Misolouri
,
and Kentucky, and it is doubtless all ,torivuen.
I On the devastation committed by
soldiers our reports are generally si our
lent; Put,