The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-24 00:00:00

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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1861.

4 40 p.m., all Mr. R. Ten Broeck's horses out of all handi-
caps published up to date.
May 18, at 9 a.m., Oxford, out of his Manchester engage-
ments; at 2 26 p.m., The Don, out of Handicap Plate, Har-
penden ; after 6 p.m., all Mr. Bryan's Horses out of Epsom
engagements, 1861.

May 20, at 9 a.m., Miss Eleanor, out of all engagements ;
at 9 a.m., Sunflower, out of all engagements; at 9 a.m.,
Hesse Darmstadt, out of all engagement; at 9 a.m., Made-
moiselle, out of all engagements this year ; at 9 a.m., M.A.,
out of Bath engagements this year; at 9 a.m., Dover, out
of all handicaps weighted to date; at 9 a.m., Mr. B. Land's
horses out of Bath engagements ; at 9 a.m., Guilder, out of
Somersetshire Stakes; at 9 a.m., Noblesse, out of the Bath
Handicap ; at 11 50 a.m., Khadidjah colt, out of the Derby;
at 12 30 p.m., Heather (dead), out of all engagements ; at 1
p.m., Northern Light, out of the Bath Handicap.
May 21, at 9 a.m., Amsterdam, out of Ralston Stakes,
Bath; at 11 a.m., Nessus, out of Somersetshire Stakes; at
1 30 p m., Mountain Nat, out of all engagements ; at 3 6
p.m., Vinegar-hill, out of Somersetshire Stakes ; at 5 p.m.,
Evenhand, out of the Derby ; at 5 p.m., Chiffoniere, out of
the Oaks.

May 23, at 9 a.m., Sequitur and Conjuror, out of the
Derby; at 9 a.m., Savannah, out of all engagements; at 1
45 p.m., Sweetbriar, out of the Oaks.

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY.
The North German Lloyd screw steamship Bre-
men, Captain H. Wessels, arrived at Cowes this
morning, with New York mails of the 11th inst.
and has gone on to Bremen. She had moderate
weather during the voyage, and saw a large num-
ber of icebergs on her way.
The Great Eastern steamer arrived at New York
at 11.30 a.m. on the 11th, and the Africa, from
Liverpool, arrived out on the 10th. Inside Sandy
Hook the Bremen passed the American ship Hunter,
and also passed the steamer City of Manchester on
the 11th, bound in to New York.
The 'advices by this arrival are three days later
than those received by the Asia. The most im-
portant item of news comes from Missouri, an-
nouncing the first dispersion of Secessionists by
United States forces. This intelligence is commu-
nicated in a despatch from St. Louis, dated the
10th inst., which says :
" General Frost's brigade of Missouri militia, encamped
at Camp Jackson, on the western outskirts of the city, sur-
rendered unconditionally this afternoon, on demand of Capt.
Lyon, commander of the United States forces of this city
Capt. Lyon marched on Camp Jackson with some 6,000
volunteers, surrounded it, and planted eight field-pieces on
the adjoining eminences. The following letter was sent
from Capt. Lyon to Gen. Frost
:
«' Head-quarters United States Troops,
St. Louis, May 10.
" To General D. M. Frost.
" Sir,—Your command is regarded as evidently hostile
towards the Government of the United States. It is, for the
most part, made up of those Secessionists who have openly
avowed their hostility to the general Government, and have
been plotting the seizure of its property and the over-
throw of its authority. You are openly in communication
with the so-called Southern Confederacy, which is now
at war with the United St ; and you are receiving at
your camp from the said Confederacy, under its flag, large
supplies of material of war, most of which is known to be
the property of the United States. These extraordinary
preparations plainly indicate none other than th© well-
known purpose of the Governor of this State, under whose
orders you are acting, and whose purpose, recently commu-
nicated to the Legislature, has just been responded to by
that body in the most unparalleled legislation, having in
direct view hostilities to the General Government, and co-
operating with its enemies. In view of these considerations,
and your failure to disperse in obedience to the proclama-

tion of the Fr:sident, and of the eminent necessity of state
policy and welfare and obligations imposed upon me by in-
structions from Washington, it is my duty to demand, and
I do hereby demand of you, an immediate surrender of your
command, with no other conditions than that all persons
surrendering under this demand shall be humanely and
kindly treated. Believing myself prepared to enfore this
demand, one half-hour's time before so doing will be
allowed for your compliance therewith.
N TXON,
Captain 2d Infantry, commanding roo s.'
"It is understool that Gen. Frost says this letter was
not received by him until his camp was surrounded by
United. States troops. He then replied that the encamp-
ment was organised under the law of the State, simply for
organising and drilling the volunteer militia of this mili-
tary district. Not expecting any demonstration, he was un-
prepared successfully to resist an attack, therefore he ac-
cepted the terms specified and surrendered his command—
about 800 men then in camp, a large number being in the
city on leave. They then laid down their arms, and were
escorted to the city as prisoners of war.

A release on parole has been tendered to the officers and
troops, providing they would take an oath not to take up
arms again against the Government of the United States,
which they declined, on the ground that it implied they had
already taken up arms against the Government, which they
disclaimed.
" Just before the troops left for the city, and while the
State forces were drawn up between the two lines of volun-
teers, several rockets were thrown at the volunteers and a
few pistol shots fired by excited persons in the surrounding
crowd, which was composed of a large number of citizens,
including many women. One shot took effect in the leg of
Captain Blautompski, and as he fell he gave the word to
fire, which was obeyed by some two or three companies,
resulting in the death of upwards of 20 persons, including
two women and several children, and badly wounding seve-
ral others.

" The following are the only names of those killed that
can be ascertained to night :—Messrs, Walker, M‘Donald,
Thomas A. Havens, Nicholas Kuablach, Emily Summers
following The are fatally wounded :—Claiborne Wilson and
Truman Wright.
" Intense excitement exists in the city. Largo bodies of
men are thronging the streets.
The Democrat and Anzeiger offices have been threatened
by the mob, but,*- through the promptness of the Chief of
P9lice in Donough, any violent demonstration thus far has
been prevented.
" All gun shops in the city
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ann
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Aa bnozuet 0
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offices.
are
beeng detailed
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" The lateness'of the hour prevents the obtaining of more
reliable information to-night."
The New ark Times of the 11th has the fol-
lowing
It is evident from the tenour of our despatches that
some movement of startling importance is in contemplation
and will soon be made by the Government against the Seces-
sionists. What direction this movement will take it is of
course impossible to say—whether towards Norfolk, Rich-
mond, or Harper's Ferry. Our Washington correspondent
states that there are now in Washington and in the imme-
diate vicinity some 30,000 troops, and more are daily arriv-
ing, both by railroad and by transport. The regulars and
volunteers which passed through Baltimore on Thursday
afternoon reached the capital that night ; and General
Patterson's command, 15,000 strong, can be made available
in a very short period. The movements of the Secession
forces in Virginia seem to be somewhat uncertain. They
evidently anticipate that the Government intends to take
possession of Alexandria, and accordingly to be out of
harm's way, those who were stationed there yesterday corn-
minced a retrograde movement to Culpepper. It is most
likely, however, that, instead of Alexandria, Harper's
the forces
upon
thethere
t r
a havede com-
menced
asystem tpassing
over Ferry will be the point to which the Government will first
direct itse a
Baltimore
road, which it will be necessary to put
an end to immediately. They yesterday took from a train
bound to )UW121313100 beef cattle and 10 horses.
prernment still anticipates an attack upon Cairo,
t hte n t on ,
of a s
depredations
" The
and isevery effort to prevent its success. A de-
spatch from Chicago says that the officer in command at
Cairohas making
received positive information that Gen. Pillow
has chartered three steamers to convey troops up the river
for an attack. Gen. Pillow will probably find that he is too
late in making his proposed demonstration.
" The formation of still another new Military Depart-
ment has been rendered necessary by the exigencies of the
times—that of Ohio, to consist of the States of Ohio, In-
diana,
the whole under the command of
General M'Clellan, of the Ohio volunteers, with the head-
quarters at Cincinnati.
anddepartments—the
p a Illinois,tren ts end to be subdivided into various
smaller
" The Secession forces'at Harper's Ferry had crossed over
to the Maryland side and seized the heights overlooking the
ferry. A correspondent of the Baltimore American states
that they destroyed a valuable tract of timber by burning
it, and had commenced fortifying the heights. The num-
ber who crossed over was estimated at about 800."
The Herald of the same date gives the following
abgpment of the position of affairs up to the latest
peria:—
" From Washington we have assurances that the utmost
activity exists on the part of the Executive and the War
Department in providing for the emergency ; that tkeir
movements are by no means slow, but on the contrary most
energetic in preparing to prosecute the war vigorously,
when the arrangements are fully completed. Trobps con-
tilme to Pour into Waghingtomfrcau the Nutk, The row.

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-4 hen the Chesapeake came out to engage the "
Shannon, with the words " Free Trade and Saithra'
Rights" inscribed upon a broad flag, the American
idea of free trade was that enemies' goods should be
safe in neutral bottoms; and the American idea of
sailors' rights was that a sailor might offer his fight-
ing services to the country that would pay him best.
To take our own men out of American trading ships
was an exercise of right which America resented by
a war; to treat as deserters Englishmen found in
arms on board American ships of war was a measure
whiCh America threatened to revenge by reprisals
upon English prisoners. During the war which
raged between 1812 and 1815 the great object of
the Americans seemed to be to fight their battles
by means of English deserters, and to obtain for
these unnatural mercenaries the privileges of ordi-
nary belligerents. This was carrying the use of
mercenary forces to the extreme extent of which it
was capable. When we manned our ships with the
mouldedsweepse sweepings
gtsoootf.heir our streets and the offseourings of our
gaols, when t:e pressgang swept away landsmen
and
alike,ne wanddoties whheyn
thaelleownsetraeht equall3appli-
cation of the lash, it was not to be wondered at that
madetumhpie
seesalesan
bes
eagerly,
eel
yo
runaways,,bf
ar wugdrtownhngehd
tcoti
which
three
eiEtet honerrgso.letaotnen
nds
Americafii ornui
gshanetperesi
scs
kao eh ddcrimecontempt,
r
thought to be a sufficient detachment out of her
thousand pennants to cope with the American missy
of those days fell victims to English sailors whom
we ourselves had trained.
The Peers who took part in the recent debate
upon Privateering seem to have taken it for granted
that British subjects will form the chief equipage of
American privateers ; but, if we refer to the last
precedent which is in any way applicable to the
affairs of to-day, it is with no desire to make it an
example, or to quote it as a justification for anything
Which may kereatter take place on our side. We
must expect, however, that if America succeeded in
buying over some of our sailors to fight for her
against their own country, the two American fac-
tions now at war will not be slow to bid against
each other for the services of Englishmen to fight
as mercenaries against each other. The auction has
already commenced. The navy of the North, such
as it is, has not a great number of men aboard.
whose nativity would ever entitle them to aspire to
be President of the Northern fraction of the Great
Republic. It we could go on board the Minnesota
herself and pass her crew in review, we should find
many men among them who hailed from English
villages. The steamers which the Northerns are
now taking up will be manned without any very
severe scrutiny of the nationality of the sailors
who offer themselves. We doubt not that there
will be among them Swedes and. Danes and
Englishmen, and natives of every other neutral
country which is famous for a seagoing popu-
lation. So, on the other hand, if we could pene-
trate the secret intrigues of this metropolis we
should find that there are agents now in London
offering tempting terms to the owners of unap-
preciated sailing vessels and steamers and to
the adventurous population of the banks of the
Eastern Thames. There are, doubtless, Letters of
Marque in this capital duly subscribed by Mr. Jef-
ferson Davis, and credits available for the purchase
of warlike stores ; and, if the enterprise were only
legal and respectable and tolerably safe, it is scarcely
to be doubted that, without in any way troubling
the Admiralty, we could turn out in a few weeks a
very formidable fleet of Privateers, capable of ren-
dering the whole watery portion of the globe un-
comfortable to the silk ships and gold ships of the
Northern States. If this war goes on we shall have
both the belligerents besieging our shipowners and.
gunmakers an sailors with every species of temp-
tation to infringe upon our duties as a neutral
Power. Each party will be very anxious to evade
our Foreign Enlistment Law in its own interest, and
very indignant at finding any instance of its eva-
sion in the interest of its enemy. The identity of
language and the privilege claimed by the Ameri-
cans to convert a Jack Tar into an American citizen
will tend to complicate the situation ; and, how-
ever certain we English may be of distinguishing
the nationality of a belligerent by his nasal pecu-
liarities, we can hardly count upon these shades of
intonation being appreciated with equal discern-
ment by Yankee captains or New Orleans admirals.
A dear-bought experience has taught us all these
difficulties. We should know what to do with a
Frenchman or a Swede if we caught him pretend-
ing to be an Englishman, but how are we to deal
with a man who speaks English and who claims to
be an American ? We shall have upon our hands
an infinitude of disputes upon a matter in which
we really have no interest. Of course, we shall
have no doubt as to armed ships fitting out, in our
own ports, and, so far as we can, we shall take care
that none of these cruisers—whom Lord Chelms-
ford vindicates from the imputation of piracy—shall
go forth from these islands. But, when they have
once got upon the high seas, and are covered by the
flag of one of the two American belligerents, the
jealous pretensions of the Americans themselves
will prevent our interference to keep our own sub-
jects from taking part in this quarrel. Nothing
could be tess to our taste, or to our interest, or to
our credit, than to see our sailors engaged as mer-
cenaries in this contest ; but, when we contemplate
the temptations which prospects of plunder and
fighting offer to the seagoing Anglo-Saxon, we can
hardly hope that even the Queen's proclamation will
have the effect of preventing our seamen from tak-
ing service with some one of these parties, offering
exorbitant wages and great hopes of prize-money.
We are taking a practical view of the matter, judg-
ing men as they are, and sailors as they are, and
guessing the future from recollection of the past.
America has most unfortunately refused to Join
with the great Powers of the Old World in a decla-
ration that privateering is piracy ; and America,
divided into two hostile factions, is now bidding
against herself for European mercenaries to fight
out her battles. It is a most important matter to
us to prevent this •, but we are not sanguine as to
the possibility of doing so; nor do we think that
Lord Ellenborough has underrated the probabilities
of our failure.
The Government at Washington would, we ap-
prehend, be very indignant at any proposal on the
part of the neutral States, to be allowed to go on
board American ships of war and pick out each its
own subjects, and to carry them home and punish
them under its Foreign Enlistment Laws ; nor
would the Government of Montgomery be tolerant
of any claim on our part to stop its cruisers and it
sist upon being satisfied that every sailor was".
man who owed no allegiance to Queen Victories
Our chief difficulty, therefore, in this matter will
be to preserve cur neutrality in spite of the bellige-
rents. If it be broken it will not be by reason of
any partiality in the British Government, but by
reason of the machinations of one or both of the
warring factions. It is we ourselves who have the
strongest possible interest in preventing our seamen
from engaging in this terrible war. To America this
is an internecine and fratricidal conflict. If we were
to take part iu it by lending ourselves to the detes-
table trade of Privateering it would be to us nothing
less than a civil war. It would be Portsmouth against
Plymouth, and the paid-off sailors of one one English
ship of war against the paid-off sailors of another
English ship of war. We should be Englishmen
fighting each other en the seas for a quarrel in which
we have no interest. Nothing could be so discredita-
ble and so disastrous. The Proclamation which.
warned all English subjects against taking pairter
this contest, is not like one of those formal no
tions which have been sometimes issued without
much expectation that they would be
obeyed. In the Continental wdars
constitutional
representatives of despotic
has been
Governments the English feelin
in the nota-
eorppthosainte
for ranks.tthe
all on one side, and except
Ileh and Don Carlos,
who risked
was, certain at least that
between
the
ble ease. of Lord 1-YLoe
the penalties of the
an Englishman
Foreign Enlistment theath
guhlooduwrfie is no feeling
this unhappy quarrel
tars for the
countryman
so. There
Here,
me
own
for the Soath rather than
YNmoartnhinr
ema engage in for the North.
Soutb, or
If our sailors s_
it will be from mere desire of plunder, and in com-
lete recklessness as to whom they may meet as
There •
enemies- will be no popular sympathy in
this case. If it should turn out that, not • thstand.
Dvdern, no
ing the Lord Chancellor's opinion wl
that such an act
would he murder, Englishmen
caught in American
privateers are hanged as pirates, there will be a
strong inclination in England to hold that they de-
served their fate. Whether they be plundering in
the name of Mr. Jefferson Davis, or fighting for
high wages under the flag of Mr. Lincoln, they will
be equally mere mercenary cutthroats, and will be
utterly disavowed by their countrymen. We be-
lieve, if it should unfortunately happen that pri-
vateers should steal forth in this American quarrel
from English ports, that the public would see with
great satisfaction the merchant who furnished the
warlike stores, the shipbuilder who furnished the
ship, and the captain who commanded her, all
punished together as confederates. This, however,
is contrary to the law of nations, and Lord
Ellenborough offers to all such offenders the conso-
lation that some time after they have been caught
and hanged there will be a strong diplomatic pros
test delivered on their behalf.—limes.

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DISTRIBUTION OF THE CAPTURE OF CANTON
PRIZE MONEY ----Yesterday the military authorities com-
menced payment of the prize money to the land forces whop
under the command of Major-General Van Straubenzeo),
captured the city of Canton, in December, 1857. The
tribtktiou took place at Chelsea Hospital.

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