The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-18 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 16.
The Inman steamship City of Baltimore has ar•
rived with advices from New York to the 3d inst.
In the telegraphic intelligence via Cape Race it
is stated—

" NEW YORK, Nov. s.—The Monticello had ar-
rived at Fort Monroe, and reports passing the naval
expedition on the 2d inst., 3') miles from Bull's Bay.
It is rumoured that the expedition landed on the
3d at Bull's Bay, 25 miles from Charleston. Re-
ports have been received of the destruction of the
fleet at Port Royal."
Bull's Bay is, according to the American maps,
about 30 or 40 miles north of Beaufort, South
Carolina. Port Royal is at the entrance of
Beaufort Harbour. That some disaster may have
happened to the " Great Armada," as it is denomi-
nated by the New York press, is not improbable.
Previously to its departure from Hampton Roads
the expeditionary force suffered to some extent

from a gale, which had not subsided when it left.
The City of Baltimore, which should have left New
York on the 2d for this port, was detained in con-
sequence of the boisterous weather until the fol-

lowing day. Throughout her passage she experi-
enced strong winds from N.E. by N., accompanied
with thick weather. At this season gales from that
quarter are frequently attended with snow or rain
storms. It must be recollected that the vessels were
heavily laden with guns and stores, besides being
crowded with men and horses. It would appear
from the following article, extracted from the New
Fork World of the 2d, that Port Royal was the des-
tination of the fleet :

,e As the fleet has now doubtless reached one of the
points against which it intends to operate, there can
be no harm in adding a few hints in addition to
those furnished by the correspondent of the London
Unies, more than a month ago, whose letter we
give this morning.
"It is manifestly not the intention of Government
to attempt the capture, as yet, of any of the large
Southern seaports. New Orleans, Mobile, or Sa-
vannah could undoubtedly be taken without any
great expenditure of blood, but the retention of those
cities, or any one of them, would be a much more
serious matter. The system of river and railroad
communication, which has made them important
commercial centres, could be used to concentrate
vast armies against the attacking party, which, un-
less, in great force, would be speedily driven into
the sea. A lodgment on an island or series of islands,
that commands important harbours, with a view to
operations, is manifestly the object of the expedi-
tion. We should not be surprised to hear, therefore,
that Port Royal Harbour, on the South Carolina
coast, should be one of the points which it is in con-
templation to take, provided it is found the ob-
stacles are not too formidable. A. large discretion has
evidently been given Capt. Dupont in this matter.
The command of this fine harbour would give us
access to the most thickly-settled slaveholding re-
gion of the South, and would be a standing me-
nace to both Savanna and Charleston. The place
is admirably situated for a vast camp of instruc-
tion, like Fortress Monroe. Should it not be deemed
advisable to take this point, Amelia Island and Fer-
nandina will undoubtedly be attacked with a view
to obtaining possession of Brunswick Harbour, the
finest on the South Atlantic coast. It is impossible
for the rebels to concentrate a large army to defend
this point, as inland navigation is so difficult. Its
possession by our fleet would in effect be the sever-
ing of Florida from the Confederate States, as we
would command the St. John's river and the whole
coast around to Pensacola, which of course we are
soon to be in possession of. It is not at all probable
that the Administration intend to march our troops
inland for a couple of months yet. The troops sent
are, as a general thing, undisciplined and unfit for
field operations, but by January they will no doubt
be in condition, both as regards numbers and disci-
pline, to take either Charleston or Savannah, as may
be deemed best. Hereafter the cotton States, that
caused the war, will be forced to bear some of its
burdens. It is not improbable that the stars and
stripes are floating to. day in triumph over a portion
of the sacred soil of South Carolina."

A New York paper, alluding to the gale of the
3d, says ;

" Some fears were entertained that the prevailing
gale would seriously affect the progress of the great
naval expedition, and this idea gained strength
from the fact that the Roanoke, which has just
arrived at Fortress Monroe, reports that she expe-
rienced very heavy weather on her way from
Charleston, which compelled her to keep outside
the track of the expedition. The Ethan Allen,
which has also reached Fortress Monroe, states that
when she left the fleet off Cape Hatteras, the two
boats—formerly belonging to the New York and
Brooklyn ferries—the Eagle and Commodore Perry,
had been separated from the squadron. But by the
arrival of a vessel at Baltimore yesterday afternoon,
we learn that the fleet ' was off Cape Hatteras on
Wednesday evening, at which time the weather
was remarkably fair, and the squadron was moving
along finely. The captain of this vessel reports
that the gale commenced north of Cape Hatteras,
and gives it as his opinion that the fleet did not
encounter it at all, as the ships had passed south of
that point before it commenced."

General Scott had placed his resignation in the
hands of the Government, accompanying it with
letter:—
the following

" Headquarters of the Army,
Washington, Oct. 31.
"Sir,—For more than three years I have been
unable, from a hurt, to mount a horse, or to walk
more than a few paces at a time, and that with
much pain. Other and new infirmities—dropsy and
vertigo—admonish me that the repose of mind and
body, with the appliances of surgery and medicine,
are necessary to add a little more to a life already
protracted much beyond the usual span of man. It
is under such circumstances, made doubly painful
by the unnatural and unjust rebellion now raging
in the Southern States of our so lately prosperous
and happy Union that I am compelled to request
that my name be placed on the list of army officers