, 1862-09-20
The Reported Fight In the British
Channel,


.ondon, contain some Interesting items that |
AYE rot been gwen in cur 1c1e3raphfc srm-
nar;eB.
The Liverpool Telegraph his circums:1n-
;al account, derived from channel pilot, Of |
naval engagement off the cast Of England |
'etwecn two yeesels which were supposed to
" 1ed.1al snd rebel gunboat@. The state
nen:, which we putlsh below entire, is Curl
'us ard may be true:
II seems (says thu 1sleyrapa), that the mis-
:Iab1e war raging across The Atlantic is cuu- /
rg to cur very duuru, and it i really becom- |
pg q te,ioue question with rce government |
The.ller the optu equipment and building q! |
hips OF var for the confederate States In this |
as is we'll known, and the preseucs |
If tece1al cruisers in British waters, shoutd at
III be permitted. Tnera is every probability
hat the American struggle hus czempl'dal /
It's fie1ctntss ia British Tater5 as we g.t.er
from mort reliable source.
Ou ruetlay night last, Mr. James snipley,
.haonel pilot, WHO was 10 charge of tie 81 11y,
Captain Marshall, bound from liverpool for t
Genoa, states that he witnessed dcsprr1se
nay4l Il gaaenclt bctwe.n two Vessels, in all
probability belonging to the two sections Of
The lave American republic, about tEent7-fl flge
,bil. s touih- vest Of HniFncad, Mr. S.ipiey
bays 1he night was 7.ost 1ierce and o: stina:e,
TIT vessels engaging at close quar:ers. aud
BORIS the Elgut btiI z ua1k was all blu. il
lun i,a.;.d .siti the fla= hing Of the guus. All
the c:rc vi the MAry VI dsck at the inc wiz
ness.d 1he engagement, AID Capt. MARSHALL,
y hn ~as iu ts st the time, vas axoAr bG The
ltus. rl.orL Of tac Euns OF the co:no ltsau.s,
md .ueted On deck to ascertain th- cause OF
noise- 4iter tir1e, str- Slepley, who only
arr,vrd in Liverpool on Friday night. states,
one Of tic vessels appeared to be retrs1;suS4
but 4! the time kept u :; a running tre-in .A4:3
1Rr .f.A
f1nsh OF the gus being most vivid and the
roaf 'rllc, uuaklug the Mary tremole in eve
1y !su,ter.
Th re j, lit IL probability but this engage
1Del.t bttwetu federal ard couteder1te vessels
is il Ill resItc!s true. for On Wed dnesdar
Cai;sa1a B1nks, outward hound from Li-eg-
pool ;tsr Qu.bcc, ard 10 cns .rr 20 the iuqnirs
If they had wl:uess. d auytEis. IF :hs engage
MI nj, replied, 81 Yes, We taw it as csi is
ytn,sclv"s." fbE1 the veszcls 10 action formed
no i,tIt Ct :Ee cb,El:c1 lcet in mimic Va1fl.c
We con epsaE to q cert-lu'y, aud y 70 the
Da1nte OF 1he comb stsntss il this Midnight ac-
lion NC caIrot speak positiSely, tecaus. The
Tutce1oTa cnly lsft Cowts on "Wednesday
las. t:ut Still it il ~G}i Enosn tast t;st fed
er:] ard cc1A tc:slte yesEt:S of war are lurking
III lle British wattrs-the former to capture
and the t,'her to escape so that the truthful
D.ss Uf the eDguge,nt ut sccms beyond qucs-
hsT prize would not be al1o|ed to enter any
British port, or, in TACT, any European port,
tie confirmation Of this laval tnsasein5at
nill depend upon American mails TO arrive.
Such, in substance, arc the particul ITS of this
Il iGEight lmt1le, Tor the correctness OF which
IS regards opr informant we eau roueh.''
This etory, however, circumstant.al as it is,
il positively contradictcd by the Liverpool
Mercury, which says: :.
We are Informed by gentleman connected
with the plot sersjce, that the supposed
"naSal engagement SO far rs regards federal
ard confederate ships being engaged, has no
foundation in fact. The distant discharge OF
calnon Was beard at uolyhead, but it was
understood to be rhc guuuery exercise of the
navsl reserve, the Vessels "eugagedn beius,
her Majesty's ships Ajax aud Mystic. We are
authtllz=d to State thut tie pilot referred To
IS Iav,IG furnished the Information respect
ing the alleged sea fight is not Liverpool
pilot, nor has he any connection with the ser.
vice.
We give both statements as We find them in
The Es gii=h papers. The next mil will bring
tLe facts.
GEORGE n. SANDERS FARE IN ENGLAND.
Gco,Ee Il. Sanders, the rebel emissary
wLuee escape over the Canadian frontier IL
the disguise OF coal-miner Was la.ely de-
scfibca BY c17s spordent of the New York
Ercasny Iost, was in inc TO catch the steamer
Jura, and has landed safely in England. II
order to convey the fri shest "news'' at onct
TO the eeceesionists abroad, Sanders seems II
Lave gore direct to the Office Of the Mercuy,
Al Liverpool "a journal Of. strong pro-slavcr,
symratlits,) 10 the editor Of which he nnbnr
DIN. h;msrl- uerE is the story he told, bu
lis yat:cinatiops concerning Maryland are lu
dic,ous though, now that that State has re
fused to rebel:
11r. George n. Sanders, late American con
tul in Lordon, passenger, arrived ineog- b,
ttpnds rIrouud railway direct from kicA
| mel,d, Virginia, in titnc for the steamer Jura
Hr has important dispatches for tbs cunttd !.
| rate commissioners, Messrs. Mtsou and Sit
! cell. Alr. Sanders eaJs Generals Jo=epa E
/! JohI and Beauregard had SO lar s%coV
| tref as to BE- able 10 resume active du'y; tha
the corfe d-rate army in Virginia. east Of r..
! ttrsburgh, undur command Of Generals Lee
JoiLsr"n, Lcngetrcct, aud Jackson, number
/ about 20V 600 men, including more than 70
pieces Of w.ll-aprointtd field artillery Jude
Gtreral PcIdle1on, and 10000 splendicly
| msnLtd I'd and efficiently armed cavairy uud.
Gems. Stewart and Fitzhuah Lee; that til
confeGt:a'c army ART in llue condition, ,nar:h
| ing upon the enemy aud anxious to m ses au
give item battle Oh any fair field; tha no on
1T ard cut Of the army doubted the result
that Guns. Bcaufcgard, Bragg. Price ar
Kirby Smith were at the head OF $50 600 II
fantry and artillery and II. 600 cavalry, III sur
ror'ing distance If each other In Nuft al:
bansa. East TLnnes5t and Southeastern Z 81
tutky, marching to The front and relr {
Bcels and Grants armies. supposed to nun
bcr less than 1s0, 0,0teO; that the confcaer 1t
csva1ry under Gems. Forest and Morgan b.
| SlfF f.f3a II t.ir.f,h "a
Ilies By liycr aud rail, destroying transpor:
snd trains from close proximity to the rear
that it vas confidently believed at Rlchmon
that Buelrs army would be captured Or di
lsrrsro: that it could not possibly make
stand south of the Ohio River; that Ge1
with his division, entering northeas' fern Eel
lucky tor the Blue Grass Region, expectiu
to form junction with Gen. Kirby S.ni,
trum Bcaurrgard and Brags's army; til
Major Gen. Holmes, at the head Of S0,0o3 nle
; irtm Texas, Northwest Loui5i ana and Arka
sas, had passed Fort Smi.h, and would SOC
cooperate with 20, 700 State tooops aud pari
ssn rangers already In possession Of the larg
portion Of the State Of Missouri; Tint to ho
st. Louis and Missouri against this rapid
augmt rting f.yce it would require FEEDER
army Of not less tlap 150, 900 lnen; that :
accounts from Missouri, Arkansas, Tenucss
and Maryland, represented the young tneR
the advance Of the confederate armies; a.
that the confeteratee calculated upon aadt
not 1tts than 15o, Goo men to their uumoe
frcm these States, as they hid furnish
scarcely regiment to the federal army und
the recent call.
TILE HARVEST IN EHGLASD-BREADsTCF
MIST BE 13tr0KTED.
. The hasvekt reports from iii parts Of e.
land have been received, anl the news is I
regarded with cheerfulncss by the jonrna
TIE London Nucs, In one Of its "Trlds a
Finance" articles, says:
:, The wheat crop in England generally is
= low an y:rage; that iatsst If Iae othtr Gre
arc relatively better than wheat, but tha. I
|. | deficiency In the latter will not be there
], compensated, and that, consequ emily, Eesh
!, Lave to import mere than the usual quant
/ ct foreign grain bet1cen the prcsen: Gate q
, | next harvest,
. Thoke persons who have already formed
I. opinion that the harvest IL short one, eSpr
glooms on'icipatious respecting the coarse
3 s.t's,rs dnrlng the coming. winter, more e.
4 cial'y having regard to the condition OF
i manufacturing population and to the de-,
= If cotton. Upon this latter point, as bef
\ stated, We fear that the worst tureboliugs n
Z. tntcrtsined d will be realized. for the TaE N.
9 rial Of the greatest Of our manufactures is
i. solutely Eo; to be had at any price. Tee pl
: pect is constantly bccomias darker.
9 Frarcc must also import largely, her I
= vests laying fallen below the ayer,ge.
II INCIDENTS OF THE CAPTURE or GAR1nA1
q 4 Tu1in Litter to the London Dirty Il,
r. dated august 30th, gives these particulars
q the defeat Of GarIbaldi aud it's effect:
i Garib .ldi, itappens, had occupied the y