The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-18 00:00:00

THE AII'ERICAN NEWS.

The Times thinks that though the ultimate re-
sult depends entirely on the Mum of the battle on Monday,
General Hooker's objecte seem to have been frustrated. "We
can anticipate no more hopeful tidings from the government
' at Washington having kept back the news of the result of
Monday's battle. If it should have been unfavourable, we
do not wonder at their hesitating to proclaim so great a
calamity. If General Hooker is defeated, the lut chance
of success, at least in Virginia, is gone. The only general
who has shown any enterprise or activity will have been
hopelessly beaten."
The Post believe, that the Northern general has sustained
• disastrous it not a decisive defeat.
The Hernial expecte to learn that Hooker's advance has
been changed into • disgraceful retreat, and that the Confede-
rate general has been in • position to improve the victory.
" Our correspondent in the South led as to believe that the
Confederate troops were ready for an offensive movement.
Is it too much to hope that they have achieved a victory
which will bring them to the banks of the Potomac, and
force from the selfish fears of the Northern administration
that peace which cannot be looked for from He wisdom or
patriotism."

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prince's
of Wales hays accepted an invitation to dice with the Duke
and Duchess of Northumberland, at Northumberland Bones,
on Friday, the 12th of June,
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Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Waal will give a wooed, on Friday next, at Marlborough

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The Duchess of Inverness will be honoured with
the company of their Royal Higbnreme the Prince and
Princess of Wales, at dinner, on -Monday next, at Hee-
'legion Palace, Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cam-
bridge, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary,
will honour the darken with their company on thin oc.

Visoannt and Viscountess Palmerston had a
dinner party on Saturday at Cambridge House. There were
present the Earl and Counts of Shaftesbury and Lady
Victoria Ashley, the Counteea Cowley, the Coasters (Dowa-
ger) of Tsakerville, the Hight Hon. W. F. Cowper, Hon.
Henry Cowper, Hon. Edith Joeelyn, Yr. F. Oliphaat,
Calmat, Mr. H. R. Grenfell, 10.
THE CONSERVATIVES AND THE CITY ELECTION.
The Morning Herald cannot suppose that the conservative
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party will be slow to seise the oocanea which is now of-
fared to them by the death et Mr. Western Wood. "The ,
representation of the City is a prize worth contesting, even
if the odds were more against us than they are actually in
our favour ; and it would argue a singular want of zeal or
of faith if such a prize were at such a moment allowed to
pass by default into the hands of another ministerial no-
minee. The conservative feeling among the upper ranks of
the mercantile community is too strong to allow us to en-
tertain any doubt that a thoroughly qualified candidate will
be forthcoming. The conservative spirit in all ohms* is too
powerful and the aversion excited in the City by the ca-
prices of Mr. Gladstone, the perversities of Sir George
Grey, and the extrevagancies of liberalism in general, is too
better and too manifest to permit us to doubt that a suit •
able candidate will be triumphant."
THE "DERBY."—Argue, of the Post, believes
the Darby will rest between Maecereini and Gillis, and
that next to them we shall see Lord Clifden. The prophet
of the Advertiser =proem a coeviction that Lord Clifden
(Fortnum) or King of the Vale (Wells) will be the recipient
of the '63 Derby, and "if a 'Carat-tams' sown' is in
store for us lea me tall beck on the ' leggy' Giles the First."
The same authority is of opinion that either Lady Augusta
(Edwards) or Miss Armstrong (Snowden) will be the winner
of the Oaks.
THE THREATINILD VIADI7OT OYEZ LVDGATE4HLL.
—The Lendee, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com pany have
not only dropped their Ludgate Stations Bill, but all the
chump in their other bills now before the loose of Lords
which applied to their City Extension scheme. They now
threstaa to fall back on their old powers, which are more
restrieted thee them they applied for.