The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-05 00:00:00

GREAT FEDERAL SUCCESS.

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CAPTURE OF 15,000 PRISONERS.

(Pee hawks, by telegraph to Barton and
from Queenstown.)
NEW YORK, Fla 18, MOIIIIING. _

The Confederate garrison at Fort Doonelson, with
Generals Buckner, Bushrod, and Johnson, surren-
dered conditionally on the 16th inst., sitar three
days' hard fighting. The Federate captured 15,000

prisoners and an immense quantity of war mate-
rial. General Floyd, with 5,000 troops, escaped
during the night.
Fort Donne!son was attacked from the river by
six Federal gunboats, which were badly disabled
previous to the surrender.
The Federal land forces captured the upper
redoubts which commanded Fort Donnelaon.
In the course of the attack the Confederates cap-
tured one Federal battery, which the Federal'
soon recaptured.
The Federal' are supposed to have numbered
about 40,000, and to have bad 300 killed, 600

wounded, and 100 missing.
The exact number of the Confederates is uncer-
tain. Their loss is supposed to have been likewise
heavy.
General Grant, who commanded the Federal",
has been promoted to the rank of majorveneral.
The Donnelson victory has caused intense excite-
ment throughout the whole Northern States.
Arrangements are being made for a mass meeting
to be held throughout the country on the 22nd
inst. to celebrate the victory.
The news was received in the Federal Congress

with enthusiastic cheers.
Commander Foote, with two gunboats and eight
mortar boats, has proceeded from Donnelson up the
Cumberland River to capture Clarludield (Ten-
nessee). It is supposed that the Confederates will
offer further resistance at ClarksBeld.
The Confederates have entirely evacuated Bow-
ling Green, and it is considered probable that
they have concentrated their whole force on the
Cumberland River. The Federal General Buell
has likewise assembled a force of 80,000 men on the
Cumberland River.
The Federal generals Nielson and Mitchell will
move on Nashville rid Franklin. . .

A despatch from Fortress Monroe states that it
is reported from Norfolk that fighting had occurred
near Savannah, and that that place had probably
been captured.
In Missouri the Federal' were still pursuing

General Price. The Federals had captured several
officers and a considerable number of privates be-
longing to General Price's army.
The New York Times considers it fortunate that
the Federal government has reserved its action on
the Mexican question, as the Federal government
is thus left free to pursue a policy which in due
time will restore independence to Mexico and ex-
tinguieb European hopes of a monarchy in the New
World. _ .

The committee on military affairs have reported
on the bill appropriating 100,000 dole. for survey-
ing the telegraph route between San Francisco and
the Amoor River.
The report of the survey is to be presented before
January, 1863.

QIJEENSTOWN, ItAim 4.

The Royal Mail steamship America, from Boston
on the 19th, and Halifax on the 21st, arrived here
at 7 p.m. to-day, with 47 passengers and 50,840
dollars in specie.
She landed 114 sacks of mails, and proceeded at
7.20 p.m. All well.
The America experienced severe easterly gales all
the way across.

MATH= REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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THE HOUSE OP COMMONS AND sr.
masoaaars CHURCH.-(THIS DAY.)

There is an old fiction that the House of C,m•
mono adjourns until 2 o'clock on Ash Wednesday in order
to enable the Speaker and the members of the House of

Commons to attend divine service in St. Margaret's Church,
in which parish the Legislative Chamber is situate. In
times pest Sir It. H. Inglis, Mr. Spouuer, and
a few other gentlemen used to attend, rari m. 04
in gurgite taste, although one "of the spacious galleries
was set apart for their accommodation. To-day, there being
"no home," there was a terrible blank, no members from
either aide of the house having attended the service. The
ordinary prayer for Ash Wednesday were read, but there
was no sermon, mid the House of Commons service w.ne u
dull an affair as can well he imagined.