The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-20 00:00:00

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(asorn's TILIGIWOL
AMERICA.

COMMINCBMENT OF TEI CAMPAIGN.
The North German Lloyds steamer Bremen,
from New York on the 7th inst., arrived at South-
ampton yesterday evening. She brings 264 pea-
bangers, 332 bags mails, of which 35 bags are for
Southampton and 146,700 dole. in spode for
Frame.
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NEW' YOU, KAY 6, Emu°.

The following particulars of some Skirmishing
by General Meade's cavalry on the morning of the
6th have been received :
The Confederates having appeared in force
on the Federal right near Chancelloreville and
Wilderness, the Federal cavalry on the Orange
Court House Road were driven in with severe lose.
CkiMlll4 division advancing on the right wee met
by the Confederates under Genera £T. Hill,'
supported by General Ewell, and a asvtre action
ensued, the Federals capturing 900 prisoners and
losing two guns, Ouseral Hanoodes corps, while
marching to the Federal right to connect with Warren,
was attacked by General Longetreet's full corps,
supported by Ewell. Hancock held his position
for two hours, under a severe fire of musketry, by
which he suffered severely, but inflicted consider-
able damage on the enemy. These skirmishes show-
ing Lee's whole force to be in the Federal front,
Meade ordered his line of battle to be held till the
morning. Previous to the advance, General Meade
issued an address, cautioning the men who refused
to do duty on the ground of their term of service
having expired, that unless they returned to their
duty, they would be shot down without trial.
Admiral Porter has blown up the gunboat East
Port in the Red River, and whilst returning to
Alexandria the attacks by the Confederates oom-
,
pelted him to destroy two transports.
It is rumoured that General Banks was com-
pelled to blow up fifteen gunboats and transports
at Alexandria and Grand Eoore. Other accounts
state that he bad a successful engagement between
those places.
Southern despatches state that General Forrest
hat captured Decatin, Tennessee, killing the whole
garrison.

The Federal,' burned Washington, North Caro-
lina, at the time of the evacuation.
The Confederate rams are expected to attack the
Federal fleet off Newbern.

A congressional committee of Congress has issued
a report, stating that the massacre by General For-
rest after the capture of Paducah had been con-
firmed by personal investigation.

'ISI. INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, MAT 6, Emma.

Money easy. Gold 72i per cent. premium.
Exchange on London—Bankers' bills, 193 ; on
Paris, 292 i. Stocks very dull. Prices growing
lower, in anticipation of General Grant's success.
New York Centrals, 1281 ; Illinois shares, 1201;
Erie, 10i; Six per Cent. United States Bonds,
106. Cotton steady; middling Upland, 86c. Flour
and wheat dull. Corn steady. Provisions and
coffee quiet. Sugar steady. Molasses inactive.
Petroleum heavy ; crude, 39c. ; refined, 60c. to 61c.
Business is extremely dull pending the result of
General Grant's campaign.

NEW YORK, K& 7, YOU7IIO.
General Grant's campaign against Richmond Las
commenced.

General Meade's army crossed the Rappahannock
on the 4tb, meeting with no opposition. He ad-
vanced on the sth to Chancellorsville and Wilder-
ness, where, after heavy skirodahing, Lee was
found in force in the Federal front On the night
of the sth the position of Meade's army was parallel
with and a little in advance of the road from Ger-
manisford to Cbanoelloraville, both flanks resting on
those points, with the general headquarters at
Wilderness. It was understood Meade would
make a general attack on the following morning.
Heavy tiring was heard on the morning of the 6th,
but no details of the result of the engagement have
been received.

The co-operating column, under the command of
Generals Couch and Sigel, have marched from
Winchester up the Shenandoah Valley.
The troops under General Butler were landed at
City Point on the James River, on the sth. Moni-
tors and gunboats co-operated in Butler's movement
against Richmond.
General Beauregard is at Petersburg with 30,000
men to oppose Butler.
The Federals also occupy West Point on the
peninsula.
General Sherman's army commenced moving on
the sth from Chattanooga towards Northern Ala-
bama and Georgia.
General Banks is reported to be retreating from
Alexandria to the Mississippi.

The column under General Steele has returned to
Little Rock, followed and harassed by the Con-
federates, wbo were expected to attack that place.

BERLIN, MAT 19, Emma.

A committee, under the presidency of Herr von
der Heydt, met here yesterday, for the purpose of
establishing a company to construct a Sleewig-Hol-
stein canal, to connect the North Sea with the
Baia

An offer of the government to defray the expenses
of the preparatory works from the Exchequer was
aorepted.
Privy Councillor Leutze has been entrusted with
the execution of the undertaking.

PRUSSIA AND THE CONFERENCE.

3ERL/2f, MAT 19.

In a note addressed by Herr von Bismarck on
the 14th inst. to Count Bernstorff, the minister
at the end of the same declares the Prussian go-
vernment to be completely free from all oblige-
dons that might be deduced from the treaty of
11152, and to be justified in discussing any other
conibinstion that may be entirely independent of
thitt tcir
: •
Herr von Biimarok 'wartime's— gilt —it
consequence of political relations that tbs solution
of the question is of European importation, and that
endeavours should be made to effect this conjointly
with the other great powers. This position was
the only one recognised by the government in the
concluding sentence of its declaration of Jan. 31.
The sole task of the Conference it; conjointly to
search for and deliberate upon the means whereby
a solution of the question may be arrived at."

RUSSIA AND THE CONFERENCE.
BRUSSELS, MAY 19.

The Journal de Bruxelles of to-day, refuting some
statement* of Russian papers, says : "Russia
declared to Prussia and Austria, prior to the cap-
ture of Duppel, that she would not oppose the
annexation of the Duchies to Germany, provided
that Austria and Prussia would promise to prevent
the realization of the establishment of a Scandina-
vian union."

DRESDEN, MAT 19, Dram.

The official Dresden Journal of to-day, in a tele-
gram from Frankfort, denies the truth of the
Vienna telegram published in the Frankfort Poet
delta Zeitung in reference to the last sitting of the
Conference, and says :—" According to authentic
intelligence the Federal representative declared
himself altogether averse to any connexion between
the Duchies and Denmark. The latter, however,
has rejected even the proposal of a personal
anion."

SPAIN.
MADRID, Mar 19.
It is asserted that the Queen will this summer
make a journey into the Basque Provinces.
The Congress discussed the questions of Italy and
Peru in its sitting to-day.