The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-14 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 14, 1862.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
ANERICA.
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GREAT BATTLE BEFORE RICH-
MOND.

FEDERAL LOSS, 3,000.

1,200 CONFEDERATES LEFT
DEAD ON THE FIELD.

QUEENSTOWN, Jm 14.

The Royal Mail steamship Scotia, from New
York on the 4th inst., arrived here at 1145 this
morning with 260 passengers and 467,100 dollars
in specie. _ _

She landed 64 passengers and 70 sacks of mails,
and proceeded at Ll 5 a.m. for Liverpool. All well.
The Scotia experienced severe easterly weather
on her passage home.

NEW YORK, Join 3.
(Per Scotia, rid Queenstown.)

. . _
A very severe engagement occurred on Saturday
and Sunday before Richmond. General M'Clellan
officially reports :

"FIELD OF BATTLE, StINDAT, Join 1, NOON.

"We hare had a desperate battle, in which the
corps of Genera/a Sumner, Heintzelmali, and Keyes
have been engaged against greatly superior num-
bers.

" Yesterday, at 1, the enemy, taking advantage
of a terrible storm, which had flooded the valley
of the Chickahorniny, attacked our troops on the
right flank. General Casey's division, which was
in the first line, gave way unaccountably and die-
unitedly. This caused a temporary confusion,
during which the guns and baggage were
lost, but Generals Heintselman and Keyes most
gallantly brought up their troops, which checked
the enemy. At the same time, however, I suc-
ceeded, by great exertion, in bringing across Ge-
nerals Sedgewick's and Richardson's divisions, who
drove back the enemy at the point of the bayonet,
covering the ground with his dead.
" This morning the enemy attempted to renew
the conflict, but was everywhere repulsed. We
have taken many prisoners, among whom are
General Pettigrew and Colonel Loring. Our loss is
heavy, but that of the enemy must be enormous.
With the exception of General Casey's division the
men behaved splendidly.
" Several fine bayonet charges have been made ;
the 2nd Excelsior Regiment made two to-day.

" Gnomon B. Id VimarAir,
" Major-General Commanding."

According to Washington despatches the Federal
advance is considerable, and the army holds a
better position than it occupied previous to Satur-
day's battle.
The New York press consider the engagement as
a great victory for General Id‘Clellan.
General Fremont, by forced marches from Frank-
land, has reached and occupied Strasbourg. Gene-
ral Jackson is retreating before him.

NEW YORK, Juzu 3, Evwu.

Mobile papers of the 26th ult. state that the
Federal fleet had passed two batteries on the Stone
River, and was within eight miles of Charleston.
A portion of General Pope's command has
reached Bonneville, destroyed the railroad track,
and captured a large number of prisoners.
The correspondent of the New York Times affirms
that the Federal attack on Mobile is postponed
until the return of the Federal fleet from the Mis-
sissippi expedition.
It is stated that the Confederates were moving
troops from Corinth during six days before they
evacuated the place.
They did not leave a single gun and took away
everything, including their sick from the hospital.
None but aged inhabitants were left behind, who
stated that Beauregard's army at one time num-
bered over 60,000 men.
Beauregard did not leave Corinth for Richmond
as was reported ; where he has taken his army to
remains a mystery.
The New York press strongly approve of General
Butler's stringent measures towards the New
Orleans press.

NEW YORK, Jo= 4, MOILIWG.

Associated press despatohes from M'Clellan's
head-quarters, dated the 2nd instant, announced
that the Federals have regained all the ground lost
by General Casey.

The Federal loss in killed and wounded amounts
to 3,000 men. _ _ _

Oyer 1,200 Confederates were left dead on the
field.

All the 'Confederates left Richmond previous to
the engagement, and marched out in the direction
of the battle field.

The latest despatches affirm that the Confederates
were unable to rally their troops, and retreated
towards Richmond.

The Federal!, have moved forward to Fair Oak,
five miles from Richmond.

Some Federal despatches assert that the fight of
Saturday and Sunday seals the fate of Richmond.
"The enemy threw the main body of his army
on our left wing to crush it, and were defeated,
after two days' hard fighting, and forced to retreat."
It is rumoured that Mr. Seward has proposed an
amicable settlement of affairs between General
Butler and the Dutch consul at New Orleans. The
conditions are not stated.
The New York Herald asserts that the state au-
thorities of Indiana fully connived at the fraudu-
lent lone of stock. The dimensions of the fraud
are not yet ascertained, but the amount is supposed
to be incredibly large.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, luxe 3, Erzwura.
Money abundant. Gold si per cent. premium.
Exchange steady. Bankers' bills, 1144
Stocks very firm. New York Centrals, Elfli ; Il-
linois, 621 ; Erie, 38i.
Cotton slightly firmer. Middling upland, 31c. to
3lic.
Flour depressed. Wheat dull Corn in good de-
mand for export.
Provisions quiet.
Coffee in limited demand. Sugar good enquiry.
Molasses quiet.

ITALY.

A Turin letter, of the 10th, says :

There is no mond for the report that M. Benedetti is
going to Paris ; but Mme. Benedetti and her daughter leave
this evening, and will proceed thence to the coast for sea-
bathing. Sir J. Hudson is still suffering from the fever
which he caught in his journey through Romagna to Naples.
The illumination lag night for the fife of the Statute was
most brilliant. The Marquis de Rom, syndic of Turin, gave I
• grand bell on the occasion. The Marquise de Rocs did '
the honours of the evening in the most charming manner,
sided by bar young and beautiful daeghters. All the per-
' eon d nak and fashion at present in Turin met in the eye-
die's gloms, which are neutral ground no far ss politics are
ceooerned. The present ministers might there be seen is
friendly csonverse with the maths= of fallen e•ki•etti sea