The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-22 00:00:00

AMERICA.

(aurnaes nuoium.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 11.

At the Union Democratic Association meeting,
Mr. John Van Buren announced that he would
support the nomination of General M'Clellan as
the Democratic candidate for the next Presidency.
The proposed nomination was seconded with loud
plaudits.
General Burnside has issued an address to the
army, in which he says he accepts the command
with diffidence, but with confidence in the patriotism
of the army.
General Halleck has ordered all officers of the
Potomac army to join their regiments within 24
hours under penalty of dismissal.
Merrimac No. 2 is completed, and is below Fort
Darling ready for sea.
Changes iu the Federal cabinet are talked of.
The Harper's Ferry Investigating Committee
have censured General M'Clellan for marching
only six miles a day in pursuit of the enemy.
The reported attack on Nashville was untrue.
It was a mere skirmish.

The Feder*la hold the railroad bridge across the
Rappahannock River.

The Confederates under Generals Hill and Stone-
wall Jackson are said to be somewhere in the She-
nandoah Valley. General Longstreet'a forces are
at Culpepper to prevent the Federal army from
getting between the main body of the Confederate
army and Richmond.
The Richinmui Whig says that if electioneering
assertions could be believed, the result of the
Northern elections would be equal to declarations
of peace ; but the Whig adds, " we place no confi-
dencein these assertions."

The Southern journals assert that the Federals
were defeated in their expedition from Newbernto
Williamstown, North Carolina.
Two divisions of General Roseneranz' army had
arrived at Nashville.

No confirmation has been received of the reported
surrender of 3,000 Confederates at Plymouth, Caro-
lina.

The draft in New York city has been postponed
indefinitely.
General Beauregard has ordered all slaves and
non-combatants to leave Charleston.

The Hammonia, Glasgow, and Bohemian have
arrived out.

The Secretary of the Treasury has advertised for
13,000,000 dole. of Seven 3-10ths per Cent. Bonds,
being the remainder of the issue authorised but not
yet disposed of.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

NEW YORK, Nor. 10, Evsmucc.

Money tighter ; gold, 32} premium. Exchange
—l3ankers bills' 147. Stocks steady ; New York
Central, loq • Illinois, 79i ; Erie' 641. Cotton
very firm ; middling upland, 62c. Flour, good in-
quiry at an advance of 10c.; wheat 3c. higher.
Provisions quiet. Coffee advancing. Sugar and
molasses very firm.

NEW YORK, Nov. 11, Evsvaro.

Money tighter. Gold, 32} premium. Exchange
very firm. Bankers' bills, 147. The stringency of
money has forced stocks on the market, causing a
downward tendency. New York Central, 1034 ;
Illinois 76f ; Erie, 63f. Cotton very firm : Mid-
dling Upland, 62c. Flour inactive and lie. lower.
Wheat steady. Corn declining. Provisions good
inquiry. Coffee advancing. Sugar quiet. Molasses
steady.

FRIGHTFUL CRINOLINE ACCIDENT IN HULL.-011
Friday evening. about 9 o'clock, • young woman named
Hannah Stowe, wife of a labourer is the employ of the
North Pastern Railway Company, received very severe
injuries, which it is to be feared will prove fatal, in
nonreqcsnce of her clothes becoming ignited whilst
passing before the fireplace a
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lodging, No.
iB. North .itreet, Prospect-street. The unfortunate
young woman wore, like most of her sex, a crinoline,
which, though not of very large dimensions, so far
expanded her dress that as she was crossing her room,
between the table and the fireplace, her clothes touched
the fire and were in • racimmit enveloped in games. She
cried for assistance, tan down the stairs, end was met by
Mr. Henry Cope, the occupier of the house, and by wrap-
ping several articles round her the flames were speedily ex-
tinguished. Her clothes were, however, almost entirely
burnt to ashes, and on Mr. Brownridge, surgeon, being sent
for. it was found that she was very much burnt about the
back, head, and shoulders. but her face was not injured.
She was removed to the Infirmary by Mr. Browuridge's
directions, and every attention was there paid to her, —Ed
.Packet.