The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-11 00:00:00

OONNEROLiL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK. JAs. 30, Emma.

Money tighter ; gold 57 per cent. premium.
Exchange on London, 173 to 174. Large specula-
tive sales have taken place in stocks. Illinois, 95 ;
Erie, The. Cotton very firm. Middling Upland,
91. Flour, good inquiry, 10c. higher ; wheat,
good inquiry, 3c. higher ; corn, good inquiry, 3c.
higher. Sugar and molasses very firm. Great
excitement prevails in stocks, gold, and exchange.
NEW YORE, Jan. M.
General Couch commands the right of the army
of the Potomac, General Mead the centre, General
W. F. Smith the left, and General Siegel the re.
serve.
Snow is six feet deep at Falmouth, and the roads
are impassable.
General Burnside is to be examined before a
Senatorial committee concerning the interference of
subordinate officers with his plans.
General Franklin has demanded a court-martial
to inquire into the alleged charge against him of
tardiness and inefficiency.
General M'Clellan's popularity has increased. He
is now in Boston, receiving much attention. It is
proposed to give him a public reception.
The proposal in Congress to place M'Clellan at
the head of the army was received with loud ap-
plause from the public galleries.

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The election of a United States senator will take
place at Albany on Tuesday next. Judge Dean,
Fernando Wood, and Amass Parker are the demo-
cratic candidates ; Thurlow Weed and Henry and
Raymond (ex-Governor) Morgan the republican
candidates.
It is rumoured that the Confederates have been
defeated near Savannah.

The Confederate Congress does not favour •
retaliatory policy.
The British steamers Rising Dawn and Antonin
have been captured.

NEW YORK, JAI. 31, EvErma.

General Corooran is reported to have defeated
the Confederates under Prpnor at Suffolk, Virginia.
Southern papers say that the Federals are ad-
vancing from Newborn in two columns—one towards
Kingston, the other towards Wilmington.
A Federal fleet of 92 vessels is reported in Beau-
fort Harbour.

The Philadelphia grand jury has indicted the
persons concerned in arresting the editor of the
Evening Journal.
The Tribune says that the French Minister
positively denies being concerned in any scheme to
bring about intervention.
The vote upon the bill to raise negro regiments
will be taken in Congress on Monday.
Mr. Wadsworth, of Kentucky, has declared in
Congress that if negro regiments were sent into
Kentucky, the Kentuckians would resist their pas-
sage throughout the State.

The stealer Sonora sailed from San Francisco
upon the 21st for Panama, with 1,000,000 dole.
for England.
The Kangaroo takes out 960,000 dole.
The steamer Giraffe has sailed from a Southern
port.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YOILK, JAR. 31, Evinroa.

Money tighter ; gold 59 per oent. premium. Ex-
change on London, 175. New York Centrals,
122; ; Illinois, 94 ; Erie, 74.

MEXICO.

RUMOURED DEFEAT OF FRENCH
TROOPS AT PUEBLA.
NEW YORK, JAL 30.
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Advioes received here from Vera Cruz to the 9th
ult. date that it was rumoured General Legratet
with 10,000 Mexicans, had made a sortie from
Puebla, surprised a French division of 14,000 men
at Acacjete, and routed them, killing 2,000.
It was also reported that 8,000 Mexican cavalry
had surprised General Berthier's division of 4,000
men at Rio Seco in a dense fog, and that during the
consternation the French fired upon each other. The
French lose was estimated at 1,600.

Another rumour was that Puebla had surrendered
to the French.

Tampico and Jalapa had been abandoned by the
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