The Express.
London, England, 1855-12-24 00:00:00

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Lrviiaroot., SUNDAY.
By the arrival to-day of the United States slag
steamship Atlantic, Captain West, we are in pce.
session of advice* from New York to the 12th inst.,
being one week's later news than brought by the
Canada.

In addition to the usual mails, the Atlantic lies
brought 53 passengers, and 500,000 dollars in 'pea
on freight.
The Royal Mail steamship America, Harr*
hence, arrived at Boston on the 6th inst.
The Atlantic passed the Baltic 50 miles eut of
Sandy Hook.
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The New York Courier and Enquirer of the 12th
of December reports—" No organisation of the Roues
yeti and the prospect is lea promising than ever.
Forty-five viva you votings have taken place, and
every new trial only serves to make more difficult
the attainment of the requisite majority. Meanie*
the President's Message and the annual statements
from the various departments, for which the country

are looking with eagerness and anxiety, are coo;
pletely withheld from the public eye, end all
legislative business is at a stand still. The
people are getting wearied and impatient—
they find nothing to please them in the perpetually
recurring figures which the telegraph transmits;
but, on the contrary, everything to displease. It
looks very much like factiousness and trifling with
the interests of the country and the good repute of
our institutions."
The forty. fifth ballot resulted as follows: Richard.
son, 74 ; Banks, 106 ; Fuller, 27 ; Zollikoffer, 4 ; Orr,
2; ; Scattering, 10. Two hundred and twenty.thee:
votes are necessary to a choice, 112 of which must be
given to one candidate.
, The Now York Merck' of the 12th, en the
speskership, says—" The conferences last night are mid
to have been unsuccessful in securing additionalvotee
for Mr. Banks. It is believed that after a few mom
trials he will be abandoned, and that the republicana
will concentrate upon Pennington; but it is silo be.
lieved that neither Banks nor Fuller can command s
majority of the votes of the house."
In this state of affairs the democrats gain courage,
and confidently predict the eventual success of one of
their number.
A despatch from Washington, dated De4l3, Nays
—" It has just been ascertained, beyond the poosibi.
lity of cavil, that a despatch has been received from
Mr. Buchanan relative to the Crampton difficulty, the
tenor of which is that the British government,in
courteous but positive manner, decline giving inch
lexplanations as have been demanded by. our govern.
meat regarding the alleged violation of our nu.
trality laws by British agents. This aspect of affairs
imposes on our government delicate obligations, and
will require all its wisdom to extricate itself from
the present dilemma."
The steam ship Northern Light arrived at New
York with California advices to Nov. 20, and 326,000
dollars in gold dust.
The Indians in the north were continuing their
depredations upon the whites, while those ie the
south were beginning to show girls of dialed'.
faction.
General Wm. H. Richardson, United States mu,
slid for the northern district of California, was most
brutally murdered in the streets of San Francium
Or 17th of November, by a man named Charles
Gerd. It was with difficulty the citizens could In
untrained from applying the code of Judge Lynch to
tie murderer. Lieutenant Archibald McKee, au
lauding the United States revenue cutter Ewing,
committed suicide on the 17th ult., on the deck of his
vessel. Two worthy citizens of Monterey, the Hon.
Isaac B. Hall, collector of the port, and T. Williamson,
as officer of the county, had been amessinated oaths
highway, in a spirit, it is supposed, of revenge.
The accounts from the mines were generally vary
flattering : the new discoveries in Table Mountain
were continuing to breathe considerable excitement,
sad the whole region bad already been taken up in
aims.
By way of New Orleans we have later news from
Savannah. There was no political intelligence.
Business was brisk. Sugar and molasses had admiced,
bat the market was unsettled.
Mexican advice" to November 28 give a list of
several official appointments made by the Alums
cabinet. President Alvarez had refused to Naha
the nomination of General Walls as Minister of
IFereign Relations.
Mr. George de la Berns, of the firm of Hugon'
end Co., had refused the office of Collector of Custom
General Ignacio B. Badre was spoken of as
ter to Washington. Juan Soto was governor of
Vera Crus.
The Pintos were in great danger in the city of
Mexico. Trade was very dull in Vera Cruz.
The money market at New York was steady, sad
good demand appeared among the discount homes.
Bates were without change, from 10 to 12 per est
for first class paper : the supply is not large. The
market for call loans has been active, but the MO
was sufficient. Stocks quiet but firm, at presoas
quotations. There has been a fair demand he
exchange, at the following rates :—London, 1081 to
1109 ; Paris, 5.18# to 23; ; Amsterdam, 41 to 411;
Frankfort, 411 to 41#; Bremen, 713 to 781; lista.
burg, 36 to 361 ; Antwerp, 5.20 to 5.231.
1 The cotton market was without variation. A fair
I business was transacted at the following rates:—UP'
lene* ordinary, 8; Mobile, 8; middling Uplands,*
middling fair ditto, 9i ; Brazil, 91; ditto Mobile, lei
fair Uplands, 91; Mobile, 101.
I The flour market opened dull and at a decline, bit
rallied and closed at 8 dole. 561 c. to 8 dole. 73c. for
common grades. Wheat was dull, and prices noming•
without transactions of moment.
The scarcity of vessels, and the advance in the
rates of freights to Liverpool, had a tendency to check
purchasers foe export.
Indian corn was steady at 98c. to 1 dol., from store'
afloat, and delivered. Pork continued hesvy, with
moderate sales. Sugars were in good demand far
refining and for export.
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Tue WEATHER IN PARIS.—At midnight ea
Friday Chevalier's thermometer marked 6 2.10 th dorsi
below zero. Oa Saturday morning. at six o'clock, 95.111'2
at eight o'clock. 10 2-10th degree. ; and at noes 7 5 Isis
degrees below zero.
We leant by the telegraph from Berlin that Od
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Prince Von Ple•s, President of the Prussian Chssiblos
Nobles, is dead.
Thalberg has left Rio for Buenos Ayres
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his performances bays bow attended with theirll
brilliant nooses, and the attentions lavished open the
pianist ere equal to any that could be paid to the bill'
savoy from any foreiga state.
A letter from Rome, of the 13th, speaks sill
great attendee shown by the Pope to the arehdotas
and Reynier of Austria, dating their visit to that city.
day an whisk tbey arrived there they weresad waiwile;
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K. Berreenee, ehamberlaia to his !whom,
stamen by Casdisal Antoselli. The interview vw,•—i.
their lithesome and the Holy Father, the nest dal,
described se meet affectionate.
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SEBASTOPOL DOCKS.—A letter from Kassita6b4
the Ossetia die Mids. eels:— doeke of 8•1416)7.
In be blown up en the 9th. The destraetioe of
weeks will be the sigsal foe a war without seep 7,
L to me,' said a amoral.' that in blowier se y,',5 W.
shall blew sp the kewiqueitemet solledati"." •