The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-13 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES.

LIVERPOOL, Widormune.
The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia
Clumpan)'s screw stormier City of Baltimore, Cap-
tain Petrie, which left New York on the Lt inst.,
arrived in the Mersey this evening, after a very fine
run having made the passage out and home in
28 days, including all detentions.
Thanksgiving day was observed in New York and
neighbouring states ou the 29:1 ultimo, with the
usual solemnities.
The State Department at Washington had re-
, calved official despatches from Mexico.
The liberals had been successful in several
engagemeuta. Miramon was still at Mexico, in
command of 9,000 men. He intended to attempt the
defence of the city against the liberals, who were
rapidly advancing.
The report that the British Consulate had been
robbed of 1,000,000 dollars is confirmed.
The New York Shipping and aminiercial List of
the let lust. says :
The week has been a comparatively quiet one, under the
reaction from the excitements in financial and political cir-
clet, which diatiuguiThed ill predecessor. Thursday, being
Thanksgiving, was a dies non in the business world, and,
as usual after a holiday, yesterday but little disposition
was shown to activity in any quarter.
On Weduealay the Charleston banks suspended specie
yments. AU the St. Louis banks, with one exception,
have done likewise. The New England banks stand
and as long as our own maintain their present position,
there is no reason to believe that any of them will succumb
to the pressure.
The European mails, by the Arabia, reached our post-
office yesterday morning. The private &deices are of a
character to admouish us of a crisis iu London and
Paris,as soon as the news of our troubles here reached them.
Even as it is, the heavy and constant drain of bullion from
the Banks of England and France was beginning to tell
ri seously upon the monetary and mercantile interests of
both countries. One feature of it was the advance of the
rate of disiount at bank to 6 per cent. By this time there
can seareely be a doubt that a still further advance has been
announced.
December, in ordinary seasons is never specially noted for
its activity in trade, and it is tolerably certain that this
season is to prove uo exception to the general rule. Mer-
chants and men of business manifest more disposition to
close up old accounts and adjust existing balances, than to
open up new accounts or engage in new enterprises. In the
course of the week or so, there may be a lively shifting
shout of money to pay interests and dividends, and to meet
other obligations usually maturing at the end of the year;
but, apart from this, we can see nothiug in the presset or
future in cooflict with the very general belief that we are to
hare a very quiet time in money and business until we are
, pretty well into the new yeas.
The banks continue to discount freely to their regular
customers, but elsewhere there is as much indisposition as
ever to buy paper not strictly A No. 1, and figures show
• but little abatement front the high rates ruling during the
last fortnight. The minimum rate for "gilt-edge" ul2 per
. cent. We reproduce the quotations of last Tuesday :—Loans
ou call, stock securities, 7 to 8 per cent., per annum ; ditto
other good securities, to 9 ; prime endorsed bills, 00 and
90 days, 9to 10; ditto, 4 and 6 months, 10 to 12 ; first-
elms single signatures, 18 to 15 ; other good bills, 18 to 24 ;
names less known, to —.
The stock market, since our last, has been dull and
saltless, with feweropmations than usuaLand accompanied
I by a fowling of marked caution on the part of both buyers
I and sellers. On Wednesday a noticeable feature was a