The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-15 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES.

LIVERPOOL, SUXOAT. I
The Royal mail steamship Atria', Captain Shan-
non, from New York on the 3rd of August, has arz
rived, bringing 100 passengers and 450,000 dollars
in specie.
The steamships Teutonia and Ocean Queen, from
Southampton, arrived out at New York on the Ist ;
and the steamships Persia and Kangaroo on the
3rd. both from Liverpool.
The news by this arrival is of slight importance.
President Buchanan, in a letter declining a re-
nomination for the Presidency, says :

My determination not, under any circumetances, to become
a madidsie for re-election Is final and oonclustve. My best
judgment and strong lodination unite in &your of this
cause. To cad doubts upon my predetermined mimeo is
cakcalated to impair my induesce to carrying out important
mariners, and affords a pretext for saying that these ma-
wren have bees dictated by a desire to be renominated.

Partial returns of the state election in Kentucky
indicate the election of the democratic candidate fur
governor, and a majority of democrats to Congress.
Private despatches from Northern Mexioo state'
that it is expeced within the next three months that
3,000 American troops will be organised on the
Rio Grande, properly armed and equipped, for the
purpose of marching upon the city of Mexico.
On the 22nd of July Generd Degollado was at
Tampioo, actively preparing for a new campaign.
General Garcia had issued a proclamation, at Mata-
moros, calling the liberals to arms. A conducts
with 600,000 dole. in specie was on its way to
Matamoros.

The Juarez decree had been most enthusiastically
received.
The five million conduct& use on its way to
Brownsville.
It wee reported that Santa Anna was at Caquetel,
bat this was not believed.
The New York H.rald says:
We published the news of the cession In sovereign ty to
Great Britain, by the se-called Republic of Guatemala. of the
establishment and territory hitherto known as British Ron-
donia or Belize. As no doe* exists of the soosporme•ef the
cassicin by Great Britain, we may regard the acquisitioa se
• fait assompli, end recognies the fact of a new British
colonial establishment on the Antrim matinent—Woe
eccipletieg the chain of Beglish possendone truss Canada to
Dainerera. The feet le • mmlieal commentary on the value
of the " Munroe doenW se supported by the United
States, ands scarcely leas striking mamas* of the vales end
efficiency of American diplomacy in Central America. It
only now remains for Great Britain to consolidate her pee.
tensions on the Mosquito shore, in order to insure bee con.
tool of two-thirds of the Atlantic coast of Central America,
from Yucatan to Panama. She already dominates the en-
tire country from her stronghold of the Bay Island., which
she has oolonieeri and occupies, in contempt alike cif the
Munroe doctrine and the Clayton-Balms treaty.
Advice. received from Arizona state that a duel
had taken place between Lieutenant Maury and
Edward B. Cress, Esq., editor of the Arno/lion.
Four shots were tired with rifles without effect. At
the last fire Lieutenant Maury's rifle missed fire, and
it being decided that he wan entitled to his shot, Mr.
Cross stood up unarmed to receive it, but Lieutenant
Maury refused to avail himself of the advantage, and
the difficulty was amicably settled.
We have Californian advice. to the 11th of July.
Business was more active at San Francisco, but
there was no improvement in prices. Great excite-
ment existed in Nevada and Eldorado counties, in
consequence of the discovery_ of new end extensive
diggings on Walker's River, erg of the Sierra
Nevada. Some destructive fires had occurred in
Sierra and Nevada counties.

Havannah advice* are to the 23th olt. Sugars
were dull, and unchanged in price. Exchange on
London, 14 to 13 per cent. premium.

LATEST.
TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

NEW YORK, Al:0131'3.
Despatches received from Albany this morning
announce the occurrence of a dreadful accident on
the Northern Railroad last night. The accident oc-
curred near Scbsgticoke, to a train en route for
Albany. The train, while passing over the bridge
which spans the Tomhannock, was precipitated into
the creek below, a distance of 20 to 25 feet. The
water wen about 7 or 8 teat deep, and over thirteen
persons are reported to have last their lives. Nine
dead bodies had been recovered at 11 o'clock last
night, and more were supposed to be in the water.
About twenty persons were more or leas wounded.
The moment the train struck the bridge the struc-
ture gave way, and a great portion of the train was
precipitated into the abyss, but, singular to pay, the
locomotive got across the bridge, and became de-
tacbcd from the tender.

SOUTHAMPTON, SrNDAY.

The Hamburg American Company's steamer
Borussia arrived at Cowes to-day on her way to
Hamburg. She left New York on the let inst.
She brought over 105 passengers, a full cargo, and
specie to the value of 121,300 dollar@ for England.