The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-17 00:00:00

THE MONETARY CRISIS AT HAMBURG.

HAMBURG, Nov. 12.
In spite. of the severe and frying crisis in the
....
United
beta stopping parnsat, commarcial bowies fiftg, and
bills being returned with protest, It le eatiefackey to be able
to state that with the single caorption of Mears. Winterhof
and Pieper, whose failure took plates teat week, the merchants
of this city hare hitherto juMilled the mandate* reposed in
them, and upheld the credit at the Hamburg Exchange. The
day before yesterday (Tuesday) they were exposed to the
most severe ordenl of the whole crisis, foe on that day
arrived simultaneously the Intelligence of the stoppage of the
Western Bank of Scotland, the &thus of Meseta Na ler,
Vickers, and Co., Messrs. Dennistoun and Co., and a
Dutch house (F. Gallankamp and Co., of Amsterdam),
bMfs
all of which our merchants are losers to a consider.
amount. In addition to this the news came of the Bank of
England's raising their ram of discount to 10 per cant.,
which had the immediate effect of producing a similar flee fa
our own dismount market. And as It all this was not ens-
clout for one day, it was further reported that Prussia was
going to prohibit the export of silver dollars, which, how-
ever, fortunately turned out to be a canard, put in circulation
by dm alarmists.
But though no failures have as yet actually taken
tat, it la sot unlikely that a good many may be looked
for, if the aisle in England and • conies does not won par
over, and above twenty firma are mentioned whose bankruptcy
la expected In the equree of next week, and amongst wham
are MIN doar oldest and moat eminent houses.

It is tinted that a arell•knovrn publicist, Dr. ilirollhedm de
Fonseca, is about to establish bee a new journal of colossal
dimensions, to be • Russian political organ like is Nord at
Brussels. In spite of the sympathies felt here for everything
Ituissian it is rather a basardons asperiment, so Hamburg
publishes at prawn a races than average number of politics.;
social, and Waal newsperns at all sorts and son.

Tag OTEILAND MAlLs.—The Bombay mall (16
beam) neched Paris on Friday evening in time to be
dematched,by the retake mail train. It left Paris at 7.30
p.m., and arrived at Boulogne at 1.6. a.m. on Saturday.
The celebrated mail packet Prince Frederick William em-
barked the mail in Boulogne roads, and left at 1.20; wind
light and easterly night very dark and hazy, and numerous
herring-boat. in the track. She arrived et the ea
Pier, Dover,egslaai tide, in l boor 62 minutes ; lb=
was landed sad carried to the station in II minutes, and the
train started at 3.27 and arrived at London-bridge at 6.31
a.m. The time occupied in conveyance from London to
Paris was under 10 mar, although the mails were em-
barked by mall boats In Boalogw reeds, and the railway
train yea up to London in only 11 minutes less time
than it occupies In the daily morning express to Dover.
This early arrival aid Boulogne and Dover enabled the
Pcwootfice to send out London letters by early delivery,
sad to despatch all the country portion by the mauler
looming mails. Had the mailcane in the unial manner
rut estaie. this mild not have been effected, for the mails
that left Paris by mine train arrived at Dover &boat the
same time es the Bombay mail arrived in London, although
the mail packet Ondine was only 1 boor and 40 minute'
on the parse. The Calcutta mall (43 boxes' left Park
by sperml train at 6 a.m. on Saturdey, reached Boulogne
at 10.60, was placed on board the Prince Frederick
William in seven minutes, and the packet left Bou-
logne Harbour at 11 o'clock, and mu over to Dover in
1 hoer and 42 minutes, the quicken passage ever made.
Getting alangaide end conveying the nail to the station
otoupled only twelve minute& end the train departed et
six Wants. helm* one, and arrived at London-bridge at
her Walden before 3 p.m. If the railway. had kept the
semi time es an previous special occaeione, this despatch
meld have Item in reality the gob:keel ever made between
Leaden sad Paris, for everything connected with the een-
manes of the boxes from elation to packet and poke& to
Meeks ems does la the smarten manner. But the weather
wee much meant keeping op the speed on the rafts, and,
moreover, eight minutia' delay took place at Folkesteme he
=2
of mother train being in advance of the
-t= It deeerves to be recorded that the Poet-
office airth.,rities have been eminently anemeefel In Mir
arrangements. By the rueseures they adopted to briug
these mails from Marseilles to London the Calcutta mail
was delivered in town on Saturday evming. instead of Yon.
day zooming, and the country portion nt this mole kn.
mail was forwarded at least 36 boner berme it would
Creareen despatched under ordinary routine of arrival and
departure, for bed it arrived in London later on Saturday
the mail would have remained 1n the Post-office until this
morning.
TRADE AT FRANIEFORT.—A letter from Frank-
fort, In the Et 011.1414 Be/ye, mays :—" The crisis has ewer-
Med a disesteem& 1111•0909 ea thous roanufeetoties which
ptineipally work for the Americao markets, such as jewellery
and metes manufactures in Saxony; end silks., battery,
cigars, sad clock and watch work in Switzerland. There
brushes of indeatry have bees obliged to dischruse part et
their workmen, but the man have readily found ocelipatkm
la other trade,. Aa it is hoped that the crisis will use ma-
tinee keg, Mbar meaufseeeries have matinited workbag.
In many Wedge there lea want at kende, bet thole moat
wanted, however. ae egekaltniel labourers, who ma pia
from If,. 600. to 2fr. a day. The pries ef proviskew is do-
&Mac and the rate of aegis inoreedseg, so that the ma-
im claims are comicittably et"

STOPPAGE OF THE WOLVERHAMPTON
AND STAFFORDSHIRE BANK.-(THIS DAY.)

(sr =serum rumour's.)
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WOLVERHAMPTON, TVISDAY
The Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking
Company has stopped payment.

A despatch given in the Second Edition of the
Titus says :—" The definite course is to be stated on
Monday. The town of Wolverhampton is panic-
stricken."